A little favor to ask of pirates

[BaconSoda]

Disclaimer: I am a very biased pirate.

That aside,

So in other words if you are a trader it is shut up pay up and don't bother to role play because pirates are allowed to role play it as much as they want but a trader is just supposed to pay up and get out right?
If i am stopped and RP'ing with you in open chat it is highly unlikely i am calling for the cops. Personally if i stop i am going to pay up because there is not much chance of getting away once you stop. So why not RP it out and get paid instead of blasting me the instant you decide it is time to. I can see where if a trader is close to a gate and is inching towards it that you might need to open up on them but if the guy is dead in space and chatting he will most likely pay up. Unless like one of the posts above you make outrageous demands before you kill him. (which if i have read correctly is against the rules and can get you sanctioned)
I have run into several pirates who RP very well and some who could use just a bit of improvement and then there are the ones who all you ever hear from them is "HALT 2 mil or die". We each have our own style and role we like to play so we need to have a little more fun with it and see how it goes. You never know you might enjoy the game a lot more and maybe just maybe more players will start trying to RP better instead of the dreaded "2 mil or die" crap that you see much to often.

First off, some pirates don't like you in the first place. If Sousuke had a choice, then he wouldn't even ask for money, he would say "Time to pay the price, gaijin" and destroy you after teasing you a bit, maybe scaring you into thinking you could save yourself by giving him money or possessions, but killing you in the end. I'm sure it's the same way for several other types of pirates as well, but the rules restrict this because it would be abused, and I would probably get a lot of flak for it (I get a lot of flak for my RP now), so I can't roleplay like this.

Seondly I have never seen "2 million or die" EVER on this server. I haven't seen half of the things people complain about. From my time here, it's a gross exaggeration.

I pay any pirate who RP's a pirate, and obey's rule's.
I see him in group with a cap i screen,and dock.
I here HALT out of no where in a populated system i ignore it.(IE HALT WHO?)
I have a lone fighter come up to me,and say 2 mil or die, i do not even turn on my com's. i just blow him to hell.(amazing how people in a fighter think they can rob you with no fire power)
I have also had Hacker/rogue/outcast try to pirate my junker Guard Cruiser???? What is up with that?
And the biggest thing that annoy's the crap out of me was seeing an outcast, pirating a junker, 1k from a junker base????? That Guy was just blown to hell be my junker guard without warning, for being an ooRP $^&*&%$

Ryoken, how exactly does being grouped with a cap break the rules? There is nothing there that says that being grouped with a cap breaks the rules if they aren't taking part in the pirating. If there was an Osiris 10k away from a pirating grouped with a Titan, is he involved in the pirating? No, he's just sitting 10k away. It could be argued that he's intimidating the target, but he's really not, he's just sitting 10k away. How exactly is a trader supposed to know about whether or not a cap is with a certain pirate? I don't think he does.

And you refuse to roleplay with pirates in fighters? You say nothing? Just shoot? That's not really right. Roleplay should be given to everyone, not just the elite Roleplayers here. I could just say "2 million or die" to all the diamond-niobium traders that I know aren't going to Roleplay back, but instead I at least give them an opportunity. That just isn't right....

Although, I agree with you on your last point. That just seems silly. If anything you should pirate him!

If you are empty, I don't care. You aren't paying me for safe passage, you are paying me for letting you live.

InRP even if you get into your escape pod safely, what's to stop me from putting a few holes into that? There are no escape pods in an escape pod.

I agree with this completely. Why should I care if you carry something or not? You're here, and I want money. Give me some money or give me your life, end of story. If I wanted your input on the situation I would've asked you for it, and that includes whether or not you're making money.

And I'm sigging that last line. That was great....

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO ROLEPLAY. Stop coming onto these forums and complaining about every little thing.

Thank you for this, I agree wholeheartedly. As I said before, in my experience, most things here are just a gross exaggeration. Thank you again, Hyung, I believe (with whatever my word is worth) that you're right...

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[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.