When someone gives you something like a elite cut and tells you that you are not to give it to anyone, it puts you in a precarious position. Of course you want to share it with the world but if you want your word to be worth anything, you might have to say no more than you might feel comfortable with.
I was never trying to hoard anything. Just be a man of my word. Looking back I would say It is a mistake not to pass a cutting around. Responsibly pass it around that is. In my area, the real cut got a bad rap because of all the fakes. Maybe if I would have dropped it on the community then the fakes would have been exposed before it was too late.
Now, It doesn't matter. The community has gotten smaller and I think reputations are more intwined with faces and names. So if one wants to show up to the party and propagate bullshit or a fake, then one does so at the risk of their reputation.
I gave it out to the few people I did because I wanted to make sure if something happened in my world the Strain would not simply disappear.
Or if i partnered up with someone, then naturally they received the cut. I guess I'm divided on the issue..
I was never trying to hoard anything. Just be a man of my word. Looking back I would say It is a mistake not to pass a cutting around. Responsibly pass it around that is. In my area, the real cut got a bad rap because of all the fakes. Maybe if I would have dropped it on the community then the fakes would have been exposed before it was too late.
Now, It doesn't matter. The community has gotten smaller and I think reputations are more intwined with faces and names. So if one wants to show up to the party and propagate bullshit or a fake, then one does so at the risk of their reputation.
I gave it out to the few people I did because I wanted to make sure if something happened in my world the Strain would not simply disappear.
Or if i partnered up with someone, then naturally they received the cut. I guess I'm divided on the issue..