Robben_DuMarsch wrote:
I mean, I understand this line of reasoning and find it reasonable.
But I think it could be reframed as a US Citizen going to France, doing something wrong in France, so the French government launches nukes at NY.
That's obviously hyperbolic, but I literally *can't* be the world police. I would love it if we, as a community, agreed to stop ganking newbs and making sport out of taking their nettles.
But as Bob Dole said, we don't have a rule where we stop that everywhere. We try to carve out a safe place for new players, where they can learn and enjoy the game and LARP and have wholesome fun. That is *so fucking difficult* in this game, the only way I could appeal to PvPers like Noinek is by allowing ganking elsewhere. If we didn't do that, it'd be Me, Bob, Earthinfusion, and.... maybe like a tiny handful of others even willing to fight. These guys are like rare gems.
Against that we've got to contend against neet autists like Snail and his 4channers who would love nothing less than to tear down anything and everything that isn't in their circle jerk club.Just like the US/UK/France/Canada/Etc allied with Russia in WW2 to take down the Axis, I'd gladly work with people I don't agree with who are willing to work towards that end as well.
I'm actually not going to say what moral high ground any of this stands on. We all need to do what we need to do to keep our friends and people happy. Your group has a portion that likes to stab and pillage, so does mine. Your group has a bunch of care bears, so does mine. I've been both, and enjoy both.
Balancing both sides leads you to the risk of being hypocritical. Ardennes can probably roast me on that a bit.
I just don't like people betraying me. I can't keep this conversation going. Regardless of Solis's current ailments, he has lost all of my respect for betraying me. That is my right as his ex-friend. It's also my right to call him out for that in an open forum when he keeps poking the proverbial hornet's nest with my name attached to it. You're welcome to have him, and you can claim he didn't "share" anything, but by this point he's openly admitted to both that and trying to join other factions and assisting other factions with confidential information. So what's done is done. I've officially made my peace. He can reopen the wound if he so desires.