CRUSHTANIA SMASH!!!

Yes.

Here's the thing, I know you were disgusted with what we did, but we had said from the beginning that we weren't looking to ask for reps. Most of our members agreed.

No amount of reps, not even the 82k tech MK had to pay, really repairs what is lost in a war. Most people enjoy going to war for its own sake. I had people begging for something since January or even before that.

When you have people thinking they're entitled to reps from the onset, you get situations like what happened with TSI.

Well, if most of your members agreed, then I have no qualms with it. I know some members at least in MHA would not be happy if we gave IRON white peace.

Damages in this war stretch into the billions. The foreign aid system just isn't going to be enough to repair it, unless you're willing to have alliances still paying reps in 2010 or beyond.

I wouldn't want a defeated alliance to rebuild an entire economy; the size of the reps are largely unimportant. My issue is the process that was arrived at asking for them or not and if it was representative of an alliance's membership.

There are an awful lot of alliances out there now that will refuse reps demands, Crush. If you want to end the war before the target is completely defeated, you're going to need to make some concessions.

It's not just your allies in The Citadel who think that way.

We've been ultimately doing a lot of public polling on war decisions, it's one thing for peacetime coalition building and such, it's another situation where 1/2 of my members have been nuked for weeks. They get ultimate say in what we do in the end game. If they want reps, they're going to get reps.

While I agree with your desire for reps, sometimes it depends on the context of the conflict.

Let's say, for example, that you are sitting at a bar. Next to you is your friend, and next to him is your friend's friend. Now let's say your friend's friend gets into a fight. You buddy jumps up and says, "We have to help my friend out." You say ok and jump to your feet, but just as you do, another person who is larger and stronger gets in your way. He his related to his chain of friends in a similar manner that you are. So you scuffle for a minute, maybe get a punch in or two, but in the end, this larger guy shoves you down into the chair. "Don't get up." He says. You've just been defeated. Now you and he both know that the conflict wasn't between you two but rather in defense of your respective friends. No hard feelings.

This is the situation we found ourselves in at Zenith (although, to be fair, their was more than one opponent).

In our scenario above, even though you both sustained a some damage, how right would it be if your opponent then demanded your wallet?

Sometimes conflict isn't about destroying an enemy but rather just checking his progress.

At Zenith we were grateful for the white peace.

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Now what if you are walking down the street and somebody jumps out and says "I don't the way you look or the friends you hang out with!" And starts swinging on you? I think you would be more than justified in taking his wallet off his bloodied prostrate body.

Xiph, it takes two to tango. Remember that in order to get reps, you have to be at war with someone who's willing to give them.

Any reps demand has to be backed up by a willingness to keep the other side at war for longer than they're willing to fight. If they're willing to fight forever, you're not going to get it.

Xiph, it takes two to tango. Remember that in order to get reps, you have to be at war with someone who's willing to give them.

Or I just have to not care, which is what NPO and Echelon have run into. We want reps in order to ensure they're no longer a threat for a prolonged period after the war. They don't want to pay, so they stay in peace mode. Doesn't bother us a bit. They drew the short straw when picking targets in this war.

Or I just have to not care, which is what NPO and Echelon have run into. We want reps in order to ensure they're no longer a threat for a prolonged period after the war. They don't want to pay, so they stay in peace mode. Doesn't bother us a bit. They drew the short straw when picking targets in this war.

If what you want is to try and intimidate everyone into never attacking you, you know that didn't work for noWedge.