It is entirely about playstyle. It's simple if I see you and you are not in my guild, I am going to kill you. In Trammel I can't do this. So if you don't want to participate, stay in Trammel. By staying in Trammel you are showing an inability to adapt to different playstyles. Then you're done. Don't participate in PvP threads any more. It is simple.
You're a trammy Michael Wolf. By calling you a trammy I mean no disrespect in any fashion. If I called you trash - that would be disrespectful. I am simply putting you into your category by calling you a trammy. You are such a trammy that you're an instant kill. If you want to prove me wrong, let's fight. Otherwise, accept the fact that you're a trammy and take no offense.
I know the last paragraph annoyed you because you are a trammy, but there is something you can do about it. Adapt. You may choose now to say that I have disrespected you however that is not the case. The choice is yours whether or not you want to participate or avoid the situation by not clicking onto PvP threads and staying in Trammel.
A forum is supposed to be a place for people to express opinion without bias moderation. By eliminating diversity in any population you are eliminating the community factor, and suddenly it is uniform. You are shaping the population into what you want it to be - not the reality of what it really is. For years I have refused to call Stratics a community or a mirror of the Ultima Online community any more.
In the game there is no moderation or handholding. If there is moderation it is very little. Why should the boards be any different?
The "respect" rule is violated when people direct personal attacks. A personal attack is often vulgar or directed to harm somebody's feelings as an individual but not as a player. What is PvP without slighting somebody as a player?
Calling somebody a trammy, or a newbie is not a vulgar remark. It fits entirely into the context of the game. It puts people into their place. And in the context of player versus player combat, the strongest don't always win. They often do. But I see dread mares win for trammies a lot.
My simply opinion - not advice - is to let PvP threads go all they want, and eliminate only the vulgar personal attacks that are irrelevant to the game and the events that take place.
