CF RP Board (new ideas)

"Lots of activity on this thread for a couple of days, then... silence. OP is correct that historically people have failed to restrain themselves when discussing RP, so in this respect the community has failed to make meaningful progress on role-playing. I also agree that what we need most is for people to stick to the stated rules for the different licenses, and just play them straight & strict.

For example, when I am flying a ship with a smuggler license on it, I have NEVER switched characters just because a police ship was closing on my position. On the contrary, it is more fun to evade detection, or dock in time to sell cargo before being scanned, and innocently fly off with legal cargo! If a cop or pirate is lucky or tenacious enouogh to catch me en flagrante delicto, good for them! They may choose to accept a payment, or shoot me down at will; it's all part of the game."

I agree with both points...

@CA....even if/when I have disagreed maybe with a particular tactic ....I can honestly say it has been a pleasure to try and track down the most elusive foe (RP) on the CF server....I must remember to take each chance I may get

Agree point 3.....action....good luck pilots...now man your ships and prepare to be boarded

@ Centaurian
Yes, thats right, OP has banned that "clans may declare any BMG as their monopoly"
Unfortunately the whole RP section of this forum got removed by OP, since all "discussion" about anything within the RP-section, turned into a flame war, personal picking and attacks and wasn't supporting the server, the gameplay nor the community at all anymore.

Therefor NO clan, freelancer or any other pilot is having a monopoly on any commodity, until it's going to be decided otherwise by OP.

@ all
There is NO point and NO need to have any further discussions, arguments or conversations refering the point "clans declaring/having a monopoly on any commodity"
Not even any silly/stupid or senseless comments on this are necessary

The Rules will get adjusted/corrected in several points.

you're right

The roleplay boards are back active with serious changes.
Putting aside that i still need to clean them (which for sure will happen today)... there are some structural changes.

1. public RP discussion board is no more
Reason is pretty simple... I dont want any further discussions about how RP should be... I want ppl doing it
2. the asf/csf boards remained in its way but were moved down the list due to their priority
Like before ASF members can not view CSF internal forums and CSF members can not view ASF internal forums. Both sides can use their Reports forum to present news and RP stories to the entire community. Difference now is that replies are not allowed and that the RP report requires activation by a moderator or me before other users can see it.
3. the normal RP boards for the licence factions have exactly the same restriction
once a thread is created it requires activation by the staff members and other users can not reply
4. it is intended (but not yet active) to display the RP reports of the ASF/CSF and Licence RP boards directly at the CF page

In fact these changes will not lead to RP discussions but RP reports instead. There is simply no room any longer for long useless discussions, flames, blames, complaints,....
I am fully aware that this is a major changes that needs time to develop but its better than the alternatives.

noticable is that moderators have exactly the same restrictions

Correct. That means if I am a member of CSF i cannot watch what is written in the ASF forums. Even not as moderator.

right

So if members of the same RP want to discuss upcoming operations, ideas for assaults, arrests, piracy etc, this will not be allowed to occur? If this is correct, then where shall the members of a specific faction share ideas? In another forum?

I also have the same first question of gunny, for the four license police,pirate,smuggler and mercenary where should they post about RP related ideas and topic?
The CSF/ASF is great idea to have it separate.

nowhere... they should post it nowhere
these roleplay types are definied by the rules
there is no superior planning ... its not like the pirates will have to plan where they go hunting because they dont know where their victims are before they enter the server... some for cops... smugglers... mercs
RP happens on the server... and if you want to plan something... join a group and organize it online

Ok so no discussions to plan anything other than showing up in-game and hoping others are there.

yeah... thats the plan
and if enough ppl follow that plan there will be RP instead of crappy discussions on the forum

I will miss to tease the flatfoots Then i need to tickle them on the server - if they once will finish to drink their damn coffee^^

I will miss these discussions :[

A month has passed, and to me it seems like years.
I miss u RP board...R.I.P.

Only a month ? It actually was more, like four, as this thread was started, in this section, after the RP board was already gone.
From first post:

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I think that RP discussions need to be part of this portal, but not in a way how it was before.

only SHS made use of the new RP system
everybody else has no right to complain as you didnt even try it yet