Bones wrote: stuff..
I've been mostly avoiding chiming in. Look, a lot of this, is entirely missing the point. No one is mad that Brian got to be an elf. The problem is, that every last person who asked when the game opened was told that no, we won't be allowed to use our RPP from old SOI. It doesn't matter who we were, that didn't apply. Then low and behold Brian is invited to be an elf. Why? Solely based off of the fact he had been an elf on old SOI.
I say 'One rpp above', because if you put enough thought into something, chances are, Staff will hear you out and consider it. And if not.. By the time you're ready to try again for a special role, you've probably already earned another RPP.
So, exactly how many RPP did Brian have on this iteration of SOI that enabled him to play an elf? This isn't the first time that question was asked, but I've yet to see it answered. How many RPP are required to be an elf & did he have this before he was invited to play an elf since he did a good job on old SOI? As said multiple times on the forums, no one is faulting Brian. Barely saw his elf but was solid enough. problem is the double standards coming from staff. I can't imagine an elf was offered off of RPP in that short of a time frame, unless elves are extremely cheap on the table. Seeing as I don't see any other elves running around, I doubt it.
And horses, yeah, who gives a damn. We're in the Mirk. You ain't fitting a horse in here (moose is fine, apparently). The problem with that whole subject is you have different staff saying different things. Some are saying its impossible, which started an argument about that being disingenuous since it is entirely possible. Knowing Rishte, probably just an honest mistake, she didn't know it was in there.
Then there are other problems that haven't even been fully mentioned. You see clan leads not being passed off to second in commands but things like letting players who retired their positions to come back on their next PC and lead the same clan. All while you have the whole group stagnating because it wasn't handed off to the logical, common sense choice: the next most active who was still trying instead of retiring.
As has also been brought up, staff PCs & their positions. The list of PCs that I suspect/know to be staff? I have 0 problem with any of them, as long as they are active. All good PCs. At the end of the day, this is a game. You all are putting in time to make the game as enjoyable as you can for the rest of us. I'm not about to sit here and type out some hypocritical response about you shouldn't be allowed to play your own game.
The problem with this growing list of things? Nimrod, Frigga, rest of you, you've been around long enough. You know the problems SOI has had over the years. Just think back to the multiple problems we've had over the years. Rhubarb. Hawk & Dove. FJ. A million other examples. The problems we are all seeing creep in, are extremely reminiscent of these things. And all of us know, nothing good came from any of all that nonsense.
Then the final problem.
Quit. Walk away.
This is about the 5th time I've seen this crop up from a current or former staff member in the last week. Is that really what we want? The dozen or so people voicing concerns at present to join the dozens of others who have already said their farewells to the game? I don't actually think that's what you want. Compared to the likes of former admins, you guys are at least willing to hear out arguments. That speaks volumes. However, saying that we're going this route, which are a lot like old problems plaguing this game, and if you don't like it quit? That's not an insanely healthy attitude to have. And certainly not a good one for the game.
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