Sick of other people telling other people their oorp

[Shiza]

Can't say that every "Kill me" trader is oorp, that would be generalization.
Maybe there are some of those "Kill me" players who rp depressive-suicidal person or a person who have achieved all goals in his life so he thinks that it is fine to die cause he believes hi and their crew will reincarnate... so if you are a trader you can always write smth to make oorp reasons and situations inrp... use imagination. If you are a pirate and you want to rp little more, ask a trader more questions or indirectly give him/her some idea if he/she doesn't have any, so everything will get rp tone.

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I am shrinking in this potion! Shall I disappear?

[Spoon.Train]

Because traders are supposed to make money, and telling the pirate to kill you does the exact opposite. A trading company will make more money if the trader gives up a few million that it will if the trader gives up his entire ship, his crew, his cargo, and his life.

That may be the way it seems to you, but for others it's different. That's the only point I'm trying to raise here. Everyone has a different perspective. There's no right or wrong (except when the rules get concerned), so why does everyone act like there is one?

Abusing game mechanics for "roleplay" is just as bad. You are not allowed to say "just kill me."

Point me to the rule that says traders can't just ask the pirate to destroy the ship? Everyday, each and every one of us abuses game mechanics then, by hitting the respawn button. Trader, pirate or other alike, because in roleplay we should just delete that character and start fresh each and every time.

[Grumblesaur]

Traders aren't suicidal. If they were, they'd be liabilities to their company. If they're independent, they might as well not even trade. Traders seek profit, not death.

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A way a lone a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay,
brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.

[Spoon.Train]

Traders aren't suicidal. If they were, they'd be liabilities to their company. If they're independent, they might as well not even trade. Traders seek profit, not death.

That's another persception, people will play their roles how they want to play within the rules. People need to start realising that 'their way' of roleplaying a certain type of character isn't the same way that most other people would. We're all different.

[Anathema]

Hmmm...some interesting points raised.

My concern, is I think some people need to learn to differentiate between "oorp" and being a bag of doosh as a player.

As I've mentioned before, it's actually "OORP" for a pirate to limit their demands because they don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

INRP, an actual pirate would take all of your cargo, all of your money, your ship, your crew, your family, your pot, and anything else they could get their hands on, then they would jettison you into space or sell you into slavery.

Now, that having been said, I am obviously against such behavior for obvious reasons (uhhh, its a game?), but I would just like people to start to recongnize the distinction.

That's all, carry on with the lulz.:D

"Actual" pirates do not demand too much money from the companies, because such things will result in them being killed and hunted by navy and private security groups. Yeah, thats happening right now to "real" pirates. If pirates in real life do stupid things like those you described, they are dead, simple as that. They want to make money. And live to spend it. Killing someone wont get you money, only a ****load of problems. And how often do you see actual pirates blowing up ships? ^^

See? Your fiew on pirates is different than mine. Buhu.

[The Mole Miner]

Traders aren't suicidal. If they were, they'd be liabilities to their company. If they're independent, they might as well not even trade. Traders seek profit, not death.

but yet time and again we come across diehard traders which DO exist in real life you cant just look at you r small area like in africa for example (not to be racist) im sure any kind of 'caravans' or 'supply trains' if you will, try to run instead of stop or even go so far as to destroy their own cargo to avoid people they dont want to get it, from getting it.

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[Hielor]

Traders aren't suicidal. If they were, they'd be liabilities to their company. If they're independent, they might as well not even trade. Traders seek profit, not death.

Right, which is why it's convenient that my character doesn't die when the ship blows up. Certainly, I doubt that your ship has never blown up, which means that if you're still playing the character you're being a hypocrit and expecting traders to care about death so you'll have an easier time making money, while you yourself don't care.

[The Mole Miner]

basicly you CANNOT expect 100% good rp out of everyone or if you do well you will be making a lot more posts in the not to far future i suspect.

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[Bootsiuv]

"Actual" pirates do not demand too much money from the companies, because such things will result in them being killed and hunted by navy and private security groups. Yeah, thats happening right now to "real" pirates. If pirates in real life do stupid things like those you described, they are dead, simple as that. They want to make money. And live to spend it. Killing someone wont get you money, only a ****load of problems. And how often do you see actual pirates blowing up ships? ^^

See? Your fiew on pirates is different than mine. Buhu.

Heh...ok.

Lets think about this.

Why do you assume that by only asking for a small amount of money, they're any less likely to be hunted down by navy and private security groups?

"He robbed us, but the losses were minimal, so no sense in notifying the authorities. We'll just let him roam around and do it again, and take small bites out of us....that's all fine and good."

If a pirate sees an opportunity to make a score that will set them up for life, they're going to take it, and hope they don't get caught, because, regardless of how much you take, your still going to be hunted down to ensure you don't come back and do it again.

I'm sorry, but it is my opinion that your logic is flawed. What was that you said, oh yeah, "buhu" (boohoo).

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[Spoon.Train]

See? Your fiew on pirates is different than mine. Buhu.

I'm sorry, but it is my opinion that your logic is flawed. What was that you said, oh yeah, "buhu" (boohoo).

And this my dear friends is the problem behind all of the trader/pirate 'problems'. Peoples different opinions about how each should play their role. Leave the opinions behind people, and play the game. So long as each is within the rules, who really gives two hoots? there's a respawn button given to both sides for a reason.