Whats wrong with Powertrading?

[BaconSoda]

To be honest, nothing is harmful to the server as long as it is RPed. That's pretty much the end of it.

So someone likes trading? Or trades a lot? That's nice. I like trading and I trade almost every night. It's fun. Well, as long as you make up a little character to captain that ship and play him, that's great. Traders are a vital part of the server. Without a damsel in distress, no one gets to play a charming prince or a dastardly witch.

And here is where the post kinda turns into a rant: what I personally dislike is a selfish view on RP which is prevalent in traders. People who think "Oh you shot me with a Supernova, therefore I don't think you're RPing." or "You demanded too much for my interests, therefore I think you don't RP." I don't really like that. It's not exactly a friendly meeting when a pirate and a trader meet. Sometimes people (especially traders) have a problem differentiating between the RP and the player, and then decide that RP consequences just don't exist and therefore I am a jerk as a player. That is really what I don't like. I'm a mean pirate. I'm going to scrape your hull to scare you. I'm going to demand a lot of money, but also offer a lot of text (therefore a lot of ways out). That's the RP, not the player. A lot of traders can't see that and they break character immediately when things don't go the way they thought it would. Those same traders give a lot of the other traders a terrible name and that's where things like this poll come from.

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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.