First of all, Lochee better fix quick or i'm going to keep visiting
(btw are you guys still twin towns?)
Second, this "negotiation" of other peoples conflicts seems to be an inherently ******ed idea. It would seem you were initially confused with the FGW TBBG conflict, and that was while you were in TBBG. You also seemed to have misunderstood how negotiating works when you entered into the start of a talk with FGW by messaging Avien, who referred you to BakkieSloot, then informed me, and the world at large via your town splash, that you were at peace with FGW. All without actually ever recieving any correspondence other than "talk to BakkieSloot" and my telling you that if you wanted to be left alone, defect from TBBG.
Also, if you want to negotiate as some form of intermediary you are going to actually need some weight to throw around diplomatically, i'd suggest seeing as you are a peaceful town that you grow to a substantial union size before you try influence others. But even then use of trade sanctions etc is going to be busybody activity that will either be in support of one side, or simply ineffectual.
While the idea of a neutral union not wanting any conflict ever is great and all, advertising that you don't have duellers, and won't go to war to protect yourself is kind of like advertising a buffet of delicious treats to snack upon without any fear of getting fat. I mean, even as TBBG, there was nobody who could deal with me, a mid-range soldier, how do you plan to protect your people without willingness to fight? Unless of course you intend to get someone else to stand in and do the moral highground thing and defend you while you stay peaceful (which is just having a military wing really).
Also, who has been getting involved in disputes in your region, and what disputes are they? The Quahog case you cite was actually suggested by me that you enter into some kind of arrangement with them, because their leaving TBBG was almost exclusively due to my raiding of the town while it was providing combatants in a war against FGW, and I found them quite pleasant to deal with and suggested they form a union of some kind to contain former TBBG towns. For the record i'm part of FGW and migrated to the west with the rest of the core community from fumbbl, so how was I getting involved in a dispute where it wasn't my place?
Pretty much, to summarise, good work creating the union. But keep out of other peoples business unless they ask you for help (which as a neutral union i'd imagine you'd have to decline that request because it would mean taking a side, right?). Also i'd like to know what else is going on in your area because it is where I spend most of my time duelling against TBBG members, and have made contact with a few towns in the area. Any enlightenment on the issue would be much appreciated.
Oh yea, and fix Lochee and Compyg (he travelled five hours to attack me after joining NEU and staying TBBG? Bizarre). If they continue to act out of line eject them from the NEU before you lose credibility. And if Tharsis claims NEU with Lochee (its twin town) claiming both NEU and TBBG, i'm not going to regard NEU as a seperate entity from TBBG due to the circumstances in which it has been created.
