Gaians and Corsairs

[Marburg]

The more I think about the Gaians, however, the more the obvious truth becomes clearer to me: they were originally a filler faction thrown in without a fully developed background or ideology, under the bizarre premise of Greenpeace Gone Wild :)(Mind you, I think the Mollys are a pretty weak concept as well...just goes to show you what the developers thought of the Brits:P). And now it's up to the players to clean up the mess...I feel for ya Marburg (and all you other Gaians), you don't have a lot to work with here, but it is a unique concept and kudos for turning it away from "come hug the trees with us."

DING!! give that cossack a cigarski! That is what I've been saying for almost 2 years now. Gaians were put into the game as nothing but underdeveloped space filler.

I know I get touchy when people who don't play Gaians proceed to think they know how to define them given the horribly lacking base of info about them, ( & yes I do rant about it offsite alot) but it's mostly because out of the 2 characters I play, the Gaian character- his faction, his living environment, his ideology, his quirks, ticks & choice of breakfast foods take up about 90% of my character development time...I know the Gaians very, very well & it's just in my nature to get uppity when outsiders swoop in trying to tell me what's what about them. I'll try to lighten up, but I make no guarantees.

All in all, I gotta remember that the slogan 'be careful what you wish for, else you may get it' is very true. My goal from the very beginning has been to try my best to flesh out the faction & expand 'em. It was real easy for well over a year because the only other long standing consistant Gaians on the server I can name off the top of my head besides myself were (& still are) Ophiuchi & Jinx.

Here's the ironic thing though: now that the Gaians are developing, growing their number & getting attention, I'm basically starting to get what I wished for, & the other slogan that pops in my head alot lately is 'If all of your wishes are granted, most of your dreams will be destroyed.'

I just have to adapt better to the nature of the beast & lighten up more I s'pose.

[/soapbox hijack]

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