Okay, after an attempted night of sleep, I have realized:
We need a statuesque.
This is an attempt at a compromise all round. Here goes
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1) All wells, fountains, and contained water sources inside the Ul'dah and the Goblet are contaminated and will be for one week, after which the poison will disperse in the water. This does not include the pond/river/waterfall thingy in the middle of the Goblet, nor does it affect the surrounding water sources such as the river outside the Gate of Nald.
2) The death toll: High hundreds, low thousands. I'm putting my foot day and giving us something. Why these numbers? Well first, in my mind, Ul'dah is not like Rome during the height of it's Empire, which housed nearly a million people. Ul'dah is a city state like Athens or Sparta and would likely house around 50,000 to 100,000 people. So if we keep the number of dead low, people who do not wish to rp tons of people dying, or are not part of the event all, simply rp as they please, and those whom are part of this event say the named npcs never got a chance to drink the contaminated water and that anyone rping drinking drinks from the Quicksand are drinking non-contaminated beverages.
Secondly, we must remember Jin'li was caught in the act, so people knew something bad had just happened within minutes of his completion and those whom nearly nabbed him: Warren, Saravena, Alexei, and Erik, spoke. IC law enforcement players such as Erik, Kahn'a, and Kage were sending out orders about sealing off the water sources immediately afterwards, just like would have happened in a real crisis, and started shutting down the water supply down for testing. These facts, mixed with the fact that a bomb went off outside the gate and caused a distraction to the npc civilians, means that the window for people to actually obtain the poisoned water was, even in real world time, extremely small, thus leading to a small number of infected.
3) I have gathered from Kage's posts that the water supplies are under lock down by the Brass Blades and other law enforcement, but fresh water is still obtainable via the river outside Ul'dah and the pond/river/waterfall-thingy inside the Goblet. This means that the city of Ul'dah can still function, albeit with a high level of tension.
4) Anyone whom has a collar is free to have it disarmed after this evening and the player is more than free to rp the fallout of their character as they see fit. There has been statements saying fallout is needed to be appropriate for the crime and I understand from personal experience both sides of this arguement.
Askier tried to blow up Ul'dah to save his sisters's life. He failed, was put on trial, had to fake his own death, laid low for awhile, slunk back to Ul'dah, was hired by Natalie to kidnapped Roen, had the kidnapping backfire on him, was skinned alive and tortured and lost his arm, developed PTSD from the event and has to now sleep with a stuffed animal nightlight, and now works for Erik Mynhier, whom in turns serves Ul'dah. I still get repercussions all the time from Askier's actions. Last night alone, a lynch mob showed up and tried to lynch Askier and Erik and Kahn'a had to drive the mob off. I understand these repercussion are mandatory for his action. However:
None of it was without my permission. That is the most important thing. I don't have time to level or redevelop rp connections with my RL responsibilities plus I am way to attached to the one-armed bonehead. I ask all those whom have shown concern about how justice will be handed out to those involved on the bad side to just trust in the players rping and see how things ultimately roll out. If, in the end, their punishment isn't as severe as you believe it should it should be, or it is a bit hand waved, please remember, it is the player-of-that-character's choice to ultimately decide what happens with their character. There was once a person who wanted to chop off Askier's tail and really, Askier couldn't have stopped him, but I said, OOC'ly, I was not okay with losing the tail. Perhaps it was a tad unrealistic, but Askier is my character, no one else's, and at the end of the day, I want to be able to enjoy rping my character and no one has the right to make me rp in a way l don't want to. That said, I have zero right to make someone who is uncomfortable with the whole poison idea to rp it it at all. If someone tells me they don't want to rp it, I understand 100% and Askier can rp about something else with the person in question.
I one hundred percent believe those whom participated on the bad side will rp appropriately. I know for a fact Jin'li will be dead at the end of this event, and I'm kinda attached to the little, crazy kitty.Â
I want to say, Everyone here on this forumn is a stellar rper. If you all weren't, I certainly wouldn't be running this event.
I hope that this 4 point post is something we can all agree upon. This is my attempt at working with those whom have voiced opinions all around. Is this list perfect? Probably not. But it is a compromise and I hope it is an indication that I am happy to work with people.
My one request is that we DE-escalate this thread. There is a lot of tension in this thread at the moment and I really, really, really don't want Freelance Wizard to lock this sucker down. Because I would need permission to open a second thread to finish the event off.
Thank you all again for all your feed back and I will continue to work at this event. I did say there would be hiccups in my event post. I think it's safe to say we found a couple. LOL. Thank you everyone for be understanding with me.
We need a statuesque.
This is an attempt at a compromise all round. Here goes
 1) All wells, fountains, and contained water sources inside the Ul'dah and the Goblet are contaminated and will be for one week, after which the poison will disperse in the water. This does not include the pond/river/waterfall thingy in the middle of the Goblet, nor does it affect the surrounding water sources such as the river outside the Gate of Nald.
2) The death toll: High hundreds, low thousands. I'm putting my foot day and giving us something. Why these numbers? Well first, in my mind, Ul'dah is not like Rome during the height of it's Empire, which housed nearly a million people. Ul'dah is a city state like Athens or Sparta and would likely house around 50,000 to 100,000 people. So if we keep the number of dead low, people who do not wish to rp tons of people dying, or are not part of the event all, simply rp as they please, and those whom are part of this event say the named npcs never got a chance to drink the contaminated water and that anyone rping drinking drinks from the Quicksand are drinking non-contaminated beverages.
Secondly, we must remember Jin'li was caught in the act, so people knew something bad had just happened within minutes of his completion and those whom nearly nabbed him: Warren, Saravena, Alexei, and Erik, spoke. IC law enforcement players such as Erik, Kahn'a, and Kage were sending out orders about sealing off the water sources immediately afterwards, just like would have happened in a real crisis, and started shutting down the water supply down for testing. These facts, mixed with the fact that a bomb went off outside the gate and caused a distraction to the npc civilians, means that the window for people to actually obtain the poisoned water was, even in real world time, extremely small, thus leading to a small number of infected.
3) I have gathered from Kage's posts that the water supplies are under lock down by the Brass Blades and other law enforcement, but fresh water is still obtainable via the river outside Ul'dah and the pond/river/waterfall-thingy inside the Goblet. This means that the city of Ul'dah can still function, albeit with a high level of tension.
4) Anyone whom has a collar is free to have it disarmed after this evening and the player is more than free to rp the fallout of their character as they see fit. There has been statements saying fallout is needed to be appropriate for the crime and I understand from personal experience both sides of this arguement.
Askier tried to blow up Ul'dah to save his sisters's life. He failed, was put on trial, had to fake his own death, laid low for awhile, slunk back to Ul'dah, was hired by Natalie to kidnapped Roen, had the kidnapping backfire on him, was skinned alive and tortured and lost his arm, developed PTSD from the event and has to now sleep with a stuffed animal nightlight, and now works for Erik Mynhier, whom in turns serves Ul'dah. I still get repercussions all the time from Askier's actions. Last night alone, a lynch mob showed up and tried to lynch Askier and Erik and Kahn'a had to drive the mob off. I understand these repercussion are mandatory for his action. However:
None of it was without my permission. That is the most important thing. I don't have time to level or redevelop rp connections with my RL responsibilities plus I am way to attached to the one-armed bonehead. I ask all those whom have shown concern about how justice will be handed out to those involved on the bad side to just trust in the players rping and see how things ultimately roll out. If, in the end, their punishment isn't as severe as you believe it should it should be, or it is a bit hand waved, please remember, it is the player-of-that-character's choice to ultimately decide what happens with their character. There was once a person who wanted to chop off Askier's tail and really, Askier couldn't have stopped him, but I said, OOC'ly, I was not okay with losing the tail. Perhaps it was a tad unrealistic, but Askier is my character, no one else's, and at the end of the day, I want to be able to enjoy rping my character and no one has the right to make me rp in a way l don't want to. That said, I have zero right to make someone who is uncomfortable with the whole poison idea to rp it it at all. If someone tells me they don't want to rp it, I understand 100% and Askier can rp about something else with the person in question.
I one hundred percent believe those whom participated on the bad side will rp appropriately.Â
I know for a fact Jin'li will be dead at the end of this event, and I'm kinda attached to the little, crazy kitty. I want to say, Everyone here on this forumn is a stellar rper. If you all weren't, I certainly wouldn't be running this event.
I hope that this 4 point post is something we can all agree upon. This is my attempt at working with those whom have voiced opinions all around. Is this list perfect? Probably not. But it is a compromise and I hope it is an indication that I am happy to work with people.
My one request is that we DE-escalate this thread. There is a lot of tension in this thread at the moment and I really, really, really don't want Freelance Wizard to lock this sucker down. Because I would need permission to open a second thread to finish the event off.
Thank you all again for all your feed back and I will continue to work at this event. I did say there would be hiccups in my event post. I think it's safe to say we found a couple. LOL. Thank you everyone for be understanding with me.
