Cut Scene Bombing

I definitely know this thread has popped up before, and yet I feel the need to make it again. Especially because quite afew people on facebook all claim they would boot people if they saw someone in a cutscene.

I really just want to know from the forums what they would do -

A)Would you kick people for hopping in the cutscene while Marauder is talking?
B)Would you kick people right before the end of a TF?

Trials are just bigger task forces, and kicking someone for hopping in the cutscene is just you being a jerk. Plain and simple.

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Originally Posted by Wavicle CoH players are stupid and incompetent compared to WoW players.

The Lambda cutscene is a little different because breaking into can lead to failing the Trial - either from Marauder chasing the person out the gate, or from too many people going to stand there instead of helping collect the Pacs and Acids.

Still doesn't result in the need to kick them IF THEY DIDN'T FAIL THE TRIAL.

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Originally Posted by Wavicle CoH players are stupid and incompetent compared to WoW players.

I know alot folks will kick you if you're dance in the cutscence in Lambda because the AV has left the zone chasing folks or aggros on pets outside. Sorry after dying a few times to get those lame temps to have the trial fail because some ***** has to dance in the cutscene? Yeah it's an auto kick.
In most TFs, who cares? It may cause a wipe but if it's not an MoRun, you can re form and finish the TFs.

So, you would kick them after the trial has ended - understandable.
But if they didn't fail the trial by cut-scene bombing, you would still kick them?

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Originally Posted by Wavicle CoH players are stupid and incompetent compared to WoW players.

I wouldn't kick them. Make fun of them/try to make them feel dumb, sure.

Dancing in that cutscene is just so passe now.

Some people are too serious. If I get a SUPER SRS person leading a raid I will definitively dance in the cutscene.

The first time I saw someone dancing in the Lambda Trial cutscene, my thoughts were "Why were you out there dancing instead of in here helping gather temp powers?" That's still pretty much my attitude toward it. I don't know if I'd kick someone for it, but it does warrant at least an annoyed glare at their character.

I've "threatened" to kick people if they cutscene bomb, but that was me being entirely not-serious. Said fans of cutscene bombings then became serious and thought I was being serious, and..

Entirely too much serious business going on everywhere.

But seriously. Force me to watch your offensively ugly costume during a cutscene? That's a kick.

If the raid is failing, and you're out there dancing--you get kicked.

I've considered doing it myself, but thought better of it. I was on the way back from the hospital, the temps were at 10/9 w/ over 5 mins on the clock. I knew it was pointless to go into the labs, but I decided to wait by the doors instead of in the cutscene area. I also thought it was pretty funny the first time I saw it. Now it feels kinda tired already.

I generally don't kick people for cut scene bombing unless they aggro Marauder or their temp team was really struggling. However, I do add a comment to their player notes to remind me not to invite them to leagues in the future.

Cut scene bombing is not particularly amusing (it was funny at first, now it's just cliche) but more importantly it's a case of putting yourself before the league. By cut scene bombing they are running a very real risk of causing the trial to fail. If that happens then they have just wasted a bunch of time for 7-15 other people and for what? So that they can do a badly overplayed joke. I'm sorry, but if they have that little regard for other people's time I don't particularly want to team with them.

I would, have, will again, kick people for doing this. Other night on Virtue, an MM jumped into the cut scene, after spending most of the collection phase dead. He jumped in and started spammed some huge stupid bind.

When I commented on this, he said he was only Roleplaying. Clearly playing the role of a selfish, unhelpful idiot who does not want to assist his team.

As to the question, would you kick someone right before the end? Totally, after making sure they use their temp powers.

First, I warn everyone at the beginning of the trial. I don't think I should have to, considering how long the trial has been out, but I do it.

Regardless of how much time is left on the clock, what everyone else in the league sees is someone who was not making every effort possible toward the success of that particular trial run. I understand that sometimes you are coming back from the hospital and get caught in the cut scene so you do an emote bind. Or "that last grenade is just moments away from being obtained, why not just pose at the door instead of getting caught by the cut scene mid-jump into the courtyard." The fact is: the leader formed the trial, if he wants to kick you for whatever reason, he can.

So I say: form your own trial! I was even on one where the leader said, at the beginning: "Hey all, if the grenade hunt is going well, I wish to get a screenshot of me in the cut scene." Nobody argued because, after all, he formed the league, no one could kick him, and he was being reasonable about it. So I say form your own if you don't want to be kicked, haha!

I give out the warning not to do it when I'm leading a league.

I have no problem with doing so. You don't like it? Form your own league.

I don't lead leagues all that often anymore, but that's the way it is. If you're dancing, you're not helping the other team with temp powers, which means you are there, actively playing the game, and actively failing to do your share.