Crimius Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Now I'm not sure how many nations on colored teams have this happen to them, but on the Grey team it isn't uncommon to receive recruitment letters from other alliances. We understand that a number of people don't specify "Alliance Affiliation" in their searches, and as such Greay allied nations get returned. It happens, it's an understandable mistake, just delete it and move on or reply politely and let them know that their search was likely flawed. What gets me is when I get Trade Circle requests/offers. I post it for all to see that I'm already in a trade circle, in nice big "caps-of-anger" letters, but people seem to not even do rudimentary research about who they're talking to. Anybody who knows anything at all about the Grey Council knows we're a Grey Team alliance, always have been and always will be, yet these messages still request for team changes, despite already being in a trade circle, despite having full slots, despite being in an alliance where your nation color is mandatory. You just look like a mindless grub when you don't even view the nation and base your request off of your search information. For the sake of not looking like an idiot, please, could we do at least a little homework? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Charming Man Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Or you could join a sphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerius Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Holy crap it's the Grey Council! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimius Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 @President Kent Unless it's a Grey sphere, it violates our definition of neutrality. like I said, homework. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Charming Man Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 @President Kent Unless it's a Grey sphere, it violates our definition of neutrality. like I said, homework. I did my homework. I know a lot about the Grey Council to be honest, I once considered joining. I will be more specific. Quit your alliance so you can join a color sphere that will give you more trade opportunities, happiness bonuses, and at the same time remove you from the "None" search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymenbreach Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 the grey council watch over us. don't annoy them, for heaven's sake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyper Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 People find it that copy and paste is much faster and "efficient" than searching their goal one by one... goal as in targeted people who are supposed to get the message. As long as people stay on Grey in that neutrality, people will stay sending irritating messages of the sort. I'm on maroon and I get other color spheres trying to get me to join... but that is just life... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opethian Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 I'm sure "they" are all reading this very post and care what you have to say. Good job, you've solved the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebubu Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Let's face it - quite a big chunk of the people in the game don't actually care about CN lolitics/alliances. To expect the casual player who barely heard of a quarter of the alliances in the game to give a !@#$/do research and read about your little isolationist organization is pretty hilarious. As for people who message you for trade circles/team switches when your bio clearly states that you're already good, yeah, they're annoying, but I doubt they're harder to ignore than the recruiters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James I Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Learn to live with it or re-roll for less popular resources. Those rushing around looking for one specific resource combo aren't going to check the bio of every single nation they send a PM to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Hey wanna join my Brown 4BR? If the annoyance of having prized native resources really irritates you, there is always the option of wasting the senders time in return by leaving the trade offer hanging until they cancel. Sweet, sweet revenge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin32891 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 I did my homework. I know a lot about the Grey Council to be honest, I once considered joining.I will be more specific. Quit your alliance so you can join a color sphere that will give you more trade opportunities, happiness bonuses, and at the same time remove you from the "None" search. lolgrey? But what Charming said is true. Why would you stay on that none team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balder Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Why don't you do something about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nippy Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Oh, GREY Council....it looks like it says 'Crey Council'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimius Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 staying on the None team avoids a lot of the team based politics, such as sanctions, and while losing the happiness bonus sucks, it's not that big of a deal. and of course this sort of thing will keep happening, I'm sure 'they' don't come on the CN forums hardly at all if ever, just a 3 AM rant, triggered by the third trade circle message in 2 days after over 5 monthsish of not getting any, it's like people got hit with a wave of retarded and stopped caring if you have full trades when September finished. @Balder: we did invent ZI, so I guess we could if we really felt like it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balder Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 @Balder: we did invent ZI, so I guess we could if we really felt like it... I eagerly await the Declarations of War on these vile scum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Death II Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) Now I'm not sure how many nations on colored teams have this happen to them, but on the Grey team it isn't uncommon to receive recruitment letters from other alliances. We understand that a number of people don't specify "Alliance Affiliation" in their searches, and as such Greay allied nations get returned. It happens, it's an understandable mistake, just delete it and move on or reply politely and let them know that their search was likely flawed.What gets me is when I get Trade Circle requests/offers. I post it for all to see that I'm already in a trade circle, in nice big "caps-of-anger" letters, but people seem to not even do rudimentary research about who they're talking to. Anybody who knows anything at all about the Grey Council knows we're a Grey Team alliance, always have been and always will be, yet these messages still request for team changes, despite already being in a trade circle, despite having full slots, despite being in an alliance where your nation color is mandatory. You just look like a mindless grub when you don't even view the nation and base your request off of your search information. For the sake of not looking like an idiot, please, could we do at least a little homework? GC rage Also eh Edited October 1, 2009 by King Death II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narras Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Well, you can also view it the other way as well. When I'm looking for trade partners, I let them know that they will be trading with a Grey Nation. I'm guessing most players just don't want to do that. I usually get responses like "Could you change your team?" or "Sorry. I only trade with same team nations." or something like that. The search of a trade partner just continues then. Overall it's not that big of a deal for me. We're on Grey. It's the wastelands. What do you expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Well, I know that I've done this a time or two, and what generally happens is I search "Alliance + Team" None, Blue, and this occasionally turns up people in like the UBD who are on the gray sphere. I think you're just going to have to accept the fact that this is going to happen occasionally - it's pretty much the choice you Grey Council folks have made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homura Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 My understanding is a lot of these messages are done via mass sending to lists pulled from in-game search results, and they probably didn't even look at your nation. If you get one of these, just declare war on the offender and nuke them 20 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChairmanHal Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 staying on the None team avoids a lot of the team based politics, such as sanctions, and while losing the happiness bonus sucks, it's not that big of a deal. Some would say going through life at -5 Happiness in relation to other rulers more than sucks (assuming you are intelligent enough to keep your trade slots full). But, ultimately it's your choice. I'm not going to bash you for making it. and of course this sort of thing will keep happening, I'm sure 'they' don't come on the CN forums hardly at all if ever, just a 3 AM rant, triggered by the third trade circle message in 2 days after over 5 monthsish of not getting any, it's like people got hit with a wave of retarded and stopped caring if you have full trades when September finished. Would it help if I told you that even on Aqua I get requests to join trade circles even though I have a full set? Actually it's worse than that. The "join our trade circle for Beer, Fast Food and Construction!!" messages. Go look at my trade set (6BR + Scholar btw...and it'd be 7BR + Scholar if I cared to do without nukes or one of the pop bonuses). Do I *look* like I'd want to step down to a 3BR set? Trust me, it isn't just you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred von Tirpitz Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 The only cross color trade circle offers i keep getting are from either Brown or Pink. I am on Aqua, have a full trade circle, never seems to deter anyone, but its ok, i remember when i was searching for trades myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mixoux Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 They're just PMs. Unless you're getting 10-15 of these messages a day I don't really see a problem. I'm in a trade circle and I get TC invites all the time; sometimes, when it's not even my resources they're looking for (doh). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corinan Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 You've purposely decided to weaken yourself in the pursuit of some silly notion of "neutrality." I doubt anyone sympathizes with your plight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequoia Throne Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 You've purposely decided to weaken yourself in the pursuit of some silly notion of "neutrality." I doubt anyone sympathizes with your plight. Agreed. Do something about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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