Issue #3: Team Rocket: Random event or conspiracy?

Most members have been attacked by Team Rocket by now, and it�s not very pleasant. They always come away with some of your SD�s (though never more than 100 SD�s), and sometimes they leave a mark after them (giving you a �nice� little negative before your amount of SD.) A lot of members cry out loud whenever they are attacked, some rejoice (though this is rare, the only times they do rejoice is if they haven�t had an event or they just turned nuts).
However, some things about this is rather strange, not the attacks themselves, but where the money disappears to.
I have reason to believe that �Team Rocket� isn�t Team Rocket, but a bunch of PZ-members who dresses up as Jesse and James to mislead the suspicions.

I have several theories about which members who dress up as Team Rocket and I will give you a list of candidates (not naming anyone of course).
1. Members who constantly announce they are broke, but you still see them buying new clothes and they don�t seem to be as broke as they claim to be. You say that �it�s because they donate and auctions off the rare items they get�, I say they attack people and steal their SD�s.
2. Members who are disgustingly rich. You�ve all seen them; they can raise the auctions to huge prices and still have lots and lots of money left. Where does all the SD come from? You say �they saved it and stored it in the bank�, I say they attack people and steal their SD�s.
3. Newbies who after maybe 5-10 posts has a full outfit of pants, socks and a shirt. You say �They posted in the clothing donations thread and were given clothes�, I say they attack people and steal their SD�s.

Convinced now? No? Oh well, I�ll continue a bit.

By now some of you probably think �But Team Rocket never steals over 100 SD�s, the group of members you listed can�t be Team Rocket�, BUT ever thought that perhaps not everyone reports when they�ve gotten attacked? Many members probably feel ashamed that they have been mugged and they don�t turn Team Rocket in, and by doing so a high amount of SD�s that have been stolen has never come to light to other members.

Another theory is that these 3 groups of people work together. They have built their own little gang and they all steal from other members and then they give what they�ve taken to their leader. The leader in turn divides the money between the gang-members and so all are happy. They constantly make their gang grow by tricking new innocent newbies to join, giving them promises of a glorious world where they never have to feel broke. This is very tempting to the newbies, and most probably accepts. Those who don�t join are silenced, if they tell anyone else they gang will strike them and steal all their SD�s, making their amount of SD go negative by 100 000 SD�s! Now you all think �But if that�s the case, why don�t the people who don�t join tell Schwpz?� Well folks, I regret to tell this, but Schwpz is the leader! Who else could it be? Playing the role of the perfect admin, no one suspects her to be the leader of a highly criminal gang who mugs her own members! The members who still try to tell others what the gang is doing �disappears�, never to be seen again (if they don�t, for some miraculous reason, manage to escape or plead long enough for Schwpz to release them). The truth is; the people who don�t keep quiet about the criminals are locked inside PlanetZot, in a cave known as �The Doom�, where Zotters in medieval times used to dig for the rare Zotium. The members are locked inside and fed with carrots. It�s extremely hard to escape from here, ever wonder why Kiara suddenly disappeared or why Elke was gone for so long? They were among the first members to be locked up (the very first being aquangel, who disappeared in Aug 2003 I believe?) and I�m sorry to tell you, but other members who suddenly �disappeared� will probably not get back, unless they find another escape-rout (Elke�s and Kiara�s escape-tunnels were discovered and filled up).

So, we must all unite and bring down these criminals and free those still in the cave! Never stop believing!

And here, the issue ends (and if I suddenly disappear after uncovering this truth, you know where I�ve been taken).

Until next time Zotters, until next time.

- Icea
Next issue will be about: The truth about Zotvin Zlein, Zot�s biggest fashion-designer
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