The Long Road to the Top if You Wanna Rock n Roll

Myrin wrote: I found this thread a little late, however, I think Rill's post on page one was way out of line. I didn't see anything said that they were condemning how other people play the game. The members of TLR merely stated how they work in their alliance. I find your statement to be confrontational and inappropriate particularly since this was a place for them to recruit like minded players.  Rill, your statement that you disagree with their philosophy proves that there are two different ways of looking at it. They mentioned no other alliance and didn't say that those who thought differently were wrong. You came into their recruitment post and turned it into something controversial. Personally, I think your post on page one should be removed.

Edited by Garth - 04 Jun 2012 at 06:09

Loyal opposition usually refers to the political party (or parties) that is out of power, particularly when a country is at war; said party usually attempts to emphasize unity in fighting the "enemy."  The term is more frequently used in Great Britain (and the Commonwealth), where protections such as freedom of expression are not necessarily constitutionally guaranteed as they are in the U.S. and thus opposition to the government could be construed as treason.

Edited by Rill - 04 Jun 2012 at 05:32

"Loyal opposition." You're not kidding, are you? Just for curiousity's sake, just who/what do you mean by that?

In all honesty, the sentences in question were an attempt to make not sending resources to newbs look better than it sounds. Really, on the surface of it, what newb would want to join an alliance "known" for not sending res to its members?

The post was slanted against the practice of indiscriminate care-a-vaning and took an overt swipe at the hug set in general. Not that it matters now, but there was no intended venom in the statement. My intention was to have a harmless dig at the "loyal opposition." I've come to understand that thin skin prevails in Illy and everything will eventually be torn apart and examined under the microscope of PCness. With hindsight it's no surprise what ended up happening, however I personally am not upset at the outcome.

The previous posts may have technically derailed this recruitment thread but imnsho it has become one of the most entertaining threads in the Forums.

I responded to a post around an hour after it was made because I felt it unfairly targeted Ryelle's alliance (the references to hugs, etc.)