[Ikeprof]

Originally Posted by alphabet

There was a time when factionalism was prized by all factions. A few pilots that werent factionalists would hang in unreg or on the fringes and play their own RP. Squad and factional politics were adhered to, but also fluid (meaning a squad could be allies one day and enemies the next). Most of all civrips came from squad tensions where squads would declare war on one another. Civrips outside of this norm were dealt with, usually on a server-wide basis to maintain the harmony of politics that were in place and to also have a pride in knowing that your squad was "honorable" and could be trusted to form an alliance.

This went to hell when it became pretty impossible to be a factionalist, moreover EP2 sorta drove players away from factionalism. When most of the large, factional squads left Jumpgate, so did the policies/politics that were in place. Jumpgate became basically a barren wasteland where even faction space, that was relatively safe, became the wild wild west.

Were there a few trouble makers during this time of self-policing? Sure, but they thought twice about their rips, knowing the whole server would come after them.

I really could care less about the EU/US arguments. In fact it makes my pee pee hurt. But, dont believe for one instant that during the US hayday, that we didnt police ourselves. We did the best we could with what little we had to work with.

Really well said man.