Something disturbing I have noticed during my pirate-trader interactions

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Piracy RP is just that in 99% of the cases ( out of the cases that are "roleplayed" )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE9Qm8mShik

You know very well in advance who is in charge and who is going to be hurt. In most cases the trader is not left with a chance to get out of a situation without paying AND alive. Even if some pirate players claim that they leave such a backdoor open, it is like guessing the correct number out of 100 or die, because their RP is not transparent enough to give the trader the clues to connect to a successful "keep your money and live" option.

So when the option is only die or pay, how can one expect a trader to RP on an equal level and not an apathetic submissive one. For years it was established that "a good trader is a trader who pays for escorts and has a long talk giving the pirates ample time to get their kick out of THEIR roleplay"; meanwhile it was established that a good pirate is one that "manages to singlehandedly and successfully pirates the biggest rigs with even a light fighter and makes the traders cry"

So the trader is at a moral and physical disadvantage. With that in mind it is not far fetched to get to a state where the trader, who is otherwise an engaging roleplayer "just wants to get it over with when he meets another one of those pirates"

Also there are very few cases where a pirate was sanctioned for "unreasonable demands" and the admins have been very hesitant to set up even a guideline for what is reasonable.

End of the story: If you want a satisfying RP experience, you must engage the other person on an equal level of power. If you want to play master and servant, you can do the piracy in the most classic way but it is unlikely you get the best roleplay out of it, unless you enjoy master-and-servant-roleplay

edit: For those who do not get the Pulp Fiction scene and how it relates to this here. It is arguably one of the best scenes in that type of movies ever, greater in acted and played quality than anything on Disco but it never leaves any doubt that no matter what is said, the fate of the victim was predetermined, no matter what the victim would/could have said.

So if you are a victim and you have no way out of your predicament, why bother too much, especially when - like in the scene, anything you say is considered "stalling".

@sindroms: What do you think. Does the majority of pirates treat the trader on an equal level? or a level of utmost dominance expecting submissive behaviour.

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