Posted by Daubaen on December 10, 1999 at 14:57:51:
In Reply to: huh? posted by An Immortal(IMM) on December 10, 1999 at 14:30:55:
> > Pervious to this war, the central theme of Master RP was the studious mage, withdrawn from the world. > And previous to that, Masters inducted rangers and assassins and could go around killing anyone they wanted whenever they wanted. Sociological evolution happens. > > Now the ONLY viable end for Masters is not knowledge, but the utter and complete destruction of Nature. > Uh, no. Think about that some more. > > Also, it follows that if magic opposes nature, then nature must oppose magic. Why then do Sylvans allow mages amongst them? > In the natural world (under help SPHERE) Nature and Magic are opposing forces. Together, they make up the forces that rule the material realms. Sylvans could easily see that as being the way it should be. Masters believe Magic should dominate Nature. Both are valid ideologies. > > Reading the help file on Masters, the portion concerning magic-nature is but one sentence tacked on at the end, almost as an afterthought. > Evolution. > > By changing the Masters from enlightened, studious magi to bloodthirsty mad scientists holding to an extreme view, the RP of the tower has been destroyed. > Don't get hysterical on us. The fact that you keep claiming "the RP is destroyed!" over and over for the Light, for Masters, etc. suggests to me that maybe you should think about this all some more. Make it a project to come up with alternate views on the ideologies of each. > > ...while Masters really can’t show how their inquisitorial, extreme view has helped the world in any way. > Nor are they required to. Groups have opinions; rarely do they need to justify them to those with opposite opinions. > > Finally, as proof of all this, consider the quality and quantity of the Hero-Imms and Imms that came out of Master pre-magic nature war. I think Masters was the source for new Imms in CF for quite some time. > I seriously hope you've never done any research work, because pointing to the "quality and quantity" of the Master heroimms as "proof" that the RP of the Master cabal is destroyed is ridiculous. > > It would be better to return Masters to the way they were. They should be studious, intelligent, RPing magi and not rapacious, destructive, de-facto Imperialistic inquisitors. > That's like saying, "You're oppressing me by making me play a Master like X. Free Masters by making us play them like Y!" Please tell me you recognize the irony here.