Dear Aquare,
You posted a screenshot of me, John and 6 other people on commercial street in Reno, asking us why we were there instead of starting a tc timer. Given the criticism of large scale wars in Reno, your question is fair - allow me one humble attempt to explain to you what I believe happened in this particular instance.
At first cham0 from TTTLA came to our (C88) channel on mumble and asked if we were interested in fighting some people in Reno - he and recon had spotted approximately seven people in good gear (BA), and one of the names were associated with having spawned mercs in the past, so it seemed like we were up for quite a challenge. At the time it was only me and Leon in our channel, making us four versus possibly 7 or more people.
Since our odds didn't look too promising, I went and asked some people that were online on our IRC channel. More people than I expected were willing to join, and we ended up with 8 people in total. After a while a ninth person joined, and a minute or so later another guy dropped out, so our numbers were 8 for the majority of the duration.
At this point I suppose one could stop and ask if, since we're after all 8 people online and ready, we shouldn't instead start a TC timer. The reason we didn't, or why nobody even suggested it, was that a fight in reno was more or less guaranteed, whereas you can never be sure that anyone will come if you start a TC timer. Thus we went with the "safe" option, providing the best chances for us to have some fun PvP.
So we got ready and when we saw the enemy, we entered the town and the fighting started. I usually try to record every action that I'm in, since you never know in advance if a fight will be fun to watch afterwards, but unfortunately I wasn't really paying attention, and I only hit the record button about half way into the first fight. We ended up winning the fight, and the screenshot you posted is taken only a few moments before we all leave again: it is just after we have secured most of the loot.
A short while later, the action resumes, and we have another decent fight, although not as gratifying as I had hoped.
The fights were in no way spectacular, and the recordings even less so. I personally made several mistakes and was not really focused, so I was a bit disappointed overall. But since you have showed such a keen interest in the exact transpiring of the events that night, just to quench your healthy thirst for knowledge, I have compiled for you my unedited footage, and uploaded it to youtube. I didn't plan to upload it before, because I don't think it's interesting enough to watch. But for you, I made an exception
. This way you can see exactly who was where and how large each side was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfc10wQ62ukPlease watch it, and if you have any complaints or arguments why this type of action should be disallowed in Reno, why they bother you so much, or if you have suggestions on how any of us can avoid them in the future or to make the playing experience better for all of us, I am all ears.
Have a good day/night, whenever you are.