Gentlemen, the big problem we have here is that the outcry against the recent tightening up is seen as a some sort of rebellious and childish outburst against all rules, when that is simply not the case. The rules that were already established before akumabito came here and conducted his lawyering rampage are perfectly fine and make sense, and without them playing on this server would be far less enjoyable.
But then there are the rules that infringe on the ability to conduct RP, and these are the only ones that are protested against. Now I do understand that the community is confused about this, and that we wish every day that all OORPers just be taken away for silently killing others or for hunting bounties when there aren't any, but by Jove I have not once seen a thread where somebody demanded that something like this be made into a rule, nor was there one concerning a discussion whether the community wants this as a rule. This is because such a rule would either be impossible to follow in a strict guideline or it would impede RP. The admins chose the latter without consulting with the people that they are supposed to be working with (e.g. the community), something which I find myself disagreeing with completely, and hence why I had a few talks about it on skype (thank the Almighty I have the privilege, as most people here don't) and unfortunately I have to say that not much came out of it.
What we have here is a case of whether we choose to accept a Discovery form of "PATRIOT Act" or speak out against it. I understand the mild dramatisation I have commited here, but its purpose is simply to underline my point: No matter what we face, this server's principle is that it allows unique RP to progress unhindered, with the admins standing as supervisors to preserve fairness. But when my mercenary can no longer follow a job that he has been hired to do ingame because it wasn't posted on the forums immediately after, or when I get sanctioned for saying two words before a fight when I should have said three, that is the moment when we drift away from that principle. And I am afraid, gents, that I will not sit it out quietly but I will state my opinion openly: I disagree.
