The truth...

[Jinx]

storylines made by the players ARE taken into consideration...

... however - not every playermade conflict "makes sense" ... so there are quite some pre-requisites that HAVE to be fulfilled for a conflict to make it into the lore:

- it has to be a multilateral decision - not ONE faction can "do cause they can" - as they please...
- it has to make sense. - you cannot ally factions or even make a pact of non aggression just like that. it has to be a long and complex history that "evolves" (meaning, - yes, you can join factions... but it has to be a long process - think in months rather than days )
- there must be more about it than just "cause it brings activity" or "cause some players enjoy the attention and the pvp so much"

problems of many players:

- many players are impatient AND non-consequencial ... that means that they want an idea to happen NOW - they don t want to wait - no matter what it takes, it has to be done now.... most of the times by uni-lateral arrangements ... and when it evolves into something not everyone enjoys - these very players say "deal with it... i am having fun, why don t you have?!"

- many players do not like consequences. - they have a good idea and do not think of the greater consequences of what they really try to do. - they live in their small scale little RP enviroment... and get totally lost when everything around them tumbles down.... at which point they exclaim "it wasn t me... i never wanted that" or "you re all unfair for shooting me or even filing RP reports on me"



in the past ... only VERY few factions / players had the foresight to think of a wholesome picture - think beyond their own little world.

even now it is extremely difficult for most factions to even think and act multilateral ( i imagine that for most this term is totally foreign )

so unless players show that they don t only take the responsibility and empathy to play WITH their fellow players and not competitivly against them - and as long as they are not prepared to really take the consequences of their actions. - major storyline twists are rather done by rather impartial people discussed in a smaller scale and a more civil tone.

and then there is still the mod creator, who wants to make a storyline based on his vision... which often does not contradict medium scale player storylines though.


edit: the above might sound a bit harsh ... but looking at the last year retrospectivly .... we had MAJOR crap ( in terms of uni-lateral RP, powerplay and sometimes beyond the grey area of "acceptable" roleplay ) going on by (official) players in the second half and not too much global RP in the first half. [we also had a lot of good stuff going on, no doubt - probably more than bad stuff.... but you all know how it is... one bad egg can ruins the many]

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