As many of you already know, a longtime member of Westworld departed from us yesterday morning when TNL dropped their tiles and left WW servers.
TNL was an integral part of WW for years and a key component in our side's Island War 2.0 victory. There was generalship from Andrew_616 who tirelessly grew TNL to what it is now, all-around leadership and organization from Lunartemis, and powerful technological tools from Omanpx.
Sadly, it became more and more apparent over the last year that our two factions just could not work together. We tried to work it out, and in fact the very screenshots released in their document (written by people currently in fed) *were* us trying to come to a solution that would calm us all down.
Aquagloop had gathered data so he could tell his side of the story, but, rightly or wrongly, I counseled him not to post it. When Aqua was instead put into 30-day fed, his greatest lament was that he never got to speak up. Knowing that his story would expose some bad activity by TNL, I and others tried to mediate a solution that required only that Oman apologize for spearheading a smear campaign based primarily on an unrecognizable version of events. Ultimately, we were rejected, and they left of their own accord.
Personally, I don't think any of the people involved truly understood they were breaking the rules, and I am sad to see anyone lose so many years of work from being wrong. We've poured our lives into this game for pixel stats.
I wish TNL well, regardless of which side they're on. We're all playing a game together, after all.