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dagga:
iXenomoron - that is exactly what you have been doing. Don't kid yourself. You fight meaningless war after meaningless war and you never win unless you blindside some alliance that is either in the middle of netgaining or dragged down and weary after some other war.
You haven't got any real allies, you don't appear to try to work at relations you just keep doing the same thing over and over. You're basically glorified suiciders. Now, you know how to fight, but I've seen monkeys at a zoo who know how to work an abacus. There is more to playing this game than beating your chest and saying "we are good because we have done this for 10 years and still exist!". For the length of time you have been in this game your noteworthy moments are unavoidably and damningly scarce. Maybe banging your head up against the wall is something you;ve been doing for so long you no longer feel the sting?
I'd like to think warring is quite meaningful. On the other hand, netgaining is simply looking at escalating numbers and seal clapping the bigger the numbers get. Mmmm... really meaningful. Sorry, I'm not as easily amused as you.
I would assert -- and I'm pretty sure every iMagger feels exactly the same -- that if iMag were to be completely farmed and destroyed every single day of every single set, it would still be infinitely more entertaining than watching numbers churn. I have school for that.
"We haven't done anything noteworthy and so we suck." Mmm. Okay. I like to consider myself a reasonable person. I can tentatively accept your militant assertion. Personally, I couldn't care less if iMag changed the entire fate of Earth Empires, or remained as obscure as your intellect seems to be. It doesn't matter as my only goal in iMag is not fame or reputation, but fun. I will note however that iMag is a lot less likely to commit blatant acts of greed while simultaneously professing benevolence. At least we're honest about who we are. That should be a lot more commendable than some other clans I've heard of.
Netgaining wouldn't exist without conflict. Landgrabs. The whole philosophy wouldn't work without fighting, or if it did, it would be an incredibly boring game indeed. War however, is not contingent upon netgaining. If anything, we are the staple of this game, not netters.
