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2-level rule
- noun Strictly speaking a guideline, the 2-level rule
states that a persona should not attack another
persona more than 2
levels below them without sufficient provocation. To
disobey this is the act of a bully, and is punishable by the
usual means.
The origins of this "rule" are obscure. It was proposed in
Essex MUD as a temporary solution to the problem of high level
players cutting a swathe through low level players for easy
points, however it was widely abused and the wizzes felt that
if they could reach the top without it, so could everyone
else... It was resurrected for CompuNet MUD as a stop-gap
response to its game management problems, and for
BL as a pre-emptive measure against anticipated violence
levels which CompuServe worried might spoil its wholesome, family image.
Some of the CompuNet MUD players migrated to MUD2 when it
arrived on the VAX, and from there it percolated through all
subsequent incarnations of the game.
It has never actually been formalised by the arch-wizzes, however.
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