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Angrim
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StJude
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Brilliantly said. It is frustrating at how many people miss the above point. PvP ends when everyone is dead. I am pretty damn confident that nearly all the PvPers (or if you prefer the pejorative Warmongers) know this all too well. Edited by StJude - 31 Oct 2014 at 17:30 |
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Deranzin
Postmaster Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Status: Offline Points: 845 |
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Well, since you put it that way, my point is that maybe we can all learn a little something here and become better ... and the message of that endeavor is "we do not accept every invitation that comes along the way" ....
Oh, you did much much more than that ...
I am doing exactly that and I am giving you some credit for being one of those people ... I do not understand why you don't like it ...
I call this "turning the table on someone's erroneous logic" ... I just used her own argument/line of thought, but I applied it on her ... nothing more, nothing less ... Btw, on a side note, there are vast differences between "being safe behind the lines and not losing something" and "getting constantly attacked and successfully managing to defend again and again to keep what is yours intact", so on that account Rill and Kumomoto are not in the same position ... the end result (no town losses) was the same for both of them, but the facts in between (millions of troops dead to defend Kumomoto's cities on the one hand, not nearly a scratch on Rills walls on the other hand ) are different. One risks everything and can be said to invest everything and the other is cozy in the knowledge that no harm will even come to their precious towns ... In any case, Rill's measuring investment by the end result was an erroneous logic to begin with, else me and other destroyed people should have been "major investors", which is obviously quite far from the truth ... Edited by Deranzin - 09 Nov 2014 at 09:31 |
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Just like a "before and after" ad ! ahahahaah :p |
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Rill
Postmaster General Player Council - Geographer Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 7078 |
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I don't like it because it's simply untrue. While I did not agree with Harmless? policies and said so publicly, I was at best ambivalent about whether war was the way to solve them. And I was not nearly as confident as some that such a war could be won. For that reason, I told those who asked me that I was not sure whether war was the right way to go or not. It seems like you are falling into the trap of trying to find a scapegoat rather than facing the truth: A lot of people did not like the way Harmless? was acting. So many people, in fact, that a lot of them got together and decided to go to war against you. While I was one of the people who did not like the way Harmless? was acting, I had neither the courage to act nor the conviction that war would solve anything, and for that reason cannot take credit for planning what ended up being a successful war. So please, give credit where it is due.
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Deranzin
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Well, I remember you jumping up and down in GC day and night with the mayhem, so this paragraph sounds a bit funny to me ... Whether you believed in war or not is irrelevant to me ... you were in here, day and night, overseeing it (not merely watching it) and that is more than many others did ... again I say that this determination is to your credit... so...
... I do not see why you think that I am trying to find a scapegoat or whatnot ... I didn't blame you for anything, did I .?. On the contrary I am giving you credit for a war well fought ... I do not see what your problem is with that ...
Quite true, else indeed they would have banded up together ... and also true is that one of those people was you, else indeed you would have banded up with them in the war effort ... why are you so uncomfortable with that fact, I wonder, and why do you think that such a thing is placing any blame on you .?. As far as I am concerned I take pride for my minor role in the Consone war ... why can't you do the same with your part in this war and you think that when someone mentions your participation in it, is somehow blaming you or casting a negative light on your account .?. I fail to see the problem.
As usual, you are a slippery client Rill ... in your last post you wrote :
... and indeed I gave you credit for the "carrying out" part ... and immediately in the next post you ommit it ... "credit where it is due" indeed so I will say it again : I have no idea whether you helped in the planning or not - I can take your word for that - but as far as the carrying out part, noone was more active in GC from either side in terms of the war effort and its minutiae of keeping it smooth and mainting the "political front" of the war ... You do not like my credit .?. You think it is undue .?. Maybe you are shy of people congratulating your contribution .?. Well, be that as it may, the fact that as far as I am concerned credit went where it is due ... I like to be fair with such things and not belittle other people's victories and achievements ... |
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Just like a "before and after" ad ! ahahahaah :p |
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Rill
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Perhaps you have me confused with someone else. If you remember me jumping up and down in gc day and night, then you are remembering incorrectly. I was gone from the game from July through November 2013, when the war was beginning. A large part of the reason for my absence was my ambivalence about the emerging political situation in Illy.
As for my participation in the war, I think I acquitted myself reasonably well, given that I have a fairly limited number of troops. I am particularly proud of my participation in the defense of nCrow cities of Ely and Over. However, to suggest that I played a key role in those actions would be to understate the contributions of other players in my alliance and our allies. Again, thanks for your plaudits, but they are undeserved.
Edited by Rill - 09 Nov 2014 at 20:01 |
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Osu
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Most people involved in the war know exactly who was involved in orchestrating it, not just in seeing it through, irrespective of what is said in these forums.
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Angrim
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Osu
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Well, speaking for myself at least, it was very clear to me, both who & why. I would like to think most people involved knew why they were fighting too.
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Deranzin
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I am obviously reffering to the timeframe when you were active and not before ... and on that timeframe I am definitely not remembering incorrectly since, at some point, me and Rathgore had quite the fun chain skirmishes, so we were both on the lookout for at least 3/4ths of the day and while on that boring job, I did lurk in GC quite a bit ... I know not your timezone (many people keep it secret since it is an important war factor ), but rare was the time of the day when you were not there and not in some appeasing talk concerning the war or in a "let us derail GC and get them not to notice the fighting" attempt ... Again I make clear that I say that in a positive way (it was a job well done and I am not keen on idle praise) so ...
... it is deserved and you are welcome ... |
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Just like a "before and after" ad ! ahahahaah :p |
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