Blah... blah... bladibladibla! (yup, a babble thread!)

[Xnath]

I know, I'm a numpty

[Xnath]

I have a question! Are disarm thieves allowed by the ROE or does stealing the other guys weapon break the looting rules?

[Kusghuul]

if they don't have a yellow bag, you can! Nobody ever uses one (but me!) so go ahead! But against us, i wouldn't mind people taking our weapons if they're disarm thieves

[Blurghh]

To be clear, for in-guild thieves, weapons and armour may be stolen - NOT looted.
The exception to this are the clan tournament rules, where one piece of armour may be exchanged after an arranged duel.

In relation to other guilds.
Disarm thieves may NOT steal any armour or weapons from warred guilds!
The main (and only) reason for this is that it causes too much whining from other guilds and causes trouble we don't need.

Another policy could be made that weapons stolen will have to be returned after the fight.
This is a possiblity that will be looked into, but for now the ruling is : "don't do it unless instructed otherwise".

I'll discuss this with Kush and other GMs and we will get back on this.

[Gnomy]

I like the picture of the house Xanth!

[Blurghh]

Indeed, it is purdy!
(well, at least in an Orc's view it is)

[Blurghh]

Random thought

Orc in Norwegian : Ørk?

[Xnath]

The roe is far too fluffy

Back in the day you could just make a shrine on the road and hide by it, then when some trianees come to investigate you leap out and yell waaagh and if they dont run fast enough to devour them on the shrine. None of this stare at eachother for 5 minutes while you icq for permission bull!!!!

[Blurghh]

I fully agree with you there and I feel that people should also realize that they are dealing with :
- an evil guild
- orcs (a warlike race)
- people who despise all this fluffyness

Sure, we give them a fair warning before we smash them to bits, but still, a good WAAAGH should be sufficient.
Give them a 3 second head start, then pound on their bones I say!

The same goes for smashing up guild towns, if we bring 4 people or less then the attack does not have to be announced. However, do take care you do not interrupt any orchestrated events.

There is a difference between attacking civilians and soldiers as well. The latter -in theory- has a good chance to defend theirselves, so we should be twice as harsh on them.

As long as it's not an all out PvP fest then I have no problem with random smashness.
Just don't go around PK'ing (which means killing without any roleplay).

Example :

PK'ing
[1]
*rides by on horse*
*shoots civilian in the head while riding by*
*doesn't look back and rides on*

[2]
*runs into roleplayer town*
*smashes up the first person in sight*
*loots gold and runs off*

Roleplaying :

[1]
*encounters non-orc*
*yells either "Gib shiniez!" or "WAAAGH"
*smashes enemy to bits*
*roleplays celebrating victory over vanquished foe*

[2]
*enters player run tavern with group of orcs*
*demands tribute*
*starts smashing at first sign of hostility*
*takes gold from vanquished foes and roleplays this accordingly*

The whole thing is basically about the feeling you leave your opponent with.
A "WTFPWNED out of nowhere" feeling is a whole different thing than a "Hankdamnit those orcs owned me AGAIN!" feeling.

[Blurghh]

Then about the whole "hang on, let's roleplay while I icq my mates to get backup" thing has pissed me off for ages.
Usually whenever I encounter such thing, like when someone is stalling, they generally earn some insta-smash as well as any backup that may arrive.

The best thing is when their backup arrives one person at a time, who get owned one person at a time as well!

Yet with orcs and to keep people happy, smash the first two people you encounter to bits, perhaps the third person too. Then retreat, sure, perhaps you can take on another 7 people, just retreat out of good form. ;)

[Xnath]

Yea I dont want to run about mindlessly pking people, had enough of that when i was 16/17 on a red axer

The silent-while-you-icq for backup thing is very annoying, and yes I'm looking at you, Guardsman Millitia (3 years ago)

[Pistia]

Aye, yo dont need ICQ permission Xnath! dont know wher eu get that from lol

but i think they should understand that we are orcs, and unpredicable so not a good idea to stand hnear us or spy on us behind trees.