Guys, I think we need to put things in perspective here.
Just some quick maths from this week in RP: Elysia is about 3 times more active than Nepleslia.
The USO is 14 times more active than Elysia and Nepleslia combined, and 56 times more active than Nepleslia by itself.
The USO / FSC / S6 / Skyguard / Akemi's / Spacers / 4th Elysian Empire / PsychoPomp all have the best of the best equipment because they've gone out and earned it in RP. Uso's peer group alone has more capability than Nepleslia as a whole because its stocked with the most exceptional people in the setting. There are more Elysians and Nepleslians showing up in USO than in those faction plots combined.
The feedback I'm getting on the ship here doesn't sound like feedback at all, it sounds like sour grapes.
The question isn't really 'Why should Uso have stuff just as good as anyone else's stuff'. The answer to that is pretty obvious: We have a shit ton of RP, and a shit ton of talented people. The question really should be 'Why is Nepleslia still a major faction?' and 'how is Elysia so over-represented in the NTSE?'
You mean to tell me Nepleslians, a group intended to be compatible to show up anywhere, is in your plot?
First of all: quantity of RP doesn't trump quality. Considering the ringer Nepleslia has been through and that it's recovering, I'd appreciate if your inflated and subjective number gaming stopped. I'm glad USO is active, but the best things? No. The MOST things? Definitely.
You know what I hear as the norm? Most players who join USO end up regretting it down the line or just leaving after their "contributions" get overwritten. For all the people scared of the NTSE, a few have even gone on to work with other factions.
You want to make it about USO and how "successful" you are when it had nothing to do with it. But the reality is that your "constant RPing" is because of how small the USO circle REALLY is. And every time someone comes at your submissions, you cry back on the popularity and activity of a group that has pretty similar growth currently to Nepleslia (yeah, you know, that big bad thing you keep hating on and railing against because you've got some personal boner for the faction you don't run).
You're clearly not too busy RPing because you always end up lashing out at Frost and turning your submissions that have any trouble at all into a giant dick-waving contest where you can try to brag about your faction. Meanwhile, I am more and more commonly dealing and working with players who you end up tossing to the side for either opposing you or wanting you to get more realistic with your IC pacing (all that quantity sacrifices quality quite well, I think).
I'm sure I won't hear the end about how Nepleslia is "inactive", but I also know I won't hear the end about how USO is great while seemingly hemorrhaging players and leaving countless submissions abandoned mere months after approval. And honestly, I wouldn't mind if you specifically were barred from the NTSE for this sort of behavior. Every time you come to the NTSE, Zack, you make it a chore unless whoever the NTSE moderator is handholds you straight through approval. And I mean straight through, no questions and at the highest pace possible. All you do is whine and want a bigger excuse to try and explain away any feedback.
I won't even talk about the fact that most Nepleslian plots are 18+ and, as a result, hidden from public/new members. I shouldn't have to explain why the faction isn't the most active after changing leadership multiple times in the last year with constant leveraged attacks made against it by both members present and past. But what's annoying more than anything is your constant push to de-platform people because you can spam a bunch of single-paragraph posts faster than everyone else on the site.
The idea of you anywhere near the NTSE quite bluntly doesn't make sense because you're oblivious to how the rest of the site works. I'm sure we're going to hear in a week from now how you're keeping a faction all your GMs run above the peak of Nepleslia, where the largest plot is run by the FM who has a kid to take care of.
I'm sure you'll never shut up about any of it, so long as you think it's perfect material to try and push your approvals and push to be given staff powers. But honestly, I'm sick of it and this is precisely why myself and various others groan
every time we see a new submission from you. NTSE or not, we all know how we're about to hear ALL about USO because it has to be ALL about USO every time you speak despite the fact that USO is probably one of the most isolated factions on SARP. After the departure of so many others, we still have to look forward to the most absurdly combative members of the site when it comes to submissions. Someone who preaches how they love RP but can't compromise ever because they couldn't care less about RP and just want to stroke their ego with "the next strongest X" on SARP.