[ Accepted ] GenAdmission

[2kcastle]

RE: Questionaire
I broke up my reply into several messages. i typed it all up and realized i was way over the character count. Hope i dont bore you all to death.

1. Why do you want to join us?
I am seeking an alliance with strong members in my area, for general security so i can take care of and grow my crop of islands.

2. If applicable why do you want to leave your current alliance?
I was a member of shadows toward the end of the alliances existance. The group lacked leadership and that community I hoped to get in an alliance. alliance

3. What is your IK history; List of Wars, Friends and Enemies.
I have a short history with IK. The game was brought to my attention during the first wave of DIGGers. I was breifly a member of -S- and othen then that have enjoyed a quite and peaceful existance in ocean 32.

4. How would you describe yourself as a player, What are your traits, both in good and bad?
Good traits:
Friendly with most of my neighbors. Willling to help them out and to listen to tips and learn from others.
Bad traits:
Once i make a descison about a person/player it pretty much sticks. I'm not good at giving second chances and done expect to get it in return. So i try to get it right with everyone the frist time.
5. How much experience do you have of playing Inselkampf?
I'm a Novice. Joined in a few months ago and read the many posts online about game strategy. I dint get to learn much from my time in -S- mostly becuase they are a german speaking crowd and didn't seem to have a strong community.

6. How would you briefly describe yourself as a person: Age, Gender, Native Language, Hobbies, Education, Lifesituation and so on.
24, Male, English, Rockclimb/ Running/ Hiking, M.S. Engineering, Live in an Apartment California

7. Describe your current technical situation in the game. IE. isles, fleets, garrisons and which ocean you are in.
I am in Ocean 32.
3 "strong" islands with 2000 SF and 250 LWS spread out among them all. Level 20 stone walls ofcourse.
3 "emerging" islands - working on thier SF/LWS populations while recieving resources from strong islands to boost thier research and buildings.

8. What were your best and worst moments in the world of Inselkampf?
Best Moments - First Successful Colony
Worst Moment - loosing a few cats while taking down a stone wall of an inactive island. Someone i was friendly with spiked the island between my attacks. lost resources and lost a friend in the game, i suspect it he is a multi :-(
9. What is you opinion of multis and scripters?
Lame, Multi's and scripting give unfair advantages. I spend a little time during my breaks to rearrange resources and check on my islands. Its like gardening for those of us who are around computers and can't actually grow anything. But scripters and multis just grow big really fast and smash poor unsuspecting islands.

10. Regarding pacts and peace treaties, what do you understand by those terms?
Pacts: If we have a pact we defend each other.
Peace Treaties: I won't attack them but if they get attacked don't expect us to jump in.

11. Are you aware that Morkin, and therefore FoM, are rather peacefull alliances not actively seeking domination or war.
Yup, i'm looking for people who can help share tips with and look out for one another. Not who run around picking fights.

12. Are you currently in any wars/squabbles with other players? What combat have you been involved in on this server?
There is a DIGGer nearby that i have decided to ignore. The one mentioned earlier. If we went to war with DIGG i would crush him first, but i'ld prefer his island(s) to just float far away.

13. Finally (thank god I hear you cry) please note anything which you feel might support your application to FoM.

I hope you all like me and while i dont have the biggest army in these oceans i'm willing to help out anyone in need.
And I have tons of free stone. :-D

[Cesium]

Other than the fact that he can't seem to capitalize his "i's", he actually seems to be pretty good. Plus he's in ocean 32, a definite plus. I vote a reluctant yes.

[DrieZ/Cesium]

yes from me too

[eproxy]

A friend for AeroS?! Can we allow that?

He seems an alright guy to be honest. God knows what he's actually like but I'll vote yes. Quite strange considering I'm one of the people wanting to stop recruiting^

[2kcastle]

he looks ok to me, he might be a little too non aggressive tho, if i found out someone had deliberately dropped stoners onto an isle i was clearing for no reason and cost me fleet i'd make a much stronger point about it than ignoring him afterwards.

[Arminius]

Mmmh, sounds to me like he's just going to tend his garden and not participate in much. Though he mentions his willingness in a war with DIGG. Slightly confused here. Unsure, me.

[SkulkrinBait]

I'm concerned that he is itching for a chance to attack his Digg neighbour and might bring us into a war we don't want.

I suggest we let him in but point out that we will expel him if he attacks other players without provocation or tries to engineer an incident which might precipitate a war.

I might be reading too much into his questionnaire.

[AeroS]

He has been very active and an independent up until a couple weeks ago in an ocean that had alot of small hostile alliances until they were folded into larger alliances. he survived without incedent. Plus I recomended that he should apply..... eproxy was right.

eproxy said:

A friend for AeroS?! Can we allow that?

He is the best prospect in my area and I would like company around all these Empire boys. DIGG problems can be managed and if he gets out of line I can just........

[Rocklobster]

Im not sure about him. Seems a little selfish. Just building up while we protect him? That, and he's too lazy to capiltalize his "i"s , which is an automatic red flag in my books. Its one goddamned button! Just move your pinky!

[2kcastle]

we've got 6 yes's and 2 not sure. its not the best result we've had but its a positive. if no-one objects i'll accept his application tonight.

[Arminius]

If you rephrase the question, what would we gain by admitting him?, do we still get six 'yes' votes?

It's especially the

I am seeking an alliance with strong members in my area, for general security so i can take care of and grow my crop of islands.

that I don't like.

[2kcastle]

Maybe we could admit him on a trial basis and tell him that his place with us is dependant on him being active and contributing to the alliance, both on the forums and in any discussions/conflict we find ourselves in.
Actually i think we should make that a mandatory requirement for all our members, ive been saying for ages that we have members that dont take part in anything but ive never gotten round to making a list, i'll make one today and start a new thread for people to discuss it. I'll start with people who seem to be inactive, dont post on the forums here or in game and make little or no effort to expand, is there anything else that we should be looking at ?

[AeroS]

I really don't think he will cause external problems. Whether he contribute in times of war or on the forums can only be guessed. we have been wrong before and it hasn't hurt us (*ahem*Lefty). I say lets give him a shot and if he is to complacent, we eject him.

[eproxy]

I think we need to go through all our current members and re-evaluate them anyway; a purge so to speak. I know we have members that don't contribute much but there are differing degrees as to whether or not said players would fight for us.

[2kcastle]

I'm working on it now, i just need to check a few things before i post a list. ive found some interesting things while ive been looking.