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[YendorLootmonkey]

Originally Posted by Doubleplus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lawful Evil is adhering to the rules but using them to twist events in your favor. "Rules lawyering" is using regulations to shield yourself from retribution as well as an excuse to not have to do the right thing.

The problem is your "right thing" is completely subjective. To you, the right thing is being a doormat when it comes to camp possession. To other people in this thread, they understand that dead men can't hold camps. Other people in this thread consider it equally douchey to expect a highly coveted loot camp handed back over to you after you wipe and someone else moves in to claim it.

So, pray tell, how do we decide what to do where we don't get perceived as a dick? Why is one subset of peoples' opinions more correct than the other? Who decides this?

Making Up Arbitrary Rules is just as assholish as Rules Lawyering. Who gives you the right to pick and choose what rules (I.e. the ones about camp possession) you decide everyone should ignore? Why is someone who plays by the rules a dick, and the person who decides that they have a different idea of how camp possession should be defined and calls players out for not adhering to it somehow not a dick?

I play nice and try to help others out, but not to the point i'm a doormat and get taken advantage of. I don't think that mindset is douchey. It's fair. Everyone in my guild understands that if they wipe trying to hold a camp, they lose their claim to the camp. There's nothing douchey or non-douchey about it.

The only thing douchey would be an expectation that one could monopolize a popular loot camp that they've wiped to and are due unlimited attempts to hold the camp, regardless of how long their CR takes while everyone waits patiently for that person to be done.