I have no sympathy for those that just fold it up and tuck their tails and give up. which is this entire community right now outside DNS.

Ignorant? On the contrary my friend.

Please explain to me how you can possibly keep your professionalism under the NDA rule and yet perform as an active player in the game, explain to me how this is not an issue and/or an unfair advantage.

Please, I am not insulting or attacking you I'm just pointing out my opinion, do not insult my intelligence by calling me ignorant.

Kain,

I respect the accomplishments you've made in the game and I appreciate the fact that you are the most active in-game CPM we have (at least that I can tell). You clearly don't have any requirement to respond in this or any other thread and you have been engaging so again...i respect that.

I guess my basic question is how do square your statement above with the very simple fact that the current state of PC that you've facilitated is in direct opposition to your comment that you want to do everything in you're power to make the game work, create a healthy community, and increase the lifespan of the game? Don't misunderstand me, I can easily seperate in-game vs out of game discussions and think that's actually part of the fun...what I am asking is where do you personnaly see your priorities given the conflict between the two diametrically opposed positions? At the moment...it would appear that you prioritize your in-game activities over your stated CPM goals. I know it's not as simple as that but wanted to tee up the question.

As for advantages being the CPM maybe giving you...I don't believe that you are directly using your CPM position to gain adavantage but that doesn't mean that it doesn't inform your decisions in-game to some degree. That's normal and expected, I've heard more than one CSM member discuss this very thing and it's no different for Dust. There is fairly clear line about how this works and where it crosses into dangerous territory...I don't think you've crossed it but it doesn't change how folks can easily perceive that.

Additionally...I actually think that quite a few of the more vocal a$$hats on the forums that happen to be in ERA, DNS, NF, ect really do want the best for the game. One on one they are can be great guys to talk with and share tactics, fits, or just squad up with and have fun and learn to from them. The majority of the folks don't see any of that and frankly all they see is the "in-game" posts or actions and that colors everyone's perceptions because that's the only reference they get. I'm not advocating anyone make a hokey PR push...just reminding you to consider that when engaging folks.

Also, this downtime permits me to study for my finals :P

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