(07-26-2015, 12:07 AM)TheUnforgiven Wrote: The haters hated, and it all added up. Personally, although being good friends with many of the long time members, and most active members (at the time), gaining close relations with the leadership also eluded me. The RP with Infrared regarding Serpentis seemed to go completely unheeded, and I never knew if that was because they didn't like it, didn't follow the lead I was trying to give them, or were just simply far to occupied to give it much thought.
If you could please PM, I'm not really sure what you meant here. There were a few times our paths crossed and I kind of saw this RP rivalry as open ended, but the truth is with very little support from my own faction there is only so much a unarmed unsheilded transport can do. As for Oyster Creek, which you say "damaged Junker gameplay", although the Congress may see this as a defeat of sorts, the cost of that victory to the XA (probably one of the few real territory victories ever for the XA) wears on me more each day, and my long term goal of reaching Core 5 has already been denied, leaving me with the proverbial red-headed stepchild base and rendering the whole project in my eyes a failure. I was simply trying to achieve something for the faction I am a member of, one that is an enemy to the Congress.
I'm open to ideas and input as to how to try and reignite this one, I think some communication between the opposing parties would be beneficial to see if any good can come of it.
Well there was nothing wrong with any of your roleplay, and it was indeed open ended. But from my stance I sort of gave the congress the chance to have a say in what went on and there wasn't much guidance or interest shown. It wasn't the end of the world, I carried on as per my usual routine. As to Oyster Creek, it did damage Junker morale as an inrp victory for the XA, but not was the final straw. I know that equally it was a morale booster for you and your crew involved, that's the way it worked out. The encounters that followed were all decent and fun! And yes perhaps due to the way the conflict played out over the long term it was well earned. But it did have its effect, even if purely psychological after a certain point.
(07-26-2015, 12:50 AM)Lythrilux Wrote: It was a solid time for Congress but irritated other players as not only did it harm roleplay interactions for the server, but it also caused distress to the other Junker players who continuously warned Congress that jumping Pscrap would ruin the commodity for all Junkers. Lo and behold, look at what happened. Noticed how general Junker activity has been falling in recent months?
I know you guys saw it that way but I still disagree with that perspective. I saw a large group of players all having fun and benefiting from it, and many other players did from that. Money flows around. Besides, as I usually wind up saying, it was the complaining that had more of a negative impact than the actual gameplay.
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