It may not have worked, but at least we weren't sitting around on our asses for three years, dying of apathy, like some realms. When we're a shadow of our former selves it will be because of something we *did*, not because 50% of our nobles left out of boredom, like some realms.
I, for one, am sick and tired of being in realms that are boring, do nothing, and just wither away. Screw that crap. Even if we lose, then at least we tried.