Coward or traitor who is worse?
Дата: 28.09.2011 17:45:57
jankar, on Sep 28 2011 - 07:05, said: Again I came across situation where position of our team mate has
been revealed to the enemy by one of ours. I would like to find out
what is your opinion about such action? Is it justified?Last time I witnessed incident of this kind it was during battle of Westfield. I was pinned down in my IS, by a KV-5 and PzKpfwVI in the village in the center of the map. My team mates were slowly giving in under increasing pressure of the enemy. The battle seems to be lost.
It was at this point that one of our team, already destroyed early in the battle, gave away position of our Jagdpanther, hiding in the south-eastern corner of the map. Up to this moment I didn't pay much attention to this part of the map. I guess the Jagdpanther took advantage of the thick bushes on the eastern slope, overlooking our base, in anticipation of the unavoidable final assault of the enemy.
I posted a short message that betraying position of our own is not a good sportsmanship. Reaction were mixed - some demanded harsh punishment for the "coward", others preferred to let him play the way he likes. At the end I thought even if this person haven't contributed much to team effort, it is still not as bad as to befriend enemy, communicate with them as they were allies and betray our team mate, at the very time he needed our support.
So, what do you think?
EDIT
Thanks for your replies. At the time I wrote this post I was not aware that giving away position on the map to the enemy is an offense. Bannable or not it still have impact on the game result, there is no internal mechanism to prevent it, so however ugly, it is still part of a game play that will happen, no matter how many screen shots I take.
Tanitha: Your question is very baited, You for example have already decided
and announced that the other player was a coward.
But coward or not, one situation is against the game rules, the other isn't.
With the situation of the defending TD, you can never think to know what other people you dont know, and aren't in much communication with are doing.
It could be a dad teaching his toddler how to shoot a tank for 5 mins. A player who parked their tank in the nearest tree to goto the toilet or answer the phone.
In a "random" game you have no idea who the other people are, or what they are doing, and you have no control over what they do. So the only thing to do and prevent yourself getting angry over minor situations is to concentrate on your own tank, and play your own game. You also need to be mindful of what your team are doing and where they are. As you said, you didn't know where your team mates or this TD was.
If you have high tier TD's defending a position, You could have paid attention to that, and gone in that direction preferably with a fellow tank. Then knowing that if you ran into combat you would have a high tier TD backing you up and firing over your shoulder.
Its very very common for tanks to go off solo, into dangerous area's, run into a overwhelming enemy force, then look around and blame all the other tanks in the game after they died. Its very important to be aware of what your team is doing and where they are, and you need to move to suit them, because they wont move to suit you.
In a clanwars/clan company game, the situation is completely different. Then you know you have 14~ players on your team that you can trust, that are on team speak, you will have a appointed leader to listen to, and it should be organized.
Expecting the same from a random game, wont accomplish much except frustration..
But coward or not, one situation is against the game rules, the other isn't.
With the situation of the defending TD, you can never think to know what other people you dont know, and aren't in much communication with are doing.
It could be a dad teaching his toddler how to shoot a tank for 5 mins. A player who parked their tank in the nearest tree to goto the toilet or answer the phone.
In a "random" game you have no idea who the other people are, or what they are doing, and you have no control over what they do. So the only thing to do and prevent yourself getting angry over minor situations is to concentrate on your own tank, and play your own game. You also need to be mindful of what your team are doing and where they are. As you said, you didn't know where your team mates or this TD was.
If you have high tier TD's defending a position, You could have paid attention to that, and gone in that direction preferably with a fellow tank. Then knowing that if you ran into combat you would have a high tier TD backing you up and firing over your shoulder.
Its very very common for tanks to go off solo, into dangerous area's, run into a overwhelming enemy force, then look around and blame all the other tanks in the game after they died. Its very important to be aware of what your team is doing and where they are, and you need to move to suit them, because they wont move to suit you.
In a clanwars/clan company game, the situation is completely different. Then you know you have 14~ players on your team that you can trust, that are on team speak, you will have a appointed leader to listen to, and it should be organized.
Expecting the same from a random game, wont accomplish much except frustration..
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