Okay.. first off.. what I said was.. It was a friend and an Rp'er. Secondly If you check with Pandora.. she'll tell you that up until the last month or so.. I myself planned to run against her. And I would have done so with relish.. Actually I was itching to.. And I promise you I would have been much crueler than Greywulf has been. And I tried to tell you that part last night too. I didn't because at the end of the day, Skara is our town and as a Ranger that is where my focus needs to be.
So the issue with Pandora is that she dislikes competition.. even if it is on an rp level. Which.. in this case.. let's see... Undead, never at her own meetings the last month.. and a few others things.. people can back it for an Rp reason. Truthfully, I would not have minded someone running against us.. for an RP reason. In this case.. it's not about the rp.. it's about the damn trade buff, something we don't use anyway.
That wonderful excuse I've been given lately.. of "real life issues" for her.. from a few of her friends. The truth is.. it wasn't real life issues.. she turned tail and ran like she always does when she feels backed into a corner. The least bit of even Healthy competition and she finds an excuse.. and if you like, let's start naming times. I can give him in spades.
And It kills me, really kills me.. that this has ONCE AGAIN.. become an OH poor IT's ALL ABOUT PANDY thread.
And I made sure to thank you. I even stated how surprised I was that you were there... there's a reason for that.
Gillian, I asked you directly for the truth. You told me it was an alt of an RP'er... yes, but when I wanted to clarify if it was part of the group of players that play the Rangers, you said yes.
And if you wanted to run against Pandora, why? I've never known Gillian to have a single connection to Britain or heck when did you last attend any of the events held there with the exception of the beginning of this year? And to use your own words, Pandora doesn't dislike competition if its on a REAL RP level not because of someone decided to spin off an alt or bring in someone from another shard to do so because of how a group feels about her as a person or what she was or was not doing with a game mechanic. You do remember the issue with Smoot correct? You remember that that whole thing was about a "damn trade buff". You told me last night you don't "see eye to eye" with her, but why? What has she ever done to
you, specifically? She doesn't hang out much in other towns, she doesn't do anything to anyone for them to have such hatred for them. So yes I'd like to know and we can continue that in PM's if you'd like because I'd like to get to the bottom of this discordance really. Not just for us, but for the community. Its split us up long enough!
As for Pandora's health issues, have been stated by her personally before here and are widely known, I can confirm that Pandora has Cystic Fibrosis. Its a genetic disease that causes severe lung issues and infections with frequent trips to the hospital. Because of all the hours she has had to put in work for her new job, her health has suffered quite a bit. So yes, she has been sick and no, its not an excuse. She missed two of her own Town Hall meetings due to that out of the ... how many months she held them 4 or 5? ... where she held them every two weeks.
I personally do what I feel is right and I feel we should be promoting our RP'ers in their current spots, hence my vote for you. If they are missing council meetings, resigning mid-term, etc. etc. then they should be replaced. But ALL of us should be supporting our RP'ers in their current role. If you think that's not how we all in CoD view things, think again. Its the reason we never run against others in other cities that are well represented by RP'ers. When I took up Minoc, it was very much unrepresented; there are plenty of cities that still to this day are that way.
~ Sue.