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The point is that these idiots tried to destroy all of London...in order to prevent their colleagues from destroying all of London. All because they couldn't be bothered to communicate until forced to. London was DECIMATED for NOTHING which severely hampered our attempts to fight the OTHER starved men who ALSO wanted to destroy all of London in a different way. If they had bothered to warn us from the start what they were trying to do and what was coming we could have dealt with the problem much easier and sooner.

Now, taking my Role Play hat off and giving a reply as a player rather than the character I'm playing as I must say the entire event was fun as hell.