OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Incident with I.N.K. on Dec 31, 12

[Konoka]

This is the entirety of the incident:

1) Mero (Einsof) was using a silkworm stand.
2) Someone from I.N.K. came and used the stand in the brief interval when Mero was tending to another stand.
3) Without warning, Mero PKed the I.N.K. player.
4) The I.N.K. VL came to 'help.'
5) A few of our guys also went to 'help.'
6) General chaos ensued, with PKing starting on both sides. I.N.K. officers attempted to contact Einsof officers.
7) Mion (Einsof officer) and Dan (I.N.K. officer) both thought that a good way to end the hostilities is by having both sides make a public apology.
Note, however, that this remained as a mere thought. This was NOT an official agreement between an Einsof representative and an I.N.K. representative.
The I.N.K. GL told Dan to not agree to such an agreement. A vote inside I.N.K. also showed that their members also felt like they should not have to apologize, because they didn't start it.
9) Dan (I.N.K. officer) asked Mion, "so, would you guys apologize first?"
10) Mion (Einsof officer) misunderstood that question to imply that I.N.K. had agreed to the public mutual apology, and therefore asked Mero to apologize.
11) Mero apologized.
12) No one from I.N.K. apologized. Rather, they felt that it was insufficient; they wanted an official apology from an official Einsof representative, because all the PKing had elevated the gravity of the incident beyond that of a personal issue involving only Mero on the Einsof side.
13) Under the impression that I.N.K. had failed to apologize after promising to do so, and were even demanding something greater, Einzo became very angry.
14) Einzo presented I.N.K. with two options: "Forget about this incident since nobody was there to witness what actually took place and we can remain neutral with each other.", and "Have a war."
15) Still feeling slighted, I.N.K. was unable to accept the 1st option; therefore, they posted on world chat that Einsof is now on their KOS list.
16) In response, Einzo also declared I.N.K. to be KOS for Einsof members.
17) Complete war.

This is the sequence of events, as far as I can understand. The result was only because of a few misunderstandings, mostly on our side. Let's not play the blame game, ok? Everyone in the story acted in the way they thought was best for the guild, but they did not possess all the information, leading to decisions that turned out to not go very well. That's all that happened.

Therefore, it is my decision as the GL that we will do the official public apology. In the time being (and after the apology too, of course) NOBODY is to attack I.N.K. members. IF you are first attacked, retaliate, AND ALSO TAKE A SCREENSHOT, noting down who it was that attacked you.

"Consequences: Einzo has offered to retire from Jiang Hu and let Konoka take over the reins of Einsof Guild in Age of Wushu, in order to prevent any clash of views for the Guild in future. Also to convince Konoka stay in Einsof after Konoka said that he wants to leave Einsof, as he saw the effort Konoka put in for the Guild and believes that Konoka can bring the Guild further. For the better of the Guild and the Guild members". Edited to rephrase it properly - Einzo.

On the other hand, allow me to officially announce the official officers: gaelyoh, Mion, and Wu-ming and the official assistant officers: Phyllisgal, WangCongYang and Zhan.Zhao. They are the official representatives of AoW Einsof. Edited again (You missed out the assistant officers) - Einzo.

One last thing I want to say. As GL of AoW Einsof, I value peace and harmonic relationships much higher over demand of justice over perceived slights. If a mere apology is enough to solve everything, I'd be glad to do it. However, if after reviewing all evidence I feel that we have truly earned ourselves an enemy, I would not hesitate to declare war on them. We must be slow to anger, but terrible in our wrath.

Apparently, the system won't allow us to take them off our list of enemies for 14 days. We will do that as soon as OBT starts. In the meantime, note that even though they are on our list of enemies, THEY ARE NOT TO BE ATTACKED. Kidnapping is still fine though In other words, we have returned to previous relationship with I.N.K. If you are PKed by an I.N.K. member, TAKE SCREENSHOT of the fight, and include their name. Otherwise, we cannot report it to I.N.K. officers. Stay sharp, stay careful, stay peaceful =)

I feel that there is no more need to discuss this issue any further. Any further discussion would only serve to point fingers and shift blame around, which is not useful nor is it healthy. I hereby announce the close of this incident.

That is all I have to say about this. Thank you everyone for being fired up and passionate about Einsof! Love you all ^^

[phyllisgal]

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Oh well im targetting some ink members who i nv kill them kill me. I guess its nothing to do with the opposing guild just their members, any problem with that?

[capriken]

So are we still on their KOS list? I was happily killing fierce dogs in Luoyang when silencer (Royal Guard) just opened on me (MeiJue). I was not even in his way or killing his mobs. What is the screenshot button?

[Einzo]

So are we still on their KOS list? I was happily killing fierce dogs in Luoyang when silencer (Royal Guard) just opened on me (MeiJue). I was not even in his way or killing his mobs. What is the screenshot button?

Print Screen.

[emmanuel]

Sorry to have to say so but all this story looks like a fight between kids in their school's playground. Not a very mature picture of both us and INK >_<

[Einzo]

Ok guys. I am locking this thread. Let's forget about it and move on. Don't let this incident weigh you guys down and prevent you from moving forward. It is to my belief that Konoka will probably be a better choice to lead the Guild which is why I offered to step down. I was probably too defensive towards our Guild members and too quick to jump and defend our Guild members.

So from now onwards, if you guys ever get PKed by INK again. Please GPGT! Immediately take screenshot as evidence.

How to screenshot: Press the Print Screen [Prt Scr] button on your keyboard.

Screenshots can be found at your Snail Games USA folder> Age of Wushu> Bin> Image.