[MR] Assassins vs. Pirates....

[Jack Black of Flint]

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