Dudley wrote:Walter - you are a seasoned veteran of the BGS..
Flattery will get you everywhere, no matter how unjustified.
Dudley wrote:In your opinion, is there a way where all can benefit in this situation with minimal disruption?
Short answer, no.
Going back to the original post, nobody was complaining about
how the game works. The TEA Baggers were asking for assistance from from players against another group. They are no more or less justified in this action than any other group in any other situation: CG, PP, or any inter-faction conflict. (I know there are times when we could do with help dealing with those infuriating itinerants who drop into our quiet region from time to time, picking up lucrative missions from just anybody and disrupting our carefully-laid plans for taking over the galaxy. They're only interested in being the richest dead guy. They shouldn't be allowed to upset
my game, so there.)
Although the game is built on conflict, there are many opportunities for cooperation. With limited contact facilities within the game, how else do people get together? Where would Order of Mobius be without call for help? How else would the A-Team have become the dynamic force in the universe that it is today without the clichéd oxygen of publicity that this forum provides? Whether Saberius should have promoted the TEA Bagger's cause in this forum is another matter.
We just have to accept that there are many ways of playing ED, many of which promote conflict within and without the game. You either accept it or go away and cry. (And if you're going to cry, please go away.)
Incidentally, we are poised to liberate a second Mobius base from the grasping tentacles of the overbearing and rapacious Empire. Anyone care to help?