Veritas et Lux
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I agree with all of this and would like to re-iterate it.
When this was posted, a lot of it comes off as sarcastic, likely on purpose. That's un-needed when this thread has been extremely civil. Everyone has said the issue is IC reasoning, not OOC. You're getting annoyed and sick of it because of such. If you really want a General rank for a character, without needing to deal with IC issues, make a pure Mando for the faction.
Admins got involved on their own initiative.
It would be more proper to start Mitya as a Captain or Elite, IMO.
then have Mitya work her way up the ranks, by merit, instead of an upper-echelon decision.
Answered.
So far, I haven't seen a single Mando'a on the site do something out of simple honor. Rescuing a fellow Mando? Sure, driven by honor, by Mando tradition, but it's done in as pragmatic a way as an actual soldier would do it. Mandalorians are famed for being pragmatic but honorable. My Mando, Rezin, is mostly designed along Kal Skirata's view of Mandos and he started as an NPC in a thread with Syn's Jedi Master.
And y'know something? He strikes me as more of a Mando than some Mandalorian characters that were here before. No offense intended when I say that, nor any form of pride in my character and writing - it's just a statement of what I see when I've looked at Mando threads from early on when I joined.
And if you want to see what I mean, go take a look here, where Rezin is an NPC for a Jedi mission thread. It was after he was designed for that thread that I decided I wanted a Mando who was, to put it simply, just a man. He's pragmatic, street-smart, a great leader, a strong friend, a dangerous enemy, and someone who believes in his people.
But if Dagger does continue ignoring challenges, Rezin has enough IC reasons, just by going by his beliefs to challenge Mandalore himself. If Corden does fail, but Dagger continues to deny simple Mandalorian tenets, you'll have a well-known Captain in the Mando military, who's reputation is as a Mando through and through, challenging him. And if you doubt my RPing skills, simply look at any of my character threads, at any point.
And then tell me - am I bad roleplayer? Would you have any IC ground on which to stand to deny that challenge?
Would Johnny's A'lore, who's the one with enough clot in the ground forces, be willing to deny the Captain's challenge when said Captain's beliefs, honor, and need for his people to be strong, deny the challenge?
And lastly, because I'm tired and I only woke up a little while ago - Rezin wouldn't take the mantle of Mandalore if he won. If anything, he would give it to the A'lore, letting himself remain a Captain. And as far as I'm aware, the only person who can say no to taking that mantle is the winner of the challenge - if he has no interest in it, he can appoint someone else as the new Mandalore instead. That new Mandalore might be tested by his peoples, but as long as the one who won the challenge backs him, that Mandalore would remain in power for a long time. But it'd also be a reminder for that Mandalore - they owe the title to someone else, who could take the title back if they fail in any way.
If, for any reason, you'd say 'Rezin's an unknown' or 'You're new to the faction, you have no IC merit', that will change easily enough once I do start RPing him. And that's why I stated what I stated.
Excuse me? No it was not sarcastic and you cannot even infer that it was it was very civil and I feel that it is very disrespectful to say so. I have been very civil this whole time actually, and I'm sorry but you sir have been the last straw. As of this post, I'm taking time off of the site for a bit because of you. Thank you good sir, you've completely made this site no fun to me anymore with your judgmental, condescending, and assumptive attitude. It is not that I want a very high rank off the bat, it's that the rank was given to me for reasons that the higher echelon deem necessary and for those to challenge it merely because they did not like it seemed unfair, however after legitimate reasoning for this concern was expressed I quickly decided to jump on it and fix it.
I asked for patience to deal with the concerns involving my character, and was not given any. I have very low interest in this faction now, my only interests being helping phil, arm514ve, johnny, and syn, and to have fun. The fun has been stripped form me roleplaying in such faction therefore I will only help them oocly.
I'm joining the empire, suck my proverbial penis. -how's that for uncivil?