After reading Allidoisdig1234’s “reasons” for declaring war, I feel the need to point out that they’re all absolutely ridiculous. Sorry if I formulate this too harsh, man. ._.
Q: your recruitment system is ridiculous. How do you know you haven’t recruited a spy into your crew
A: You can bet your boots every big crew on the server has spies in it. There’s no 100% “safe” way to screen recruits and our crew has nothing to hide. Our forums are visible to all as well. Why is this even a reason that dignifies war?
Q: your crew is apparently active? Overall you have the largest total time of inactive members on the server. Some people were about To quit when I left the server in 2014 that joined YOUR CREW before leaving. And you still keep them for what reason? Which leads me to my next point
A: Yes, because we have had hundreds of members in our crew who are no longer around. But it’s not true that we keep everyone. We have to cull the ranks regularly. And because of the new crew member cap, we have to kick someone every time a new recruit joins. Again, this doesn’t sound like a reason to declare war. It sounds more like the size of our crew annoys you?
Q: you are afraid to kick your own crew members. Some of your crew members which I will refrain from mentioning you refuse to kick even though they are weighing you down, but you won’t kick them because they might attack you for it. What kind of loyal crew member would make you worry about that?
A: Incorrect. We have kicked loads of members in the past. If there’s general consensus that someone must go, they’ll go. We’re also not going to let outsiders dictate who belongs in our crew or not, if that’s what you’re trying to achieve?
Q: why are you so much against war? The only true pirate crews on this server have been the ones that dominate the “empires”. You know what this proves in my opinion? That the crew members in the empires are weak. CoV went to war with elves and won in LESS THAN A DAY. This brings me back to my point on recruiting good crew members. Not tons of bad ones.
A: So your casus belli for declaring war is that we as a crew don’t go around declaring wars and attacking random people? Also, you might remember that CoV unexpectedly fell within a week after pretty much the whole server declared war against them. Wars usually go on forever, however, and don’t really achieve much apart from generating drama.
Q: There are too many alliances on the server. We decided to go to war because there is too much allying and “holding hands” as some people would put it. It’s only a matter of time before someone knocks over the house of cards. An alliance is only as good as the benefits both sides receive. If both sides receive nothing, an alliance is pointless. Which is partially why we broke the one with you. We can’t count on help from your crew members. As browe said. Shay RAN leaving one of our crew members to die after almost NO risk of losing.
A: I can’t comment on what Shay did because I’m not informed, but I do know we’ve fought alongside you many times. If you’re pinning the blame for losing trust in us on one player, I would argue that it’s not him who lies at fault, but yourself for not looking at the bigger picture nor seeking direct dialogue. As for the house of cards analogy, ever since western nations have come to work together IRL, our quality of life has increased and we have not suffered any more devastating world wars. I would not want us to break off our allegiances IRL, and because I find this a good, sensible way of thinking, I do not want us to break off allegiances in PC either.
If I were in Templar, I would consider about stopping this drama and instead organising a tournament or something like someone else mentioned. C’mon, there are OLYPMICS going on IRL atm! Why not do that? 😛
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