Interviews

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I will be posting up interviews with various different players and tribe leaders over time and thought I'd start this off with an interview with two of the leaders from Limbo, Two Of A Kind and Jpmullane.

A lot of things can just be seen about Limbo, such as the fact they are rank 2, have several players in top 20 and have a large presence in both K44 and K45. However I sought to find out things that couldn't just be gleemed by looking at stats, such as who would be invited to a party if it was their choice, what you would need to bring and just how lovable Two of a Kind really is.

Spoiler: Limbo

[22:47:00] Martin C:: Are you all dukes in the tribe then?
[22:47:10] Biggsy: yes...
[22:47:15] Laura: yes with a smile
[22:47:20] Biggsy: two of a kind, jpmullane & caratacus...
[22:47:41] Martin C:: I'm guessing you have known each other before hand? Limbo completely premade or?
[22:47:48] Biggsy: hmm
[22:48:08] Biggsy: DMMD was technically a pre-made, just a small group of players who played 8 together (and 3 and 6)
[22:48:14] Laura: i know jp from world 4, hes a father type figure you could say
[22:48:18 | Edited 22:48:28] Biggsy: dunno about opera, laura's side
[22:48:34] Laura: and like wise i know biggsy from world 4
[22:48:51] Biggsy: but basically, we were good allies as we were friends from past worlds.... so we basically merged because of that trust
[22:49:20] Biggsy: seems to have done us well so far
[22:49:33] Martin C:: Yeah small premades often merge into others like that I find
[22:49:40] Martin C:: if done for right reasons normally works out great
[22:49:41] Laura: well opera wasnt a premade
[22:49:47] Martin C:: ah made on spot?
[22:49:51] Laura: we were just fed up of the rubbish tribes
[22:49:56] Martin C:: fair enough
[22:50:02] Laura: so after joining two and seeing how bad they were made one ourselves
[22:50:23] Laura: then found biggsy and jp and it was like a big reunion
[22:50:32] Martin C:: Happy days
[22:50:38] Martin C:: How long have you all been playing TW?
[22:50:46] Biggsy: :S
[22:50:49] Biggsy: too long...
[22:50:53] Martin C:: I know the feeling
[22:51:05] Laura: me about 4 years i think, started on world 12 on .net if i remember correctly
[22:51:08] Biggsy: i believe w13 on .net started a week after i joined world 6 (brother's world)
[22:51:14] Biggsy: so probably 4 years here too
[22:51:37] Laura: can we have a party for our 5th year?
[22:51:40] Martin C:: You lead before over all that time? Guessing you probably have
[22:51:47] Martin C:: and most importantly if you have a party, am I invited?>
[22:51:50 | Edited 22:51:54] Biggsy: many times, some succesful, most not
[22:52:05] Biggsy: laura mentioned it, i'm just gonna gate crash
[22:52:14] Laura: ive led before but best time ive had leadership wise was when i was baron of pest on world 4
[22:52:31] Laura: of course your invited, if you bring taboo and archers
[22:52:43] Biggsy: my best moment of leadership was with the 'famous' glen. Co-duking Vibe? on w4
[22:52:52] Biggsy: before we got bored, and merged it due to our own inactivity
[22:53:27] Martin C:: Inactivity is like the worst tribe killer and can strike the best ones >.> What ranks were those two tribes?
[22:53:32] Biggsy: but i've led some half-decent .net tribes, and i suppose Coca on UK2 was good, untill we disbanded (reached 21 i think, and was in the heart of a pre-made )
[22:53:50] Biggsy: Vibe reach top 30, when merged top 15 i think...
[22:53:57] Biggsy: coca - rank 21
[22:53:59] Laura: pest were rank 2 throughout most of the world if i remember correctly, or may have been rank 3
[22:54:11] Laura: inactivity killed us
[22:54:19] Biggsy: and i suppose Vibe? on sped2 was rank 1
[22:54:30] Biggsy: before we mass-quitted as it was 2 WEEKS not 1
[22:54:35] Martin C::
[22:55:07] Martin C:: So do you think having 3 dukes hinders the tribe or helps it? I know BH was an avid fan of one duke, not necessarily saying I agree
[22:55:26] Biggsy: i'd have to say hinders it slightly
[22:55:45] Biggsy: but we all trust each other, and know each other well
[22:56:09] Biggsy: some decisions might take a bit too long to make, but we're all similair timezones so we communicate pretty much all the time
[22:56:19] Biggsy: well, same timezone
[22:56:20] Biggsy:
[22:56:25] Laura: lol
[22:56:42] Martin C:: I personally always thought it was fine to have more than one duke as long as communication was good, which sounds like you got
[22:56:53] Martin C:: though when your getting above 3 is prolly too much.
[22:57:08] Laura: we defo have communication
[22:57:12] Biggsy: yea, 3 on like a 40 limit would be fine, but on 20 it's basically the whole tribe
[22:57:18] Martin C:: true
[22:57:22] Laura: although most talk is not tw talk lol
[22:57:45] Biggsy: well on a world thats so slow, tw talk is rarely needed
[22:57:50] Martin C:: On w1 there was a tribe of 8 players or so that were all dukes, that was interesting, at any rate I digress
[22:58:18] Martin C:: Is there any particular tribes you think are doing really well but aren't talked about very much?
[22:58:29] Biggsy: :O
[22:58:40] Biggsy: well, untill recently, we weren't talked about much
[22:58:41] Biggsy: (think)
[22:58:50] Laura: to be honest i only see 3 good tribes, u, us and boo
[22:58:56] Biggsy: same
[22:59:13] Laura: all the rest i dont see the potential
[22:59:32] Biggsy: but of-course, they can prove us wrong if they want
[22:59:36] Martin C:: It'll be interesting what happens in the future though I think, because you never know whats going to come up
[22:59:41] Martin C:: and yeah of course
[22:59:49] Martin C:: when a rim finally develops we might even get a good rim tribe
[22:59:51] Biggsy: just a shame the world is still only 4 continents big
[22:59:54] Martin C:: yeah
[23:00:10] Biggsy: can't have a succesful tribe form on the outer-core area tbh
[23:00:19] Martin C:: Depends how late game you go
[23:00:28] Martin C:: but not really outer no
[23:01:01] Martin C:: at any rate what players do you think are doing well, asides from the obvious HowToLoseAxes?
[23:01:08] Martin C:: Laura feel free to say yourself
[23:01:10] Biggsy: two of a kind
[23:01:17] Biggsy: is just rocketing away
[23:01:20] Martin C::
[23:01:29 | Edited 23:01:37] Biggsy: too my annoyance, but i might catch up soon.... just need another academy
[23:01:47] Laura: hehe of course im awesome! Although i better not take all the credit or Rob may not all me certain pleasures anymore
[23:01:49] Laura:
[23:02:01] Biggsy:
[23:02:08] Martin C:: Nice
[23:02:16] Biggsy: The Clyde is likely to do very well
[23:02:29] Biggsy: despite having a diffcult surrounding.
[23:03:15] Martin C:: The Clyde seems like quite a decent player from what I've seen
[23:03:19] Laura: Its a matter of who has the better targets i think
[23:03:31] Martin C:: true, HowToLoseAxes did get in with those acad vils
[23:03:48] Laura: some players will have to start nobling our of there way soon to get decent villages or end up having to build them up themselves
[23:03:52] Biggsy: whereas i got some lvl13 smithies
[23:03:53] Biggsy:
[23:04:07] Martin C:: Its okay biggsy, I haven't even got to nobling yet
[23:04:09] Martin C:: damn 'rim'
[23:04:10] Martin C::
[23:04:19] Biggsy: lol, your growth has been pretty quick mind
[23:04:24] Biggsy: i did check the stats this morning
[23:04:27] Martin C::
[23:04:34] Laura: stats
[23:04:39] Biggsy: only problem for you will be mine, 1st to academy far too soon
[23:04:47] Biggsy: in the area
[23:04:49] Martin C:: tbf I really mucked up at the beginning and also lost a day
[23:04:50] Martin C:: and yeah
[23:04:57] Biggsy: and therefore too hard to find a decent target
[23:05:43] Laura: there must not be that many decent targets for you guys though, u attacked me from miles away!
[23:05:44] Laura:
[23:05:53] Biggsy:
[23:05:54] Martin C:: We just love you
[23:05:56] Martin C:: <3<3<3
[23:06:04] Biggsy: it's a sign of fear laura
[23:06:05] Laura: glad im loved
[23:06:11] Laura: its love biggsy not fear!
[23:06:20] Laura: im just such a loveable person
[23:06:27] Biggsy: rob will agree with that
[23:06:31] Laura: he better
[23:06:34] Martin C::
[23:06:35 | Edited 23:06:40] Biggsy: (rofl)
[23:06:54] Martin C:: thats pretty much it for the interview
[23:06:58] Martin C:: thanks
[23:07:25] Laura: it has been a pleasure being interviewd
[23:07:36] Biggsy: glad to help mate

And that is it for this time, if you wish to be interviewed feel free to pm me, hope you enjoyed it.

 

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Now now children, I like you both :icon_wink:

Carrying on with interviewing leaders, this time I interviewed iceblade456, the leader of BOO!

Just a little background about BOO!, for those that don't know, they are mainly based in K45 with a fair amount also in K44. Having the second highest average points per player, top 5 in ODA and 3rd in ODD. Also with an experienced leader, and a good understanding through out the tribe, they look like a decent set up.

I return answering vital questions, such as will we make a tribe together? Who is Eric?! And most importantly do you like Frank Sinatra?

Spoiler: BOO!

[22:30:13] Martin C:: So how was BOO! formed?
[22:30:41] Debs: In a cloud of drama! Basically it's Outlaw, less it's founder who we had some fundamental disagreements with.
[22:30:58] Martin C:: Mutany?!
[22:32:08] Debs: well... sorta kinda, basically everyone was duke, it was a logistical nightmare, people were playing solo wars, not tribal wars. Things came to a head, I left and said if anyone wanted to follow they were welcome and everyone did, so here we are!
[22:32:27] Martin C:: I could see how that would break down
[22:32:45] Martin C:: I mentioned in the last interview about a tribe called z0.o in uk1 that also had all dukes, they actually managed pretty well
[22:32:53] Martin C:: I guess its just about how closely your opinions match up
[22:33:36] Debs: Definitely and how well you know each other, which in this case, we all met on the world. I've done the all duke thing before with a close-knit group of players with similar ideals and a unified team goal and it's been fine
[22:34:17] Martin C:: Yeah, quite often I find in close-knit group of player tribes it doesn't really matter if one person is duke or not, because decisions are unanimous
[22:34:46] Debs: Exactly and that's how it's sort of ended up.
[22:34:50] Martin C:: So it was decided that you would be the leader of BOO! and everyone accepted that okay?
[22:37:00] Debs: Yep, it had been suggested I take charge of Outlaw several times, but I wasn't keen as it wasn't my tribe and Doberman and I clashed. I also did not come to W9 to lead, but rather coplay a great friend. I was still recovering from Nooble in W53 lol. But the small tribe limit makes it manageable and the great team makes it easy, we all get along and for some reason it just works.
[22:37:21] Debs: God help them letting a hormonal pregnant lady in charge tho
[22:37:30] Martin C:: your pregnant?
[22:37:34] Debs: (nod)
[22:37:34] Martin C:: How long till its due?
[22:37:37] Debs: half the tribe is
[22:37:41] Martin C::
[22:37:45] Debs: we debated calling it knocked up
[22:37:59] Martin C:: Would've been a good name
[22:38:09] Debs: Yeah, the mods might not have thought so
[22:38:10 | Edited 22:38:12] Martin C:: Not too late to change! Not that BOO! is bad
[22:38:15] Martin C:: The mods would love it
[22:38:37] Debs: May do, I'm not a fan of Boo, but Clyde kept changing it and I got sick of changing it back
[22:39:07] Martin C:: are you still coplaying with that friend or is it just you now? Because I'm a bit confused
[22:39:20] Martin C:: I thought you were on The Clydes acc. from what I heard?
[22:41:31] Debs: Initially I was, yeah. Got him from rank 50 to top ten. He was pretty inactive, then he came back and started messing things up (anal retentive control freak + hormonal = bad combo) , Ice quit needed and we needed someone to take the account, so it worked out. Although I feel like I'm still playing Clyde His work schedule is pretty demanding, so we take turns helping him out during the week.
[22:42:29] Martin C:: Thanks for clearing that up Sure people at least from Taco! will appreciate, I think we were talking to the acc. and were a bit confused what was happening player wise
[22:42:54] Martin C:: don't worry that wasn't used for sinister purposes, such as he is at work a lot
[22:43:13] Debs: I'm not worried, he's well taken care of!
[22:43:29] Martin C:: So you say you came to the world not planning to lead, do you have much previous leading experience?
[22:47:56] Debs: (nod) Led FUBAR in W25, Active (after Simz left) in W36 and Nooble in W53, with a few tribes on other worlds that I didn't stick around for, Bacon on W42, I founded Art on W38 (I think?) but like I said, didn't play long. I'm one of those people that seems to always end up in charge, which is annoying, but I suppose someone has to do it. My dream is to do a proper pre-made from the beginning with people I know and trust instead of ending up in charge after just joining to play, but considering I don't want to play again after this world, I doubt it will ever happen. I find it hard to play and lead at the same time. Can do one or the other well, but not usually both.
[22:48:41] Martin C:: I know exactly what you mean
[22:49:03] Martin C:: I started off trying to lead tribes when I first started playing, now I never start out aiming to lead, but normally go upwards
[22:49:14] Martin C:: and your playing skill goes downwards >.>
[22:49:23] Martin C:: well farming activity at least
[22:49:51] Debs: Yeah it's just hard to juggle individual strategy v. tribal strategy. Hopefully the small member limit will keep that from happening here.
[22:50:11] Martin C:: I think it probably will, I'm a big fan of tribe member limit 20 tbh
[22:50:22] Martin C:: what do you think of the settings?
[22:51:23] Debs: I like them all except the ms thing. I can snipe anything, but not on these settings. Takes a bit of the challenge out of the game for me :/
[22:51:50] Martin C:: well arguably challenge
[22:52:07] Martin C:: one of my tribe members loves this setting because it forces people to build defence
[22:52:10] Martin C:: which I think is a point
[22:52:31] Martin C:: on worlds with ms you can just snipe with lc or anything and its actually not that hard if you just use t train support
[22:52:52] Martin C:: your bound to hit in the train time at some point pretty much, unless its a ridiculously fast train
[22:53:04] Debs: I don't snipe with trains, but I suppose.
[22:53:13] Debs: The D thing is a good point tho
[22:53:32] Debs: But if a tribe is running properly that shouldn't be an issue, minimum defence requirements should be in place from Day 1
[22:53:43] Martin C:: but it doesn't need to be on ms worlds
[22:53:49] Martin C:: or at least not to the same extent
[22:54:05] Debs: It's a wise thing to do though, can abruptly shut down early cat wars
[22:54:24] Martin C:: obviously, but still, you can dodge backtimes etc.
[22:54:33] Martin C:: whereas here they just hit and you have to deal with it and use nb
[22:54:56] Martin C:: I've never played one before so think its a pretty cool idea, nice change
[22:55:38] Martin C:: anyway I asked Two of a Kind and jpmullane what tribes they thought would do well in the future
[22:55:52] Martin C:: and they said, BOO!, Taco! and Limbo, do you see more than that, or even less?
[22:58:46] Debs: None of the above... to be honest I don't see any of them sticking around, maybe Limbo, but not due to skill so much as perseverence. UK9 will likely turn into another noob chasm like the other UK worlds, full of mediocre to poor players just sticking it out because they can. :/
[22:59:59] Martin C:: You think your own tribe won't be sticking around for long? I'm guessing you say this out of pessimism rather than out of the current situation?
[23:02:35] Debs: Out of experience really... not too much longer before the usual inactivity sets in and people start quitting,it's a vicious cycle, kills motivation and the quitfest starts. I think the higher calibre the player the sooner or more likely they are to quit and as the skill level dwindles, so does motivation. I'll say we'll be around for awhile yet, but when the challenge and fun of other skilled players goes, I don't see people sticking around until millions of points.
[23:03:10] Martin C:: yeah I do agree on the whole, though we have passed our first session of quitters
[23:03:20] Martin C:: or are moving through it, the starters are leaving or have left
[23:03:50] Martin C:: I would like to see quite a few of the top people stay on into hundreds of thousands, but into millions I agree I'm not sure about that
[23:04:12] Debs: Yep, especially at this speed.
[23:04:49] Martin C:: I quite like the combo of .5 speed/2 troop speed
[23:04:53] Martin C:: but it'll probably wear on me
[23:05:24] Debs: Yeah I like it too, last world I played was HP9 I think and it was 4x and exhausting
[23:05:39] Martin C:: so I'm sure you've seen the thread about HTLA
[23:05:53] Debs: Yeah :/
[23:05:59] Martin C:: there has been talk about Taco! falling in the near future due to inactivity, do you agree?
[23:06:10] Martin C:: please don't feel biased, this is out of interest, not because I'm from Taco!
[23:06:27] Martin C:: its no secret people have left
[23:08:32] Debs: Well there's people like you and Sparks there who like me, invariably end up leading, so it may survive because of that, but do I think it will be the same skilled tribe? No. Filling accounts is all very well, but people never play thm the way they do their own and end up moving on soon enough. Time will tell I suppose. It reminds me of Active to be honest, they were number one, everyone thought they were brilliant, but in all honesty the rank didn't mean much because come mid-game there were only a few talented players left and eventually their inactivity was enough to slowly lose the lead and once that was gone any motivation left to play followed.
[23:08:57] Debs: Muldeh and I actually spoke about the rank one phenomena the other day
[23:09:22] Debs: Makes people feel like they're good, when in reality, that might not be the case and in some cases, it's very far from the truth.
[23:09:47] Martin C:: True, points are definitely not everything
[23:10:03] Martin C:: Several times seen the number 1 tribe fall due to arrogance
[23:10:11] Martin C:: I guess we can only wait and see Taco!'s fate
[23:10:17] Debs: Indeed!
[23:10:27] Martin C:: And if all goes down, fancy making a tribe?
[23:10:47] Debs: You never know!
[23:10:55] Martin C:: True
[23:11:15] Martin C:: Is there any player that has impressed you?
[23:11:37] Debs: Honestly, no.
[23:11:48] Debs: Very mediocre world tbh in terms of skill.
[23:12:04] Martin C:: True, and some of the more 'skilled' have already left
[23:12:26] Debs: Yep
[23:12:39] Debs: though I don't think any of them did anything that impressive while they were around
[23:12:47] Martin C:: true
[23:12:57] Martin C:: Well you never know, you might see a rim player rise to the top
[23:12:58] Martin C::
[23:13:04] Martin C:: Very unlikely
[23:13:12] Debs: There's a few dark horses on the rim, you never know.
[23:13:29] Martin C:: True, Koopa Troopa may be there, also Mancunia is on the rim?
[23:13:37] Debs: (nod)
[23:13:41] Debs: Yep Sam is there <3
[23:13:56] Martin C:: Plus there is an anonymous player who mailed me who could well do well, we'll see
[23:14:09] Debs: Yeah it could be interesting.
[23:14:23] Martin C:: At any rate do you have any superstitions when nobling/attacking someone?
[23:14:29] Martin C:: Like listening to Queen or anything?
[23:14:34] Debs: lmao
[23:14:34] Martin C:: I hope you do as it would really annoy Gargareth
[23:15:46] Debs: well when clyde and I coplay, I never ever ever let him send nobles, he has this one noble called Eric who always mucks things up. I think he does it to spite me. But nah, I'm pretty laid back. Sometimes I visualise the outcome I want and it helps, but I do that in life in general.
[23:16:19] Martin C:: fair enough, I irritate Gargareth, thats my superstition.
[23:16:21] Martin C:: It normally works.
[23:16:23] Debs:
[23:16:48] Martin C:: Though winding up the rank 2 player could have its costs (think)
[23:17:43] Martin C:: At any rate that is pretty much it, apart from the last vital question.
[23:17:48] Martin C:: Do you like Frank Sinatra?
[23:17:59] Debs: Of course! <3
[23:18:11] Martin C:: Well then you'll go far in my books
[23:18:18] Debs: (chuckle)
[23:18:23] Martin C:: Thank you for your time
[23:18:42] Debs: No prob, thanks for doing these, should be fun to read a few.

This will not always be daily, so enjoy it while it lasts, I will try and keep it active if you guys do the same As before if you have any suggestions for anyone to be interviewed, or wish to be interviewed, please feel free to pm me. Thanks for reading.

 

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To complete the interviews with the dukes of the top three tribes, I interviewed HowToLoseAxes. HTLA is not only duke of Taco!, rank 1 tribe, but rank 1 in player points as well. What does this tell us? That the account is very active. :icon_razz: So its no surprise when I say that is tri-played between three players, Cory who is technically the leader of Taco!, Admiral Pheonix and Woodlandapple. Cory has coplayed with AP and WLA before, but not tri-played with both, it seems to be working you must admit.

Taco! are ranked 1 in the world, in K55 and K54, with a large dominance in both K's as well, with HowToLoseAxes being ranked 1 in K45 and world. A lot has been said about Taco! in the forums, partly by ourselves, partly by others and I've tried to answer some of the questions that were brought forward about them from the forums. Only WLA and Cory were available, but hopefully your questions will be answered, if they were left unanswered, feel free to IGM HTLA, I hear they love to get mail. The more that mail the merrier :icon_wink:

Spoiler: Woodlandapple and Cory

[21:41:12] Martin C:: So Cory how was Taco! formed?
[21:43:52] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Well, I'd say about a year ago I realized I was tired of 1 speed, 2 speed, and whatnot worlds. At that point, I also started losing time to be able to play TW. My interests began pointing toward a .5 speed world, which I had stated I would lead my last tribe (hopefully) on. About half way through UK6 I began pulling in players for the .5 world which we thought would come soon. Mostly composed of Why? players from UK5 interest just shot off. After that, it was just a waiting game for a the next .5 speed world.
[21:44:27] Martin C:: So this has been some time in coming
[21:44:59] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Very much so.
[21:45:34] Martin C:: so do you think the people that have left have had a large negative effect on the tribe? Obviously someone leaving is going to have an effect, but to what extent?
[21:45:59] Martin C:: Or do you think since its been sometime in the coming I assume people might have come and gone before the world was even made, so the effect wasn't that great?
[21:47:57] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): The effect of players leaving is always huge for the most part. And for any leader, it's fairly annoying. It weakens the tribe. People leaving before the world begins is not that as drastic of an impact as those who quit in the midst of the world. Can't say I blame them, as that would be quite hypocritical.
[21:48:51] Martin C:: Do you think the people that were liable to leave have already left? Obviously there will be circumstances where anyone leaves, but say the 'starters' do you think have already left?
[21:49:34] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): I believe the ones most likely to quit have already left, yes.
[21:50:27] Martin C:: So hopefully this group of players should see it through till the end?
[21:50:33] Martin C:: (I won't leave you <3)
[21:50:33] Martin C::
[21:50:51] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): One can only hope, but I have trust they'll last at least a good bit longer.
[21:51:21] Martin C:: I think another thing thats been talked about quite a lot is the constant name changes for Taco!/Axes/COMBO
[21:51:35] Martin C:: and although I know whats that about, it seems to confuse the public quite a lot.
[21:51:42] Martin C:: Do you really think it matters what a tribe is called?
[21:53:25] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Although many will disagree (Sparks herself), it doesn't matter. A name is a name, it doesn't change the contents. You can call a gun a teddy bear, but will it become any less dangerous? Let's be real, .5 is fairly slow. Changing names was just a way to irritate the public forums and have a few laughs.
[21:54:42] Martin C:: I was actually surprised how people reacted to the name changes, saying it wasn't usual or 'traditional' I think was mentioned. I personally agree, content is what matters.
[21:55:25] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Agreed.
[21:55:56] Martin C:: So the classic question, how long have you been playing?
[21:56:24] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Oh, hmm. Started August 2006 on .net. So, near five years.
[21:57:20] Martin C:: and in the 5 years you've lead a few times I know, could you talk a little about how successful some were?
[22:00:49] woodlandapple OG: k im back >.>
[22:00:56] woodlandapple OG: was totally farming (think)
[22:01:18] Martin C:: obviously.
[22:01:38] Martin C:: same question applies wla
[22:01:41 | Edited 22:01:43] Martin C:: how long you been playing?
[22:01:45] Martin C:: w18 amrite?
[22:01:51] woodlandapple OG: erm
[22:01:52] woodlandapple OG: nah
[22:01:54] woodlandapple OG: first world was w3
[22:01:58] Martin C:: orite yeah >.<
[22:02:05] woodlandapple OG: but I didn't join forums until w17
[22:02:59] Martin C:: also I guess leadership experience for you wla
[22:03:10] Martin C:: so Sexy!, SrsBiz, Practically Every Noob In Sight
[22:03:30] woodlandapple OG: I lead small irl friends' tribes beforehand as well, but they didn't really go anywhere far
[22:04:23] Martin C:: technically Sexy! kind of went somewhere, though not until after merge and STD! did fail eventually... Not that that was your fault. >.< What about w18? You lead there?
[22:05:27] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): First leadership came on W4 .net, as a baron. Honestly I can't remember the name of the tribe. But what I do remember, is being a family tribe and organizing against "elites". Next leadership came as a "war general" baron for THE on W8 .net. That was a lot of working, especially with the member limit for tribes. My first true tribe came on W17. The tribe was LADN, and until I left the world was rank 1, over CHE!!!. I eventually left TW for quite a while, and not entering leadership until W40, as a co-duke in Apathy. Later I would go on the lead Smack! on UK2, and Why? on UK5. I've led tribes for fun on various servers but aren't as notable.
[22:05:46] woodlandapple OG: Yeah, when I first joined the forums it was just as the whole premade fad really started to take hold, so I decided to form my own, AYB. This merged with the other "big" premade of that world to form Mushy, however that very quickly failed, since I still did not have my early game down at that point.
[22:06:49] woodlandapple OG: However during my time at Mushy, we warred a family tribe, one of the branches of which realised what sort of tribes they were fighting against when we managed to pick them apart one by one with a tiny margin of the members, and split off
[22:07:10] woodlandapple OG: this faction became -MM-, whom I joined after Mushy fell, having become good friends with the majority of their members
[22:07:42] woodlandapple OG: I continued to give pointers in leadership and in late game play to the players in -MM-, most of whom were first-worlders
[22:08:50] woodlandapple OG: -MM- became the dominant force in w18 by quite a significant margin until pretty much the entire original roster retired, becoming saturated with players not quite up to the par that -MM- was built upon
[22:09:13] woodlandapple OG: Iirc, we achieved 1B ODA before rank 2 even had 500M
[22:09:25] woodlandapple OG: although that could be 100M before 50M or something
[22:10:01] woodlandapple OG: I just remember it being quite a high ODA milestone and us almost tripling rank 2 oda
[22:11:10] Martin C:: so, going back to uk9 do you see many of the current top tribes sticking about, or in a few months time do you expect to see a pretty different picture?
[22:12:54] woodlandapple OG: you can never really tell, tbh. I expect to see Boo! staying around for a while if they hold k45 strong. Limbo appear to be decent enough, although it seems that there are a few higher-quality players carrying the rest of the tribe, will be interesting to see if that helps or hinders them
[22:13:19] Martin C:: same opinions cory?
[22:18:47] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Usually, you'll see one of the large/better tribes stick around. It could be us, Boo!, or Limbo. I'm biased so I believe we'll be the one to make it. I see the rest of the world just shift around tribe to tribe.
[22:19:06] Martin C:: fair enough
[22:19:39] Martin C:: I asked Limbo about having three dukes and how that effects their decision making process etc.
[22:20:17] Martin C:: Three people play HowToLoseAxes, you, WLA and AP, do you discuss between you such matters or is one of you the duke?
[22:21:01] woodlandapple OG: Its usually just whoever's online at the time deals with it.
[22:21:29] woodlandapple OG: All 3 of us are pretty stuck by the dictatorship way of running things when it comes to tw, we just happen to have 3 dictators
[22:22:14] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Pretty much. I'd say I could would have the final say or dictatorship, but I coplay woody and AP for a reason, and that's intelligence and ability to step in when needed.
[22:24:20] Martin C:: Is there any particular player that has impressed you on this world?
[22:24:28] Martin C:: Feel free not to say anyone, Deb didn't think so
[22:25:15] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Considering we had double the vills of rank 2 for a while, I'd have to say no for the most part.
[22:25:51] Martin C:: WLA?
[22:26:47] woodlandapple OG: Captain Inactive, I would say. Although I've seen the nuke and I have to wonder what they've been doing to not have killed some of it off
[22:28:20] Martin C:: So do you think you'd still be rank 1 if the people who left hadn't left, and do you think you are rank 1 because you can normally achieve this, or because of the competition levels in this world?
[22:29:30] woodlandapple OG: Obviously I still think we could still be rank 1 no matter the competition level, although the smaller player pool on .uk really has made it become a bit of a runaway as it appears at the moment.
[22:30:14] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Honestly, I'm not playing 100%. If the competition was steeper, I'd try more. But I'm fine with the world, it's been fun and it's still a challenge (stupid morale). But no, really doubt we'd be rank 2.
[22:30:36] woodlandapple OG: Me and Cory coplaying have achieved rank 1 before, and so have Cory and AP coplaying, so there's no reason that the 3 of us together wouldn't be able to compete in any level of competition for the top spot
[22:31:50 | Edited 22:31:56] Martin C:: Do you see you losing your lead? I'm guessing not
[22:32:18] Martin C:: Hear there are some pretty awesome people on the rim
[22:32:19] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Not unless we're OP'd to hell and back.
[22:32:47] woodlandapple OG: If we do, It'd be during a break to recuperate troops etc, and we'd soon take off again
[22:34:07] woodlandapple OG: I'd disagree with cory there, we have adequate D to protect us from any OP that could come about, and there simply aren't enough trains floating about to pull off that OP in the first place
[22:34:32] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Well I did say to hell and back
[22:34:54] woodlandapple OG: as for catting, near enough every village we've nobled has been catted. It doesn't affect us, we just rebuild and noble the person catting us too. Thats how Ebola ended up in the state theyre in
[22:36:07] Martin C:: So Ebola are pretty much down for the count, Taco! aren't warring anyone to my knowledge at the moment, got your eyes on anyone?
[22:36:17] Martin C:: If we are warring someone that is awful I do not know
[22:36:25] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): Everyone.
[22:36:50] Martin C:: Good to know
[22:37:29] Martin C:: Alright thats pretty much it, thanks
[22:38:43] CoryTS(MontyPython;.NoSympathy.): No problem ^^

As usual if you are interested in being interviewed, or have any suggestions of people to be interviewed, please feel free to skype/pm/igm me. Hope you enjoyed.

 

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Because this is totally as soon as I said it would be. No delays whatsoever, I know everyone has been dieing for this so :icon_wink:

This time I interviewed JudgeReIIiK, our very own moderator :icon_razz: Returning after my exceedingly short pause in interviews to ask hard hitting questions and getting responses that reveal why he is so able to judge you.

He, remembers, everyone. o.o

Spoiler: WeekendWarrior, otherwise known as JudgeReIIik

[18:51:44] Martin C:: Do you still play tribalwars?
[18:54:17] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: Yes, I play on UK1 under the ign WeekendWarrior
[18:55:43] Martin C:: have you been playing since the beginning of the world?
[18:58:07] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: Since week 2
[18:59:53] Martin C:: So you might remember me, oh dear
[19:00:01] Martin C:: probably best if you didn't
[19:00:07] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: Haha! I remember everyone
[19:00:31] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: I met a lot of players since I started playing
[19:00:42] Martin C:: uk1 was a slow world to fill if I remember correctly
[19:01:22] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: Very slow, but then it blew up and was very active. Still remains pretty active tbh and things are getting pretty interesting in the next month
[19:01:54] Martin C:: uk9 has also been slow
[19:02:11] Martin C:: do you think it is possible for it to get that surge of activity still, or due to the slow settings do you think that is less likely?
[19:02:47] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: I think it is less likely, unfortunately I feel most players like things to progress at a faster pace then the UK9 settings.
[19:12:00] Martin C:: to be honest I think its highly ironic that I know many people who prefer higher speed worlds, that also complain about tw sucking their life away when a lower speed would surely be the answer if they still want to play
[19:12:15] Martin C:: Though without the account manager activity is still needed to see whether you have incomings
[19:17:00] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: Definately, I use account manager for many things but we all need to be active on new worlds.
[19:17:24] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: I think UK1 speed is my perfect speed, although W28.net was fun for a while.
[19:17:51] Martin C:: what speed was uk1 again?
[19:18:08 | Edited 19:18:19] Martin C:: Apart from churches and possibly advanced pally weapons uk1 was really good settings imo
[19:18:51 | Edited 19:18:58] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: I don't mind churches but advanced pally weps create issues as we all know with the Bonfire, I personally feel it should be removed.
[19:20:13] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: Oh UK1 is 1.0 speed i think
[19:20:20] Martin C:: 1 speed is nice
[19:20:25] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: Definately
[19:20:54] Martin C:: At the moment I've seen a lot of hate against the moderators, although there normally is an anti-moderator element in all forums its very large at the moment. Why do you think this is?
[19:22:43 | Edited 19:22:53] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: Well personally I think certain forum members just enjoy antagonising, pushing the limits and the rules to create drama. We as mods have a job to do and that is enforce the rules, some may not like things as they are but they can all read the rules.
[19:25:12 | Edited 19:25:23] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: The problem is we have lots of members who just like to spam, troll or flame as well and this just infuriates further.

We have a reporting system which we deal with lots of reports from members of the forum who feel the posts breach rules, we just act on them so it is not just the mods viewpoint its actually the players who want the posts/topics dealt with.
[20:34:44] Martin C:: I know what you mean
[20:34:56] Martin C:: I've read the rules again recently
[20:35:02] Martin C:: and I'm pretty sure they are near enough exactly the same as .net's
[20:35:38] Martin C:: however there seems to be slight differences in the interpretations of them
[20:36:22] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: I think thats down to the differences in the American and UK culture and the use of certain words and phrases varies across the pond.
[20:47:04] Martin C:: okay so what do you think of uk9 forum community in general?
[20:47:33] Martin C:: I haven't been active since uk1 forums were active so I was a bit surprised at how often posts occur, but looking at some other forums we seem to be really lively in comparison
[20:51:41] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: The community is good in general, we have some good posters and some interesting topics. I hope that we can continue with them appearing.
[20:52:07] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: I think that as the UK9 server is not as populated as it was expected to be it impacts on the forum.
[20:53:00] Martin C:: Definitely, but more people join all the time, just hope they do before it becomes too uneven and people are starting in the core K's when players reach hundreds of thousands of points
[20:53:27] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: Yeah, I hope that does not happen.
[20:53:37 | Edited 20:53:47] Martin C:: I don't know how much you look at the world itself, but if you have heard enough from forum banter or have had a cheeky peek what tribes do you think could go the distance?
[20:57:52] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: Well as mods we cannot participate in the worlds we moderate so I don't really know the tribes well enough to pass judgement.

I will say from experience the best tribes usually are the ones with active council and players who communicate through other channels than IGM. The council I am under on UK1 have been active since day 1 and this is why we remain the top tribe there.

I know some tribes feel that having the so called "Elite" players gives them the one up but I don't think that is strictly true, as servers vary and setting are different then the elites from one world are not as elite on others.
[21:00:07] Martin C:: I find it funny because the tribe I'm in is quite often referred to as the tribe of 'elite' players
[21:00:15] Martin C:: but none of us really talk about ourselves like this
[21:00:22] Martin C:: I don't know if you remember how well I did in uk1, but it wasn't great, I'm no elite player
[21:01:03] Martin C:: but of course you can't really get too into the world or you'll be used accused of biasing etc.
[21:03:16 | Edited 21:03:20] Martin C:: That's basically it, thanks for your time
[21:06:57] Wayne - WeekendWarrior: No probs, thanks for the opportunity

Hoped you enjoyed the read, I'll be back soon-ish :icon_razz: Any suggestions of who to interview or anyone wanting to be interviewed, feel free to pm me as usual.

 

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As requested here is an interview with Arc Angel, he must feel like a popular man, because he's my first request (requested by someone else as opposed to requesting themselves, YGP takes the prize for first asking to be interviewed :icon_razz. sgk204 has already done a nice analysis of P.A.G, Arc Angel's tribe, here.

Now I'm just here to help answer some questions, like why the tribe change count is so high and how he reacts to being stalked.

Spoiler: Arc Angel

[18:48:22] Martin C:: I remember a while ago looking at your profile it said you had a history of 'leading small tribes into the top 10', could you talk about this and your past experience in general a little?
[18:48:26] Martin C:: And yes, I am a stalker
[18:52:50] Arc Angel: im sure it was top 20 lol well started unlike most players on just the UK servers world 1 was my first ever world i bounced around a few tribes not knowing at all what i was doing untill i joined 3lions a good tribe with good people but eventulaly i was asked to start yes.. you guessed it there academy tribe which was a succuess going rather well passing many full tribes but with academys the bigger players wantd to move to the main tribe i got frustrated and left myself and joined FW on other worlds i have lead tribes and co lead BL 3LW and Cohesive on net.
[18:53:18] Arc Angel: and stay away from my profile (tmi)
[18:54:12] Martin C:: I'm sorry I just like browsing
[18:54:23] Martin C:: Do you remember the ranks of those tribes?
[18:56:19] Arc Angel: i dont know what BL got to in the end but when i left it was in and around the top ten maybe just bellow 3LW just about broke into the top 20 and cohesive i think was rank 9 when i left wouldnt be supprieed if they went further were doing well before i left
[18:58:29] Martin C:: P.A.G, formerly Ram were not always as ranked as highly as now, you led them into the top 10 and top 5, did you see the tribe rising this high, and what do you think the key to this success is?
[19:02:36] Arc Angel: yes i always saw us challanging for the top 5 esppecially with the lack of competition on this world although being in the same area as limbo boo and axes earley on people rit us off but were still here and id say Hard work and keeping players active and replaceing those that arnt youve probable noticed are high tribe changes 140 somthing? keeps people active in fear of being kicked and makes the ones leave that know there not good engough
[19:03:46] Martin C:: Ah see that answers another question I was about to
[19:03:58] Martin C:: ask about the high tribe changes
[19:04:38] Arc Angel: expected you to tbh mate lol
[19:05:22] Martin C:: So I always remember you as ram, what prompted the change?
[19:05:28] Martin C:: Though you could say having ram as the tag and then that CoA could have been taken quite inappropriately
[19:07:29] Arc Angel: lol well i was not the first duke of ram the first 2 on got banned and one got left to be with tribe mates all within the first to weeks on another world now a name is just a name but P.A.G is my tribe it didnt feel that way with ram
[19:08:36] Martin C:: I know what you mean
[19:09:42] Martin C:: and as far as my opinion of the importance of a name, I think the name changes explain that in KTHX, a name isn't as important as what's underneath. A good name won't make a tribe good, a bad one won't make it bad, a tribe is the tribe it is regardless of the name
[19:10:21] Arc Angel: i agree tbh mate and thats what most of my tribe said i was just lucky they liked P.AG
[19:10:32] Arc Angel: lol
[19:10:50] Martin C:: (y) of course more than the name has changed, you used to have an academy tribe called Dam
[19:11:06] Martin C:: do you still think an academy tribe could work on this world or have you reconsidered?
[19:13:05] Arc Angel: i think it could work its not ideal with the no outside support but players could move tribes if they came under heavy attacks and such maybe it would work better on the rim but there are issues as we find out but in future worlds il be sticking to one tribe lol
[19:15:31] Martin C:: It would require quite a lot of work to keep switching between tribes, but it could work in theory, in practise under heavy fire I could imagine it breaking down. Fair enough, I'd actually quite like to see a family tribe do well
[19:16:04] Martin C:: not just on some late worlds where quantity can replace quality
[19:17:45] Martin C:: problem is getting more than your tribe member limit in quality players that are not against the concept of a family tribe, as it is considered hugging, though as leonidas1 has said on forums if your only diplomacy is with your academy/second tribe, not really hugging and would just replace an ally
[19:18:55] Arc Angel: agreed the way i see it if a player is willing to learn but isnt a good player right now but would be in the future they would not get in my tribe
[19:19:39] Arc Angel: and that is a shame that somone that actaully wants to learn wont get a chance and thats where an academy works
[19:20:32] Arc Angel: its not just recuiting starting one takes a lot of balls as you are isntantly going to be labbled a noob tribe and you a leader of a noob tribe.
[19:21:38] Martin C:: You will, I agree, but gives you motivation to prove them wrong.
[19:22:05] Martin C:: moving on and to finish with, how do you see the worlds recent changes?
[19:26:09] Arc Angel: it would be great news a new tribe on top for the first time in a long time better players spread out more evenly in the top 3 tribes howver with the alliance of resist and WC maybe theres more hugging going on less tribes likley to challange and attack resist becuase of that allaince? on a more positve note i see the top 3 turning into more of a top 6 with more tribes being competative if anything has been proved this past week this world is not dead.
[19:28:05] Martin C:: would be interesting if it turned into a top 6, I guess we'll have to wait and see
[19:30:24] Arc Angel: i think if smaller tribes merge then thats a real posibilty just depends if they have the drive to go for it anyway mate thanks for the interview was nice chatting to you good look in the future you may well need it lol

If you could think of anyone that would be good to interview or would like to be interviewed (including yourself, so yes sonic, it might be your turn now :icon_wink feel free to pm me.

 

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Ok have made this thread a sticky and closed it so to discuss the interviews please do so in the new discussion thread here

Looking forward to the next batch of interviews!

 

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Daily again?! Too good to be true right? :icon_wink: You're right, it probably is, watch me not do another one for a couple of months. :icon_razz:

As requested by sonic and for sonic, here is an interview with... sonic. Oh and I think mycool posted too. Again I'd like to refer to the analysis sgk did, give him some rep, eh? This is the last plug though! :icon_razz:

Now prepare yourself to read an interview... that really largely took place when I wasn't even there.

Spoiler: mycool and sonic-chem

BusinessTime today at 11:00
Alright, thanks for letting me do the interview with you two (though we all know you were keen to have one sonic ), could you and mycool start off by telling us a little bit about your past in leading tribes?

sonic-chem today at 11:05
Pah who wouldn't want the opportunity to take to you BT

Personally - more often then not i have actually assumed the role of war co-ordinator with a co-leader. Few years back i played .net don't ask me tribe names or accounts i went to Uni between then and now and it's all a blur! But within sober memory i played the first few worlds of Grepolis (dunno if anyone has played, rather interesting game similar to this but verrrrry slow!) and i co-led "Black" which was the rank 1 alliance and dominated untill i quit due to work commitments.
mycool today at 11:10
Hi guys,

Nice to think that our opinion might be of interest!

I have been playing TW since world 7 of .net when it was a very different game. Staretd my own tribe called DFENCE on world 21 which reached over 60,000,000 with an academy of around 40,000,000 ( the proof academies can work )

Similar to sonic I left that world due to the recession taking hold and RL commitments. Started the tribe up again a few times but diss honesty and a lack of loyalty ruined it on a few worlds and I did not feel it worth putting the effort in.

A tribe is only as strong as its members, you all need to be active, loyal and involved and that is all I am. I think I have a good eye for opportunity and good people and this world is simply a mix of that.

BusinessTime today at 11:15
I hope I'm not muddling but I think I remember you saying WC only started as a few people grouping together to deal with some others then worked its way up from there?

sonic-chem today at 11:18
You are correct, it's the reason behind the name actually.

When we started this world, myself, mycool danionski and Al Budak there were two players in the area that were far beyond us all in troops and points. One of them (village now owned by Danionski) was being rather rude and threatening. Although i was tribless, mycool, danionski and al were all in different tribes etc we mailed around and agreed to work as a small unit externaly from tribes to remove the bigger threats, we worked well together and decided to establish a tribe of our own.
mycool today at 11:31
this is what its about. This game has too much politics, backstabbing and diss honesty at times so it was a pleasure to meet a couple of guys who were just good at the game and up for a laugh. For me the meeting of good members and enjoying the game is what it is about, if you lose on one world you can regroup on another.

I love the fact that people seem to think that we have kept the alliance with Resist a secret, in fact we have just not talked about it...too much talk sometimes. I also liked it on the externals when it was written that Gotcha! leaving us was a big loss. He is a great friend of mine from a previous world, we are 100% loyal to each other and that is what brought about the alliance with Resist. People think we are planning and being sly, but it is simply about being a good person and developing good relations
sonic-chem today at 11:39
After all playing without a good tribe is incredibly boring!

Although sometimes the game may slow as you bring villages upto speed etc if you have a good bunch of people around you within the tribe then the enjoyment isn't just the gameplay.

And we definately have an amazing bunch of people here, always on the forums having a laugh and some banter, and importantly that banter and logging on for a chat as much as anything else means support and attack activity can be high due to low inactivity.

I don't think i've seen a yellow inactivty mark on our members list on anyone that wasn't being internalled
mycool today at 11:42
I knew a tribe once who had to internal most of their members for inactivity...

BusinessTime today at 13:02
Sorry, I had to have a driving lesson that I may or may not have forgotten about until the instructor rang the door bell

Whatever happened to that tribe? o:

It's good to know that you are having fun, sometimes I think that's lost in how serious some people can take this game.

Referring to your post sonic about this alliance against Intern/BOO! you said I may ask more questions on it, and indeed you are right. How long was this 'coalition' about for? You mentioned when Intern were sitting high and pretty, which we did for a while before the merge, but from what I can remember we didn't get any attacks from this coalition? Was this because of disagreements within the coalition?

Also RESIST is mostly made up of ex-Intern/BOO! members, why did you drop the idea of attacking them? I know there was no love lost between WC and ex-BOO! members, but now you are okay with them? Also surely the merge would have encouraged the coalition, as when we were all together there was arguably a greater need for it, at least from appearances.

Sorry if my reply after this won't be instant.

mycool today at 13:11
The thing is BT thats things changed in this world very quickly. Most of us here are ready to fight even if it is clearly suicide, but that is not the case for everyone who plays this game.

Intern grew very big very quicckly and the way we saw it was that a coalition would be the solution to 1 strong tribe.

We set up a shared forum and I personally was quite dissapointed with how people were acting. It was a bit of an experiment to see where it went and TBH it did not go anywhere as I felt we were the only ones ready to go and was not prepared to make a move whilst the rest of the "coalition" sat back.

We tried to encourage with reports on nobling GLHF but still no one joined in, it was a sad state of affairs.

We have our own things going on and it was never personal towards intern, more towards BOO! who had issues with me for some reason and accused me of being a spy!?

As mentioned before, Gotcha! is a good friend and joined Resist with the agreement that we would form an alliance, it was agreed before resist started.

In honesty what I saw happen with intern was a lack of activity and what happened with BOO was a lack of leadership, merging two tribes together must have been difficult.

Unfortunately I think this world has a lot of people not wanting to make the effort and who do not like the speed so forming a coalition of tribes who can actually work together is difficult.

If this world had room for 50 members in the tribe there would probably only be 1 tribe!
mycool today at 13:11
P.S how did the driving lesson go? Mirror signal manouvre! Like TW, scout, attack, noble!
sonic-chem today at 13:41
To expand slightly, it was almost a test of the discussions based on external forums. It was mentioned that there wasn't enough active and willing players to take down Intern in the world, so we began to lok at recruiting top 20 tribes into a coaltion.

We started with an ally of ours and then messaging tribes we could see having lost villages or had skirmishes with BOO/Intern. We had set a date of the Saturday before morale came off, giving us a week to wipe as much of the attack force as possible whilst being able to defend with a high bonus provided by morale.

The world (never published and on my hard drive somewhere) was divided into individual villages with players from each member of the coalition being giving a target village to attack. In this way we calculated that one player from the coalition taking one village from an Intern player, or BOO player (one tribe at a time!) would mean almost all of the target tribes villages would be nobled or cleared.

Unfortunately, as stated there were frictions as players felt they were better off under the radar, or were generally unwilling to commit, or preferred to argue over when and what we should change to show membership of the coalition etc. a sorry state of affairs for what could have worked as a wel executed coup! If an honesty the smaller tribes involved were actually more willing then the larger ones, ~SnM~ and RAM showing the most resistance to attacking whilst smaller members such as Birdys and Angels said they would clear but didn't have nobles!

BOO! were primary targets as Intern were bigger, test the coaltion on the smaller tribe first before breaking out the big guns as such! Hence your lac of incomings. Also as you were aware, Jackcrop, Ballerond, myself and mycool exchanged civil messages discussing everything from Jacks leaving for uni and his studies and him pretending to be a member of ours brother in RL as a windup on a tribe, to offering villages that we didn't have the nobles for but needed internalling to Ballerond.

When the merge occured WC had almost concluded to attack alone on a suicide mission, i myself even went asfar as offering Bella a 1v1 on the externals as we were aware that without morale and any other tribes attacking it was a matter of time before pure nuke sizes got the better of us either through catting of farms whilst dodging/walls being rammed or nuke after nuke hitting stacked villages.

When we decided to go on a suicide party before starting W10 as a premade, away from the rim, Gotcha expressed a desire to stay here and join Sparks wherever she may be as they are old friends, much like Gotcha and mycool are.

When the merge occured and sparks decided to establish a resitance tribe to the merge Gotcha left as a close ally to WC due to strong friendships buid on previous worlds. Gotcha never abondoned or left WC he expressed a desire to play alongside sparks but due to loyalties stated that he would continue with us if we wanted to continue playing alongside him and give this world a full go. There was never any bad blood and his leaving was always discussed within the council so an alliance with Resist was on the cards from formation.

With regards to the Ex members of BOO/Intern in Resist, the bad blood with BOO actually stemmed from GLHF (who i have recently heard was attempting to spy for Intern? possibly why she was causing bad blood between boo and WC) but she was close, a large player, didn't have a chat like ballerond did so was prime target, and if we was going to take her out we may aswell take the tribe rather then let them retake villages/send support. Taking BOO! would no doubt have caused Intern to take notice and join the fun (we had predicted if he cleared BOO villages that letting Intern know where was clear etc they would noble if we ran out of nobles). After that we would be Interns prime target so we planned to strike whilst the iron was hot.

Now members have joined Resist which is friendly due to afore mentioned personal friendships there is no bad blood.



I heard that tribe started bugging phones and publishing interviews along with (i would like to say i support merges they bring active fresh faces) constantly swallowing smaller tribes
mycool today at 13:42
mate even i cant be bothered to read all that! Glad you got it all off youer chest though!
sonic-chem today at 13:42
P.s. i apologise for the essays! I know there has been alot of speculation, that i've seen, that i've stirred deliberately etc and one reason i almost asked for an interview was because i wanted to clear things up and it seemed like the appropriate way to do so rather then posting a random topic on externals!
mycool today at 13:55
lol, onlu pulling your plonker mate. I quite like having mystery around what a tribe are doing but I guess the cats out the bag now! We plan to rule the world!
sonic-chem today at 14:02
Well i'm getting bored of IGMs from mancunia about the secrecy. Yes we're #2 yes we're allied with #1 is it hugging? no it's playing alongside loyal old friends whilst taking villages from tribes that haven't been anything but rude

P.s. Mycool, i said "shall we feed more misinformation" you said "let's be honest and use the platform" that's what i've done

Feel free to edit out internal banter that shows mycools and mine less warlike sides BT (joking!)

BusinessTime today at 20:00
Ah, but to go back a long way, sometimes going in blind is the best tactic, as long as you are confident that you can beat them. Scouting can give away your intentions and allow them to prepare and get supported.

Driving lesson went well thanks I think that's pretty much everything, I have to say you two are probably the best two people I've interviewed yet. Mainly because I left and you basically did the interview yourself! Good luck to WC and yourselves.

mycool today at 20:01
Lol...we should have got the nobles in whilst he was taking the lesson

If you know anyone else willing to interview themselves whilst I go out, please tell me their names and I'll ask them to do so Or better yet, you can ask them and then send me the interview so I can claim credit.

Thanks for reading, I know it was long, sonic's bad :icon_wink:

 

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Another request! I am just inundated with them :icon_wink: This time it's rank 1 player Ballerond's turn at being interviewed. Ballerond is actually a new face to the .uk server, but claiming rank 1 he has certainly made an impact. If everyone from the greek servers is like him, maybe we should all be playing on the greek servers, rather than him here :icon_razz:

The issues* discussed this time involved some late night drinking, sparks and Mancunia having a pillow fight, Ballerond wanting sparks to be half naked and mine and Ballerond's ownership of all the barbs in the world. (You noble them, we noble you)

Spoiler: Ballerond

[00:57:01] Ballerond/Raint: lets start my dear journalist
[00:57:04] Martin C:: of course
[00:57:31] Martin C:: Do you think that the most 'skilled' players have already left the world?
[00:57:53] Ballerond/Raint: As far as I am concerned, I have not known many skilled players cause I am new to uk worlds
[00:58:05] Ballerond/Raint: Sure some have left. But maybe some just quitted for some time to return
[00:58:07] Martin C:: True, I know some have come back
[00:58:22] Martin C:: but you weren't always rank 1, or in the top 5
[00:58:34] Ballerond/Raint: RESIST have potentials if they are trully "Skilled"
[00:58:39] Ballerond/Raint: of course
[00:58:50] Ballerond/Raint: just a random southwest player who joined
[00:59:02] Martin C:: not to take anything away from you, growth has been good!
[00:59:59] Ballerond/Raint: I was 50% lucky and the rest just tactical and careful playing. I decided not to noble far away from my main village, take two small ones near me to establish my core and then move along
[01:00:14] Ballerond/Raint: The big step was when I took dacatisback
[01:00:20] Ballerond/Raint: his 2 big villages offered me a nice boost
[01:00:52] Martin C:: definitely worked out for you
[01:01:09] Martin C:: could you see anyone knocking you off the rank 1 spot soon?
[01:01:31] Ballerond/Raint: Tbh if someone will knock me off must hit me
[01:01:38] Ballerond/Raint: Because I must lose villages in order to fall
[01:01:43] Ballerond/Raint: unless he internals someone else
[01:01:47] Ballerond/Raint: and just overpasses me
[01:02:17] Martin C:: well then maybe you should watch out for a member of KTHX to overtake, we do love a good internal
[01:02:20] Ballerond/Raint: Sparks who is ranked 2 lost a lot of troops with that huge ODA raise, so she must be rebuilding
[01:02:38] Ballerond/Raint: hehe I would be gladly to see you retake your old throne Not for long though
[01:03:00] Martin C:: Sparks may have lost a train and a nuke or so and the rebuild times aren't too pretty in this world
[01:03:08] Martin C:: I believe its around 33 days for a full nuke
[01:05:26] Martin C:: Do you see any players doing particularly well that perhaps aren't in the top 5?
[01:05:58] Ballerond/Raint: hmm...if all RESIST players are played from their owners
[01:06:07] Ballerond/Raint: they could make a walk from the top 5 eventually
[01:06:13] Ballerond/Raint: other than that
[01:06:20] Ballerond/Raint: everything depends if a big war happens
[01:06:29] Ballerond/Raint: then everything from top5 to top 20 will change dramatically
[01:07:03] Martin C:: Rank 1 is warring rank 3, but it wouldn't be unfair to say there has been no drastic moves by either side yet
[01:07:31] Ballerond/Raint: because rank 1 warred rank 3 when rank 3 was still struggling for activity
[01:07:47] Martin C:: rank 2 can't war rank 1 due to the alliance, so as a 1 on 1 this is as big as the world can get
[01:08:10] Ballerond/Raint: ranks 1,2,3 are pretty much stack in the top
[01:08:22] Ballerond/Raint: the other tribes need to make calls
[01:08:26] Ballerond/Raint: take steps
[01:08:35] Ballerond/Raint: speak for themselves in external
[01:08:42] Ballerond/Raint: war a rim tribe, I don't care just do something
[01:08:51] Ballerond/Raint: All I see is mancunia and sparks having a pillow fight
[01:08:54] Ballerond/Raint:
[01:09:11] Martin C:: I'd probably put bets on mancunia for that one
[01:09:22] Ballerond/Raint: depends if they are half naked
[01:09:26] Ballerond/Raint: then I will bet for sparks
[01:09:32] Martin C:: how would that influence anything?
[01:09:52] Ballerond/Raint: it will influence the watchers
[01:10:03] Ballerond/Raint: but in any case, the top three tribes won't change much
[01:10:17] Ballerond/Raint: other players will turn aside the world if they want to
[01:10:38] Martin C:: well I'd hope the top 3 tribes will change at least one tribe as would sparks
[01:10:51] Martin C:: otherwise that would mean the war either stops or ends in some kind of stalemate
[01:11:17] Ballerond/Raint: to tell you the truth, I don't see RESIST last too long as a united tribe
[01:11:18] Ballerond/Raint: players will
[01:11:32] Ballerond/Raint: but RESIST, speaks for it's name, was formed to resist again KTHX domination etc.
[01:11:43] Ballerond/Raint: now that KTHX dropped some ranks and is re-organising
[01:11:46] Ballerond/Raint: Who are they resisting against?
[01:12:31] Martin C:: I'd say the world, but sparks didn't seem to like the idea of warring multiple smaller tribes at the same time
[01:12:53] Martin C:: so I guess if we were dealt with they'd have to disband or stab WC in the back, because otherwise they'd have nothing to do
[01:13:10] Ballerond/Raint: true in some point
[01:13:25] Ballerond/Raint: Otherwise they will just join other tribes or focus on taking KTHX down
[01:13:39] Ballerond/Raint: stabbing WC won't help them anywhere
[01:13:48] Ballerond/Raint: Sparks won't take any damage, but the rest will have problems
[01:14:15] Martin C:: my point was more WC would be the only tribe not to be really considered smaller
[01:14:31] Martin C:: as P.A.G is actually approaching half their size now
[01:15:02] Ballerond/Raint: when you take out your enemy
[01:15:10] Ballerond/Raint: then you just want to stick around for victory
[01:15:17] Ballerond/Raint: but I doubt those players want that
[01:15:31] Ballerond/Raint: So yeah, smaller tribes that could emerge will be their potential enemy
[01:15:47] Martin C:: if they get through KTHX
[01:15:49] Martin C:: time will tell
[01:16:16] Ballerond/Raint: true
[01:16:23] Ballerond/Raint: I am just glad this world is not over
[01:16:31] Ballerond/Raint: as it seemed to be
[01:16:32] Martin C:: It never was
[01:16:48] Ballerond/Raint: at some point it seemed like it was a dead end
[01:17:09] Martin C:: A worlds not over till the winning conditions are fulfilled
[01:17:19] Ballerond/Raint: or all players quit due to boredom
[01:17:49] Martin C:: well I don't think we're endanger of that happening right now
[01:18:00] Martin C:: we'll see what the future brings
[01:18:22] Ballerond/Raint: I'll be around to check it
[01:18:27] Ballerond/Raint: nobling barbs from you
[01:18:28] Ballerond/Raint:
[01:18:44] Martin C:: Barbs are our collective property thank you
[01:18:54] Martin C:: just don't attempt to share them like you did before or I'll get angry and noble you :x
[01:19:08] Ballerond/Raint: can't wait to see a nobleman as an incoming!
[01:19:12] Ballerond/Raint: Haven't seen one yet
[01:20:28] Martin C:: so this is a particularly vital question
[01:20:30] Martin C:: what whisky
[01:20:32] Martin C:: are you drinking?
[01:20:38] Ballerond/Raint: Balantines
[01:20:38] Ballerond/Raint:
[01:20:45] Ballerond/Raint: Chivas is empty
[01:21:00] Martin C:: I'm just sitting here with a kronenbourg so I think you win
[01:21:15] Ballerond/Raint: Although I like kronenbourg
[01:21:20] Ballerond/Raint: yeah I believe I won
[01:21:40] Martin C:: kronenbourg is a good lager
[01:21:56] Martin C:: go to Malta, they have a really good local lager called Cisk, really good
[01:22:12] Ballerond/Raint: booking tickets now
[01:22:17] Martin C:: good to hear

*Some if not all of these issues have been influenced by the drink consumed

 

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I think this is forum friendly, I scanned it like twice, but it's the clyde and every other word isn't forum friendly so forgive me if I missed a few :icon_wink:

This time, to continue with the large amount of interviews of late, I interviewed The Clyde, shedding some light on BOO!'s situation pre-merge.

Also my love for sparks is revealed, clyde doesn't like hairy women ladies and we talk about the large amount of pregnant women on this world.

Spoiler: The Clyde

[13:19:18] Clyde: lets (rock) this interview
[13:20:40] Martin C:: hahaa
[13:20:41] Martin C:: sure
[13:20:52] Clyde: sweet

[13:21:28] Martin C:: What was the situation in BOO! before the merge with Intern?

[13:22:23] Clyde: In what context do you mean situation
[13:23:09] Clyde: on a general level everything was fine, people had quit and some accounts had changed hands as is to be expected in any tribe.

[13:23:25] Martin C:: There was said to be a lack of leadership?

[13:25:03] Clyde: In some regards yes that was the case, but you have to keep in mind most of the players in Boo! had come from OUTLAWS where there was no formal leadership structure. We Didnt have one set duke, but several of us including myself were leading the tribe.
[13:26:08] Martin C:: True, especially in smaller tribes you don't always need such a set leader
[13:26:36] Martin C:: but I think I had heard comments about lack of leadership after Deb left
[13:28:03] Clyde: Glen who took over the Iceblade account was leading after Deb left, but there wasnt much that needed to be done at the time, and all the players there were capable of getting the job done
[13:28:55] Martin C:: True the only case I know of that would have needed any leadership would've been what happened with SapSucker
[13:29:14] Clyde: what exactly did happen with sapsucker
[13:29:33] Martin C:: just the decision to kick him was a choice no?
[13:29:51] Martin C:: well him him and her
[13:31:54] Clyde: not one that i personally was involved in, but i wasnt involved in the recruiting either.
I like to believe that in small tribes with people you work well with that a pack mentality plays a big part in thing.
[13:33:43] Clyde: Natural selection has to run its course for things to run smoothly
[13:35:38] Martin C:: I'm not sure why sapsucker would've had to be kicked for BOO! improve, but I guess that's my personal opinion, good active players
[13:36:34] Clyde: In a case like that its not always about activity or skill. Some times things just dont work
[13:36:46] Clyde: even when on paper they should.
[13:37:13] Martin C:: True, I still can't really see where sap was at fault for that, very agreeable people
[13:37:23] Martin C:: though I do mostly speak to sally as opposed to dan or when HID used to play it
[13:37:54] Clyde: Do a sense a bit of a love affair with you and sally?
[13:38:09] Martin C:: hahaha
[13:38:12] Martin C:: well she is pregnant
[13:38:17] Clyde: (mm)
[13:38:23] Martin C:: here's an interesting question

[13:38:33] Martin C:: have you ever played in a world where you have known so many pregnant women playing accounts?

[13:38:43] Clyde: No
[13:38:56] Clyde: But it is to be expected when I am surrounded by women
[13:39:00] Martin C:: haha
[13:39:06] Clyde:
[13:39:12] Clyde: Ladies love The Clyde
[13:39:18] Martin C:: wasn't there a point where all the members in BOO! were linked to pregnancy?
[13:39:35] Martin C:: I remember talking to Deb about that last time when you were considering being called Knock for Knocked up
[13:40:04] Clyde: Well all members except me. I am pro choice
[13:40:14] Martin C:: from what I hear
[13:40:18] Martin C:: you are pro toys
[13:40:26] Martin C:: though I've been advised not to go down that route by Rob
[13:41:27 | Edited 13:41:36] Clyde: That would be more of a conversation we made a group chat on skype about. Not really Forum appropriate material. Unfortunately
[13:41:42] Martin C:: could add you to the old Intern chat
[13:41:50] Martin C:: though that would ruin the idea that sparks thinks she's spying on us
[13:41:58] Martin C:: god I mention her every interview
[13:42:00] Martin C:: maybe I love her
[13:42:16] Clyde: You did leave account the accounts i sat in Intern for a while so why not (chuckle)
[13:42:29] Martin C:: I was on holiday so I did no such thing
[13:42:52] Martin C:: also we made a new skype chat like as soon as I got back so
[13:43:38] Clyde: ah so like an absentees slum lord you left the place to rot on the tennents whilst you partied it up in some exotic location
[13:43:45] Martin C:: pretty much
[13:43:47] Martin C:: Malta (party)
[13:44:10] Clyde: Was about to say who wouldn't, until i read Malta.
[13:44:17] Martin C:: Malta's a cool place
[13:44:27] Clyde: Best part about it.....
[13:44:35] Martin C:: though could've been more like Ibiza
[13:44:36] Clyde: The view on the way out
[13:44:46] Martin C:: Malta's lavly
[13:44:55] Clyde: so is elton john
[13:45:00] Clyde: I'm happy at home
[13:45:10] Martin C:: elton john lives in your house? o:
[13:45:30] Clyde: Nah just in my casette player
[13:45:53] Martin C:: that's portable, and you surprise me clyde, I thought you would've appreciated some of the Malta women
[13:45:59] Martin C:: good cookies there.
[13:46:43] Clyde: I don't know how to say this without coming off like a total ... but I like my women to have less hair than me.
[13:46:57] Martin C:: Then don't go to germany eh?
[13:47:00] Martin C:: :x
[13:47:19] Clyde: Nah wouldn't dream of it
[13:47:24] Clyde: They lost the war
[13:47:53] Martin C:: good thing too, they'd be everywhere
[13:48:04] Martin C:: at any rate moving back to tw, sadly I feel we are obliged too
[13:48:30] Clyde: Yeah that could go to places that would make people uncomfortable.
[13:48:50] Martin C:: I've already made people uncomfortable in the last interview, don't want to make it two in a row
[13:49:35] Clyde: Thats not really possible working within the pc rules we have to

[13:50:33] Martin C:: true, so what is your opinion on your current allies WC ?

[13:50:49] Martin C:: Ballerond was talking about RESIST last interview, so it's only fair you get to talk about WC
[13:51:41] Clyde: They make pretty villages
[13:52:00] Martin C:: pretty villages?
[13:52:06] Martin C:: they plant flowers in their farms?
[13:52:13] Clyde: i would hope so
[13:52:14] Martin C:: if so how do they do so and can they teach me
[13:52:24] Martin C:: then again I guess I'll have to ask mycool to find out that
[13:52:36] Clyde: its easy, you just have to grab the seeds out of the bag when you get it off "the guy"
[13:52:52] Clyde: Its what keeps tw going
[13:52:52] Martin C:: alright, I'll give the guy a shout
[13:53:05] Clyde: he'll want money
[13:53:12] Clyde: or atleast some mouth favors
[13:53:16] Martin C:: I got what the world runs on
[13:53:22] Martin C:: so it'll be fine
[13:53:42 | Edited 13:54:12] Clyde: Mountain Dew Code Red!
[13:54:37] Clyde: They ran out at my local store and I cant find it anywhere, Its why i havent been nobling

[13:55:04] Martin C:: I think it was said at some point that there could be a top 6 to watch out for in the tribes
[13:55:13] Martin C:: how far do you think this extends?

[13:55:30] Martin C:: just top 5, top 3, top 2?
[13:55:40] Martin C:: sorry to leave P.A.G out there
[13:55:46] Martin C:: top 4 is also a possibility of course
[13:56:36] Clyde: You'r trying to get me to say something i will regret :x
[13:56:48] Martin C:: I'm just asking an opinion
[13:56:50] Martin C::
[13:57:02] Martin C:: though I have a feeling you want to say top 1
[13:57:15] Clyde: Nah i have respect for WC
[13:57:24] Martin C:: then what would you say you will regret?
[13:58:16 | Edited 13:58:25] Clyde: there are always tirbes lurking that despite points can be a major thorn in your side. Never want to annoy one of them cause they sodomise you while you are sleeping.
[13:58:54] Martin C:: of course, you can never tell what the future holds
[13:59:02] Clyde: nope
[13:59:24] Clyde: who would have predicted where Boo! and Intern are both now a mere month ago
[14:00:46] Martin C:: True, though people did say Intern won't always be rank 1 and nothing was every a certainty
[14:00:52] Martin C:: and certainly was not
[14:01:35] Clyde: what are you saying people expect Boo! to disband?
[14:01:59] Martin C:: No, I didn't say that
[14:02:21] Martin C:: I just noted that people actually did say Intern were actually predicted not to always be where they are
[14:02:26] Martin C:: but not in a month probably not
[14:02:39] Martin C:: and I highly doubt anyone would've guessed BOO! disbanding
[14:03:27] Clyde: Must say even i was suprised when i login and found it had been disbanded and by trebor no less, He wasn't even ment to be duke.
[14:03:31] Clyde: That guy sucks
[14:03:37] Martin C:: True, who the hell is Trebor
[14:03:41] Martin C:: some guy spying for you in win from what I hear
[14:03:49] Martin C:: what a smelly (worry)
[14:04:24] Clyde: yeah i heard that mentioned on the forum too. My suprise is that Sparks hasnt rimmed him yet with all the back and forth on the forum
[14:04:30] Clyde: must be a good reason......
[14:04:42] Martin C:: Well having tribe members nearby
[14:04:45] Martin C:: having to attack from distance
[14:04:49] Martin C:: and sparks knowing rob has D
[14:04:58 | Edited 14:05:13] Martin C:: probably isn't much of an incentive eh?
[14:05:18] Clyde: when you want to get the job done, you get it done
[14:05:56] Clyde: but we wont speak of this anymore, poor rob is probably going to get dragged over the coals and be one of the hardest people to trust on this world now.
[14:06:31] Martin C:: Yeah don't want anyone taking the banter too seriously or Rob won't be trusted at all
[14:06:43] Clyde: He shouldn't be
[14:07:03] Martin C:: He's not too untrustworthy
[14:07:14] Clyde: like the weasel
[14:07:28] Martin C:: maybe he just has his loyalties
[14:07:53] Clyde: that implies that there is a backbone in there somewhere
[14:08:07] Martin C:: poor Rob, he's a good guy really
[14:08:18] Clyde: nah i don't mind rob
[14:09:20] Martin C:: at any rate I don't really think people want to hear us natter on for much longer
[14:09:30] Clyde: i bet they are loving it
[14:09:46] Martin C:: so I'll end it for a simple question that will get most likely an ambiguous answer
[14:09:47] Clyde: you underestimate just how much people love to hear from me

[14:10:29] Martin C:: talked about the past, with BOO! and the current with your opinions on WC and what not, so what of the future?

[14:10:52] Martin C:: I imagine as a member of RESIST you see them sticking about, see anyone falling down?
[14:11:14] Martin C:: and feel free to say us if you think that, no reason not to it's your opinion
[14:15:35] Clyde: I feel with resist there is a good group of people who are having fun, and that we will be around as a tribe for a while.
as for the future of other tribes i wont go into it too much, Obviously I think that Kthx will have a hard time recruiting back up tinto the ranks. But my hats off to you for giving it a shot when most would have bailed.
[14:16:54] Martin C:: It's not always about recruitment sometimes you have to work with what you have and move up but thanks
[14:17:36] Clyde: I felt you needed a bit of an ego stroke, especially seeing as in payment for the interview i now expect for you to do the stroking.....
[14:18:01] Martin C:: aha
[14:18:05] Martin C:: thanks for doing the interview
[14:18:10] Clyde: It was a pleasure

 

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Okay interview are here ready for debate would like to thank both players for doing th interview and for both actaully putting in good effort into replies as the interviews will show.i think this is a tribal wars first interview of 2 waring sides having both interview questions for each other hopfully a great read :icon_biggrin:

Spoiler: Sparks interview

[9/18/2011 7:25:50 PM] Arc Angel: 1. How long have you been playing TW for and how did you get introduced to the game?
[9/18/2011 7:27:19 PM] Sparks: Oh god, I started playing TW in W4.net. My son got me into it and I found I liked it. He got rimmed and I stayed on.
[9/18/2011 7:28:18 PM] Arc Angel: ahh can you remember the name of your first tribe? has your son tried to play agaist since?
[9/18/2011 7:30:50 PM] Sparks: First tribe let me think, this was back in 2007 so it was probably some wierd one
[9/18/2011 7:32:07 PM] Sparks: I do remember joining my son in one called the imperium and then joining TWP to fight against DBD, which happened to be the top family tribe then.
[9/18/2011 7:32:41 PM] Arc Angel: ahh fair engough
[9/18/2011 7:32:51 PM] Arc Angel: next question..
[9/18/2011 7:33:02 PM] Arc Angel: 2. Okay let’s get more in game what do you say to people that think RESIST are just the new KTHX? And will just go on to dominate the world until they become inactive and slowy drop down the rankings
[9/18/2011 7:35:46 PM] Sparks: Bit hard to be the new Kthx, the top three tribes are very close, KTHX was also known for their arrogance and their continued spamming of the W9 forums. I guess the biggest difference between the old KTHX and us, is most of us like the settings and usually play mid - late game. We arent here for the PP we are here for the challenge and the fun of TW.
[9/18/2011 7:38:27 PM] Sparks: Also we hope to bring in newer players so they can learn at bit on how to play, so Resist has basically a two fold purpose. Spice the world up a bit and teach others how to play on a 0.5 speed with these settings (which can be different from what most players are used to)
[9/18/2011 7:39:35 PM] Arc Angel: fair engough theres not many top tribes that are willing to take in newer players.. but are there newer players on this world to join?
[9/18/2011 7:43:03 PM | Edited 7:43:29 PM] Sparks: We are looking at a few, the trick on building a cohesive tribe is to ensure that they all get on with each other via skype etc. If you just invite players because of their points and their posiiton, you can get ppl annoyed with each other. It doesnt matter what kind of skill level you have, skill can be taught. You just need active players that are willing to learn. Again, the more players we can teach the more challenge there is in the next worlds. most top tribes dont think this way.
[9/18/2011 7:44:57 PM] Arc Angel: 3. After leaving KTHX like you did to set up an enemy tribe do you feel under pressure to make the right decision all the time as your players have already proved they will jump ship if there not happy?
[9/18/2011 7:45:22 PM] Sparks:
[9/18/2011 7:48:55 PM] Sparks: Not really, I know most of them, they where not happy because the way Kthx was setup. Most of the internal forums where full of spam, the skype chat was full of preteens showing off how big their e-peen was. All the guys that moved over, basically just got sick of the nonsense. They also believed, like me, that the world would get very boring if we let it continue the way it was going.
[9/18/2011 7:50:00 PM] Sparks: As for making the right decision, most of the guys in Resist are veterans of TW, you dont really need to lead them, just give them lots of red dots to play with
[9/18/2011 7:50:26 PM] Arc Angel: right i think its time to bring out the bussiness time questions (devil) remember i didnt write these ;(
[9/18/2011 7:50:54 PM] Sparks: dw I wont kill ya
[9/18/2011 7:51:21 PM] Arc Angel: Could you please reiterate the failing's in the concept of the merge? War really was not feasible due to the distance from the majority of the players, so the 'we should've warred them argument, war over merges, merges are fail!' isn't really valid as it was not done to escape a war.
[9/18/2011 7:52:09 PM] Sparks: Nice easy one to start with then
[9/18/2011 7:58:25 PM] Arc Angel: if you say so
[9/18/2011 7:59:06 PM] Sparks: I believe a merge failure, happens when you loose more points / vills / players than you gain. The fact that the merge wasnt handled in a successfull manner has been clearly shown by the number of Boo players that actually stayed in Kthx and Kthx members themselves. To merge two top tribes, you are dealing with a lot of decent players opinions. You cannot expect these types of players to automatically accept that the crappy forums and rude skype chats are the status quo.
[9/18/2011 7:59:45 PM] Sparks: There was no real incentive to stay in Kthx, as the biggest draw card was "stay with us and we will give you PP for winning"
[9/18/2011 8:03:19 PM] Sparks: Most of these guys work, so they dont need to rely on prize PP, they just wish to enjoy the game, eg kill reds. Its up to the leadership to provide said reds. If they cant, you get a tribe like Kthx that has to try and recoup all the dead accounts. Whilst I admit that Resist did kick a few players activity up, I am unsure if they would handle the speed and playing mid game. Most start up players have symptoms like ADD, they do not have the ability to farm from more than one or two villages, nor can they handle the wait times in which to attack other players.
[9/18/2011 8:04:02 PM] Arc Angel: okay il let players make there own minds up there
[9/18/2011 8:04:16 PM] Arc Angel: question 2 You were happy to say KTHX were hugging by making an understandable merge, but then made your first move at RESIST allying WC and it may not have been your second but discussing making a family to try and take KTHX down was up there. Do you not think this is hypocritical?
[9/18/2011 8:04:53 PM] Sparks: No
[9/18/2011 8:05:07 PM] Arc Angel: care to expand
[9/18/2011 8:05:17 PM] Sparks: getting there
[9/18/2011 8:05:55 PM] Sparks: I needed an ally as Kthx are fairly big, all those inactives would give me indegestion. . . .
[9/18/2011 8:08:09 PM] Sparks: I was proposing to start a family, because everyone knows how bad families fail. We had the resources and the experience to actually make a family work. This would of created more activity on forums and in game, it also would of helped a lot more players learn how to time and play the game more efficiently.
[9/18/2011 8:10:12 PM] Sparks: Kthx, had a few allies, some like Bedlam that basically are there for protection, they were supposed to be a basher tribe, but basher tribes normally have troops. I personally dont know why they were kept on after morale finished, maybe Cory likes keeping pets around, it has helped them when they merged though.
[9/18/2011 8:12:38 PM] Sparks: WC are very professional and have actually helped us in this war, when I started Resist I stated to all prospective allies that diplomacy was only limited up to and including the downfall of Kthx. Then all bets were off, anyone that wanted to form any type of alliance with us, needed to prove themselves in attacking Kthx, WC where the only ones that did.
[9/18/2011 8:14:23 PM] Sparks: You need diplomacy from tribes that can give you a positive influence in wars, not ones that just hang around your shirt tails looking for cast off vils.
[9/18/2011 8:15:21 PM] Arc Angel: ahhh okay its time for the last question you might want to prepare for thise one i had no idea how to answer (worry)
[9/18/2011 8:15:33 PM] Arc Angel: If you were stuck on a desert island with only starfish to eat, which one out of Mancunia or BusinessTime would you first use the starfish as ninja stars on, and why?
[9/18/2011 8:18:00 PM] Sparks: None,
Its actualy quite laughable that the leader of an ex top ranked tribe would choose this question as his third rather than something that is related to TW.
[9/18/2011 8:20:53 PM | Edited 8:21:19 PM] Sparks: But if you really must know an answer Starfish are declared as endangered species, they are also poisonous to eat. So if I was stuck on an Island with only starfish to eat them most likely we would be dead pretty fast. So no real time to use starfish as ninja stars - besides the fact that starfish are pretty thick, so the required velocity to ensure penetration of said star fish would require a cannon or such
[9/18/2011 8:21:55 PM] Arc Angel: okay i think that concludes the interview thank you for your time and detail you have put into your answers
[9/18/2011 8:22:42 PM] Sparks: no worries thankyou for your questions

Spoiler: Businesstime interview

[9/18/2011 1:06:16 PM] Arc Angel: 1. How long have you been playing TW for and how did you get introduced to the game?
[9/18/2011 1:06:30 PM] Martin C:: Oh god, actually a lot longer than I'd care to remember
[9/18/2011 1:06:41 PM] Martin C:: I can give you a rough estimate as there is a join date on my .net account
[9/18/2011 1:06:54 PM] Martin C:: first world was w9.net though
[9/18/2011 1:07:07 PM] Martin C:: w9 was a pretty classic old world with a lot of family tribes
[9/18/2011 1:07:23 PM] Martin C:: they actually had a family tribe that spanned the whole of the NE
[9/18/2011 1:07:25 PM] Martin C:: I'm not joking
[9/18/2011 1:07:29 PM] Martin C:: it had 20 branches and it was the NE of the world
[9/18/2011 1:07:42 PM] Arc Angel: lol were you part of one of these family tribes?
[9/18/2011 1:07:51 PM] Martin C:: early 2008
[9/18/2011 1:08:01 PM] Martin C:: forum account says March but actually joined earlier than that
[9/18/2011 1:08:03 PM] Martin C:: and I wasn't to start with
[9/18/2011 1:08:23 PM] Martin C:: joined and tried to make my own tribe immediately
[9/18/2011 1:08:24 PM] Martin C:: as you do
[9/18/2011 1:08:54 PM] Martin C:: it was like called hedgehog or something and unsurprisingly no-one joined got rimmed by the number 1 tribe no less as I had no clue how to play
[9/18/2011 1:08:59 PM] Martin C:: and they were looking to expand out
[9/18/2011 1:09:41 PM] Arc Angel: ahh a leader from the start lol and how did you get introduced to tribal wars?
[9/18/2011 1:09:58 PM] Martin C:: A friend who randomly used to play all kind of internet games linked me to it
[9/18/2011 1:10:18 PM] Martin C:: he was the kind of guy that used to fall asleep with a laptop charger in his bed
[9/18/2011 1:10:19 PM] Martin C:: and wake up with laptop burns
[9/18/2011 1:10:23 PM] Martin C:: true story
[9/18/2011 1:10:52 PM] Arc Angel: ive had the same problem lol okay question 2
[9/18/2011 1:11:00 PM] Martin C:: you've had laptop burns!?
[9/18/2011 1:11:07 PM] Martin C:: I thought this was something unique to my friend!
[9/18/2011 1:11:31 PM] Arc Angel: 2. Okay let’s get right into it we all know many of your best players have left right now you look a bit like Arsenal fc excuse me using football but it’s the same situation do you honestly believe the players you have bought in can get you back where you were or are you just seeing where it gets you?
[9/18/2011 1:12:06 PM] Martin C:: you know HowToLoseAxes is the only original player left?
[9/18/2011 1:12:20 PM] Martin C:: I actually joined around a month after the world started, because of exams
[9/18/2011 1:12:43 PM] Martin C:: my opinion on the players I brought in are they may not be finished articles
[9/18/2011 1:12:47 PM] Martin C:: but no-one really is
[9/18/2011 1:12:56 PM] Martin C:: and if they are willing to learn and are active then that is perfect
[9/18/2011 1:13:11 PM] Martin C:: people complain about the lack of standard in .uk then what do they do about it?
[9/18/2011 1:13:39 PM] Martin C:: I like BEDLAM guys they are nice talkative people up for a laugh that will help each other out and although several of them are experienced I think we could all stand to learn and improve
[9/18/2011 1:13:48 PM] Martin C:: including me
[9/18/2011 1:14:14 PM] Martin C:: as for William Barnett I who I recruited before the BEDLAM merge has already achieved plunderer several times and has a good growth rate and a new coplayer as well that is very experienced
[9/18/2011 1:14:26 PM | Edited 1:14:44 PM] Martin C:: sapsucker is also an experienced player, coplayed, that I believe are good
[9/18/2011 1:14:49 PM] Martin C:: does that even make sense (worry)
[9/18/2011 1:16:08 PM] Arc Angel: id say alot of people will like that answer far to many people moan about standards but only flame most that arnt elite but are willing to learn... and as for those to players i know all about them tried to recuit them both and well it made sense to me so probable not lol
[9/18/2011 1:16:59 PM] Arc Angel: okay moving on to question 3
[9/18/2011 1:17:22 PM] Martin C:: you tried to recruit MY MARK!?
[9/18/2011 1:17:24 PM] Martin C:: how dare you
[9/18/2011 1:17:28 PM] Martin C:: William Barnett I is mine <3
[9/18/2011 1:17:41 PM] Martin C:: also so is Sally (SapSucker)
[9/18/2011 1:18:06 PM] Arc Angel: was actully considering us untill u came along (devil)
[9/18/2011 1:18:11 PM] Arc Angel: anyway lol
[9/18/2011 1:18:14 PM] Arc Angel: 3. Next is a double header you regret the merge which started recent events and do you think this puts a question mark over your leadership ability?
[9/18/2011 1:18:28 PM] Martin C:: do you mean
[9/18/2011 1:18:30 PM] Martin C:: do I regret the merge
[9/18/2011 1:18:35 PM] Martin C:: or are you saying I do for me?
[9/18/2011 1:19:21 PM] Martin C:: The position Intern was in has been stated several times and the reasons for the merge were sound as far as I'm concerned
[9/18/2011 1:19:36 PM] Martin C:: Intern had around 6 - 7 players
[9/18/2011 1:19:47 PM] Martin C:: 4 of them properly active, 1 banned, regardless of whether that was fair or not it happened
[9/18/2011 1:20:13 PM] Martin C:: you need new blood, you look about, you want to recruit the best people possible
[9/18/2011 1:20:36 PM] Martin C:: BOO! reveal they wouldn't be anti-merge and really were too far away to war
[9/18/2011 1:20:52 PM | Edited 1:21:00 PM] Martin C:: the best people to war as stated before were Ballerond and sparks, sparks too far away, ballerond having 1 single front
[9/18/2011 1:21:29 PM] Martin C:: the merge gave us good new players and I don't even think removed all competition
[9/18/2011 1:21:33 PM] Martin C:: I don't like to write worlds off
[9/18/2011 1:22:08 PM] Martin C:: we were in a winning position, but that did not mean we had it done for us, we didn't want to make it easy and never war anyone, we were interested in warring several tribes at the same time to give us a challenge
[9/18/2011 1:23:38 PM] Martin C:: what went wrong with the merge was its handling, and I'm not really one to shirk away and say I did nothing wrong with this merge, because the handling wasn't great
[9/18/2011 1:23:47 PM] Martin C:: there was quite a bit of miscommunication between AP and me at the time
[9/18/2011 1:24:31 PM] Martin C:: I was confused as to whether it was or wasn't happening and AP had a few days break, I found it was happening and waited to talk to AP about it, but a couple days went so I decided to go ahead with it
[9/18/2011 1:24:54 PM] Martin C:: I wasn't entirely sure the terms AP had set with BOO!, which was not all of the members, so invited all of them as that's what I thought had been agreed
[9/18/2011 1:25:47 PM] Martin C:: I don't really blame AP too much, I could've handled that better whether that puts question marks over my leadership abilities I'll leave others to decide
[9/18/2011 1:25:57 PM] Martin C:: I like to learn from the past, not live in it
[9/18/2011 1:27:34 PM] Arc Angel: right i think youve coverd most of my follow up questions thank you for giving a nice detailed account i think many people will be happy to learn a few more of the details about the merge however now it gets intresting as its time for sparks questions
[9/18/2011 1:29:04 PM] Martin C:: sure
[9/18/2011 1:29:41 PM] Arc Angel: What made you start W9, the cracks where beginning to show in Kthx's activity levels. So was is the fact that Cory asked you to join or did you just join for the heck of it?
[9/18/2011 1:30:06 PM] Martin C:: Cory did not ask me, that's not a fact
[9/18/2011 1:30:08 PM] Martin C:: at least not when I joined
[9/18/2011 1:30:27 PM] Martin C:: infact I don't think Cory ever asked
[9/18/2011 1:30:46 PM] Martin C:: WLA asked me, actually cory might have asked through WLA when the world began but there were exams and stuff
[9/18/2011 1:31:11 PM] Martin C:: so I didn't join then when I realised I had a lot of free time after exams I joined
[9/18/2011 1:31:26 PM] Martin C:: WLA actually wanted me to take an account, can't remember which one, but me and aaron wanted to test our start up on the rim
[9/18/2011 1:31:33 PM] Martin C:: you can check it if you want, it was pretty nice
[9/18/2011 1:32:09 PM] Martin C:: so I guess just the heck of it, started posting in forums and as you do, as nauzhror will know, ended up playing
[9/18/2011 1:33:52 PM] Arc Angel: okay number 2. Whilst leading a tribe like Kthx must be pretty demanding, why aren’t you growing in regards to vil conquers. I realize you did get wiped pretty heavily with TH4 attacking you, but is there any other reason?[/COLOR]
[9/18/2011 1:34:41 PM] Martin C:: just nobled but no that's a fair enough question, I will be nobling a lot more now but before as sparks knows I got wiped and catted by T4H
[9/18/2011 1:35:02 PM] Martin C:: lost most my O attacking one of their members getting my second attacker of the day
[9/18/2011 1:35:08 PM] Martin C:: missed taking the vil by 1 loyalty with 5 nobles
[9/18/2011 1:35:27 PM] Martin C:: well, will did, because the co-train was slightly off
[9/18/2011 1:35:56 PM] Martin C:: then T4H responded, which is fair play to them, I was offline and my co was on his phone and that was spacking out
[9/18/2011 1:36:01 PM] Martin C:: so they managed to cat and clear us sadly
[9/18/2011 1:36:37 PM] Martin C:: was rebuilding walls, which takes ages btw, but then I had a spell of a week or two when I was going out or doing stuff pretty much everyday the sociable bee I am
[9/18/2011 1:36:50 PM] Martin C:: so that's why my rebuilding took so long
[9/18/2011 1:37:19 PM] Martin C:: hats off to T4H for actually responding, it wasn't massively well co-ordinated or anything, just the only people to respond so far to me or Will
[9/18/2011 1:38:44 PM] Arc Angel: fair engough as you can see ive had the same problems damm you social life!
[9/18/2011 1:38:54 PM] Arc Angel: right last sparks question
[9/18/2011 1:39:08 PM] Martin C:: expecting this to be the heavy hitter |
[9/18/2011 1:39:39 PM] Arc Angel: 3. Answer honestly, did you really think warring several small tribes would of had the same impact that Resist did when declaring on you, in regards to getting the old account holders activity up.
[9/18/2011 1:41:00 PM] Martin C:: RESIST took our activity, it didn't improve it massively
[9/18/2011 1:41:16 PM] Martin C:: unless you think taking players away from a tribe makes it more active
[9/18/2011 1:42:05 PM] Martin C:: we were down to 5 players at one point, 3 of us really active
[9/18/2011 1:42:36 PM] Martin C:: the war wasn't to make activity either it was for a challenge, I think a large alliance could've actually been challenging
[9/18/2011 1:42:49 PM] Martin C:: activity was already meant to be about after the merge, it was to keep it up
[9/18/2011 1:43:01 PM] Martin C:: as for the old account holders activity up
[9/18/2011 1:43:10 PM] Martin C:: I don't really know you are referring to?
[9/18/2011 1:43:31 PM] Martin C:: HTLA is the only old account holder left and his activity wouldn't have been affected by warring small tribes or warring you...
[9/18/2011 1:44:33 PM] Martin C:: though maybe I am misinterpretting the question, the answer in any rate is I think lots of tribes could've provided a challenge
[9/18/2011 1:44:54 PM] Arc Angel: could you reveal the names of these SMALL tribes?
[9/18/2011 1:44:58 PM] Martin C:: sure
[9/18/2011 1:45:18 PM] Martin C:: everyone not in KTHX were small by comparison which is what annoyed sparks so much
[9/18/2011 1:45:23 PM] Martin C:: as we were 3 times larger than WC
[9/18/2011 1:45:36 PM] Martin C:: I don't think WC or P.A.G are so incompetetant
[9/18/2011 1:45:40 PM] Martin C:: not to provide a challenge
[9/18/2011 1:46:16 PM] Martin C:: maybe that's just a difference in mine and sparks' opinions
[9/18/2011 1:46:27 PM] Martin C:: and it wouldn't have just been those two either
[9/18/2011 1:46:36 PM] Martin C:: would've basically taken on the rank 1 in each K but
[9/18/2011 1:47:01 PM] Martin C:: That's why I would've considered it a challenge, but the world has definitely changed by RESIST no doubt
[9/18/2011 1:47:17 PM] Martin C:: and reading your sig I hope you haven't quit sparks as I'd like to see the war out
[9/18/2011 1:47:23 PM] Martin C:: regardless of who wins
[9/18/2011 1:49:22 PM] Martin C:: no comments?
[9/18/2011 1:50:55 PM] Arc Angel: sorry just had to pop out the room i agree tribes would have provided a challange and they still will esppecilly as the world is starting to look more balance[9/18/2011 1:51:11 PM] Arc Angel: i think that about ends the interview