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bobF, on 08 February 2015 - 01:56 PM, said:
It's useless for us to try and explain. Everyone is trying to play against the established game mechanics and point of the game (i.e. that everyone is a merc and flipping sides is what is SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN), and the Star League is just the current iteration of blind Clan hate.
Everyone can compare epeens on which unit has the greater history or more egalitarian member policies, I really don't care. All I know is that MS welcomed me as a pilot without preconceptions, without prejudice, and above all, without some overarching and bloated player-generated bureaucracy. MS is here to PLAY VIDEO GAMES, and we are doing it right as evidenced by our successes in battle, the cohesion of the players in TS, and the foresight of the leadership to play the game as it's obviously meant to be played.
It's becoming more evident that the MS snub (which for the record, WE WERE ejected from the conference, whether you want to play semantics or not. Summarily booting someone from the channel or politely explaining that no one likes them and they should really gtfo, but can remain if they want, has the same functional outcome) is really about unit rivalry and factional political clout, and not some RP effort to save humanity, which is a shame. Roadbeer is going on about diplomacy but it is YOU GUYS that need to choose words carefully; it is YOU that loses more by antagonizing a unit that not only has great numbers, but a great majority of competent to high-end competitive players. It's one thing to be a part of some zerg unit just filled with bodies, but quite another to have both the numbers AND skill. Think about it.
People have also conveniently ignored the realities that the MS posters in this thread have tried to convey. You aren't going to stop the PvP, and making up a player bureaucracy that tells players whom they're allowed to attack, while the attack lanes themselves remain open, is never going to function. When I made my post regarding the devolution of Inner Sphere space into Complete Warfare, and that it was glorious, was a sincere post. Everyone is fighting right now, having fun in the way they have fun. A star league puts too many parameters on that, and narrows the options for players opting in to such a bad idea, as can be seen from detractors and opponents (who are not members of MS if anyone noticed).
Not lost on any astute observer is also the snubbing of Steiner. Really, you guys are going to have a star league without one of the great houses, as they seek to deal with several invaders at the same time, an effort you label as treason? Really? Because a group of players that wish to keep their imagined sovereign territory intact against another faction taking advantage of the situation by playing the victim (FRR)? This thing is so full of holes, only because everyone advocating this Star League refuses to accept the game mechanics as they stand today.
When PGI implements more in-game management tools, social tools, and other things related to player organization, all we have are queues and attack lanes. You people should really just save yourselves the stress and welcome opportunities to PvP, rather than create imagined enemies to satisfy your collective RP bohners.
Everyone can compare epeens on which unit has the greater history or more egalitarian member policies, I really don't care. All I know is that MS welcomed me as a pilot without preconceptions, without prejudice, and above all, without some overarching and bloated player-generated bureaucracy. MS is here to PLAY VIDEO GAMES, and we are doing it right as evidenced by our successes in battle, the cohesion of the players in TS, and the foresight of the leadership to play the game as it's obviously meant to be played.
It's becoming more evident that the MS snub (which for the record, WE WERE ejected from the conference, whether you want to play semantics or not. Summarily booting someone from the channel or politely explaining that no one likes them and they should really gtfo, but can remain if they want, has the same functional outcome) is really about unit rivalry and factional political clout, and not some RP effort to save humanity, which is a shame. Roadbeer is going on about diplomacy but it is YOU GUYS that need to choose words carefully; it is YOU that loses more by antagonizing a unit that not only has great numbers, but a great majority of competent to high-end competitive players. It's one thing to be a part of some zerg unit just filled with bodies, but quite another to have both the numbers AND skill. Think about it.
People have also conveniently ignored the realities that the MS posters in this thread have tried to convey. You aren't going to stop the PvP, and making up a player bureaucracy that tells players whom they're allowed to attack, while the attack lanes themselves remain open, is never going to function. When I made my post regarding the devolution of Inner Sphere space into Complete Warfare, and that it was glorious, was a sincere post. Everyone is fighting right now, having fun in the way they have fun. A star league puts too many parameters on that, and narrows the options for players opting in to such a bad idea, as can be seen from detractors and opponents (who are not members of MS if anyone noticed).
Not lost on any astute observer is also the snubbing of Steiner. Really, you guys are going to have a star league without one of the great houses, as they seek to deal with several invaders at the same time, an effort you label as treason? Really? Because a group of players that wish to keep their imagined sovereign territory intact against another faction taking advantage of the situation by playing the victim (FRR)? This thing is so full of holes, only because everyone advocating this Star League refuses to accept the game mechanics as they stand today.
When PGI implements more in-game management tools, social tools, and other things related to player organization, all we have are queues and attack lanes. You people should really just save yourselves the stress and welcome opportunities to PvP, rather than create imagined enemies to satisfy your collective RP bohners.
