CP begins to fall?
 

Now in this deepened time of sorrow comes yet another great tragity, as Alan the great leader steps down. And is replaced with what? But a USDer who idles in trade and another USDer who disappears for 2 months after being called "active".

Now in this final hour we have what? Do no kingdoms truely remain now? I believe a mistake has been made, for I believe you will all see it true before the end. Felix held not even the rank of Commander, skipping several key ranks to become leader, whilst Yann, after quitting and claiming Graal Kingdoms stunk on ice(and I agree) comes back and instantly is rewarded. Bah I say, all here know there was really only one choice in this leadership, and not be it I, but you all know who it was.

Now I know I may mean nothing to the Pirate people as most new members wont know me, and the elder members may think of me as a traitor but hear this, The kingdom will regret these actions, events will deminish, the kingdom will decay, and your people will quit.

If you dislike my words dont read them, if you dislike my warnings dont heed them. The choice is yours for your kingdom, let it deminish or let it survive.

- Former Mayor & Alans son, Ricky Steele

I'm up for freeing the oppressed.

If they really did USD, then a horrible choice it was. I do agree that there were better candidates.

Its Proven both of them USD'd I wont give names of buyers/sellers due to privacy but believe you me they have.

On top of that Yann immediately leaving? Good leadership right there.


However dont think of me or anyone here as flamers or haters, I and others have an opinion that needs to be heard. Open your eyes and view the truth behind the mistake.

That's why I nominated Paul.

Oh well.

Personally I would have settled for a Paul/Proto combo, both are active enough to watch eachothers backs, Proto is just a bit too "Rpish". But then agian being a Pirate needs RP.

But letting 2 USDers skip ranks to take the leadership, thats just unfair, Dont forget Yann was retired.

I'm up for freeing the oppressed.

I'd rather not hear about people usding from a scammer and account sharer. It'd be more believable coming from the mouth of someone who has yet to perform an illegal graal activity.

lol off topic much? Besides, not my fault you tried to scam me of borrowed items, a FID omg lol.

Either way its not just me who knows this, Its public knowledge.

I was expecting somthing like this from you sooner or later Ricky. I knew how much you didn't want Felix to become Governor.
Obviously, Alan though Felix and Yann were right for the job. Why can't you just let them get on with it, and give them a chance before you criticize them.

Its agianst common policy to let someone skip to such a high rank, I've never known Felix to be and more "Extraordinary" than anyone else. I think Alan could have easily made a better choice.

He joined CP almost 2 years and half ago. He was Mayor for 9 months before he got Governor. I thought, once you were an active Mayor for 4 months, you get Commadore.

That's not off topic. He is perfectly just in saying that seeing as you see fit to make accusations towards others as well.

Spread your rumors talk about me their is nothing i can do about it, but i do know i will run CP to the best of my ability it maybe not be to the standerd of Alan but i wil try my best and i have a good few old friend in cp who will help me.

I stand beside Alan's choices. Alan was the Governor he chose the people he thought best to lead CP. Felix is very active and a good leader.

As for Yann's absence, sorry but real life comes before games. Read his post about his absence.

CP will only fall if the people who once made it a great and proud nation fall away from it.

/wrist

There were many people who deserved to be Governor, including Sage, Paul, Proto and Chris Woods. However, Felix is the one who has the most consistant active GK participation and is in the prime of his career, where some others are too busy irl or have had waning interest.

Common policy? Before this well considered hand off including a week of nominations (of which Felix got the most), common policy was to sell CP for USD or give it to a buddy not even in the kingdom!

Extraordinary? Personally I prefer a leader who is solid, dependable, loyal *coughs at Ricky*, helps the members and loves to sail and fight. Whether or not it was the best possible choice, I am satisfied CP is in good hands. But one thing I learned as Governor, is that no matter what choices you make in any matter, you will have Monday morning quarterbacks who say they could have done better. :\

I see it offtopic, either way I didnt scam him, I lent him my Fid and zormite shield whilst I took a break and played zone, I came back he wanted to keep them but I took them back(after like 2 months) he claimed I scammed him but I clearly lent them to him. Staff never got involved because they were my items to begin with. But really I'd much rather stay with the subject here.

Even so I think even he knows he could have choosen better, Dont get me wrong I dont hate Yann or Felix, I dont think anyone here does, I just dont see him fit to rule. Everyone I talked to before gov was picked ATLEAST said Felix shouldnt be gov, if not that they said Paul should be gov. As I said Proto would have been good too. When I spoke to Felix about being gov, I asked him what he could do for the kingdom, what made him better than everyone else. His reply "I have good leadership skills" Everything else was "dunno" or something along those lines, EVERY mayor/commodore/commander has "good leadership skills" I want to see someone with more than that as leader.


Yann... well he clearly hates GK, hes told me before. Hes probably not coming back, he'll probably quit AGIAN. Or he might leave the kingdom 'for kicks' agian.

Felix's prime was him having his perfect USD set, now Alan I love ya and all but not this choice. I've known you to make the right choice, and you know me to point out mistakes, so far with his leadership I've seen him idling in trade, no different then anyone else.

You used to be a man who lived by the code of common policy, have you changed so? *nods* shame to see the kingdom end this way.

loyal? agian, Yann has quit GK, left CP, and yelled at anyone who trys to talk to him, I cant even get close to that person anymore. As for me, though not on topic agian, I've left CP several times, so? Im not running for Gov am I? I've always looked over CP threw others and kept my opinion heard. You may not know it but I'm behind more than you know.


And for felix's short message im not quoting(dont really want a wall of text), rumors? You've told me yourself you USD'd, no rumors mate, Yanns told me on MSN he USD'd then bought for USD, and you better try you better try harder than Alan did if you want to make something of that kingdom in this age.

I laughed when I saw this thread title. CP begins to fall? They barely even took their seats as Governor, and already things are going bad? It's way too soon to make a judgement like that, but i know that wasn't your point anyways.

Believe it or not, USDing does not make someone a poor Governor. Refer to the thread "GK Fails" and then you'll see good reasons as to why people have to USD in this game. I don't know if they bought items with USD or not, and I also don't care. If they did, I'd be jealous that they're able to acquire things so easily, but I wouldn't go around saying they're terrible Governors.

Skipping ranks... why does that matter? You don't work your way up to Governor directly through ranks believe it or not. I think it would be terrible if things worked that way. A Governor should be the best candidate possible. The candidates should be anyone in the kingdom. If Ghost Pirate came back to Graal today and had the rank "Pirate". I'd say he's the best candidate. And it works both ways. I think someone can work their way up to Commander and still be someone who should not even be considered for Governor.

Okay, so, while I don't know Yann's story, you seem to have a good argument there. But, oh well... we still have Felix. Personally, I don't agree with the idea of 2 Governors anyways.

Firstly, I have never seen you online to see anybody idleing in trade.
And he certainly hasn't been idleing. He might be in bomb trade. But he's there, at the computer and talking to people. He's also been doing a lot of maps lately, so he is hardly in bomb trade. And if you do see him in bomb trade saying "BRB" in the corner. It's because we have a 2 year old sister that we are contasntly running around after.

Anyway, Felix has been loyal to the kingdom, Spent over 2 years working hard to get trough the ranks. Yeah, he might have skipped ranks. He didn't get most of his ranks through level. He got them through trust, and skill. He's been very loyal, unlike the handful of people who left the kingdom asoon as they didn't get Governor. If he didn't get the promotion, he would have stayed in CP.

No wonder you guys have a lot of patience ^^
Argh, I better go change my signature now.

Yup, she takes up most of our time, until she goes to bed we can't go half an hour without having to clean up after her, playing with her ect..

Yeah. It still find it weird not seeing you as Governor. Whenever I look at the player list and see Yann or Felix on guild tag. I think "Hey look, Alan's online"

First off, have you forgotten how many acc's I have? My activity is irrelevent, that aside, I have word from many pirates that he idles alot. Now normally I wouldnt mind, as just about every other leader idles, but Yann and Felix were picked BECAUSE of their activity. One idles one is gone, thats active? Believe you me, Alan had plenty of family things going on im sure but he was plenty more active than that. Now I cant say I know 100% sure he had more going on but I know he had plenty of problems but managed to lead a full active term.

Rank has been a major thing, as Alisa said to me once, for no reason should anyone skip ranks to commander or Gov(or Governess). Smaller ranks sure, even commodore I can understand, as I've seen people skip to that alot. I can understand Loyalty, but to skip to such a degree, not acceptable, infact if Staff werent so narrow minded, and had this been a few years ago they themselves may have looked into it. Was Alan a mayor? Yes, was Alan a commander? Yes, was Alan a clear cut winner? no, even he had a close race for gov.

However now is not then, we need to realize that with todays declining population we need leaders who are player friendly, and by that I mean not USD friendly, Yann gets mad easily, speaks little english, and is inactive, Felix is often short tempered, ignores PM's and logs off when he gets too many. We need someone(s) who can look to the people and smile, someone who can really stick up for the little guy. Both Paul and Proto listen to those kind of things, both are plenty active and care for the kingdom.

Dont you think all the members leaving is a sign? You've made a mistake, now fix it.


On a quick side note, having two Governors is a fine idea since there is no governess and one remaining Commander, for the time.

I disagree with this. How long have you even been playing Graal Kingdoms? There's been at least one person who has skipped from Captain to Governor through reasonable means (being an old member, being very active, showing much concern for the betterment of the kingdom, etc.) , and while being a low-leveled character.

Recurrent theme?

Im up for freeing the opressed!

Sure I mean, if the person had truely proven themselves then perhaps I MIGHT understand this, but its a basic rule, a rule Alan enforced till the (near) end.

Felix was a pretty good mayor, probably commodore material, Maybe commander material, BUT he WASNT trained to be anything more than a mayor, With the ranks come training, training the Gov(Alan at the time) needs to give them. With each new right comes new responsibilitys and you have to learn how to use them.

He never got the chance the get trained, he never got the chance to become Commadore. He was Mayor for 9 months, and Councilman for 6 months before that.
He spent over a year looking after a town. Repairing houses. Doing what he needed to do. Im am suprised he never got a rank up to Commadore. I though he deserved it months ago.

And Felix short tempered?.. what the hell? Since when. Your the one losing your rag over all of this. You don't see him posting huge paragraphs filled of hate speach towards people.

And again, He doesn't idle. He might in bomb trade. But he is talking to people. Last time I checked. If someone is idleing it means they arn't at the computer. When he's running around trade a speaking to people, I belive that isn't ideling. And if he is BRB it will be because of looking after out little sister.

hahahaa people are selling kingdoms for USD now a days? I invented that trick

Justin T. - Cry me a river.

Your brothers no? Seems your both short tempered, read my full posts. I dont hate anyone here, I just dont see him fit to rule.

I post long paragraphs because I like to speak my mind, all of it. I like to explain my reasons in detail. So far the only arguements I've seen agianst me are "Derr Ricky u scam" and "Felix brb's because of his little sister", unless I missed something, Im not seeing any real defence. Infact I've seen people agree Yann is a problem, He Obviously was a mistake, and no one is really proving me wrong agianst Felix either.

I think the USDing is being taken too lightly.

I think GK is taken too seriously.

Too seriously. Especially if people feel the need to USD.

jaws908 you cannot talk about people USDing as you have done it yourself. you are just jealous that felix and yann were picked and because they are better than you, grow up

lol funny since you USD like crazy, I have never USD'd before, if I have please tell me who. Which you wont be able to :) My god-set I had wasnt USD'd nor did I scam it, Steven gave it to me off HIS account which Crusty left items on. Not my fault Stevens a true friend. Stay on topic.

Also I DONT and DIDNT want to become Gov, Please read my full posts before you blab nonsense.


And I agree USDing should be a banable offence like ALL other main stream games, like WoW, if your caught your banned, and Eve online, instant IP ban. Here if your caught worse thing that happens is your rep is slightly dampened.

Uhm you actually have USD'd before... x.x

Felix isnt an idler, I constantly talk to him and he always reply immediatley so...

Yann has irl issues, why are you having a go at him for this?

Agian, name who and what I've USD'd?

I dont have any real problems with either of them, my point is we need someone who isnt distracted, like Alan said, Obviously Yann is too busy to lead. Felix has ignored me plenty and gives short/undetailed answers when he does talk to me.

I've seen Felix idle plenty, what else does he do besides that then? PMs friends? He should be looking over the fleet, fixing up the towns(since there is only 1-2 mayors now) recruiting, changing ranks, setting up new rules, giving players projects to work on, training new mayors, there is plenty more he should be doing than just pming friends.


Also, why must you use two accounts to post? lol

The trainee has to be online to be trained. Dur.

I have just one thing to say about the character and activity of Felix and Fayt - they are the well deserved leaders of CP, and you aren't. They have my support. You still have my friendship, but also my disagreement.

((dang, I never thought I would like this bickering on forums stuff, but it's kinda fun :) Now I know what people do when they are idling, I guess))

Agian, I dont think this is about me. Im talking about the current Gov's. Fayt I have nothing agianst, Gratz on your promo, Alan why do you not Defend Yann? Why does no one defend Yann? Because what I speak is the truth.