How a player faction excludes a characteristic of the NPC faction

[BaconSoda]

So, basically what's going on here is that someone's RP is more different than someone else's RP, therefore the other person's RP is wrong. I don't want to say any one side is correct or not in their RP, because both sides have an interpretation of RP which can be deemed as correct.

Vanilla is clear about some things, but those things are very vague in their nature. There is no specific data available, and all we can be left with is interpretations. We know the Corsairs need food, but how much food is subject to debate. We know the Corsairs are angry with the Zoners nextdoor. but how angry the Corsairs are is a subject for debate. But you know what could happen instead of bickering on the forums?

We could all take our in-RP interpretations and apply them to our characters. Take your interpretation that the Corsairs need lots of food and start killing off food shipments from the IND, FA, Hogosha, and Samura. Make a Vigilante or Pirate IDed character and go to town. Take your interpretation that the GC, Blood Dragons, and Outcasts would cut down food transports and actually do it instead of arguing hypothetical situations. Zelot is right when he says that both sides of the argument can come up with reasons why the other could fail in their ventures, but which side is actually doing something ingame about their faults? Take your RP interpretations, like the Corsairs did with their anger and annoyance at the nearby Zoners, and put them in the game, for better or for worse. Actually RP what you are thinking about the situation and have fun in the game. If you're so annoyed with the communications hub, don't even look there.



Also, it's funny talking about statistics of the Corsair empire. While we're at it, lets talk about some Freeport 9 Statistics. Population: 100. But what about Corfu Base? Population: 80. This is inclusive of security forces. How exactly do 180 people plan to defend themselves from the Corsair Empire? It might be fighting on many fronts, but the Corsairs are still a battle hardened army while the Zoners are, well, the Zoners. I hate to make an ironic reference, but this is a lot like some kind of German invasion of the Isle of Crete in the 1940s...

Also, Freeport 9 was never a huge producer of food. It was a trading hub. A place where all sorts met and traded goods. Any extra food from Kurile was shipped there. The Zoners shipped in Pharmaceuticals from Atka as well. Many of the goods sold there were also imported from Yanagi. Yes, they produced food, but they only sold the Synth Foods Biodome food because it was cheaper to produce than buying the food from nearby Kurile or Yanagi. In this way, Zoners were less of a main producer, but more of a middleman for all sorts of goods. The Corsairs have now cut out that middleman and look to directly get the supplies.

And talking about statistics, I think the ratio of vanilla rumors which state the the Zoners lived in constant fear of the Corsairs to the rumors of the Corsairs doubting their ability to crush Zoners is 4:0. Of course, that's just reading through this page in my spare time. Someone else found that, and it's really neat, mostly because rumors are neat.

But, you know, just thinking of the other side here. That's my opinion of what's going on.

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[8:32:45 PM] Dusty Lens: Oh no, let me get that. Hello? Oh it's my grandma. She says to be roleplay.
[12:49:19 AM] Elgatodiablo: You know its nice that you have all that proof and all, Bacon... but I just don't believe you.