Mostly given up on the IGS as a place for anything of merit to occur. Nice to see everyone taking so readily to the minmatar bashing though.
This is primarily a symptom of the 'low hanging fruit' mentality many tend to engage in when they have no clear objectives but to make words for the sake of doing so (right or wrong I am not the judge of, but it is clear that a lot of instances of this behaviour are 'because I haven't got anything else pressing to do right now').
When Heth was a thing, anyone who supported him got bashed, even during his glory days of doing no wrong (from an IC perspective) beyond shaking up theo ld order and centralising everything. Sure, OOCly we know, and ICly now know he was a terrible, misguided man with extreme views. But yet the low hanging fruit got picked and proptly stepped on 'because it's easy to do'.
ATM, Minmatar have been put under the lens due to attacks on their ally over a matter of honour, a concept which is oft misinterpreted even by those who profess to abide by such a code.
Not to mention, whether it is real or not, the events of Heth's removal have instilled in the general public an impression that there is a new metagame to role play - apply enough pressure and things you don't like will go away. Likely an incorrect assumption borne out of one recent scenario, but it doesn't do anything to prevent the militant pursuit of one's objectives (both meta and IC - as if there's a difference).
I tend to comment only if a topic is relevant to Aelisha - Heth was bad for business after the initial patriotic wave, so commenting either way became a taboo subject, and she'll bash the Federation on almost any grounds (though minmatar being aggressors makes it a weak position to attack the Federation military with words - though their judicial and extradition system is a key area of concern).
Then again, i do not know why more people aren't targetting the statistical facts of each nation - the State is an oppresive regime even when under corporate rule, the Federation isn't even pretending it doesn't want everyone to act like a Gallentean in the next few generations and so on. It seems like the Empire and Republic get the worst of it simply because they've been portrayed as foils to the 'more modern' fed and State for a long time, and I'd love to see more constructive roleplay, building internally rather than attacking externally, to bring the fact that both are successful interstellar nations to the fore.
rant done I guess - but the culture of attacking for no reason will not go away unless it is ignored wholly. Aggression should be for clear, IC and in game benefits IMO, not as a verbal bloodsport.
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