BlackRain
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.01.31 12:13:00 -
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I respected ASCN as what it was - an attempt to create a 0.0 empire on a basis of relatively low level access, massive memberbase, strong industry and an alliance-wide market & supply created by the industry. They worked their way towards creating a 'brand' of a static cornerstone alliance which had a lot of fixed infrastructure, which they hoped, would serve as some kind of backbone for the alliance.
This failed because you can't lay the basis of an alliance on 'stuff you built and own'. As the fighting went on, every victory we achieved on the battlefield either served as a testament to the fact - or revealed more of the truth - that the basic fundamentals of ASCN were flawed. Simply put we just applied the pressure, and ASCN crumbled in front of us. No healthy alliance which has it's basis built right goes down like that.
Some people here cry out that ASCN was aiming to construct, create and serve as an ultimate example of player-created content for the good of all players - a pinnacle of positive morale superiority equipped with a shining armor of righteousness, if you will. And we, evil, e-peen waving arrogant CS kiddies with malicious intents wanted to destroy that because we were jealous and not capable of constructing anything on our own...
Give me a goddamn break.
ASCN was an attempt to create an empire. It ended up being nothing more than a normal regional alliance which based itself on powerplay, egos, personal gain, greed and most notably 'stuff'. When the proper fighting started, the completely ridiculous accusations of cheating, outright lies and demonizing got totally out of hand - and by the looks of it, now we can add bitterness into the equation too, since the bullsh*t campaign obviously still hasn't stopped.
In closing,
We don't cheat, hack or play 16 hours per day. We simply just play better on the field which is critical to success as a 0.0 entity. Our biggest resource isn't the SP amount, the fleets we field, the POS networks we have or the tech 2 industry we run. Our biggest resource are the players themselves - the people behind the characters, their knowhow, friendship and dedication to the cause. When they play, they play to the max - and they play to win. All the stuff our guys have achieved, conquered, created, built and constructed come as a result of this. In my opinion, trying to find fundamental reasons to the downfall of ASCN from anywhere else is an effort in vain.
People > Stuff
BoB > ASCN
Anyways, good luck in your future CYVOK. Please let the hate go.
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