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[sinistral]

Display Name: Barnes
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Notes: yes, that profile photo absolutely is the "you didn't upload a pic" default placeholder image and you should absolutely continue to make fun of him for it

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Talk to me about the guilds. Not the recruitment speech from the people from here, I mean opinions from others who were transplanted to this place.

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[ooc: that's it that's the post please feel free to harass the hell out of Bucky/hit me up if you prefer to harass him in person and we'll work something out. Also please threadhop to your heart's content on anything not marked private]

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[mostdangerousbird]

[ Smart. But this is still a semi public forum, so he’s hesitant to directly state opinions. ]

The Guilds are good at PR; that’s true. They say it’s one of the benefits of joining: you have their spin machine behind you.

I’ve been reading up on the guilds and their founders. I know that teams can stray from their original intent, and guilds are larger than one team. I think it’s interesting that the only real autobiography from one of the active heroes around the time of the Godfall Incident is Frances Starling’s, which is more of a memoir than a history textbook. She’s unaffiliated, but you need to take all sides into account.
All the other big names just have social media and ghostwritten biographies.

Sorry for so late...

[sinistral]

I also found it weird that there isn't more written history. Some of it I imagine is so built into the culture that no one feels a need to write about it, but still.

Then again, that's also PR, keeping details out of the spotlight. Still seems too good a deal.

[mostdangerousbird]

It's a good deal, and it's a very complete incompleteness.

[ Astroturfing. Someone is astroturfing everywhere to smooth perfection. ]

Things that are built into the culture get written about a lot in my world. How many times does someone publish something on the Titanic in your world, if that happened? Or celebrate an anniversary of the Wizard of Oz? Deep-dives on well-known topics sell.