The Unwritten rules of Zone
 

Whats everyones interpretations of this? Myn are, for sparring:

• No healing
• No running from the battle
• No teaming
• No pistole strafing
• Back to back start, with no laming.

Is anyone elses diferent?

Good.

No pistole strafing and everything else is ok.

It depends on the circumstance for the first one. If I start off with 30 hp and my enemt has 80+, than im going to heal sooner or later considering the hp difference.

I do agree with you here, running from battles is really lame and just shows how much of a coward you are if you do it.

I believe in no teaming to an extent, on Irica is is clear that many people team and it is fair considering that the map is a team vs team type of world.

Pistole Strafing is fine. If you truely are a good player, which I know you are Jo, you should easily be able to counter this, unless of course your facing a master such as Gambet. Than you might have problems. On occasion I strafe with appirces. It must easier to beat down 3-5 opponents that way.

A back to back spar is fine, if it's between to veteran players. If a newb comes in and starts shooting me, than im not going to say "b2b", im going to kill him, or lame him in any sense for him trying to do the same to me.

Noobs have there fun ways of when they enter the spar areana, they go over, grab the wall, then strafe backwards into B2B possition. Only an idiot would be stupid enough to not know there going to lame you on start.

I don't really like to pistol strafe, but i know that most of the greats did it, like Storm did it a lot. Still does i believe.

I have no problem with strafing, I mean it's cheap and incredibly unfair but if that's how people fight then that's how they fight.

guess they are written down now.

I pistol strafe all I want. No it's not lame.

i hate the sparring with the new breed of apps players, they run and shoot back constantly, im always chasing, it sucks!

*adds a rule* No pouncing on ET after event if you lost

Heh, would be a mistake to make the unwritten rules, actually written, because people have diferent version of it. Like KDS for example, though it was ILLEGAL to NOT strafe with rifles lol.

Then stop chasing.

Of course your would say that. x_x

Hah, I stop chasing then insult them and they come running back.

Hmm. Healing well it depends on the circumstances for most people. No running also depends on wether being teamed. Pistol strafing what typ eof rule is this... and no laming thats dumb! oh but why would you write the unwritten rules of zone

All of it is fine besides the strafing with pistols. I find that acceptable, just so long as the person does not run away and fire backwards while strafing.

what about backstrafing with photon? or using EP? those are indirect violations of the code of condust

That would be considered lame, but in the words of Jesse "Nothing is lame, because everyone can do it"

Does anyone know someone who does that? *cough* gambet *cough*

I use to do it every once in a while in spars lol never won one like that

the strafing part is part of opinion, not a rule. i strafe every once ina while, expecually when the idiot is trying to run up on me with pistols (i hate that so bad..)

I find that the number one reason strafing is lame, is because nobody actually incorporates it into their fighting. Were it commonplace the idea of strafing might be reversed.

Strafing is deemed unacceptable because at a certain level of skill, strafing is easily beaten, and doesn't have a chance against someone who doesn't. Yet people who aren't at that skill level don't strafe as it becomes useless when they get amazingly good, they frown upon those who do use it. My favorite feeling on zone was when I had just mowed down two or three newbs back strafing by being able to move one direction and quickly change directions, shoot, and change back.

Not true, at all. Although I do agree that most people fail when they try to strafe, some strafers are nearly unbeatable. One in particular, is by far the best strafer of all time, and maybe even the best ever, although he is often underrated. First starting Graal, I looked up to Gambet. We became friends on Zone, and I often admired his skill. When strafing, he could easily kill 10-15 people at once. Now, this was easier back than because their were no real lame guns, but this is still a great task that I have never seen done by anyone else. I consider strafing to be tactful and a way of Zone. If it wasnt needed, it wouldnt be here.

I will say this about gambet. Strafing had worked out for him. It won him rp. But he also backstrafes a lot.

Strafing has less overall potential than those who don't strafe. Gambet is a good strafer, but at his prime there are those who could have just demolished him if he strafed.

I think jin is right <<.Gambet + john. ]: Johns a nub. I sparred gambet once i think. And lost D:. But strafeing is a bit predictable if you fight againest it alot.