To the Discovery Developers

[Leo]

Zapp, good post and good points. I don't disagree with any of them. Kudos. However, I want to make my own points from my point of view on this.

1.) The changing of the LPI and indies. I agree that you guys are the official faction and that indies have no say. Many people just consider the indies the "lolwutmoronslawl" people. I have had several good RP experiences with many indie LPI and Liberty Navy. You may not take what they say to heart, but it would be considerate to at least ask them what they think about it. Their opinion may not hold any weight in your eyes, but a quick "hey what do you think about this" would be cool to say the least.

2.) The RP about LPI being corrupt. As far as I can tell, they are. You cannot just go into the Wiki and write "We're not corrupt anymore" and be uncorrupt. I understand that you guys are going that direction as to cleaning up your department, but you can't do it over night. If I wanted to I could go into the Wiki and write that all Outcasts fly pink ships, they sing the lollipop song while flying around the Omicrons, and their guns shoot rainbows with pots of gold attached. That doesn't mean that they're going to start doing it...and if they did I would probably download Fraps just to get video of it.

3.) Removing the slaves from Texas completely. No, just no. The only other point is the [CENSORED] system and many people aren't even neutral with them to buy them. I censored it because many don't know about it, those that do, well, you're in the know. (The faction I protected there owes me a drink.;)) Removing them from the Texas takes away a significant amount of RP from the system. The whole "I have a contact on Sugarland or Houston that can get us slaves and take them to Malta for a mean profit" is cool RP IMHO, and removing them would severely hinder that.

4.) Moving the slaves to Houston. This seems like the best solution to the problem, because I agree, 5,000 prisoners going missing in the span of, eh, for RP sake, an hour? Yeah, not happening. Then that LPI official has to explain where 5,000 of their prisoners went and why the LPI's production of toys has gone so far down. Houston is the best answer to this.

5.) Finally, for those of you making points about how the LPI have no right to change the canon RP of their faction. How dare you. This is an RP server, the official faction wants to change their RP a little? Let them. That's what makes Discovery an ever evolving experience and makes it interesting. LPI changing to LPD? Cool. Slaves moving to Houston, even better. Just make sure that it's got RP to back up the change and you're golden.

Good luck LPI, and I hope you get the changes you wish for.

~Leo

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