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« on: September 06, 2016, 07:25:57 am »
Hello everyone.
For those who don’t know me, my name is Sir Steffen and I’m the current organizer of the Sunday Community Skirmish.
In the past weeks there have been discussions about the rules in SCS:
- About participants swapping ammo and tools during matches.
- About participants listening to the streams during the match.
- About what’s fair in terms of swapping ships in the last seconds before ship lock is announced.
- And in the last SCS the discussion about the coin flip came up as well.
In case of the last one, the whole lobby did not agree whit the outcome and asked for a change in the rules. They said that not a coin flip shout determine the outcome of a match but who managed to cause the most perma hull damage to the enemy. Your thoughts on that?
Also, any ideas about how to eliminate the problem of unsporting last second ship changes? There’s a fine line between chutzpah and unsporting. And if some people have trouble navigating it, then we should give them some guide lines.
About the changing of loadout mid match: There are rules about this, but they are difficult to enforce. Huskarr and I have been trying to take screenshots of all the teams at the start of the match but this takes time and unnecessary effort. Same goes for the stream watching.
I have seen people complain about participants that are watching the stream during their own matches. If those accusations are true, I have no good words for this, non at all. I know some people follow the stream of course, but if you are playing, log out of the stream. That way we don’t get accusations of participants getting info from the stream. That means don’t run it in the background with the sound muted, because you will still be shown as a watcher. Just close the page and the whole problem is solved.
Surveillance and an atmosphere of distrust can’t be the solution to this problem. That’s when it stops to be fun.
I wanted to remind everyone that the SCS is hosted by players that sacrifice their own free time to set everything up and keep it going. The point where people go too far to win matches and lose the spirit of fairness and sportsmanship is the point where the volunteers - including me - just stop caring about the SCS.
So, if you enjoy the SCS and want it to continue, stick to the rules and play fair. Without trust and mutual respect there can’t be an SCS.
Make up your mind about this and also talk to your team mates. We need an effort from everybody to keep this great, exciting, fun thing working. This is your responsibility as participants just as much as it is ours as hosts.
Yours sincerely,
Sir Steffen
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