I shall lay my cards on the table here. OOC I do not care whether we have an alliance with the Gurubashis or we are at war with them. What I do care about is that we actually rp with them, whatever form that takes.
In the past the rp between our guilds was along the lines of IC hostility. However, there were people on both sides who were not able to do this without that hostility spilling over into genuine OOC hostility. As a result or relationship with 2GE deteriorated to the point where all contact between us was lost.
Hence I am now trying to negotiate a peace as a way of repairing the relationship between between 2GE and us. If the trolls do not stick to the peace and this leads to war, then let us hope that it can lead to some good rp where this time everyone is aware that it is all IC and nobody gets upset about it.
I'll repeat what I said in my original post. 2GE are the other major single race rp guild. It seems crazy that we should not have some sort of IC relationship with them. Yes, they are not to be trust, because that is the part they play, but ooc they are on the whole good people. Let's keep that in mind and see what happens.
Update - IC stuff
One of the points I discussed with Tziak last night is the fact that Tziak has been banned from Orgrimmar by Thrall. The Empire fell out with the Horde when the Horde admitted the Blood elves to their ranks. I explained to Tziak that our view of the Blood elves is that we tolerate them as allies because Thrall commands us to. The Red Blades have always been loyal to Thrall ((even back when the
trendy rp was to complain about what a terrible leader Thrall is)).
I have agreed to speak to Thrall on Tziak's behalf to ask if he will lift the ban. Tziak seems to think that Thrall will lift the ban if I ask him to, even though I explained to him that it is I that serve Thrall and not the other way round. I suspect that Thrall may lift the ban, but that there will be conditions attached ((
)).