What's worse? Being KoS'd or held up

[PhillyT 554]

I am highly resistant to being cuffed.  If I am held up, but not cuffed, I'll respond.  If the person thinks they are going to cuff me and I have even a small chance of escape, I will run for it.

[argotto 7]

To me this is still just a video game, and like many of you who question the mental stability of those who 'refuse' to be held up, I question the logic you all use to come to the conclusion that there is simply a lack of imagination.  Some of us don't have that much time to spend playing.  Sometimes an hour, maybe 2 max a day, and not even every day.  With that said, these people might not want to willingly give up the fight for a chance to not only survive, but come up on top of the situation with some extra loot.  It is almost always a question of time spent and how much time will be lost.  You weigh in those factors and you now have to ask yourself if you feel like going along with it to see if you can get some enjoyment out of a purely role playing experience.

 

This is based on my personal experience so far obviously, as no one has been merciful nor have they been kind in any way to at least 'ease' the mind of the person they just killed after leading them on.  Am I surprised?  No, and I expected this coming in.  The game presents options that are either easy or hard.  Most people will choose the easy way out and just kill others and that is apart of the charm of the game.  Then you have some who don't mind risking their time spent playing the game by helping others or at least not completely destroying the other player as is being discussed.  That is admirable in that you might understand how valuable a person's time is to them, which is why you might give them a choice.  With that same logic, however, you have to understand why a person would choose to go out fighting rather than submit to some random stranger over the internet's will. 

 

It isn't a matter of life or death, it is a matter of your time being wasted or not.