^ cheap imitation

Marshal and Grim, you can join him in SoF alongside me.

Thanks ;)

Hi ;)

See KoH, you should join us now ;)

Fact remains they were killing one of our members without prior authorization. Leadership decided this was unacceptable.

My comments in regard to regret were made from my personal standpoint.

Effective immediately I am now a Head in SoF.

Over the coming weeks I will be making a lot of changes to SoF mainly relating to policy and internal structure.

How does this affect other Alliances? Well it may provide some Alliances with a fresh opportunity to restart relations with SoF.

For individuals who have any concerns or issues regarding to SoF, I am always willing to discuss those issues with you. If you dislike SoF, maybe the time is now for you to change your mind as I will be looking to bring a fresher approach.

For those of you out there who are looking for a new Alliance to join, I welcome to you join me in SoF.

For all FA issues you can contact Boltar, Flamey, Ivan or myself. Helmet is an emergency contact.

http://sof.earth2025.net

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You sound mad Dibs

I wasn't around last set de1i. You even posted on the thread I made 2 weeks ago about just coming back. And noone else knew anything of them either.

They are experienced oats, they were the leaders of Fist.

I am sorry this has happened to you guys, this is a communication breakdown in reality. Had you of not made a move on one of our members without prior authorization we would not have been in the mess.

For all we knew, you were just a bunch of multies/suiciders/n00bs who were not a legitimate tag trying to kill one of our members.

I did not approve of our member farming you one little bit and he did deserve retribution. Had I of known you were in that tag Spawn I would have been more vocal on the issue as I do respect you. I really didn't think SAMCRO was a legitimate tag.

Look at the size of the server Xin, we've been depending on friends and returning players for a while.

We will really only achieve growth in this server when something new and drastic is done to entice players into Primary. Then Primary can feed Alliance.

I've been advocating facebook and iPhone app for a while as I believe them to be crucial to future growth.

No, MX was one of IX's closest allies for a few years. I was always very involved with IX during my time in MX. When I departed MX in 2005 I joined IX and was put as a Head immediately.

I was President of MX and you were in MX briefly back in 2004.

Hi Rednose ;)

Oh and the only thing that will stop your countries being farmed is your countries becoming so small that humanitarians will prevent larger countries from hitting you. Not all Alliances will go to war.

It's not fun playing the game when you are farmland.

I dont mean to sound negative, but I feel it is best delivered to you bluntly.

Without any experience on this server in an established Alliance you will not survive. Why?

1) You will not have the game knowledge needed to be able to retal your own tag for an entire set.

2) No large Alliance (basically these days anyone over 40 members) is likely to pact you. One or two may but most large Alliances dont pact out all the 20 member Alliances so why would they pact out a 5 man tag that is potential land for their members?

3) To maintain a reasonable tag you would need a lot of coordination, and there is no way an inexperienced group of 5 people would be able to work out who things run here without experiencing it for themselves.

Sure you may recruit a "vet" who may help you organize, but he would then just become your leader because you have no idea for yourselves. Also it would take more than 1 vet to generate decent tag protection.

Even experienced players who go out to create their own tags often fail.

And after being farmland week after week, your members will be discouraged from logging in and then will become inactive.

You can ignore me and listen to someone who will sugarcoat it more for you and make it sound like you have a chance, but the reality is you pretty much don't.

As I said, join an established Alliance first. Even a small one.

Ok

He has already made the decision to join SoF, but thanks for the interest!

The rest of you are welcome to join SoF as well ;)

His english might not be the best, but the key message was simple enough... http://sof.earth2025.net ;)

Don't be so negative :p

I recommend joining an established Alliance, big or small first to learn the mechanics of the game and of the server. If you don't want a large Alliance, join a small 20 member tag.

As I said earlier, this is an advanced server so you need to do your "apprenticeship" and learn somewhere first before rolling out on your own.

If you want someone to beta test and give opinions hit me up. I work in marketing so should be able to provide at least a little bit of input ;)

Was most likely before I joined, in which case you are now just missing out.

Oh well!

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^ As per the above thread maybe it would be appropriate to somehow add "Advanced" to the Alliance Server label to further distinguish it from Primary Server.

The thing about this server is it is far more advanced with the complexities of Alliance relations and politics than other servers and as such people would be better informed if it was labelled in such a way.

A small tag can easily survive in this game if they take the appropriate steps necessary.

The problem is on this server there is more interactiion between Alliances. There are "unwritten" rules between Alliances that are policies which have been formed through years of wars.

Then it also comes down to quite simply being able to retal.

This server is not for new players to be honest. It never was. And any tag started by small players will not understand the mechanics of this server which is outside of the game rules. You need to learn the ropes first in an established Alliance and then earn your way.

I could start an Alliance now and whilst it may have only 10 members or less, it will survive because I know what is expected of an Alliance on this server to operate.

If you are new to the game I suggest you play the Primary Server which is designed for new players. Think of Alliance Server as the Advanced Server. If you are not willing to play in an Advanced fashion then you will lose out.

It's even worse now that the game is so much smaller that as a solo player you stand out a lot more.

I think it would be nice to come up with a way to promote such playing styles in the game but unfortunately I just don't see a way of making that happen right now as it stands.

But the thing about this server that is appealing to most is the communities within the Alliances. Whilst you do not see it on this forum or you do not see it as an outsider ingame, within good Alliance great communities exist.

As an individual I welcome the challenge of being able to win the support of my peers and make a difference in an Alliance which is of benefit to them. I like representing my Alliance and playing my part in making it stronger. I also am proud of the fact that my input is in small ways making my Alliance more fair. That is what this server is about.

These servers are just not designed to promote solo or rebellious playing styles.

Just save everyone else the trouble and join me in SoF ;)

http://sof.earth2025.net

There is this whole incorrect perception that by joining a larger Alliance you just become "another number". There are no Alliance large enough anymore where you can truly become just "another number".

All Alliances, yes even LAF and SOL, are small now compared to where this game was several years ago. They are small enough that everyone knows everyone for the most part, unless of course you have one of those members who does not speak, participate or show himself.

In any Alliance anyone can have an impact. I have only ever been in 3 Alliances in all my years of Earth and in all that time I have had significant impacts on the Alliances I join, it all comes down to what you put in.

I suggest you join a larger Alliance and experience it for yourself before really commenting on being just "another number".

Do you have evidence to support your outrageous accusation?

I dont care about your opinion Dagga.

Thanks for the response.

Any idea on timeframe for the changes?

And no, it would not mean new land for this server. But it would mean more people on Primary to recruit into Alliances here.

Some time ago there was a thread where we were discussing the future expansion of this game and attracting new players.

2 key discussion points I was talking about were iPhone/Android app versions of the game and a facebook version of the game and it was stated that these things were in consideration.

I was just wondering whether this has progressed at all past an idea and if you are actively seeking to implement them at some stage.

I do believe that those 2 initiatives would yield us a solid influx of new players, which this game badly needs. If we can get new players into the game, older players would also be attracted back to it.

Why did you break the game Zan?

I made TOB leave LaF once... Better watch out!

When you contact us we pretend we are offline.

fluffy sheep skin...

SoF - http://sof.earth2025.net

We are SoF. Do you enjoy fighting? If so, then you belong in SoF. I am not going to tell you how many bells and whistles we have because we are SoF.

We would like for you to join SoF but if not good luck and I apologize in advance if we kill you.

wtf is gchat -_-

I just missed you on IRC ;)

Tell him I am back and he has to speak to me ;)

Does TOB still play in LAF? Or login?

Maybe.

Why do you never consider my feelings?

His love for me should outweigh his hate for Ivan.

No you should submit to the will of SoF iScode.

I've been on both sides of the fence with SOL over the years, starting as an enemy during the ILS/SLIT wars and then we became close allies later.

In fact, I seem to remember someone from SOL running warchats for SX or MX at one point, not sure if that was you or not Makinso. Too long ago.

Before I went on my big break, SOL was one of my closest allies so I still think very highly of the Alliance.

Confirmed, martian is my alias

Hi Limutaw ;)

K_L and I are in SoF