Reading through this thread is somewhat comical. The last few posts are pretty much lobbing backhanded comments at Farsun, a guy who, for the time I've known him, is a pretty stand-up guy with a big heart. Zanz, doesn't he consider you a "friend" I don't know, that seems like a pretty petty thing to do to someone who considers you a friend out of game and Reddy, can't speak for you. I know him in real life and I've played with him here, fortunately I haven't had much time to play because I travel a lot for work but I may consider joining back up as I'll be home for an extended period of time. He's rough around the edges online and I cannot for the heaven understand why, he pretty much takes abuse all day and is one of the most relaxed and laid back person I know. I have a problem with underhanded and backhanded words being tossed about someone online, call me a softie but it's a pretty petty thing to do to someone, especially if they're a "friend" so to speak.
I just thought I'd chime in as a "new player" since I technically am despite whatever affiliation I might have. If you want to go with the concept that anyone can have 1,000 aircraft carriers and if someone doesn't want to RP with them, then don't is pretty silly. Don't we want to bring people into the game rather than force them out? Isn't that the whole point of your blatant attacks on three people who've attempted to show initiative in-game when many of you haven't? Maybe their forte isn't politics or they prefer military-based RP over political RP. Should we force them out? Nope. I work in HR, a lot of what I've seen here is pretty funny. Airing out dirty laundry in public? That's pretty brutal haha not to mention pretty much the same exact thing that people are accusing him for. "Bullying" It's funny. Zanz probably could speak to this but probably won't, you gotta credit the guy for trying. The game rules are pretty broken in the sense that what governs where someone stands in power? Its an integral part of politics is power and this game is done being developed. Its akin to a steam early access game that isn't pulled but the developer isn't doing shit for but accepting the rewards for half-broken games. I'd venture a guess that accepting donations to "speed the progression of the game along" is also illegal and false advertisement...but we won't go there.
I love the concept of the RP Team, but what have they done? I remember Farsun yaking my ear off about the idea and being excited about it...even when he was approached and told he wasn't going to be on it because, well he wasn't "nice enough". He was still proud that something that he's been pushing for years now, was alive, did he receive any mention or credit? Nope. One of the fundamental things that we teach in HR is that you reward people for doing well, and educate those who do bad and finally punish them if all else fails. That's the name of the game. It's pretty clear that wasn't done. But back to my original question, what have they done? It has been....almost a month and we've got very little to show for the RP Team. When we create a committee or something at work, we lay out the plans and get to work. Right, this isn't a job but should they be at least informing us what they are doing? Maybe a discussion on the proposed "military" and "economic" protocols they plan to create. Whats the idea on them? Whats the community say? I'm pretty sure thats the idea behind the RP Team is that they work with the community to create things, but I could be wrong on that.
For those BASHING OTAF, have you read the recent document?
Link It's pretty solid and the guy who wrote it, the one thats being bashed, probably has dedicated more time than most to trying to advance the game to the point where its freeing for most players. I challenge people to read the document and actually go have a chat with Farsun about it rather then damning it because, well, its actually pretty solid and does allow for almost absolute freedom. I don't know where Particracy gets its "RP" rules from but maybe someone who knows a thing or two about RP in a play-by-post forum should sit down and discuss what's god-modding, powerplaying because I see those words thrown around and no one knows what they really mean. Yeah, we know this isn't the real world but its human instinct to measure things against things that they know. You cannot tell me that you do not measure what things are in-game just by some fanciful ideas that "sound good" because that's strange as could be.
I would also challenge the RP Team to maybe, I don't know, approach the guy and ask him his opinions on what should be implemented and not. Vescia seems like a good source too; pretty stand up guy from what I've seen and dealt with. Again, this is me just putting my two sense into a thread that seems hellbent on shaming someone underhandedly without actually saying the poor guys name (who might I add is defenseless). I also think most people should get off the high-horse and start ATTEMPTING to make solutions instead of bitching about the problem. When someone wants to be active, wants to be involved, you should try and pull them in and not push them away. It's pretty clear thats done with new players here (hell, happened to me) and players who attempt to make things a reality. Oh, otherwise you'll have to abide by the Rilandor Accords, which were in the game rules and suck. Entirely suck. Polites is to cultures what OTAF was to militaries, it created a culture of difference.
Aquinas, I know few things about you nor have I had much interaction with you but one tip my friend, from an HR guy, don't ever publish what you're doing behind the scenes in public. It's the first way to just cause so many problems. I wish you the bes of luck to you friend. I'd also probably reach out to Farsun, he usually extends the hand of peace and is reasonable to chat with 1-on-1. Guys a lovable pyscho! You can PM me if you wish to do so, I'll shoot you his e-mail.