Feb 16th 2014, 13:29:50
For one to know the present, one should know the past.
Thats why I want to take you all back to the end of 2009. To have the story clear I should even mention the period before that. Back then NBK and Semper Fi have had some wars.
Semper Fi disappeared from the server, some of their members joined a clan called aodt.
At the end of 2009 NBK and aodt were allies. Their leader told us his members were bored. He asked for a friendly war between nbk and aodt. If NBK wouldnt accept aodt would kill off small tags/untagged.
Not prepped for war but not wanted to let aodt kill small tags we agreed to the friendly war.
Nbk did not like the attitude of aodt and didnt want to be allied any longer. The set after the friendly war we fs' ed aodt.
The above is how I remember those days.
FFAT doesnt show any posts about those wars.
FFAT does show the aftermath though.
The set after NBKs revenge on aodt, aodt was all in for some serious killing
Having outnumbered NBK by their own they asked the help of SYN to fs NBK.
http://www.earthempires.com/...ares-war-421?t=1271065192
NBK called in two allies. A 3th clan, Focus, (some icd'ers will remember this) joined in on NBKs side and so nbk and his allies could beat aodt/syn.
Aodt surrendered but in the same set they fs'ed Focus with the help of IMP.
http://www.earthempires.com/...res-war-1369?t=1273864309
NBK didnt like this move by aodt/imp so NBK declared on aodt to finish them once again.
http://www.earthempires.com/...8dow%29-1423?t=1274395028
The set after aodt once again fs' ed NBK. At the end all aodt had left was 90 (original) countries while nbk still had over 200 (restarts).
http://www.earthempires.com/...res-war-1955?t=1275935950
The following set NBK wanted revenge and fs'ed aodt oop.
http://www.earthempires.com/...lare...-3046?t=1282258148
Lots of members allready left aodt at the start of the set, maybe tired of all the killing? Now facing a two month war Makinso decided to disband aodt.
http://www.earthempires.com/...disband-3051?t=1282087342
With the end of aodt, a new clan SOF was ready to step in aodts footsteps. SOF, lead by old NBK president Twiz, contained a lot of old aodt members.
SOF intentions was to kill NBK, but NBK outnumbered them. Thats why SOF merged with BLOOD before the dow. Now the numbers were more even.
SOFs intentions to war were known by NBK leaders. They decided to fs SOF before SOF could fs NBK.
In the period between xmas and newyear SOFs activity dropped and this led to a NBK victory.
http://www.earthempires.com/...res-war-5880?t=1293469890
http://www.earthempires.com/...ith-nbk-6348?t=1294099127
In the following set SOF and BLOOD merged into CC.
http://www.earthempires.com/...t%21%29-7007?t=1296335506
Last set CC declared on NBK while being FDP. NBK was unprepared and even with the help of their ally ares we couldnt overcome the fs and the huge networth difference between the clans after the fs.
So this set NBK was looking for revenge. CC members decided to leave their tag, not providing NBK the change to get what they want. Most of cc members joined xICDx.
Did NBK want to war ICD? Not realy. But with the history between CC members and NBK, we were expecting icd to declare on NBK. After icd declined NBKs request for a pact, we couldnt expect anything less then a war.
For sure we could fs on our own. Being outnumbered but still give it a try. But one could see icd as two clans aswell. So we decided to call in an ally. One ally became two allies when PAN joined the war.
Maybe not the prettiest move by NBK. But I freely quote a aodt leader when I say "a war isnt won only on the battlefield, you can win a war by using good diplomacy". Mentioned leader posted this on ffat during a war were NBK didnt pact anyone and aodt called in allies. NBK had no allies to call in so we lost.
To summarize the above
- NBK and some icd members (old cc/sof/aodt/semper fi) have a long history
- Those members has shown a tendency of fs'ing NBK
- Those members has shown a tendency to call in allies or merge with another clan to outnumber NBK
- Those members has shown a tendency to disband their tag if they dont want to fight NBK
- Those members has shown a tendency to join another tag and fight NBK again
- Semper Fi, AODT, SOF they all tried to fight NBK, those tags are all gone, cc is a one member tag. NBK still is here and still is one of the powerhouses in FFA .Despite the trashing from icd, NBKleaders have to do something right to maintain this position for such a long time.
I cant tell ICD would have fs' ed NBK this set, but then I cant tell icd wouldnt have fs' ed NBK. Maybe there are clanleaders who would have wait to see what would happen and take a fs. Maybe there are clanleaders who would have done the same NBK did and called in allies. And maybe there are clanleaders who would have fought icd on their own.
If the numbers were close NBK would take it 1 on 1. But since we were outnumbered this bad I think there is something to say to call in allies. Not the bravest act, but reasonable I think.
I am not saying this is THE truth. But if you know the history between NBK and CC maybe you can understand why NBK did what they have done.