Fair enough. I think the disagreement comes down to a fundamental difference about the nature of RP or content creation. There have been a number of things said, but I'll respond to a few that I found problematic.
My 2 cents: while I do not consider the "most of you" such a wildly inappropriate thing to do, I do think that "as many of you may know" would have been OOCly more polite to other players.
This, I disagree with entirely. While I agree that 'most' to 'many' is a subtle shift of meaning, that was intentional. I chose to say 'most' rather than many. However, I do not accept that my choice was OOC impolite. 'Most' is a more inclusive word, which allows for those who want to play along to pretend that their characters knew about it the whole time, and of course they would be celebrating this year.
The other assumption in statements that I've read in this thread is to whom the 'you' in my statement is referring. Some have responded as if it refers to all capsuleers, others as if I was speaking only to other Intaki. Either way, I don't think it's appropriate to be ascribing motives to my post that are not present in the RP or in OOC behaviour.
First requires that I need to make a decision: 1) accept the suggestion that my character also thinks "most of us" know this, 2) question the posting character's idea of of what "most" know and think him/her a pompous ass for presuming that his/her customs are The Customs, or 3) declare my character belonging to a minority that does not know stuff that "everyone else" knows.
While any of those decisions are pretty easy and valid (and so this is not a big problem), phrasing it as "as many of you may know" does not require me to more than to decide if my character does or does not know. Whether "most" capsuleers know will be the sum of these decisions made. And so it feels more inviting: I can interact with the festival itself without having to take a stance on how common it is in the world in general.
See, I think the decision is: play along, or don't. It's really that simple to me. The decisions you post can be narrowed down without calling people/characters/corporations 'pompous ass'-es. If you feel that you can easily accept decision 1) that you posed, then do, as the situation allows. If not, then don't. The other two options seem to me to be complicating what is really a simple interaction choice.
And on the last, I don't agree with you on what feels more inviting, as I said. What I will say, lastly, is that I think some elements of the discussion are finicky in the extreme. The Kumbhelaa thread achieved exactly what I intended it to achieve, and I don't think it was rude to other role-players, especially those invested in the Intaki story line. There seems to be an implication that my creating content (originally created by Art, remember) is part of some overall political machination, part of the ILF minority, pushing its view of Intaki culture on the rest. This is absurd.
We are creating stories. This is the perfect example of collaborative roleplay, with Art, Saxon, myself, Simon, Andreus, Bataav and others involved. Everyone together gets an opportunity to tell some of their stories and work together to make some great content. It pisses me off that all some people can do is nitpick it.
