Unofficial Factions on Discovery Forums

[Politus]

You imply that we sanction people for playing with their friends, which is ludicrous. We have a set of rules; we are reviewing the rules.

Your post was hysterical, over the top, sensationalistic, insulting, wrong and, worse, not funny.

The thread sets out how what we are discussing, and I asked for statements listing advantages and disadvantages. Do that, or don't post.

Incorrect. Please don't twist the words of others and then get into a tizzy about it. There was no implication, there was an outright statement that looking for friends to play with -not playing with friends as you said- is a sanctionable offense.

In fact, let's break it down.

Discovery Freelancer: Where looking for some friends to play with is a sanctionable offense. '„¢

You see the operative term, looking. I see it as well. Now, assuming that Hexx is operating under standard conventions of the English language, and that you and I both understand and agree upon these standard conventions of the English language, his "hysterical, over the top, sensationalist*, wrong" and "not funny," post clearly has an entirely different meaning from the one you chose to prosecute.

It does not imply anything about the administration sanctioning people for playing with their friends; it takes a different perspective on the obvious topic at hand, that the Administration has a 3 year rule in place banning unofficial factions from recruiting -that is, the process of attracting, screening, and selecting qualified people for a job- which Hexx disagrees with.

The different perspective cast by Hexx's post is that unofficial factions recruiting is, in essence, equivalent people looking for friends to play with who share or would like to share a similar RP vision and/or style. In short, this view is that unofficials recruiting is the act of "looking for some friends to play with," mentioned in Hexx's post.

Now that we have all of the components of the post, let's put it into syllogism form, so that nothing can be misinterpreted so that no flamefests ensue, because I respect you and the dignity of this discussion.

Premise 1: Discovery Freelancer has a 3-year old policy which bans Unofficial Factions from recruiting, an act which is considered to be a sanctionable offense.

Premise 2: Unofficial factions recruiting is an act equivalent to the act of "looking for some friends to play with."

Conclusion: Discovery Freelancer is a place "Where looking for some friends to play with is a sanctionable offense."

Under this train of thought, while the rule is in place and you do indeed enforce the rules, the rule is argued to be preposterous because of the stated implication of the rule, that looking for friends to play with -not playing with friends- is a sanctionable offense.

Now, can we please discuss this with a modicum of civility? Or may be we ought to take a break from this discussion, because both sides of this discussion have thrown some pretty heavily loaded words which I'm certain will be regretted in time, no?

Thank you, and god bless.

:mellow:

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