Your personal rules of random PVP?

[Tal]

/sigh.  i post on another forum where i'm in the top 10 in postcount.  i know what its like to be a big dog on the forum and by that fact alone being entitled to look down upon those with lesser postcounts.  maybe its just me that's how you're coming across.  if its any consolation, i've lurked here since october 2000.  but i digress.[right][snapback]90016[/snapback][/right]

What does postcount have to do with anything? I care less than nought what my post count is or what yours is. I write from the position of feeling that what you did was wrong and that my own actions are justifiable.

accuse me of being dismissive? [right][snapback]90016[/snapback][/right]

You're right I did overreact with my sarcastic response. My only defense is that your post came across as a bully crowing about his conquests.

im not slighting you in the least bit, i'm simply saing that pvp and pve servers are vastly different, and attract different people.  true, you may never run from a pvp fight, and for that i applaud.  but do you type /pvp every time you see the opposing faction?  i'm always flagged, and if i am unflagged in horde territory and see alliance, you can bet that i will be flagged shortly.[right][snapback]90016[/snapback][/right]

If I am running with folks I regularly PvP with yes I am flagged. If I am running with folks I know that are not into PvP I respect that they may not wish to be delayed while I fight members of the other faction. If I am soloing and run across a flagged horde I will flag as well. Sometimes we size each other up and go our seperate ways. Othertimes its a battle royale.

and maybe i am preying upon the weak, but he is the enemy.  strike at the women and children to bring your enemy to its knees.  in 31 levels when he is able to kill me, i have no doubts that any mercy showen would be forgotten.[right][snapback]90016[/snapback][/right]

Truthfully in WorldofWarcraft there is no "enemy" at this time. The Horde and the Alliance exist in a tenous peace. Striking at a civillian populace (women and children) where no declaration of war exists is generally viewed to be acts of murder and terrorism. But lets drop the meaningless war analogies. I've already explained that I frequently suffered for my choices to not attack someone when they were weak. But at least I know that I've never knowingly ruined someones fun by ganking them while weak. I know on at least a few occassions when I was on the PvP server that I ran across someone who I had "spared" when they were weak and been shown the same courtesy. I also vividly remember my levelling slowing or quests being ignored because I was responding to calls for help from lower level characters being attacked in the Arathi area.

i'm not dishonorable when it comes to pvp.  im realistic.  i expect no quarter and i give none, unless something makes me laugh and you get to go on your way. [right][snapback]90016[/snapback][/right]

Shades of the strip and dance or die debacle from Beta.

and the purpose of my thread is clear.  Your personal rules of random PVP?  I just happen to think that mine are the best and will defend my position.  Take pride in what you do?
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Did you truly feel pride in what you did? Else why bring up Karma at all if you were in the right?