I didn't want to, but I will!
BUCKET OF SALT! Not a pinch, a bucket.
Lets dive in:
- 1st IC of Wild faction has a claim about DTR; while his factions collect disgruntled ex DTR members, some of whom have been banned for toxic and malicious behavior, and mind you, high ranking Wild member and veteran of the game, who despite knowing the rules and being friendly with Admins, instead of adopting "It is what it is and its just a game", decided to get himself banned for toxic and malicious behavior
- Claim is targeted not at 1 or more players in the DTR faction, but at the leadership of the faction > by this precedent, you should be banned as well for your failure to maintain and teach your faction and your HC member about the rules of the server and conduct on the server
- You invoke a fight which was Order vs Noth vs Nomads vs Core vs Corsairs, an absolute Free For All, RED IS DEAD, King of the Hill Fight, and you expect sanctions! Everyone shot everyone, and at the end, the Corsairs didn't win. I should know, I was there as well, fighting against Corsairs. Is this another scenario "they disturbed our fight"? You had one of those several months ago against Order. You're in their ZOI, they can drop by. You can kindly ask them to leave (OORP) or stand down until you finish (OORP again). Did you do that? Nope.avi.
- You conveniently cherry pick certain screenshots of the fight, instead of providing the entire VR, which in itself validates the Staffs choice as not to enact sanctions. They saw the VR, they debated, voted and agreed.
- You once again claim "Gank", in a Free For All between 5 factions and in which DTR LOST! Mind boggling!
As a former DTR active member and Academy Sergeant I will say this:
- They do collect New Players like they're Pokemons
- They also DO TEACH THEM THE RULES OF THE SERVER! AND EXPLAIN! AND ENFORCE! AND EXPLAIN AGAIN! I should know, I was there in their VC for 3 years yelling at everyone about the rules. But hey, I maybe lying. Wait, there were Admins incognito in the DTR fleet, monitoring and overseeing how things are done.
- If DTR BAD! You'd see a streamline of warnings and reports against them by Staff, since technically and statistically, new players have a higher chance of breaking the rules. But you don't see that. Wanna know why? Cause DTR not BAD! Its not Favoritism as you claim, It's leniency and in house policing of your players - something you utterly fail to do and more over condone and participate in said toxic behavior - clear case: someone gets killed in space in a complex situation. Admins are notified by the reporting party, DTR contacts admins asking for clarifications - mind you, before or during the report being submitted (this is called being Proactive) and clarifies the situation - DTR acknowledges fault, passes the information down the line to the guys who did it while offering to reimburse for the loss activity. And look and behold, they don't do it again!
That is called learning from your mistakes and being Proactive. That is called maturity and trying your best to maintain and keep the server rules and a decent way to play the game.
You'd want them to get Warned, Banned, Sanctioned for this? Look at your own faction first. Look at your players dropping by and /1/2/3 traders in space, cause they can!
- Noth situation - Noth is ace stacked. They don't fly anything above GB. DTR skill is mediocre, at best. They fly caps. Poor Noth. No. Ever. They can wipe the floor with DTR and they regularly do. I'll give you another very simple example - Goliath (I apologize for invoking you or using your name. Its nothing personal, Its just a skill issue in your favor) logs in as Caliban, and goes to fight 4 DTR snubs. 15 Minutes later he posts in Pheonix Bounty Board claiming 4 DTR kills and 2M$. DTR ganked him eh? Hah!
I'd watch your merry band of ex DTR members having a hard on for hunting DTR as Nomads / Wild.
- Favoritism - If you provide evidence in which DTR is found guilty of malicious or toxic behavior, or of anything else than mediocre skill and getting their asses whooped 5 days a week all over Sirius, please submit the VR. In the meantime, mind your own faction and players, you know, those who got banned for being toxic and malicious on purpose. Oh, lets not forget the little new updated rule denying Caps /1/2/3 outside ZOI vs Nomads. Thats Favoritism! Not leniency. Its on request modifying the server rules so the main villains of the game don't get "overwhelmed" by other players. Poor poor Nomads.
- If you'd bother to log something else and watch DTR and what they do every night, you'd see a pattern: Mine, Trade Convoy, Fight - lose 5 times or more per week, win 1, Go to Conn and practice. Where's the "Bad Energy"? Where's the toxic and malicious intent? There isn't any.
I'm not defending the DTR HC, I clashed with them on internal policies not related to the game. But as a faction and group of players, they're borderline harmless, leaning over sitting ducks. They may get lucky or 1-2 skilled guys join them and win a fight, else, there's no toxicity in that faction related to the game or anything else. There's mistakes and being human. But they rectify them and try their best not to do them again. You want sanctions for that?? And on their HC? What sanction should you get cause of Nepo's ban? By that example.
As for Staff protection, here's some salt:
- This is a server that runs and lives on new players and people having fun! DTR having the biggest player base and the best recruiting / training of new players in the game speaks for itself on the quality and the fun that they bring to the table
- If your faction or any other faction would be half as fun, you'd rival them. But you don't. And that speaks for itself.
- Until DTR starts being toxic and malicious, like some of other players and factions, the best you can invoke is Staff Leniency. Which is well deserved, cause DTR are proactive in teaching and maintaining the server rules within their own player base as well as keeping things civilized and fun for everyone - or as close as possible in Discovery Freelancer. I didn't mention the active participation in events by its members, as "targets" for the rest of the server.
If the Leniency parts irks you, maybe you should mimic DTR and see how it goes. Maybe your faction would grow and be fun to play and interact with. Oh... wait... nah! You already got the Favor of the Discovery Gods with that "No Cap Hunting Nomads outside ZOI".
Server needs to run. People need to log. DTR makes that happen every night. You don't. You complain and report. They don't. Who brings the bad energy to the table?
