07-17-2006, 01:04 AM
It seems as though you and AyoR each view legitimacy as the ultimate goal. That above and beyond all other things, the ideal community is one in which each character is unquestionably legit.
Here at the LurkerLounge, the goal is (more or less) to understand the nature of the game and be able to outwit the challenges it provides. Because we were largely drawn together by this common goal, being legit could be taken as an assumption... To paraphrase Pete, cheating is the antithesis of strategy. Other communities focus on extreme challenge, or fellowship, or roleplaying, and these communities can also usually take being legit for granted for nearly the same reason. I would question whether a community can withstand the test of time if the common link between its members is simply that they don't cheat, and use draconian measures to police each other in that regard. Perhaps there is an implied deeper bond which is rooted in the pleasure of finding powerful items, but in that case I'm afraid it is a community I would want no part of.
Here at the LurkerLounge, the goal is (more or less) to understand the nature of the game and be able to outwit the challenges it provides. Because we were largely drawn together by this common goal, being legit could be taken as an assumption... To paraphrase Pete, cheating is the antithesis of strategy. Other communities focus on extreme challenge, or fellowship, or roleplaying, and these communities can also usually take being legit for granted for nearly the same reason. I would question whether a community can withstand the test of time if the common link between its members is simply that they don't cheat, and use draconian measures to police each other in that regard. Perhaps there is an implied deeper bond which is rooted in the pleasure of finding powerful items, but in that case I'm afraid it is a community I would want no part of.