Negative consequences of moving best premium scrap selling points to Gallia

[Laura C.]

Well, this went off topic quite a lot. Oh well...

Let's get down to the bare bones here, Laura has made her position clear that she doesn't want to give smugglers a slightly easier time because her ideas of RP won't allow it

I´m pretty sure I didn´t say that...

Carsten is still just human being and there are ways how to convince her to look other way. Though definitely not by money and definitely not for some types of cargo. But I would feel bad if I would refuse excellent RP in certain situations just because "I´m stern cop which has no mercy and gives no chances". It makes sense for me inRP that you can do this when you are alone in space and no witnesses are around (yes, it is risky, but she is now in position to be able to cover her back in case of possible problem). But mainly as a player, I don´t want to say to other player "man, your plan and story was best I ever heard, but I can´t let you go because I´m stern cop". Yes, I am RPer, but I have point where I switch to "this was great fun, I will not spoil it by being hardcore RPer when I can play along and make this remembering encounter".

But if by "giving smugglers an easier time" you meant that idea of letting people go with part of the contraband, then I´m guilty, sure. I simply couldn´t feel RPing cop anymore if this should be what is expected as norm from cop/lawful on RP server. My immersion would be completely gone. Though in that case smugglers would have easier time because I (and I´m pretty sure some other players I know) would stop playing cops entirely.
I mean, do you really propose do give up on even basic principles of certain RP role on the RP server? Because the action you propose is entirely ooRP, there is no way how you can justify it inRP. I mean smugglers don´t have to be those hiding guys like Thyrzul is describing them, they also can for example guys which likes adrenalin rides (apart from making lot of money) so they on purpose smuggle under cop noses. Ask in AFC about that... It´s like football hooligans which show a finger to cop or swear at him just because they enjoy the confrontation. But cops letting smugglers go with part of load of for example slaves or hard drugs being usual cop behaviour? I do lot of compromises between RP and gaming attitude on Disco, but this is far beyond anything I could find acceptable.

You don't think how you treat another player has any bearing or effect on how the mod fares?

Wait a moment, now you are mixing the behavior of players to each other, and RP characters between each other. Do you imply that if I play my role as a cop they way it is suppose to work (and I don´t even mention I could even play RP role of for example xenophobic or overzealous cop, bending the laws to be nasty against some characters), I´m doing something wrong on RP server? It that´s the case, I guess it´s time to delete "RP 24/7" from the server name. We are not talking about blowing up people with /l1 and /l2 lines, trolling them with CDs, ordering them to leave house space for silly reasons, shouting at them in //PMs and such - this is what I call fouls on behaviour between players which can affect interest in the mod. But when playing some RP role USUAL way it is supposed to be RPed was added to this list?

But hey as Laura made clear, her faction's RP is far more important than the players who allow that RP to happen.

No, but what you propose is that we should behave in way which can hardly be called RP. Sure, it work both ways, there is point when it´s time to step out of RP and don´t forget this is still just a game which is supposed to be fun. But also there is point when it´s time to step out of "this is still just a game which is supposed to be fun" and don´t forget we are on RP server. It is eternal conflict which doesn´t have definite solution, it is about compromises. But you and Thyrzul seems to be representatives of extremes. Thyrzul´s hardcore RP attitude and yours "lets do everything to promote player interaction even beyond the point of reasonable RP". Positions of both of you are simply the extreme poles on "RP vs computer game" scale, but you both should not forget that majority of players are simply somewhere inbetween and it´s not wrong to try to find balance and compromise, but those are reasonable only to certain point (which, of course, players have set differently).

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On a ragebreak. Or ragequit. Time will tell.