Nope, I never actually applied to join Night. A Baron of Night came to me and asked if I was available, I was somewhat hesitant and unsure. I decided to go for it with the mindset that if I wasn't accepted, it was no great loss and that I'd simply have some free time that could be used for other things. I simply wanted to nuke/cat things because I was bored.
The baron and I talked with the owner of the account I was possibly going to co-play. My times worked great for them, and they seemed happy about having me. I was told the council was also fine with having me on the account that I was going to join. I was given the login details to the account, but told not to log in at the time I was given them. I was also put into the @Night Skype chat. Mint left the chat room a few seconds after I joined. Not long after that, the player I was going to join said that Mint refused to have me and that if I was going to be in the tribe, Mint was going to quit and delete his account. The player also said he was sorry. Therefore, I never logged in, and I don't know if the password was changed or not. I also left the old @Night chat and was not added to the new one. I asked if it would help at all if I talked to Mint. I wanted to talk to Mint because I had absolutely no idea why he disliked me so much. The only time I had ever talked to him was when I did the Interview with him (even when I did the interview, after reading my mail, he replied back and then blocked me. He eventually replied to the interview questions however). I added mint on skype and this was our conversation:
[SPOIL][1/7/2015 7:03:52 PM] *** Mint has shared contact details with Brandon/Xeriana. ***
[1/7/2015 7:04:11 PM] Mint: What do you want?
[1/7/2015 7:04:34 PM] Brandon/Xeriana: [Wednesday, January 7, 2015 6:53 PM] Brandon/Xeriana:
<<< Hey Mint. I was just wondering why you don't want to work with me. Do we know each other from somewhere?
[1/7/2015 7:05:31 PM] Mint: Easy, i dont like your attitude, i dont like the way you performed, and more importantly I dont trust you.
[1/7/2015 7:11:50 PM | Edited 7:12:06 PM] Brandon/Xeriana: [Wednesday, January 7, 2015 7:05 PM] Mint:
<<< Easy, i dont like your attitude,
(think) I'm not having an attitude...I was just asking a question based on what I was told.
[Wednesday, January 7, 2015 7:05 PM] Mint:
<<< i dont like the way you performed
You mean on w75? I can agree with you. I casually played w75 when I was in Fart. It's why I gifted my villages.
[7:05:31 PM] Mint: and more importantly I dont trust you.
If you would like some references, I can give you the names of some of the players in your tribe that I have played with, know, or have talked to:
I edited out the names of players for Anonymity.
[1/7/2015 7:13:40 PM] Mint: Dont care who you have played with. Your attitude while in bed with Fark is all I need for never play with you. And just because you have played with some playes in my tribe doesnt mean you are more trustworthy.
[1/7/2015 7:14:33 PM] Brandon/Xeriana: [Wednesday, January 7, 2015 7:13 PM] Mint:
<<< Your attitude while in bed with Fark is all I need for never play with you.
(think) I had nothing to do with the Fart/WrapIt/Night situation.
[1/7/2015 7:15:27 PM] Mint: For crying out loud. I have had conversation with you from that period.
[1/7/2015 7:16:14 PM] Brandon/Xeriana: No we didn't. Wotre and Khite were the ones that dealed with the diplomacy with WrapIt and Night.
[1/7/2015 7:16:25 PM | Edited 7:16:38 PM] Brandon/Xeriana: I handled K56 diplomacy mostly.
[1/7/2015 7:17:51 PM] Mint: Anyhow. i dont care if you join the tribe. All I said is that I wont play with you in it. so you are free to convince your friends to choose you before me. I have no problems whatsoever to either go solo, or just hit delete. I am not married to my account.
[1/7/2015 7:19:00 PM] Mint: But I think we have spoken enough. If you looked for my reason it is been given you. That curtesy I wanted to give you, but enough is enough.
[1/7/2015 7:19:40 PM] Brandon/Xeriana: Thank you for at least giving me your reasoning. (bow)[/SPOIL]
Personally, I think it's somewhat selfish that Mint threatened to delete his account if a player that he doesn't actually know, joined an account to help out. A duke/leader has to be able to put aside their differences for the benefit of their tribe. Mint couldn't put aside his strange dislike of me, and so now one of his tribemates has to go without a co and has to find a new person to possibly co-play them. I did tell the person I was going to co-play that it was up to them whether or not they take me as a co since it's their account (I said this after Mint said he'd delete his account if I joined). However, I wasn't going to pressure anybody into making a decision between myself and their former-duke, and so I'm not in Night.
As for Mint not trusting me: I've said before that I'd like to see Norse win, however, had I joined Night, I would have fought just the same as if I were in Norse. All through this world I've had friends in both Norse and Night, as well as other tribes, and have been asked to co-play by both sides a few times. In this case, I was bored, wanted to nuke something, and a friend of mine happened to ask me at the right time. I value trust, and if I were on either side of the war, I wouldn't betray the tribe I was in.
As for my rating of Mint, that was done mostly for giggles. As for the matter of Night, "recruiting everybody in their path", Night did war tribes, so it's not like they just recruited everybody without a fight. Night recruited as spoils of war and from other allies, etc. Night got some good players out of their recruitment.
Good luck to both sides in the war.