Open letter to LC

To the people of lost city server I say hello. This is a open letter on the issue's going on our server.

The over all feel of our server is a fairly good one, good as in as much as any server can be that is open pk that is. We have our drama's and our highs and our low's. The issue's of late I want to refer to are the state of the bigger guilds and the rolls they play ( think they play also ) in the daily lives of this server. First this is not a crying session for all you lame brains a QQ session it is just
what I have noticed.

First and for most this server is mostly controlled by CQ. This is a statement that the map reflects. CQ over all since I have been playing ( Dec 30th 2008 ) have not been what I would call a hateful guild or much of a PKing guild other then there KOS. This would seem for the most part to be a good thing for the server but in fact, can be a reason there is so many small guilds and so few large guilds. Since CQ are nice and do not random pk or grief players the majority of the population does not have to worry about being dominated by Jack ****'s. Now on most games where guilds who control lands set tax rates and thus burden the server, the lower lvl people suffer but since this game does not do that the small guys and guilds do not need to ban together to take on CQ. This has put the server into a sense of laziness and well made middle size and small guilds stagnate. But of late, it seems CQ who wants to keep there lands, are now willing to make deals with other guilds or even invite former RQ people to keep control. I know it is summer but even CQ image can be tarnished with the entrance of people whom MOST of the "Non Factor" people out there truly either hate or at least do not care for. Now I am not bashing or raising the anti CQ flag just pointing out the fact's.

Now there are at least 3 more large guilds who want your piece of the lands pie. Spec, Riot, and RQ. Yes there are other large guilds and a few medium guilds ( mine included ) who want pie pieces but are either unable or unwilling to take on CQ and since CQ are nice why should they. So lets go into the 3 large guilds who want to be the land leaders now days. Lets go into this guilds a bit.

RQ is the only guild of the 3 other large ones who have kept there name( though not the same people) the longest. They are a PKing guild and random pk, grief, and bully people. They do not make nice about it they are what they are. Now I find it funny people on this server give RQ prop's for being ****'s and some even respect them. I for one understand there role though my leanings do not favor them. I have no issues with being pked or even killing white names ( for reasons not just for the heck of it). I do not even long drawn out fights with others but I fail to understand why the NEW RQ has members who joined just to be ****'s, who also will do anything NOT to lose. This includes glitching, cheating, exploiting and so forth. Not all of them do it but you would be surprised at the people who are in that guild ( and some others not just RQ) that bot there way through lvl's. Then because they do not know how to play there class lose to people 20 lvl's under them with far worse gear. ( if your going to call me a QQer for this just go to Dreamweaver port and look in safe zone one RQ always there alway hunting ( same person also ) if they are not a bot I will give my house and car away.) I know of another RQ who went from 68 to 89 in 2 week's weeeeee I want in on that geesh. Just because your a higher lvl now does not mean your any good at pvp.
Now the other point about RQ. They have a large membership even a ton of white names of late. But I do not think over all they work well as a guild as a whole. They are more worried about PKing and other things then working as a team. Also I would rather chew my leg off then see them control the map. BUT this being who they are and what they are it would help pull smaller guilds into larger one's.

Ok moving onto Riot. Riot seems to be mainly a group of the more hmm PKing natured people from BLT. They do pk but over all not seem them grief much other then a small hand full. They do have a fairly large guild but in terms of the 3 other large guilds I would place them at number 2 just under spec then lastly RQ since RQ members have been going to other guilds of late. ( someone hand me a #$%^&*( Score card so I can keep up with this junk). I have not seen nor heard any of the leanings of Riot but I think there over all view is more slanted towards old BLT view's ( but I can be wrong). Over all of the 3 they seem to be the least, well not threat, but well pain in the ****. But tey would also bring smaller guilds into mergers do to there pking nature.

Spectral is also a guild made from the ashes of BLT. They seemed more on lvling then pking but there views, while admirable in nature, are very warped. They do not RPK and that is good but there whole hearted hatred of CQ has almost twisted there way of thinking. For one any guild seen talking to, grouping with, buffing, rezzing, or just looking at a CQ is put on KOS for being CQ's allia. I understand they want to take CQ down a notch and I admire that, BUT they are attacking like a jealous boyfriend, beating anyone up who looks at there girlfriend. It is almost silly. Now unlike RQ and Riot, Spec does have both the number and lvl's to match up to CQ. And since it is summer they have a very good shot at controlling more of the map then either Riot or RQ. But with there thinking "we are the GOOD guys, CQ is EVIL" and unwavering views to put anyone on KOS who even thinks CQ. They will not last as long as they would like. If CQ does not take them down another guild will or they will fall apart. Purily on the fact they are to closed minded and not looking at the big picture. Many in Spec think that the server is dieing because of CQ's control, but server is not dieing, it is just not as hostile as it could be. And that is what I think Spec wants more PK server then Care bear server. Like I said, something admirable but also warped. But with them controlling more lands smaller and mid size guilds can ban together and make a stronger server.

Now the few mid size guilds the 3 who have lands currently ( well Integ lost to Riot so 2 left) . All 3 are over all non rpkers and leanings are more towards CQ then the other 3. That maybe why the other 3 large guilds have them all on KOS. I think because well even though they are smaller they fight better then the 3 large one's because there members have to use fewer and lower lvl to get the job done. Thus they work together better in many way's ( though Spec does fight well together in large and small numbers unlike Riot or RQ). Only time will tell the true ending of this. But with the smaller guilds members growing in lvl's it will soon be just a numbers game not a lvl game that the large guild's will have to deal with. And with many of the high end people either quitting or giving there characters away, I do not think that the map will be as one sided as it is now ever again.
Now what does this all mean? It means that no matter what. ( even in real life ) No matter who is in power there is always someone who see's things differently or wants that power for themselves.
I will not lie and say I would LOVE for my guild to be bigger and stronger and control more lands. But I also am unwilling to pay the price of selling my in game soul to some for that power or compromising my views and my guilds views for that power. Anyway that is the current way I see things. Yes people will see things differently. And thank god they do or this be a very boring world in RL and in game.