Ending the Capship Issue(and more)

[Jinx]

it is true, i think. the forum is twisted and its hard to separate important stuff from unimportant stuff. - its even harder to differentiate wishful thinking from rules. roleplay based from again... wishful thinking.

all that would not be a problem if the consequences were not down to the rules. - for example. - a newbie that reads through the official rules will be convinced that ( for example )

- he can obtain a rheinland military ID
- create a convincing roleplay along with assigning himself the proper rank ( no rule not to play an admiral )
- work for the appropriate tag ( even guard )
- buy the ship he wants this char to command ( maybe battleship )

---- and all that could have been done perfectly within the rules of the server. - so we cannot blame that fellow for not reading the rules. on the contrary, he read them carefully and stuck very tightly to them.

reality looks different though

- he ll be threatened by the official faction to either loose the ship or be considered kos as it is clearly stated ( in a threat that is burried under countless posts ) that only the official faction - and only 2 of the members are to be considered "rightful commanders of a battleship" - henceforth, he is a rogue ( even if he did everything he could possibly do to satisfy the needs of the role )
- now he is either chainkilled "untill those capwhores leave the server or sell the ship" or he leaves the space where the faction he wanted to RP cannot harrass him.

for someone who actually really played all by the rules. - those "hidden" roleplay ... lets call them... "agreements" can be fatal. i do know that this is not the intention of the roleplay ruleset - and they are installed in the very best interest to actually improve the server. - and even if they do help against many, they hurt the few that "should" not be hurt by this - cause the factions simply cannot review all the cases with as much care as is appropriate at least / or in these terms respectful towards the other member.

so, those people are victims of a general purge. - bit like knowing there are a lot of criminals in a place, and a few lawfuls. - and to be sure, we just imprison everyone .... to be sure. the problem might be solved, but the methods are unjust.

either way - a newbie has no chance to understand all that. and the argument that someone that spend enough time on the server to trade for 1 billion credits for a battleship is enough time to know it all is a bit ... wishful thinking. - unless we actually forbid money transfers, a trader can be a brilliant trader roleplayer - and still has no idea about the factions and space he does not deal with; yet he sets up a char there after backing himself up by the general rules to be on the right side. - and he can still miss crucial posts that .. in the end break his roleplay.

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