NationStates Jolt Archive

With The Dogpileing Problem getting out of hand, I am Starting this Poll to see if it should be banned by the Mods.

Well....I'll vote when I get the chance.

No.

No.

if you can't handle dog piling, Don't attack.

What is the fun in roleplay when you can't have the odds against you?
This isn't a problem until people whine about it.

No.

I'm a noob to RPing, but "dogpiling" seems fair to me. :)

After all, when at war, you win in any way you can.

LOL. Hataria, no mods should ever interfere in RP stuff. If you can't handle dogpile, DONT GET INVADED.

DIPLOMACY.

:headbang:

No.

However, I am not going to vote in this poll as you have made the "No" option a ridiculous statement.

Uh... It's freeform roleplay, the mods can only ban flaming and other practices that violate the TOS. You can't 'ban' godmodding anymore than you can 'ban' dogpiling.

You know, you could always just put a [closed RP] tag on the thread...

Thank you for the very one sided poll. For your information, it wont make anyone change their minds.

I believe that if you don't want to get dogpiled, don't invade massive alliance, or nations with alot of allies. So, invading the GE, bad idea, invading NE, bad idea, doing anything similarly stupid with no backup, bad idea.

Bloody stupid poll. It's RP, the Mods don't and shouldn't mess with it. Just because you don't like various nations combining together and destropying your puppet, Hataria, doesn't make it something the Mods should ban. Most people deal with it. I suggest you do to.

You can't expect to have a reduced number of enemy combatants if you invade massive amounts of nations and alliances. In this life, you reap what you sow. The Mods don't police RPing, its meant to be policed by the community; thats why we have stuff like stickies.

Perhaps if you stopped looking for people to blame, and focussed on improving.

No. Just No. Why is this even a poll...

Because Hataria/TCG recently bit off more than he could chew; threw a hissy fit and had the RP locked.

dog piling happens in real life as well. usually a coalition of allies has a better chance of winning a war than a nation has on its own.

i think it should stay.

Dogpileing is a normal thing. If you don't like it get some more allies to try and even out the score.

*points out that Hataria hopped on the bandwagon to fight Kraven*

Hypocrisy!

Hypocrisy!

IRONY!

BLASPHEMY!

HERESY!

Kill the Heretic! Kill the Xeno!

"Is that a sword? LUXURY! Is that a horse? SLOTH! Is that a helmet? VANITY!"

dogpileing is just plain normal, if you do something that a nation or four finds it worth fighting a war against you, then thats what happens

Absolutely Not

I hate dogpiles. You never notice them until it's too late. and then it's all over your shoe, and you have to clean it off, but you can't touch it. Eew.:D

Not voting, as you spelled *Rule* wrong.

Not voting, as you spelled *Rule* wrong.


Im wondering, the quote in your signature, where was it origonally posted may I ask?

I wouldn't know, but dogpiling looks like fun.

The odds against you, nothing left to fight for. Why not?

And somewhere I read a country was outnumbered by a considerable amount and won the war?:eek:

Oh, and by the way, how do I get my signature to show? :confused:

I wouldn't know, but dogpiling looks like fun.

The odds against you, nothing left to fight for. Why not?

And somewhere I read a country was outnumbered by a considerable amount and won the war?:eek:

Oh, and by the way, how do I get my signature to show? :confused:

That would be AMF, Godof War on II.

That would be AMF, Godof War on II.

Yep, "Godof War" rings a bell. :)

This poll is pointless and another attempt to make your self look good, If mods banned dog piling , there would be no point in having freeform rp, and it would piss off alot of players because they don’t like having there rp rights trampled upon. Meanwhile Im sure the mods have better things to do than to pay attention t and run around banning dog piling, since dog piling, Isn’t detrimental to the forum.

I mean In all reality you’re the kind of person who would love 9999 allies against some nation, so this is totality hypocritical, but because you lost and pissed off a lot of nations that piled on you, your whining about it.. My say is this is pointless.

Why have alliances if you aren't allowed to ask for aid? 'Dogpiling' is just the way things work in war. You didn't hear Germany whining when it lost to dozens of allied nation in WWI. ...probably because of the grinding post-war poverty...*shrug*
Despite how bad he made no look, I voted no anyways.

Hat, you and your puppet invaded the entire GE. By yourself. Without allies. YOU were the aggressor, if I recall correctly. YOU picked the fight with 20 or so nations, most of them larger than you. And now YOU'RE bitching? Suck it up, take your losses, and move on while I count my beautiful new planets.

No.

If you can;t handle a dogpile, you must not be a good rper.

Now this is getting a little flamey..

The mods shouldn't be called in to determine and regulate matters of RP. They should only be called in when matters of personal attacks, threats, and the like are there.

No.

If you can;t handle a dogpile, you must not be a good rper.

That's fairly mean. Was that truly neccessary?

That's fairly mean. Was that truly neccessary? Was your post saying it was mean neccessary?

Was your post saying it was mean neccessary?

Huh?

Huh? I have the feeling you're confused. What I'm saying was it truly neccessary for you to say it was mean?

I have the feeling you're confused. What I'm saying was it truly neccessary for you to say it was mean?

It is truly neccessary.

It is truly neccessary. Well then why would my post not be neccessary?

This thread is aobut the poll mostly, but it is about expressing you're opinion. Well, that's my opinion.

So, was this poll brought on by the Great Pythagorian Retcon?

I like thenew poll option. Hooray for the Mods!

Mods, thank you.

So, was this poll brought on by the Great Pythagorian Retcon?

Indeed. Basicly, the person with a history of ganging up on people was faced with a 3vs3 fight and decided to 'ignore' it as a 'dogpile'. Everyone had a good laugh.

I'm somewhat biased because I'm a small nation without allies, but I don't like dogpileing. I don't think the mods should get involved, but I wouldn't mind seeing an RP'd alliance against excessive bullying, including unwarranted dogpiling. I say "excessive" and "unwarranted", because there are situations where both are justified.

Indeed. Basicly, the person with a history of ganging up on people was faced with a 3vs3 fight and decided to 'ignore' it as a 'dogpile'. Everyone had a good laugh. Wait, which thread was this?

Wait, which thread was this?
The Great Retcon?
It was something like "Pythogria Invaded By Kraven".

The Great Retcon?
It was something like "Pythogria Invaded By Kraven". You mean the second invasion of Pythogria?

You mean the second invasion of Pythogria?
There were two?

There were two? Well that's what it was called.

Obviously, Hataria's proposal is utterly impractical, probably near-impossible to enforce (after all, the definition of a dogpile is rather vague, and how often can mods really be checking the II thread for dogpiling given the other stuff they have to do?) and utterly wrong-headed.

People should realize that wars need to be planned out OOCly; open and/or unplanned wars rarely work, as my conflict with Gilabad (marked with accusations of godmodding and various other assorted problems) showed.

Of course, people should also realize that the alliance system in II is quite confusing, and many nations are allied (or at least friendly enough to defend) with others. Thus, wars shouldn't be started lightly.

An unofficial ban on open wars (or at least unofficial encouragement to set up a sign-up thread for all wars) could work...

No.

-Alex yells out-
"DOG PILE!"
-Everyone tackles the composer of this thread.-:mp5:

Dogpiling = the test of man!

Dogpiling = the test of man!

I think that everyone is forgetting, the event that provoked this poll was a 3 vs 3 fight. That's nowhere near a dogpile.

Dogpiles don't always end in victory for the pile.

I think that everyone is forgetting, the event that provoked this poll was a 3 vs 3 fight. That's nowhere near a dogpile.
Unless you consider that the inspiration might have very well been the Hatarian/TCG attack on the Galactic Empire. The ENTIRE Galactic Empire. At once. And alone. Which also happened to provoke a Balroggan holy war and a Godulan attack dictated by some treaty or another.

Of course, seeing as until the inevitable counter attack, Hataria was the aggressor, you can hardly call it a dogpile, even though it was about 10-2 (well, 1 and a puppet).

Unless you consider that the inspiration might have very well been the Hatarian/TCG attack on the Galactic Empire. The ENTIRE Galactic Empire. At once. And alone. Which also happened to provoke a Balroggan holy war and a Godulan attack dictated by some treaty or another.

Of course, seeing as until the inevitable counter attack, Hataria was the aggressor, you can hardly call it a dogpile, even though it was about 10-2 (well, 1 and a puppet).

Actually, this poll was provoked over the pythogria 'I ignore all of you!' decision.