Talk:Admiral of the Fleet Posting: Ranets Daggerfang/@comment-10148112-20160204111224/@comment-7263041-20160204220126

1. I wont because none of those individuals used high ranking NPCs to give their characters power. Adroby doesn't even have a fleshed out page on this wiki (meaning I couldn't criticize his page even if I wanted to), Aphel's main character Ashamal was promoted to Marshal and then Grand Marshal through award ceremonies and elections, not proclamations and Moorwhelp's character was promoted to Archbishop by unanimous vote.

If any of them had written proclamations declaring that the King or some other high ranking NPC was giving them a position of power, I would have criticised them when they put that information on this wiki, but they haven't.

The issue is not the rank itself. You are free to RP what you want, when you want. If you want to give yourself the rank of Admiral of the Fleet you're free to do that. If you had done so with nothing more than a simple edit to your characters page while also adding that you earned the promotion through military achievements, no one would have given a damn. Sure some people might have asked what power the 'admiral of the fleet' has, but no one would be jumping on you giving yourself the rank.

However you didn't just do a humble edit to give yourself the rank. You created a new page with very minimal information on it, highlighting that a powerful NPC promoted you to that rank. You threw yourself directly into the spotlight, because anyone who pays attention to the 'recently changed pages' section of this wiki would see it.

The issue with me is not what you've done, but how you've done it. I hope that's clear now.

2. The matter of 'second in command' was debunked before I even posted the first time, so I see no reason why you're bringing that up as if it was part of my argument. I said 'high rank' which Admiral of the Fleet is, as demonstrated by Arathorstories who states that the Admiral of the Fleet is the highest PC rank in play right now.

3. Certainly doesn't seem that way from where I am sitting. If I see someone snapping at an individual for criticizing their work, that indicates that the individual in question can't really deal with criticizm. Not all criticism is going to be soft and gentle. I've had people rip into my work in the past in a very brutal fashion, so I know how it feels to have that pressure lumped on you, but that said, I have never snapped at an individual or gotten defensive over my work, I have explained my position, made that perfectly clear and then I've moved on.