Official Faction Members

[MacAulay]

Well its been a while since I posted on these forums and henceforth a while since I have griped about anything. So lets rectify that situation now.

Today I am going to make myself even more unpopular by criticising certain members of certain official factions concerning their actions and attitudes ingame towards other players.

Firstly, and most importantly, being a member of a faction in my mind is a privilage that grants you certain rights but not total rights as some seem to assume.

Just because you belong to an official faction does not make you anymore important than any other player on this server in my mind and certainly does not give license to belittling newbs, independants, or anyone else you deem to be a lesser person ( and doing it in RP is equally unacceptable). Indeed, as a member of an official faction I would say you have a duty towards helping these players and making them welcome on our server. Many players come here and have no idea who is who and what is what, even after reading the forums (there is a mind boggling amount of information that nobody can absorb in one sitting), and it is the more experienced players responsiblity to aid others in the learning process if they dont want to spend all their time complaining about others ignorance of the rules and guidelines. If you do not, then visitors to this server will take away with them an extremely negative view that they will pass on to anyone else that listens.

As a faction member you are also an ambassador for your faction, your actions and attitude reflect how people percieve your faction as a whole. If you are rude or ignorant to others then they may form the conclusion that any faction that accepted you is full of likeminded individuals, they may well be correct in some cases but thats a matter of opinion.

Lastly a comment on attitudes to independent players specifically. Nobody is forced to join your faction or any other. Many indies out there, including myself, are happily RP'ing their characters in the role they have chosen for it and a lot of the times doing it a damn sight better then some faction members. Just because they do not belong to a faction does not mean that they are inconsequential. If they choose not to join a faction then that should be respected, especially if they are contributing in a positive way to their chosen area of operation.

Rant over, get kettle on

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This really isn't something that needs to be taken super seriously because it's a game and most of us are just here to have fun. You should try smiling, you'll feel better about things (honest).