The NZA and YOU

[DarthBindo]

I see Zoner drama hasn't ceased while I've been enjoying the hot Texas weather.

Omicroner 2.0, and that's a jab at both the NZA AND the current incarnation of the OSI.
And Lusitano, too, but only because Riezabagel isn't here to relentlessly mock and do his gosh darn tootinest to insult me with his toilet humour, protracted spelling, and grammar like an Englishman speaking Finnish (Don't even, Finland. 16 declinations? How bout no. I'll stick with the latin and proto-germanic roots, thank you kindly.)

Since no sanctions have amounted yet from the mountains of evidence, we'll take any form of enjoyment we can. in this case, thats an inRP party over livadia with copious amounts of booze, and everyone coming, going and having a good time without being relentlessly pewed by bases that have no actual RP.

And the bases just being there doesnt really make them have RP. the only way they had gotten away with them, was because they played nice until they were core 4. that and the glaring loophole regarding zoners that has allowed them to do this.

thats all im saying

Gimme a sec with this one.

EDIT: Here we go.
If you derive enjoyment from sanctions, you're doing it wrong. Sanctions should make us sad. I know I'm sad when I think something is worth posting a report (I never do anyways though, too much work, not enough point/gain).
Sanctions are neither sword nor shield for you to wield, but rules for all to live by.
A sanction means that someone, somewhere, has messed up, and has done so badly enough to break the immersion or balance of this game we play for fun, and has therefore made or tried to make or helped in making it Not Fun.
You cannot win by sanction. It is a hollow, Pyrrhic victory that leaves everyone a little bit older, a little bit wiser, and a whole lot more sad.
The number one tool, YOUR number one tool, when it comes to breaches of the rules, should be engagement. Engaging in a friendly, informative, open dialogue (yeah i know what you were thinking there) to do your damnedest to ensure the situation is not merely punished but explained and fixed. This is the attitude we should all take when first encountering those who might not know better.
That is the attitude that helped fix the Mollys and the BAF (late 4.85 mollys were embarrassingly oorp and the BAF had indie problems with lolengaging) by bringing the black sheep of Dublin (whether it be the molly indies protecting BMM miners and fighting with the IMG or the BAF indies bringing a dozen caps to shoot a single fighter silently and then reengaging) back into the fold of proper, lore-based roleplay and honest, honourable warfare.

Next on the DarthBindo Channel, we talk about roleplay!
And also, a brief primer on the history and lore of Omicron-74.

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gone four years, first day back: Zoners still getting shot in Theta :|