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.
That certainly does seem to be the Sartanian circle of life in a nutshell. Rise, make some bizarre decision, collapse in on yourselves, repeat cycle.
It does make things interesting even if it leaves a checkered history behind. You guys should stop picking on Ohnar West and try and stir up something else though.