"Forget tradition. 'The Force shall free me.' Isn't that the idea?"
— potential response by the Sith Inquisitor PC to Darth Thanaton's Appeal to Tradition, Star Wars: The Old Republic
Here's a simple example. You're at a sufficiently fancy restaurant, like I dunno, with white tablecloths or something? The waiter asks if you'd like "still or sparkling water?"
If you say "still", it costs Eleven Dollars. If you say "sparkling", it costs Eleven Dollars and tastes all gross and fizzy. But if you say "tap water, please", you just get tap water, what you wanted in the first place?
When I first saw someone do this I was like "you can do that? I just thought you had to pay Eleven Dollars extra at fancy restaurants!".
It's not written down anywhere that you can ask for tap water. But when I found out you could do that, and like, nothing bad happens, I could suddenly do it too. Miss me with that Eleven Dollars fizzy water.
Basically, until you've broken the rules, the idea that the rules can be broken might just not occur to you. That's how it felt for me, at least.
In conclusion, to be a hacker u ask for tap water.
If you say "still", it costs Eleven Dollars. If you say "sparkling", it costs Eleven Dollars and tastes all gross and fizzy. But if you say "tap water, please", you just get tap water, what you wanted in the first place?
When I first saw someone do this I was like "you can do that? I just thought you had to pay Eleven Dollars extra at fancy restaurants!".
It's not written down anywhere that you can ask for tap water. But when I found out you could do that, and like, nothing bad happens, I could suddenly do it too. Miss me with that Eleven Dollars fizzy water.
Basically, until you've broken the rules, the idea that the rules can be broken might just not occur to you. That's how it felt for me, at least.
In conclusion, to be a hacker u ask for tap water.
"The only rules that truly matter are these: what a man can do, and what a man can't do."
“Two things: No magic, and we keep the dulling spell to ’alf potency. What do you say, eh?”
“……”
“I am not into pesky shoot-outs—it’s not a real fight if there is no blood. Let us just keep it to one step above gutting each other. Then we will ’ave a battle fitting of the labyrinth!”
Rossi sneered. Not only did he want to keep their duel to swords only, but he also wanted to purposely lighten the effects of the spell that prevented them from killing each other. Up top, this would only be allowed of senior students, but down in the labyrinth, such rules were effectively meaningless. Oliver nodded in agreement with his opponent’s suggestions.
“Sure, I accept both conditions.”
“……”
“I am not into pesky shoot-outs—it’s not a real fight if there is no blood. Let us just keep it to one step above gutting each other. Then we will ’ave a battle fitting of the labyrinth!”
Rossi sneered. Not only did he want to keep their duel to swords only, but he also wanted to purposely lighten the effects of the spell that prevented them from killing each other. Up top, this would only be allowed of senior students, but down in the labyrinth, such rules were effectively meaningless. Oliver nodded in agreement with his opponent’s suggestions.
“Sure, I accept both conditions.”
— Reign of the Seven Spellblades volume 2
