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"meta abuse"

over 9 years

prove you know your stuff, post your definition of meta abuse and how to do it ITT

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belovedprincess says


Cathartic says

OGI actually exists for stuff like "i'm going to report you if you don't lynch my FOS", "stop slowrolling or i'll neg you", "he posted on the forums about how bad town is so he's probably mafia and not miller"


that first one is a nonstarter, that second one is bribery (let's call it bribery please), and that third one is what most cheating is. there's no need for the ogi rule, which is rendered into absolute ridiculousness by dumbass mods all the time


giving full-scale cheating for any of those three is remarkably harsh, even for me. i mentioned the third one because i did that one time, realized my mistake, then immediately deleted it. but, because riot's a loser manchild, he screencapped it and tried to get me a vio for it. i for one don't think it's cheating but that's just imho.
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vilden says


Lashka says

Most of the 'meta-abuse' bans/trophy bans handed out have been cases where mods have just overstepped their boundaries on circumstantial evidence.

Given we had possibly two cases of meta-abuse bans/trophy removals in 3 years (rawrfx and FrancoisK) and then suddenly they became commonplace.


Nah, mod competency increased

Also I was enjoying idioteque's posts but whatever


RIP
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Cathartic says

OGI actually exists for stuff like "i'm going to report you if you don't lynch my FOS", "stop slowrolling or i'll neg you", "he posted on the forums about how bad town is so he's probably mafia and not miller"


that first one is a nonstarter, that second one is bribery (let's call it bribery please), and that third one is what most cheating is. there's no need for the ogi rule, which is rendered into absolute ridiculousness by dumbass mods all the time
over 9 years

Lashka says

Most of the 'meta-abuse' bans/trophy bans handed out have been cases where mods have just overstepped their boundaries on circumstantial evidence.

Given we had possibly two cases of meta-abuse bans/trophy removals in 3 years (rawrfx and FrancoisK) and then suddenly they became commonplace.


Nah, mod competency increased

Also I was enjoying idioteque's posts but whatever
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OGI actually exists for stuff like "i'm going to report you if you don't lynch my FOS", "stop slowrolling or i'll neg you", "he posted on the forums about how bad town is so he's probably mafia and not miller"
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Hibiki says

"i would never kill x because they are my friend"


this is such a dumb little thing to have that whole dumb monstrosity of a rule for

(leaving aside that it's easily manipulable and so rightly fair game)
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i think it's ultimately a good thing that it's called "cheating" and not "meta abuse" 0=)
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dave, please, ur breaking my heart here dude
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Most of the 'meta-abuse' bans/trophy bans handed out have been cases where mods have just overstepped their boundaries on circumstantial evidence.

Given we had possibly two cases of meta-abuse bans/trophy removals in 3 years (rawrfx and FrancoisK) and then suddenly they became commonplace.
over 9 years
"i would never kill x because they are my friend" and refusing to kill x because they're your friend is unfair and illegal
over 9 years
no, he was specifically describing honest (unfair and illegal) meta.
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Hibiki says


belovedprincess says


Hibiki says

how is it possible to get a read on someone for anything other than in-game actions without outright breaking the ogi rule


by knowing their playstyle and announcing it. enforcing ogi against that forces players to lie about their suspicions, which literally breeds mafia tells of the town alignment. the ogi rule is broken as f*ck. also, why the f*ck not just let people state that someone is breaking a rule. it doesn't add any significant or unfair pressure or anything like that.


if you are comparing their in-game play to other games, then it's not ogi. it's just (fair and legal) meta.


but u just agreed with pranay's rules there only a while ago, which stated that such things were ogi
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if you honeslty think definitions of meta abuse matter in the near future when lucid is trying to slowly but surely trying to emphasize literally every other part of the site that is noncomp then idk wat 2 tell u lol
over 9 years

belovedprincess says


Hibiki says

how is it possible to get a read on someone for anything other than in-game actions without outright breaking the ogi rule


by knowing their playstyle and announcing it. enforcing ogi against that forces players to lie about their suspicions, which literally breeds mafia tells of the town alignment. the ogi rule is broken as f*ck. also, why the f*ck not just let people state that someone is breaking a rule. it doesn't add any significant or unfair pressure or anything like that.


if you are comparing their in-game play to other games, then it's not ogi. it's just (fair and legal) meta.
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Hibiki says

it matters a lot, actually, considering it can be the decider between who gets barred from enjoying java mafia and who doesn't


who cares, lucidrains sure doesn't
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please admit the ogi rule is dumb
over 9 years
it matters a lot, actually, considering it can be the decider between who gets barred from enjoying java mafia and who doesn't
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Hibiki says

how is it possible to get a read on someone for anything other than in-game actions without outright breaking the ogi rule


by knowing their playstyle and announcing it. enforcing ogi against that forces players to lie about their suspicions, which literally breeds mafia tells of the town alignment. the ogi rule is broken as f*ck. also, why the f*ck not just let people state that someone is breaking a rule. it doesn't add any significant or unfair pressure or anything like that.
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Hibiki says

then that's not a read. it's just throwing. how is meta involved


i dunno, i don't really care that much about arguing semantics since this thread is a veiled "everyone is wrong about everything but me" thread
over 9 years
playing to someones win condition isn't abusing meta it's cheating lol
over 9 years
then that's not a read. it's just throwing. how is meta involved
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Hibiki says

how is it possible to get a read on someone for anything other than in-game actions without outright breaking the ogi rule


when u throw for friends, dave-kun. look at hedger/rawr. they played like 21 games with each other and never read each other but always assumed the other was town.
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Hibiki14h 56m!
the reason so many failed cheating investigations are so readily accepted as meta abuse is because no one really knows what it means.


LOL
over 9 years
how is it possible to get a read on someone for anything other than in-game actions without outright breaking the ogi rule
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Hibiki says


Idioteque says


Hibiki says


Idioteque says

yes, i too am swayed by the "we didn't know that playing literally every game together is against the rules also we totally only ever meta read each other" argument. it's a heart stealer.


playing literally every game together isn't against the rules, else i'd be two trophies short of what i am right now


i know, that second part is though


define "meta reading" someone


not reading them for in-game actions. or, more commonly, assuming they are town until they are otherwise confirmed mafia to you.