Code of Honor

[Tomisama]

It has been years now since the Total War multiplayer community had an Honor Society, maybe it’s time again?

Establishing a simple code of ethics for the community, could help to some degree to make folks aware that there are some of us who expect more from the people we play with than a “spam dunk”!

In the past, the Honor Society was an exclusive club, where you had to be nominated and voted in (I never was). That is “not” what I am talking about. My vision is a very simple Code of Honor that can be signed by those who would uphold it.

It could even be taken a step further, if those electing to accept "The Code" as there own, could also signify that fact by adding a special character or letter to the end of their player name. That way Code advocates could more easily find each other online to have the quality of games that they are looking for.

The identifying “mark” (whatever it would be), would also identify those who either were not aware that there was a Code so that they could be told about it, and those who refused to adopt it.

I am thinking that it would be better to exclude the later from your games, than to have to pull the game, and waste any of the precious time it would take to do so.

Thoughts

[RabidGibbon]

I think thats a great idea. At least half the players I've fought against this past week have been spamming fools, and it win or lose it's starting to get me down because the game could be/should be so much better than that.
A simple way of identifying non-idiot players would be great.

[The Hun]

Unfortunately bad player could will use same identifier and so not change

[1dread1lahll]

Tomi,...not to say 'boo' to your idea, but being as we both go back to STW, we can both recall STW had its fair share of 'riff-faff', and it did not work there. The nature of RTW allows for much worse; I would not expect it to work with RTW, but good-luck.

[Dutch_guy]

would be a great system, if it works of course.
then we could actually be able to host tournament , not clan bound, which would make for exciting games and good ones to

maybe you should also bring this to attention at the Colosseum forum, get's more viewers than the Campus Martius just an idea

[ichi]

Hey Tomi *bows*

So what are you thinking of? Like a code for behvior in the lobby, or actions on the field?

Even tho some folks will probably form an anti-honor code (for every good idea there's an equal, but opposite reaction), I still think this idea might have merit.

Altho I'm not playing RTW right now, when I was I found that the behavior in terms of chat and teamwork were really poor, and so anything you put together might help.

There's a lot of good guys in Rome that I think would at least consider this.

ichi

[Tomisama]

Signatories of the Code of Honor would simply be “standing up” to be counted as holding themselves personally, to a higher standard.

Not they think that are better than anyone else, but that they support set of ethics that they believe will improve the multiplayer community.

And no, there is no way to keep out the insincere. But whatever motivation brought them, they would still get exposure to folks who are trying to make a difference. Even just that, will make a difference in them.

What would be included? All conduct in the foyer and the field, in all ways. From how you address other players, and respond to them. To the army you choose, and how you use them. The object always being to promote the highest quality gamming experience for “everyone” involved.

This idea will not solve every problem, and probably the significance will fade rather quickly, but everyone who even just reads The Code and it’s signatures, whether they personally sign or not, will be affected!

*bows*

P.S. The part about adding to your player name was an extension of the idea, not the heart of it. Just the signing alone would present the names of who you should look for when you want a game with others earnestly seeking to improve their skill, and enjoy good company.

[COR BIRD EMII]

i think this is a great idea. but as noticed by other players. peope will notice the tag and make their own tag with their name.
like a new clan came out already with the same tag as the COR except theirs is all lower case.. our clan is thinking about taking them over having a battle to overrun that clan and either they join us or they leave or more than likely a new clan will start after that.
buit this identifying well behaved players i think is a good idea. if it ever happens please let us at COR know about it

http://neutie.proboards7.com/index.cgi
our forum board if u al would like to chat

[Nigel]

Getting very much closer, Tomi, very nice !!!

To base my tactics and strategies on applied skill, never taking advantage of weakness in game's programming or design.

I think that statement really should cover spamming, imbalancies and other exploits without going into all the detail of what is and what is not a "conventional" army.

I wonder if the site could be made so that the individual statements are links - or perhaps show a hint if you hover the mouse over them. Then we could have some additional text explaing the idea behind the particular statement. Somethiing like : "the idea is to avoid exploits like the cav spam in RTW or the sideswipe in MTW or... also encourages to bring a variety of different units rather than relying on the overpowered ones".

Not sure if this can be done, but may be a possibility.


Ohh, and one typo, last statement:

...consists of a wide diversity of people

[Tomisama]

Agreed Nigel,

The “conventional” phrase is has been eliminated. And thanks for the “of”

As far as putting a CoH on the end of your player name, I would say is totally optional. I think that it is a good idea, but that’s up to you. The names will be on the page for all to see, in any case.

When we actually get together for a Rally or a Contest event that is named for The Code, dawning you Code colors would probably the thing to do for sure.

A Rally? Yes, we could have Code Sunday (or whatever) Rally at some point soon, where we could all get together for an afternoon of Honorable fun, to kick things off?

We'll see.

The latest revision has a new address.

http://www.clanwarscomp.org/codeofhonor

Will get an email specificly for Code mail soon also.

Will be going public in a few days, not long now!

Keep the names coming, will try to keep the updates daily

[AquaLurker]

Please include me in the Code of Honor, my online gaming name is 'WinkyWars', it would be great to join you guys in a regular Sunday game.

[Agravain of Orkney]

I think you have nailed it Tomi. Excellent work!

Plz add me to your list of signees.