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So I was enlightened to the fact that there are pistol & knife combo (only!) *ranked* servers available the other day.
While I already have my pistol badges and I think my knife, it was quite entertaining to play on a server based primarily on small arms combat.
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I played on one of these the other day and noticed a strange yet consistent phenomenon related to game theory, particularly reciprocity. Most people would enter the server and follow the rules, but every once in a while, a guy would come in and start using his grenades or rockets. With no admin each "cheating" action was recipricated to a greater degree; so we went from knifes and pistols to small arms to C4 to trucks/artillary to apcs/tanks. It was surprisingly predictable. Each infraction on the rules was returned with a greater infraction. It's worth trying out just to see how people react. It seems people really do break all the rules when there is no authority figure present
