This clan war everyone from the largest clan family to the
smallest independent clan are getting ready to chase after and battle the
Pirate King. We all needed at least one of the available four specialists to be
a 20T so many of us updated or created that formation knowing we would be
facing that one for sure in this battle. Everyone got busy and slipped into the
comfortable traditions and superstitions that make up each clans war preparations.
The division brackets were announced and with them came an early release of the
war prizes. Almost everyone was happy and surprised to see what we would a be
fighting so hard to win before the first shot was fired. Next the betting dens
opened up for business and all the pilots who are inclined to take part in the
betting chances this war got busy looking over the divisions to figure out who
would be this wars winner and bring home some extra niodes from their hoped for
winnings.
Almost a day later something happened the caused the MG
Player Page and clan chats to heat up. Every AFF clan in this war had their
names changed to XEON and each clan page has the XEON logo and motto. This
change after the clans were locked and after the divisions were made public
could only have been done by Nick Shaperio and his team. The question on everyone’s
mind is to what end is this change for? Will this be just for a laugh? Will this
create event lore that will live on in the history of the game? Are the players
and leadership in AFF getting any extra niodes, gear, weapons or mechs for
taking part in this? Who’s idea was this… Nick and team or was this put forth
by a player? Only time will reveal answers to some or all of these questions.
At the time of this writing Bob Goetz stated on the Players
Page that the AFF was not dead and an article in A.N.N would be forthcoming to
shed some light on these changes.
Now most of us are in this to kick mech ass and collect our
prizes so we can build stronger formations and do it all over again the next
war and do not get into the lore details to deep. But this change feels a
little last second and clumsy. Why make the changes after the divisions are out
and public? If you wanted to bet this war and did not get it done asap when the
betting opened you had a lot more work than normal to sort through the clans,
figure out who was who and then make sure you clicked on the right “XEON” in
the divisions that had more than one in the same division on your betting
sheet. The seasoned betting veterans might have found this to be not too big of
a deal but what about newer players to this game who might be trying to bet for
the first time? Did any of them give up in confusion over this? I hope the
answer is there were none but unless they speak up we might never know.
Right now there is less than one hour left until we get this
party started so I leave you all to your final checks and preparations. I hope
you all have lots of fun over the next three rounds and I look forward to
joining with you all to kick some pirate ass in the after-war raid!
See you on the battlefield. *Salute*
Submitted By John Ringo #899287