My thoughts concerning factions/Indies and other such stuff.

[chovynz]

ARGH!

The "faction" existed before the LSF or SA. They aren't "the" faction--even if they rp as if they are. If they wanted to rp that as a permanent thing, it should have been submitted to be formalized as a server rule.

The point isn't, "Doesn't it make more sense that someone would run the military?", it's "Who decided they could run it?" They did.

All you are saying is, "Well I like the LSf and their structure so why don't you shove off and do something else if you can't agree with me?"

THAT is the problem.

You aren't just telling them, "Maybe you will like something else better" you are telling them "You are not allowed to play this then because you don't agree with my group".

That is the issue.

Oh my lordie. Ok. We have a problem here.

It is hardcoded into the FL mechanics in so many ways its not funny.
There is no Dynamic Economy.
There is no Dynamic Government. They do not give out any orders other than missions.
People wanted to play heads of state. That is good, why? because it brings the faction to life.
Without people the computer faction is dead.

There are factions that have been created to fill the void that the computer factions are.
These have Role played and are supported by the majority of this Disco community (AND THE ADMINS) for over 3 years. I joined some of the factions because I like to Role play as a team member. I understand
how "chain of command" works.

The issue here is not "me telling others to go jump", it is the Indies who do not want to play
within common sense of a military organisation. They are telling the player faction (which has already established itself, and has the support of the Admins (or the admins would not have allowed them to come into being), to go jump.

It's like a father who has grown up and bought his own house. The baby gets born or adopted into the
house. The baby doesn't like his room. He screams and yells. But the father has laid down the rules.
That is the baby's room. Until the baby has grown up a bit, it can not talk. Until later, the baby is dependant
on the father for nutrients. As a teenager, the baby can tell the father go jump, but it is still the fathers house.

It is the natural order of things. In a military organisation there MUST be heads. Those heads are real
people. Yes sometimes they make mistakes. But those people have decided to role play as the heads, and this community accepted it. You, Shigeo, and a few others are trying to bring down, or change to your own version, the factions that you want to be part of.

BUT IT IS NOT YOUR HOUSE.

If you seriously want to play an INDY then do it in a computer faction that supports independent thinking. Like the Junkers, or get a Privateer, or Freelancer ID.

Edit: If you are capable of taking orders within that structure then by all means join the factions that are military and in that structure.

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Seek fun and you shall find it. Seek stuff to Q_Q about and you'll find that, too. I choose to have fun.