The importance of rank

[boogiedowndonovan]

Originally Posted by Raellus

In another PbP, we actually had an NCO PC choke out a ranking officer because he felt that the officer was consistently risking the other PC's lives by making some bad calls. The other members of the unit felt much the same way and supported the act.

A PC played by Law once pistol-whipped my officer PC because of a disagreement over what to do with a Russian prisoner.

This kind of thing can sometimes add to a game, but a lot of times it can do more harm than good.
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Wow pretty intense. But then again, I shot another character in a PBEM. He was mouthing off, and pointed a gun at my character. I double checked with the GM first and he was ok with it. This player had just joined the group and I think the GM was having second thoughts of letting him in.

But yeah, I agree with Rae's point about sometimes inter character conflict can do more harm than good, particularly in PBEMS.

In the rare instances when I get to play, my choice is to play draftees or Air Force or Navy characters, which covers for my lack of knowledge regarding Army procedure.