OK, this is my take on the side issue. A year or so ago, LTAR were Knights. They were Knights since I had started. At that time, Bishops were the underdogs. They were always low on numbers.
As a squad, we decided to do a rotation for one month to each side, Bishops first, then Rooks, then back to Knights. This rotation was due in part to two things. One, the Knights had become very disorganized. You couldn't get a player to come to your aid even if he were flying right over you. One for all and all for himself. Secondly, to help boost the Bishops numbers a tad.
The first night we went to the Bishops, we were welcomed. People would come and assist if called, and we went and helped when they called. In the first few days, we were made to feel welcome and made to feel at home. At the end of the rotation, they made it clear that they were sorry we were going, but understood why.
The first night we went to Rooks, it was a totally different situation. We were not welcome. There was one squad, HAs (<>), that made the attempt to welcome us as Rooks. MOST of the rest didn't want to have anything to do with us to the point of name calling on country channel. It didn't take us more than a week to decide that we didn't want to finish the tour and as a squad, we decided to change back to the Bishops where we had friends.
As for the difference in the three sides and loyalty to a chess piece? We have loyalty to our friends. No matter who they play for. We left some really good people on the Knights, but as a squad, we felt more at home and felt we could do the most good for the Bishops. The Rooks have some really good people too. A lot of them just seem to be closed minded when it comes to accepting players from other sides.
Bishops, Knights and Rooks all have good and bad sticks. Good and bad players. Noobs and squeekers. The difference lies in how each side deals with them.
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