Eventy One
Magellan Exploration and Survey
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Posted - 2009.03.25 23:09:00 -
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Edited by: Eventy One on 25/03/2009 23:12:23
At the end of the day - the name doesn't matter.
The reason everyone is worked up is because - Justice must be seen to be transparent, and impartial.
The real looser, here, is CCP, simply because the end of BoB, and subsequent petition, backed them into a corner where it really didn't matter what they decided - at least half the community (involved in the BoB/Goon conflict), a sizeable number, were going to end up being ticked.
PRECEDENTS?
With respect to the observations of a somewhat uninvolved observer - the fact that CoW was renamed, shows, that CCP had some precedent for renaming the alliance formerly known as BoB to BoBR.
The precedent was there for the renaming but not everyone is going to agree the situations are similar and the precedent applies in this case; basically on partisan grounds. If this was the first instance of an alliance being renamed - the situation would be far worse, but I think CCP has some basis for defending their decision.
With respect to Stian Alliance/Stain Alliance - the fact that partition was turned down, the reasoning, is not transparent. I think this hurts this whole debate.
CONSEQUENCES WITH RESPECT TO ALLIANCES
At the end of the day BoB/Kenzoku/BoBR & Goons are going to continue to wage war against one another. The issue of Sovereignty or loss of Sovereignty would have made recovery by Bob/BoBR either much harder or maintained status quo. Either way, the war would have waged on.
CONSEQUENCES WITH RESPECT TO CCP
As I said before CCP is the looser here, not the players; as angry as people are - people need to see this.
I personally don't believe CCP, or elements of CCP, are sympathetic to BoB any more than they are to any other alliance. I know people with long memories might disagree, but it would be stupid from a business perspective, at his point - plain and simple.
I do think CCP is going to have to flush out internal policy, with respect to the transparent application of law, in and out of game. Why, in one case was a decision made, while in the other, it wasn't. Was this documented? Is all of this transparent to the community?
Peace.
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