This was posted by Option a couple of days ago:
[quote name='option.iv'] I am not vying for leadership, I'll even go into exile if it comes to that. I just can't agree with Crotch's strategy and leadership, so I cannot sit idle at the moment. It has gotten many of us killed in the past, not to mention forced us to waste our AP for several occasions which yielded nothing beneficial. Basically, leadership needs to be transferred from Crotch to the entire group, evenly. This is for the better of CAS.[/quote]
I ignored this post. To quote Homer Simpson (who was likely quoting someone else or simply repeating a common phrase that I have never heard elsewhere), I did not want to "dignify [it] with an answer". I fear that this may have been in error, and that my silence may have been incorrectly interpreted as the result of my being incapable of answering.
The second reason I did not respond to this post is simple: Option does not believe what he just said. At least, I hope he does not. I've always considered Option to be reasonably smart, with a good grasp of the game. Nobody who knows what they're talking about would have made the post quoted above. People who know me in real life tell me that I absolutely
hate being wrong. So if am wrong in this - and I don't think I am - I will probably be pissed. But as far as I'm concerned, it was a cynical attempt to drive a wedge through the CAS with no regard for practicality - or reason. So, a little bit at a time...
[quote name='option.iv']
I am not vying for leadership, I'll even go into exile if it comes to that. I just can't agree with Crotch's strategy and leadership, so I cannot sit idle at the moment.[/quote]See, so far, it more-or-less makes sense. I haven't done shit perfectly. Probably my biggest flaw so far is that I haven't done a good job of communicating to the members of the CAS who our allies are, what our allies are doing, what we are doing with them, and what's going on "in the grand scheme" - that is, I talk too much about trees and not enough about forests. This is definitely something that I want to change, but ironically, this little bit of trouble is actually
impeding change, not facilitating it.
As a side note on this, I encourage anyone and everyone to join other Urban Dead-related forums. Talk with other groups. Get the CAS name out there. Brag about your latest bounty collection.
[quote name='option.iv']It has gotten many of us killed in the past...[/quote]Zambah haz a har-har? As far as reasons to be upset go, that's a pretty pussy one. First off: people die in this game. A-mother

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lot. In the moment, it is certainly annoying, and can be a fairly major setback in some situations. But... it happens. It happens all the time. So quitcherbitchin'.
Second, I'm assuming that you are referring especially to the troubles with the "Darthbudge Subgroup" - the great irony (Option's post is chock
full of irony) here is that that was an experiment in power sharing and decentralization. So if those are your goals, you're probably best off not bringing that shit up.
[quote name='option.iv']... not to mention forced us to waste our AP for several occasions which yielded nothing beneficial.[/quote]This needs to be clarified before I can give a proper response. Maybe he's referring to our habit of moving from suburb to suburb frequently - hardly a waste of AP, if you follow the game news (as I'm sure Option does). Invariably, suburbs are overwhelmed shortly after we leave.
Perhaps he is speaking of the times we do
not leave, and get our asses kicked. Yet, those times when I have decided to stand and fight (most recently, in a mall a few weeks back) against a full zombie horde, I have done so specifically because a large number of CAS
wanted to. Remember that stuff about decentralization and power sharing?
Perhaps he is speaking of the frequent scouting missions. If he is, then he is being selfish. Spending a day's AP searching a suburb for, say, Gore Corps hiding out is anything
but a waste - it allows others to focus their AP more efficiently. If this is what Option is complaining about, then he is trying to put himself above the group.
[quote name='option.iv']Basically, leadership needs to be transferred from Crotch to the entire group, evenly. This is for the better of CAS.[/quote]As I pointed out above, his points are a combination of impracticality, selfishness, and self-contradiction. The only conclusion is that either:
Option is

ing out there.
- OR -
Option is playing at populism to try and get support.
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say that it's the latter. I could say more, but I've dedicated more words to this than it deserves.