The Saga of Dishonour
(or How exploiting, intentional or not, hurts the community)
by Grey (not of the 22nd or Grey order, thanks)
(excuse my spelling, I never learnt English in school)
This is a cautionary tale of loss and woe,
of how one day we spared our foe,
and like the worthless men we are,
we pushed the rules, a bit too far.
I tell this tale, as I was there that day,
that we made the game glitch-out and pay,
excessive rewards for our shameful acts,
we killed OUR BROTHERS with sword and axe.
I can only speak for myself, for me,
when I say I don't want this cash for free,
nor do I want this level gain,
I play for fun, its not a pain.
I joined the teamspeak, as you do,
to my clanmates: Where are you?
We defend this maiden fair,
NA_DTV, we'll see you there
Once I joined, to my pain,
I was struck down, once and again.
Like a child I sought not why,
I joined the fight with a lusty cry!
But these were not my sworn opponents,
it was my friends I killed these moments.
And to my undying shame,
we all got much illicit gain.
During the scuffle I read the words,
that gold and XP were my rewards.
Now I see that this was not false,
I gained levels and something else:
I gained a STAIN upon my soul:
its not my way to play it foul!
I did not mean to reap such crops,
I just teamkilled, lots and lots!
What can I do to make this good?
If I could remove the gains, I would!
But since Im not the Dev, I cant,
Instead I must type out this chant...
I am a truly shamed and sorry man,
I shamed myself and my brave clan,
I cheated and know that it was wrong,
and make my amends in part through song:
When one person, through deceptions takes,
the reward that only HOURS makes,
all those who must slog behind,
rightly think WHY DO I GRIND?
When this slimy and deceptive man,
runs around in a Helm and a TinCan,
why should I keep working hard,
for less rewards, that's simply mad!
Others hear of this low act,
and put down the sword, and break the pact,
They will not return to these fields of glory,
I dont play with cheaters, sorry!
These are just two of the many ways,
I hurt this mod by illegal plays.
Some are temped to cheat as well,
others tell the mod Go to hell
I would never desire or wish,
to drag others into this ditch:
Head my words and what I say,
Glitching really DOES NOT PAY.
Above I listed, just why not:
even if you get to the very top,
and no one questions your success,
your karma will be a frightful mess:
Because those you cheated will be sore,
and some will quit, and play no more,
and others seeing your stolen riches,
think I must find myself some glitches!
because rats can only breed one thing,
MORE RATS, and never, ever, kings.
This is how I hurt the game,
and its to my quite rightful shame.
As of this time, and date,
upon the admins I must wait.
I truly did not think or plan,
to steal from my brother man.
But in essence tis what Ive done,
Ive stolen all the joy and fun,
from a game I love SO MUCH,
and in my shame my head I clutch.
WOE IS ME, MY TALE IS OVER,
Im now merely a homeless rover,
no mod to play, no friends to thank,
when they save me from a gank.
I only hope my tale serves others,
to not try to cheat their brothers.
Worse than the imposed ban,
is the shame I feel, Im not a man.
I behaved like a slimy rat,
and I accept the result of that,
but heed my warning well:
IF YOU CHEAT, YOU GO TO HELL!
EDIT: Please if you DO decide this needs a low vote, leave me some constructive criticism, Thanks.
RE-EDIT: Its very easy to read my name at the top and hit 1, but if you HAVE read through and DO give it a 1 or 2 (as some have) have the decency to leave a comment on WHY you did so. Self Improvement without pointers can be hard.
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