Post by moose on Apr 12, 2009 19:43:38 GMT -5
"I am the Eagle I live in high country,
In rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky,
I am the Hawk and there's blood on my feathers,
but time is still turning; they soon will be dry."
I spent a few hours last night listening to two very smart people talk about the state of our kin.
It seemed very simple.
I remember us turning the Balrog for the first time. It took us a while but like the breaking of Thangorodrim all things will fall given the will of dedicated people.
I am speaking to the people who actually listen in this quiet quarter of the interwebs ...
This is what I learned from listening last night.
We don't talk enough.
This is what I have to say.
John and Will and Kama and Sal appear to be gone. That sucks. I don't like most people and I liked them and I could count on them to their jobs. I'm not in this kin to find a girlfriend, I am in it to find a decent champ and to kill really, REALLY BIG THINGS.
Much more difficult.
The loss of more than 25% of your core troop strength in any battle has been been doomsayed since Sun Tzu.
So we are wounded and are in tactical retreat.
In order to build a successful volunteer army of 1000 men you must recruit 100,000.
We have always been too lucky. The Hawks picked up many dedicated people. I'll leave the history lesson to Cork but Keryl and him and Kait and Jon and Smith of the dead and jenn...
that's a pretty lucky social group. I mean i was in RK and i didn't meet this many people I actually like to run with.
I feel fortunate to have been found by the Hawks. A grumpy old bastard like me could go ages with out finding a decent kin. And hell...I'm not even the grumpiest old bastard here! /salute Dooks.
All armies, all groups fall or fly on the wings of their leaders. Leaders will lead content. leaders will lead recruitment, leaders will lead the armies of accomplishment.
Again we are lucky but left with challenges.
This is the hard part.
We have an exceptional tactician in Cork.
Since my return, NO ONE has been more enthusiastic about helping me level and gear up than Corkus. PERIOD.
Like me Cork has no interest in drama. A great and dedicated mind.
But we need more leadership from you and need to know that you are with us and not anywhere else. /Reported.
Mat and or Matt and Jenn are; IMHO, our biggest asset. They are two smart people fully involved in many aspects of the game and meta game and you could ask them to do anything and they would be there if they could. Listen to Matt. Matt; don't be so passive. You are right. Act like it.
Pez. Fuck me. While I have built two mediocre toons(and one nearly flawless
he has made a paragon and is delightful every single time i've been on with him. Even when I'm a jerk to him. He is smart, dedicated and needs officer status and to wake the fuck up and start helping the kin progress. You are a charming mother fucker. Step up.
Dooks will be back. I miss him, he makes me look cheery. Without dooks we are a family with out a father. Or a least a creepy uncle that touches you funny. Dooks is fully committed to us and is a pillar we are missing and we are tipping because of it. Sometimes, in a fire you know the right thing to do, because you were trained to do it right. But when the flames hit the ceiling you need a good command to pull you through. That is Corkus and Dooks.
Get with the program and pull us through.
Serna is the only reason I am a Hawk. She recruited me. She kept me here. She brought me back. People will follow you if you leave the drama behind you and step up and lead. You are smart, capable and charismatic. But you need to want to lead us forward. You need to want to lead the Hawks through our current challenges. I know you can. I want you to do it. Kill the Squid.
If you are still reading this and I've never seen you on vent or you've never posted or you've never talked to me....
Decide. You know those fellowship quests in Lone Lands that are sticking you? You know that next level of gear you need to make your new toon rock?
I will do it with you. I will make it for you. So will Smitty, or Dooks, or Pez or Serna or many others.
Ask...That's your job for now....
Until we come collecting...
selah.
g. et al.
In rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky,
I am the Hawk and there's blood on my feathers,
but time is still turning; they soon will be dry."
I spent a few hours last night listening to two very smart people talk about the state of our kin.
It seemed very simple.
I remember us turning the Balrog for the first time. It took us a while but like the breaking of Thangorodrim all things will fall given the will of dedicated people.
I am speaking to the people who actually listen in this quiet quarter of the interwebs ...
This is what I learned from listening last night.
We don't talk enough.
This is what I have to say.
John and Will and Kama and Sal appear to be gone. That sucks. I don't like most people and I liked them and I could count on them to their jobs. I'm not in this kin to find a girlfriend, I am in it to find a decent champ and to kill really, REALLY BIG THINGS.
Much more difficult.
The loss of more than 25% of your core troop strength in any battle has been been doomsayed since Sun Tzu.
So we are wounded and are in tactical retreat.
In order to build a successful volunteer army of 1000 men you must recruit 100,000.
We have always been too lucky. The Hawks picked up many dedicated people. I'll leave the history lesson to Cork but Keryl and him and Kait and Jon and Smith of the dead and jenn...
that's a pretty lucky social group. I mean i was in RK and i didn't meet this many people I actually like to run with.
I feel fortunate to have been found by the Hawks. A grumpy old bastard like me could go ages with out finding a decent kin. And hell...I'm not even the grumpiest old bastard here! /salute Dooks.
All armies, all groups fall or fly on the wings of their leaders. Leaders will lead content. leaders will lead recruitment, leaders will lead the armies of accomplishment.
Again we are lucky but left with challenges.
This is the hard part.
We have an exceptional tactician in Cork.
Since my return, NO ONE has been more enthusiastic about helping me level and gear up than Corkus. PERIOD.
Like me Cork has no interest in drama. A great and dedicated mind.
But we need more leadership from you and need to know that you are with us and not anywhere else. /Reported.
Mat and or Matt and Jenn are; IMHO, our biggest asset. They are two smart people fully involved in many aspects of the game and meta game and you could ask them to do anything and they would be there if they could. Listen to Matt. Matt; don't be so passive. You are right. Act like it.
Pez. Fuck me. While I have built two mediocre toons(and one nearly flawless
he has made a paragon and is delightful every single time i've been on with him. Even when I'm a jerk to him. He is smart, dedicated and needs officer status and to wake the fuck up and start helping the kin progress. You are a charming mother fucker. Step up.Dooks will be back. I miss him, he makes me look cheery. Without dooks we are a family with out a father. Or a least a creepy uncle that touches you funny. Dooks is fully committed to us and is a pillar we are missing and we are tipping because of it. Sometimes, in a fire you know the right thing to do, because you were trained to do it right. But when the flames hit the ceiling you need a good command to pull you through. That is Corkus and Dooks.
Get with the program and pull us through.
Serna is the only reason I am a Hawk. She recruited me. She kept me here. She brought me back. People will follow you if you leave the drama behind you and step up and lead. You are smart, capable and charismatic. But you need to want to lead us forward. You need to want to lead the Hawks through our current challenges. I know you can. I want you to do it. Kill the Squid.
If you are still reading this and I've never seen you on vent or you've never posted or you've never talked to me....
Decide. You know those fellowship quests in Lone Lands that are sticking you? You know that next level of gear you need to make your new toon rock?
I will do it with you. I will make it for you. So will Smitty, or Dooks, or Pez or Serna or many others.
Ask...That's your job for now....
Until we come collecting...
selah.
g. et al.
how are Middle Earth Mutual's rates?