The Colonial Republic Feedback Thread

[Politus]

Wait a minute Tabris. I'm gathering stories. Mind giving me your Skype?

edit: Update. I've gotten a rough account of what happened from each side.

More or less, the entire issue was a mire of silliness on both sides. A large mass of OCs were camping the 44 hole, which isn't very nice, and as a result CR somewhat violated 5.2 and 5.6 in that they just went through to 44 to organize. They didn't shoot at the OCs camping the 44 hole or RP engagement, but in many cases lost 50% shields (official combat boundary) with proper engagement RP on the part of the OCs. Unilateral engagement, and a bit unfair, but completely within the bounds of Server Rules for the most part. When the CR folks went into 44, and came back, some re-engaged, AFAIK believing that they had not engaged in the first place. Some, like =CR=Outlaw[44th], did not re-engage because of the confusion.

It truly was confusing, as far as I can tell, because most of the CR folks just went through without actually engaging themselves. As a result, they thought that they had done nothing wrong, again, AFAIK. Caught on a technicality, one could say.

On the other hand, it was more than a little unfair of the OCs to camp the 44 hole and fall in on these CR folks as they organized to provide the OCs with a good, fun, fair fight. After all, this is a game. It's not exactly very... dare I use the word... sportsmanlike, to progressively gank (I don't like that word) each CR as they come in, especially if they're not fighting back, they're just going through to prepare. Makes sense inRP, but is a bit silly ooRP. I really don't like to cite rules, but 0.0 comes to mind.

In summary, both sides messed up. Both sides could have taken actions to avoid any finger-pointing. CR, though confused, shouldn't have violated 5.6. It wasn't really excusable, and y'all involved should have thought about it. The OCs involved shouldn't have camped the 44 hole, as that was unfair to the CR gathering.

I think that we should all settle down, not play the blame game as both sides acted badly, and pat each other on the back for what fun was derived.

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