When Sicilini (no idea what her real name is!) approached me for a temporary halt to proceedings against Zil, as a father of 2 children initially i was in favour of giving the guy a couple of days off.
Before i start chatting here, I would like to say that I hope Zil and his partner and their child are healthy and well
As we chatted about this matter on our forum, certain things occurred to me and were pointed out to me by others....
Firstly, the RP duke only approached me on this matter well after 22:00 on Sunday. Our op was well underway, many villages had already been capped and many attacks were still to land. But it was miles beyond the point of halting anything on the day.
Our tribe members had pointed out the Zil had been sniping and attempting to recaps villages during the day...so the account was far from inactive.
So on one hand we have a father who needs to spend time with his family....this is a game mate...just dont worry about it, enjoy the birth of your child. But Zil or someone on the account was trying to defend. We later learned that this is the account owner.
On the other hand, we have an op that is battering Zils account, grabbing villages left right and center and then being asked to stop.
For some reason, be it the pressure of mass incomings or whatever, no one in RP would take the sit so I hear.
We discussed giving the account a couple of days grace so that he could sort himself out.
Our members had put a hell of a lot of time in planning this mass op, sleepless nights, work days filled with jumping on their phones, wives nagging for you to come to bed, and having to turn that down to send off nobles! So the decision was made to continue.
As has been pointed out, account sitting is readily available to deal with potential issues.
My members are being had a go at here, and for the above reasons it is uncalled for.
So rather than harrassing the enemy for attacking, perhaps RP should be looking closer to home, for players that are willing to pick up the slack when one of their own is in a time of need.
Look at your own failings rather than look to point the finger.