Did you ever hear the story of the Coalition coup? I thought not. It's not a story the HL2RP staff would tell you. It's a WW3RP legend. There was a player in the Coalition so popular that he could use OOC to influence IC. He had such a knowledge of popularity that he could even give the ones he cared about higher ranks. The dark side of popularity is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be metagaming. He became such a high rank, the only thing he was afraid of was losing his rank, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice outranked him in his sleep.
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