So what is proper MLN Etiquette anyway. What is accepted practice, what is considered Cheating, and what falls into that Grey area in between?
Here are some of my thoughts in each category. Feel free to comment or suggest some others.
Cheating
- Giving out codes.
- Guessing codes (recent LEGO World Badge) that you have not earned.
- Duping in most circumstances (Duping is the practice of having multiple accounts used for the sole purpose of advancing a main account in Rank. PandoBikini3 is probably the most notorious Duper).
Grey
- Block/Click deals. I personally despise these and delete friends who take part.
- Duping in the case of a user, usually a young child, who is not allowed to post on Forums or Blogs and has no real-life friends or siblings that are interested in MLN. Even in this one case I would limit the exception to a single Duplicate account and that Duper should not use the account to attain Top 10 status in any category. If they do it is Cheating.
- High Rank member giving extra-ordinary trade deals to a limited group of users in order to hasten their advancement. Any deal should be open to all users that want to partake.
Accepted Practice
- Using 3rd party sites like this one to communicate without the restriction of fixed/canned messeges. This includes LEGO's own messege boards although the moderation process there can be frustrating.
- Trades. Trades that are available and open to all that find them. While this can hasten someones advancement in the game, it is considered part of the game.
I think that is a good start and I think different users will have different thoughts on many aspects of MLN Etiquette. What is Grey to some will be Cheating to others while an Accepted Practice by someone might be considered Grey to someone else.
So what are your thoughts?
