Resignation
Resignation
Never in my 15-year micronational career have I put so many hours into something I enjoy so little.
Having spent an entire day checking references and crunching numbers in a hair-ripping attempt to bring the Batavian Front to some sort of conclusion, the prospect of doing the same thing for Floria, Keltia and whatever new fronts might yet open is simply too much. Active hostilities in the War of Lost Brothers have just entered their third Earth month, and by my estimation the war may not even be at its halfway point.
My intended 'organic' style of refereeing was intended for a much smaller conflict. Instead I find myself presiding over easily the most geographically-expansive war in Micran history (at one point I counted six active fronts) which, if it isn't already, will doubtless become the longest too. In hindsight, perhaps I overestimated the willingness of participants to play the game in holistic terms, building up a progressive picture of the war beyond their own little roles. Instead there are persistent grey areas in the official consensus which participants, perhaps haunted by the adversarial model of previous recwars, don't consider their preserve and leave me to resolve; not so much out of laziness as unthinking instinct. For a small war I could manage the workload, but this is no small war.
Ultimately, nobody gets paid to do their thing here so we're all limited to what we enjoy. And while I have enjoyed elements of this war, the proportion of narrative frisson to brain-melting technical work in my role as adjudicator has steadily shifted in favour of the latter as the war becomes more exponentially complex, its economies scale up and small, narratively irrelevant aspects suddenly become essential to address lest they escalate to game-breaking levels.
I apologise for leaving you all in the lurch like this, but I can't go on doing something I literally dread. For the sake of those of you who still have a interest in the war, I think it should go on - either with a new judge, or some system where the participants can collectively decide its course (hints of the latter have been demonstrated already).
Many thanks to those who tried to help me make sense of things - I'm only sorry I wasn't up to the job.
Carry on.
Having spent an entire day checking references and crunching numbers in a hair-ripping attempt to bring the Batavian Front to some sort of conclusion, the prospect of doing the same thing for Floria, Keltia and whatever new fronts might yet open is simply too much. Active hostilities in the War of Lost Brothers have just entered their third Earth month, and by my estimation the war may not even be at its halfway point.
My intended 'organic' style of refereeing was intended for a much smaller conflict. Instead I find myself presiding over easily the most geographically-expansive war in Micran history (at one point I counted six active fronts) which, if it isn't already, will doubtless become the longest too. In hindsight, perhaps I overestimated the willingness of participants to play the game in holistic terms, building up a progressive picture of the war beyond their own little roles. Instead there are persistent grey areas in the official consensus which participants, perhaps haunted by the adversarial model of previous recwars, don't consider their preserve and leave me to resolve; not so much out of laziness as unthinking instinct. For a small war I could manage the workload, but this is no small war.
Ultimately, nobody gets paid to do their thing here so we're all limited to what we enjoy. And while I have enjoyed elements of this war, the proportion of narrative frisson to brain-melting technical work in my role as adjudicator has steadily shifted in favour of the latter as the war becomes more exponentially complex, its economies scale up and small, narratively irrelevant aspects suddenly become essential to address lest they escalate to game-breaking levels.
I apologise for leaving you all in the lurch like this, but I can't go on doing something I literally dread. For the sake of those of you who still have a interest in the war, I think it should go on - either with a new judge, or some system where the participants can collectively decide its course (hints of the latter have been demonstrated already).
Many thanks to those who tried to help me make sense of things - I'm only sorry I wasn't up to the job.
Carry on.
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And for your patient suffering over these last few months we are immensely grateful. I wonder then if this might be the moment to bring the forum based War of Lost Brothers to the semblance of a close. The wiki based "Keltian War" (provisional title) looks like it still has a long life ahead of it in terms of me and Bijaro flinging ships and militias at each other, but that is something that can probably be permitted to rumble on in the background.
IC perhaps we can suggest a truce on Apollonia and Benacia for the sake of the Micras Games (since I seem to recall that's what the Greeks did for the genuine Olympics...)?
IC perhaps we can suggest a truce on Apollonia and Benacia for the sake of the Micras Games (since I seem to recall that's what the Greeks did for the genuine Olympics...)?
All this has happened before, and all this will happen again.
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I think we should. This war has become pathetic.
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Oh I don't know. The bits you weren't in were okay. (just kidding)
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Kras, you are a braver man than the lot of us for lasting tgis long. We salute you o7
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An unenviable job from the beginning, but incredibly well-managed and administered. Mad respect for you. Thank you for your service.
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Thanks, Yastreb, for your participation and help.
Perhaps we should start rolling dices to find out who wins the battles, Ardy?
Perhaps we should start rolling dices to find out who wins the battles, Ardy?
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Thanks for your kind words and understanding, folks.
It belatedly occurred to me that I have a few secret moves still on file... I'll still be happy to confirm them as/when required (or pass them on to a new referee, if you appoint one).
It belatedly occurred to me that I have a few secret moves still on file... I'll still be happy to confirm them as/when required (or pass them on to a new referee, if you appoint one).
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Wow, we are now in uncharted territory. The nature of recwars has been changed forever.
Thanks for all your efforts, Yastreb. In hindsight I realize that I could/should have done more to communicate with you about my involvement in things.
Thanks for all your efforts, Yastreb. In hindsight I realize that I could/should have done more to communicate with you about my involvement in things.
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For what it's worth, the conciseness and consistency of your Force Composition/Objective/ROE posting format was, out of everyone, the nearest to what I was looking for. If everyone did that, and gave an honest account of their casualties where moves conflicted, this war could pretty much run itself.
But yes, this recwar will go down in legend.
But yes, this recwar will go down in legend.
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As will it's esteemed arbiter.
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Thank you for your service!
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Nobody could do it better. o7
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