Politics and is it important in this game

[Venus]

Hi:)

I know this is kinda a weird topic but ive played this game for Many many years. and GMed for almost all of them

i Maintain that politics in the guilds game is the backbone to keeping it all together.


How can you play the politics game in guilds?
well its a little complicated, and everyone isnt great at it. message me, ill help with any questions:>

id hate to give away all my secrets <winks> but i feel like if we really do have new people, they need to know a few of our unwritten rules

these are rules that you wont be banned for breaking, but players can and will make you miserable if you break them

it helps politically to know to NOT break these rules without a damn good reason

lets see

number ! unwritten rule that is frowned upon by most of the game

Do not gangbang for no reason
we will be policing the game if possible and even other faiths will jump in
make a fair hit
its really not hard
hell if you want to know how to win a war, ill tell you how to attack if your new.
contact me
trust me, this community bands together in a time like that
its one of the reasons that i love it:)

second rule
do not go ooc on boards and tell us some sob story about suicide or drugs or anything else that IS not true
i know its dumb, but its happened

third rule

more than two kingdoms
i know this will get you banned, but even more, the players will NOT tolerate this
dont do it
its really not worth it

anyone else with more rules, please post them

back to politics
listen to what others say, read the boards, read between the lines, if your clever you can use politics to play this game in a way that makes it way more fun

if you really wanna know, come join my guild and we will teach you how to play if your new:)

i really just wanted to make a thread because there just arent many here and i want more people posting and involved

so you guys help me with the rules, or anything else here:)
or just post!@!

HI)

Oh and if your new, please remember. dont let anything discourage you, grab one of us, pm us and ask us if you have questions, im willing to bet anyone in the game will help you if you ask, if one says no, keep going
we want the new players to stay and play and will help you learn the game so you can do that:)
so post. make a thread, talk to us:> join a guild and talk to them. they dont bite, i promise:>

[Dauthi]

4th rule.

IT
IS
A
GAME

you get nothing for winning other then kudos from people you don't really know, so the only thing you really get is self respect. If you play to win, and you have to cut corners, down hit and justify being shady, then your selling yourself short, where as if you challenge yourself and lose, then all you've done is given yourself a limitations and learned for next time.

5th rule.

Create a character and stick with it on the boards, but keep respect for others. Maverick is a prime example of this, his board character(or atleast was), was that of a pompass asshole, but off board he was a good guy, on board he was all about his faith, off board he was about the game.

6th rule

Remember to separate the game from RL.

[Gili]

I totally agree. its the politics that kept me here, rallying allies to your cause, manipulating the third faith to hit out against an evil downhitter

[Lak]

Always trust your gut - I remember one time ( a loooong time ago) when a hit was... let's just say marginally in the fair zone. But still, my gut didn't like it and I knew it wasn't going to all be good feed back!

The politics are fun - the hardest thing can be having a friend on 'the other side' and then having to do something you know will come back and bite you. But it's how to play it safe and stay good to all.

I liked the friendly banter that came with some foes because of how well they played the politics. I think there were only a few occasions where I disagreed with some of their ideas/hits/etc.... but hey - manipulated by the politics no doubt. It's still fun.