Actually we had been planning to quit for a long time, we just didn't know when. If Time had provided us with a fight, we would probably still be there fighting. We needed a reason to stay, and by not fighting us, Time refused to provide us with that reason. We figured a free for all of the top 3 tribes would get our interest sparked once more. While fighting BBS was fun, the fight we really wanted was Time.
But thats not how you made the declaration. You made the declaration with the announcement that you guys were also going to mass delete sometime very shortly. Which took the purpose out of that war for anyone looking to play this world on a long term basis. And Time is in w32 to win it.
And if you figured a free for all with the top 3 tribes would have sparked your interest back up, then again, don't go in with the pretense that you're going to quit shortly after declaration, sometime during the war, or if not that soon then very shortlythereafter.
The point you seem to be missing is the intention behind the war. Because according to you guys, and the declaration post, you had already quit, this was just one last "hoorah" before you all mass delete. And there's no point in making something delete, that is going to do it anyways.
Had you made the declaration as an actual act of, we want to play this thing out and see how well we do. That would have been a much different story. It would have been a much more interesting war, and Time would have had another front to fight on, because they would be defending against an enemy with intentions of longevity.
Given that all they needed to do was outlast your boredom based on the declaration. It was apparent they need not even pay mind to you guys. YOU screwed up your own war with Time, you guys screwed up your own chance at a real last war. It was because of how you made the declaration.
As for that nothing to lose comment, thats how we played from the very start. If we won, we won. If we lost, no big deal, we'll just move on. We actually restarted on the rim without much interest in sticking around. We just had far too much fun to leave.
Again, to further that point. You had never played with the point of deleting shortly. You played to have fun, and whatever happened happened. There is a big difference.
If you're playing for fun, and the world throws fun back at you. You'll stick around and ride it out. Because it's fun.
If you're playing like you were when you declared. As dead man walking. You're going to be ignored because there's no point in fighting something thats already defeated itself. There's no fun in that on anyones side.
By posting that you guys were going to delete regardless of outcome, you also killed the fun for Time. Whats the fun in fighting a lose lose situation.
As stated previously. You guys win, you beat your chests as you've been doing and say how amazing you were. And delete. You guys lose, you say it's because you were bored and your peak times were long ago anyways, it was just one last fight before you deleted anyways.
Personally, I don't find this kind of thing fun without a sense of victory. And really, isn't that why Time has stuck around this long? For a feeling of some kind of sense of victory? To feel that maybe their time wasn't wasted that much because they won?
The outcome of the war was the same regardless of the effort put into it. Thats the point. And if you already know the outcome, why bother? To entertain you guys? But you were leaving anyways, again, whats the point?
