Any Publicity Is Good Publicity

There is an old saying that “any publicity is good publicity.” In certain situations, this saying does have a lot of truth to it. We of course do not want bad publicity, but when it comes to getting our name out there, even what appears to be bad publicity can be good for us. Specifically I am talking about posting wars on RSC. We have accepted a few fights that are “no RSC post”, and I think we should instead have an official policy of only declaring or accepting wars where there a RSC post is allowed. Currently RSC itself frowns upon the “no RSC post” rule:

Yes, but do you think the clans will fight us again?
We will probably get flamed on RSC again and lose the clans we fought respect, if we have some atm.

There are certain cases when we should have fights with Rsc posts allowed and others when not. It all depends on the situation. But yes, we need to keep improving ourselves and our reputation by posting clean posts and saying congrats to winning clans, better luck next time to losing clans, etc etc.

It would help I think...we've been doing really well lately too

I agree with everything karl has said in his post.
Getting our name out there is good.
Even if we do lose, shows that we are human.

However, if its only something small (ie. less than 10v10) I wouldn't see the point in showing the clan world we pulled 10 to a fight.
Though for the big fights, they should all be rsc post.

This is why my friend Karl is elite member and one of WG's wisest.
"No RSC Posting" is retarded.

Would it just be an inside clan thing? What I mean is that would we just deny all invites to wars with that rule, or would we publicly say on RSC that we will not accept any war unless posting the results on RSC is allowed?

In all honesty, we should go public with this. Maybe make a statement that using the no RSC post rule creates a facade, in that some fights aren't noted and thus the clan's status remains unchanged and nobody really knows the clans true abilities. I'm fairly sure we'd get some support, but also a lot of haters because people like to keep some fights private.

I think if we did do this though, people would notice, and we'd live up the the honorable label that has been placed on WG.

I never propose that rule when setting up a war, it's almost always the other clan who ask for it. In most cases they won't fight if there is a RSC post.

This is just something assessed based on this increased "no RSC post" trend. We need to be careful about why these were proposed in the first place.

Fighting a seasoned clan like WG reaps alot for the younger and upcoming clans - even for other seasoned clans - like a beacon for tests/morale. The gains for them are alot more than for WG. In a way, you're like a banker with all the secured bonds, and its used or banked to gain morale and/or reputation for the other party more by accepting such agreements. Best to avoid.

If its a fun war, there's hardly few reasons not to post. If lose, its still indicates activity. Even better to be have been gracious players despite the loss. And that signifies community, not just ranks/wars.

Except in "bad" publicity for being less than mature in handling isn't really as rewarding as what's left of it. Because, it attracts the kind of recruitment you reap and it only represents you as you've performed. Really, its a collective performance.

Just that, it looks more likely that the other clan(s) is protecting their interests or leveraging at WG's expense rather than for the sake of chivalry or play or honoring a draw/win due to either.

In a way, there's no sound reason (yet) for asking a "no RSC post" war. Unless in really exceptional cases (can't think of any), "no RSC post" wars or activities seems really dubious to even accept.

2 cents, for a clan like WG, it shouldn't be accepted under all normal circumstances.


P.S. Disagree on any posts made in boycotting the "no RSC post" rule and post. Or that its posted in any other forums. Because you're worming your way into getting publicity and jumping over the hoop of the "no RSC" rule. It may not have broken the agreement per se (if not over RSC). But, there's nothing honorable to have worm yourself into publicity - clearly, a statement of some kind of desperation or urging want to get publicity. That kind of rush or urge, makes you look needy because you are (?). Not nice. Not agreed. Yes means yes. No means no, to publicity if agreed (RSC just happens to be conveniently prominent). Honor it. Don't sneak by it. It's a low thing to do if you do it.

To summarize Valdy's last point because it is a good one.
Don't post on Tip.It, RHQ, or Sals just because the rule is "No RSC post". That is also a bad thing to do in my opinion.

I don't know about declining fights for this reason by the way, but I think whoever is planning it should make a damn good effort to get a post involved.

Clan A"No RSC Post?"
WG "We usually like one"
Clan A"Well we don't"
WG "Ok fair enough"

That^
Should NOT happen.

No RSC was the funniest rule iv ever seen in clan matches todai.
It shows you are scared and fear defeat. Honestly if you are scared to show the world you can be taken down by a war/skill clan then they shouldnt even challenge/talk to us about fights.

It makes sense not to post like 500 ( exaggerated ) topics of WG beats BoS. Like the same team over and over, but variaty makes sense.