Positive Reinforcement

[tfmachad]

All system chat should be kept to RP at all costs, unless it's strictly necessary. Unfortunately people consider rule lawyering, validity of RP and finger pointing all necessary things and as such eligible to figure in system chat. I've decided to do my best and ignore anything of the sort. I tried turning it around back to RP, but that simply doesn't work, so I'll ignore.

Yesterday I received a distress call from a trader in Dresden requesting help because there was a pirate there trying to attack (tax) his convoy. I took my ship to Dresden. The moment I enter the system, I'm flooded with all sorts of "//" marked messages of the pirate and the traders discussing the RP validity of their ships and loadouts. I tried to start the PvP engagement in order to cease that nonsense, but I was utterly ignored by the participants of the "who is more in RP" contest. So I just turned around and left.

What I try to do in RP:

1. People flying without IDs - "Sir, I cannot seem to find your ship's registration anywhere, you might want to check that out." (If the guy doesn't figure what I'm talking about, I'll PM him about it).

2. People flying with Civilian IDs after level 40 - "Sir, your ship's registration is outdated, please look for a registration office and sort it out." (If the guy doesn't figure what I'm talking about, I'll PM him about it).

3. People flying around with "ooRP" (?) equipment - It's really hard to tell what's ooRP or not in most cases. The person may have an intricate story to "justify" some bizarre choice of ship/tag/ID/equipment. So I'll react accordingly to anything that strikes my character as irregular:
a. All nomad tech as RM officer = infested ship
b. Pirate ship/equipment as RM officer = friends with the criminals
c. Rheinland military restricted ships randomly tag/IDed = robbery of military material

People just have to go outside of the whole "rules/ooRP" box and start giving it a little effort. RP is not about ships/equipment/tags/IDs. It's about in game action.

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