LOL did sithz just accuse me of disbanding AF?????
Oh lawd. You really think I care enough to do that?? Whatever dude.
The members of AF need to know everything that happens, and they need an explaination for why it is going to happen. Tribes cannot be run this way. It's just completely impractical, and by the time the leaders actually implement their ideas the tribe could be sitting on the rim scratching their heads.
I understand all the members are happy with the kind of leadership that consults them about every minor change, but doing that is killing the tribe overall.
If I had to do that in [H], we would have disbanded and joined other tribes by now. Thank God for members with sense and understanding.
EDIT: another thing, A leader should not HAVE to be polite. The leaders do all the hard, behind the scenes work so the members can go crush some skulls and enjoy themselves. Sometimes I just don't have the time to be polite, or I just don't feel like it, but my members understand and still do as requested.
In AF I was a shit leader because I was trying to lead moronic members. Some are good, most are not.
To Highque:
You claim that leading a tribe full of elite players is easy? It's not. In fact it's incredibly demanding. You have to make sure you keep good relations with certain tribes without trying to seem weak, you have to be prepared for a gangbang, you have to keep a VERY close eye out for spies, if you don't pick a good/big enough tribe to war with members get bored and quit, I have to keep up with these guys in terms of nobling, and obviously thats tough in itself.
You also have to have the right image on the forums, and have the right diplomacy (too many alliances/NAP's and members get bored), if you make wrong decisions they will hammer you for it, they will argue their point continuously if they believe you to be wrong on anything, you always have to know what your own argument will be beforehand.
A leader is only as good as his tribe, but the leader still has to play the cards correctly.