Originally posted by mucera
pure evil can never rule all for true evil means chaos and chaos cannot be controlled,thus it will become weak one day and be overwhelmed starting from zero.
pure good means stagnation for pure good does not tolerate chaos.
but chaos is also change and progression.
true neutral wants to keep balance at all cost and chaotic neutral is something like beeing selfish,not caring about black or white.
You have to take into account that there are more than one guild in the system, and that they\'ll have to interact.
For instance, your devoted good won\'t have the chance to stagnate if some evil is around. Evil might not be able to \"rule\" all, but their goal is to feed on good. IMHO, it\'s all about equilibrium between those trends, it would be boring if every guild had the same alignment, as it would be boring if the members of a guild were only living by themselves, without interacting with others.
Chaotic is not selfish at all, I think. It\'s more about the path you choose to accomplish what you think is right for you, isn\'t it ? It could be helping others, for instance, but the way you feel it, without following predictable rules.
now the idea of OI,if i get it right,is to support its members no matter how they live their lifes.
and it is not their intention to balance nor to just linger through life looking for personal advantages.
it is just a home you can rely on,go back and relax.
someone helping you and helping the whole of ps as long as noone steps on their foot.(german expression i hope it makes sense:))
gosh difficult to explain in english,hope you get my point.
Yes, that\'s the idea, except it\'s not only a house to \"relax\", we expect our members to be active and to strive for the guild\'s success ! We support them whatever path they choose, but once again we have rules they have to respect. One of them which is important is that they have to support each other, like Kada said. That implies some constraints on the behaviour.
But we are not stuck to define ourselves as something as simple as \"lawful good\" or \"chaotic good\" etc... we are just ourselves, following a common goal and respecting the necessary rules accordingly.
Following a common goal, and respecting the structure we have, also implies that now and then the members may have to follow a directive given by the Council, if the need for it occurs. So to summarise it, we have a common goal but every one chooses freely the way to achieve his or her part.
PS: We have the same expression in french, I wouldn\'t know about english, though 
