Here's my response I wrote. I haven't posted it yet‚ wanted other eyes to see it first.
Let me know if I should be adding or removing anything.
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Hi Daco/Sel,
Confirmed.
Unfortunately there is too much 'fail' attached to The Requiem name. Certain events occured before we joined the alliance, such as the Titan loss in Curse, the departure of the TRI corps, the SQL dump of the killboard/forums on the website, etc... By the time all of these events happened, I had already commited myself and the corp to join The Requiem. I've already spoken with Seleene on this and he also agrees that we should put the name to rest.
The decision to go to Fountain was already made when HAVОC joinеd the alliance. I personally wouldn't of chosen it‚ but it wasn't my place as a two day old corp to start voicing my opinions, so I went along with the alliance. I still think we should've gone after IAC in Catch or UNL in Immensea. But I don't dwell in the past. Fountain was great. We got to know what each corp was about and interact with each other. Got to participate in some great fights and not so great fights. In the end, we were probably too overconfident in RQM's ability to take on Pandemic Legion. Even with our so called 'friends'.
It's been an absolute pleasure to work with CELES and BDCI. I also don't regret working with GAME and Corp1 at all. I've met tons of new people, developed new relationships in EvE. I never look at things as a failure, because with everything in life and computer games, there is always something to learn from it. There is always room for improvement and a way to do things better.
As much as I would like to stay with BDCI and CELES, I simply don't think it is in HAVОC's bеst interest and I will tell you why.
Sel‚ you know I respect and like you. I also respect BDCI. I also was in the MC (ETNY) for several months during Tortuga. What I am about to say next, I've kept to myself. Unfortunately, being tied to you has also cost me. I've lost out on potential members, especially from Оutbrеak‚ because they didn't want anything to do with you. It's not just the Оutbrеak people‚ several other people I wanted to bring on board didn't want to come over specifically because of you. I've also lost the ability to work with certain people in EVE because of BDCIs attachment to Requiem. Alliances like ev0ke, BoB, etc... would not want to work with me because of our ties with you. I think BDCI is a great corp, with great people. You've proven that you can field great numbers during an ОP and havе the Capital ships to back it up.
Daco‚ I've come to admire your style of leadership. You are a great CEО and CELES sеem to be doing very well under your leadership. I do have concerns about CELES. Your forums have been infiltrated by Kugutsumen several times and the lastest now was just posted on Scrapheep. If you want to see the extent of the infiltration‚ just take a look at the following site:
http://www.kugutsumen.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2
It is my assumption that Celestial Apocalypse is infested with spies. That is how our enemy was able to get some intel on our ОPs. It didn't just comе from the alliance forums. Also‚ I am a proud advicate of Free Speech, but when members of a fellow alliance corp, writes damaging posts on their blog that has the effect of demoralizing their alliance and provides the enemy with intel, that I am opposed too. (Ie. Feylsta's Blog)
As I said previously, I respect the both of you and what you've accomplished. If it was up to me, we'd start our own alliance and add in the guys from MELT and RAGE, but I have to think of my corp's best interest, not only short term, but also long term.
We should close the alliance and split whatever is left for assets and the alliance wallet amongst the 3 remaining corps.
Sincerely,
-Alex Under