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The thing that freaks me out is the universal rule of mutual non-attacking which is present in every clan ruleset.
well i agree with everything you said except this part, as I've already stated.in pWn everyone has individual choice whether to shoot someone or not, i'll not ask Finisher or Ege to team up with me,just because i'mnot able to kill someone so i need to gangbang him. main reason behind mutual rule of non-attacking regulars is because people are joining clans not because they want to enjoy a better ingame experience, but because they're seeking protection,
here is an example last month when last time i was ingame i asked Mr,B(fyi MrB is a new regular members) why did you join clan x in first place? he replied with "i'm in the clan because if i left everyone will start killing me again),another reason for that nosense rule is clan leaders themselves setup those rules just to make sure their clan members are in
comfort zone that doesnt make any sense in a TDM server. so yea you can say that they're in same clan just to protect each other from external threats,a good example for this (when a lion leave lions group and will have to live in jungle by his own but either ways we'll know that he'llnot survive)another aspect is they fear dying in a virtual world and perfer to gain some easy kills improve their ingame stats.
maka and i used to get shitload of PMs and textbook stuffs, people were complaining about Finisher killing them, then we made it clear that he is completly free to do w/e he wants,just because noone in the clan is seeking protection simply as that, the main concept behind pWn was a very close and longtime friendship between all members, so we're noone to judge him, he is playing game and enjoying the way he plays!
i feel like these gangbang thing has became something we can call it PTP's culture, if you are alonely person and you kill someone from clan X this means that you are in trouble. still this topic is about two points, second one is about killing regulars members,last time i was ingame i started thinking about it,well yea i do agree with you its kinda stupid ,when you're Security and you dont defend president against différent threats president with a deagle cant defend himself against two guys One DBing and other shooting with combat even people with high skills and understanding of game's mechanism will struggle against a moving target ,so that doesnt make any since whatsoever. when you see a terrorist and cop in same car OMG that so stupid and kill game's purpose, if regulars dont want to fight each other then go to civilian class and problem solved, main issue here when you decide to take first step tell people what to do,you'll get only there things.you'll suffer from autistic people with limited intelligence, logic is hard for em .you'll have some hard times dealing with people playing with puzzle with english words you've no idea where sentence starts and where it ends(nobody is perfect) finally people turning discussion into a clan fight.
as a logicalist i perfer if u focus on killing regular point cus its thing that leads to a gangbang!