[LordSkie]

brythompson Wrote:why dont all you moaners just play the game. Chris and Sarge have done a lot for this game, as have eagle, Druchii and lots of others. At the end of the day it is a game and if people want to join together then they join together. If those people who join just happen to be the strongest in the game then so what, it thier choice, they paid the money and put the time in to get to where they are.

Ever since i was in Old Soldiers and then the Elders people have moaned about everything, it did not matter what we did it was never good enough. Why dont you all just PLAY and stop moaning.

it's comments like this which are the most annoying- yes, it's their choice to 'play' the game as they wish. On the same note, it is others choice to complain about how they play as it impacts upon their own enjoyment.

There's a real good reason people complain- it's impossible to challenge the top. The ironic thing is that, as someone else said, Chris and Sarge have been awaiting the day someone can challenge them. Chris mailed me saying the day we surpass them and can beat them, he'll be happy- because he wants some competition, and will relish it.

Fine sentiments, but let's face it- we just didn't have the tools to surpass them. Our activity rates are similar, possibly even in our favour, but Chris and Sarge have a stronger donating potential than us, and the head start. Now a new breed of players have come along with superior activity, and far superior donating potential. So we await the inevitable clash of the new force against the old- here you go Chris, the challenge you've been desperate for is finally here.

But instead, they merge with these new players. Which leaves you thinking- what happened to desiring a challenge? Did you really desire a challenge, or did you just want whipping boys to prove your dominance, not a contest at all?

You can say what you like about moaning, whining, whatever. But there's a huge difference between calling facts and suggesting improvements and moaning and whining about life's unfairness. We've done the former, not the latter, and you've simply attempted to spin everything to make us look like we're complaining over nothing. The day ANY awl player takes in excess of 5 disbanded gangs, at a combined cost of over 2mil cash purely in rebuilt gang costs without a murmur won't dawn. We've tried every trick in the book to compete on the same level, to failure each time- and no matter what we do, fight back, try to make peace, try to get on and play quietly, anything- it's the same old story.

I have now doubt this 'new' pestilence will be nice and friendly for a few weeks. Maybe even a month. Then the boredom will set in, and having destroyed any chance of anyone beating them, the good old 'we just want a challenge' excuse will come out, and whoever's closest to them will get beaten on. That's the unfortunate way the game will be now.

Which is one damn good reason I'm glad I quit well prior to this.