Jardek wrote:
I declared myself plenty of titles in my time, had people acknowledge them, had a great PK record, and was told flat out by the imms that no named NPCs would be made of PCs.
I think at the end of the day, you really just need to know and approach the right immortal. The RP and the PK take secondary place to that, and anyone who says otherwise is completely full of crap.
I raised some objections to the idea of Slayne being made Emperor. But I don't keep up with the day-to-day roleplaying in the game. Other administrators that are better at that than I am are in charge of doing it. And what I was told was that Slayne had been attempting to claim the title for 60 IC years (over a year) and had gotten the concession of both people in his own faction and leaders of other factions. In the end, I agreed with their reasoning as long as the title was only officially confirmed once Cannibal retired from playing the character. I don't really like the precedent of players being the actual leader of their kingdom. (Don't even bring up King Camby.)
Slayne being made an NPC is just one of those 1 in 100 occurances, the same way that we only let people switch cabals about 1 in 100 times. If everyone managed to do it, it wouldn't be epic when it deserves to be. Being friends with an immortal isn't what did it here. For that matter, Cannibal was on my [REDACTED] list for a long time after the rusted knife incident. (If you don't know, don't ask.) But he's made a better name for himself since then, and avoiding acting like an [REDACTED] on the forums doesn't hurt.