Don't get me wrong, i'm all for going into battles and having fun but I don't think that should be an excuse for running around, playing recklessly and throwing away all the troops and money you had built up. That would REALLY burn us out. Our members have gotten into plenty of battles, more than LLJK or FCC? Most definitely not, and FCC probably would come back from being wiped out, they've made many friends and they've made many enemies. Both LLJK and BRD were in similar positions at one point if I remember correctly. Had the Union not come to aid LLJK as the massive number of alliances came down on top of them, i'm not sure if the desert would still be afgoonistan. It worked out well for you guys and that's also great, but that is not the position or approach CHAOS wants to take. Even if we were to get wiped out we would also be able to come back from being wiped out, but it would be for different reasons, as our style of diplomacy and way of doing things has been entirely different and I don't think there is any thing wrong with that.
A big part of CHAOS forming in the first place was to take a legitimate, serious approach to Strat. We'd still be RS otherwise. We know we can join battles and probably do rather well, but we want to have some territory and be a presence on the map. It's been a learning experience for all of us and I honestly don't think we've done too badly at all thus far.