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Two: Wars involve more tribes than just the two fighting, always. Do not tell me that Green is fighting Decide alone. I've seen Decide members talk about how their allies are involved. This is no 1v1, though I have no idea if Green also has allies. Any declaration of war should include the risk of other tribes jump in. A perfect example is when a small, crumbling tribe gets declared on by a local power - other local powers will jump in to seize land from the weak one, so they can get it before other potential rivals. Sometimes, you just don't want the guy next to you growing too much.
I agree with everything but this (to an extent). What you are responding to here isn't about multiple tribes warring each other, (as your reference is a matter of allies conspiring, which isn't even the case on our part, as we planned to war Green long before they attacked DN, and even when they did, they were aware of this fact). What I was referring to is a being opportunistic.
For example, say THE did choose to attack Decide (only using you as an example for convenience, not further implying anything), if you could prove you had planned this before discovering we were going to go to war, I could hardly hold it against you for not changing your plans just because we were wrapped up in another, unpredicted, conflict. However, if you were declaring just to take advantage of a weakened enemy, based on the knowledge of the other conflict, given your strength, geography, and further options, I would consider it weak move, and certainly pathetic for a tribe that may value a challenge over easy wins.
Personally, I'd see you guys having a solid reason for a move like that, but that's beside the point.
Now, take into consideration BD attacking us, as I was under the impression that they were. This would have come as a random act, as their nobling practices is not to plan a war, but to simple take villages where they can. The fact is in their timing. If they were to attack us now, the convenience of waiting until we were at war is undeniable, even for the supposed refugee (one that has been in our tribe for thereabouts a month and a half).
You give perfect examples of tribes being opportunistic at the end of that quote, when you describe other tribes jumping in for an easy kill, which could be expected of smaller, more desperate crews. But again, I wasn't referring to small, desperate tribes here, so while I agree there can be more hands to be expected to dip in the cookie jar, allied or otherwise, it does still reflect poorly on a large tribe to take advantage.
But all of this is just my view on the matter, and all of it is truly just opinion.
Hehe, i wonder how much they would complain if BD actually DID start attacking them instead of just sending a few random nukes. But DECIDE's case does indeed sound very hypocritical to me as well...
How so? Explain the hypocrisy.
We had been putting into effect a plan to war Green for some time. Knowing full well of our intentions, Green started a conflict with DN. Should we have decided not to fight Green then, simply because they hit someone else, even though the plan was already in full effect?
Further, Decide has not approached this, I have. And it is I that would see attacks from large tribes opportunistic, given certain details, as described in my response above to JP. Some of Decide may agree with me, others may not.
EDIT @ Toasta: You conveniently have ignored my last post regarding you. If you want to sound like you have a valid point, go back and respond to that.
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