Night Crusaders / STEEL conflict

This is an interesting challenge for Gim and his crew.  They have their own style and goals for Illy.  Apparently NC would like them to play a different game -- NC's game.  I for one hope that Gim and his folks demonstrate the discipline to ignore these pathetic provocations and go on playing their own game, in their own way.

Greetings Illyrians,

We have been asked by multiple parties if we are responsible for the recent rash of diplo attacks on the Steel Confessors alliance. On behalf of Night Crusaders, I would like to cut right to the chase.

Yes, we are responsible for all of the attacks. We did this knowing that we would eventually be caught, although much to our surprise, we sent around 200 separate attacks without ever being busted. (This seems so unlikely that it is probably a flaw in the diplo game mechanics.) We got bored and finally posted a graphic of a composite screen shot of outbound attacks to GC. (The screen shot is a day or so old - these attacks have all already landed.

We would like to immediately dispel the suggestion that other alliances in the Night Confederation were also responsible, or even aware. They were not. This action was undertaken solely by Night Crusaders, without the knowledge or involvement of our confeds. (I have every single diplo report to prove it, if necessary.) Also, we have canceled all confeds, so that it will not be possible for them to reinforce us in any way, should this digress into a larger conflict.

Why did we do this, you ask? The answer is quite simple: Gim annoys us. Chances are good that he annoys you too.

He's a nice enough guy on the surface, but he is a relentless meddler, always inserting himself into other people's business to play some angle while pretending to be neutral. The constant maneuvering and the endless posturing is just tedious. He is talk talk talk with nothing to back it up. It doesn't matter if he has 3 STEEL alliances with 100 members and a dozen confeds... he's a blowhard who lacks the resolve to actually DO anything but talk behind peoples backs about things that don't concern him. And we decided to expose that by waging these attacks - and bearing the consequences - alone, and without the help of our confeds.

Also, we simply want to have fun. There is a chorus of players in this game who are frustrated, and we are among them. Things are so political that it is nauseating. This is a war game with troops and diplos - they are meant to be USED, not to be amassed so you can feel big when you run your mouth. Many players try so hard to conflate some minor issue into grounds for war, when in the end, some people just want to fight. (In a war game! Go figure.) We're not going to lie about it. We wanted to mess with Gim and his alliance, so we just did it.  

If you disagree with us and think poorly of our motives, that's fine. You are entitled to your opinion. In the end, it is just a game, and I recommend that you don't get too bent up about it. Unless you are in STEEL, it doesn't concern you.

And if you should decide to join forces with STEEL and attack us, well then you don't have too much respect for them, do you? They are 3 alliances with over 100 members, and we are only 10 players total. You'd think they could handle us on their own, wouldn't you? 

I know, we don't think so either. He's probably emailing you this very moment to plead his case and ask for your help. Because that's what he does, and it's all that he does. 

In any case, enjoy the show. You're welcome.

Regards,
The Electrocutioner
(on behalf of Night Crusaders)