Kuhblam
FC, Democracies/Dictators, The Third Army, and You
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, 08-04-2011 at 01:13 PM (6121 Views)
I create this blog in response to repeated calls for "Green Army", "mercenaries", "neutral factions", and any other like-mind idea involving a third party that fights on battle night. This is not targeted at anyone, but I feel the need to clarify this issue. I am also clarifying the issue of democracies, etc. Part of this is created in response to Bazonga's thread; however, I reiterate that this is not targeted toward's any one person. Rather, this rant is designed to "educate" everyone.
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Part One: The Third Army
Here's one part of my response: It will NOT happen. Period.
Here's a second part of my response:
We don't have third party factions for a myriad number of reasons, and I will explain why. Here are a few primary reasons.
- We've done it before. It failed miserably. We need not re-try something that has already failed because that is redundant stupidity. I don't care how you twist the idea; it's a third army, and it will not work.
- Members switching from the two current armies would drop numbers down; to what extent, I don't know. However, spreading the numbers out too thinly will weaken the size of each army and compress them exponentially. This just makes them seem like little groups.
- It bogs down efficiency
Here's my major issue with a third army.
PEOPLE TRYING TO ESCAPE ARMY RESPONSIBILITY. I see this as an attempt by players to escape army responsibility and play on battle nights without putting in any work that benefits the community. Nothing irks me more than to see someone want to play while not in an army. If you want to play, re-enlist. A Private contains no responsibilities other than to fight, take orders, breath, and occupy space. Is this hard? Not in the least unless you are mentally challenged and cannot perform #2 or #3. #1 is a basic human instinct and #4 is a passive ability everyone contains. However, it seems many people cannot do #2 effectively, and with #3 they create an annoyance out of it. To those people, I am sorry for. To the normal population of this community, tough luck. With the ability to do these four things as a Private, the issue of time is no longer an issue as you can play whenever you want and stay at their rank forever by declining promotions. Join an army.
If you truly want to make this misguided idea a reality, then recruit another hundred active members who will stay forever and twenty good men who can lead them effectively, both charismatically and in logistics and technical ability. When you've done that, then we'll talk about the idea of creating a third army and integrating it into FC's flawed battle system.
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Part Two: Democracies and Dictatorships
Forerunner Conflict will always be the latter. I don't care what anyone says. It is not a democracy, it is not a republic, it is not a federation or confederation of allied states, it is not communist nor it is socialistic, etc.
No matter how much the bloody Accords may bog us down with protocol, I swear on my grave that with my position I could ban anyone I see fit with cause to so long as another Forerunner did not counter-act me or a Field Marshal opposed my action.
Mark my words:
We are not, nor will we ever be, a democracy. We may have traits of one, but we will never be one.
Understand this creed. Live by it. Cherish it. Burn it into that empty noggin of yours. May I suggest a tatto?
This goes into the subject of how we deal with members concerning punishment, etc.
"But wait a second, Kuhblam! What about all those debates in the Court Room?! And about how the leaders listen to us and all that bullshit?!"
The War Council and High Command reserve the right to act however they want to concerning punishment, etc. To go further, understand that as an officer deliberating in the Court Room it is almost pointless unless you have someone higher or the entire officer corp backing you up. This is the cold, hard truth. We take your opinions and voice into account when we make decisions, but understand that the WC/HC makes the final call and in a political manner you will need one of us to get your point to make the jump from conjectural writing to an actual action that is carried out. I suggest brown-nosing as a start to make friends, but it has been highly ineffective as of late from observation of those who have tried.
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That's all I have to say for now. Stay tuned for further stuff if the need arises.
~Kuhblam
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