Fairy Road Authority quarantines Harmless?

Dear Harmless players.

I am a player in Fairy Road Authority. As I see it, we, at Roads, build roads, tend our cities, craft and send resources to new players. We try to be nice to our neighbours, and most of all, we have a sense of humour.

I am a big player, but despite my size have no army to speak of. This is common knowledge to you all, and I have indeed said so to you myself. On several occasions. It is not hear-say, and I am sure your many scouting efforts have confirmed this. After a lot of activities by spies, spells and scouts, I was finally attacked yesterday, and now I am also under siege. However, although I have no army, I want no help. No I am not a martyr, I just do not want to fight. Fighting is not the game I am playing on Illy and it never will be. I just want to build my roads and tend my cities.

It was rather impressive, however, to look at the thousands of armies flying in over my city, landing on a small hill next to my town. It reminded me of an episode of Star Wars. Some time soon you will have a victory, though it will be a hollow victory because I have no army and will not fight. Last night, just before I was off to bed, a second town of mine was attacked. Or rather is being attacked, with armies locked on target. With the attack incoming I moved my army out and sent a siege with 542 soldiers and 3 siege engines to the H? player who is attacking me. Luckily this player has a sense of humour, and I know he will have a silent chuckle over my “valiant effort” over his beer this evening. To the outside world, to his alliance members, he will also have a victory, because I am not, of course, going to fight. He will naturally also crush my siege attempt, and can show to his alliance that he is fierce and will probably use the fact that I attacked him as a rally to arms. Perhaps some of the people who are not fighting will be afraid and try and condone what is happening. Perhaps not.

I am not the only one in Roads who has this approach. I have many alliance members who stand tall and continue to play the game the way we want to play it. It is a sandbox game, and building roads is as good an approach as any, in my opinion.

I understand that war games are fun for some of you, and I appreciate that. And to go for a big city, like myself, I understand too. However, to go for a city like me, when it is common knowledge that I have no army and am not playing a war game, but building roads, really is beyond me and I ask why? Was it because you wanted to instill fear in other players, hoping they did not know that we do not keep an army and do not want to fight? Is it to make Consone afraid, or get up in arms? They will not of course because I am declining offers for help, and if you thought about it you would know, because we have said so all along. Who are you trying to impress? I am not impressed and I don’t think many will be impressed that an alliance as big as H? which obviously enjoys a war game, attacks a player who builds roads and who is not defending and who, most importantly does not play a war game? How can that be a game? How can that be a victory?

Please understand that not wanting to play a war game does not mean watching others play a war game, or not participating because I do not have an army. No! Not wanting to play a war game means not wanting to play a war game. Not having an army means not having an army because we are not playing a war game but building roads.

Before summing up, I would like you to listen to a song. As you listen, please replace “the alphabet” with roads, and “the USA” with H?, “Norway” with Fairy Road Authorities. Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f488uJAQgmw

Now please answer me, where do we go from here? Are you going to let me play the sandbox game that I want to play while you continue playing the sandbox game that you want to play with the players who actually want to play that with you? Will you let your sense of humour prevail (I have seen some wonderful glimpses from quite a few of you), have a giggle and leave us be to have ours, hopefully together with you and any other player who wants to.

Stay safe!

Tullernas