The Great War

GM Rikoo wrote: How about I throw this out there? Each alliance (or something like that) sends a leader or rep to join me on a livestream to discuss this war, but also war in general.  It would make for a great listen. Yes, I am serious. I wanted to cover more details about fighting anyway... why not cover a war? I am aware of the sensitivity of some of the information, so we could have agreements about that first. Let me know in an IGM or PM here. Or, just express your interest on this thread (just a quick message, don't wanna clog it up.) GM Rikoo

Artahm wrote: If I understood Angrim correctly eCrow (and per analogiam mCrow) were not taking part in the initial planning. You are giving here lots of reasons for which they actually could have joined the other side...

i can no more speak for mCrow than illuminate the perceptions of the the bloc quebecois, but i can confirm that eCrow was apprised of the mounting tensions periodically until uCrow declared, after which it was clear we would not participate and lines of communication were severed one by one by the belligerent alliances along with the corresponding confed agreements. when war was first proposed, i was asked to pledge support and outlined the conditions under which i could commit eCrow to such a conflict. those conditions were not met, so eCrow never prepared for war.

In response to the question about what the "dominant" confederation is on the server, and speaking as the leader of absolutely no one but instead as someone who has her own point of view:

Rill wrote: I think one of the good things that came out of the last war is that there is NOT a dominant confederation on the server.  The alliances that came together to fight what can be seen as the previous dominant confederation did so for their own reasons.  Our interests ran together for a time.  In some cases they still run together.

Mona Lisa wrote: .. It should be noted,  I left Illy during the war (primarily due to real life pressures, I was involved in a large US litigation that took more hours than were in the day) but long after the outcome was certain, and have been gone from any Crow leadership position for far more than 6+ months, my views are mine alone and do not represent those of current or other past management  ; )

Am I correct in assuming your other account is Le Roux? If so, both your accounts were used to siege/raze the majority of your opponents in the northeast of Illyriad. You were probably the most destructive crow player during the war, besides the player who had a personal grievance with RES and mercilessly sieged/razed as many cities as he could. Did you know about this? Did you partake? What are your feelings about this and what is your reasoning behind the carnage?