There is no morality, good, bad or indifferent in FoE.
Plundering is a feature of the game
I don't want to agree with that. I agree with you that plundering is a feature of the game but being part of does not automatically make it a good thing?
If there weren't any rules of conduct then I guess you say FOE is completely immune. But it does have rules which indicates it might be possible to have good or bad in the game?
Game Rules
3. Communication
InnoGames does not accept any publications that the Forge of Empires Team considers illegal, insulting, offensive, threatening, abusive, real-life-aggressive, sexually explicit, pornographic (including, but not limited to drawings and animations), profanity, politically extreme, religiously fanatic, endangering youth, racist, playing down the use of illegal drugs or alcohol, or promoting the use of said substances or in any way inappropriate. Posting links to such content is also not allowed.
Spamming other players with in-game mails or chat messages is abusive and will not be tolerated.
It is against the rules to impersonate any staff member or suggest acquaintances with them in order to force any kind of behavior.
- Examples:
- It is forbidden to use inappropriate names,
- It is forbidden to advertise competitors' games, post inappropriate content or links to such, post links to moneymaking sites or links to competitors' games.
- It is allowed to refer to a player as a noob or to criticize their way of playing using appropriate language.
- Threats are only allowed when they relate to the game and not real life. For example, saying that you will attack someone with your units if he does not give you Forge Points is allowed. However, it is not allowed to say that you will find someone and beat him up if he does not give you Forge Points.
- Using only capital letters, or spamming the same message repeatedly in the chat room is not permitted as it is poor chat etiquette.
- We ask players to not use account names that include whole e-mail addresses, full names or telephone numbers, for player safety and safety of personal data.
- Encouraging other players to break rules is forbidden.
But lets look at the rules. Just because INNO thinks it is okay to criticize people and to insult them because they are new to the game does that make it right? Let me ask you this, does your morality rely on what some gaming company decides for you what your morality should be? You be the judge of that!
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to change a thing in the game, I'm all for role play. Sure go ahead and threatened people if you desire to. It is just part of a role playing game. All I want to express is if you can brag about your occupation as a successful poacher I too can say it is
not deserving of a glorious medal of honour. That is just another part of a role playing game?