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Greetings, LDC is speaking

As you may know, 2ch has been demolishing art pieces of factions that have any sort of connection with either Pride or Administration staff. Legion abstained from taking any solid position about the conflict for the longest time, yet some of the more recent events had forced us to change our mind on the matter.

Our stance has shifted from total neutrality because of the following reasons:

1. The utter disregard of norms of territory claims
2ch is well known for disrespecting a set of unwritten rules set on the platform. This canvas situation was no different, it just got worse. 2ch claim, published by one of its members, namely Bevorn, had stated that during c47 they will be located in the upper-middle zone of the canvas. But when the time was nigh, literally less than an hour before the reset, the 2ch’s artist MOONRUNNER had suddenly announced a major shift of the faction towards bottom-left corner. By this point the area had already been longer claimed by another faction - Cloud corner, to whom this exact spot was needed.
Legion disapproves 2ch ongoing policy.
It is worth pointing out that when Legion had similar situations in its past, we usually tried our best to resolve the matter diplomatically and peacefully. And when some faction had suffered due to an active confrontation (Let’s say, for example, Antde’s Cirno during one of the previous canvases) we were able to make a treaty. We are encouraging a similar action to be done between 2ch and Corner Gang.
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2. General aggressive nature of 2ch, that casts a shadow on all russian-speaking users.
2ch is acting against the administration, but in such a manner that it only makes everything worse. Before their brutal reappearance on canvas there was no russophobia on the platform. After their arrival the situation suddenly became way more severe. You do remember that not so long ago we had already made our move by issuing an Ultimatum to the staff. Whether it succeeded in achieving its goals or not - only time will tell. What did we get from 2ch in response? A lot of insults. This makes us believe that 2ch needs the conflict for the sake of it. Even now they haven’t stopped with their aggressiveness and it continues to harm the reputation of russian-speaking part of the community as a whole, as in the eyes of many, 2ch=russians\slavs, whether we want this, or not. They don’t value diplomacy. They want only to dominate both an enemy and a random user alike. This goes against the principles which are the groundwork of Legions foreign policy since the very dawn of days. The power is needed to reinforce arguments and ensure that those words will be heard.

3. Uncontrolled masses
It is a known fact that 2ch is lacking in any sort of proper leadership. Everything is guided by the most proactive members, yet even they are unable to maintain the necessary level of control. Sometimes it goes as far as even 2ch itself doesn’t know the target of its upcoming attack. Treaties with 2ch are unreliable at most, unless their opponents are equal or superior to them. Certainly, a lot of misunderstandings may occur due to the other side’s actions. But in such cases, 2ch does nothing to lessen the tensions. They are only interested in conquest and bloodshed.
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4. Hostility towards volunteer defenders
For a long time, 2ch is waging a war against Pride. We are not the ones to judge those sides. But it’s hard not to notice from an outside perspective that 2ch policy is quite destructive to the faction from which volunteers may come from. For example, if you are a common member of some faction who had personally decided to help in defence of Pride’s artworks, be assured that your whole faction will be targeted at least for the rest of the canvas. Legion, as one of the largest factions, hadn't resorted towards such tactics for a long time. Even in real history, there were volunteer soldiers from neutral states that participated in wars.

5. The balance of Force
We see that at this moment in time the balance on the canvas is entirely shifted on the side of 2ch - the faction brutally dictates to the others what they should or shouldn’t do. Those who try to resist are scourged from the face of the canvas. We deem such actions as toxic. Legion despises this state of affairs.