How is it not a form of leeching? If he is not fighting (and it was said he wasn't, that he just ran into them and died peacefully), then he is leeching. At gen 16, he obviously doesn't need money, thus he is not leeching naked, thus making his leeching more subtle. Leeching it is though.
I personally disagree with the "no leeching" rule to begin with. It is too vague and broad to be enforceable. Were I to agree with a "no leeching" rule, I could ban numerous people who I felt were playing beneath their capability. For instance, there are several very skilled NA players who often mess around, and don't play to their full potential(Allers, Dexxta, etc). Defining what is, and what is not leeching is the problem.
Is it leeching if someone spawns naked with a sword that they don't have WPF in, but tries to fight with it, earning a 1:2 K:D? How about if you KNOW that they have much better armor available, plenty of gold, and would go closer to 10:1 if they spawned with their normal gear and stopped messing around?
Now, if you considered the above leeching, then you have to consider the following: Are we really going to enforce specific playstyles in a game that was created for customization of your personal playstyle?
Seems like doing so would defeat the entire purpose of the game. I actually considered creating a character who was an ultra-hybrid who never spawned with a weapon. I was going to save money on weapons, and instead spawn with better armor every round, then loot a melee weapon and go to town.
To me, this sounds fun. But to someone else, they may see it as leeching, since I don't have a weapon at spawn. I may get killed several times before I successfully loot a weapon. It may appear as if I'm leeching/grinding, when in fact I'm just looking for a weapon.
Like I said before; It's a slippery slope. And enforcing vague, broad rules is something that I prefer to avoid as an admin.
