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We did not feed on the nub in an outside kingdom (or any non Evil players for that matter)

But Evil did.

*shrug* Oh well, whatever. Not like I care so much about this game anymore anyway....

What a shitty army zond, better do a chicken run.

Traveled for a week. And you farmed all era to this point.

not mention 100k of my troops are mu. Where as you have hardly none.

kinda sad tbh you couldn't do better.

Firstly. This is a game. I can be whoever I want.

secondly. I could say the same for you. Must suck being one the oldest in the game, yet acting as one the youngest.

Considering you are feeding me massive exp. 

gotta get higher than level 1 magic man. come on. that ones free!

Zond, it wouldn't have been very smart for him to rejoin the fighting right away after TBLs influential magic resulted in him losing OOP.

You all know halfer is a good race to do oop warfare and dwarf is not, so a dwarf needs to adapt to the situation and i did.

thats fine all dandy. im just saying my opinion given i was only here to play for 2 weeks. 

Not true Bling,

BEGIN TL / DR POST. IF NOT BOTHERED TO READ THROUGH, PLEASE SKIP, THANK YOU!

Kobu staying on for the OOP war may or may not have won the OOP battle for Evil. But nonetheless, the fact that he and a couple of other Evil players were able to build backup cores and farm themselves up while the rest of Evil stalled us is probably what will win the war for them.

If I were in Evil's shoes, I would have pulled off the same strategy. It is the right strategy considering the circumstances. I'm not so immature and foolish (insert regular dig about not being like Wilber) to not be able to admit this.

Now, allow me to explain some of my kingdom's side of the story quickly.

Ali, there was no way we could do what you suggested. By the end of the OOP war, practically everyone in Good that was not a mage was running at near negative income. Our economies were a mess (too many GTs, not enough quality takings, not enough proper economic cities), we were saddled with too many low level troops (needed to win the OOP war), upkeep was horrifying (lugging around swords, gaia, hammers, hobs and ponies), and our sciences were rubbish.

There was no way any of our boys could lug a big, fat level 1 - 2 army 60 ticks to the opposite edge of the map, set up an armoury and be expected to bust through blockers. Not when Kobu already had one 90K up, and another halfway through as well.

Ever since the start of the era, Good has been and is still playing with only 11 functional players. The rest either could not be bothered to drop a city even after 5 to 6 days into the era (Hanky, Love, etc.), or they refused to follow multiple instructions and just ended up becoming top notched feeders and dying ignominiously (I forgot the names of these useless nubs).

As of now, Evil outnumber us by at least 6 players. 50% more than what we have right now.

I can't speak for the rest of my kingdom, but my personal expectation of Good versus Evil is that it should have been a fair and balanced match as far as possible. That means not allowing extra players to drop and shuffling any excess players over to our side. Just like what Good did last era when it told several players yet to drop for us to play for Evil instead after we found out that Barney had to drop out.

Perhaps our victory at the OOP stage convinced Evil that it needed more firepower in order to overpower us at the mid to late era stage. Perhaps my side left those inactives and useless players on the roster for far too long, and you thought the teams were balanced. Who knows. But ultimately, the rosters to date did not meet my expectation for a fair and balanced match.

And that is coupled with some Evil players hitting and feasting on outside players and nubs who dropped on this map. I mean, for the love of God, is it so hard to leave a single nubs alone? People complain left right and center about the already minute playerbase, and some of the vets have to go and further nub-bash on the one map they should be restraining themselves in. Sure, those nubs should never have dropped on this map. But they do not know this, and simple communication could resolve this issue. Or the simplest action of all - leaders should just tell their respective kingdoms to concentrate only on the one enemy they are facing.

Feeding on outside nubs who built large, nearly defenceless cities not only gives Evil a step ahead of Good in the economic race, but it is an embarrassing act for a vet of the game. I don't see anyone trying to take on an observing vet wielding 200K archmages, but when it comes to nubs.... chomp! Ever heard of the saying "picking on someone your own size"?

Anyway, what's done is done and its all water under the bridge. The odds in this mid to late era now favour an Evil victory, and my kingdomates are already losing activity and interest in this long drawn out era (yeah, I did tell Zondy that I thought the era would last only 2 weeks, but that was because I expected and hoped for a fair play out.... it was apparent to me by day 5 of the era that my expectations were not going to be met, and I actually thought we will even lose at the OOP stage). Furthermore, it is summer, and many of my Western kingdomates are now heading for their holidays (or already on holiday). All Evil has to do is just hold us off from any more momentum gains for a few more days, and that 50% extra numbers will make their weight count.

But whatever happens, my kingdomates and I will do our best (within the circumstances) to go down and out with dignity. I never play Good vs Evil with the expectation that I will always win.... there must always be one loser in this binary contest unfortunately. I also do believe that it would do Evil good (pardon the pun) to have a win this era or a lot of their stalwarts are going to throw their VU accounts into the bin in disgust :P But I do hope that future eras of Good vs Evil will be conducted with more fairness, equity and sensibility than this era. There is nothing ever wrong with losing.... if the opponent's victory was earned fair and square. We all learn and become better people from our losses :)

And on that note, please for the love of god either kill us fast or die fast so that I can stop being forced to log into VU just for the sake of fulfilling my responsibilities to my team :P

P.S. Really seriously, less nub-bashing. There's nothing more heartbreaking to watch than to see a nub try out this game, drop down on his or her own in a map, read the guides, try to build according to what was written.... and then just get eaten up so quickly that he or she goes: "Nah, not worth it... will try another game instead". Yes, this is a harsh game, and nubs should be exposed to its realities. But not in this time and era, when there are so few players left and no experienced kingdoms are giving the really committed and interested nubs a chance within their ranks to learn the game properly.

If we cannot help build up or be part of the playerbase long-term, at least, please do not accelerate its decline.

I'm sorry Tbl, I couldn't make it the full post. But congrats good on beating me up this era. Lemme know when yall want arma

Lol, ok. I gotta build a city to cast it on

Congrats on the win Evil :)

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