Wow - now we are getting to the rumors and making up crap like Daruvian and Jesus - i really wish we hadn't beaten you down to this level. No, all i have done is tell people in the strat fight channel "we are desperate fro mercs we can't fill this roster - we had 3-4 people drop or switch sides last minute - does anyone know anyone that can sign up - I will definitely hire them" "Also, if you are not hired at this point please type your name in ts and i will hire you" Both those people were in our strategus battle channel asked to get on our roster, while daruvian applied to our battle and then no showed intentionally (luckily we got it confirmed at the last second that he had told you guys he was heading out and couldn't make the battle but he would be sure to apply for our side before he left (actually even hopped in our ts to make sure we hired him) and we were able to replace him in time)
I did say that I would drop it, there is no need to get so defensive.
Your joking right? Have you loooked at any of the battles you have had? in almost every case you have more mercs from mb than we do (reasonable since you share a ts) and I have been told they follow aldoglaus when it comes to mercing and he favors your side for why, also defense is a LOT more fun for most people, easier to get mercs on castle defense and they have no obligations to sign for our side though I do try to ask first. Also, 9finger is afk in Alaska isnt' he?
Granted, this was during the time when the Velucan Empire was still whole. Ever since they've split up it seems like we're getting more mercs from TKoV and MB (and less from HoC) for whatever reason.
10 months - yeahhhh, I would say that's slow on a pretty impressive scale
I won't stoop to trimming my faction roster of all the inactive people just to reflect our size better for propaganda purposes, but I'll say it again: it's harder to accomplish fun things without as many players as you have. You can also disregard any of the wars we
have fought, but it doesn't mean they didn't happen. The largest stretch of time we had without an active war that
we started was three months. Historically, our wars haven't lasted very long. Please don't beleaguer us for not constantly fighting just because we've been able to pick and choose who we fight. Would it have been better to get involved in other factions' wars and make the map more lopsided? I thought you hated mega-alliances. And anyway, we chose you, this time.
I think they are buying Kelredan Castle as well 
I think they will have fun with it.
This perfectly encapsulates the poor sportsmanship and domineering attitude of the current FCC. Selling something that you haven't yet taken and bragging about it before the last battle is fought. Surrounding yourselves with factions that you've set up into fiefs. You can justify the war any way you want (there are many legitimate reasons), but saying we're a complete waste of space is not true and is an insult to our players.
