I have refrained from posting on the forums until now. But I think it's time that "my version" should be publicized.
First off, the power block was indeed planned many weeks in advance. Me, Twigley, and Steve_god had been making preparations even before last round ended. Finding players wasn't tough, in fact, we could have easily had four wings. The only reason we did not establish four wings was because we could not find a suitable leader. Let me make this clear:
we did *not* expect to win. Sure, I told my players that we were going to win, but everyone knew deep down we didn't have that much of a chance. The original plan was to stay around ranks 3-5, and just mass players on the top, making their lives miserable. The crucial piece of information here is that, the establishment of a powerblock was known well before the round began. Yet no one chose to do anything to stop it. Ahead, I talked to you about a week before the round and told you practically all our plans. I can understand for not doing anything that instant to prevent it, but surely you guys should have been on your toes throughout the entire round.
We sent at War with 4 other alliances on day 2. Chance pretended to send but they did not actually send. This was to see whether TBA was still intact. It was confirmed that we were still a powerblock, and yet, why did they do nothing to stop us?
I am going to admit that the leaders of TBA did bend the truth a couple of times on the forums. (I'm sorry DS
) But that's all a part of the game. Leaders lie every round to put themselves in a better position. Now I say "bent the truth" because we did not outright lie. Sure, everything that was said on Darksider's reports were planned beforehand, but it did have an element of ruth in it. The powerblock was falling apart on day two, Twigley was away for 2 days, and we were considering not keeping the NAP for the entire round. These plans were dropped however, because we were scared of being taken down. There was a week or so when the leaders did not know what to do. If any of the enemies attacked us at the right moment, we would have been knocked out, but guess what, nothing happened...
War?Huh? practically handed the round to us by asking Twigley to hit us and us to hit Twigley. Him and I were discussing in PM about what to do. We decided that it would be best to buy us some time until changer and I got CWs. Once we got CWs, the round was pretty much handed to us.
So why did I say all of that? It's to show that the powerblock was *not* unstoppable. You guys had plenty of chances, but decided to just slack off. Now I know this might not represent the views of everyone, but I am *guessing* that it went something like this. "We don't have to try as hard, because even if we lose, we can always fall back on the fact that we lost to three alliances, so it's not really a loss in our eyes."
Now, Ahead, I still like you even after our convos on msn. I won't let some stupid round stand in the way of our friendship, but if that's your choice, then that's fine. But I would just like to point our one thing. You said that the "proof of your ego is imaginary". I'm sure there are pages upon pages of proof on these forums that demonstrate your huge ego. Everyone has an ego online, but yours, particularly this round, has gone through the roof. For one player to guarantee that no TBA player can win in the next 5 rounds is preposterous. I respect Polo and others' decisions to not accept any TBA players in their alliances. But can you *really* guarantee that *none* of our players will ever win? Simply put, no.
Silence, I am not going to lie that Chance is a good alliance, but we both know that Chance < War? Huh?. Sure motivation is an issue, etc. But just by our attacks, it is pretty obvious which alliance is better. I agree with what you said that it is impossible to tell, but that's just my opinion.
After Azzer's post, I have thought about it long and hard, and discussed it with Twigley. You can ask around, I was prepared to break the NAP as long as it was mutual. I am
not willing to backstab at this stage, but if the other alliances agree, then Inimical will go to war. Simple as. I apologize for ruining the round Azzer, but it's too far to turn back now. Every round this happens, the players who don't win complain, (although this round's situation is a bit different).