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The raid started vs defenders in Shallam
(Started because a lot of them left after we stomped a few times)
Cascades of quicksilver light streak across the firmament as the celestial voice of Ourania intones, "Oh Jarrod..."
I couldn't agree more Exel. I've held my tongue on the whole matter as I have not been able to log in much at all (classes just started and I was on an Oklahoma to Utah to Wyoming and back to Oklahoma trip for class [yes, awesome class] during the entire period of the war...great timing...), but it really seems like besides the major combatants in Eleusis, everyone else was completely dumb-struck by the declaration of war and unprepared for it.
On a side note, my ONLY interaction during the war was the first day of my trip, I logged in to Achaea from our last source of internet for a few weeks. I start reading all this news on the war when @Micositu jumps into the room, snags a couple of backstabs, kills me, and then leaves. All I could do was laugh, since I was on some random ass hotel computer with no scripts or anything. Hahah, well played sir, well played...
Rofl if you think -I- am the one who is deeply disappointed.
I'm honestly baffled at the people defending how this war went. I am quite sure they are in the minority, but truth is that Eleusis could and should have handled this better. Before and during the war.
We had some fun skirmishes, fun raids (also less fun moments, but can't win them all), and I was even working on an idea to start up negotiations again, but now it's a bit too late. I don't think we should expect the admins to hand everything to us. We had every possibility to turn this war into something more interesting, but we didn't because we ICly did not even acknowledge the state of war as any different from what we had with Mhaldor before.
And now we will continue our troubled co existence and we will never be bronies. No one thinks of the mules, or the spiders.
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important
I am still baffled as to why war was declared, and what it was all about.
ETA: Also what it was good for.
Absolutely nothing.
Cascades of quicksilver light streak across the firmament as the celestial voice of Ourania intones, "Oh Jarrod..."
That love soon might end You are unbreaking
And be known in its aching Though quaking
Shown in this shaking Though crazy
Lately of my wasteland, baby That's just wasteland, baby
When you've had the same leader for 7.5 RL years (is that accurate?), it's probably time for a change no matter how awesome the leader is.
Title: Our birds sing not.
Insert poetry.
FTFY
(Party): Mako says, "I got ganked hunting by Mhaldors soldiers."
(Party): Mako says, "They claim the war is not over."
lol'd.
Saw Kiah and Mako die to Aegoth earlier with potentially the same reasoning, and I've heard of a few other incidents.
I don't really know what to make of it though, I can't tell if it's isolated incidents or if I'm missing something, because I've been wandering around just fine!
That love soon might end You are unbreaking
And be known in its aching Though quaking
Shown in this shaking Though crazy
Lately of my wasteland, baby That's just wasteland, baby
Well, if you provide names, I'm sure we can look into it. Providing no context doesn't really help much, especially given what I've heard of how certain Eleusians have been acting in tandem with other cities towards Mhaldorian soldiers after the war.
It's all hearsay for me though, so willing to give benefit of the doubt either way (for now).
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One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important
Ninja'd by Carmain.
Pretty sure it was Leviticus, though.
Last I checked, anyone can contest a city leader. If people wanted Ravien replaced, there'd be elections. Ravien hasn't been contested in god knows how long, if ever, so obviously people are comfortable enough with the quality of her leadership. There's a handful of people who are angry at her right now, but none of them, off the top of my head, would be any better in the position. A few of them would definitely be worse.
Yeah, she ruffled a few feathers by abruptly starting a war without "consulting" anyone. So what? Cities in Achaea should be at war all the time anyways, the army exists for good reason: during wartime (which should be all the time) soldiers are open PK.
Mhaldor would be raiding and exterming whether or not war was officially declared, so I fail to see how anyone is negatively effected by this, except the people who shouldn't be enlisted soldiers in the first place.
Sucks that Eleusis pulled out of the war. Sucks we don't have more active combatants. Shit happens.
Edit: Quick question for anyone in the military IRL. When you enlisted and went to MEPs, did you tell the career officer "well, I don't actually wanna be deployed and get shot at or anything like that, I just wanna wear the uniform".
Cause I swear thats what a lot of people sound like IG.
@Aktillum With regard to the army, your argument is exactly why Athelas did not quit the army, when given the opportunity. Joining the army seems to be a very frivolous decision to some.
To the bolded: That is incorrect. The city leader (aka Speaker, Imperiate and so on) cannot be contested via the hardcoded method. The only way to have the main CL step down is if the Council has a majority (either three or four depending on number of Council members - for us, four) that agree and SUPPORT (in-game command) another Council member. So that a) Makes it difficult to do in the first place, exceedingly so, and b) You have to have another Council member at least four people agree could run the city in the other's place. Difficult combination.
As to the rest, it's pretty clear you're out of the loop (you don't log in very much, so I guess that's understandable). If you want more reasoning, you should actually seek to talk to the people who have an issue, perhaps, instead of assuming here on an OOC forums where they wouldn't be likely to answer the questions.
That love soon might end You are unbreaking
And be known in its aching Though quaking
Shown in this shaking Though crazy
Lately of my wasteland, baby That's just wasteland, baby
@Melodie I log in quite frequently, just about every day. Probably not the same times as you. Sucks that the CL can't be directly contested, but that doesn't make it all that difficult. Imyrr was sitting pretty as Ashtan's Overseer for quite a long time, then it crumpled beneath him when Darknight moved into town.
Insensitive clod.
It is less likely...
but regardless they're on a freeze for new recruits for a while.
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I heard those guys get stationed at the Ramada Inn Iraq. T/F?
As for long terms in leadership - I've always advocated having an agenda going in, fulfilling that agenda in a way that betters the organisation, then looking for your replacement who will have different ideas and strengths going in, regardless of how long the whole process takes. That said, if Eleusis wants a change, they'll have to do it themselves, one way or another! If you don't like the current Council because it won't make changes, contest 'em, then contest the Speaker.
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