sian11 is mostly right about the reasons CCE declared war on DNY. I'd like to add something more though: this world is basically controlled (not ruled yet, but getting there) by a preformed team (DNY) and their "brothers in arms" (-R-). Both tribes are extremely strong, they both have dedicated and experienced players from other worlds that obviously through their game "career" managed to form two tribes that basically did NOT have to pass through any major learning curve.
They were skilled since the start of W12.
That, in my opinion, is "unfair" for all those novices that had their first TW experience in this world. Having two core located tribes of this level, basically this world was heading to an end.
I'd like to step here first and disagree. DNY was not preformed, -R- did have some members from previous worlds, but thats not what made them who they are. They started at a low number, and worked their way up.
As for myself, this was my first world. I went through the same learning that everyone else has had to go through. When I joined, I made sure I wanted to learn as fast as I could, and got involved on the externals early. I read what other top players have done, and came to some of my own conclusions. I don't see how I could have been a party of a "pre-formed" tribe having not played this ever before.
DNY and -R- are both full of many members similar to me, who in many ways taught themselves how to play.
All this time, CCE was trying to teach their members how to fight and play properly. We were not a preformed team. More than half of our members were novices (n00bs as you call them).
Not to mince words, but novices are quite different from n00bs. A n00b is one who has played the game for quite some time (in mmorpg's, it came from 100 hours of game play), yet still played like they were new. There's nothing wrong with being a novice. The problem is n00bs who have scraped by being lucky, who show no sign of ever wanting to improve themselves, but expect to be fed on a silver platter. Guides and what not are always useful, but most of your learning will come through experience or your own rational.
24/7 understood this, and therefore recruited players who had potential. Showed signs of understanding basic game play mechanics. This is evidenced in their cluster based approach when they started this world. They didn't accept just anyone.
-R- also understood this. Early on, keeping their member list extremely selective. They went to war with a much bigger tribe and its academy (FIGHT and FIGHTA) and prevailed. They have also been selective in their recruiting, but it generally was more localized. Regardless, their low member count at the start shows they had the same expectations of their members.
Now, I'm not going to argue here that everyone in these 2 tribes deserves to be there, there are still the odd man for himself in these 2 tribes, as well as those who still don't know how to time or other basic mechanics.
At this point, DNY was clearing out DBD, -DK- as the cowardly tribe they proved to be, became their slaves as well, FUSION was growing under DNY protection and we were right in the middle of those teams: We should strike someone.
We wanted to make an impact. Shake the world, make other teams consider hitting DNY as well, make them realise that balance is essential otherwise this world was not worthy to play at. We even hoped that maybe, MAYBE -R- would hit DNY as well!
Pretty big mistake there. The leadership between the two tribes is extremely close. I'm not going to go into all the details (partly because there are a lot, and partly because some of it is no one else's business).
Suffice it to say, I used to be a baron in NUKE|W, and worked closely with many members of the current DNY. My connection to their leadership and tribe is just one of the many connections -R- and DNY share.
Your view that any tribe allied with -R- or DNY is largely false. That these tribes do it just so they don't have to fight any big wars is false.
If you remember, KIMCHI, who many players thought were a good and organized pre-made tribe, declared war on NUKE|W. After asking for diplomatic relations for a few days, they struck NUKE|W eastern most clusters. At that point in time, that was our weakest area, and we were already involved in a war against CTU/CIA. FUSION could have joined with kimchi, and could quite possibly have wiped out that cluster. KIMCHI was not battle proven yet, but many players had high opinions of them, especially after rimming a NUKE player practically over night. FUSION however allied with NUKE, and played a large role in taking out KIMCHI (who were ranked much higher then FUSION at the time). So much of this whole slave slinging is unwarranted.
In any way, the remaining CCE members, are players that everyone should respect. Not for their fighting skills, this is something that can be learned easily. And trust me, most of them are going to be great players in the next worlds. Mark their names.
You should respect them because they dared to follow a suicide order: fight DNY and their allies. They stayed even after disaster was obvious after several key players left. They stayed even after their Duke left them!
I respect the players who stayed for staying. I don't respect you for leaving.
