Post by tylerwhitney on Oct 13, 2006 18:45:15 GMT -5
I always thought of the Battle of the Blackmore as a strategic choice with no real hope of total victory (Ridleybank going survivor). Like you I was shocked to see how easy the RRF was letting us have it. As I said months ago, our real goal is to corral all the big hordes back up in Central Malton and put an end to the Big Bash on our terms.
Something the Battle of the Blackmore did indirectly:
It forced every one of the largest, best organized hordes to devote themselves to recapturing a suburb that was essentially theirs. This window in which they're all in central Malton also means that every other suburb in Malton has time to rebarricade and have a good old, country-style revive orgy! (Redneck voice) WHHEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOH!!!! Once they sally forth again from Central Malton they'll meet more survivors in more heavily entrenched positions. And of course, if they all leave again, we can just come back.
Our losses are also not terrible. 200 odd in Blackmore, 200 in Nichols, and that's if every one of us was killed, and I'm sure at least a hundred from each made it out. Maybe more. It's not like Caiger of Giddings where all the marbles were in one basket with 1000+ survivors. If we took a hit like that, (if a Caiger sized seige fell) I'd be a lot more distressed. As it is, we're only seeing losses on the order of a mid-sized mall like Ackland. And we've bounced back from that kind of hit countless times. The overall Badass quality to the Bastards involved also suggests we'll all be back on our feet by Monday or Tuesday at the latest.
Now we just have to decide where the next fight is going to be. As someone said before, if there isn't a fight, we'll make one.
Something the Battle of the Blackmore did indirectly:
It forced every one of the largest, best organized hordes to devote themselves to recapturing a suburb that was essentially theirs. This window in which they're all in central Malton also means that every other suburb in Malton has time to rebarricade and have a good old, country-style revive orgy! (Redneck voice) WHHEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOH!!!! Once they sally forth again from Central Malton they'll meet more survivors in more heavily entrenched positions. And of course, if they all leave again, we can just come back.
Our losses are also not terrible. 200 odd in Blackmore, 200 in Nichols, and that's if every one of us was killed, and I'm sure at least a hundred from each made it out. Maybe more. It's not like Caiger of Giddings where all the marbles were in one basket with 1000+ survivors. If we took a hit like that, (if a Caiger sized seige fell) I'd be a lot more distressed. As it is, we're only seeing losses on the order of a mid-sized mall like Ackland. And we've bounced back from that kind of hit countless times. The overall Badass quality to the Bastards involved also suggests we'll all be back on our feet by Monday or Tuesday at the latest.
Now we just have to decide where the next fight is going to be. As someone said before, if there isn't a fight, we'll make one.