These guys are supposed to be our allies?

[Anonymous]

Yes it will!  Don't you remember that annoying mission way back when that used to give everybody grief?  The Artifact thing, the powerful painting that the Merovingian had and you had to steal it.  That sounds like a WMD to me!

O NOES Guyz! TeH PAInTing ESPLODE!!!!!1

[Anonymous]

I know it really doesnt matter, but I say Tbone goes into this Alliance meeting, explains himself, makes them feel like ass's, has them ask him to forgive and forget and tell him that they want FA back in the Alliance. And then Tbone Bitch slaps someone, tell's them we've decided that we are more effective if we work under our own "government", that we dont feel the need to be a part of a "gang" we can take care of ourselves, we're real men who can fight hand to hand - we dont need to call for backup, and let it be.

But that is just the way I am, I like to be an ass right back.

[Anonymous]

The Furious Angels.... wow, what a goddamn powerful faction. and that's what really matters. Power, not popularity. However, power only comes from those who respect that authority. In the eyes of the game masters, we need to be powerful... that is all.....

[Anonymous]

So how is this developing? Have we had any official negotiations with this "society" yet? And what exactly does a black list consist of?

I was actually unaware of this development and I have interacted with multiple members of these factions black listing us since they put the "sanction" in effect. They reacted no different than usual, and made no mention of not helping out the FA any longer. I am not saying I would be incredibly surprised that many of these Zionists were incredibly two-faced, that goes without saying, but some of these people(a couple whom are high up in two of these blacklisting factions) I considered friends.

I realize I am a bit late to the table on this one, but do things currently stand as they did when Tbone made his original post, or have matter changed?

[Anonymous]

Essentially they feel we aren't popular anymore, and if you're not popular, you can't hang out with the cool kids.

Either we're too popular, or we need a miracle of good PR to bring us back into the light we were originally in.

[Anonymous]

ProfessorL, in a situation like this, it is usually those self important "cool ones" in the "upper echelons" of some of these factions that  are the biggest of problems.  Those in the "in" crowd, within these factions decide that another person or faction is no longer "cool" and make like everyone else should or does think like they do, when in actuality, a majority really don't have a problem with said "uncool" person or faction.

[Anonymous]

well i believe i said this in another post but ill repeat it again. its really quite simple FA is the most powerful faction in the game. we are and will be the object of envy and thru envy, hatred. this is just another perfect example. you better get used to people not playing nice with us, even our own so-called friends. now im new here, but how much do u wanna make a bet that us getting blacklisted by this little gathering isnt about our image and more about keeping us in the dark information wise so we are slower/weaker to act on the live events, thus trying to hog the glory for themselves? the reason they believe all the BS thats getting thrown around the forums is because they WANT to believe it. so you know what, the hell with them. they are losing more out of blacklisting us than we are. there went 50% of their collective powerbase. its just like if the US withdrew from the United Nations. considering that literally 95% of the UNs budget comes out of US taxpayer dollars, the greedy little rats would soon collapse under their own fat weight with no more food to sustain them and would soon start eating each other. we can expect a similar outcome here in the near future. let them talk all they want about us. WE know who we are and what we are really about. and thats all that matters. as far as im concerned, the only place where i care to clear our name is with the devs, publically stating on their site that they were investigating us for exploiting. i think we deserve an apology for dirtying our name and not dealing with the matter in private. but that is the only case where anyone has said anything negative about us with any legitimate credibility. not like it will make a difference, it will just further fuel the "all devs are in FA" theory, but the fact is if its on the official site, its generally assumed as fact by the entire community.

as for being the popular kids or whatever. the hell with that. we dont need to pretend to be something just to please a bunch of jealous hypocrites. we are FA and we are going to be FA and we will not let them affect us. we will not bend to the whim of this community. the community will bend to us. and if being ourselves doesnt sit well with a few envious little rats, you know what, im not losing any sleep over it.

bottom line is, none of this surprises me. if none of you have experience in previous games with being at the top, you better get used to your friends turning your back on you real quick. because if we are going to continue to be the pinnacle of mxo, our path is pathed in betrayal. its the price we pay for being that damn good.

[Anonymous]

to quote venlar:

So... basically... They're the UN... and.. We are... The United States... makes sense...

America! FUCK YEAH!

[Anonymous]

On a side note, there is one problem. well, not so much a problem, but let me lay it out:

remember when things were great, people loved and respected FA, fought to become part of FA,
there was press saying the devs were thinking of paying groups like FA to sway the story line/play, etc?

Our respect is still important, despite how cool we are. hehe. but let's face it, there isnt much respect at all. The devs/whoever arent going to want to give any type of treats to a faction, if they know it'll piss off the whole community and might even cause them to lose customers. I dont know about how much anyone else cares about those things, but if that's something they want in addition to playing this awesome game, everyone needs to step it up, No over the top trashtalking or griefing, one of the things I see a lot are, people in this faction are mature and have control, but they let it break too easily. they let other's taunts and accusations get to them, and snap, instead of keeping their cool, it'd be awesome if we became the robin hood and merry men of this game, stop the evil ones, and help the good guys. The people that defend us on the forums and in game are a lot of the same ones that were helped out personally by a FA member at some point when they needed it. Some FA member showed that person that they were willing to help out their fellow gamer and take time out of whatever they were doing to do so, asking nothing in return. take that, and think a larger scale. I believe it can be done, and we'll have enough people backing and supporting us to out number the ones that want to be asses or ruin the game for everyone else. at that point, When devs or whoever want a faction they can appoint to help out with the events or storyline, they'll likely go to someone like us, because they know the community will support it because they feel FA deserves it, and they know the only people they'll be hurting are the ones that are ruining it for everyone else. meh, sorry to vent a little, just something that was on my mind. I'll step off my soapbox now.

[Tbone]

The alliance is falling apart anyway. Warriors of the Awakened disbanded and their leader, Kotar, was kicked out. Sacred Order is gonna go Merv, though SolisFates has plans to completely leave the game. This leaves Risen Triad (jerkfaces), Kindred (about 5 members), Children of the Code (they're just going with the flow - wouldn't take much to get the teaming up with us), and the Illuminati (they have plans to go against Morpheus anyway, so we'll probably end up being pitted against them).

As for other Zionite factions, they still look up to us. Broin and I attended a meeting with Niobe today and I was flooded with tells and /daps.

As for the FA haterz, they currently have other targets. They've all been caught doing other stuff and basically it's just not cool anymore. I was chillin with a few of them at Mara Central. People seem to be a lot more friendly towards us - maybe because of fear, maybe because of respect.

I think we still shouldn't post on Enumerator: General. Also, this doesn't mean old shit won't be brought back up. I'm just saying that if you think we've lost respect/power/popularity, you are wrong. The alliance people were the only ones getting high and mighty.

Just keep being friendly to people and they'll run out of things to hate you for.

[Anonymous]

Ive just wanted to post on so many threads .. no words, just a picture of Johnson's Baby Shampoo with a little zoomed in section on "No Tears" .. man .. the good ol' days

[Anonymous]

jesus.... that was faster than i thot... they already pwned themselves? LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Broin]

Yes folks we all knew it was bound to happen.... These types of things always fall apart which is why we stayed out of it.  Just so you guys know I have been recieving quite a bit of contact from Children of The Code.  Several of them appear to want to be nice and buddy buddy now.... I believe they see the writing on the wall