So at the moment in Chicago, we have a fake family involved in a fake war with Chicago. Is this all a step too far by the admins?

First we have MIA's. Fake accounts that we can buy to gain kills.

Secondly we have RIA's. Fake inactives that we can race for to gain kills.

Previously we had NPC's. Fake family members that generated money for leaders and filled crews.

Then we have Officers. A replacement for the NPC's so we can all make money.

Then we have the Rogue. A fake rogue for people to race and kill.

Now we have the fake family. Having a fake war.

When did the game become about so much fakeory? Why is it here? Why do we need it? All I can see is two reasons:

1) Fakeory means spending money on MIAs, having to retrain BGs, on Officers, etc. spending money is good for the admins.

2) Fakeory has been introduced to reduce wars and rogues. People used to war/rogue/kill because it was the man source of fun. Now we have the fake wars, fake rogues, and plenty of fake kills, it means less people get trigger happy as their blood lust is fulfilled. This allows families to live without conflict and be around for years at a time.

For me, the fakeory has gone too far. It is killing the game. The game used to be brilliantly organic. But now, the admin interference and fakeory is making it too manipulated, losing its naturalnace. Making it shit.

Your thoughts?

    Jul 28, 11:25:01    Bacon shot at your bodyguards! They killed a single bodyguard.

So I use MY money to buy BGs. Then the admins create a system where THEY can kill MY BGs that I spent MY money on. At least Dick turpin wore a mask. Robbing cunts. The lot of them.

So you had a BG shot. Call the whambulance. Ive had 4 shot already, you dont see me or anyone elses crying about it. This "fake" family, if anything, adds some excitement to the game. Izzy has pretty much just thrown us tons of free kills and you are complaining about it?

	Cpt-Harris		Kourtney		-SpaceCowboy-	The Loop, CH	10	0	Closed
	Joseph_Zerilli		Harry_Fleisher		Abe_Bernstein	The Loop, CH	48	2	Open
	Kpacumup		Romain		Penquin	The Loop, CH	26	14	Open
	Ziva		Midol		Prozac	The Loop, CH	33	7	Closed
	Ares		Hayley		Blaise	North Side, CH	33	7	Open
	Solastalgia		TokyoZombi		Ariadne	North Side, CH	10	1	Closed
	bip		Weasel		Dripple	Suburbs, CH	17	23	Open
	DeadlySpikeS		Ragnar_Lothbrok		General_Snip	Suburbs, CH	24	16	Open
	JakeLuciano		Maple		Dipple	Suburbs, CH	10	1	Closed
	Alucard		MadChild-		Lush	South Side, CH	36	4	Open
	ChaosSpike		Bruiser		Menoth	South Side, CH	9	2	Closed
	Visicaro		WideAwake		Jimmy_Two_Eyes	South Side, CH	24	16	Open
	Anomaly		Lucia		Scott-Weiland	West Side, CH	40	0	Closed
	Lynch		JessiePinkman		blink	West Side, CH	11	0	Closed
	SammyGravano		-Deathstalker-		MK	West Side, CH	38	2	Closed
	Townslave		Veracity		None	West Side, CH	24	16

thats why the game is suffering. too many people jammed into one city. its bad for the game, and we're only heading for a period of stagnacy much longer than what we saw under the last reign of a mega godfather.

You people are stupid and never satisfied. Scott/Squishy take a long look before he implements things into the game and ways the pros and cons that most of you do t even think about. The "fakeness" gives us fresh accounts to get the ball rolling but it still takes work to be better then some 

It keeps the money moving and gives us practice I love this "fake war" it not only helps us train and simulate a little war for the new people but gives them a chance to build the gun and something to do before they get bored and leave. Thell then look at the other parts of the game interested. 

And as far as them shooting your bgs and hq? Oh well not everthing is free lads get over it.

And Desmond your iggnorant also yes the city is quite full. But human nature someo e will get power hungry or bored and the city will implode or others will make a move just the cycle of the game. Don't like how the world is? Well stop bitching and do something about it!

Looks more like a glitchcray

Oh it's definitely not a glitch. I'm with DanK on the fact that it's getting out of hand with the amount of Non-Playing-Characters,  in my personal opinion. I liked the feature initially when it was to "celebrate" the opening of a new district. But let me assure you, The Loop is NOT a new district. Yet we were given them. Funny story, I can't even deal drugs in the loop at the moment... I appear to be an outsider! 

I don't know if everything involves around money, I like to think not. Even though MR is a business and entitled to earn money. Like any other business. I personally don't purchase credits, I used to... little amounts... but nowadays... I see no point to do so and exactly for some reasons DanK just summed up. I would invest real live money and then some NPC crew I have ABSOLUTELY no control over kills my BG's that I paid for with real money? Screw that :) 

But thats a choice everyone here has, invest real life money or don't. Nobody is forcing that up on you :) 

The majority of statements and claims made in this thread are so ridiculous they don't even merit a reply.

I am literally dumbfounded by the attitudes displayed here.

Very interesting. So inter game politics were taken into consideration? I quite like that.

It was later debated from a RHM of The Loop, that the event should be attacking all of Chicago, not just The Loop.  Her debate was enough to change our mind, that Corktown wasn't just owned by Cpt-Harris, but all of Chicago's equally, and thus they should all have to deal with the burden of it.

You say this like it's a bad thing. I'll fully take responsibility for that one. In fact, I'm glad that you listened. Have a fantastic day Squishy and thank you for all of your hard work in making sure that everyone gets the punishm.. reward we deserve.

Thanks for fixing drugs and not making us outsiders in our own district too! :) 

DanK, I go out of my way to mail you and let you know that if you fly out of the city, or log off, they will not attack you.  Instead, you start attacking them and decide to stay in the fight.  If you are so against them, why are you deliberately putting yourself in harms way?

See, this is always about choice.  Chicago had the choice to auth someone in time or not.  They had an entire month of chances.  They chose not to.

The fact is, though, that the choice is sometimes an illusion. If someone rips my arse out and takes a million off me playing poker, I could 'choose' to shoot them but the fact of the matter is, I would end up dead.

There is always a choice, but sometimes is not viable. I could 'choose' to stay out of this NPC war; but if my CL has specifically instructed me to get involved then they would be perfectly entitled to kill me if I directly disobeyed what they were telling me to do.

From an IC perspective; we can't always do what we want unless we are in positions of power; just because DanK is taking part may not mean he is agreement with whatever is going; just that (from an IC perspective) he is putting the good of his city above his own personal feelings/agenda.

what will be the situation if a whole city lays bare, with no one sufficient to take over it e.g after the next big war same targeting or just all the npcs there waiting to be ousted

I don't see how the game is "suffering" at all. We have more active players than when I came back to these shores but almost 100 users. Where is the suffering? 

From my perspective, you've said the game is suffering because you didnt like the way one event went down. You may have done, but I don't remember you complaining about the kills before we got these NPC's that shoot back. All the RIA's, MIA's, Durdens weren't a problem... so why are these? Because you're not getting something totally free? =/

I'm pretty sure some people have complained vehemently about RIAs, MIAs and Durdens since their inception.