Destruction Follows: First off please introduce yourself? Who are you within UN Family?
Moulson11: I am Moulson11. Duke of the UN family.
Destruction Follows: How would you say the UN Family is doing?
Moulson11: Lately, not too well. We’ve had more then our fair share of internals. But we are looking to get that cleaned up, and get back into the tribe that was beating on NMS, CB and DeathX.
Destruction Follows: yes times of war can be very hard on the morale of players causing some to quit. So would you consider inactivity your biggest problem within the tribe at the moment?
Moulson11: Definitely. Our biggest enemy is ourselves at the moment. However, what the stats don’t show is that we have a very strong core group of players behind those inactives, which are still a force to be reckoned with.
Destruction Follows: very true that strong core can be a deciding factor in many wars. With the stats showing heavy losses in the UN Family even with the strong core, how do you feel about it all?
Moulson11: Well, obviously I’m not overjoyed by it all, or even happy about it. While the stats show that we are in the sh*tter (pardon my french), I still believe we can bounce back, as they largely reflect the inactives which our enemies are pouncing on – and do not reflect what a lot of the strong players we have are still doing successfully (defending hundreds to thousands of incomings).
Destruction Follows: Inactives are a killer during war, always the enemies number 1 target it seems. It will be interesting to see how they do against your core group. So in the end do you honestly think the UN Family can win?
Moulson11: At this point it is hard to say, I would really need to see where we are in 2 to 3 more months. I’d say that we would still be in control of the Eastern part of this world in that amount of time unless something dramatic happens, but it will all depend on if our losses of players to RL slows down, and if we get some more borderline players emerging as strong, active ones.
Destruction Follows: Yes that will have a major affect on your war efforts if you are able to find more players to help in the borders.
Moulson11: Agreed.
Destruction Follows: I know in the past the UN Family was known for their mass recruitment policy. Do you think this relationship affected your alliances and NAPs?
Moulson11: Hmm, I wouldn’t say it was a mass recruitment policy. While we were very ‘pro-recruitment,’ we did (most of the time) pick the cream of the crop and turn down a lot of players. At the same time, we fought and beat tribes. When they were down and out we would pick their top few players who we wanted to join us, and the rest would be eaten. Most top tribes do similar things. We have done very little recruitment lately since I have taken over as duke. I don’t believe that this policy really affected our NAPs and alliances, what I believe affected that was our old duke’s lack of respect and judgement, which got us into a 4-way gangbang.
Destruction Follows: Very true as of lately recruitment seems to have changed. I remember the posts on UN’s old duke, he seemed very inconsiderate of the diplomacy he had with others. I agree it seems like it may have been a major part of the downfall with diplomacy along your borders.
Moulson11: Yes, Axilles was a very large factor, if not the only factor in our ‘downfall with diplomacy’ as you said.
Destruction Follows: Going further into details with UN’s old duke, since Axilles quit how has it affected the tribe?
Moulson11: Positively. I’ve had some nice chats with Kata and NMS leaders (though nothing was accomplished). However, I can possibly foresee some solid diplomacy in one way or another with one of these two tribes should UN get back into the high gear it was at before Kata declared on us.
Destruction Follows: That would be a nice change I am sure.
Moulson11: Yes, but don’t get me wrong we love war.
Destruction Follows: Just not 4 wars at once, I get very much so what you mean.
Moulson11: Haha, yes. We were doing well for a long time with 3 wars. But 4 wars has been over strenuous so far.
Destruction Follows: Well thats to be expected I would think from most tribes, I have never really seen a war on all sides like this in quite some time. I have a few questions non related to the war for you as well. What is your favorite setting overall in world 40?
Moulson11: I love church settings, it really makes things interesting and forces you to plan your clusters wisely.
Destruction Follows: I always loved the strategy behind it, it is not the easiest setting to work with but it makes for a tougher world. Is there anything you wish you could have done differently in this world?
Moulson11: I wish I was duke of UN earlier, before all the damage was done, but unfortunately that was out of my hands. However, other then that I am quite happy, I have managed to get some strong clusters on 3 frontlines and always have a steady stream of incomings to keep me busy.
Destruction Follows: I am sure it is a nice change compared to you having to beg for some on the forums.
Moulson11: Yes my begging has paid off, I pissed off the right people.
Destruction Follows: Haha Is there anything you think tribalwars should change in the game or you would like added?
Moulson11: Well what I would love to see happen on this world would be half price coins. It would make things much more fun.
Destruction Follows: That would up the competition on nobling for sure. Lastly are you playing any other worlds? Or do you have plans for a new world in the future?
Moulson11: Currently, no. I am far too busy giving NMS and Kata a hard time on this world. I doubt I will join up a new world unless this one gets boring, but seeing as we are warring the world I don’t think that will happen any time soon.
Destruction Follows: Sounds good well thanks again for your time away from your busy schedule. I appreciate it.
Moulson11: Yep, no problem.
Hiya! This week we are focusing in on the UN family side of the big war in the east. The UN family has been dealing with a 4 front war for a month now. With the added threat of Kata how is the family holding up? Are we going to see a turn in the tides soon? There is still a lot of nobling to do before anything is decided.
Based on the stats below it seems that the cluster of Deathx inside the UN W40 Family is a major target for them and is where DeathX is suffering most of their losses. The other borders haven’t changed as much, but the UN Family has been pushed back a bit in some areas. Even after a month of nobling you can still see the distinct line along the border of Kata where the two tribes had once agreed not to cross. It will be interesting to see how this map looks again in another few months. 
when will the next update be here,were going on two weeks
Moulson is a much better duke in my opinion than Axilles was….I joined UN 40 when the tribe I was duke of “Blitz” was merged into them….the best of that tribe now are very active players within UN…so in my opinion, that merge paid off for UN in the long run. Enjoyed reading your blogs.
No the dates are correct. 6/11/2010 is November 6th 2010 and 11/10/2010 is October 11th 2010.
I believe the dates are switched in the first spoiler. they show lower points for november and higher points for june.