[Orion]

I agree that it's probably hard to draw a line between player-run and staff-run roleplay, and that staff may need to make the world react to a player's roleplay, particularly in larger settings, but I still think there should be certain rules that determine how the world reacts. For example, if most of the players living in a town support a certain character, shouldn't most of the NPC's do so as well?

There was actually (supposed to be) a rule of thumb on that MUD, where something like 1 PC's opinions represented 10 NPC's opinions.

Anyway, it later became apparent, as the character the staff picked was automatically handed yet another settlement to control, that they were placing the character in that position based on OOC preference, rather than roleplay on her part. The player also told me that they were directing her actions too much, which is why she eventually decided not to play the game anymore.