A Disciples Guide to
playing Jedi Knight
BALANCE:
We never use only Light or only Dark side force powers
when you play. The most effective way to dispatch foes is
by a balance... a greyness. By not choosing a path of
light or darkness, we steer clear of any possible
scruples we might have while playing.
You may say
"If you have to have some light and some dark, then
that means you can't be Jedi Masters or Jedi Lords! How
do you expect to compete in Level 7 and 8 games?"
The answer is simple. We choose to be Disciples (level 6)
to get the balance we require of ourselves... not to
mention to show Masters and Lords who are the real
Masters and Lords...
Desciples MAY use
more powerful Jedi characters if the need for it arises,
but just because a game is labeled Level 8, it doesn't
mean you HAVE to pick Level 8. It is more rewarding when
you beat people while you are crippled anyway. <G>
IDENTITY: We
never use badges or nickname identifiers. These things
demean the balance of chat channels, and so go against
our beliefs. To label yourself separate from others is to
undermine the balance of individualism. Our members go
freely into the world of the Internet without strange
symbols or letters to identify themselves. We are known
for our skill and our brains... not just our nicks.
ORIGINALITY:
Use an Internet nickname that separates you from
the rest of the world. Don't be the same as someone else
on purpose. Examples of this include, but are not limited
to:
Names that have
more than 5 versions of it registered with Kali (such
as Talon, _Talon_, TaLoN, talon!, and |ASS|-Talon,).
Names of famous
people (Manson, Hitler, Clinton.... hmm...)
Names of famous
characters in books (Satan), TV (KnightRider), and
movies (Keyser Soze).*
*NedFlanders
gets carte blanche here because... well... who the
hell would want to be NedFlanders? You are not going
to see a whole lot of those on the net. :)
And it SHOULD
go without mentioning that ANY character name in the
HOLY TRILOGY should not be used. (that is the STAR
WARS trilogy for those that were born 15 minutes ago)
When you are
looking for an online personae, go to what ever chat
programs you have and do a whois for what you want to
use. If you hit just ONE of them, pick another nick.
Being named John isn't that bad in real life because you
only see perhaps 200 people on a regular basis... but on
the internet, you see like 80 DIFFERENT people every time
you log into a chat room. Why be an Internet-John?
BENEVOLENCE:
We never slaughter new players horribly. That
isn't to say that we can not, it is to say that
slaughtering new players when they first start playing
this game makes them wary as to which games to join and
who to play. We try hard to make any game we are in
fun... and if it takes going easier on new players, so be
it.
CONTENTMENT:
We never bitch about losing because of lag, or
who is serving. This is the Internet, and shit happens.
If one of us is having a bad game due to lag, we will
most likely leave the game to find a better environment.
This is a game after all... it should be fun.
Thanks to
Nihilist for the word. ;)
CONCLUSION:
The main point here is to have fun, and be
yourself. If you think that being in a large group of
internet game players is a good time, by all means, go at
it. Just make sure that you realize that just because you
don't see them, people on the internet are just that:
people. Treat them with respect as humans (or whatever
they are...). For more info on the do's and don'ts of
Internet Relations, see the page on Netiquette.
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