What does the future hold?
Posted: 13 Dec 2015 00:15
Tonight, I will be posting the following on the board, within the guild of Angmar. I post it here as well, as I really think it is a thing that should be known, outside the walls of the guild, so as to avoid false rumours and stories to surface at a later time. It is also a topic I think should be discussed in public, as it could be an issue for others guilds as well, in the future.
Greetings fellow soldiers,
As you all know, changes happened to the guild, not long ago,
when the captain position was changed into a permanent one,
and I was given the privilege of holding it.
When I was given this position, I accepted it, with the
intention of bringing much needed changes to this guild. Changes
that would ensure stability and a better flow around here.
A wizard, from outside this domain, offered to code it all, as
he coded the changes to the Captain position, something I will
be eternally grateful to him for. I wrote a document, outlining
my ideas for what changes I would like to see for this guild.
They were, generally accepted by Varian and Eowul, on the
condition that a failsafe was added as well.
A failsafe that would make sure the leadership of this army, never
would be able to take the guild hostage. Something both I, and
the wizard, that were to code it all, agreed with. I even offered
a solution for it in my document. A solution that was rejected,
as a solution, thought up by Varian were the preferred one, for him
and Eowul.
The solution they want, is one that neither me, nor the other
wizard, can get behind, as it does not fit the army, nor would
it bring stability to the army. We have offered various versions
of the failsafe since then. All have been denied, as they insist
on having their version implemented.
We even asked for my changes to be implemented now, and the
failsafe to be implemented afterwards, thus giving us time to
find a version of it, that would work, and fit this guild. That
has been denied as well, by Varian and Eowul.
Naturally the other wizard has withdrawn his offer to code anything
as things stand now, thus leaving this guild in a state where I, as
Captain, have no real power. I have no way of enforcing the rules
or anything else around here, as the voting system is bugged, which
became evident when the vote to kick Berwyn from this army went down
the drain, despite it being a resounding YES for that to happen. The
only response I received after asking for someone to look into it, was
to call another vote.
I can do so on again, on the 16th of december, and it will likely bug
out once again. It is a mockery of the leadership and this guild.
Berwyn is to be kicked from the guild, after he put a whip to an
officer in the army, several times. I ordered the officer, who has
now left the army, for obvious reasons, to kill Berwyn for his
transgressions, which he did. In return, he was given an automatic
ban from using his smash, for a month. I asked the powers that be, for
this ban to be lifted, as there was a solid RP reason for what was done,
and that has been refused as well.
As it is now, I hold a fancy title, with no substance behind it. I am
a Captain in an amputated guild, and have been informed today, that we
can hope for changes to happen in a year, or two, at the earliest. as things
stand now.
This coming summer, I reach my 25th year in these realms, and I am
tired. Tired and burned out. I have no more fight left in me.
This is the promised update on affairs in the guild. I am sorry, it is
not what was expected, nor is it what I had planned and hoped for. But it
is what it is.
It has been a privilege to have served in this army for so many years,
and I am PROUD to call myself a brother in arms, to you people. I know
not yet, what my next move will be. I am an Angmarim, born and bred.
I cannot see myself anywhere else, and I cannot serve in an army that
is in ruins. The strings that hold this place together are old and outdated,
and none to fix it, as long as things stand the way they do now.
My only other option, the way I see it, is to bow out, and retire myself
completely. Maybe it is time. I know not. Time will tell.
Should I depart this guild, or these realms, I will leave my position,
so that an election will be called, for the Captaincy.
Angmar! ANGMAR!! ANGMAR!!!
Avatar Ligonier, Hand of the Witch-King and Captain of the Angmarim Forces
Greetings fellow soldiers,
As you all know, changes happened to the guild, not long ago,
when the captain position was changed into a permanent one,
and I was given the privilege of holding it.
When I was given this position, I accepted it, with the
intention of bringing much needed changes to this guild. Changes
that would ensure stability and a better flow around here.
A wizard, from outside this domain, offered to code it all, as
he coded the changes to the Captain position, something I will
be eternally grateful to him for. I wrote a document, outlining
my ideas for what changes I would like to see for this guild.
They were, generally accepted by Varian and Eowul, on the
condition that a failsafe was added as well.
A failsafe that would make sure the leadership of this army, never
would be able to take the guild hostage. Something both I, and
the wizard, that were to code it all, agreed with. I even offered
a solution for it in my document. A solution that was rejected,
as a solution, thought up by Varian were the preferred one, for him
and Eowul.
The solution they want, is one that neither me, nor the other
wizard, can get behind, as it does not fit the army, nor would
it bring stability to the army. We have offered various versions
of the failsafe since then. All have been denied, as they insist
on having their version implemented.
We even asked for my changes to be implemented now, and the
failsafe to be implemented afterwards, thus giving us time to
find a version of it, that would work, and fit this guild. That
has been denied as well, by Varian and Eowul.
Naturally the other wizard has withdrawn his offer to code anything
as things stand now, thus leaving this guild in a state where I, as
Captain, have no real power. I have no way of enforcing the rules
or anything else around here, as the voting system is bugged, which
became evident when the vote to kick Berwyn from this army went down
the drain, despite it being a resounding YES for that to happen. The
only response I received after asking for someone to look into it, was
to call another vote.
I can do so on again, on the 16th of december, and it will likely bug
out once again. It is a mockery of the leadership and this guild.
Berwyn is to be kicked from the guild, after he put a whip to an
officer in the army, several times. I ordered the officer, who has
now left the army, for obvious reasons, to kill Berwyn for his
transgressions, which he did. In return, he was given an automatic
ban from using his smash, for a month. I asked the powers that be, for
this ban to be lifted, as there was a solid RP reason for what was done,
and that has been refused as well.
As it is now, I hold a fancy title, with no substance behind it. I am
a Captain in an amputated guild, and have been informed today, that we
can hope for changes to happen in a year, or two, at the earliest. as things
stand now.
This coming summer, I reach my 25th year in these realms, and I am
tired. Tired and burned out. I have no more fight left in me.
This is the promised update on affairs in the guild. I am sorry, it is
not what was expected, nor is it what I had planned and hoped for. But it
is what it is.
It has been a privilege to have served in this army for so many years,
and I am PROUD to call myself a brother in arms, to you people. I know
not yet, what my next move will be. I am an Angmarim, born and bred.
I cannot see myself anywhere else, and I cannot serve in an army that
is in ruins. The strings that hold this place together are old and outdated,
and none to fix it, as long as things stand the way they do now.
My only other option, the way I see it, is to bow out, and retire myself
completely. Maybe it is time. I know not. Time will tell.
Should I depart this guild, or these realms, I will leave my position,
so that an election will be called, for the Captaincy.
Angmar! ANGMAR!! ANGMAR!!!
Avatar Ligonier, Hand of the Witch-King and Captain of the Angmarim Forces