Oh hey, the man proudly playing as Tyrone DeBlack came out of the woodwork to share his two cents on medium roleplay. Starting off strong.
Anyhow, like I said, I am not going to argue with you about dreven and his specific take on roleplay.
I'm promoting the idea of players having some degree of 'controlled' freedom when it comes to roleplay - which doesn't mean being able to do stupid shit, mark it as 'RP' and avoid all punishment.
I disagree with things dreven does but at the same time, it's the ONLY source of RP that has some value and meaning, that makes the rounds memorable and sadly, the only type you can find in your average CM round unlike in 2018 when nearly every round and interaction was memorable.
That brings me to the next point, your CM on rails vision isn't the reason why everyone cherishes old CM - in fact, nobody really liked the rulings you guys pushed and I very vividly remember people getting mad over notes for 'bringing a spare powerpack' or other whack shit.
The answer as to why old CM was better is always going to be the small, dedicated playerbase (mainly marine sided) that made the game such an unforgettable experience - not anything else.
EDIT; and yeah, im glad we can agree on the fact that CL whitelist is a silly idea. That's all I needed to hear from you, save me from your forum rants.