Showing posts with label Ranalos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ranalos. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

Josh retreats from Newlands / SIN's players seem divided


Josh has come under fire from both SIN and YARR! in the Newlands, leading to him withdrawing from the region.
Reportedly, there were a number of sieges on his towns however, only two were successful. The siege which caused TUF's declaration of war with SIN on 3 - Legion! Legion who? was razed by Deo Volente on the 27th June at 12:44. The second successful siege was by Ranalos on  bb Assimilated Corpse on the 29th June at 08:04.
Sieges on cc Nightmare Lemonade, bb Assimilated Corpse and cc Default Dwarf were broken by TUF
Although YARR!'s and SIN's sieges have been very close to each other, it appears that they have not been coordinating with one another. With the raze report on bb Assimilated Corpse, Ranalos gave this comment: ' I had concerns, because a Sin siege landed after we launched, and I didn't want to hit that, but Josh cleared it before we got there.'.

It also looks like many SIN players are not involved with the SIN/TUF conflict. According to a source in SIN, the actions which lead to TUF declaring on SIN are not representative of SIN as a whole but instead of a group of rogue players. So far, the rogue players seem to be: Ron Fay/Odoacer, Deo Volente. Elanderrich and Bulani. When asked about the players, Jejune issued the following statement:
'I can confirm that the attacks on Josh were initiated by a few of our members. There is a high level of animosity toward him among many in the SIN ranks for a wide range of different reasons. I cannot confirm any specific motives for some of our players finally deciding to move on him at this juncture, though, because I really don't know exactly why. You'd need to speak directly to the players who were involved in the sieges.
As a policy, SIN believes in pvp and in the sovereignty of players to deal with conflicts in a matter that suits their own gaming objectives. SIN players are in command of their own destinies and are not subjects of our leadership. I don't make any apologies for the actions of my fellow players, and remain steadfast in my support of them. They have done so much in the past to make this alliance what it is today.'

At the same time as a group of SIN players have gone rogue, Goldy1 has left SIN and joined TUF. Before joining TUF, Goldy1 created an alliance called 'SIN HATERS'. Goldy1 was a highly active player for SIN in the Second Newlands War with a number of sieges and siege breaks. Losing him is a real blow to them. Since leaving SIN, he has launched a siege on Eldrathin's town of Alyria. Spektor, Unbow's former general, has also been added to TUF's roster
However, Goldy1 is not the only departure from SIN recently; Kaggen Deimo and Den both dropped out of SIN in the past week and Janadorf and Tink XX have both abandoned as well. As a result of these leavers, SIN has gone from being ranked 10th to 15th in terms of land.
Jejune has been promoted to leader of SIN, a position formerly held by Chandrian. When asked about it, Chandrian said that it was 'merely time for me to pass the torch on to a very capable successor. '. Jejune confirmed that the change of leadership was not to do with the recent events, saying that in SIN 'the top leadership position is a fluid one'.

The recent leavers and the rogue players do raise questions about the stability of SIN and it will be interesting to see if Jejune will be able to restore SIN back to it's former strength.

YARR! have also had a notable account leave them. Drax the Destroyer has been abandoned by Duran. Drax, who previously known as 'The Reaper' and 'Honey Badger', was involved in the current YARR!/TUF war as well as the Stomps/Claimers war and NW2.



Author: Eowan The Short



Wednesday, 22 June 2016

Castle Pills under Siege


Dark Dan I's large town of Castle Pills is currently under siege by Ranalos of YARR!. At the time of writing, there are two blockades on the city, to the North West and the South East and a single siege to the West of the city. Both blockades are on plains squares whilst the siege is on a small hill. Reportedly, there were 2 more sieges earlier which were broken by TUF.
Dark Dan I was in YARR!/Dead until the 14th June when he switched sides to TUF. Whilst in YARR! he placed Castle Pills in the Pirate Isles which caused it to become a target upon his defection due to the high concentration of YARR! towns in the area. Ranalos seems confident of victory, saying:' DD went to Tuf and failed to exo out of the Isles, which is our alliance core, and so he will lose that town.'
However, TUF do not seem to want to give up the town without a fight. Josh released the following statement:'The battle in The Pirate Isles rages on but we have reduced the first 2 sieges to zero and they put reinforced with more troops on the small hill and put a new siege there, so a 3rd siege is busy getting pummeled. From what I know is going to happen with more incoming troops, it looks like Yarr! will not raze the town.'
If TUF manage to break the siege and blockades, it is likely that the town will be exodused  into a more defensible location.

UPDATE: Castle Pills was razed by Ranalos on 24 Jun 2016 at 06:47.

Author: Eowan The Short

Hedeby formerly belonging to Akiles has fallen to TUF's Mexican Dwarf



At 17:11 server time on 22nd June, Mexican Dwarf's forces stormed the keep at Hedeby and captured the town. This marks TUF's second successful siege in the YARR!/TUF war, the first being kaven's siege on Popayan. Mexican Dwarf was aided in the siege by Xander though there was little resistance from YARR! due to the distance from YARR!'s Broken Lands strongholds and Akiles' inactivity.
When asked about the siege, Ranalos released the following statement:'Akiles is 19 days inactive and in Elgea, where I have spent the last 7 months advising people they were indefensible. I'm not going to kick him to avoid Tuf getting the points because I don't care about the score card.'
Since the siege, the town has been renamed to 'YARR trophy town'

Author: Eowan The Short

Tuesday, 21 June 2016

YARR! in turmoil after RUM/Hell incident

On the 9th of June, Josh's PublicRelations[YARR!] account sparked controversy when he attacked a Hellfire[Hell] player called Squirrel. Hell is a training alliance in the Broken Lands which has close ties to TUF though is not a training alliance specifically for TUF. Within seconds of HR's attack, TUF retaliated by declaring on RUM, a trading and crafting alliance which is closely linked to Yarr. RUM contained at least one war runner, in the form of SamODell.
When Josh was interviewed by Dakota, he gave this statement on the events:'What happened was that Agalloch had payed for a Terraform, the terraform account landed 5squares from him, which meant the terraform would have to join TUF, which it did. So the town had to be razed and Aga was at war.. so he contacted squirrel in Hell to do it for him, hoping we wouldnt kill it. But I saw what was going on and killed it. That caused a lot of drama and ultimately it caused Agalloch to attack RUM, then a lot of the RUM players got upset (lots of different people in there) which then made Curm angry, since he is the leader in RUM.. lots more but thats generally it'

After the declaration of war, RUM's ranks were purged, leaving just Mac Stoith (Curmudgeon's alt) and Muad'Dib, and its name was changed to Deadmen Walking[dead].

Tensions simmered for a few days, within YARR! until they came to a head on the 13th when Curmudgeon left due to a confrontation with Josh over how the  Hell/RUM incident was handled.

Soon after this, a peace was offered by TUF to YARR! though this was soon withdrawn by Agalloch. When asked why, he refused to give a comment claiming he didn't have the time to explain his reasoning fully. It is thought that any kind of peace with YARR! would involve the disolution of the Pawanallpa Land Claim.

After the peace negotiations were started, Josh moved his HR and PR accounts into TUF. Around this time, other YARR! players also started to move out or look for other options.

Around the same time, TUF declared on The Fremen[DUNE], citing the presence of Stilgar as the cause. Stilgar is believed to be at least partially controlled by Curmudgeon and reportedly had attacked TUF.

YARR! then started to bring itself back together under Ranalos though neither TUF or YARR! have mounted any significant operations since.

Currently, Curmudgeon is in Deadmen Walking, Mac Soith is in  a new alliance called Hog Hunters[BACON] and Stilgar has changed his name to Rigor.Mortis and joined Deadmen Walking. TUF have also offered DUNE peace, possibly as a result of Stilgar's move to Dead

Author: Eowan The Short