Legion X51 said
Come on, then, you motherfucker. Bring it. You have no shit on me!
Please tell me that was jovial.
Oh, crikey, what have I done?
Legion X51 said
Come on, then, you motherfucker. Bring it. You have no shit on me!
TheSovereignGrave said
Anyway, so is everything settled? We're all good?
Alfhedil said
I lean towards the actual history of the matter, in that what Legion has posted is historically correct. However in the past we had a similar issue regarding gunpowder in general, in which we ended up going with the "Don't be a Dick" rule. Essentially, each person was relatively free to construct their nation and military as they wished, so long as they clearly weren't trying to one-up someone else, or abuse a mechanic. To that point, I feel the reverse should be held in regards to cannons, in that they should be allowable as land-defenses, and limited for naval usage.However, as always, "Don't be a Dick" supercedes "Be realistic"
Faulty said
And at that outburst, I'm out of this RP. As a GM, and especially as this is your first go at it, you should always be open to criticism and help, and when your own knowledge is lacking you should never be less than ecstatic to learn more. Attacking people for giving you information that you clearly didn't have earlier isn't helpful for anyone, let alone yourself, and the fact one of your rules is to keep it realistic serves to emphasise the fact that you're just going to use your role as GM to try and smack down anyone who disagrees with you. Let's look at what you've said.Not the language a GM should be using. I don't care if Legion fisted your new born babies and used them as boxing gloves to fend off your grieving wife, that outburst of language is unacceptable for a GM. You, as GM, must always show restraint and must always take the higher, more respectable ground by being calm and considerate. Saying "screw you" because you've had your feelings hurt for people following your own rules isn't conducive to a good RP.This is without mentioning your overall tone. Instantly you're on the defensive - "I never said land cannons are unacceptable" - and yet all Legion can be accused of doing is following your rules, specifically rule three on the very first page, "3. Keep it realistic".I've had my reservations about this RP for a while now, especially since I saw how you sought attention when people last had the unbelievable audacity to question your judgement by repeatedly claiming you couldn't do it, and thereby repeatedly gaining assurances that you could and you were brilliant and you were amazing and special and good and true and the one GM to rule them all and in the darkness bind them all. It's particularly glaring that you had that entire episode of ostensible self-doubt by the fact you moaned over and over that you didn't feel comfortable being GM, but have made no move to transfer power.I'm sorry, but that this is your first GMing of an RP is no excuse, and you should know full well how to behave. Attacking people for following you rules, and then having you break them yourself by calling for us to "take history out of it for a jiffy" is the height of hypocrisy, and those doubts I had about this RP, and believe me there were many, are now just too much to bear and I withdraw. Using your position as GM to smack down other players is rude and unnecessary, and I can confidently say that, even in the first RP I ever GMed - which, incidentally, went well because all an RP needs to be GMed properly is patience, research, and, god forbid, effort - I never once went out of my way to make another RPer feel little or irrelevant, and, God as my witness, I've never said "screw you" to any other RPer I've ever RPed with.
#yoloswag
Alfhedil said
I will gladly do so.
ASTA said
To be fair, ships didn't go down after one or two shots. Ships of this era were fairly robust, and could endure multiple hits from cannons. I don't know much about this, however. Do any of our native history buffs care to chime in?
Alfhedil said
Wow. Okay. That really shows what kind of GM you are.
Legion X51 said
Not going any further than this.