I have seen some truly bizarre rules and methods over the years (my favorite being when a certain site had slots for gay characters, and once those slots were filled you could no longer create gay characters). People who are admin of any place has the right to make whatever rules they want to. If you bring up your opinion on it and disagree and they insist that they don't want to change it, then your option is to either go along with it or not go along with it. At the end of the day, there are maaany ways to rp, and sometimes you won't like how a certain group has theirs set up. Nothing wrong with having a different opinion.
That said, I wouldn't be participating in that sort of thing, no. Definitely not my cup of tea. When it comes to combat, I want to be able to figure things out with the person I'm rping with, not have it decided for me by some third party.
I was on a mud for awhile where "official" pvp involved three rounds of attacks/defense (called duels), where 3 volunteer judges would be picked. After the rounds were up the judges would vote on who won. Sometimes these duels would be to the death, or have some other sort of penalty (if there was a war on, each person would be representative of their side, you get the picture). So, I mean, it's not unheard of or anything for pvp to get decided by other people or even via a dice method, just a matter of what people enjoy.
That said, I wouldn't be participating in that sort of thing, no. Definitely not my cup of tea. When it comes to combat, I want to be able to figure things out with the person I'm rping with, not have it decided for me by some third party.
I was on a mud for awhile where "official" pvp involved three rounds of attacks/defense (called duels), where 3 volunteer judges would be picked. After the rounds were up the judges would vote on who won. Sometimes these duels would be to the death, or have some other sort of penalty (if there was a war on, each person would be representative of their side, you get the picture). So, I mean, it's not unheard of or anything for pvp to get decided by other people or even via a dice method, just a matter of what people enjoy.
