[Discuss] A SAD DAY FOR FAIR PLAY

[Lyman Stone]

On Mar 22, 2006, at 10:22 AM, Gloria Santos wrote:

> Well, as a player who has tried to play both in the NA and in the  
> SA, I can say it is quite the experience.  My characters never  
> really cared about the alliances, as it's really confusing because  
> the NA is not in the north and the SA isn't exactly in the south.
> So how did I end up playing both sides?
> The Rancagua/Old Rancagua war was roleplayed as a Civil War.  My  
> character, as all from Rancagua, had the option of "returning" to  
> Old Rancagua keeping the beliefs u the Church, as long as she  
> didn't seek religious power.
> Personally (and not in character) I thought Rancagua was boring, no  
> one ever said anything, nothing ever happened and we were losing.    
> Players in Old Rancagua said they had interesting roleplay going on  
> in their realm.    It was clear to the players in Rancagua that  
> this was nothing against them.  In fact, I never sensed any ooc  
> hostility between Rancagua and Old Rancagua.
> But it was hard to having to defend my ooc friends and saying,  
> about the players in Avamar, "no, they are not cheaters" to the  
> players in OR.   It would also bother me when the players in Avamar  
> would laugh at how they outsmarted other players, and I had to say,  
> "no, they are not stupid."
> Eventually, the game's own polarization made me choose sides.  I  
> deleted my Avamarian character and kept on playing in OR.   The two  
> characters I created in  Oligarch were immediately hated just for  
> being related to my other character, even though I really wanted  
> the chance to keep playing with  the friends I had made in Avamar.
> When some of the players left Oligarch to join OR, even though it  
> was very likely they'd pull a "Hand of Wisdom" tactic, I was quite  
> happy that they were there.  I wanted them to meet Ragnell and show  
> them she was not the evil enemy they claim her to be.    
> Unfortunately, our Judge had to deport two of them.
> I've always wanted Björn to create a character in OR, and have even  
> bugged him about it, only to have him tell me that he fears an ooc  
> ban for it.
> I fear that with the rebellions going on, it will be harder for us  
> to accept a player from the other side, and there will be less  
> chance to make friends with them.

One minor thing here: Gloria's players were not immediately hated, or  
even banned. About two, maybe 3, players made any negative comments  
whatsoever about her, and they were reprimanded by other players 
(myself included), mostly privately, but once or twice publicly. I  
dont know what went on privately with Gloria and her characters  
between other players/characters, of course.
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