LoL...nice Trollage here guys. The memes are especially rad.
I must admit. I have not been on these forums for a while. I have been to busy recruiting Barb Noblers. It is a rough job but one of the Tribes on W15 had to do it so everyone else could hate us. Every protagonist needs a good antagonist, right?
Everyone has their World view and the majority view typically wins the day. Even though from my World view, the Barb Nobeling issue was not nearly as prevalent as it was made out to be. ( I am ultimately the leader in SETO that dealt with other Tribe leadership concerning all instances of this issue and I could count on one had the individual infractions of it on our end. Of which yes, we DID kick some of those players, contrary to popular myth. If there were other instances, I was not made aware of them. And yes, we DO have a policy against it.) Again, everyone needs an antagonist, an enemy in this game of War. As in any War, they tend to start over such seemingly minor issues such as say, a relatively unknown Duke of a small country being assassinated. Then the loudest, most aggrieved or personally advantaged shout loud enough to get the Nukes sailing through the air.
But, there really is no need to try and justify SETO actions any further here because lets be honest, not gonna do a bit of good.
I am more than willing to take the blame for certain diplomatic and systemic failures within SETO. That is for me alone to bear. If it would have done any good for me to step down and spare many of my fellow SETO members from being overwhelmed by umatchable numbers, then I would have. But, then again, everyone needs an antagonist. Especially when the simple odds are 3-1 in your favor. Actually, 4-1 now that OWN is in on the fun.
SETO is staying on, however. We may be the Devil to you all for that perceived Barb Nobeling. We may (well, pretty much will be) get kicked out of the CORE, but let me tell each and everyone of you reading this message. The "CORE" of my fellow SETO brothers and sisters are just as much good folks as yours. We have had a few "members" leave or be recruited by the new BIG 3. But as I am sure you all have noticed, we have not folded like NEW did. Our leadership and ultra active players did not go join the "winning" Tribes and kick out all the newbies who are trying to learn how to play this game from their Tribe....unlike a certain other Tribe on our Server.
No, our members have killed hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of Nukes and Nobles as they slowly erode away our Walls. Sure, a loosing battle for the most part, but a spirit which has NOT been broken and will not be. The majority of our members have told your recruiters to go F* off. Not because they do not want to win, not because they do not see quality and honorable players in those other Tribes. It is because even in battles lost, we are still who we have been through the years, SETO.
Ultimately, well played ADD/SUR/STD.
Oh, and just as an FYI, there is NO more actually being "Rimmed". With the new algorithm INNO has implemented with this World, even when you just choose which direction to start in, rather than "by your Tribe"...you only get moved two provinces over from your initial village, smack dab in the middle of an already mature area. It never takes you out to the Rim anymore. Talk about asinine! 51 point village in the middle of 4000k point villages in a sea of red. (We have had players try and restart 3 or 4 times. Others have left the Tribe to see if that helps. Nope. Only thing that works is to completely delete and make a new account.) ROTFLOL!
Respectfully,
- Lord Gams
Founder of SETO