(04-29-2025, 11:05 PM)Eternal.Journey Wrote: This being the uh. Same RP that was Cloaked Freelancers who then had to get Extra Screenshots after the fact of it already being Metagaming to give no counter to you catching Noth out, of a Station you wouldn't have known existed InRP, nor be able to get that close to it InRP? Yeah, that's an epic example to use of "Roleplay being shut down", isn't it? Would not call it RP tbh. Would even say its worse than AI generated stuff that a couple people do. And you did that for DTR no less, to help them get Noth outed as aliens. So that you could invalidate their whole roleplay effort. Yeah, you are right. That IS hilarious. That you expected it to succeed. At least you learned your lesson from it, I hope?
There was absolutely no metagaming involved. The ships were followed in-game with a cloak. No rule or any rule clarification stated at the time that you can't use a cloak in roleplay. In fact, Staff was even asked before posting the roleplay and checked if it's okay and they said that it is. Then, other Staff decided it's not. Also you presume malicious intent when there is absolutely none. I don't know who you are nor I care particularly. I don't hold any grudge nor it is my intention to invalidate anyone's RP. As for the lesson - the only lesson I learned is that I really can't be bothered with RP anymore as you got preferential treatment in my view. Again, no harm, no foul. Rules also got clarified so that's always a plus.
(04-29-2025, 11:05 PM)Eternal.Journey Wrote: Victimhood complex? I guess. I just want a taste of Deterrence's Staff Protection
As established you already have it.
(04-29-2025, 11:05 PM)Eternal.Journey Wrote: or the Community Warning previously a Deterrence Faction Warning.
This is another no-brainer. You really can't warn or sanction a faction on the basis of a rule that doesn't exist. The decision to make it into a community warning was the correct one. That's not preferential treatment. That's unfair treatment rectified.
(04-29-2025, 11:05 PM)Eternal.Journey Wrote: Touch grass? Yeah, I do. Every day if I can help it. Admittedly yesterday I didn't because of self-inflicted illness, but hey. I can share a picture with you if you like, from today? Me, physically touching grass with my hand.
I don't really know you either, but that's irrelevant. You are a human being, on the same blue and green marble I am on. I am also a human being, believe it or not. Capable of thoughts, emotions, feelings and frustrations despite my Alien Ingame Tendencies much like you, Deterrence and everyone else forsaken to keep playing this nineteen year old mod.
I genuinely don't have anything against you. Also you providing evidence that you are actually going outside is really not necessary. I am just some random on the internet. I really would recommend spending some time off as it seems the game is impacting you heavily. It is just a game. There's nothing lost, no ships are lost, nothing of value is lost.
(04-29-2025, 11:05 PM)Eternal.Journey Wrote: I invite you to ask around and find out Deterrence's general appearance to others. I am sure you'll get a mixed bag of feelings, along the lines of: "Yeah some of the big fights are okay, but others they really do just overload a few guys with a fleet, and its just not always fun to interact with them whatsoever." This is what I expect you'll find a fair bit of, and in far nicer words than what I'd expect some to say about your repeated behaviours. If you take nothing else from the staff feedback thread (and this post here in your feedback thread) that has been quite on fire of late, at least go talk and get something done to change the behaviour of your members.
Every rule breaking is actually heavily discussed in DTR. In fact, just a day ago, I personally updated the guide on how to RP better because that's an area I personally enjoy and I can help the rest. We also added a few other guides on PVP related stuff to improve things there as well. People are actually being spoken to. DTR is heavily committed to play according the rules and this has been true with me and every single leader that DTR has had after me.
I would have to respectfully disagree with you on how PVP is going though for multiple factors that I've already mentioned. If DTR was dominating fight after fight, it would be problematic. Considering that DTR wins on average 1-2 fights for every 7-8 fights it loses, I really don't think there's a massive issue here. Do I think every fight is going amazing or everyone is performing stellar? Absolutely not. But when I look at trends, I look at data and facts, not emotions. Improving is a slow re-occurring process.
Considering that DTR is at its core a casual group with a focus towards new players, as mentioned this is always going to be a recurring aspect. DTR at the moment is made up entirely of new players relative to me (as in the entire roster is 99% people that joined the faction after I retired). There's a high turnover rate and retention is difficult even in a group like DTR. The metric that matters is not high occurrence of sanctions or warnings but frequency of repeat offenders.
Overall, the player base is very low. It's in nobody's interest to not get along or to leave the server in my view. This small number of players though tends to really amplify issues like that.
And just to finalize as I am really not interested in a super long back-and-forth here - feel free to reach out to me in discord if you would like to discuss anything in particular. To reiterate, I genuinely have nothing against you. If you think that there's some grudge or malice going on, this couldn't be further from the truth. I don't know even know who the Noth players are nor do I particularly care. Enjoy your evening.
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