Independent Capital ships vs Factions

[JIVA]

the whole discussion about spoiling the fun, self restrictions, good RP etc. can be compared to a childrens playground.

imagine that - there is a playground with the common rules: - no fighting, no smoking, no alcohol. - very basic rules to ensure the peace and safety - these are the official rules.

usually the playground is populated by a bunch of children, each one minding its own business, sometimes playing together, sometimes alone. - thats like when a fresh server starts. - everyone is a loner. - people play by the rules, cause these are the "official rules".

then, some of the kids form up a more permanent gang. - they establish a gang structure and setup "their" rules that they add to the official rules. - so far so good.

they do then claim a piece of this official playground for themselves. - they need it, cause they are a gang of kids that sticks together - and by sticking together, they also create a "we" and a "them", two sides that hasn t been there before.

so they get their share of the playground. - they become established, part of this playground. kids around don t even remember a time when the playground existed without this gang, - they always sit around in this playground, night and day. - sometimes they let people join them, - but they don t want just everyone, they employ a structure, a hierachy so that a new member must work his way up. - he starts as a nothing, lesser than the casual kid .. and he must prove himself.

still - so far so good. becoming a member is voluntary, those that do not wish to join keep playing in the playground by the official rules "no fighting, no drinking, no smoking"....

but then comes the time that this gang thinks that its unfair. - that is usually the time when it consists of mostly people that "worked their way up". - they think that its somewhat wrong that THEY have to obey all those additional rules, the hierachy, the ridig structure - while those casual kids that just come there to obey the three major rules do what they like. - they use all the toys in the playground without ever working their way up to be "allowed" to use them.

and that spoils their fun. - so they start asking those casual kids to obey THEIR rules, too. - which those kids don t understand, cause they never wanted to become member of that gang.

quickly arguments come up like "we are stronger than you, we can bully you out, if we like", "we ll turn it the way that it ll we ll have a right to force you out, cause you have violated those three major rules" - basicly everything works.

they ll work hard to make the whole playground THEIR playground. so that in the end, the playground isn t just a playground with three rules anymore, but a playground with three rules + the gang rules.




this example is NOT disco and its NOT freelancerr as we play it. - our situation is more complex, we re not kids, and the server is not a playground as such. in that example however.... who has a right to do what they do?

certainly, kids that violate the three rules must not play in that playground, thats what the rules are for. - but what about kids that never violated those three rules? are they allowed to use all the toys in this playground?.... or should the gang tell them what to use and how long they may use it.

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