Do you think sheep and boar laming in rated games is OK, or should everyone follow a gentlesman's agreement to refrain from laming?
This might be more similar than you think, because it's probably only amateurs who think like that. At a competitive level, crunching the ball from the baseline through the player at the net is sometimes the only valid shot, and is not frowned upon at all. If you hit the person, you apologise, but you don't aim for the face obviously. In doubles, if you're at the net and intercept, you should almost always aim at the other net player. You aim for their feet though, as this makes it less likely they can get the ball back, but being less injurious is a side benefit. Good coaches will reward juniors who hit their opponents' feet in this way, to instill a bit of killer instinct! 11There are similiar things in sports, e.g. body shots in tennis. People don't think it's cool and most players don't do it. Yet it is perfectly legal.
I agree to a degree, but also with the people who say that it depends on who they play against.Its a game of war, if you are playing to win anything goes.
Its a game of war, if you are playing to win anything goes.
Reminds me of the time I hosted an Arena 1v1 on HD, then halfway through the Dark Age my opponent asks "Can we play without relics?"It really depends and ppl understand things diifently. Yesterday I played unrated game on HD against higher level opponent and when my drush reached his base he said "really you rush in an unrated game". I was very surpriseds to say the least. But it turns out ppl understand things differently. So I wouldnt lame against someone who would like to have no laming in their game. But I can understand different ppl understand it differently.