EH-bitching

What is EH-bitching?

EH-bitching (pronounced Ee-Aich-Bitching, sometimes pronounced "aei-bitching") is the act of deliberately barricading a building to Extremely Heavily Barricaded for no good reason. In many player circles, it is an act of griefing and many players, especially those who are new, scorn the act as hateful. New players who buy construction and "EH-bitch" usually are not considered as such if they do not know that what they are doing is wrong.

What proponents believe

Proponents of EH-bitching generally believe that barricading a building to EHB is a necessary precaution to take to ensure that zombie characters, PKers without freerunning and other hazards to the player remain at-bay. They argue that it is perfectly reasonable to expect many building to be at EHB as the zombie-to-player ratio is usually very high. Also, zombie players (especially career zombies) target lower barricades all of the time. Barricading a building to EHB forces those who want in to either have freerunning or to spend 30+ AP to knock it down. It is also a great strategy to use during sieges and large-scale attacks, because buildings barricaded lower than EHB are immediately knocked down.

What opponents believe

Opponents of EH-bitching say that it is incredibly counter-productive to do so due to the large numbers of newbie survivors who do not have freerunning. In many cases, having freerunning as a starting skill (choosing the scout class) will have you labelled as a PKer and killed. Because many resource buildings are EH-bitched on a constant basis, many characters fail to receive the resources they need to make enough XP to gain freerunning. This is especially true for scientist classes. Many survivors, especially newbies, cannot find a suitable safehouse within their 50AP limit and sleep on the street or in an unsafe area, thus waking up dead and having to spend many more AP heading to a revive point and waiting for help. Opponents generally believe that EH-bitching ruins the fun of the game and does not help anybody but the ones who do it.

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	This user/group supports barricading to Extremely Heavy no matter what the costs. It's an inevitable part of the game when 100+ zombies are knocking on your door.