DeletedUser64451
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Over a year ago while i was leading among AXE's leadership, I suggested that we boot a few unproductive members to make room for new recruits. jaffe, who was then the actual duke, said no way, it would make us look bad and we just can't treat our members like that. He wasn't the only one to disagree, but his vote was the biggest one, so it didn't happen. AXE didn't treat AXE members that way.
What bluenile has done is much worse.
A little more background first.
Crysalith and I knew the current player on the garyhelton account from w28 (scott), so we were playing nice with him, even though his villages appear to be bright red dots. He's a bit of a noob, but he tries hard and does what he's told, so we left him alone.
Unfortunately, scott let bluenile sit his account over the holiday.
Now, evidently, AXE's current leadership has had a bit of a trouble with people refusing to attack friends in enemy tribes. This can happen when you grab a bunch of players from several tribes to make one tribe that will war the rest- you've got a lot of friends left in those enemy tribes. It seems now, though, that bluenile intended to make an example out of scott.
AXE had a big op planned on a large member of DA. I'm guessing this has been in the works for a while. With bluenile sitting garyhelton, though, he attacked a full day early. From DA's perspective, this was a single player deciding to attack another player at close range, breaking the personal NAP we had. So we hit back, as you would expect.
That's ugly.
But this is what bluenile expected to happen. He's sitting that account, letting it get hit...and then the rest of AXE attacks. Most everyone else in AXE escapes significant retaliation, except poor scott, who wasn't even around to protect his villages. He was offered up as bait. I guess bluenile figured he got scott that account in the first place, so it was his to ruin.
Scott and bluenile are also in the same tribe in w28. bluenile has threatened to take him out in w28 as well if he complains about this. So I figure I'd do the complaining for him. I'm already out of his w28, where I was in his tribe too. He is 100% self-serving, steering diplomacy and ops for his own personal gain. I've got a long list of the things he's done to his friends and allies, but this is the first time he's thrown his own tribemate under the bus to help advance his own agenda. He was mad at crysalith, so he used scott to try and get even. Leaders are supposed to do what is best for the tribe, not what is best for their mood. Had he any decency he would have attacked with his own account first...but using gary was less risky. You'd think a leader of the biggest most awesome tribe in w15 wouldn't have to hide behind a sit.
So what have we learned from this?
Don't set bluenile as your sitter, unless you're quitting and you want all your troops burned and your villages left undefended. He won't waste his time trying to help you or anyone else, unless it happens to benefit himself at the same time. I can understand booting someone to make room for someone who is more productive (even Valpo, who to me represents the best qualities of what AXE had been, the perpetual underdog who can take on numerous opponents and win, just because he's Valpo). To abuse a sit like this, well that takes a certain kind of leader.
And now we know what kind.
What bluenile has done is much worse.
A little more background first.
Crysalith and I knew the current player on the garyhelton account from w28 (scott), so we were playing nice with him, even though his villages appear to be bright red dots. He's a bit of a noob, but he tries hard and does what he's told, so we left him alone.
Unfortunately, scott let bluenile sit his account over the holiday.
Now, evidently, AXE's current leadership has had a bit of a trouble with people refusing to attack friends in enemy tribes. This can happen when you grab a bunch of players from several tribes to make one tribe that will war the rest- you've got a lot of friends left in those enemy tribes. It seems now, though, that bluenile intended to make an example out of scott.
AXE had a big op planned on a large member of DA. I'm guessing this has been in the works for a while. With bluenile sitting garyhelton, though, he attacked a full day early. From DA's perspective, this was a single player deciding to attack another player at close range, breaking the personal NAP we had. So we hit back, as you would expect.
That's ugly.
But this is what bluenile expected to happen. He's sitting that account, letting it get hit...and then the rest of AXE attacks. Most everyone else in AXE escapes significant retaliation, except poor scott, who wasn't even around to protect his villages. He was offered up as bait. I guess bluenile figured he got scott that account in the first place, so it was his to ruin.
Scott and bluenile are also in the same tribe in w28. bluenile has threatened to take him out in w28 as well if he complains about this. So I figure I'd do the complaining for him. I'm already out of his w28, where I was in his tribe too. He is 100% self-serving, steering diplomacy and ops for his own personal gain. I've got a long list of the things he's done to his friends and allies, but this is the first time he's thrown his own tribemate under the bus to help advance his own agenda. He was mad at crysalith, so he used scott to try and get even. Leaders are supposed to do what is best for the tribe, not what is best for their mood. Had he any decency he would have attacked with his own account first...but using gary was less risky. You'd think a leader of the biggest most awesome tribe in w15 wouldn't have to hide behind a sit.
So what have we learned from this?
Don't set bluenile as your sitter, unless you're quitting and you want all your troops burned and your villages left undefended. He won't waste his time trying to help you or anyone else, unless it happens to benefit himself at the same time. I can understand booting someone to make room for someone who is more productive (even Valpo, who to me represents the best qualities of what AXE had been, the perpetual underdog who can take on numerous opponents and win, just because he's Valpo). To abuse a sit like this, well that takes a certain kind of leader.
And now we know what kind.
ill be back in like a week