I'm with Obbys and I'm staying with Obbys. It doesn't make me more loyal than people who have left, however. My reasons vary from being "loyal" to something more amorphous, ambiguous, and slightly contradictory as my actions at SW have shown.
Loyalty is a funny thing. One thing to keep in mind is that not everyone, and probably most people do not consider a clan their family. For some of us, it is more like a job. If we had shopped around more, we might have decided to go with an entirely different clan. I can't say that I wouldn't have.
Disagreements with management styles is a valid reason, to me, to leave a clan. How a clan handles itself and its members are not isolated actions; they espouse a value system, a culture of standards that other members might not agree with, be angered by, and consequently be driven to quit by. Though an individual has obligations to a group, an individual has an obligation to his or herself to stand by their own principles. We owe each other patience, and that has an expiration date, granted some earlier than others, but that is all we owe imo.
At the same time, mistakes made by individuals does not mean that they are rejects or subhuman. But accountability on all sides, including myself, should be held as a standard, in all walks of life, rs or no rs.
If it is just a game, then revel in the competition though I understand the heartbreak of seeing something you worked hard for, put many hours building, or keeping alive meet an end because another force beyond your control willed it. If it is just a game, then check your 3 years of revenge-seeking heart, for if your pain is so justified to come and laugh at people on this thread for expressing what is their personal sincere pain, you undermine your justifications.
However, let's be real. DS/OA were not great allies, not even friends. People are allowed to change their minds. Doesn't make them villains, though it's easier to sit back and tell ourselves that story.
08-Apr-2011 23:46:17