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[Athenian]

Fair point, Xoria.

I wouldn't call what I wrote "tactical". I don't have any agenda in this entire debate. There is nothing to be won here. Like I said, I think the real, fundamental problem inherent in playing a game like this where interactions on a forum are through an exchange of public written statements is lack of real communication. In game, real communication between players is even more limited.

The ad hominem arguments are implicit in arguments against this proposal as well. In fact, some of them are quite explicitly so. Trust is not something I would bring up here lightly. Trust is a fundamental part of this debate. Trust seems to be thin on the ground, based on what I read on the forums.

It might be cultural or it might be personal. I suppose just as I implied that people might be paranoid, the people on the other end of the spectrum could be described as slavish drones who would sell their inheritance for a mess of potage.

I never thought for an instant that "controlling" distribution of BS licenses would be anything more than encouraging communication between players, simply because I think that in-game a BS should be a significant presence and if not rare, then at least not de rigeur. Like I said before, a small ship does not a good player make.

There has to be control in all games. If the structures for controlling the game aren't working, then what is the alternative? People complain that admin sanctions are too harsh. People complain that there is not enough regulation or too much. Maybe people shouldn't complain as much.

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Former member of "the most paranoid group of people in the community"
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