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  6. Tevron

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    Of course, the real problem is that alliances which are willing to stir things up and are active enough to promote some intrigue are routinely smacked down because of it.

    Grudges and actual drama are good for the planet...they just don't work with the current grouping of alliances we've got.

    love MI6.txt posts
  7. Lord Hitchcock

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    Well, no, the majority of micro and mid sized alliances aren't willing to step across the line either.

    As for the super alliances thing, you're looking at it the wrong way; clumping up groups of !@#$ with little to no leadership qualifications isn't the way to go. You need ot find someone with strong leadership skills and an interesting personality to band together under. Being in an alliance where you'd rather look at the paint on your wall than the IRC screen isn't a very thrilling way to play CN. Interesting discussions are what move the game and what motivate people to step up into the game; being open with information towards your membership is an incredible way to promote activity, despite the risks it can pose.

    Being trashed in war permanently is also an easy way to motivate people -- towards the door. That's why alliances tiptoe so carefully in diplomacy. It may be dull without a war for 9 months, but it's better than being forced to log in multiple times a day for an extended period.

  8. Lord Hitchcock

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    The thing about most micro-alliances is that they either think the big boy rules don't apply to them or they think that they are playing by the big boy rules. They want the power to drag the larger alliances around to do their bidding, and this almost never works.

    "You complain about lack of war but then don't participate!" is a claim often heard, when largely the wars pumped out by micros are just weird petty !@#$ that escalated far past the point any reasonable people would let it. I say this, of course, as someone who almost declared on DRN like three times in one summer and HB at least once -- but I also didn't want any support past "if they try to stiff me when it's time to peace out". Shoutout to Kashmir and NSO for having my back even when y'all had an easy out, by the way.

    As Dear Leader Junior above me pointed out, what the game needs is for all these dying alliances with leaders who have some skill but aren't "strong" leaders to merge with each other or find some other way to come together. Then, they can accomplish something of note hopefully and wake the inactive players up by being interesting.

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