But I think you raised a lot of good points that if I were IPOD I may take into account Then, in that same logic, there's also eons for us to raise the bar. You were talking about why we don't raise the bar right after having set it (with the s-rank vs A war). Even in your gif analogy: in a jumping competition you only have to (or are even allowed to) raise the bar after the rest of the remaining contenders have jumped over it.I never said the top tribes didn't have quality.... just it's lost in quantity especially early on. I reckon in a month the world will look totally different
Your 'bar' is total points but the tribe limit is 60 (which you have full
and by your own admission you plan to internal your inactive players... we replace them. So while you waste resources, time and nobles internalling your own tribe us small tribes will be expanding outwards through opps Also a higher turnover rate means lower loyalty typically, thus you're also more susceptible to spies when you have a less tight knit group. Personally I don't blame you guys for trying what you doing - just personally I don't see any honour in it if you win. It would be like congratulating the Persians for killing the 300 Spartans No, by my own admission I know next to nothing about my tribe's plans for the future. I was talking in general about how it usually goes for full tribes.
Hello there passer by, please tell the spartans that here, as by their custom, we do lie
... the epimenides paradox no? At Thermopoylae King Leo was allowed to go for a walk with his 300 personal guards he just wasn't allowed to bring the entire army or he would upset the gods according to the oracle He bent the rules but never lied .... just happened to run into the Persians at a strategic chokepoint @Fleezus Clyde You also don't want to war or grow yourself to death. And, you want to do your own thing instead of feeling the need to live up to the expectations of other tribes, just because they consider you to be the rank 1 tribe because you happened to be the rank 1 tribe in points. (And points are meaningless by themselves.)
I find that all to be way too easy: "You're the rank 1 tribe because we say you are, so you should set the bar and set it as high as we want you to, and if you don't we paint the picture that you're taking the easy way even though the rest of us are taking an even easier way, and are moving at our own pace which is slower than yours." Nice try, I would say. But even if honor is the summum (which is also imposed by you as an outsider), double standards have nothing to do with honor.
Being the rank 1 tribe also includes making your own rules, not abiding by those of some outsider.
and some of the rim tribes/coalitions we are skirmishing are bigger than Annex I might add ( since points and vils are all that matter right? ) we just don't feel the need to declare on them. And that's not hubris - that's just having confidence. I'm not going to get into specifics but I have been putting in my shift on the war front since day 1. Take But I mean you don't have to prove anything to me Just I'm noisy and I'm gonna give my honest opinions to keep the forums lively I'm genuinely interested.If you keep reading, I usually explain my reasoning.
You keep refering to our Annex debacle like that's all we ever did in this world.I think you're thinking of the Cretans
Spartans never lied that I'm aware of
But I do love historical references hehe keep em coming
First off points are meaningless; but villages are not - that's how you win worlds... and you guys have the most villages currently - thus why myself and i'm sure a few others are expecting you to set a higher bar as you are currently 'winning the world'
I actually really do want to war
"You're the rank 1 tribe because we say you are, so you should set the bar and set it as high as we want you to, and if you don't we paint the picture that you're taking the easy way even though the rest of us are taking an even easier way, and are moving at our own pace which is slower than yours."
Actually TW says you are the rank 1 tribe.... I personally think you guys are like 4th-5th hence why I want you to show me you can raise the bar
As for the second part; I'm not going to get into a stick swinging contest about my tribe could beat up your tribe - but we are by no means taking an easier road than you lol - we have enemies on every side; doesn't mean we are actively fighting them this second but how many of yours are covered by diplo so you can send 16 hr noble nukes to their death on a rim tribe 10x smaller than you?
(Not that that factors in, but since you brought it up as if it does.)
Well, which is it: right now or thus far? If it's thus far, include our previous endeavors...I judge you right now because it is right now
I told you we are engaging tribes similarly in size to Annex, just we didn't feel the need to declare :x Plus we are only half your size - so if we are fighting more than you and only half your size I think I do have the right to say you guys have set a lowbar thusfar - doesn't mean you can't raise it but
If you wanna talk about "right now" we are fighting more tribes on more fronts than you & our future holds more still
Nice deflect of my question about how many of your flanks are covered by diplo though
you had a hugely overhyped 3 day war that ended in a merge and no I told you the game considers you to be rank 1; which is why I have standards for any rank 1 tribe; and currently you aren't meeting my standards :S Interesting you care so much about my standards kinda flattering they definitely are a key area of focus 
I don't care about your standards, that was part of my point: a rank 1 tribe makes their own rules and standards. What I do care about is banter, and language. So I have this compulsion to keep correcting your thinking errors over and over again, after I'm long tired of doing so.thusfar is equally unimpressive mate
) I'm just saying you're not being consistent in this one, by imposing standards on us based on a game stat instead of your own thinking. (And also, I don't necessarily have to personally agree with something in order to use it in banter. It just has to be something I can use against my opponent to point out a flaw in his thinking.) I do like your analyses.
