WD event buuuurrrrnnnn out.

[sparckle]

It's all fun and laughs until something goes sour. You just haven't reached the point where conflict may arise.

If someone in your faction slacks off, would you not strive to replace him/her? If that person is a supposed "friend" and you, as the leader, elects to retain that member, how would the rest of the faction feel? You can't appease everyone. That's how conflict can arise and sunder your online "social" relationships.

[Jhenry02]

That's the difference between friendships and e-friends.

[PIRATE JUSTICE]

This has been a revealing discussion.

I hope people read it, and think about it.

The game is a fantasy, therefore, everything surrounding the game is a fantasy.

There ain't no sex in the "boom boom room"!

The "boom boom room" is for the express purpose of fleecing the "marks".

[King little fruit fly]

I am burned out so I started a faction for me so I am in control, just play for fun and free now, this game is not a job to make money for Gree.

[BADMARKX]

Wow gang, good responses. Thanks to all who replied on this.
Let me see if I can add to any of these...

[BADMARKX]

As you ponder your options, consider this.

It costs to be a top 10 faction.

If you want to score 1,000,000 points, it requires about 15,000 gold.

That's about $1,500 US

Big time PJ

[BADMARKX]

Most people can't score 300+ plus points.

Suffice it to say you'll spend $2,000 a month trying to tread water and keep up with the Alexes.

Those darn Alexes

[BADMARKX]

If you can't handle the heat, then it's time to cool down. Don't push yourself too hard. The purpose of life is enjoyment, not punishment.

Well put Sparkle

[BADMARKX]

It's a shame that VFF Charlie is no longer on your list.

Yes we are :-)

[BADMARKX]

PJ - I could not agree with you more on your analysis

- Also as a veteran of being in the last 4 events trying to make top 10 - once you start spending real money (At least $500 per month) trying to make top 10-25 - people get upset real upset! Especially when one spends more than the other - So then in the next war he spends less - this goes on and on and can tear friends apart. As people say - Don't mess with my money. People need to go in like PJ says - Be ready to spend - 10 Vaults

Yup, that's pretty much what happened. Now as a faction leader, I've made it my job to know who wants to spend some gold, and who doesn't.

[BADMARKX]

That has NOTHING to do with the statement that neither of us KNOWS the people in our faction.

Just because you interact with someone, doesn't mean you know them.

Heck, people are married for 25 years, ONLY to learn they never knew their spouse!!!!

All that fondness that you feel for those STRANGERS, is as real as that fake army you command.

You don't know those people, other than what you THINK you know.

Neither do I know my faction.

This is just one big fantasy.

Absolutely PJ. I believe most folks who play MW are of adult age. Still, the lessons we teach our kids about social media and social gaming apply to us too.
In the early days of our faction, we had a couple retired folks who used their "real" name as their game character.
I've encouraged them to change it, even though a few of use know their real names, it's important to use code names from here on out.

[BADMARKX]

That's the difference between friendships and e-friends.

Well said JHenry02 or is it J*****?

[BADMARKX]

Great job gang. What are some other challenges you have had to face as a group?

[sherlock123]

I have to disagree with you on that one PJ, but I do understand the fact that we could very well be the exception. I think that if we were to sit down and have dinner we would become even closer. Most of the people in our faction laugh and have a good time and do whatever they can to help out others. We do have a pretty solid core group of players that are dedicated to each other and have been together right from the start. Probably why we have a core group of players that have had no intentions of jumping ship through the highs and lows. We are a top 100/250 faction and I think we have realized our limitations and we don't strive for the top 50 +, mainly because we are a working class faction and we don't have any financially independent people in our faction.

Edit - just for the record now that I look at my post it looks a lot like a recruitment drive, lol, it's not, that post is already up.

Almost everything you have said is a bunch of outright lies CAF.

Nobody in your faction "laugh and have a good time and do whatever they can to help out others".
When I was in your faction of UK United, no one helped me, infact I was told by your leader to donate 40% of my daily income to your faction only to buy not so necessary bonuses like casualty reduction.

Plus, you told us new recruits to spend money on gold which we did and then when your faction chewed us good you just spit us out without any warning whatsoever.

Thats not something a "pretty solid core group of players that are dedicated to each other and have been together right from the start" would do.

Stop self-promoting how holier than thou and friendly you are. Your not.

[andrew_beeman@yahoo.com]

You don't know those people, other than what you THINK you know.

Neither do I know my faction.

This is just one big fantasy.

I'm curious as to how someone like yourself isn't pounding it out on WOW... Maybe because in that game it's not based soley on your income but more on your time and knowledge?