One persons 'humor' can be another persons serious issue (hate speech, verbal abuse, disclosure of information considered private). I work in this space, to some degree, and have had numerous meetings with legal council and even state legislatures to refine bills addressing these very topics. Frankly, saying 'people need to lighten up' is some of the worst possible advice you can give, both from a social perspective and from the perspective of legal professionals.
You are in essence are telling people that their feelings can be dismissed and that abuse is deserved. Take for example verbally battered women or children. Something like they deserved it or they need to lighten up is the most common statement by the Abuser. I am not saying this is an equal situation, but it is comparable.
I would advise that the comments stay focused on what alliances fight well, who will succeed and the like. Why someone fails should focus on their decisions, strategies, etc. I accept plenty of criticism there.
Regardless, this is off topic and I will try to make it my last post. My solo team is no more and as I am under new management I will seek permission for further posts. Merry holidays everyone. Peace to all for a few days.
You misinterpret the object of my criticism.
I was referring to the abuse givers, they being the ones who take the game too seriously and resort to abuse when other players come along and dont seem to care as much as they do. They also being the ones who need to lighten up and take it as a game.
Perhaps I should have been clearer in my explanation.
And happy holiday peacetime to all!
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I also agree that this is way off-topic, but as its the only thing thats remotely alive in this forum I hope we can let it slide for a bit.
In an attempt to bring it back into line however:
I have only dealt with one of the top alliances, Dystopian Assassins. (so Ill just talk about them).
I'm surprised they've lasted this long, they are the king of MRA's on this server as proven by their merge, don't fight tactics. I was wholly disappointed to find half their players attack with unescorted transports, none have trips in their cities. Few care about what is happening to their neighbours and most are just simming away.
When they started attacking us I believed that my alliance would be dead in weeks, for a 100 000 point alliance surely could not stand up to 4 million points in the ocean. Yet we managed to drive one of their members into inactivity within a week without so much as a finger being lifted by the rest of the alliance. It was only when we tried our luck and started attacking their more active members did they come at us. The response was laughable. The simple fact is that we should be dead by now for what we've been doing and yet we aren't. We started months too late in an ocean all but owned by them and yet we are still here. Oh and I was also offered an invite into their fine alliance. There are a few good players, in fact there are many but a good majority of them are playing on other worlds and are just simming mostly.
The problem I have with this alliance is that their goal of getting all goodish players into their alliance is boring. I can only imagine how boring it would have been to accept and join their alliance and have absolutely no competition whatsoever.
Conclusion: I hope for the sake of fun they sink, but they'll most likely win easily just based on their massive core and ability to muster a lot of resources for WW.