Eihmon
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Posted - 2008.05.02 12:46:00 -
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Fried, you really should have listened to the more reasonable voices within your alliance.
Example:
http://forums.dabruce.com/viewtopic.php?t=14040
I know I'm in the minority here, but I'll have to voice my opinion anyway. I fear we may be letting our own pride prevent us from seeing a pragmatic end to this situation.
A short trip down memory lane....When I joined FOOM, back in Aeschee, you guys had just finished negotiating terms for peace with TBSV. They demanded "peace money" I think on the order of 200m. I read the transcript of how that decision was made. I knew it couldn't have been easy for a young but yet somewhat proud corp to swallow that pride and pay. Yet you did(well I think Trayk did out of his own wallet), and frankly FOOM has done nothing but prosper since. Sure we had to fight many other hostile forces/wardecs even in our little corner of Aeschee, but not having to worry about TBSV gave us some breathing room.
I know the decision to go back to Aeschee is final. But I still want to see Bruce survive and succeed. I think perhaps sitting down with PL again and see if some common ground can be reached, may well be worthwhile.
BRUCE is too young to be faced with this. And with MC folding, well...I don't think it's a stretch to see Bob coming next. If PL can help defend Fountain, well they would be well worth the moons, more so than MH and even MM. To be quite honest.
They have been fairly logical with their stance. I hate to say it, but MH was NOT contributing ANYTHING to Fountain defense once they pulled out. Honestly, how much DID we owe them?
PL saw an opportunity and they grabbed it. Who wouldn't? Heck we saw an opportunity with RISE/USOH and we grabbed it too. Did we warn them first, before taking their outpost?
I'm sure we can dissect things and find reasons to hate PL. But I'm hoping maybe we can find a more pragmatic solution to this that still allows BRUCE to remain in Fountain, at least until Bob comes a knocking.
Some breathing room, as well as the sense of urgency to improve, may be what we need to save Bruce. Maybe not with FOOM in the picture, but I'd like to see us leave Bruce in a decent position.
I don't know...All this "OMG You guys insulted us FIRST!" bravado, I think, is really clouding our judgment. Or maybe I'm just a softie... |