[7.2.5] The usual Exile fodder, Mr. Schwartz - Syntax - 5/29/07

**broin**

GoDGiVeR wrote:

((Yay, and again Machine operatives gain special items))

LOL we've all got to learn that some of these events aren't really that... They are ways to get speciality items out to the players of choice...

**Procurator**

(( I hope by 'players of choice' you mean 'players who achieved something to deserve the reward'. If you even suggest there's some sort of favouritism going on... ))

Fatmop

Procurator wrote:

(( I hope by 'players of choice' you mean 'players who achieved something to deserve the reward'. If you even suggest there's some sort of favouritism going on... ))

((Favoritism of players who chose machine factions and got really good at the combat system?))

**Procurator**

(( Dude, I'm living proof that that's not the case. I wasn't even in-game to get my FM-1500. Other rewards have been given out for other... intellectual tasks.

I agree that the other orgs should have some equally nifty and appropriate rewards, but that's no reason for people to pick on the Machinists that get a reward. It's not their fault the system's unbalanced. ))

Fatmop

Procurator wrote:

(( Dude, I'm living proof that that's not the case. I wasn't even in-game to get my FM-1500. Other rewards have been given out for other... intellectual tasks.

I agree that the other orgs should have some equally nifty and appropriate rewards, but that's no reason for people to pick on the Machinists that get a reward. It's not their fault the system's unbalanced. ))

((Nor is it that dorky kid's fault that he can't see 6 inches in front of his face so he has to wear huge corrective glasses, but he gets picked on anyway.. SMILEY

))

**Procurator**

(( Eh? In this case there's someone else to complain to instead of the Machinists. In your example there's no one else. No parallel. SMILEY

))

Fatmop

Procurator wrote:

(( Eh? In this case there's someone else to complain to instead of the Machinists. In your example there's no one else. No parallel. ))

((Oh yeah? Well.. you're British!))

**Procurator** · 06/01/2007 03:34:10

(( You're *CENSORED* right I'm English. And I'm *CENSORED* proud of-...

Urgh, wait, what am I saying? I'm not proud to be English! The very idea... SMILEY

Edit: Censored? The most inoffensive 'expletive' in the world, censored? For pity's sake... It looks like 'dang'. ))

**Kemy**

Procurator wrote:

(( Dude, I'm living proof that that's not the case. I wasn't even in-game to get my FM-1500. Other rewards have been given out for other... intellectual tasks. )

(( Yes, you and Neoteny are the exception to the common way of obtaining items. SMILEY

))

**NightTrace**

[[Well, I would be able to raise my hand and say I got an FM-1500 because I spent the time and solved one of the puzzles in the old scanline receiver....buuuut Rarebit didnt come out of admin invis for me. I went to the area...then went inside....then went on the roof...then came back down and there he was, standing over the body of a mervs alt, who was fairly low level at the time. -_-]]

Vogt

The following individuals are the current owners of FM-1500 in the Syntax division. I have also included how they got it.

Beachhead (Machinist of the Year award)
Natasha768 (Machinist of the Year award)
Zudrag (Machinists combat tournament winner)
Procurator (AI programming)
Starschwar (General's speach)
S7acy (Surviving the Merovingian construct)
HostileIntention (Surviving the Merovingian construct)

**Procurator**

Bosh. See? Maybe it's different on other instances, but the Syntaxian Machinists are a creative bunch.

**NightTrace** · 06/01/2007 05:28:18

Recursion List

GhostPimp [An Unlimit came out of invisability in front of him]
Xboxster [Killing shot on TIMCAMM]
Mitrios [Winner of a Machine Efficiency Tourniment]
Symmetric [During a collection mission from the mechs, the DOE collected the most, Symmetric collected the most outo f us, faction decision for him to get it]
Cap0ne [Sent an FM-1500 Mag for e-mailing Agent Pace with updates to situations in the simulation]
Someone I forget [Chosen to privately train with Pace and fight an Anome sim. This person landed the killing blow]

GhostPimp [Was just the shell account of a merv]
Xboster [Is around still]
Mitrios [Is around still]
Symmetric [Retired]
Cap0ne [Is Still Around]
Random person [Retired]

Two retired, three around, and one was flat out an matter of faulty scanning from Agent Gray.

Further more, the Recursion instance has seen a dramatic drop in operations being assigned to its Machine operatives, and if/when missions do come through, the FM-1500 is not being rewarded.

**Procurator**

H'mm. That does look a bit ungroovy. Though Syntax was very quiet for Machinists too for a while until this little foray into a Merv construct.

**NightTrace**

Figure out a way for me to transfer instances, and I'd do it in a heart beat. Vector or Syntax.

In the end though, it wouldnt matter so much for me on a personal basis, I've found myself now being ignored by the higher ups of the chain of command. Liaisons if/when their around will speak to me, but when it comes to the Gray and Pace, I might as well just not show up anymore. This is after two years of solid service and frequent inclusion on missions of sensative nature...

Guess everything changes with time.