' Wrote:It's just that people don't like you very much Snak3, you tend to make things... bad.
He just tends to negotiate with a sledgehammer.
It's fine for some things, for instance, he rocked as my second in the Old Guard, arrr I BE PIRATING YE MATE YE NASTY BRETONIAN BUGGER.
But IC......yeah.
gone four years, first day back: Zoners still getting shot in Theta :|
' Wrote:I'd much rather see the Rheinland government fall apart and lolberty dreads floating around in Berlin. If for no other reason than to see Erica's reaction.:P
I'd laugh, to be honest.
I don't play strudel land, even when I do play.
' Wrote:How does one argue as a (now) independent?
How does one conduct diplomacy in direct contravention, and against the failures of the official faction representing you?
I've been writing something for days now, trying to find the words, the sentences, the structures, the grammarical key to soften hearts and change minds, to sway the opinion of an entire playerbase, to undo the wrongs and put in place new rights; the exact combination of sounds and language and meaning to begin once again building a rapport, to once again erect the cornerstone of what one hopes to be a grand and beautiful building....
but how do you succeed in the face of opposition from behind?
How do you build up something new against the old, without first destroying those in your way?
Questions, questions, the eternal endless questions of diplomacy and negotiation on the edge of a knife.
Questions without answers; at least, no answers that one likes; no possibilities with consequences one is willing to accept; no min-max solutions springing forth from the mathematical charts.
And so; one must eradicate those in his way, or stand forever silent as his hopes crumble.
Unfortunately, the objects in your way need to be neutralized first. The means used can vary, from seduction to outright annihilation, but A always comes before B.
' Wrote:Unfortunately, the objects in your way need to be neutralized first. The means used can vary, from seduction to outright annihilation, but A always comes before B.