Well the treaty almost held until July 1... Almost.
http://c-rpg.net/index.php?page=battlesupcoming#!?page=battledetail&id=4205
Hmm, let's analyze this a bit.
After Fraichedan griefed our castle out from under us (with ten cav robes and about 12 weapons), Smoothrich left Ahmerrad with 100 troops and a shit ton of +3 plate and weapons, flying the banner of a new faction, "The New Semenstorm". We quickly intercepted him and sent him to EU.
From this information, we can safely draw the conclusion that this griefing was planned and acted out by Smoothrich and Badplayer(Fraiche).
There are currently 2 theories floating around about how exactly Semenstorm's defense roster was erased.
The first theory, the one offered by the perpetrators Badplayer and Smoothrich, and their cohorts, is that SS's roster was erased by someone within our own faction that has rank 5 or above. It was suggested by Badplayer and Smooth that they know about/convinced/whatever somebody within semenstorm that is dissatisfied with my and oilcan's leadership and wants Smoothbaby to be the leader of SS. I have not once heard of anyone upset with the way I run things or suggest someone else do it, in fact there has admittedly been very little activity within SS. This, per my analysis, is just propaganda manufactured by Smoothrich to try and send me on a witch hunt or something, destabilizing SS at least enough to grief it.
The second, and most believable, is that either Badplayer once again hacked the roster of the defenders abusing whatever glitch it is that allows him to do this. Badplayer, interestingly enough, already has a history of pulling this exact stunt.
I've also been told about a glitch with the roster page that allows someone to edit the roster after it should have been disabled simply by keeping the page up. So even though I kicked Smoothrich and Badplayer out of the faction immediately after the castle attack was initiated, they would still be able to edit Semenstorm's roster.
Semenstorm's castle was essentially stolen/griefed/glitched/whatever from them. No matter what theory you subscribe to, I believe everyone can conclude that it wasn't taken legitimately. (Fraichedan is currently banned.)
Shortly after we intercepted Smoothrich, Badplayer joined the FCC faction on strategus. I brought this up to Matey, and he responded that this was "news to him", and that he also changed to the FCC color without actually being accepted. If it's true that Badplayer is not truly in FCC, then no truce was broken, it would only appear that way because of Strategus bugs.
If Badplayer IS legitimately in FCC, then it gets interesting. That means, at the very least, FCC supports glitching, greifing and treachery, for their own gain. Which is probably the most hypocritical thing they could do at this point in the game, considering the HUGE stink they made after the Ahmerrad Debacle, the Duped Goods Scandal, and more recently, the Saxton Incident.
Balls's in your court, FCC.
