coryman said:
To say nazism is better than communism is to declare yourself a nazi.
GREAT AAR though.
Yes it was. The quality of writing was impressive, although the visualisation was even more so.
It got me, though, to thinking about the tenuous link between politics and PC gaming wherever it may be found. Specifically the time I spent on a well-known Space Opera MMO, where, contrary to public opinion, Roleplay can be and is done rather well by a handful of people.
I wanted to create a determined character (much like the Hitler in this splendid AAR), specifically a woman who wished to start her own People's Socialist Collective, by manufacturing armaments to sell in order to finance her (and hopefully other's) dreams. Communism by degrees or stages in a fundamentally capitalist fictional universe, was the idea.
Anyway, what happened was, that whilst (in-character) advertising on the usual channels, the reaction to a 'communist' Corporation (yes, I was off to a bad start, I know) was pretty forthright and negative, by and large. Apart from being accused of actually wanting this element of roleplay (this game is primarily a PK MMO), the idea of a 'Communist' element, planned as long-term brought forth revulsion from all and sundry, with a few assuming I was a communist myself, as if this was even relevant. Now, RP isn't everyone's cup of tea, but its RP - I never expected open hostility whilst
out-of-character.
So I started to think, what if I had wished for a fascist character instead? I think I would probably have balked at the idea to begin with. There's that line that can't really be crossed, RP or not. I guess, out there, fascism and communism are held to be
equally abhorrent by affluent modern-day gamers, or at least plans to copy such ideas within mere games.
From now on, politics and gaming 'ne'er the twain shall meet', for me. Unless it's sp HoI : )
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Great AAR -let's all hope that there are more installments forthcoming.