Being CORE's original founder, I feel I should chime in.
All this talk about how CORE attacked RISE is just silly. CORE started as a zoning clan, much like myth. We had been harrassed as we 'rose to power' by nearly every clan in the game. 'Ben' and Reed, or Reed, used to PK our less adept players every single wipe. Brandon's Apoc warred us every wipe they existed. We fought BSP at least 3 times, and RISE has initiated a war with CORE every wipe aside from the last. We have war'd Ilya(prior core), we have war'd Eric(prior core), we have war'd Mavlad, and we have war'd wtf big names are attached to RISE I dont really care.
My point is that, CORE has existed since me and Marc (Rover) formed it, nearly 10 years ago. For the most part, we have played simply to enjoy the game and never had any intention to war. However, we have participated in a war every single wipe since our existence. This wipe, we of course knew that it would be inevitable. The issue with war on Arctic these days, is that most people simply don't have the time and tenacity for a war. CORE used to get slaughtered several times a day, and we would play with shop gear. As we learned more of the game we earned better EQ, but it took us time. Most of CORE's original members have long since left the game, and I barely recognize my clan today. Certainly, we don't have the same mentality as we used to, as the wisest members of CORE retired from the game.
RISE: I haven't bothered to learn any of your names, or communicate with you in hardly any way even though we have fought in some capacity for at least the last 5 wipes. I love PK as much as anyone, but you have to have a clan commitment which it seems we will never have again. Your trash tactics have grown tiresome with the general attitude that exists in the mud today. Most of us have families and careers that take precedence, and we no longer can sit at the log-on screen for 2 hours. Having attained a higher level of the game, we are no longer satiated by shop equipment and exploration. Much like the Shriners, Renshai, RoT, Wild, Outlaw, and BSP's of the game, our time has come and gone. If CORE exists in future wipes, it will never be to participate in the type of relentless, player dominating mud that you as a clan so desire. Convince some 18 year olds to play the game, and just maybe you'll get the war you want.