Pirates, terrorists and PvPabuse

[Dane Summers]

I agree with Snak3 - and i know EXACTLY who he is talking about as far as Disco Demographic - i dont think anyone here has got that yet.

There are three types of pirates ive found in my short time Disco RP'ing -

1 - RP Pirates - these guys will camp outta lane, shoot you if you refuse, but generally have a nice length RP with you injecting all kinds of character into their interaction - had a Corsair pirate me outta New London and i swear he had that old-world pirate feel to him - gave him an extra mil because i like the Corsairs.
My blood dragon char is the same way - when me and my friends are all pirating together, we'll interject comms over each other and get into arguments with each other while the trader is just sitting there going "wtf?"

2 - Poor Pirates - these guys will fulfill RP only in the request, and will shoot you if you dont comply - they dont care about making it an experience, they just want money with no hassle, and generally dont care who you are, who your repped with, what your storyline is, what your political leanings are in sirius, ect. most of the time they ask for a mil or two, but sometimes they get stupid and ask for more. usually if its a small amount i pay them just to get on with my day - this isnt an rp experience for me, its a hassle.

3 - Jerkus Pirates - I have dealt with these once, and had friends each have an experience of their own. In my case, said pirate (A DFD tagged Liberty Rogue) blew me up in the middle of my RP, and then had the nerve to say it was my fault over PM's - if my screenshots had worked, i would have reported him - but alas, i had to let the matter go. said experience contributed alot to my character growth tho, so its not all bad. A friend of mine was jumped by two pirates who attacked first before RP, brought his shields down, and hull into a sliver, then demanded money - they blew him up five seconds after the demand, while my friend was still typing. He DID report those guys - no word on whether they got sanctioned. Another friend ran into the Avengers faction, twice, and they pulled the same thing both times - pirating way outside their jurisdiction (dublin, when they were id'd as Hogosha), they swarmed his transport with five guys, demanded his cargo of gold plus a ridiculous sum of money, killed him when he tried to escape - then camped outside of graves station so he couldn't leave again. second time was Leeds, and while they barely have a reason to be there, they still demanded all his cargo, and a ridiculous sum of money, then blew him up when he tried to rp a negotiation.

THOSE guys are the problem - the jerkus variety. They dont care either way, and im really convinced this is how they unwind after their day - sit down in front of their comp, crack open a beer, and blow up people in a vidya game.

Those people are the reason, and this thread rather, that me and my friends created the 9th. but that has to yet to bear fruit. but were gettin there.

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