What to do with H?

Thanks! Edit:  Poll is up.

Edited by Shrapnel - 01 Oct 2010 at 15:20

Laccy wrote: Dear GMs I trust you're all sitting around, reading this thread avidly while you sip your tea with five sugars, trying to remain on your seats in spite of the slippery warm moistness of excitement threatening to wash you off them. Well, you should feel proud of yourselves, for creating this medium of slow torment to the unsuspecting wayfarer with a hook of gaming tantara, for providing the method by which the gratification sought after in the hearts of the hopeful is captured, then delayed before the  finality of utter dismay. How you can sleep at night, as the PayPal account kachings and total revenue crawls ever upwards, is a marvel to all zoo keepers in fine standing. Well, think on this, as you wake in the morning next to your significant other and head off, bleary-eyed with the fog of dreamy bliss, to your bathrooms to perform your morning ablutions, including shaving. Think on this, as you tread downstairs to break fast with your loved ones and watch morning television on ITV, not BBC, as they hang on your every mouthful, with nothing but utter respect for what they think you're doing, apart from eating thick-sliced toast with Marmite. Think on this, as you step out of your 3-bedroom semi, into your high-powered but reasonably-priced front-wheel-drive 3-year-plan executive saloon and activate your windscreen mounted GPS device. Think on this, as you negotiate the Swindon magic-roundabout and give the finger to the individual with the temerity to sound their vehicle horn in your direction, or was it the old lady in the Morris Minor? Think on this, as you sit in front of your terminal in the office, lavishly nurturing your instrument of domination of the masses, surrounded by pink and yellow Post-It notes. Take a break for lunch, then think on this, too, as you experience your mid-afternoon sugar lull and imbibe a caffeine-laden beverage, hot or fizzy. Consider this when, upon returning to your current domicile, you relish in the release of the day's labour. Ponder this, as you trudge through your regular exercise routines, and you realise that you're trapped in the machine too, and it has you, it has you and won't let go, it has you and is inexorably dwaring you to an insanity, an insanity that masks itself as success, but leaves the rank aftertaste of summer holidays in Kefalonia (or Mallorca) flying Easyjet (or Ryanair). Yes, muse proudly upon your acts, for you also are all responsible, and wear stripy shirts more often than is healthy. May your souls find peace. Laccy (any chance of a couple of mammoth regiments to even up the score? ta)

I've held my tongue for a long time but the bashing of H has reached an all time low.  

I've known many in H for several years, played with them online and know their style of play.   Yes, they play to win but they are not now, nor have they ever been, bullies.      Harmless was one of the very few alliances that saw the need to help new players.     As White/Black targeted new players, Harmless saw the need to protect these players.    Any game that does not allow new players to grow and expand is doomed to failure, every game needs new players, the more the better.    H saw this need and supported me in founding Toothless.     We are a sister alliance to Harmless because in the beginning, our new players were attacked just out of newbie protection.   Without the protection of Harmless these new players would have quit the game out of frustration.      They have offered our members resources and the benefit of their expertise.   No member of Toothless is required to join Harmless, if fact, our members are free to leave T to pursue whatever avenue they wish.     To date, we've had T members join other alliances, found their own alliance or just go out on their own, only one has moved to Harmless.     

This is an exciting game, the Devs are active and constantly improving it but without new players the game will become like many other games we've played.    We all owe the Devs a debt of gratitude for bringing us a new, exciting and constantly evolving game.   Before you paint H as the bad guys please remember they are helping protect new players (as are some other alliances). We must be doing something right at Toothless, new players are standing in line to get into our alliance.  We offer them game guides, resource help and advice but most importantly, they can build and learn the game in peace thanks to Harmless.      Sorry for the rant, but I never hear people commenting on the good that Harmless has done for this game and this post is long overdue.

rancor (noun) a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will; gall; rancour
seriously? you don't have access to Google in Canada?
I was directed here by an Alliance leader to read how things got started or whatever. Everyone seems to be afraid of H? and the repercussions stating anything about them will bring in
game (by the way, much respect, fellas). I was a member of White, or Black, forget which one it was, but everyone started leaving. I would LOVE to be the Texas Ranger of the game and defend against the bullies out there, but it does seem complicated figuring which side is more righteous, and i'm never in any position in browser games to attack anyone anyway. Also, This may still be off-topic, but I did mention H? at least once, now twice, and a 7 page thread is GONNA SWAY A LITTLE-look THAT up

You have one 0 pop town.