Shattered Kingdoms

All of us?

Come on now, be real.

I came back to try to play, but I don't like being puked on. Same regurgitated filth that is always being spewed, just louder and with fewer players. I'll check back in a year or two and see if Dulrik ever starts letting his staff police the game. Till then, peace.

wat

lol

I think a lot of the noise in this thread is specifically BECAUSE the staff is policing the game. Now that it's happening, the drama is over whether policing should happen even more or less. But let's just face facts: There is always going to be drama, because players are humans.

Well put D.

Its only what he wants you to think!

Fairly stated, but non-joiners could also be motivated by the current policy. The only solution that occurs to me as a potential player, is to create a character with zero interest in cabal and tribunal politics. There's no tension between being IC, and dealing with a bizarre gameworld, if the character doesn't have to notice. But not only would he not join a faction, he would also have no interest in what any faction does. I don't think that's what SK would prefer in a character.

Is there really a problem with putting some OOC obligations on leaders? Once upon a time, faction leaders helped the game by demanding member roleplay that was not only strong, but also coherent with their faction. Things got too exclusive, and CRS did some good by opening things up. That doesn't mean SK will never need a corrective in the opposite direction.

It's one thing to say that leader alignment restrictions will not help at all, or that other solutions are more worthwhile. Both are perfectly fair arguments. But there is no zero-pain solution. Any meaningful enforcement of standards means "unique snowflake" characters will enjoy less success.