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Sakulda VI - District 8 2:00

"Quiet". "So quiet" I thought to myself. It has been 2 hours since the last Orbital Strike has been dropped.
Our commander ordered us to retreat but the enemy surrounded the Cargo Hub, extinguishing any life that
that may have exited the city. Distant screams of agony can be heard throughout the city, "They are clearing
the city of any strays" I thought again. I got up from my hiding spot gritting my teeth as the pain seared through
my left side. "Damn Combat Rifle" I whispered. It was not a serious wound but lack of medical attention would
bring my clone to it's eventual demise. I could feel the aura of death around me, trying to grip me and pull me
with it as it has done to all my comrades. "They are still searching the outer areas of the city, till they regroup and
enter the center of the city to finish off the last pocket of resistance" I thought reluctantly. My squad, no my
whole company is gone. There were no more clone reserves left so I had to at least inform my commander
of the massacre that has taken place. Communications have been jammed so a personal message was my
only option.

After some time I finally made it to the command post but I saw no soldiers or even a sentry. But
what I did see when I entered was horrifying. Medics lay dead next to their patients with gaping wounds, some
weren't even carrying weapons but they still killed them. "These people will do anything to achieve victory, how
disgusting". I continue down the hallway towards the Commander's room. Sentinels... 2 of them, one with half
of his body missing the other without a head. "No mercy I suppose" I grimaced. As I closed the distance to the
room, I heard voices. One was loud and recognizable and used certain words in his sentences that he often
used. I was about to burst into the room before a certain word caught my attention, "Terms". I froze, "Terms"?
I listened in and I heard what I supposed was the enemy commander, "Would you not agree" he bellowed.
"Why should I" yelled my commander. "What prevents you from just betraying us and taking what we have left"?
The enemy commander laughed, "Why would we, you fended off attacks from us and our allies for months"!
"Your corporation has costed us a lot of money" he jeered. "Taking the last of your land would cost us more
then what they would produce for months, maybe even years to come"! "The deal is simple, you ally with us
and we'll let you keep your land", "Everyone wins right"?. Again it was quiet, so many thoughts were racing
in my head I felt like it was gonna burst until, I felt a sharp pain through my body. I looked down to see a Nova
Knife protruding out, then receding back. "Pain, so much pain" I thought. My vision turned cloudy and then
darkness. It was over. It was all over.

Wut the actual ****?

Please don't tell me FA is joining as well?

Is there ANY talent left that isn't joining this ******* donut?

GOD DAMMIT FA, YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONES! >.<






Hope the donut tastes good. They'll be booting your ass to the curb soon enough. **** you all, see if i come ringing for you ever again.

Zatara made a choice to keep his corp around. Yeah, people didn't like it, but the only other option was to go down fighting. Hell, I didn't even like it, but it was the best option for the corp, so I voted for FA to join.

I hope the latin's **** all of you up.

Don't say 'you'. :( I'm just irrelevant now.

Wut the actual ****?

Please don't tell me FA is joining as well?

Is there ANY talent left that isn't joining this ******* donut?

GOD DAMMIT FA, YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONES! >.<






Hope the donut tastes good. They'll be booting your ass to the curb soon enough. **** you all, see if i come ringing for you ever again.

You abandoned the sinking ship?? Well at least not all of FA are hypocrites

So, wait...I've been gone for a couple days for work.

FA and RND have left Tso's? Really? And they're all going to this "super alliance"?

It's called "First Galactic Empire" seems like a friendly democratic sounding name. What could possibly go wrong

I truly hope this isn't true. If it is, I've lost what little faith I have in this "competitive" community.

Thats kinda harsh I spent a lot of time thinking of that name. Though it does sound familiar i just cant place it or its meaning yet

Yeah, Beers, I don't really care about the name; it does sound like something from Star Trek, though.

What I care about are all these "competitive" players that post time and time again wanting "good fights," yet the majority of these same people actually run from true competition.

"Well, I want good games, but only if I never die and never lose."

Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.

Would you like to continue playing a game where you always die, and always lose?

Because that's the direction FA was headed. Burnout, lack of districts, and lack of fieldable allies take their toll.

I'll say it again. Zatara made the right decision.

I have played and lost and lost and lost in PC. You can try to justify these decisions all you want, but it all comes down to being pathetic and taking a video game--a video game--too seriously.

"Oh, poor me, I lost in a video game."

And, sorry Beers, I didn't have my nerd bible within reach to catch your reference.

Try winning sometime. It might give you perspective.

I have played and lost and lost and lost in PC. You can try to justify these decisions all you want, but it all comes down to being pathetic and taking a video game--a video game--too seriously.

"Oh, poor me, I lost in a video game."

And, sorry Beers, I didn't have my nerd bible within reach to catch your reference.

To clarify, are they joining DNS or NF?

Give me perspective on what? What perspective do I need in a video game? I need to win at a video game in order to understand true competition? Selling out? Loyalty? Being a nerd? Please enlighten me oh wise man and spread the word of perspective. Seriously, I want you to teach me something.

They made the right decision.

It was a good last stand, and well played, but FA was the epitome of winning the battle but not the war. We were under constant attack for two weeks straight from the best the game had to offer and we still kept most of our districts. But there was no way forward, no way to gain ground with constant attacks or to keep the ground we gained with stacked timers. I support Zatara and his decision as always, even as I mourn the loss of PC as a competitive field.

And P.S. Derrith good choice going with Arrogance, may you rise from the ashes and drop panties like never before.

rebels don't shower FYI.

Sakulda VI - District 8 2:00

"Quiet". "So quiet" I thought to myself. It has been 2 hours since the last Orbital Strike has been dropped.
Our commander ordered us to retreat but the enemy surrounded the Cargo Hub, extinguishing any life that
that may have exited the city. Distant screams of agony can be heard throughout the city, "They are clearing
the city of any strays" I thought again. I got up from my hiding spot gritting my teeth as the pain seared through
my left side. "Damn Combat Rifle" I whispered. It was not a serious wound but lack of medical attention would
bring my clone to it's eventual demise. I could feel the aura of death around me, trying to grip me and pull me
with it as it has done to all my comrades. "They are still searching the outer areas of the city, till they regroup and
enter the center of the city to finish off the last pocket of resistance" I thought reluctantly. My squad, no my
whole company is gone. There were no more clone reserves left so I had to at least inform my commander
of the massacre that has taken place. Communications have been jammed so a personal message was my
only option.

After some time I finally made it to the command post but I saw no soldiers or even a sentry. But
what I did see when I entered was horrifying. Medics lay dead next to their patients with gaping wounds, some
weren't even carrying weapons but they still killed them. "These people will do anything to achieve victory, how
disgusting". I continue down the hallway towards the Commander's room. Sentinels... 2 of them, one with half
of his body missing the other without a head. "No mercy I suppose" I grimaced. As I closed the distance to the
room, I heard voices. One was loud and recognizable and used certain words in his sentences that he often
used. I was about to burst into the room before a certain word caught my attention, "Terms". I froze, "Terms"?
I listened in and I heard what I supposed was the enemy commander, "Would you not agree" he bellowed.
"Why should I" yelled my commander. "What prevents you from just betraying us and taking what we have left"?
The enemy commander laughed, "Why would we, you fended off attacks from us and our allies for months"!
"Your corporation has costed us a lot of money" he jeered. "Taking the last of your land would cost us more
then what they would produce for months, maybe even years to come"! "The deal is simple, you ally with us
and we'll let you keep your land", "Everyone wins right"?. Again it was quiet, so many thoughts were racing
in my head I felt like it was gonna burst until, I felt a sharp pain through my body. I looked down to see a Nova
Knife protruding out, then receding back. "Pain, so much pain" I thought. My vision turned cloudy and then
darkness. It was over. It was all over.

Give me perspective on what? What perspective do I need in a video game? I need to win at a video game in order to understand true competition? Selling out? Loyalty? Being a nerd? Please enlighten me oh wise man and spread the word of perspective. Seriously, I want you to teach me something.

Zatara made a bad call...

Excluding the fact that you could've build back up without leaving Tso's,

You're increasing the chances of the Big Bad effect to the point where it WILL happen inevitably. FA, in a lot of people eyes, was the Anti-Blue Donut, the Anti-Eon if you will. People will see the change and a bag of mixed feelings will be had. This wouldn't matter if RND joined or Red Star or any other big corp, but only you. I'm not saying there's a cult following behind FA but rather they were a symbol, a ******* beacon. Some people don't even like you much, like myself, but still favor the Hell out of your corp. "We build this corp in only a few months. Just by bringing the best players together." is what players hear when they think FA. It's what small corporations use as inspiration to build up a force. It's all full circle now; everything's being forced into the cycle. The third war is about to come. The red horseman has saddled and drew his sword, Ares has taken an interest, and rage has begun plaguing the people.

This isn't a plea, but a warning. I hope for FA's sake that it doesn't go to **** thanks to being man-handled into a hole. I still hold FA in some strange honor... I prefer they come out of all of this better than before, on top and with the hindsight to realize that they need not call upon the Big Bad effect and that a Fourth Regional War doesn't need to be approached, and with the foresight to not be put into such a situation again.

What other choice did they have? FA was overwhelmed with all the opponents they had, couldn't defend their districts, and when RND left, it was pretty much over. Zatara joined so he could save FA. There are people like Himiko and Knight who didn't like it, but it was for the best of Zatara's corp.

edit: Also, a lot of members in FA were recruited from pubs (like TTW3x ).

What other choice did they have? FA was overwhelmed with all the opponents they had, couldn't defend their districts, and when RND left, it was pretty much over. Zatara joined so he could save FA. There are people like Himiko and Knight who didn't like it, but it was for the best of Zatara's corp.

edit: Also, a lot of members in FA were recruited from pubs (like TTW3x ).

Some of you miss the point.. Is it more important for the community to like you or for your corp too live on?

What a stupid question. Nyain San has been living on throughout months of the community hating them, and they're still successful, no?

And what about Imperfects? They were hated by the community, but were probably the most successful corp in Dust history.

Yeah, I think that's Heim's point?

Some of you miss the point.. Is it more important for the community to like you or for your corp too live on?

Sakulda VI - District 8 2:00

"Quiet". "So quiet" I thought to myself. It has been 2 hours since the last Orbital Strike has been dropped.
Our commander ordered us to retreat but the enemy surrounded the Cargo Hub, extinguishing any life that
that may have exited the city. Distant screams of agony can be heard throughout the city, "They are clearing
the city of any strays" I thought again. I got up from my hiding spot gritting my teeth as the pain seared through
my left side. "Damn Combat Rifle" I whispered. It was not a serious wound but lack of medical attention would
bring my clone to it's eventual demise. I could feel the aura of death around me, trying to grip me and pull me
with it as it has done to all my comrades. "They are still searching the outer areas of the city, till they regroup and
enter the center of the city to finish off the last pocket of resistance" I thought reluctantly. My squad, no my
whole company is gone. There were no more clone reserves left so I had to at least inform my commander
of the massacre that has taken place. Communications have been jammed so a personal message was my
only option.

After some time I finally made it to the command post but I saw no soldiers or even a sentry. But
what I did see when I entered was horrifying. Medics lay dead next to their patients with gaping wounds, some
weren't even carrying weapons but they still killed them. "These people will do anything to achieve victory, how
disgusting". I continue down the hallway towards the Commander's room. Sentinels... 2 of them, one with half
of his body missing the other without a head. "No mercy I suppose" I grimaced. As I closed the distance to the
room, I heard voices. One was loud and recognizable and used certain words in his sentences that he often
used. I was about to burst into the room before a certain word caught my attention, "Terms". I froze, "Terms"?
I listened in and I heard what I supposed was the enemy commander, "Would you not agree" he bellowed.
"Why should I" yelled my commander. "What prevents you from just betraying us and taking what we have left"?
The enemy commander laughed, "Why would we, you fended off attacks from us and our allies for months"!
"Your corporation has costed us a lot of money" he jeered. "Taking the last of your land would cost us more
then what they would produce for months, maybe even years to come"! "The deal is simple, you ally with us
and we'll let you keep your land", "Everyone wins right"?. Again it was quiet, so many thoughts were racing
in my head I felt like it was gonna burst until, I felt a sharp pain through my body. I looked down to see a Nova
Knife protruding out, then receding back. "Pain, so much pain" I thought. My vision turned cloudy and then
darkness. It was over. It was all over.

Zatara made the call to save his corporation, that is the right call.

We all know that this giant blue doughnut is temporary, everyone put your nipples back in your shirts, this will not last forever. The questions to ask now are:

For how long?

Who?

What a stupid question. Nyain San has been living on throughout months of the community hating them, and they're still successful, no?

And what about Imperfects? They were hated by the community, but were probably the most successful corp in Dust history.

Thats because the corps that mostly hate Nyain are non PC corps

Somehow the sun still shines when I walk outside......