nehebkau, on 22 December 2016 - 09:59 AM, said:
It has always been FRR's strength that we accept people for who they are, be that stellar mechwarrrior or Steering-wheel underhive. It is that spirit of inclusion and unity that allows us to keep playing and having fun regardless of what PGI throws-up at us.
I see your words, and I wish they were true, but I have learned otherwise in a very hard way. Some time in the last two weeks,
Mech the Dane put out a Global TS Server Announcement that they were running F.W. (
Faction Warfare) Group Drops. I went to the Channel where they were setting the group up, thinking that I would be helping the FRR work on reclaiming their Home Capital Planet. Much to my dismay, I ultimately found out this was a chunk of False Advertising. I got there and only found out then that they wanted to make everyone change their Drop Decks, regardless of whether it worked with that Pilot's natural combat styles (
mine admittedly being generally anything but brawling) or would totally screw the whole team over. Sadly, I had neither the 'Mechs nor the resources to do any changes, I was reasonably sure I had told them that, and with conversations already going around that I naturally wished to not interrupt (
as I'm generally a peaceful person, and not a damn jerk), all I could do was Ready Up. I had even brought a deck, which while it carries a lot of LRMs, is NOT a Pure-LRM-Boat deck, but is built to help ensure winning a F.W. Match with an impressive amount of Support-role firepower. Unfortunately, it seems that there are some 'Loose-Cannon TS Mods' on that FRR/Kurita (
now called 'RMD [Rasalhague Military District]') Hub, as they didn't even take the time to gently speak to me with a request to disengage from the group, message me directly with text, or even use moving me from the Channel as a first resort. In fact, one very rude one whose moniker sticks in my head as decided it would apparently be funny to try and shove their 'Overly-Zealous, Anti-LRM Mentality' down my throat and kick me completely off the TS Server. (
That's an obvious complete lack of respect or courtesy, as I've had no past troubles with them or anyone else on the FRR Community TS Server, and I'm naturally passive-minded.) As you can imagine, I was left with this awful feeling that somebody was out to ridicule any style of play that didn't happen to be the same as their own, a complete contradiction of your words.
Sadly, after what I had faced a year ago before I got a hold of TeamSpeak (In my case, a massive hazing because I didn't have a damned voice chat client!), this recent event made strike number two against the FRR in my eyes. And I had thought any troubles like this were long past.
But then came strike number three... I happened to land up in a 'Quick Play'-type 'Domination'-mode Match on Grim Plexus with that same 'Loose-Cannon Jerk' (
Yeah, really, again!) only a few days later. Sadly, they and ten others all get themselves killed while I'm trying to do my job against the Enemy Team as well in my little Arctic Cheetah. I tell them there's no way I can take on the rest of the Enemy Team myself, and haul along hoping that I might be able to circle around and find some Enemy 'Mech that's badly damaged. My plan at that point would have been to then pick it off and start reducing the Enemy number little by little. Well, guess what?
thinks it's a funny idea to give away my position to the enemy, not caring if they broke "Griefing > Assisting The Enemy" under the
Code Of Conduct in the process! They're lucky it didn't escalate effectively into "Griefing > Team Killing" and that I had survived. I sent in a report with the in-game interface, but I was left worse than ticked off that only the round's bell had saved me, and that there are people who can be called 'Griefing-Causing Jerks' in the FRR.
Any which way, I've been spending several days since this. I've had probably far too long to think about it, but I realized the only option I have. Between
Mech the Dane and
, there was no way I would be able to peaceably find a way to settle the matter. As I have no Premium Time, and am already sick over fighting and arguments anyway, I would find things like "Holmgang" to be a
severely dishonoring insult. So a lot of people's fates have been sealed in one go, and as anyone happens to be reading this post, I've already taken a JumpShip deep into Clan Territory on situational principal for the next six months. (
If I had been killed in that match after that person's 'CoC Violation', I would be thinking of making my residence in Clan Territory even longer.) I've brought my entire stable of 'Mechs with me, and I've been mentally driven by the utter lack of courtesy or anything else (
possibly including that there was a total lack of respect that I at least tried to help them) to go Clan Loyalist for that duration of time. If the FRR has any planets left after that time has passed, they may find me back to try and help them carve a happy new path back to their Home Capital Planet of Rasalhague. Hopefully by that time, I will have taught a new respect to the Inner Sphere for piloting styles that are NOT Brawling. I should probably point out now that MWO is NOT "
Brawlhalla", and should NEVER be.
~Mr. D. V. "
I only tolerate so much, and no more. Your words have been turned to mud by others." Devnull
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p.s.: To those who consider me friend or potential ally, we'll have to meet on ComStar or anywhere but the FRR/Kurita/RMD Hub. I simply won't be touching that TS Server for the next six months out of principal for the situation. If I find myself unable to link into that TS Server when I next feel that it is worth trying to touch, it will cause a rather massive extension of my time in Clan Territory as a response to their reprehensible actions.)