A request to pirates

[Dane Summers]

When I'm on Rush, who's basically a zealot who wants to convert everybody to his perverted anarchist view of a Free Dublin, I ask traders to drop their shields and bats/bots.
That way I can talk to my heart's content, knowing I can destroy them easily.
Surprisingly (not), very few acquiesce (mm, free gold ore).
The trick to good piracy coming out fun for both sides has nothing to do with the demand or the amount, but rather the skill involved.
Ergo, if a trader is presented with a zero-sum drop all or die, drop all or die, drop all or die, i dont care what you say, drop all or die, it becomes instantly unfun for him, as there is literally nothing he can do to prevent the loss of his cargo, rp notwith standing.
Sure, it's RP, but RP isn't all this server is about.
It's about the balance of RP with fun.
It's not losing that makes people qq.
It's a sense of helplessness, that no matter what, nothing they do can affect teh situation, eh?

word - internet fist bump

EDIT| yeah, because four words aint just a +1

Basically, we should all remember that in the case of pirating and rp pirating - there is the pirate, and the pirated - and honestly, BOTH sides should try and make it fun for the other. Traders who lolwhut or dont say a thing, have failed on their end - if they try and engage said pirate with talks about life, home, and the wife\kids, then he's missing the point, and well, better luck next time - if he's doing so just for distraction while he's got the cops on the other line, well, dangerous things can have great payoffs, or none at all.
Pirates need to balance their rp with the understanding that there is a player at the other end of the keyboard, and should remember that for the reason of trying to promote fun for all.

Pirate RP Does Not Equal No fun allowed - for either side.

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