The Great War

Of course Le Roux is my commonly known alt (obviously I could not have been in two places at once, in both vCrow and nCrow).  As for me being the most "destructive crow player during the war" somehow I sense greatly blows out of proportion the impact I had in the overall war.  Many battles were fought in the war, many cities were razed.  I surely hold no unique place in that respect (except in the minds of my foes perhaps) I did have large armies, I did raze many cities of TVM, Dlords and H? (including some of KP's ;) nothing was personal). There were plenty of people with more combat than I in the war.

As for the strategy, you can simply look at the map and where my cities were,  I was largely in the far north, the bulk of the truly threatening Coalition cities of H?, NC, RES, Dlords lay very distant to my south. My participation in attacking any of those cities would necessitate my armies traveling a week or two in each direction.  In order for me to be able to lend assistance against the main coalition players, those cities of their allies that lay near me(often within 10-20 sq ) and along my path south, needed to be dealt with one way or another.  I could hardly sit and ignore alliances like TVM (who had no love loss with Crow), or the northern outposts of Dlords and H? when they were positioned with the ability to attack my home while my troops were weeks away.  It really is just a simple and well worn principle in military science, protect your bases and lines of supply. 

While the core of vCrow attacked  in the south, I worked my way down down the North. Strategically logical and sound.  I was methodical and efficient. If you wish to consider it ruthless, so be it. 

It may have appeared harsh to those viewing it from afar, but in reality, unless I was going to sit out the war, my options were fairly limited. 

War is . . . war , cities tend to be razed during war. Every single one of my targeted opponents was given the option of saving their properties, quite a few did.  Many exodused as my legions approached. Some took the stance of fighting to the death, an entirely valid option.   I literally have hundreds of IGM's discussing ways to avoid carnage.  We cannot control whether or not people negotiate.  My conscience is blissfully clear and at peace ; )