[Skull] War brewing

[SkulkrinBait]

Xian
19 hours ago
Free islands...
Hi admins and diplomats!

RAID, along with pact brothers V|W (for some reason?!) appear to have problems with ONE member of our alliance

[Skull] members have been given the ultimatum of joining RAID or be annihilated by both alliances.

We are not giving in.

We will probably be destroyed!

But our aggressors will be severely weakened! Do you want their mains...?

They will be attacking over the weekend - do you want to know who loses what? Who is weak? Who is ripe for the taking?

Simply put, this is a 'poisoned pill' defense - If we're going down, they might as well go down with us!

Let me know! It is to your benefit!!!

Thanks,
Xian

[Cesium]

If that's the straight story, that's pretty jerky of both alliances. What would give them the right to force two alliances to merge?

[2kcastle]

Is that the same v\w we have a pact with ?

[digital]

Yes it is and considering our stance on multis and the evidence brought against V|W then I wouldn't honour the treaty, unless we have something to gain of course.

[AeroS]

why would those 2 alliances waste their time and resources on an alliance that is full of nothing but 1 island rulers. This is a bluff to force some unknown result.

[Cesium]

Firstly, we don't have a pact with V|W, we have a peace treaty. Secondly, I think there's something to AreoS's point that [Skull] is a worthless target, but we must remember that we're dealing with alliances full of 100-point accounts that I farm. They can't be expected to be held to the same mental standard as us. However, RAID's profile says they're at war with Skull, I that's legit.

[2kcastle]

i've just received a mail from an admin of skull :

PlayaDoc
17 minutes ago
Farming myself out...
Sent to:
skulkrinbait; 2kcastle; Coruscation

Ahoy, Friends of Morkin.

The recent war declared by RAID/V|W against my Alliance (SKULL) has forced me to look at making a move.

I have but one island, but I've focused on beefing up my arsenal rather than expanding to this point:

96 LWS
96 SMS

Main/Gold/Stone/Lumber/Harbour/Storehouse/Wall/Tower - All at 20.

800 Spearies (tech maxed) and 2 catapults.

Any interest in having another amongst yer ranks?

I have precious few hours to make my decision, so a prompt reply would be warmly welcomed.

PlayaDoc, Admiral, SKULL Alliance

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i dont think he's a realistic candidate for joining fom but i dont like the way his alliance seem to have been given a choice of join raid or be destroyed, i'm going to get some more info about this, does anyone know what started it ?

Edited for spelling mistakes.

[eproxy]

It could just be powered by the desire for Raid/V|W to get new members. Such can be the way of Inselkampf, sometimes things are done for no reason other than greed, I remember the old days of IKUK where a bigger player would just take isles from a smaller player, said smaller player had two options, fight or sit and take it. We cannot, nor should, protect the entire community of IK. Although yes it does kind of suck

[Arminius]

That seems extremely stupid. What kind of members are they if they've been forced to join? Loyalty? Commitment? It's an alliance and not a penal colony...

[AeroS]

DragonLord of V|W is severn. maybe someone could talk to him?

[eproxy]

arminius said:

That seems extremely stupid. What kind of members are they if they've been forced to join? Loyalty? Commitment? It's an alliance and not a penal colony...

There would be absolutely no loyalty, thats the genious of it, they sow the seeds of their own destruction by their greed for power. Kind of reminds me of the Roman Empire, the Germanic peoples who joined the military led to a lack of loyalty to the Roman commanders and legions. If you believe that theory for why Rome fell that is; the truth is most likely a myriad of reasons.

[Arminius]

Don't just blame it on the Germans All the peoples conquered by the Romans had to do military service, and often in other regions of the empire.

I'm sure at the first sign of war they'd run for cover rather than sacrifice their fleets as we would do.

[2kcastle]

I've spoken to a couple of people and had these replys so far.

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PlayaDoc
9 hours ago
RE: raid and v|w
No offense taken indeed.

Here (of RAID) attacked BloodyJohn (of SKULL) multiple times - claiming (at least at first) that he "thought he was inactive", which is bs.

A personal/1v1 war ensued, but our alliance was unaware that our supplying BloodyJohn with resources during the negotiations was an act of war.

Really makes no sense. RAID and V|W really have little to gain. They said we must join them (RAID) or perish - schoolyard bully tactics, but with V|W supporting them in this we're left little choice.

Thanks - please let me know how and where with the application process - one possible solution is dissolution of our alliance and no war, so I may have an opportunity to get sorted elsewhere.

Thanks,

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should i send him the questionaire ?
I know he's only applying because its that or fight against raid and v|w but i dont really blame him.

I got this as well :

Diesel
9 hours ago
RE: skull ?
i am not keen to attack them at all, that is raid!!

due to one member raiding on of theirs, they wana attack the whole alliance...

i dont like it

you ok?

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