To everyone even slightly effected by the recent 'flame' war between our two factions, I would like to apologize. It was never my intent to spark such... intense feelings from the 101st. I merely felt there were some issues between our factions that needed to be brought to light. And yes, my methods may have been a little perverse and inefficient, however, it did do its job.. -minus the all the sod left in its path. I do not hate the 101st, infact when I started out a few years ago I looked up to them. However, I have noticed some decline in quality and just intended to give a friendly reminder of what they could be.
Above all, I was in the wrong. I should not have posted insinuating events and flame causing comments.
My sincerest apologies and can't we all just be friends?
-Lock_down
College=Life ';==(>.<
Member of RL since 1991, Freelancer since 2003, XTF since 2009
A Psalm out of the outcast history books.
The dons are our shepherds; I shall not want. They make us live with a cause; They lead us trough the still vasts of space. They restore our souls; They lead us in the paths of righteousness For The Orange Dream. Yai, though we fly through the valley of the shadow of death, we will fear no evil; For the Spirits are with us; Your leadership and Your cardamine, they comfort us. You prepare a safe home for us in the presence of our enemies; Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us All the days of our life; And we will dwell in the house of the outcasts Forever
He was probably lagging. It's all right, it happens to all of us.
Anyway... our "problems" can be traced back to some of your members posting unsavory statements all over the forums in order to express whatever kind of impotent rage they are carrying... as is evident in a very amusing PM I received. Aspire to sort that out and I'll have no issues with you what so ever.
And just to make it crystal clear: This all started because a bunch of XTF made the poor choice of posting inanity all over the forums. That is the only reason we in the 101st are a tad upset with you.
When the XTF came to Discovery we encounterd nothing but lies and insinuations and were basicly told we did not fit in here and were not wanted ,would not survive,well we are still here .
Again I see those same lies on the forums here wrong ID [never happend] taking a Battleship into New York [again never happend,turned out to be one of our traders] we have rebutted lie after lie and proved those players to be false.
Interesting that there was never any proof offerd ie screan shots of said offences,and yet we could supply them in our rebuttles,is it not time we ALL got a little closer to the truth and minded our manners.
As for being pvp orientated and spending a lot of time on improving our skill being a wast of RP time are you really telling me that the armed forces of the world do not do this,they would not last long if they just sat on thier backsides drinking coffee till the enemy turned up.
We worked hard to fit in with 101st and consulted them regulary,indeed we thought thier RP was very good and hoped to learn from them,but we soon learned that our efforts were wasted in doing so and that 101st was only interested in controle,when they actually came on server unlike the XTF who are one of the most active Factions here.
And then theres the statement that we seek to replace 101st as official Faction,not so infact its policy now not to become official and even way back when we were interested in doing so it was not to become permenant Outcast but as a faction aligned with them but as a Free state.
Then there were the insults both in game and on forums [and no I havent forgotten the corrruption of my name in your post Mr Jameson or the refusal to change it so please dont pose as whiter than white]
yes we had a lot to learn and indeed are still learning ,but dont you think it better to teach than to riddicule.
We will always deal with any problems of our members causing but we require proof,we are always willing to inter act with Faction leaders should they come with legit complaints,as we do with the admins.
And are happy to put things right and apologise if we should be in the wrong,and one point to note the majority of the XTF were recruited here on Disco from RP players not PVP infact there are only 3-4 active players that were ever PVP so we are RP now by majority.
The sanctions that we do have I can count on one hand and mainly due to recruits, not bad seeing as we have been here for over two yrs,with me 18 months as Faction Leader.
Now lets all be good boys an girls and have fun in space like the game was intending us to
Admiral Aslan,retired
Second in command of the XTF.
Basically we can say it like this, yes your active. BUt you have a bad habit of slotsaving/go afk for over 2 hours at times right outside malta.... now as i previously were one of the most active players disco has probably ever had (average of 10-20 hours a day for over 1 year) i can say this. Either your pvping outside malta, often you were WITHIN the 5k "no fire range" untill i yelled my arse off at you for being too close or Patrician (brand Garrison) yelled at you.
Your a great lot for sure, lots of lulz and fun times around you. But your not as snow-white as you claim to be.
yes most of your sanctions are mainly due to Dodge or recruits.
There is a rule in place that no XTF should be dueling out side Malta unless its in accordance with the 5k rule,and has been so since I was Faction leader.
This was decided in concert with the 101st and should be obeyed ,please forward screans of those that do not honour this.
As for slot saving, I doubt this is true more likely they are in conversation with other players how ever if you are unable to raise them and slot saving is the game you suspect then take thier shield along with a screan of contact msg,s if still no reply after that blast them and post the screan along with explanation.
Slot saving is unfair to other players and in no way do we support such behaviour.[ will re post this on our new forum in case any are still in ignorance.]
Snow white ? I wish, but we can only guarrantee our intent as a Faction there is always going to be a bad apple in the barrel at some point and harsh words do get said,I my self am guilty here as are we all and im sure you will find an apology from me some where on these forums for some thing
Edit:
extract from XTF Forum.
PVP at Malta & Slot saving.
I dont know how long ago this is reported to have happend but it was brought to my attention that some members have been PVP ing within the 5k rule of Malta, so I would like to remind all members that this is a no no,can you please iether make sure you are 5k out from planet or better still go to Ibeza station.
Also it has been posted that some XTF are slot saving for upto 2 hrs with thier ship sat on the dock,now I doubt this but have said that if some one is suspected of slot saving it is quite all right for the player to take your shield if you dont respond to a direct msg and if still no responce your ship will be blasted screans taken for proof and posted.
Slot saving is outragiously unfair on a crowded server and the XTF frowns on such practice,remember it is up to us to keep our good name untarnished and for us to police our own members.
Many thanks for your co-operation in this.
Aslan.
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OK now its there for all to read and abide by,please give them ten mins before you decide they are away for too long as a call of nature or a drink is some times needed and no one would expect some one to log off just cos they ran to the tiolet
A: i dont collect screens that often
B: why should i post screens if i had them at all? this is a thing of the past. I dont know what the present situation is. But someone playing 20 hours a day, mostly on their outcast. Well, IF someone talks to someone else, they USUALLY dont do it for 3 1/2 hour straight while im pendlin back and forth sector 5C and Malta to do missions in my Sarissa.... this has happend alot of times, IN THE PAST. But the past is the past, and the present wont impact it.
Also, yes when you or one of the higher ups are around, you always keep 5k away from planet when training. When you or the higher ups are NOT, your recruits have more often then not, being yelled at by me personally or other 101st for being too close. They usually moved 5k away after being told, so no issues there. But to ask for screens? if i had chatlogs of it, you would be having atleast 50 pages worth of me yelling at XTF members, INCLUDING yourself at times, for being less then 5k from the planet.
Again, i dont care about your past that much, as it aint impacting the present due to your change in member base.