Minilla Island Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) Folks; This is a HYPOTHETICAL question, and not a question of intent. Let us say you are a veteran of a large Alliance. You feel that you cannot go any further where you are. Even if you could, you wonder if your heart is still there. You have rarely been active on IRC, but have been on when it was needed to be on. You don't have many IC or OOC friends on Bob. But, you have a lot of experience in war and knowledge to give. Let's also say that you have ideas of making an Alliance strong both militarily AND economically, with an emphasis on economics. Again, hypothetical question, would you: A: Start your own Alliance? or B: Join a newer Alliance? State your reasons why or why not? Again, this is a HYPOTHETICAL question and NOT a question of any intent. Edited February 26, 2009 by Minilla Island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli73 Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 In your case, join a new alliance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Irwin Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I agree. If you don't have a core group that would start an alliance with you, I imagine it would be tough. Starting an alliance by yourself kinda goes against the definition of an alliance, don't ya think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Join a newer alliance. The structures would already be set-up (to some extent, at least) and there'd be a bunch of people ready and waiting to learn from your experience. If you chose to make your own alliance you'd have a lot of other things to think about, like recruiting, setting up forums, working foreign affairs, finding people to appoint to positions, and so on. All of which would get in the way of what you really want to do - pass on your specific economic and military knowledge to help mould a group of players into a well-oiled machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta1212 Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Highly specific and emphatically hypothetical questions are funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minilla Island Posted February 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 Highly specific and emphatically hypothetical questions are funny.Just a question that I am putting out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gebiv Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 I'd take option B because you don't have to spend time recruiting members, probably won't have competition for your position, (If you were high up, you'd probably have a following of friends just like you) you're pretty inactive so you don't have to be the main man for getting recruiting up and running, and you don't have to go through as many hassles involved in making a new alliance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Cao Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) You have rarely been active on IRC, but have been on when it was needed to be on. You don't have many IC or OOC friends on Bob. Both these statements would suggest you either don't have the the required activity level, desire or 'people-skills' to successfully lead a large group of players, and that is something that no amount of war experince or knowledge could make up for. I know the first part cannot be concluded for certain, but it's highly likely. ...and by 'you' I mean 'one'. Of course Edited February 26, 2009 by Chairman Cao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enderland Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 If someone's not prepared to be super active on IRC they should not start an alliance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borimir Resurrected Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 If you don't have many friends, don't start an alliance. Stay where you are unless you absolutely hate it. If you do leave, join a MID-range alliance. Though one would wonder how you could have so much knowledge of the game without having friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaone Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 If you don't have many friends, don't start an alliance. Stay where you are unless you absolutely hate it. If you do leave, join a MID-range alliance.Though one would wonder how you could have so much knowledge of the game without having friends. Some people quickly call somebody else a friend. He probably doesn't, if you read this boards and your own alliance boards for half a year or so you'll get more than enough knowledge of how the game works. You probably don't have the diplomatic experience to start your own alliance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minilla Island Posted February 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Some people quickly call somebody else a friend. He probably doesn't, Give the man a cigar! I can vouch for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SynthFG Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 The only time you should start your own alliance is if you have 10 or more close friends willing to move with you, who you know will work hard on the new project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minilla Island Posted March 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) Thank you to all who posted on this thread. This thread has given me a vision that I seriously need right now. Peace. If anyone else wishes to chime in, it would be greatly appreciated. Edited March 5, 2009 by Minilla Island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocpuck13 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 JOin a new ALliance that is protected such as The Hellenic League Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drai Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Go with B. If you're not very well known then you won't develop a membership base large enough to be interesting. And there's too many new alliances out there already. However you could be a huge addition to a young alliance and probably get a gov position pretty quickly. From there you can make a name for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyseto123 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Start your own way and have all the power in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertFitzy Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 (edited) Both, I would most likely join a starting allaince and take part in its founding if I had to. I feel really at home in DT though, everyone I have known best in recent years are in it, I would most likely not play as much anymore if it came to that and things just didn't work anymore. Edited March 14, 2009 by Gabriel Carver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandnerd Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 the only time i went searching for a alliance, i completely ignored all the well known ones or the ones that sent me ingame messages saying "join us and we will give you cash" i went on the forums, started looking at alliance updates, found a group that just made a 500k announcment, lurked thier IRC for a few days, and joined them as soon as i could afterwords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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