Week 43

[Shendemiar]

Stoners needed in Ocean 51

Use Bafa 51:92:13 to deploy to.

[McGoogus]

Fingal Attacked
Pantheon member dog-the-bounty-hunter seems to have suicided on Fingal.

fingal said:

[glow=red,2,300]I am in immediate need of stoner support to 11.100.1[/glow]

[ashimar]

Thinking what place would be the right one to say what I am about to say, I arrived here. It's as good as any I suppose, so here goes:

As of tonight I will be stepping down as one of the admin and figureheads of the Corleth alliance in order to leave the Morkin Quadvirate behind me and join Pantheon in order to live up to what I feel is expected of me by select others and more importantly what I expect of myself.

For those who do not yet know me that well, even though it may no longer be really important, I will say that I have played in Morkin, as a diplomat, on ik.co.uk almost from the beginning of Morkin untill the end. First as Ashimar, lateron as Bardil after my own account had been wrecked by Skandar. I am proud to have -more or less- invented IK carpet bombing. Acquiering colonies never had my interest that much.

On this server I have played from day 2 onward as Ashimar. I have walked a fine line between the light and the dark as was necessary for the work I have conveniently classified under the term "Obsidian Order" (you can look that up) and which I have thouroughly enjoyed. Corleth as an alliance was the spiritual and creative child of both MMUPatton and myself. It has been fun, but recent events on these forums and outside of them, while having nothing to do at all with the recent onslaught of the Orcs on my humble self, combined with the feeling I have had already for a very, very long time that I had ran out of personal goals in this game (50 islands, don't want anymore, 50 battlefleets - what more can one ask, fortresses everywhere - I've yet to see a second account like that) and that I couldn't justify devoting so much time (I am a perfectionist and in a way an internet addict, even "XXL" doesn't help against that) anymore in the light of having parental duties, marital duties and so much more interesting things to free up time for so. On top of that I was getting more and more tired and stretched thin because of playing this game. I got in particular tired of all the politics and ulterior motives of everybody. I felt I couldn't take that much longer. I feel this server, in it's autumn season, has entered the twilight of the Gods and Ragnarok is upon is, or at least, upon me. So following recent events I've decided to make a choice and turn mercenary. Go berserk. Do something irresponsible for a change. So I'll be teaming up with some folks in Pantheon.

God knows where that will take me, but at least it's "one step closer to the edge and I'm about to break." if that bears any significance to you, dear reader.

All up to the Orc's suiciding on me in order to draw Morkin Incorporated out into attacking them, wether or not that was instigated by Digg, I had been building up my forces for a certain Doomsday scenario, an apocalyptic event, and admittedly I was mighty pissed that the Orcs disrupted all that, but I pride myself on my my specific handiwork and thus I'm in not such a bad shape -still- as one might have expected, judging from the odd 169 attacks received and odd 36K LWs (1115 cats, over 172K spears) having crashed on my shores. Far from that.

I feel I must thank those who have offered help or have sent reinforcements during that siege. I may or may not not be able to repay you for that. We'll have to see, but suffice it to say I feel honoured to have served with so many fine young and slightly older people from all over the world. But to all things there comes and end, as it should be. Which brings me back to my impending departure; I will leave for Pantheon, where I will join Sol (and try to restrain her...), wether I will continue to have access to the old Morkin forum, as "old users status unknown", I can't say for sure, the last word has not been said about that as I still retain lots of personal stuff on there, but it stands to reason that my access to Luxor, KoM and specific intelligence boards will be suspended.

In conclusion I would like to quote three things from one of my alltime favourite television series "Babylon 5" which I feel are somewhat to the point:

LONDO: No. No, this report is totally inappropriate. You have to do it again.

VIR: But Londo, why? I've spent weeks working on this report. I didn't even sleep on the flight back from Minbar so I could go over it again. I've checked every single detail myself. It's absolutely accurate.

LONDO: Yes, Vir, I'm sure it is. And that is the problem. Here, you say: 'The Minbari have carefully preserved their cities over the course of centuries.'

VIR: That's right, absolutely.

LONDO: No, what you should say instead is: 'Their cities are very old, indicating a decaying culture.'

VIR: What?

LONDO: And here: 'The Minbari put great emphasis on art, literature and music.' Say instead: 'They are a decadent people, interested only in the pursuit of ... of dubious pleasures.' The 'dubious' part is very important. It doesn't mean anything, but it scares people every time. All right?

VIR [outraged]: Londo! Every time I make a report, you do this to me!

LONDO: Yes, Vir, I'm trying to help you! A report that will be circulated at the Royal Court needs to be phrased carefully to make sure they appear less civilized than we are! It keeps the Emperor happy!

VIR: I thought the purpose of filing these reports was to provide accurate intelligence!

LONDO: Vir, intelligence has nothing to do with politics! Here: "They are tolerant of differences among other cultures." [Scratches it out.] No. Make that, "They have no well-defined sense of morality." They'll love that back home!

"Mr.... Sebastian, I did a little digging, based on what you told me. The records confirm you lived on Earth in the year 1888. The records also indicate that you vanished, suddenly, without a trace on November 11th, 1888. That's a very interesting date, Mr. Sebastian. The morning after the last of a string of murders in the East End."

Sebastian turns silently toward him. "The city was drowning in decay. Choas. Immorality. A message needed to be sent, etched in blood for all the world to see. A warning. In the pursuit of my holy cause, I... did things, terrible things, unspeakable things. The world condemned me, but it didn't matter because I believed I was right and the world was wrong. I believed I was the divine messenger. I believed I was..."

"Chosen?"

"I was... found by the Vorlons. They showed me the terrible depth of my mistake, my crimes, my... presumption. I have done four hundred years of penance and service, a job for which they said I was ideally suited. Now, perhaps, they will finally let me die."

"I think that might be wise."

Sebastian puts on his hat and turns away, proceeding toward the ship, and does not look at Sheridan again as he walks. "Good luck to you in your holy cause, Captain Sheridan. May your choices have better results than mine. Remembered not as a messenger, remembered not as a reformer, not as a prophet, not as a hero... not even as Sebastian. Remembered only... as Jack."

"It was the end of the Earth year, 2260
And the war had paused, suddenly.... and unexpectedly
All around us, it was as if the universe were holding it's breath
waiting.......

All of life can be broken down into moments of transition
or moments... of revelation
this had the feeling... of both


G'Quon wrote: There is a greater darkness, than the one we fight
it is the darkness of the soul, that has lost it's way
the war we fight is not against powers or principalities
it is against chaos and despair
greater than the death of flesh, is the death of hope
the death of dreams
Against this peril we can never surrender
The future is all around us
waiting in moments of transition
to be born... in moments of revelation
no one knows the shape of that future
or where it will take us
We know only that it is allways born... in pain"

As with everything it's the thought that counts.

Goodnight and good luck to you all. I'll be in the car now. ;D

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFlpaU23Qu0

[Cesium]

I know this is the news section, but we'll miss you man.

[Cait_Sith]

Won't be the same without you

[wolfric]

Indeed.

[Cesium]

URGENT! PANTHEON DECLARES WAR ON DIGG

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