MP is not an IC moderator. If it’s not against ML, you have nothing to do with it and you are not the one to judge.
I thought I was really clever by going through the entire list of server rules with every law that is covered under that rule added directly underneath it, and chose to redact that because just saying what I was going to do proves my point.
However, I would like to highlight that MPs doing their job has no purpose than to be an in-game bwoink and a-sleep so that other people playing their objectives can continue to do so unhindered: CIC giving orders without some asshole shouting over them in comms, CTs working without getting windows broken, and Neglect of Duty/Sedition being almost exclusively about making sure people play the same game they agreed to play by selecting their role that other players may have been gunning for.
Also I don’t know where the assumption that if CL deploys he’s not going to communicate comes from. You can deploy and communicate, you can roleplay with your escort, you can set up a W-Y tent, it wouldn’t be a wasted slot.
My issue isn’t with those ones, because - as I stated - they likely already know ML well enough to work within it and don’t need a HEY NERD, THESE APPLY TO YOU TOO clarifier, or are charismatic and inventive enough to get away with it regardless. Same reason that the best whitelisted characters are unlikely to catch player reports: I’ve never seen a report that goes “Hugh G Rection made the round more enjoyable for everyone involved in interesting and entertaining ways, though unfortunately broke a rule/law doing so.” I am worried that someone who spends the round telling everyone in earshot how important they are and explaining why they are above the law that applies to everyone from Nurse to Major is burning time that could have instead gone to someone far more deserving.
I do believe that allowing for the sorts who deploy and drop communications does lessen the role and set a bad example . . . hence the forum post.
Comparing a crucial role such as SL with a side role (CL) is also really strange, if you don’t see any difference then I don’t know what to say.
There are four times as many SLs as there are CLs, about double as many dedicated replacements to them, and an entire system to pick literally anybody else from their entire squad to substitute their place.
There is a single CL, with no junior executive, and no replacement or system for such.
While there’s of course the blatant difference in what they do, the issue is that you argue the importance of “crucial roles” (not the CL) who lack a special pass to act like jackasses and play against their role because the marines IC have to kiss their ass, or highlight that the CLs who don’t contribute as much should get such privileges without the burden of responsibility on their shoulders.
