Sicarius News - Silly Cypher or Serious Symbol?

[Valrifell]

Sicarius will be getting bigger,better,faster and stronger in the near future for more information feel free to pester any of the higher ups listed on the WFE of Sicarius who will now scramble to make grandiose plans because this underling put them on the spot.

Uh....
Well you see, about our grand plans, we're gonna...
Uh...

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

Sicarius will be getting bigger,better,faster and stronger in the near future for more information feel free to pester any of the higher ups listed on the WFE of Sicarius who will now scramble to make grandiose plans because this underling put them on the spot.

How do you know we don't already have several grand plans brewing? We didn't tell you before we knew who you were, so why would we now? Unlike Neph,we see no need to broadcast our medium and long term goals, but rather are quite content to work towards them in the shadows.

[Valrifell]

But in the short term, we should probably do more if that tagging thing...

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

But in the short term, we should probably do more if that tagging thing...

Aye but that would require people who can both make updates and don't have their WA's being sneaky places I may be piling in CoF, so I can leave for an update, but I know others of us are otherwise occupied Hence the longer term projects! And no, I'm not sure where. Don't need to know, until it comes to fruit. If I don;t know, I can't possibly spoil it! Compartmentalization

SO yeah, if you can poke Silver/Noble into doing some, or any other newbies, I'll take them out for a run.

[Nephmir]

Sicarius will be getting bigger,better,faster and stronger in the near future for more information feel free to pester any of the higher ups listed on the WFE of Sicarius who will now scramble to make grandiose plans because this underling put them on the spot.

How do you know we don't already have several grand plans brewing? We didn't tell you before we knew who you were, so why would we now? Unlike Neph,we see no need to broadcast our medium and long term goals, but rather are quite content to work towards them in the shadows.

In other words you have no plan other than to raid as many big and important regions as you can. <_<

I don't appreciate how I'm brought up in every one of your responses as an incompetent leader. Stahp. Last I checked this was a game; am I not allowed to have a little fun with it, and drop the occasional hint of what we're working on? So long as I'm careful what I say and who I say it to, of course, there's no problem. I find games where I can plot "world domination", in a sense, and fight as a warrior to be fun, just like you and Sicarius find raiding individual regions to be fun. And I'd bet you'd like to one day raid a GCR, or even a large region like NationStates. Does that mean either of our goals will happen? No. But we can certainly try our best and have fun along the way, am I right?

I'm going to also add this post to my list. I may or may not use it though. *adds to list*

...carry on.

[NoblePhnx]

How do you know we don't already have several grand plans brewing? We didn't tell you before we knew who you were, so why would we now? Unlike Neph,we see no need to broadcast our medium and long term goals, but rather are quite content to work towards them in the shadows.

I don't trust that SilverSentinel character either so kudos, but its dark in the shadows and we have to wear hoods all the time and give passerbys dark and angry looks. I mean sure we will get more done that way but will we be happy?

[NoblePhnx]

SO yeah, if you can poke Silver/Noble into doing some, or any other newbies, I'll take them out for a run.

EWS you have knack for naming things don't know why I didn't think of Silver Noble that's a great idea! Also I liked the informal Anti-Unity name you gave to the anti-TBR coalition. Good Stuff

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

Generally that's the goals of raiders Yet I don't see us saying where. I certainly don't see us failing to take TRR

And as a matter of fact, I think you're quite great at getting new players to join up with you. However you cannot deny that TEK did not have a big operation succeed, did not liberate anywhere, and manged to lose almost everyone that got rank. Obviously there's the four of us, along with Ave and UN, but did Noble ever tell you that he was considering leaving for CoF and putting more time into Silver? There's a reason why TEK leaked skill like a bucket with a hole. Even just tags - I went back, when you shut down the region, through every TEK raid report ever. YOu know how many were left? 16 Regions. There's less now.

Add it to whatever list you wish. We all have posts that can be brought up in the future as embarrassing, and you're no exception. For example, if we did one day raid one of those regions, this'd look quite silly.

Long story short, you like to talk a big talk, but the fights you fought, both when I was with you and after, failed to live anywhere near to that. Here, we're going for the opposite. A lot less talk, and a lot more action.

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

SO yeah, if you can poke Silver/Noble into doing some, or any other newbies, I'll take them out for a run.

EWS you have knack for naming things don't know why I didn't think of Silver Noble that's a great idea! Also I liked the informal Anti-Unity name you gave to the anti-TBR coalition. Good Stuff

Wat. ??

How about Nobilis Argentum? Noble SIlver

I don't trust that SilverSentinel character either so kudos, but its dark in the shadows and we have to wear hoods all the time and give passerbys dark and angry looks. I mean sure we will get more done that way but will we be happy?

I assure you, I'm quite happy

[NoblePhnx]

EWS you have knack for naming things don't know why I didn't think of Silver Noble that's a great idea! Also I liked the informal Anti-Unity name you gave to the anti-TBR coalition. Good Stuff

Wat. ??

On the Sicarius RMB you wrote in response to the dead on arrival EMP(Eternal Military Pact) which at the time was compromised mainly of TEK,CoF and a few others like Sanctuary that this anti-tbr coalition could be thought of as an Anti-Unity which I remember thinking was a better name than EMP.

How about Nobilis Argentum? Noble SIlver

Back to the puppet creator we go!

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

Oh yes, because it was a strange...kinda...unity against unity. More of an alliance of imperialist regions than the unspoken raider pact. I just found it amusing that for all the outcry against Unity, they turned and made their own group of unified regions. "I'll make my own unity, with defending and speeches!"

[Trick Shot]

Yeah. Not only will we grow, but we will destroy the UDL and get a sleeper elected delegate of a pacific within three months.

Good luck

[United Nationals]

while we"re at it might as well take the rejected realms too

[Valrifell]

while we"re at it might as well take the rejected realms too

UN, we'll do that when we take every single GCR in one update.

[Blood Wine]

while we"re at it might as well take the rejected realms too

UN, we'll do that when we take every single GCR in one update.

You just need 200 updaters,no big deal right? just ask GRO

[The Sapientia]

UN, we'll do that when we take every single GCR in one update.

You just need 200 updaters,no big deal right? just ask GRO

Pfft... Only two hundred? We can manage easily. Because you know, getting a force more than twice the size of your entire region is simple!

[Valrifell]

You just need 200 updaters,no big deal right? just ask GRO

Pfft... Only two hundred? We can manage easily. Because you know, getting a force more than twice the size of your entire region is simple!

I know, they don't even take into account our reserves of, what is it now? 500?

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

Guys if you keep joking about taking over GCR's, someone might think you're serious and declare war! Now I know we're not Lazarus but..

[The Assassin ShadowX]

My fellow Sicarii.

I grieves me to say this, but it must be said. Two days ago I have resigned from my position in Sicarius, a region that I have helped build since right after its inception.

The reason? Well to put it simply, too much headache. Over the last month or so, more and more administrative issues seemed to have risen in Sicarius. Numerous conflicts about the direction of the region seemed to spring up within the Dominus Sicarii and our Dominus Imperator (Valrifell, The Sapientia, Ever Wandering Souls, and me) far too many conflicts to my liking and more to worry about in the already extend period of time I dedicate to NS.

In my real-life I am a full time, fourth year university student and I also work part time in a tech company. I don't get a lot of free time, but I do manage to slip NS somewhere between the cracks. Now it seems these cracks can no longer hold this hobby of mine, and the hobby itself has gotten less fun as late.

You see, all I wanted was to raid, that's what got me into this thing in the first place. Alas, I was caught in the snare of bureaucracy and regional government.

When I first joined Sicarius, it was quite an exciting affair for me. An opportunity to shape something good into something greater. Valrifell seemed far better than the leader of my previous region, a menace who regarded himself as king and all else were his pawns. Val was nothing like that. He listened to his people, consulted others before acting.

With a leader like him, my vision of a prominent raiding organization and a prosperous community seemed close at hand. I saw this vision through order, structure, something unbreakable; though perhaps my ideas for Sicarius made it too rigid and brittle.

I demanded much of myself and my fellow Sicarii to do everything to perfection: Write the military guide, fix the forum, write this telegram, do this edit, change that thing... there was no fun at all.

Then about a month ago, I felt as if Val became indifferent about his region. It seemed that he no longer was as enthusiastic about Sicarius as he used to... this was the beginning of the end. I believe it was at this point that stagnation hit us. The officers of the Dominus Sicarii argued about how to govern a raiding region, that has been raiding less and less every day.

Too much headache; no fun at all.

The last straw for me was the conflict that arose from allowing certain parties from TEK to come into Sicarius with open arms, after TEK was shut down. Valrifell completely ignored my warnings that these individuals are a menace that hold no loyalty except to their old master, and once their old master reopens TEK, they will stab Sicarius in the back and go back to where they came from.

"We have a place for everyone!" our news thread says, but is it wise to include the treacherous and unfaithful to our region?

Not only that, but Val gave these individuals free rein to speak however they like to their higher ranking officers, without enforcing any true consequences. If anyone can come to Sicarius and speak disrespectfully to a ranking officer with no consequences, then the truth is that the rank of this officer is meaningless.

The ensuing conflicts about this nonsense was the final stroke. Too much headache; no fun at all.

People might criticize, praise, or be disappointed by my resignation, but it's all irrelevant to me now. This is my last post in this thread, and the last time I will look into it.

What is to happen to my nation? It will go inactive, perhaps CTE altogether. I have been in NS SINCE 2009, and if I rise again, it will be with a nation that no one knows off, in a corner of NS long forgotten.

Finally, to Val, Sap, and Souls specifically:

A lot of accusations were thrown at me in my time among you; though there is only 2 undeniable truths that are out there: I regret none of the time I have spent with you, and that everything that I have done was with the intentions of benefitting our region as I have placed Sicarius first and foremost.

My resignation is not to spite any of you three, despite any disagreements between us. It is simply because everything must come to an end, and my time in the Dominus Sicarii is done.

I wish you the best of luck in future endeavors; good day to you all.

-The Assassin ShadowX
September 14th, 2014.

[Nephmir]

Mission accomplished, aye?

[Valrifell]

Mission accomplished, aye?

Nay!
The RL issues have began to get in the way, so tagging was expected to be limited as we all got our shit together in the real world. This was anticipated.

However bigger things are in the workings.

[Rifty]

How did I miss this? Best of luck mate~

[Sicarius News Bot]

While there's always another side to the story, we don't feel the need to air it forumside. We wish our old region-mate the best of luck in his future endeavors in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

In other news, we'd like to Welcome Sicarius News Bot 2! While some of us are okay with the iffy and non-encouraged process of sharing a news bot or other puppet, as we have tag parties led by members with... less than clean warning histories, we prefer not to risk that being associated with us. A such, we welcome Newsie2 to the reporting team, and may soon see a Newsie3!

[Nephmir]

Mission accomplished, aye?

Nay!
The RL issues have began to get in the way, so tagging was expected to be limited as we all got our shit together in the real world. This was anticipated.

However bigger things are in the workings.

...Shadow will know what I mean.

[Sicarius News Bot]

The Gates of Hades Captured!

A 12 day occupation has come to it's close as Sicarius has purged all natives from the region. What was once a medium sized, semi-active region, nearing it's 200th day of existence is now a wasteland, devoid of all but raiders.
The Gates of Hades seemed to be impenetrable. After all, they had a delegate and a password. But yet, Sicarians have proven their cunning by entering and destroying the region within two weeks.
This serves as a warning to all other passworded founderless regions. You make think your safe, but I can assure you, that you are nothing of the sort. Sicarius will find a way to bring you down.

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Participating Raiders:
The Sapientia
The Assassin ShadowX
Trick Shot
SilverSentinel