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	*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20155 "Mi Lucha" on TWC]		*[http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20155 "Mi Lucha" on TWC]

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	“Go on BP, don’t give up! You’ve got carolus on the rocks!!” (the “t” came later lol)		“Go on BP, don’t give up! You’ve got carolus on the rocks!!” (the “t” came later lol)

	Strange as it may seem, that was a pretty important moment for me, I really felt like I belonged on the forum, as part of the community, that I was accepted, so I was pretty ~~damn~~ pleased…		Strange as it may seem, that was a pretty important moment for me, I really felt like I belonged on the forum, as part of the community, that I was accepted, so I was pretty pleased…
	the “t” in my name came a bit later. I’d signed up as the Black Prince, and the lack of capital T was not exactly intentional, but to begin with i objected to being nicknamed simply “BP” since those were the letters for British Petroleum… and so TBP was born.		the “t” in my name came a bit later. I’d signed up as the Black Prince, and the lack of capital T was not exactly intentional, but to begin with i objected to being nicknamed simply “BP” since those were the letters for British Petroleum… and so TBP was born.
	The heavy emphasis I place on the small T stems not from me, but actually from a spanish member called henryV, not to be confused with the current member of the Helios team, King Henry V!. henry strongly emphasised the fact that his user name had a small H, but a capital V. go look him up actually… he’s still registered		The heavy emphasis I place on the small T stems not from me, but actually from a spanish member called henryV, not to be confused with the current member of the Helios team, King Henry V!. henry strongly emphasised the fact that his user name had a small H, but a capital V. go look him up actually… he’s still registered
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	’ve always found Boris to be one of the more interesting characters on TWC, though how much of what he said was true I’ll obviously never know. When he was a staff member, he was a Cuban, studying at the University of Florida. I recall one particular time when he was inactive because the university had suspended his internet access on suspicion of terrorist activity! However, despite Boris taking to his power broking roll quite well, he ultimately ended siding with Sib again and again and again, before finally resigning as a Trium. His stated reason for doing so was my bureaucracy, and I’d like that particular fact to be remembered by all for comparison with future claims.		’ve always found Boris to be one of the more interesting characters on TWC, though how much of what he said was true I’ll obviously never know. When he was a staff member, he was a Cuban, studying at the University of Florida. I recall one particular time when he was inactive because the university had suspended his internet access on suspicion of terrorist activity! However, despite Boris taking to his power broking roll quite well, he ultimately ended siding with Sib again and again and again, before finally resigning as a Trium. His stated reason for doing so was my bureaucracy, and I’d like that particular fact to be remembered by all for comparison with future claims.
	Why bureaucracy? Well its actually misleading, my stance was pretty ~~damn~~ simple. I told boris and sib in no uncertain terms that since they’d enacted some laws binding upon everyone, and that these laws were a constitution, and therefore set out how the site was to be governed, they were going to ~~damn well~~ stick to them. Rule of law and all that jazz. To be quite honest, I like working in an environment with set procedures and guidelines to follow, and the constitution provided exactly that. I was 100% of the opinion that we’d created this thing, the least we could do was respect it. It’s an opinion I still hold today, though one not shared by our senior staff. So Boris ultimately left when he found out I planned to hold him to the terms of his own constitution, and that left me and sibs to find ourselves a new admin to assist us as Curator.		Why bureaucracy? Well its actually misleading, my stance was pretty simple. I told boris and sib in no uncertain terms that since they’d enacted some laws binding upon everyone, and that these laws were a constitution, and therefore set out how the site was to be governed, they were going to stick to them. Rule of law and all that jazz. To be quite honest, I like working in an environment with set procedures and guidelines to follow, and the constitution provided exactly that. I was 100% of the opinion that we’d created this thing, the least we could do was respect it. It’s an opinion I still hold today, though one not shared by our senior staff. So Boris ultimately left when he found out I planned to hold him to the terms of his own constitution, and that left me and sibs to find ourselves a new admin to assist us as Curator.
	By this time, we’d built up quite a cadre of excellent staff members, including morble, Trobolov, Anibal, and Frood. Alsdo on the staff team was the less than reliable Mehmed II, and surprisingly the Lord Tomyris, who had indeed managed to fill his dream of becoming a staff member.		By this time, we’d built up quite a cadre of excellent staff members, including morble, Trobolov, Anibal, and Frood. Alsdo on the staff team was the less than reliable Mehmed II, and surprisingly the Lord Tomyris, who had indeed managed to fill his dream of becoming a staff member.

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	That reminds me of another point actually… In those days, I had full and total access to the server, could upload files, etc etc, as well as total access to the ACP… as did all the other Trium. A far cry from the abilities and access granted to our current administrators.		That reminds me of another point actually… In those days, I had full and total access to the server, could upload files, etc etc, as well as total access to the ACP… as did all the other Trium. A far cry from the abilities and access granted to our current administrators.

	Also during this time, morble was writing his excellent strategy guides for the various factions… since each faction had its own pinned thread, the Strategy and Tactics Forum was getting a little overcrowded, so after discussion with morble, I took all the articles down, and republished them on a subsidiary site on freewebs, known as the Total War Library. They lasted there for maybe a month, until I started to fill the site up. Conveniently at the same time I was approached by Magpie, the Czech head of a site called Strategy Informer. He was trying to raise the profile of his new gaming site, and wanted to know if i would like to be hosted – for free! With massive bandwidth and space! I obviously said yes. Don’t go looking for the site though. Strategy Informer still exists, it’s a fairly big gaming network, has the occasional exclusive, and does some ~~damn~~ good reviews on games… but as their site expanded, the sites downloads (patches, demos etc) took up more and more space, and Magpie was eventually forced to decide to close down most of the small fansites he’d been hosting. As by this point I’d left TWC’s staff, I did no more with any of the articles that had been written for, and submitted to, the Library. Siblesz eventually asked if he could use some of them, and most ended up back on TWC. I’ve resubmitted the rest of them here, and they are all available in the Scriptorum.		Also during this time, morble was writing his excellent strategy guides for the various factions… since each faction had its own pinned thread, the Strategy and Tactics Forum was getting a little overcrowded, so after discussion with morble, I took all the articles down, and republished them on a subsidiary site on freewebs, known as the Total War Library. They lasted there for maybe a month, until I started to fill the site up. Conveniently at the same time I was approached by Magpie, the Czech head of a site called Strategy Informer. He was trying to raise the profile of his new gaming site, and wanted to know if i would like to be hosted – for free! With massive bandwidth and space! I obviously said yes. Don’t go looking for the site though. Strategy Informer still exists, it’s a fairly big gaming network, has the occasional exclusive, and does some good reviews on games… but as their site expanded, the sites downloads (patches, demos etc) took up more and more space, and Magpie was eventually forced to decide to close down most of the small fansites he’d been hosting. As by this point I’d left TWC’s staff, I did no more with any of the articles that had been written for, and submitted to, the Library. Siblesz eventually asked if he could use some of them, and most ended up back on TWC. I’ve resubmitted the rest of them here, and they are all available in the Scriptorum.

	Yes, I’m dragging this chapter out… it was my intention to finish with the start of the civil War, and dedicate the next chapter to the Civil War. But a part of me doesn’t want to write about it, I don’t want to enflame old wounds, especially as my account of what happened will definitely disagree with what Sibs has always maintained as the official account, and in this particular case, I know I’m the one with the true story, though Sibs has always refused to admit it. His actions during this time are also rather similar to those of Spartan the Dictator, a reference that is unfortunately unavoidable. It is, for all parties involved, a Dark Chapter in TWC’s history, and all those involved made many mistakes.		Yes, I’m dragging this chapter out… it was my intention to finish with the start of the civil War, and dedicate the next chapter to the Civil War. But a part of me doesn’t want to write about it, I don’t want to enflame old wounds, especially as my account of what happened will definitely disagree with what Sibs has always maintained as the official account, and in this particular case, I know I’m the one with the true story, though Sibs has always refused to admit it. His actions during this time are also rather similar to those of Spartan the Dictator, a reference that is unfortunately unavoidable. It is, for all parties involved, a Dark Chapter in TWC’s history, and all those involved made many mistakes.

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	Various people have been pressing me to write this for many many months now, ever since [[Siblesz]] penned [[Mi Lucha]] to be precise. Its taken me a while, but I’ve finally used up every excuse I can think of. I’m sitting at home, I don’t start work till Monday, its too hot and sunny to be sitting in my bedroom trying to rule the galaxy (playing GalCivII), so I decided to take my laptop out into the garden and be an author once more.		Various people have been pressing me to write this for many many months now, ever since [[Siblesz]] penned [[Mi Lucha]] to be precise. Its taken me a while, but I’ve finally used up every excuse I can think of. I’m sitting at home, I don’t start work till Monday, its too hot and sunny to be sitting in my bedroom trying to rule the galaxy (playing GalCivII), so I decided to take my laptop out into the garden and be an author once more.

	Before I start the story though, there are few key points that I feel our very important to note. First, as Wild Bill Kelso will inevitably point out, my memory for facts and figures, and for names and dates, is usually pretty ~~damn~~ good… however, I am as subject as everyone else to social phenomena like Telescoping. In other words, there may be some errors in dates, though the basic timeline of events will be accurate.		Before I start the story though, there are few key points that I feel our very important to note. First, as Wild Bill Kelso will inevitably point out, my memory for facts and figures, and for names and dates, is usually pretty good… however, I am as subject as everyone else to social phenomena like Telescoping. In other words, there may be some errors in dates, though the basic timeline of events will be accurate.

	Second, don’t bother pointing out to me that this account differs from Mi Lucha. If it was exactly the same, you wouldn’t need me to write it… Sib’s story is incredibly biased and partisan, and includes, in some errors a large number of factual errors, or missing information which I know he knows. On the other hand, this account by knows means seeks to be a true depiction of the facts either.		Second, don’t bother pointing out to me that this account differs from Mi Lucha. If it was exactly the same, you wouldn’t need me to write it… Sib’s story is incredibly biased and partisan, and includes, in some errors a large number of factual errors, or missing information which I know he knows. On the other hand, this account by knows means seeks to be a true depiction of the facts either.

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