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Indirik

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Re: Leaders of Beluaterra
« Reply #60: May 31, 2014, 03:22:43 AM »
Yes, exactly like what happened with Atamara and CE. I'm sure that's a wonderfully idealist policy you've got there, Indirik, but it doesn't work.
It did. The non-CE realms on AT got together and ganged up on CE&Co to knock them down. Thing is, we sucked at it. We blew it because we didn't coordinate, and had no unity. Yeah, we touched off a war that destroyed several realms, and *did* reshape a significant part of the political landscape of the island. And it happened because a lot of people who *could* have sat back and been complacent took a risk.

It didn't fail because we didn't try. Not because no one cared, or we all wanted to be safe. It failed because we !@#$ed it up, and CE held it together long enough to let us !@#$ it up.

And you know what? That's how the cookie crumbles. You think that the non-CE side *deserves* to win, just because they took a risk? Because that's the side you wanted to win? That's a crock of !@#$. We started the war. They were better at it. They win. Time to move on and tell a different story.
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