The war between Bretonia and Kusari

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And lest we forget, since in real life we're not that far removed...

Just after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Fleet Admiral William Halsey said, "Before this war is over, the Japanese language will only be spoken in Hell." He said, "Kill Japs, Kill Japs, Kill More Japs!" There were 'Jap hunting licenses' issued, and as we all know, internment camps and such. Moving forward to today, there is STILL vast hatred between Chinese / Koreans and Japanese. In polite society they disguise it - but again, let them get their guards down...

Now - fast forward abou 900 years. You've two different governmental, ethnic, and societal backgrounds. Bretonia - everything we've come to expect, know, love, and remember from Victorian England. And you've Kusari - a society that has made accomodations with technology but for survival has reverted to the ways of feudalism (sort of like between the visit of Commodore Perry and WWII).

In a time of war and conflict, there won't be niceties. There's a reason why there's the old cliche', swears like a sailor. Those of us who have served in the military know that creative uses of language is quite common and in everyday usage. Combine that with stress, and - IF this were real life, I'm sure you'd see space turn blue with the epithats and comments going back and forth between ALL BAF and KNF units.

But - it's not real life. It is, however, an immersive role play environment. Tell me that, if you're any good at role playing at all, that you haven't sometimes forgotten the lines between your character and reality. This used to happen a lot when we would do pencil and paper role playing games - your imagination would get going and the words would start flying the more you got into the game. There are a lot of times that I find myself talking as I'm typing while playing this game - I also consider myself a darned good role player, too, and once I assume the persona - I'm there. (I was cursing up a storm last night off screen while my freelancer was trying to avoid the Gallic Navy fighters that suddenly were hostile to him - damn Frogs...)

You can - or should - be able to tell when someone is being in RP and making comments and when they're being personal. If you can't - then PM the player that's making the comment and say, Hey, I'd appreciate it if you'd tone it down a bit.

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