I would like to hear what other players think constitutes bullying, In other words I would like to hear your definition of in game bullying. Personally Im of the belief that as long as a player is playing within the the rules and guidelines laid out by Kano then there is no such thing and that some players like to use the term when they are simply being outplayed.
I think that one of the most widely believed ways of bullying is when a higher level player starts thumping on a lower level whether through slaps, attacks or bountys and the lower of the 2 players thinks that it was unprovoked. I would say that there are many ways of provoking actions such as this other than just attacking or slapping the higher leveled player. For starters....the lower leveled player may be messing with a guild or clan member of the higher leveled player. How many players can honestly say they never went to the aid of fellow clan? For those of u that havent aided fellow clan in this manner....hopefully your clan members will read this and reassess having u in their clan.
These games are social networking games and having supportive clan members regardless of your style of play is critical to success in games such as this. There are tons of games out there that offer gaming which doesnt include nor reward fighting and killing....Kano games just dont happen to be those games. These games were founded on fighting and killing and although many other aspects of game play have been added since their inception.....the core aspects of these games still revolve around fighting and killing in nearly every way. I ask myself why would anyone choose games such as these if they are adverse to the fighting and killing aspects of them.
I hear many player proclaim they are not adverse to fighting and killing.....just what they deem as "excessive" fighting and killing or out of level range fighting and killing. Well it goes without saying that what one player thinks is excessive may be completely different than how another player interprets excessive. The thing is....how can it ever be excessive when its exactly the way the game was set up to be in the first place? Whether u want to believe it or not...THESE R FIGHTING GAMES and everything else is just filler. The whole point of these games are to go out and kick butt with your friends in anyway u can within the rules and guidelines laid out by Kano in order to rule the game.
I hear players all the time saying that the higher levels are bullys. Do these players actually think that every high leveled player didnt have to go through the same thing? The fact is that most high leveled players had it much worse than the players complaining today because when they started there wern't nearly the level limits and restrictions that are in place today. There was no such thing as "protected status".
Seemingly more and more the newer of player have a sense of entitlement ....they want easy access to everything that everyone who came b4 them has but they dont want to work for it or suffer the consequences of their own actions. How many times have we read here in the forums that someone is getting bullied because they've been attacked 50 or less times in the last 24 hrs....R U KIDDING ME? When u get to 1k or more unsolicited attacks in 24 hrs then come talk to me and i will gladly pat ya on the back and say welcome to the club. How many times have we heard that someone gets listed every day....R U KIDDING ME! How many times do we hear that some high leveled player is slapping me every hour on the hour....R U KIDDING ME? These are all things that have happened from the beginnings of the games...the only diff it was much more prevalent.
Health damage dealt whether through an attack or a slap is determined by the lower of the 2 players health, wth r u lower levels crying about? I do multiple times the damage to someone that has worked their ass off to build a stronger account than I do when I hit some little runt who wants to take my 30t bounty without retaliation.
Another cry of "bully" often occurs after a lower level ends up on a higher levels rival list because they went for their bounty. How many of us have gotten the "oops sy that was a mistake message", i didnt list u I just wanted your bounty", lets be clan", "nothing personal just biz" etc etc messages after a lower level hits u on bounty and even b4 u have retaliated? They obviously knew that there was potential consequence for their actions now didnt they? Lets get real here...There is only one way a player is going to collect a bounty and that is to kill someone for it, how is it ok to intend to kill some one and have them incur the corresponding loss of XP yet the player who they were trying to kill is a "bully" for retaliating. I dont care whether u claimed the bounty or not...u could have and regardless of the outcome your intent to kill me was quite obvious.
If a lower level player happens to find themselves on a rival list of a higher leveled player the reason is simple...they put themselves there, fortunately for them its only for 24 hrs or until they r killed. It funny how some players end up on a higher levels rival page quite often.....these r the ones crying "bully" the loudest. Players can think or say whatever they wish regardless of what level they're at.....but I assure u of one thing. when u get get to the higher of levels and u become much more powerful....99.9 percent of u will be singing a different tune with your entirely different perspective on things.
In the end.....When rules are not being violated and many are simply doing what these games were designed to be from the onset....is it really "bullying"....or simply a difference in the way some people choose to play predominately now that Kano has added a bunch of fluff to fiil in the downtime between battles?
Last edited: May 21, 2012
