Retired Leaders are killing the game

[Eumirbago]

On 5/21/2022 at 7:17 AM, roberts said:

A tale as old as time. Once-competent leaders who have run out of time to play the game, if your alliance is lucky they "retire" into an advisor position and help out now and then - but more often than not they sit in high gov chats simply to disagree with the current gov and offer contrarian opinions on the way the current people want to move forward. The exceptional retiree is great, but the usual are regressive.

If you're unlucky, your leader retires mentally without ever informing anyone or actually stepping down. They gradually answer fewer pings or DM's, eventually it becomes an accepted fact that your leader checks in maybe once a day, once every other day, likely without reading most of the relevant information - and logs right back out.

 

I've been guilty of it myself as leader or gov, everyone experiences burnout. The problem is when the retirees cling to their vestiges of power in every single alliance that the new blood can never rise to the top.

It is the nature of things that newer, less experienced people come into their own time to do things their way. Stop preventing that in your alliance out of fear they'll "mess something up" because this is a browser game and competence is an illusion. 99% of alliances are trash unless their membership is hyperactive and engaged. If you want engagement then you need to do things and keep life flowing.

A good gardener must cut away the dying leaves and branches to make room for new growth. That's not to say you should delete if you're old, just to say give other people a freaking chance. If you alliance is too far gone then disband and let people disperse into other communities that can benefit from the influx. Start up merger talks if you're too small to ever do anything.

FREAKING RETIRE AND KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF THINGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

disclaimer: There are some good retirees that genuinely offer service to their alliance. Hi Adrienne.

Go !@#$ yourself with your weak ass not @ing the !@#$ you wanna call out

[KiWilliam]

12 hours ago, Keegoz said:

Do we start a thread about how non-retired leaders are also killing the game?

Roberts is putting up numbers. Hidude has threads and science based buzzfeed tests. You're due for another Wall of text.

[Prefonteen]

Holton, May 11th:  

"Wars have become meaningless!"

"Political roleplay is going extinct!" 

"booo bad!" 

 

Also Holton (OP):

"ITS ALL THE FAULT OF THE RETIRED LEADERS" 

 

This is your ideology. Eat it.

[Mayor]

5 hours ago, Prefonteen said:

Holton, May 11th:  

"Wars have become meaningless!"

"Political roleplay is going extinct!" 

"booo bad!" 

 

Also Holton (OP):

"ITS ALL THE FAULT OF THE RETIRED LEADERS" 

 

This is your ideology. Eat it.

You're killing this game Partisan, get the !@#$ out of here.

[Bucca of the Marish]

On 5/21/2022 at 8:17 AM, roberts said:

FREAKING RETIRE AND KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF THINGS

I tried, but someone begged me for months to come back and run econ for them.

[Sphinx]

On 5/22/2022 at 12:17 AM, roberts said:

FREAKING RETIRE AND KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF THINGS

I'll have you know, I've not caused a single war since I retired.