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Recently as some have noticed and inquired about THE went about a name change and tribe restructure. Some have raised questions as to the circumstances behind this and the reasoning. What does it all mean they ask? Well I will try and convey some sort of idea as to why this came about. To do this, I will tell the story of a tribe called RK, its rise to 'fame', sudden demise and rebirth from the ashes.
RK the fore story
RK originally came about from a start-up tribe called hazard. It started with good intentions (hazard that is) yet some people decided picking on the barb nobler Simtrek was a good idea. Sadly he had more villages and troops than the entire tribe. These players lost everything and it was obvious the leaders were quite the ones we thought they were
Arise Sir MacAiodh, I’ve known of this player from W1 .uk in the tribe W1N. He spoke a great deal of sense and reason about what his goal and vision to bring a top rank tribe about. A great many of us followed him and the name Rethink (RK) was born. RK grew at a steady pace securing K34. Around November time we were getting along nicely, having annihilated the only main contender for the K Maiden with a 2 week war. MacAiodh however went quiet never to reappear again.
A New leader
MacAiodh was AWOL for the best part of 2 weeks, the tribe started to lose direction and people were grumbling. The council unsure how to act stood there, my co-player Bergkamp however being the very forward chap he is, suggested we appoint a new Duke. Needless to say you suggest such things, well you end up being the one people pick since they themselves do not wish to do it.
RK Golden days
RK then grew claiming full K dominance of K34 managing to join the two split halves we held in the middle, rapidly securing the RIM and moving south. As has previously been covered in numerous posts the GOLD war started, JBOX our allies then joined after around a week or two of GOLD declaring on us. The GOLD war ended somewhat quicker than anyone would have ever predicted.
RK kept the alliance with JBOX with the view in my eyes and terms to keep it until the end of the world and the big showdown. We moved south taking out Darkwolfs (Redrum also allies moved prematurely on this starting a few days before us)
K44 was looking good controlled by us and Redrum.
The decline
I hit some rough patches with my RL life, I became less involved deferring to my trusted barons who kept things running smoothly. As I continued to distance Redrum players left over Darths comments, JBOX then dropped the NAP with them. At this point I hit a really hard patch and had to stop altogether playing to focus on RL. I left my account in the hands of one of the barons.
I am somewhat still perplexed over how the formation of THE occurred, needless to say we had talked about a merge in days gone by only to be refused by Max & Darth when Redrum was at full strength before these players left. I do not doubt my baron acted in the best intentions but what was left of Redrum along with Darth & Max merged into RK and renamed it THE, even worse in my eyes a family tribe was formed with the SMEG players (In hindsight have now gotten to know a few of them that have kept fighting and not quit/gone inactive I am glad to have them aboard).
I all but vowed to quit the game at this point I had felt a betrayal had occurred my vision and hard work for the tribe had been undermined. I took my account back with baron status, I toyed with the idea of going rogue, but could not bring myself to break the trust I had with players still loyal to me. I then received mails pertaining to those loyal to me to start a new tribe. At this point Darth & Max started pushing the tribe even closer to war with JBOX. Infractions on both sides over THE1 and other issues occurred and it derailed into a tit for tat exchange. Both sides were in the wrong in the end however it is neither here nor there now.
War erupts
THE declared not by PnP nor in game declaration but through the medium of nukes, while I see this as slightly strange, it could only be seen as an inevitable end to the friction that had built up. I was at this point basically an outside observer not playing my account at this point. The war does not go well especially for THE1 who in the rapid declaration were unable to be stacked or prepared for war. This lead to a massive rout of THE1, villages falling by the score rapidly. In the end we come to the point where we had a core of THE1 players left – salute to you guys for still fighting against the odds. In the end Darth & Max left suddenly deleting and leaving us in the deep end. I bear no grudge against them, both are good players (let no external slander from these forums convince you otherwise) however I was personally disappointed they left the pieces to be picked up.
My return
At this point life for me had calmed down, I had returned to play the previous week of Darth & Max leaving. I noticed the lack of communication, the defeatist attitudes the simply downtrodden vibe in the tribe. I went back to the council position I had held, talking with Schoj05 and Speedmerchant (both had taken over duke at this point), and both suggested I take the Duke ship back. At this point the tribe as at its lowest, to this end something needed to be done. I wasn’t happy to run a tribe as a family or to carry slackers anymore.
The rebirth
To this end I discussed with the council in depth that a revitalisation of the tribe was needed, the general consensus was in agreement with this. How to gather the troops and bring people back together again? To me the answer was clear, a new start was needed, a new image. Something was needed that bore some homage to our roots and a new start. To this end the tribe was renamed to New Dawn and the tag chosen was RK to bear homage to our original roots.
The future
Well there is the answer people had been wanting, some may find it interesting, others may find it indulgent, I personally do not care how you take it. The war of the world is upon uk6 and we intend to meet that challenge and give our best. RK is under going change at the moment with many of the changes for the better in place now. We will continue to adapt and bring about new changes over the course of the weeks to come.
Best regards
Thunderhorse
RK the fore story
RK originally came about from a start-up tribe called hazard. It started with good intentions (hazard that is) yet some people decided picking on the barb nobler Simtrek was a good idea. Sadly he had more villages and troops than the entire tribe. These players lost everything and it was obvious the leaders were quite the ones we thought they were
Arise Sir MacAiodh, I’ve known of this player from W1 .uk in the tribe W1N. He spoke a great deal of sense and reason about what his goal and vision to bring a top rank tribe about. A great many of us followed him and the name Rethink (RK) was born. RK grew at a steady pace securing K34. Around November time we were getting along nicely, having annihilated the only main contender for the K Maiden with a 2 week war. MacAiodh however went quiet never to reappear again.
A New leader
MacAiodh was AWOL for the best part of 2 weeks, the tribe started to lose direction and people were grumbling. The council unsure how to act stood there, my co-player Bergkamp however being the very forward chap he is, suggested we appoint a new Duke. Needless to say you suggest such things, well you end up being the one people pick since they themselves do not wish to do it.
RK Golden days
RK then grew claiming full K dominance of K34 managing to join the two split halves we held in the middle, rapidly securing the RIM and moving south. As has previously been covered in numerous posts the GOLD war started, JBOX our allies then joined after around a week or two of GOLD declaring on us. The GOLD war ended somewhat quicker than anyone would have ever predicted.
RK kept the alliance with JBOX with the view in my eyes and terms to keep it until the end of the world and the big showdown. We moved south taking out Darkwolfs (Redrum also allies moved prematurely on this starting a few days before us)
K44 was looking good controlled by us and Redrum.
The decline
I hit some rough patches with my RL life, I became less involved deferring to my trusted barons who kept things running smoothly. As I continued to distance Redrum players left over Darths comments, JBOX then dropped the NAP with them. At this point I hit a really hard patch and had to stop altogether playing to focus on RL. I left my account in the hands of one of the barons.
I am somewhat still perplexed over how the formation of THE occurred, needless to say we had talked about a merge in days gone by only to be refused by Max & Darth when Redrum was at full strength before these players left. I do not doubt my baron acted in the best intentions but what was left of Redrum along with Darth & Max merged into RK and renamed it THE, even worse in my eyes a family tribe was formed with the SMEG players (In hindsight have now gotten to know a few of them that have kept fighting and not quit/gone inactive I am glad to have them aboard).
I all but vowed to quit the game at this point I had felt a betrayal had occurred my vision and hard work for the tribe had been undermined. I took my account back with baron status, I toyed with the idea of going rogue, but could not bring myself to break the trust I had with players still loyal to me. I then received mails pertaining to those loyal to me to start a new tribe. At this point Darth & Max started pushing the tribe even closer to war with JBOX. Infractions on both sides over THE1 and other issues occurred and it derailed into a tit for tat exchange. Both sides were in the wrong in the end however it is neither here nor there now.
War erupts
THE declared not by PnP nor in game declaration but through the medium of nukes, while I see this as slightly strange, it could only be seen as an inevitable end to the friction that had built up. I was at this point basically an outside observer not playing my account at this point. The war does not go well especially for THE1 who in the rapid declaration were unable to be stacked or prepared for war. This lead to a massive rout of THE1, villages falling by the score rapidly. In the end we come to the point where we had a core of THE1 players left – salute to you guys for still fighting against the odds. In the end Darth & Max left suddenly deleting and leaving us in the deep end. I bear no grudge against them, both are good players (let no external slander from these forums convince you otherwise) however I was personally disappointed they left the pieces to be picked up.
My return
At this point life for me had calmed down, I had returned to play the previous week of Darth & Max leaving. I noticed the lack of communication, the defeatist attitudes the simply downtrodden vibe in the tribe. I went back to the council position I had held, talking with Schoj05 and Speedmerchant (both had taken over duke at this point), and both suggested I take the Duke ship back. At this point the tribe as at its lowest, to this end something needed to be done. I wasn’t happy to run a tribe as a family or to carry slackers anymore.
The rebirth
To this end I discussed with the council in depth that a revitalisation of the tribe was needed, the general consensus was in agreement with this. How to gather the troops and bring people back together again? To me the answer was clear, a new start was needed, a new image. Something was needed that bore some homage to our roots and a new start. To this end the tribe was renamed to New Dawn and the tag chosen was RK to bear homage to our original roots.
The future
Well there is the answer people had been wanting, some may find it interesting, others may find it indulgent, I personally do not care how you take it. The war of the world is upon uk6 and we intend to meet that challenge and give our best. RK is under going change at the moment with many of the changes for the better in place now. We will continue to adapt and bring about new changes over the course of the weeks to come.
Best regards
Thunderhorse