I don't really understand the need for this thread but I will just post to let people know what happened. Last night we were supposed to retreat from the battle, but for some reason we could not see the battle in the strategus character page, and so were not able to recruit anyone. We tried to hire people two hours before the battle at 1:00 am before the delay, but again we could not see the battle on the list. It sucks and we wish something could be done to fix this, but this is a beta and shit happens.
I know that many of you clans dislike us for whatever reasons, but a thread like this is unnecessary. We have been showing up for battles, fighting honorably, and just trying to enjoy the game like the rest of you. These bash threads are popping up everywhere and it sucks to see that the minority of resentful posters are speaking for everyone. If the devs could please lock this thread, it would be greatly appreciated.
Let's try and keep this civil guys....
Mr. Glass House:
No one here dislikes the Hospitallers. I have nothing but admiration for them. They are just poorly led. This thread is simply about a blunder. A blunder that has never occurred to another clan. Thus, this thread is not about bashing, but about recounting something funny. You cannot deny that it is funny: to travel across the map just to attack another faction's town who is surrounded by allies, come to this realization, attempt to withdraw, and still loose all of your troops--a la children's crusade. This is funny. And yet this blunder will only strengthen Hospitaller's leadership--I am sorry but this is funny.
If you do not want to be a punchline, I would suggest that, instead of blaming others and asking threads to be closed, your leadership take responsibility for its own actions, and change the decision making process that continues to yield these results.
I tell you what: here is a list of the top 20 bad leadership traits I came up with. If you do not think these describe the Hospitaller Leadership Trifecta I welcome your additions and comments.
Incompetence
Fear and doubts regarding employees competence
Micromanagement
Unwillingness or inability to change and adopt
Unwillingness to learn and grow
Low self-esteem and confidence
Emotional insecurity and immaturity
Make decisions based on emotions
Act as a roadblock between upper managers and employees
Blame others for failures and take credit for successes
shows favoritism
React negatively to criticism
Rules oriented and not people oriented
Make assumptions without fact checking
Cannot take no for an answer
Have a tunnel vision
Dont listen
Dont care about how their actions impact others
Act differently in front of their superiors and subordinates
Demand perfection
