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There are many rumors floating around, so I'll make a brief statement to hopefully dispel anything untrue.
Due to some issues and disagreements within MercStar, a small number of us (about 15) have broken off and formed a separate unit so that we can continue to play together. This is less than 10% of the existing membership in MS. A handful of other members have also left MercStar for their own reasons and gone off to join other units.
There is a rumor that Deathlyeyes and Slincer "took the A team" to form their own unit, while there is some reason to perceive things this way, this is only optics and not truth. The more accurate version is that about 15 of us were pressuring Slincer and Deathlyeyes to create a new unit for us because we were not happy dropping with MercStar anymore. Slincer and Deathly resisted until the very end, but after a few months we brought them around to our point of view, and here we are. There have been some initial bumps, but it should be understood that this is a group of like-minded individuals who made the decision to leave together.
As for the main body of Mercstar, it appears that they will remain intact, albeit with some restructuring, but I cannot speak to that any further and I'll leave that for an actual MS leader to address.
I can say that we are in talks with MS and continuing to drop with MS in some situations, although in a more limited fashion. We are also attempting to maintain an open line of communication with MS and perhaps cultivate some sort of "allied" state, as most of the playing members of both units would prefer to continue to play together. While there are some members of MS that we have significant disagreement with, for the majority of MS as a whole we bear no ill will.
To Xavier:
We handled our departure very poorly, both in timing and in method. For that we publicly apologize and ask that you forgive us where we were ham-handed. We are sorry for any additional pain we have caused you in a time that has already been difficult. Please know that this was never what was intended, and we really feel badly for that aspect of this move.
To the rest of MercStar:
We apologize for anywhere we have mishandled our transition and hurt feelings or stomped on toes, and again, this was never our intention. We will continue to drop, and you know where to find us.
To the Mechwarrior community, MS is undeniably a fixture of this community and many many of you have passed through it's doors. Regardless of whether we stay members or not, I think it is important that we all do our best to make sure that MS continues to be a place for new and old players to join together in groups and learn how to play faction warfare. Many many of us found a place in MS and were able to grow out of our puggish ways due to training from drop callers like Kwea and Xavier, among many many others, and we owe them nothing but our thanks.
Our new unit going forward is called "Comstar Postal Service, with the tag CSPS". This is not set in stone, but it may be the name we continue to play under. The name was chosen because quite frankly, many many other names were already taken, however it has a little bit of comical+lore theme, that may be a fair commentary on the nature of those of us in the group. We will not be actively recruiting at the moment, as we are still getting our house in order, but we will most likely remain a significantly smaller unit than MS. Again however, we will do everything we can to maintain a close knit alliance with the larger MS community. I hope that the rest of MS will be receptive, but only time will tell.
Thank you for hearing us out,
CSPS
P.S. Wololo
Edited by Dionnsai, 25 February 2018 - 05:14 PM.
