Due to the recent actions of Rome, some inside information, and public statements by members of Rome, the YMGP has declared (yes, we authoritarians make DECLARATION now) that Romans incarnating on the YM gate ring or come through our weirs will be killed on sight.
A YMGP member recently killed Ancalagon. He was gathering for dworkin, who arrived and immediately began doing dworkinish things. Dworkin was placed on the watch list, as we felt that a lot of people had been unfairly targeted for minor crimes and thus were going to give all of the people on it another chance. His immediate demolishing and attacking of hamlets proved that he hadn't changed, Dworkin was then moved to the Kill List. Ancalagon was placed on the kill list for gathering someone who had obvious intentions of causing havoc on YM. Shortly after, while on copasetic's village that he was about to convert, Ancalagon was killed by a member of the YMGP. This then led to Melkor�s declaring war, as leader of WURM, on YM, with 4000 souls in tow. (Ancalagon had been gathering for Melkor since Thuersday.)
Dworkin, meanwhile, flew away from the scene. He attempted to use decimagic and broken sorcery several times, but stopped each time and has now fled onto an aggro hamlet of 760 earth souls belonging to pondy, where he's building a weir, presumably to be aligned to BG.
(The Descryer Update: The Weir on Black Grotto might have been already aligned by press time and the WURM-YMGP War might be in full swing. We will keep watch and bring you the latest development.)
Kcunda Spoke:
An Interview with The Lord of Illusion
The Descyer: Mr. Kcunda, Lord of Illusion, good morning.
Kcunda: Good morning Xiaomu.
The Descryer: For those of our readers who have just recently known you through reading our paper but do not really know you, please tell them a few things about you. (elements, etc.)
Kcunda: For starters I am a metal soul, over a year old, and the equivalent of level 10. I had a rough start in Gokrida, I was killed quite a few times by GP and random souls looking for sorcery experience. I started with a large group of kids from my school; Speedgonzals, JWRTolkien, Desecrator, and Bard just to name a few.
The Descryer: Thank you.
The Descryer: Do you have a clear goal as to what you wish to gain in our universe? What matters to you most?
Kcunda: My original goal was to gain the illusion title, but after I finished with that, I wished to gain the most stat areas: those were my personal, material goals. As for an overview, I wish to see some of the changes go away, I am very annoyed with the state of the game at this moment.
The Descryer: "Most stat areas" meaning that you have the most entries in your skills menu?
Kcunda: Correct
The Descryer: Has the illusion title goal been from the beginning of play or only a recent goal?
Kcunda: Well, I had no idea what the illusion title was from the beginning of play. Once I found out about infucio mundus, it became my goal to become the best in the field, and to try and discover new illusion knowledges.
The Descryer: Have you made it your goal to contribute to GK your illusion knowledge, either through new understanding or new discoveries?
Kcunda: Yes.
The Descryer: Please elaborate.
Kcunda: The field is very limited at this moment, there are very few illusion knowledges. For that reason, it is .my belief that more exist, and I have made it my goal to find them.
The Descryer: We are curious to know if you have taken any personal apprentices since you have learned the illusion knowledges, so as to further the study of illusion?
Kcunda: No. No one has approached me with any interest of being my apprentice in the field of illusion
The Descryer: Thanks for that information.
The Descryer: Will you like to have students in this field?
Kcunda: It would depend on who the student was.
The Descryer: What are some of the most annoying changes in the GK universe to you? (We'll get to the meaty part of this interview in just a short moment )
Kcunda: Look ups, the stat menu, vagueness of village contents, and heaven.
The Descryer: Ah.
The Descryer: The Descryer has recently reported your involvement in Lunar Alliance Co-leader Gecko's untimely demise. In a private message you sent to the editor, you stated that the Paper did not get the facts straight. Would you like to elaborate on that?
Kcunda: Yes. Gecko�s death was not unprovoked, nor was he gleaning peacefully.
Kcunda: I was on Kobalos when I received messages of his attempts to convert my hamlets. I immediately came to RCE to stop him. Then, as he was moving from his hamlet to the east that he recently took from me, to the west, I saw a way to stop him (though my original intentions were so far away from killing him I cannot express it).
He moved to the west, and as I expected began converting my hamlet I immediately glitterbombed him, to prevent him from taking my hamlet.
The Descryer: Ah.
Kcunda: The scry message that The Descryer received was my scry to make sure he did not have any more diplomatic actions planned.
The Descryer: Please specify which one..
Kcunda: Dec 9th, 6:32 Gecko will finish gleaning (x996) in 1 hour and 10 minutes
The Descryer: Yes... understood.
The Descryer: Were you on the same hamlet as him at that moment?
Kcunda: Yes
The Descryer: And the hamlet still belonged to you?
Kcunda: Yes, because of the original glitterbomb.
The Descryer: As we could see from the scry messages -- there were about a 3.5 hours gap between your scrying of Gecko and the moment that your hamlet killed Gecko -- how many people did he have on him?
Kcunda: No comment.
The Descryer: Hm... so, are you telling the readers that you were well aware of the possible effect of the aggro hamlet you had on Gecko?
Kcunda: I knew full well that if he decided he didn't want to die, I could save him.
The Descryer: Would you please explain how that could have been done? Through what means?
Kcunda: I gave him twelve hours to respond to my messages pleading him not to make me kill him.
The Descryer: Were you aware of the fact that he was having computer/access troubles?
Kcunda: No, I only found this out after he was dead
The Descryer: Did he send any messages back to you to decline your "help"?
Kcunda: No, and I found it bizarre. This is part of the reason I gave him so much time
The Descryer: But you presumed that he was refusing your contact.
Kcunda: Correct
The Descryer: This stirs a memory in me -- seems that this is the same way and explanation you gave a while back regarding the death of Desecrator
Kcunda: Yes and no
Kcunda: I did not kill Desecrator
The Descryer: Ah.
Kcunda: I forcebolted him to take away his TD, to discourage the possibility of him blowing me up.
The Descryer: However, the explanation of "giving a generous amount of time" (a set number of "hours") for message response.. is the same.
Kcunda: I gave gecko much more time.
The Descryer: However, you did not wait for a response that proved that he would not accept your offer. Did you have an inkling as to why he was converting your hamlets?
Kcunda: He had turned me down in the past, so when he did not respond, I thought that might be his way of dying with his dignity. As for the reason of converting my hamlets, I was almost positive it was an act of aggression.
The Descryer: Aggression against you?
The Descryer: Was there a reason for that?
Kcunda: Not to my knowledge, or if there was, not from me
The Descryer: Got that.
The Descryer: Have you contacted him / he responded since the unfortunate death?
Kcunda: He only contacted me to tell me that he didn't have access to a computer and he might have taken me up on my offer if I had waited longer. But truthfully, I gave him quite a lot of time already. I could not afford to wait any longer
The Descryer: Why was that?
The Descryer: Was he in the act of killing you? Or this was about hamlet ownership?
Kcunda: if I waited longer, he would have had the chance to kill me, and I would have been helpless to stop him.
The Descryer: Why?
Kcunda: Because I only had 1 soul on me
The Descryer: And you presumed that he would kill you or turn your hamlet aggro against you?
Kcunda: It was a risk I was not willing to take.
The Descryer: Understand.
The Descryer: You did not know why he would be against you -- but did you think that he was acting on behalf of the LA, since you were listed as a Roman?
Kcunda: That is a possibility.
The Descryer: So, will you say that you have a high level of suspicion of others?
Kcunda: Being a metal soul I must take certain precautions to stay alive
Kcunda: I do not have the luxury of two lives that most earth souls posses
The Descryer: Do you regard metal souls as the most vulnerable element?
Kcunda: Certainly.
The Descryer: I believe our readers will find that very interesting -- would you please elaborate a little?
Kcunda: Every other element has a specialized defense mechanism. Earth has TD. Sky can fly. Water can call ocean currents, and Leaf can enchant forests.
The Descryer: Thank you.
The Descryer: Metal does not have such mechanism then?
Kcunda: Well solar alchemy in ways, but to my understanding all elements can learn/ use it
The Descryer: So, you believe that the only way to defend yourself is to kill your opponent when suspicion arises.
Kcunda: Yes and no. You must understand, Gecko and I lived in total harmony before this one event. We would walk on each others hamlets with one person all the time. This was the first, and final dispute we ever had.
The Descryer: Then what made you believe that he was there to kill you?
Kcunda: His aggression, but more importantly he supported people that would enjoy sending me on my way to heaven.
The Descryer: Understandable ..
The Descryer: So, you'd say that this defense against Gecko was purely provoked by his action, not ordered by BD or linked with Rome?
Kcunda: well on that same note I could say it was encouraged by my Kobalan Oath of Fealty
The Descryer: How so?
Kcunda: "I will work towards her interests, no matter where I be."
The Descryer: Gecko was a potential threat to Kobalos??
Kcunda: Becoming a stronger player to fight along side Kobalos against enemies that may present themselves in is the interest of Kobalos, not Gecko in particular
The Descryer: Are you still a citizen of Kobalos?
Kcunda: Leelas' posts on the forums lead me to believe that I am no longer a citizen, but he has not told me straight forward.
The Descryer: You have the reputation of being a really untrustworthy soul on GK -- would you like to dispute this perception?
Kcunda: Yes
The Descryer: How should people perceive you, then?
Kcunda: I am not going to suggest how people should perceive me
Kcunda: I just dispute my title of least trustworthy. There are souls out there who have done far worse crimes than I have.
Kcunda: next question please
The Descryer: Will GoKrida see a more predictable Kcunda in the future, or will you keep surprising us?
Kcunda: It's a surprise.
The Descryer: I guess a really final question -- what is your primary motive behind each of your chosen course of actions?
Kcunda: That shall remain a secret. But I do promise this, I don't role a dice to determine my actions even though it might seem like that at times
The Descryer: And is your current alliance/ allegiance also a secret?
Kcunda: I suppose you could call it a secret, but I would just say it is to confusing to explain.
The Descryer: Would you try?
Kcunda: It would be presumptuous to. My situation is sticky at the moment.
The Descryer: Thanks for your time..
Kcunda: No problem...its been a pleasure
Immediately after this interview, guest writer JWRTolkien wrote a response to Mr. Kcunda�s answers:
JWR�s Second Philippic Against Kcunda:
In Response to an Interview
Last week, I wrote an article suggesting Kcunda was not to be trusted since he killed Gecko, his longtime mentor and friend. In the subsequent time, both Gecko and his good friend Scatterbrain have left GoKrida, presumably for good. Since their decision to leave was based on Gecko�s death, it is not a stretch to say that it was Kcunda�s betrayal that made them both quit. Much of GoKrida will miss those two souls.
In a desperate attempt to save what shred of credibility he had left after this backstabbing (not to imply that he had more before), Kcunda consented to be interviewed by the staff of the Descryer. Above are some of the most contradictory, self-serving and generally deceitful answers I have ever seen, although, taking in Kcunda�s previous actions and words, that should not be surprising in the least.
In this editorial, I will attempt to examine the inconsistencies and hypocrisies in Kcunda�s interview. The part up to the introduction of the Gecko backstabbing is fairly regular�Kcunda outlines what he has tried to do in GoKrida, most of which seems to involve the spamming of a certain irritating spell. It is when the subject of the late Gecko is brought up that Kcunda resorts to his usual occupation�lying. As some of you may know, Kcunda was a citizen of Kobalos since the day it first declared its independence. I gathered for him roughly three weeks ago, now, since he managed to convince me that he actually wanted to do something helpful to the planet, rather than sit and whine on the forum about policies of the monarch. Strangely enough, he left three days later, his only contribution to Kobalos being wasting a few souls� time. According to this interview, he left because Gecko was converting his hamlets. However, he had never been concerned about Gecko�s actions before, according to a later part of the interview, he only meant to stop Gecko, not kill him. When Kcunda lands on RCE, he seems to return to his lands, if he was not actually gathered for on them. He goes to the square Gecko is converting his hamlet on. So far, these actions seem rather logical�it can be assumed that Kcunda messaged Gecko asking him to explain his actions, but, since Gecko was having computer problems, he was unable to answer. Gecko, unaware Kcunda has landed on RCE, continues to convert the hamlets he had once given to Kcunda, but now required back for some reason. Kcunda said he was concerned about Gecko�s �aggressive action,� yet how was it an aggressive action if Kcunda wasn�t on RCE? For Kcunda to trigger to RCE without first asking Gecko what he was doing likely meant he had some other motive than merely stopping Gecko, which, apparently, he only did because he felt threatened, which he couldn�t have been were they worlds apart. Kcunda gets to Gecko�s square, where he is converting the hamlet as a queued action�nothing suggests that Gecko logged on while Kcunda was on RCE. Kcunda, not wanting his hamlet to be lost, cancels Gecko�s convert and Gecko starts to glean. Kcunda is indeed correct that the conclusions derived from last issues Scan were inaccurate, although that doesn�t really support his point. Once Gecko has been stopped and is peacefully gleaning, Kcunda messaged him asking for an explanation. Once he didn�t get a response in 12 hours, he killed him. He could easily have found out Gecko was having trouble accessing GoKrida, but he didn�t. He could easily have waited another 12 hours or more until Gecko responded�after all, Gecko couldn�t hurt him until he logged on, and Kcunda�s plan was to wait for Gecko to log on anyway. Were Kcunda really interested in figuring out what Gecko was up to, there is no reason for him not to have waited until Gecko logged on. The reasons Kcunda gave for the killing of Gecko were that he was being aggressive against Kcunda�interesting, since Gecko didn�t know Kcunda was on RCE, and that he was allied with people who wanted Kcunda dead. As a member of several upstanding organization, Gecko has always been allied with people that want Kcunda dead, this is nothing new. Kcunda clearly had another reason for killing Gecko, and that reason almost undoubtably related to the war on RCE, in which Gecko, a Lunar Alliance co-leader, was on the opposite side as from Kcunda, a Roman. In fact, sources suggest that Blooddrake was the one who issued the order to kill Gecko, and that it was his order, not Kcunda�s deep sense of loyalty, honesty, or whatever that lead to Gecko�s death.
In his role as the perpetual pawn, Kcunda killed Gecko at Rome�s request. If he really did think of all Gecko had done for him, or feel great remorse at this cold murder, his actions certainly did not show it. If he really did not want to commit this deed, then why did he do it? Kcunda needs to stop blaming others and accept the fact that, ultimately, the decision to let his friend live, or die, the decision to try and be a good person or to fall back on his treacherous ways, was his. He chose the path of betrayal, killing the player who raised him from his previous position as scum, admired by none, to a respectable soul, the player who�s influence was the only reason Kcunda has the spell that he currently is �working on�, a player who is the very reason that Kcunda owns any land at all.
As a citizen of the Kingdom of Kobalos, I feel obliged to answer his comments about my nation. Firstly, Kcunda most emphatically was expelled. He broke the Oath that all citizens swore to, not to help the other side in a war involving Kobalos. Gecko, as a LA Co-leader, was an ally of Kobalos, and killing him in no way helped the KoK. His argument that by killing him he was working towards Kobalos�s interests is purely bogus�he was working towards the interests of a Kobalan enemy. Fundamentally, the logic �I can kill anyone I want and then give the excuse that it helped Kobalos since I�m stronger� is wrong, I couldn�t kill everyone on some random escape world, take their land and people, and then argue that this helped Kobalos since I�m a better player.
Kcunda�s interview is hardly a logical explanation of his actions, but rather an illogical set of excuses meant to shove the blame of his plate and onto Gecko�s, whose only action was to convert some hamlets that were useless to Kcunda anyway.
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(xiaomu, Dec 16)
-- The wrong analysis by guest writier, Mr. Tokien, is now replaced with the correct version. -- editextractdeleteadd comment
