Liberty Navy [LN] Feedback Thread

[Mímir]

Re-read the post.

Baker's transmission was not, and is not, official navy policy. It's an indication of individual expression, and a result of someone roleplaying a character, rather than a cardboard cut out. There may be repercussions in-character for her actions, that's not for me to say, but it seems ludicrous to me to attack the player for actions conducted by the character.

If you've got a character that would disagree with Baker's actions, you're more than welcome to act on that disagreement in-character. Write a letter. Stage a demonstration, whatever floats your boat.

But, for the sake of common sense, let's restrict roleplay disagreements to in-roleplay interactions, rather than attack someone for the views their character holds.

I would be lying if I was to say I really care, but on a more general level, do you not think that this kind of 'individual roleplay' in ways undermine the legitimacy of an official faction?

If there are no quality requirements, no requirements in terms of realism/credibility, and everything is up to the individual player, why should there be any kind of privileges associated with being a faction player? What then makes a [LN] player "better" than a 5th player? Why this freedom regarding the illusive notion of "roleplay", when the Junker guns in court was deemed "not roleplay" - it's a legitimate question you should be able to answer directly, if you so want to use "roleplay" as an "excuse".

Yes, I am asking solely for the sake of the discussion, I have nothing against the player or the faction*, but this is a topic that interested me as long as I played here. A topic riddled with hypocrisy and a debate often carried out on very skewed basis where affiliation and position matters more than the logic and common sense, if you ask me. In the past, a lot of people have been scorned for saying things we all now know were 100 percent spot-on (as much as we hate to admit it), simply because certain players in key positions en bloc could dominate the discourse through language, wit and ridicule, enforced by the herd/mob-like behavior demonstrated by a large chunk of players without the capacity to think for themselves. In hindsight, now that most players have matured a bit, has Karlotta not been more "right" than Dusty Lens if you choose to look beyond the form?

Sure, Disco is running towards the end of its life, but in hindsight wouldn't everything had been better if we all played regular Joes in-game, and had all the 'power' condensed in forum-only characters? A game where we were all equals - wouldn't that have led to fewer disagreements, fierce arguments, ragequits and that gross hypocrisy that is everywhere within the community? Less power mongering, wouldn't that also be conducive to "better" roleplay or at least more credible and open stories?

*Edit: Ok, I do have a small dislike towards the faction. It's been the cause for a lot of grief ever since Joe was in charge, and it was never dealt with or handled properly, but rather swept under the rug. The past is of course the past, but [LN] does have an air of arrogance still, sadly, and of course those of us who have been treated terribly by [LN] members in the past are more likely to be sensitive to this, even if it's mostly a completely different team of players now.

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