[MR] [CORSAIRIUM] Assassins vs. Pirates....

[Miriel]

As one PEST to another, thank you for this.

Pirates are period folks, just like assassins, pink, plaid and tomatoes (as
my memory serves).
Miriel
Ship/House LionSlayer

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Jack Black of Flint <
qm_blackjack_flint at yahoo.com> wrote:

> A'right I knew that eventually, someone was going to drag those of us who
> play Nautical Personas into this.....
>
> Let's face it, both classes of people have been around as long as man
> has.... The Greeks and Romans dealt with piracy, and assassinations.  The
> Vikings were essentially pirates, for cryin out loud!
>
> However, as was pointed out, no member of either class would be found
> running around in polite Society in their time periods announcing what they
> did.  Doing so would most likely get them killed VERY quickly....
>
> Anyone who knows me, know that I never claim Pirate.  When asked, my reply
> is always, "I am not a Pirate, I am a Pre-emptive Salvage Specialist".....
> Does that make me less a productive member of this organization?  No, it
> doesn't..... If it did, I would not be allowed to act as Seneschal for my
> Barony, Autocrat events, and certainly, if I was such a despicable person,
> Baroness Morwenna would never have allowed my being warranted as a
> Chirurgeon....
>
> Remember, this is a game, and it's supposed to be for fun.... If I want to
> play a Nautical persona, and it's not affecting anyone else's fun, then why
> not?  Because some people who used to have fun are now sticks in the mud and
> think that "Pirates aren't Period", or "Pirates aren't noble"????
>
> Sir Francis Drake would be a perfect example, IN PERIOD.... A Knight to the
> English, and a Pirate to the Spanish.
>
> Look folks, I am not trying to stir the pot anymore, but this needed to be
> said.... I agree with the general vibe, that assassins running around
> dressed as Ninjas don't need be here, as that isn't what we do.  If someone
> wants to run around playing a Japanese noble, and hides behind that persona
> playing assassin, then so be it.  As long as it's not taken too far, and
> that everyone involved knows where the limits are.  If the person playing
> such is truly an honorable person (Because we all know there are people in
> ANY group that are not as good as they seem), then they will play the role
> the way it would have historically been played....
>
> Just please, remember what this organization was like when you first
> started... And as I was taught many years ago, when I first started
> playing... "If you treat newcomers better than you were treated when you
> began, you improve the Society as a whole."
>
> Isn't that what we are all after in the first place?
>
> Just me two doubloons on the table.....
>
>  Until the next,
> Yours in service,
>
>
> Cap'n Jack Black of Flint
> ((AKA: BlackJack))
> Lord and Master of "The Raptor"
> Seneschal, Barony of Hidden Mountain
> Brute for Hire
>
>
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