Post by shorn on Feb 8, 2009 15:40:58 GMT -5
We had a poll a while back on Karma that some of you might remember. I had voted yes, that it was a good idea, despite a few reservations. So, today, I want to remind you all on an important thing about Karma.
Yes, we can do it when people say something witty, or funny, or make an excellent point, or a developer does something kickass, as our developers are oft doing, or a DM event that was simply awesom.
However, many of us are also doing it simply because people disagree with us. Im going to exempt Raenir from this, because he...doesnt fall into the norms, so to speak. Adzling, for example, has been getting a constant stream of smites over the course of several weeks, and aside from one flame war in which someone reacted quite harshly to one of his comments, and they both descended into idiocy (which happens to the best of us sometimes, myself included), I have seen no reason why he should have so many negative Karma's. There are a few others who have experienced this as well, despite bringing up excellent points.
So, while I still think its a great idea, before any of you spam negative Karma over a day at someone who annoys you, just so you can make them seemed less liked in public, please make certain it is deserved. And by that, I mean the player was rude, idiotic, did not back up an argument, whined (my speciality, by the way) or something along those lines, all of which we can glean by common sense. It is VERY annoying when I cannot give a nod via exalt to a DM, or another player, because your hissyfit is taking away another players karma because he dared speak out against you, to the point that I feel the need to add a karma to negate it.
Anyways, thats MY hissyfit out of the way, let the smites flow at me.
Yes, we can do it when people say something witty, or funny, or make an excellent point, or a developer does something kickass, as our developers are oft doing, or a DM event that was simply awesom.
However, many of us are also doing it simply because people disagree with us. Im going to exempt Raenir from this, because he...doesnt fall into the norms, so to speak. Adzling, for example, has been getting a constant stream of smites over the course of several weeks, and aside from one flame war in which someone reacted quite harshly to one of his comments, and they both descended into idiocy (which happens to the best of us sometimes, myself included), I have seen no reason why he should have so many negative Karma's. There are a few others who have experienced this as well, despite bringing up excellent points.
So, while I still think its a great idea, before any of you spam negative Karma over a day at someone who annoys you, just so you can make them seemed less liked in public, please make certain it is deserved. And by that, I mean the player was rude, idiotic, did not back up an argument, whined (my speciality, by the way) or something along those lines, all of which we can glean by common sense. It is VERY annoying when I cannot give a nod via exalt to a DM, or another player, because your hissyfit is taking away another players karma because he dared speak out against you, to the point that I feel the need to add a karma to negate it.
Anyways, thats MY hissyfit out of the way, let the smites flow at me.
