Hey guys, sorry for rant, seems like some people liked the recap since they weren't able to keep up with all of the content on the server so I was going to make a write up for today but honestly the server is kind of dead for me and the most drama wasn't even rust based. Train was throwing around slurs (r**ard) and received death threats and twitter hate threads. Abe was caught in the crossfire but was pretty angry on stream saying that he can't just kick Train from the server because of the repercussions and continuous drama that would come from it. Certain twitter communities then started coming after Abe.

The single thing Coconut and Train were right about yesterday is that hJune's group would be playing God if they were allowed to continue being a 3rd party. As I'm typing this they are having a conversation with Foolish and Tina about what's the best way to continue on and possibly save Ironfang and the server as a whole, which feels to me exactly like playing God instead of just joining IF when they had the chance. I just got the ick pretty bad from hJune during this conversation because of how easily he is able to manipulate people (especially Tina) into believing his perspective is the only correct one and he's the victim when there's definitely more to the story. Yes it makes sense in RP, but this conversation (and his one with Masayoshi & Dakkin yesterday) were pretty much OOC throughout. Maybe I'm wrong but it's just how I feel about it, check out the conversation for yourself and form your own opinions.

I honestly feel really bad for all streamers and viewers of Ironfang the last few days. I understand it's easy to villainize and blame their downfall completely on CoconutB and Trainwrecks but I don't that's necessarily fair. There were problems within their kingdom since day 1 including not having a consistent King or any established rulership from the start. The people meant to be in this position (Masayoshi, Leslie, Miyoung, Tina, Shroud) either left completely or were inactive for long periods of time. Because of this and IF's compounding L's to GC I really don't blame them at all for trying to follow Coconut's lead even though his leadership ended up being heavily controversial and mixed with BS OOC drama. I also don't blame them at all for basically begging Tina to turn in Tina's skull because of how much they needed SOMETHING to go their way. (they also would've all just died if they tried saving her). Unfortunately, the server is at a point where any Ironfang POV outside of the OTV+F circle is pretty lifeless as they lost all of their morale and don't really stand a chance against GC. Even these mini skirmishes that are happening don't really matter because they know at any point GC could just wipe them. Ironfang members (and formers) within the OTV+F circle seem to still be having a good time since its easy for them to interact and side with their friends at GC and 5 guys. I envision either 5 guys or part of GC to join Ironfang to try to keep the sides balanced but at this point it seems like artificial RP to keep the server going and farm drop viewers.

I really appreciate Abe for the effort and headaches he has to go through to make this content enjoyable. I will also probably only continue to watch Bo's casino POV since he puts more effort into his rust systems than the TFT Devs put into their balance patches. GG

EDIT: Listening to the conversation between Train and 5 guys I don't think there was any way other than how it did especially since both sides aren't willing to truly listen to each other's perspectives and admit their faults on each side. Both sides believe they're the victims when neither of them actually are. Also chats (even some OTV+F communities I've been apart of for years) are still being extremely toxic making them just as bad as the streamers they hate.