(05-07-2015, 01:52 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: I can't do that because we're not supposed to point out anyone specifically. Click around on the wiki pages, though, and odds are you'll find someone with an eyebrow-raising background rather than not.My request was for a specific instance of "I don't care about the lore and I am going to change it fundamentally to suit my own purposes". If you do not care to support your allegation of this behavior in the multitude of ways that are allowed on this forum (such as linking a thread without calling out a specific poster or linking a profile via private message) then I see no reason to take your claim at face value. An assertion made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
And while I have no interest in arguing the specifics of my provided examples, as they were meant to simply communicate the general notion that there is no such thing as actual canon-supported roleplay, I shall briefly humor your desire to engage in that particular argument: the Grindstone does not have to be profitable to be a threat. It can function as a branding threat ("Wait, which fighting place is the good one again?") or a scheduling threat ("Wow, there's a cool match coming up at the coliseum... oh wait, that's Grindstone time"), or numerous other kinds of threats. The possibilities are endless, and do bear in mind that we're talking about the same class of people who tried to off a fledgling merchant for trying to find his own mine out in the desert.
EDIT: That's not to say I personally have any objection. I'm simply demonstrating how an objection founded in canon can be conjured for almost any avenue of roleplay character, organization, or event development/execution.
V'aleera's Wiki - https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages...eera_Lhuil
V'aleera's Tumblr - valeeralhuil.tumblr.com
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