Spiral Knights - Spirit of the Game

Spirit of the Game

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Tue, 03/05/2013 - 15:48

Klipik

I know some of you have seen that thread about conflicts of interest that I will not link to because it was graveyarded and locked for a reason. Anyway, it got me thinking. The ToS says you cannot "engage in any behavior that is contrary to the 'spirit of the game' as defined by Three Rings in its sole discretion. This includes the manipulation of the game environment." What does this mean? How far does one have to go to invoke the "SotG Ban"?

Let's use a hypothetical (really, i promise) example. Say an extremely rich player decides to manipulate the CE market so that the market price of CE is 100,000 crowns per 100 CE. They make a hundred offers of this, and force anyone who wants to buy CE to put in a higher offer. Would this be in violation of the "spirit of the game", even though it is fully within the rules otherwise?

And another example. Say, somehow, an entire guild of 100+ members coordinates to log on at the same time. They all enter LD at once, flood the matches, and proceed to lag everyone with CTR:MAX Nitronomes and Polarises. Can they do that?

Basically what I am asking is, where is the line between acceptable trolling and a violation?

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 16:09

Glacies

I think Spirit of the game would involve exploiting something for profit or gain. An example would be during Winterfest when people were exploiting the infinite timer glitch to gain easy Winter Wishes. Same applies to someone that found an exploit to pretty much buyout all CE. (IE: Infinite Crowns)

Lag is something you cannot really control. I've been in LD plenty of times with people using Nitronome and Polaris and I don't get Lag from it. It's not really ruining the "spirit of the game" if it's caused by personal internet issues and/or computer issues.

Both examples are not "ruining the spirit of the game" since the market would instantly go back to the base price later on. And CE would just drop down soon enough because I seriously doubt anyone would put up 100,000/per. The only one that would be losing out is the person putting up the offer. The second one would be caused by personal computer and internet issues.

Tue, 03/05/2013 - 16:12

Adamosaur

IMO :/

Well, although Spirit of the game seems to be said for general discretion (things not explicitly in the rules) but I'd constitute it based on the circumstance. What I mean is, common trolling (cause inconveniences in another player(s) gaming experience) is sometimes common but isn't a big deal. But doing something (such as manipulating the ce market) for the sake of harming players or breaking the SK economy would fall under the rule.
In that case, I'd qualify both of your examples as doing something with the goal of ruining the play experience of other players. That's my opinion personally, or how I read the rule.

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