The Dead Character Thread

[Caesar]

I think it's better to say the rule implies when the event is having at the least a severe effect on the characters related to it. And, of course, the event still has to be taking place.

[Dudel]

Ladies and Gents,

The 4-Day rule means you are not allowed to discuss Ongoing Events until four days after they're not ongoing. Some events may be considered ongoing for Cantr years.

In that case, the mention of said person's death could NEVER EVER be mentioned OOC.

Not to mention... that could be argued in so many arse backward ways to mean anything was still "ongoing" or not "ongoing" which technically are.

Geez, I really hate the CR and it's retarded restrictions. No offense, to the enforcers of this rule... the rule ITSELF is fkn' retarded.

[Doug R.]

The rule is based on common sense, which is in dramatically short supply in the world nowadays. When you kill someone who's death could cause a region-wide war, you don't post it on the forums for a very long time. If joe schmoe the carrot picker dies, who gives a crap - post away.

[chase02]

Problem is rules should not "imply" or require interpretation.

[CN]

The only thing that made DHN exciting, at any time (for me), was the constant fear of being killed by somebody (macs, emeralds). When the pervasive boring-ness dulled his wit, he lost his fear. Then he was killed by the emeralds...

Lesson: FEAR!

Jacob's fear/hatred of the MacGregors after Antoinette leaving was just, well, madness. He was so quiet and dull and then he just became INSANE.

[Surly]

Problem is rules should not "imply" or require interpretation.

Really? Because I'm fairly sure that a large number of lawyers make a lot of money from doing that.

In fact, about 75% of the work I do is interpreting the legislation that the government writes, on behalf of my clients. My desk is covered in texts and interpretations of "rules". Believe me when I say: the Capital Rule is not a difficult rule to understand. Using common sense, like thousands of people have over the past 7 years, is perfectly sufficient.

Simply put, if people could be be trusted to keep ooc and ic separate we wouldn't need a CR. But they can't, so the rule exists. Most people don't seem to have a problem with it, either.

[HFrance]

http://wiki.cantr.net/index.php/Game_Rules

"This is to avoid the spreading of news about upcoming attacks or exciting developments in the game before players have had a chance to experience these events through the eyes of their own characters"

What characters of what players? All characters of all players! If my char discovers the real shape of the cantrian world, I have to wait for the moment when all the characters in the world they have had the opportunity to know from experience, before I could write in the forum.

And when will I know when this happened? Never!

[chase02]

The only thing that made DHN exciting, at any time (for me), was the constant fear of being killed by somebody (macs, emeralds). When the pervasive boring-ness dulled his wit, he lost his fear. Then he was killed by the emeralds...

Lesson: FEAR!

Jacob's fear/hatred of the MacGregors after Antoinette leaving was just, well, madness. He was so quiet and dull and then he just became INSANE.

LOL

[Idriveayugo]

Well, sometimes, in the case of the Emeralds, you think they're dead so no worries.

Lesson: The Emeralds never die!

[Armulus Satchula]

Anna Ishke - 2400

She had a sad death :/

[Zisrith]

Adge Macgregor - 2499
***Edited for 4-day rule***
Anna Ishke - 2400
Xan Devad - 2603
Vizu Glebrezu - 2752

These are not even close to all my deaths... But the others didn't mean a whole lot to me, and these are the ones I was most active on and enjoyed playing

EDIT: Went through my list and there are a few others I liked:
Tarc Camaroon - 2430
Jaelum Crosse - 2605
Ingri Alterna - 2574

Four days are up: Gharret Helson Boone - 2816
Favorite character

[Zisrith]

Anna Ishke - 2400

She had a sad death :/

I agree, but she fought as much as she could before she went out - The best one such as her could hope for.

[Trae]

Adge Macgregor - 2499
***Edited for 4-day rule***
Anna Ishke - 2400
Xan Devad - 2603
Vizu Glebrezu - 2752

These are not even close to all my deaths... But the others didn't mean a whole lot to me, and these are the ones I was most active on and enjoyed playing

EDIT: Went through my list and there are a few others I liked:
Tarc Camaroon - 2430
Jaelum Crosse - 2605
Ingri Alterna - 2574

Four days are up: Gharret Helson Boone - 1816
Favorite character

I don't know that one, but what happened??

[Miri]

Anna Ishke - 2400

She had a sad death :/

I agree, but she fought as much as she could before she went out - The best one such as her could hope for.

I knew I knew this one, I had to search through old raports to remember who she was and which one of mine knew her :lol

if she was better at keeping certain someone away from another certain someone, then maybe yet another cartain someone wouldn't be so frustrated and thus so reckless, and they'd still be sailing happily ever after, ho!

[Zisrith]

Adge Macgregor - 2499
***Edited for 4-day rule***
Anna Ishke - 2400
Xan Devad - 2603
Vizu Glebrezu - 2752

These are not even close to all my deaths... But the others didn't mean a whole lot to me, and these are the ones I was most active on and enjoyed playing

EDIT: Went through my list and there are a few others I liked:
Tarc Camaroon - 2430
Jaelum Crosse - 2605
Ingri Alterna - 2574

Four days are up: Gharret Helson Boone - 1816
Favorite character

I don't know that one, but what happened??

A random bandit or something came and offered to trade, killing Gharret while he was asleep after he'd agreed to their terms of trading. He was the leader of East Kol for about 6 days before he was killed.