When I first saw this post I decided to ignore it, but at this point it is so full of bullshit, I may as well add my opinion to it.

Both VE and BE are completely defeated(and VE barely exists anymore). VE has 1-3 active members, and I haven’t seen them on the first page of /crew list in months. While BE technically has the amount of active members required to be an empire, they have no power left at all, or if they do, they aren’t using it to defend themselves. Pirates run unchallenged across warp trade killing everything that moves, while the owner watches from a window, unable to do anything to defend what was once a place of commerce. The only reason either group is anything more than a pile of rubble is due to the siege plugin not allowing us(CoV) to completely destroy anything, making it impossible to force unconditional surrender on anyone.

Manda wrote:

Lol. I’m sorry but that comment is just too funny given the military status of the countries involved.

EA could probably take down BE and VE by themselves. The only crew represented on this thread with any military status left is the Elves, who are currently the only empire left on the server with any power at all.

Crazy Pirate wrote:

OfficialRS wrote:

God Crazy always so patronizing am I meant to make a 2 million block claim Jeeez stop judging a the time, not like all BE bases are untouchable.

I’m just saying, it’s not really your lands if you have no control over them.

Crazy does BE have control over any of its land anymore? Trade is a warzone, and Canada is so full of holes it might as well be a VE town.

This is supposed to be a pirate server! Why does it consist of nothing but “empires” declaring “war” on crews with downwards of 3 active members?!

Crazy Pirate wrote:

God, people like you wind me up so much. So, what, two towns are suffering? One of which has a public warp, and the other has a number of hostile players next door. Meanwhile, over 30 other towns are doing fine, and our member count grows daily. Yes, trade is under attack, constantly, but you’ll find that killing occurs at market, food, Halloween, nexus, and the list goes on. Are you to say that because people act up at warps, that the Empires controlling those warps are weak? You know very little; not a member of the crew ingame, or the group online, and you are therefore not in the loop regarding how the BE is faring, which is rather well. Sure, we may not have the largest and most capable standing army, yet we are still, by far, the Empire with the largest reach, and the capabilities to extend it further should we so wish. Uneducated assumptions don’t do your reputation well, so I’d consider what you say before you open your trap.

The amount of people you have in your crew is irrelevant when they majority of them are newbies or amateur players that for some reason despite being on the server for months, still can’t do much and that includes building anything decent or kill anyone that’s “powerful” on the server. I’d also like to add that BE leaders are bit of pushovers.

Lol I’m not really claiming the top spot or anything like that, I just wanted to make a crew so that we could identify everyone in the two towns, I had no idea it would lead to an empire. I understand that VE is deteriorating slightly, but we are trying our best to try and get some power and to build defences, just bear with me 😛

@koi, those are the sort of players who should be reported to our crew officials, we don’t like people abusing the crew’s reputation for their own means. The BE pursues a peaceful foreign policy. It’s never declared war on another crew, it’s only been declared war on by other crews looking for fights.

@Rep Snowball effect. These days the word “Empire” has come to be used for any crew that aims to become really large and start colonies, maybe introducing themes such as recommending standard skins for their members, founding a great capital city or presenting an imperial charter on the wiki. The Elves are way, way older than the BE as an organisation, you reformed yourselves into your awesome imperial format a few weeks upon your return to the server (after that unfortunate incident in Evermoor…) at the end of March 2015.