' Wrote:As are we all. Epic returns mean nothing if there are no players left to return from. I don't know honestly if you have any characters in Bundschuh or Bretonia, Sov; playing the "losing" side isn't always fun. It's nice to win once in a while.
edit: wow, bad grammar
Both. I actually used to lead the Bundschuh. At present I lead the Maquis. We basically steal scraps to survive and are made up of traumatized people who have succumbed to hatred and despair. As far as things go, the Maquis are within RP one of the most underpowered factions ever. My Maquis is one of my favorite characters.
I am also familiar with offering the LWB 'victory'. Legalize them, kick out Synth Foods, give the LWB Planet Stuttgart. They turned down the offer. (This was not a joke. We were deadly serious. It could have happened, but they said no.) Your faction gaining a complete victory means you as a player lose. I won't simply argue the inverse, that being a logical fallacy, but having an uphill battle is actually a lot more fun in my eyes. Provided you decide to have fun with it, that is. If you decide to over-identify with your character, then of course your faction losing territory is going to upset you. Consider, rather, all of the new people you can interact with rather than the number of bases no longer marked one way. Besides, you don't actually know that you're simply losing bases, systems -are- being added. Samura Q_Q'ing about losing ground is particularly amusing to me.
I keep saying this, perhaps it will start to sink in. Seek fun and you shall have it. Seek things to Q_Q about and you'll find those too.
I choose to have fun.
arvg may have stumbled onto the right attitude. Rather than Q_Q about "onoz we're getting pwned" think "how much fun can we have thrashing the frogs?".