and in your second quote, you can easily get the definition of a wabbit.
it says "dog piling on a 2-timer is NOT winging" and then
"Can dogpile the Wabbit ONLY!"
Need to be a genius to figure out what a wabbit is with that?
Well, maybe the "genius" dictionary you use works differently, but when I see TWO different unexplained slang terms in separate sentences in a paragraph in point form, I usually think it's reasonable to assume that they are describing TWO different things. If I was to tell you "tag teaming an old timer is not winging", and then write a new sentence saying "can tag team the moose only", how in gods name would anyone assume that old timer and moose mean the same thing. It's ridiculous to assume anyone would know these are the same thing. 2-timer/Wabbit - if it was written like that - obvious. They way it is now, not at all.
Again, as written now the rules say "no winging", and then define winging as "a coordinated attack on a single plane". How is that going to be understood by anyone who reads it having never played KOTH as not being a 2 (or more) v 1? That taken with the other rules about engagements makes those rules be in conflict then, ie wth do you do then when the closest con to you is in a fight, orbit and wait? I honestly thought that was how it worked in KOTH due to the "winging" rule write up as it stands. Ask Bruv, I pm'd him months ago about it trying to understand it.
Where do the rules say you can't jump into a 1 v 1? In KOTH there ARE NO 1v1s, unless there are only 2 people left. Rules developed over time, many added to deal with issues that arose when certain folks pushed the envelope quite a bit. No winging means you fight alone against everyone else. You get to a fight YOU engage!
A wabbit is someone who can win the event with their next win, they have won two rounds already so the event will end if they win another. So it's in everyone's best interest to dogpile on the wabbits to give the non-wabbits a chance to win or at least keep the event going and prevent the wabbit from getting a win.
We used to go over the rules before each event to give people a chance to clear things up and if you have any sense at all you pick up the rules after a few rounds and develop your technique. Then again when we did recite the rules, many people never bothered to listen or understand them so we were screwed if we did and screwed if we didn't.
This makes my entire point - if THAT was just written into the rules, it would make 10x more sense than how the rules about engaging/playing stand now. I understand that the rules have evolved over time as well as the slang terms used, but what has NOT evolved with them is an explanation of how KOTH works along with a clear set of rules written in the Koth forum for interested players who haven't played it before.
I still don't understand rule 3 really either.
3) upon launching, do your best to get separation on the rest of your opponents. A icon separation of 5K minimum is required, try to get out of icon range if at all possible.
* If you are under 5k range when the Host CM calls “NoJoy Time”, the 'NoJoy' rule applies.
* NoJoy rule means u CAN’T engage a person within 5k range when “Fights On” is called by the Host CM if you or someone called NoJoy.
* You both must find someone else to fight first.
* If BOTH people agree to fight after separating they can cancel their nojoy.
So, as it's written, everyone takes off, diverges away from one another, and at some point the CM is going to then call "no joy time", and THEN at some time after that the CM will call "fights on", and the IF you're under 5k from your closest opponent, THEN the nojoy rule applies? Unless you both cancel it, but only after "separating" can they cancel it. Separating how, and how far, etc? See what I mean - not clearly written for the uninitiated. Is the "no joy time" given first to give you a chance to get further than the 5k distance before "fights on" is called, so that you don't have to go through the nojoy rule canel procedure? I would assume that is how it works, but again, it's not stated so, at all, I'm just guessing.
Bruv - I'll come next time, had a power issue and couldn't yesterday, or I would have. As you said playing a few rounds will = understanding the rules completely, but I've always RTFM, twice, and doing so in this case just gave me more questions than answers.
