Posted by Old High Arcanus on March 28, 2000 at 15:13:12:
In Reply to: Interesting.... text posted by Quinthen on March 28, 2000 at 14:21:33:
I guess you are right about some stuff....most people lost interest in Empire when you were around. Black and Blades always seem to have a bunch of newbies. You didn't have much choice there. However, Arcane was not that bad. I would have liked if you got rid of Nulivos when he stopped producing. That is what I had the biggest problem I had with you. 8 out of 10 people that join arcane are fairly decent players. A couple of them quit playing when you picked Nulivos because it was kinda insulting. Not sure if I could blame them. I am not sure if you really knew him at the time you picked him.
If I were to consider you to be a good Emperor. Here is what I would have done. Replace black...that worthless Wollishit necro did nothing for almost two months. I would have also gotten rid of High Arcanus and placed Jorin in the seat. He was kicking ass a lot during that time and showed 20 times more than Nulivos. You could have groomed him for Emperor. At the very least, see how he is doing as High Arcanus. You are right about past Emperors, 90% of them just screwed Empire. THose that started wars and just quit were worthless assholes. I think they were thinking more of their sylvan characters. I would one day like to see one that thinks of Empire. Picks a new Emperor to replace him before he quits. Has a strong council, etc. You could have done that if you played a little longer as a mortal. Not sure if you had a choice, but if I did have one, I would have waited.
I think of all the past Emperor's, Genofen was proably the best. He was very proactive in keeping a strong council. Not sure I liked the way he went out. If he would have hand picked a new Emperor, Empire would not have gotten wiped out when Ag got his ass kicked by the High Arcanus. Which is the real reason Empire got wiped out, not that SECs were helping eachother that much. The fact that divine and arcana fought is proof there.