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Newworlds · 03-10-2010, 02:30 PM

What are you saying? That death is extended out in slow motion for reaction or closure? This sounds silly to me if you are getting your head chopped off by a quillotine (a possible action in NWA) you have the roleplay before and up to the point of the head rolling, but it seems very strange that you would have a few minutes of blood fountaining out of your neck to discuss closure. Or am I missing something and you end up in the after life to deal with your death prior to recreating?

This seems like a bad idea for permadeath as you will invariably get twinks running around breaking roleplay to act very ooc'ish since they know they are gone anyway. It is one of the reasons suicidal roleplay as well as maniacal murderous roleplay is controlled on NWA, hence rules on PK to force roleplay as part of it. Tends to weed out the junior rpers, underagers, and twinks.

03-10-2010, 02:30 PM	#68
Newworlds Legend Join Date: Aug 2007 Name: NewWorlds Home MUD: New Worlds Posts: 1,425	Re: What types of games are impacted the most by permadeath? What are you saying? That death is extended out in slow motion for reaction or closure? This sounds silly to me if you are getting your head chopped off by a quillotine (a possible action in NWA) you have the roleplay before and up to the point of the head rolling, but it seems very strange that you would have a few minutes of blood fountaining out of your neck to discuss closure. Or am I missing something and you end up in the after life to deal with your death prior to recreating? This seems like a bad idea for permadeath as you will invariably get twinks running around breaking roleplay to act very ooc'ish since they know they are gone anyway. It is one of the reasons suicidal roleplay as well as maniacal murderous roleplay is controlled on NWA, hence rules on PK to force roleplay as part of it. Tends to weed out the junior rpers, underagers, and twinks.