This whole situation is frankly ******ed.
If TL is as big an idiot as everyone says he is I wonder why so many people put so much effort into dissecting every word he types.
That comment can be taken to mean a million things out of context. TL was referring to the constant practice on this server of two major sides conflicting with each other and maneuvering neutral clans to be used as meatshields, distractions, fodder, what have you.
What part of what you just said is ANY different? It can't be taken a million ways..."You're an Idiot" can be applied in a million different contexts...but it still means exactly the same thing. "You're Fodder" pretty much only means just that.
If you (neutrals) honestly have a problem with being called fodder take an objective look at the situation. You are considerably weaker than either of the two sides. That is obvious. You don't play the game at the same level. Both sides see neutrals the same way. A potential leg up on the other side, a tool to be used in the constant conflict -- fodder.
I LOVE the constant use of overall superiority to indicate why Chaos or Inv can do this or that. A lot of good players on both sides....a LOT of good players on neither. There are plenty of 75+ and plenty of sub classes in RB, Laguna, Chosen, etc...they just aren't such sniveling cowards they cling to each other like rats drowning in a barrel.
Occasionally a neutral clan/ally garners enough respect to be taken as an almost-equal partner and gets to eat the scraps from whatever bigger force's plate. Occasionally they just end up being absorbed into the larger body. This is the same for both sides.
Fodder isn't in any way shape or form respected...it's manipulated. Of course the implication of such indicates that either Chaos or Inv is strong enough to actually manipulate all the neutral clans...something neither of them is even remotely capable of....respect indicates something more than fodder...you can't have it both ways...even if you are part of the evil collective.
To say that Inv is unique in killing off neutrals is ridiculous. The Evo-Nirvana thing stands out pretty well and before someone starts with the "Chaos is not Evo" nonsense just look at your alliance, you're not wholly the same and not wholly different, spare the BS.
Heh...as has been mentioned but I feel like pointing out again...you're a moron for even beginning to compare Evo-Nirvana to RB...and why does Chaos have to spare you the BS...you don't spare us from yours...
The major difference there is that Nirvana people didn't start a million threads worth of drama over it even after losing a castle and watching the ally dissolve as a result. RB is frankly ridiculous in their reaction to the situation. They want to play it both ways, [censored] and whine and call Inv unfair for killing them, and at the same time talk more smack at them which honestly in a PvP *game* is all the justification needed for killing someone.
The cutest part of your post. RB has to this point mostly just drug the drivel on the Inv forums out so the rest of us can read it....just because TL can't play forum **** here doesn't mean they're whining about it.
Reading over most of the RB posts in this issue Marcus seems to approach the whole situation with a kind of exaperated resignation....the same sort a parent might display to another parent's irritating child....can't do much about it, but it's little more than an annoyance regardless.
Honestly RB should just play it the way Nirvana did, accept the fact that they helped one side which ****** off the other, take their deaths with some class and dignity (befitting an alliance worth giving a crap about) and not the typical crying/blustering newb stuff. If they can't take it let their carebears leave and be neutral, and let the people who want to pvp join Chaos, its ultimately healthier for the 2-sided conflict style of this server, and more fun than whining about it on forums.
Healthier for who exactly? Sure it would be a stroke to your egos for RB to join Chaos...you could put another notch on your bedpost, and pat yourselves on the back saying, "See we're SO cool we forced them to break...man are we tough or what?"
Sure it would be a good excuse for Chaos to "graciously accept them and shelter them". And from what? The Inv band wagon? Ha!
See the problem with people like you is that you look at things like "Go for it! Kill me...I'm a lvl 52 and really don't care...good luck working the karma off and leveling a sin eater at 70+ LOL!" as "the typical crying/blustering newb stuff".
The fact (and the reason you hear it so much) is that you really are the loser every single time you PK someone like that.
There's no satisfaction to be had...no skill required for it, no benefit to you, nothing at all...it's why the school bully secretly just wants a hug...because for all the posturing he's still just a coward picking on whoever he can and still not getting anything out of it.
Seriously Marcus you fail for even making this thread, bad form.
I'll say again...you're an idiot...and thanks Marcus for posting this. I't's kept me entertained while I'm at work.