I know exactly what Im talking about. Remember also we are talking about medieval times, not 1920 or 1940. We are NOT talking about gangs, we are talking about 2 hostile forces fighting one another in medieval warfare, mercenary armies, or Militia. Sure, i agree, not a country, but when a city is under seige, the "guards" are civilian, and the army would have to move in to defend the city, so if any civilian took up arms, they would be considered guerilla's, and the army may not be successful. So lets think about a few armies in the Middle Ages that were not backed by a leader of a country, shall we? And we will see who is the silly one, as you put it.
It would be more on topic to speak of the likes of The Huns, this is more the timezone we are all RPing. The Huns moved out of central Asia and took whatever they liked in front of them. They didnt get into a city plaza and stop fighting because the civilians might complain, lmao.
Or perhaps the Goths, around the time of 370AD. Starting as refugees from the Huns, they migrated across the Denube, and into the Roman Empire, where they were treated like crap, so they revolted, taking down not only the emperor, but 2/3 of his army. This was done within the Balkan Provinces, again, no stopping the warriors because a civilian may complain.
The Goths were people without a country, they invaded the West Roman Empire, and had an overwhelming victory, which some say marked the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. So that takes care of the comment that we arent talking about England vs France, you dont need to be a leader of a country to invade a city. Many leaders, kings, emperors have been taken down, along with their armies, by alot less than the likes of another country's army.
I wonder if all armies in history, no, lets just stay within medieval warfare, if they would have stopped at the city walls, well, we would still have Troy around today, there would never have been the fall of the Roman Empire, and England may well still be run by the Romans.
If we want to talk history, lets talk history, since this is when this game is set, and the time we are RP'ing, so again I say, it would not be IC for me to stop and not fight in the plaza, if that is where my enemy has headed, I would pursue him, capture him, and slay him, and I would have my army at my back to resist any other forces that appeared. And if we were to go down, we would go down fighting.
We could talk about this until we are all blue in the face, but the fact will remain, that no one is here to listen to other's comments, they are only here to put their point across, and of course, your point is always the best, and the only one that matters. So until the contributants of this thread, every one of them, are willing to consider all the idea's put forth, there is no reason to continue this conversation. I would just suggest that people should learn a little bit of history, before trying to sound like they know what they are talking about in regards to wars of the middle ages, and therefore what is acceptable RP.
