ADMIN NOTICE : OFFICIAL FACTION RIGHTS

[chovynz]

Sidenote: Just a thought. Would it be possible to right up a "Players Freedoms," charter or something? What can you expect as player? factionized or not.

The server rules are ok as server rules, but I think there has been a large focus on what you are NOT allowed to do. When you add to that with more rules of what your are not allowed to do, it can get confusing.

I think, that perhaps if we wrote up something that explains what you CAN do, it would help the server.

Ontopic: Should official factions have more *rights* than any other normal player, I don't know. I don't know where I stand with this proposal, a day ago I was for it, half an hour I was against it...it's hard to see the points in amoungst all the crap being flung about. I DO know that there is no democracy. What the Admins say goes, and I think they are trying to do their best. They are trying to give us "normal players" the opportunities to input into their decisions - for the good of the server.

What does Igiss think? Should players join factions that are available? Or should there be quite a bit of freedom in what you do as an alternate person in a fantasy space simulator? Is the RP based on real-life or is it based on the defined roles of each NPC faction? Do we as players have the freedom to change Disco the way we *want*, or is that solely Igiss' place?

This is not an easy thing to answer, (should factions have more rights), because as soon as you bring *that word* into it, it TURNS into a human rights discussion. Especially from the American viewpoint where rights is a holy cradle. The discussion gets confusing. What right have we got as a visitor to this server to demand anything? Igiss owns the site and server, run on hardware that is operated by someone else, paid for by donations of certain other people.

There are more than two sides to the discussion. "Official factions" are being discussed here, but what does Igiss and the Admins want for official factions? What's the point in being "official" when it doesn't give you anything in return? Is there any difference between an "official" player, and a "non-official" player? If the difference is time, why is that special? If they can RP, I see no difference. After the ability to RP it becomes a question of time, but why is that important? Does the history of players actually matter? Does the stories and the building of long-term players actually account for anything? Or is it only Igiss who can write the story of Discovery? Is this a partnership between the "community" or is it a few who have the say? Because if it IS a partnership, then someone does needs to lead. IS Igiss the leader? or is the leader - consensus?

What and where is this server going, and who's driving it? That's the larger question that this "Official faction rights" topic is part of.

I can already hear "Yes Igiss in in charge", but how many people have actually asked him? Does he WANT to be in charge of disco anymore? Is it Igiss baby still or is it this the communities baby? Because if this is the communities then we need to change a great many ways of doing things around here.

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