Sorry, but I'm gonna have to agree with the people saying that RPers do (or at least did) have a reasonable influence in the game. Years ago, before SL, I was on Atlantean as a neutral (oh no, he didn't! ). Several neutral orgs got together, and "purchased" forces for Newland City to shoot Clanners on sight in retaliation for The Sentinels shooting neutrals on sight in Tir. The NLC forces were NPCs put there after the purchase. Elite Operations was the neutral org that spear-headed the purchase, and I was part of that organization at the time.
There's even a record of it in the official AO timeline. January 21, 29477.
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