Stealing kills

[Russ]

Hi all,

Just wanted to get this out of my system!    The only thing that really annoys me about Nanny, and I suppose online games in general is that it only takes one or two bad people to completely spoil things for others. As far as I am concerned, other people on Nanny can do what they want in the game, as long as they aren't breaking the rules, or affecting other players in a negative way, e.g. spoiling quests, stealing kills etc.

Most of the time, when someone steals a kill, they do it by accident, due to forgetting to do a shape. However, for someone to steal a kill, then completely ignore all tells etc. I find extremely rude. Just a simple sorry would be nice, but that is obviously too much trouble for some people!  

Its a shame there isn't a list of people who behave in such a way so that they can be named and shamed!  

That's better, feel much better now!  

Nuff said.

[Qwer]

Why a 'sorry' would be necessary?
It is only when you kill by accident, I think.
Sometimes you just kill it since you're there as you need the xp anyway, or the loot, or whatever... I don't say sorry unless I mean it, usually.
Actually I don't say "sorry" enuff, I think (and I'm not talking just about Nanny :p ).

[Carrion]

Why not start such a list

I agree, kill stealing really is lame, and when people pretend it's their way of role play it is laughable... This is a game, and people play it for fun, kill stealers ruin the fun (which of course make THEIR fun bigger). Not much to do about it though, just keep on having fun anyway (Hmmm, as a matter of fact, report kill stealers to me, and I might add some funny surprises for them in my area...) ((Ooops, no admin reading this, right?))

[Qwer]

Ok can I start with people I dislike most?

[Carrion]

Ok can I start with people I dislike most?

Sure, but keep it to chars in Nanny...

[ladychris]

Why not start such a list

I agree, kill stealing really is lame, and when people pretend it's their way of role play it is laughable... This is a game, and people play it for fun, kill stealers ruin the fun (which of course make THEIR fun bigger). Not much to do about it though, just keep on having fun anyway (Hmmm, as a matter of fact, report kill stealers to me, and I might add some funny surprises for them in my area...) ((Ooops, no admin reading this, right?))

Could not agree more. A few lame ppl can spoil the fun for everybody else. But who says you can't shame them publicly? Even without this forum (but I dont object to have them here as well) there are many boards and lines in Nanny to make everybody know them. Post about them, spread word, refuse to help them, ask your friends to do the same, and in a while they will be isolated and will have their fun spoiled too.

The nice thing in Nanny is that you play together with other ppl, you help them, you need them to help you. Playing being the outcast might be fun for a while, but discovering you really are, that everybody ignores you may force some ppl reconsider their attitude.

I admit though, i have forgiven most ppl in my little blackbook, both because they havent been on for so long that i have actually forgotten their names and because I havent suffered a killstealing in a long time. But seeing that other have still to complain about this really makes me rise in anger (and you should see me iRL to have an idea what this might mean   )

[Yavathol]

This has always been one of my pet peeves as well.  We have, kind of, kept a list at times of killstealers on the Knight's Discussion board, but, after time, people fall off of it - unless it is a really chronic problem.  I now hunt in areas that are fairly remote or less popular kills for the most part, so I can't say that I have personally suffered having a kill stolen in some time.

I can say that about two years ago or so, there was a player who simply followed younger knights and kept stealing their kills, which was quite frustrating to them.  When I became involved, I had them log it and then send in several instances to the Admin suggesting that it was a form of player harrassment.  At that time, the Admin agreed.  That particular character is no longer around.

Nanny is a huge place, with the number of players currently logging in there is no excuse not to be able to find one's own kills.  I suppose I can understand it when it is just a one time thing, and some form of reparations are made; but, to continuously and maliciously steal kills from others is more than just a spoiler, it is harrassing fellow players.  Given all the players that are willing to help others get experience and gold there really is no excuse for this behaviour, and as Carrion suggested, there is no basis to argue that it is "roleplaying" any more than leading Newbies to Pet is.  

Those are my thoughts on it anyway.  I would also be in agreement on keeping a more permanant list of killstealers as well.  Maybe we should band together and make a pact not to help or assisst anyone on that list in any way.

[sUiko-den]

ok i start with saying Dragos

[Kherec]

Thefly.

[Qwer]

Qwer.
Rumors say he also took people to Pet.

[Carrion]

I think a well known kill stealer just entered the house

[Jose]

José
Caliga
Boris
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[sUiko-den]

qwer, doesnt asdf sound familiar?

[Qwer]

Not at all. Who is that, some guy copying the result of my marvelous imagination?

[Morild]

I think we should keep in mind that kill stealing by accident is very different from making a sport out of it. I have to admit I have stolen some kills, but never deliberately! And I do feel very ashamed whenever that has happened; I don’t think kill stealing has anything to do with role-playing, that is just a lame excuse.

But I would like to share with you the worst form of killstealing I have ever seen.
It happened with my Khorne ‘Civatateo’. I was running around killing and entered the caves of Elrohir, was killing the orcs and troll in there and also moved down to the lizardman (don’t remember exactly what type of monster he was) Then I had to go back to heal.
When I returned there was another Khorne (1 rank above me) fighting MY kill. I told her to stop, and explained to her ‘this is mine’. She did not leave, so we were both fighting the same monster. Then I was the lucky one to get the final blow.
Then she got really furious and started to harass me on the Khorne’s line, telling other player it was me stealing her kill. Since you cannot reach this monster without first having killed the troll, and the lizardman was injured before she started, it was obvious I was the righteous owner of the kill. She then tried to justify her deed by saying I was playing wrong because I was not of high enough rank to be killing in that area, and should have left it for her… (Remember she was only one rank above me)
At this point I figured ‘this person is not just worth it’ so I ignored her. I will not let stupid ppl like that ruin the game for me. And I ignored her so well I can’t even remember her name today