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  1. 10 years ago today, The Knights Radiant was formed. We started with around 16 members as a protectorate of The Syndicate. The world then looked very different: It’s been an eventful 10 years. Approximately 1500 people have been a part of our alliance throughout the years, including those who are still a member now. We’ve had around 129 total people in gov, including seven leaders. We’ve seen the game shift from IRC and forums to Discord and moved ourselves from IRC to Slack and most recently Discord. We had a long stretch as the number one alliance. We’ve been through nearly all the major ups and downs of the game and continued through as a strong community. Arguably most important of all, we’ve converted countless people into Sanderson fans.... A special thank you to all our allies over the years for your friendship and for your support. We’ve been very lucky to have had some wonderful allies throughout the years and made some great friends. Though our in-game relationships may have changed throughout the years, so many of you have been steadfast OOC friends to us as well, and it’s been wonderful to get to know you. Most of all though, I want to thank our gov and our members, past and present. So many people have been a part of TKR’s history and have helped make the alliance what it is today. The result has been the creation of an incredible and tight-knit community. I’ve never ceased to be impressed by this alliance and its resilience, fortitude, and sense of camaraderie. I couldn’t be more proud to be a part of it, let alone lead it. Keep being amazing, Radiants! Here’s to 10 years!
    44 points
  2. Ya know, when I shadow dropped my retirement in the DoW for Total Drama Orbis I got a pretty wide range of responses right away. Naturally the "congratulations on your retirement" messages first, any self respecting FA head has a macro for that set up on their keyboard. But shortly after that I think people started learning about it via an elaborate game of telephone. The vibe went from congrats on your retirement to omg are you deleting? are you dying? can i come to your funeral? real fast. Just to clarify again, I'm only retiring from gov/leadership positions permanently and nuking temporarily. To y'all's delight and/or dismay I'm not going anywhere just yet. Figured I'd write up a post to talk not just about why I'm retiring (boring) but also look back on all the wacky hijinks I got up to and my future plans (fun & exciting). This post ended up being very long so feel free to skip to specific sections. Retirement (zzz boring) I've been involved in the gov side of this game for around 6 to 7 years now. I've had a lot of fun with it. Gov "voice" chats at 3 in the morning, training people up from newbies and watching them go on to get leadership positions of their own. Wheeling & dealing with negotiations, putting on extravagant events. if you're reading this and you haven't tried being gov in your alliance yet, you should really consider it. There's a reason people make such a big deal about both being & leaving gov. As many good times as I've had, it's something I'm ready to move on from. Being gov can be a lot of fun, but it does come with a whole lot of stress factors. You can mitigate them by spreading out the labour load, but if you're like me and can't stand to see something that needs doing and not doing it yourself, you're bound to burn out eventually. Anyone who's had the pleasure of sharing a gov chat with me can tell you that I've been known to be a tiny little bit neurotic sometimes, which doesn't make for the best combination with the whole super dedicated work horse thing. So, in the interest of not kicking the bucket in my 20s, now seemed like a pretty good time to pass on the torch. Hype Moments & Aura Now we're on to the fun stuff. Get yourself a nice drink while I regale you on my awesome tales at sea. Only the tales at sea. If you were hoping for cam era tales I'm sorry to tell you but they have all been thrown into the incinerator. The Awards Arc This was one of the earliest ones if I recall. It started during the 2022 P&W Awards. They were hosting category nominations and @Certified War Criminal innocently submitted "Best War Criminal". Most would take this as a joke based on his name, but after having nuked people for about a year at that point, I figured I'd be a shoe in for it if it got accepted as a valid category. Fast forward to the final phase of voting and... I didn't even make the top 10 for it. It was a real bummer, but also a learning experience. Come the 2023 awards I embarked on an aggressive campaign for the award. My strategy? Simple, nuking every alliance representative in my range with the war reason set to "For your voting consideration: Hatebi, Best War Criminal". This ruffled a few feathers, but did lead to me getting both Best War Criminal and Best Villain. It was such a success that I did the exact same thing for 2024. That might have worked a little too well though, since I ended up winning like 7 awards. The Ad Arc This one was quite a while ago. It started after I ran the "New FA Head Wanted" ad for T$. Little known fact, but I didn't actually make that one. Someone had hit me up and asked if I could run it for them. It was a really funny ad, so naturally I said yes. It did inspire me to make a couple of my own. The "grumpy is now accepting new players" and "TKR RoI wanted poster" ones were both hatebi originals. They were pretty big hits, believe it was the grumpy one that won me best ad of 2023. Being able to run random "attack" ads is one of the many upsides of being a pirate. Try that as a rank and file in a standard alliance and you might be waking up to a real stern DM from your local IA head. Contracts While people usually over estimate how many of my nukes are paid, I did get quite a few month long contracts. These were usually 30 nukes and 60 missiles, but got bumped up to 30 and 90 towards the end. Alliances lucky enough to experience a full on carpet bombing include Camelot, Carthago, The Commonwealth, Serene Wei, Weebunism, The Golden Horde, Pokimans and a half length hit on GATO. If I had to guess, those probably would have netted me a bit over 6, maybe a bit shy of 7 bil. All of these contracts came with their own mini damage sheets. For whatever reason, every single time I took on a big contract, a bunch of nuke beiges would not be far behind. Not naming any names, but some of these alliances had like 10+ people lose to a 0'd nation armed only with cherry bombs. The Wheel of Misfortune This was the first Arrgh event that I was at the helm for. I wanted to try something new after we'd put on a couple of more standard nuke auctions. I was inspired by Dicey Dungeons (cool game check it out after you're done reading this). Specifically, a wheel that gets spun after every run. It's purely cosmetic and always lands on the worst section. For the actual event, we had a big wheel with 100 slots. You could pay 100M to add an alliance of your choosing to the wheel, with whoever it lands on being our nuke target. The entire wheel sold out shortly after the half time report, netting us a record-shattering 10B. We spun it to a live audience of 40-60 people, with it's target being Singularity. This was a real fun event, it even lead to some people calling all of our stuff "wheels" even when they didn't actually involve any. The war performance was a bit lacking though, so I made sure to lock in for our next one. The Voting Game My personal favourite of the trilogy. We put up a poll of 10 alliances and asked people to vote out the alliances they didn't want to see nuked. This was in direct response to NAPs at the time, which started to directly mention not hiring mercs. The participation levels were crazy, with over a thousand people coming out to vote. After 3 rounds of voting (and a brief intermission when we got decced on lol) The Immortals were left as our nuke target. We earned like, 17B or something from the event and performed much better in the war. Total Drama Orbis The one we just wrapped up a few days ago. Putting on this event was actually my entire reason for becoming Grand Admiral. I titled my mutiny post "Third Act Twist" as a bit of foreshadowing that this would be the grand finale. While it did get delayed for ages and people ended up being a little too good at the three different rounds, I think this was my most ambitious and successful event. The collab aspect ended up leading to a bit of a revival in political discussion, which I was real happy to see. Future Plans Just because I won't be touching gov work with a 10 meter poll doesn't mean that I'm not cooking anything up. Here's the deets on my current project and a sneak peak on what I plan on doing after. The Hatebi World Tour Not really a big reveal since I've mentioned this a few times, but I'm going on tour! Throughout my run in Arrgh, I've received poaching attempts from almost every alliance out there. Some of y'all will take literally any opportunity to shoot your shot. Asking me why I'm hitting them? Poaching attempt. Trying to hire me? Poaching attempt. Any conversation longer than 5 minutes? You better believe it's ending with a poaching attempt. After enduring so many, I figured I might as well give the people what they want. For the next year, I'll be joining a new alliance every month or so. We'll be aiming for around month in each, but some may be cut short to make room for more alliances (or if the taxes are too high/ the vibes are awful lol). The first stop on my adventure across Orbis is Event Horizon, with a few other alliances being lined up for the future. If you'd like me to make a stop at your place, feel free to hit me up and I'll throw it in the consideration pile. Yes, this is the one chance you're getting to actually poach me for real. A New Kind of Event Once my tour ends in a year from now (June 13th, 2026 to be exact), I'll be returning to my bread and butter nuking. While I'll be sailing solo, I'll still be putting on cool little events. These will be pretty different from the ones you're use to though. Instead of alliances competing to not get their roi nuked into oblivion, individual players will be able to compete in contests for cash prizes! Yes, I'll be taking the majority of the money I make over the course of the world tour and giving it away. I've long said that far too many people only care about making money in this game, so I figured this would be a great way to put mine where my mouth is. Closing Thoughts & Free Prize Wow I don't think you can even call this a wall of text anymore. This is at least a tower of text, maybe a monolith of text by the end. Will try to keep this late part short. - Back when I celebrated 1,000 nukes launched, I gave away 30 freebies. For this one, I'll be giving away a free time capsule nuke to the first 30 people that DM me. What is a time capsule nuke? Simple, you send me a target and I hit them in a year from now. You'll probably forget all about it and receive a fun surprise when your mortal enemy gets mildly inconvenienced. Act fast, this offer expires in 48 hours. - Thank you to all my homies in Arrgh that help run the show and put up with all my antics. As ready as I've been to retire for a while now, leaving y'all behind has consistently been the hardest part to grapple with. Ignore the naysayers, I know y'all are still going to be keeping this game fun and interesting. - Shoutouts to everyone who's participated in one of my events. It'll be rough not putting on any good ones for a while, but I'm looking forward to showing y'all what I've got in the works next year. - I've logged every nuke and missile I've launched during my time in Arrgh. You can check out the full sheet here. Until next time...
    42 points
  3. Yes, it’s finally here. The long-anticipated saga of Camelot’s sudden departure from reality after the last war. Allow me to walk you through the fever dream that has been the past few weeks. Peace and Rebuild On May 15th, 2025 a wild message appears in the group DM originally made to end hostilities, where Epi dramatically announces that Camelot is “withdrawing” from the NAP. No warning. No explanation. Just a little diplomatic drive-by. Naturally, we asked the obvious question: “What the hell are you talking about?” And the response? Some vague message about us breaking terms two and four without actually saying how, when, or with what evidence. At this point, confusion set in . We weren’t talking about Camelot. We weren’t planning anything against Camelot. We were actually content to just move on. The Conspiracy Let's look at some of his creative accusations: Claim 1: Rose Convinced Myrmidons to Hit Camelot Post-Rebuild According to Epi, Rose orchestrated a plot post-war to convince Myrmidons to hit Camelot. The “evidence” consists of... messages from after the hit. It may be a surprise but Rose did not invent time travel. Even better, we’re now being told we have to prove we didn’t do something. How does that work? Would you like login credentials to our Discord accounts while we’re at it? Should we submit handwritten statements signed and notarized? When confronted about the fact that this “proof” is less than compelling, we get a reply that will go down in the history books. “Balance probabilities.” The great standard of “probably maybe.” Surely this is the metric we should all normalize. Rose Attempted to Buy Camelot’s Debt to Create a CB According to Epi, someone who was an “official representative” of Rose tried to buy Camelot’s debt so we could later declare war using that as a cb? I genuinely thought it was a joke at first. The bank itself came out and said, So I guess we can chalk this one up as another entry in Epi’s fan fiction universe. Act III: The Defensive Buildup While Camelot was busy stockpiling nukes and creating conspiracies, we actually held our side of the NAP. Even after hearing whispers of a potential hit, we opted to go defensive… still operating with the hope that maybe, just maybe, things could be talked out. Camelot blitzed TFP, then Rose and we all know the rest. Motive? At this point, your guess is as good as ours. Is this about saving face internally? Is this about being 80 billion deep in debt and needing a distraction? Is Epi just surrounded by people whispering sweet lies in his ear? What is clear, though, is that this entire narrative was crafted from paranoid, held together with duct tape, and sold as gospel. Q&A Time Q: Is Camelot going to be perma-rolled? A: No. Despite what Epi would have you believe, there was never any grand plan to perma-roll or exile Camelot forever. That’s a narrative invented solely to stir emotion and rally support. Cause there is nothing like digging up NPOLT feelings to gain sympathy! In Conclusion We’re disappointed, to be honest. Not just with the breach of agreement, but with how lazily the breach was justified. No dialogue. No transparency. Just vague allegations and a wild conspiracy theory. George Horizon Guard of Foreign Affairs
    37 points
  4. I didn’t really want to write anything to announce this, because just quietly, I hate attention. But nevertheless, I do think (after some rather persistent annoyance and reminders from a certain SIN member), it’s important to address some changes, albeit however briefly. A lot of you would know the name Abaddon. A few of you may have been fortunate enough to know some of his previous names. Trip, as we all affectionately call him, has been a backbone of our alliance since day 0. To me thinking I could poach him into The Syndicate during my days there, to when I went out and helped form Requiem, until I eventually came over in a reverse moment to join the newly forming Singularity. All our members, and a lot of our government, pays homage to someone I consider one of the best Internal Affairs (and less formally, one of the best people-persons) I’ve met in the game. It’s a shame to see him have to leave the game, and although the question is in the air for us, we hope he is doing okay IRL considering some extreme governmental circumstances. We nevertheless remain optimistic that one day, he’ll have the itch once more - to log on discord, wake up to my one million missed messages, and to slave his life away for a little bit longer. Moving forward, with Trip’s nation placed into a perma VM, he joins @anri as a resident femboy. I would also like to thank Darkblade for his time serving in both our Foreign Affairs and Tech teams. I've treasured his invaluable contributions, and for him being the architect of some great (and morally questionable) memes. Against all odds I somehow find myself filling Abaddon’s shoes. They’re too big, the gargantuan !@#$. So, I guess this post serves as a respect to the two retired leadership members, hopefully not a homage to one of them, and an announcement on changes within Singularity’s leadership. Leadership Prime Intelligence: Sketchy & Tartarus Neural Network: Keegoz & Sarah Directives (High Gov) Control Directive (MA): Kyubnyan Interface Directive (IA): Sarah Assimilation Directive (FA): Keegoz Resource Directive (EA): Goose Surveillance Directive: Uriah TLDR; read it, don’t be lazy
    26 points
  5. Painting by Thomas Davidson Scallywags, Sea Dogs, Freebooters and Buccaneers We gather here today to bury our dear friend. We shall not forget the kindness she has shown our darn souls. And I can only hope that Davy Jones will show her at least a smitten of that same warmth. Non of us could have anticipated that a bloody fly trap would do her in. They really should put a warning label on those darn things. Never buying insect repellent from cheap Filipino night woman again. I promise to carry on the torch left behind. So rest easy our friend, we will not forget you. In your honour let us play the song of our people.
    24 points
  6. From The Desk of the Lord Paramount of Camelot & Warden of Anti-Nefarious Groups *Recognition of Injustice* For far too long, Camelot—and many others—have endured the disproportionate influence and unjust treatment imposed by the major powers within Orbis. Across every corner of this virtual world, the same frustrations echo: stagnant politics, opaque foreign affairs, and widespread apathy. We dared to speak up, to challenge the status quo—and for that, we were made martyrs. Some of our brightest rising stars have tried to trace the root of these issues (you might need ChatGPT to decipher their more impassioned findings). At its core, the problem lies with a self-appointed elite—a group cloistered in their Ivory Tower™, who monopolize political influence and make decisions in closed circles. When we called out this imbalance, we weren’t debated—we were dismissed, silenced, and discredited, as if the voices of the wider Orbis community didn’t matter. This time, they’ve gone too far. Many will remember the Dial Up War—or, as it's better known among the uninformed, NPOLT—as a dark chapter, marked by some factions explicitly aiming to drive others out of the game and prolonging the conflict to achieve that. In the aftermath, alliances came together in good faith to establish a long-form Non-Aggression Pact and committed to resetting diplomatic relations, vowing never again to push communities out of Orbis. And yet, here we are—five years later. The cycle repeats. Flags Are Fairly Similar.... This is exactly why we preempted TFP. As our King Epi has made clear, they were the ones who broke the NAP—not us. TFP has had it out for Camelot for a long time, and this was simply the final straw. After years of struggling to form a credible bloc, they've finally clawed their way into the inner circle. And now, unsurprisingly, they're using that influence to decide who gets a seat at the Orbis table—and who gets told to pack up and leave. Case in point: Ashwin998 of Schwinnland (or should we say Sch’lose’land? Right, @Firwof Kromwell? High five!) decided to spin up a private server, inviting a curated list of alliance leaders to privately discuss the “fate” of others. 'The Geneva Convention' (And if you notice a familiar name or two from the list our junior reporter uncovered in another thread—well, just more coincidences... right?) (This screenshot was taken shortly before Epi, King of Camelot & King of our Hearts, was booted from the server) TFP were justly hit—just as others have been before them. Judgement Day, the Crusades, Drama Island, Hatebi Is Awesome—you name it. These moments are part of the political fabric of Orbis. But in response to their well-earned hit, TFP chose to escalate in a way we've never seen before: by attempting to expel Camelot from Orbis itself. And that brings us to the core of this saga. Behold the premise of their server— Not content with just lobbing unjust hits, they’ve now taken it upon themselves to silence us entirely. Apparently, even talking to Camelot is now a punishable offense. Imagine that—thoughtcrime, Orbis edition. Discourse? Dialogue? Diplomacy? Nope—get the torches. At what point does this stop being “justice” and start looking like a badly written conspiracy theory with a grudge and a Discord server? We gave a 3 week notice of exiting the agreement that was already broken. This is a fact that a select few choose to forget. Look, I’ll admit it: during the Dial Up War, we didn’t exactly cover ourselves in glory. We hitched ourselves to the NPO/BK/GOONS/Pooolaris/Arcadia/Sphinx/Tagalongs. Not our finest hour. But since then, we’ve done what few alliances actually bother to do—we evolved. King Epi, myself, and others put in the work to rebuild Camelot into something better. We stopped being the villain. We picked up the shovel, did our time in the PR trenches, and rebuilt a kingdom people actually wanted to fight for. But of course, that doesn’t matter to the Ivory Tower™ Elite, who seem to have discovered a sudden passion for cosplay—specifically, dressing up as the very regime they once claimed to hate. They throw around the word “justice” like it’s a hot new alliance, but what they’re really after is control. Power. And maybe a little attention and a security blanket for their precious pixels. So here we are: Camelot, once again the heretic in a holy war of hypocrisy. And all because we dared to do something different. Claims made by our confused Junior Reporter have been further verified with additional proof: A Gentle Reminder that Oblivion Is Double Protected By Cam. New Pacifist Order
    19 points
  7. I wholeheartedly and wholly believe that Epimetheus will read this, see the error of his ways, and quickly correct his alliances trajectory. Said nobody ever
    18 points
  8. I take full credit for badgering him for hours until he finally cracked and unwittingly admitted he can't prove anything. Reminder: He broke the NAP and hit TFP. None of these claims ever mattered anyway.
    16 points
  9. Psst @EpimetheusTalksI'll await for your response... LYRICS: VERSE 1 So I'm back. I'm on the rack and orating I know that you got a job little Freddi But EPI's BS problems are complicating And I don't who I should be congratulating Wrote a song about epi a few years ago Everybody told me I should just let it go Kev even flew and said don't be a foe Then guess who blew into my phone, George Then he handed me a microphone Told me a couple stories you should probably know So without further ado let's start the show and demonstrate Epi's long lived status quo How do you spend an hour on a livestream Not explain anything and stuck on the same screen Saying you got intelligence but showing us nothing Anything to keep relevance without actually being "Actually I did cite to some positive proof" Yeah and Rose ripped that fedora of ya, silly goof Durnill wannabe and that's all you'll ever be Chasing a dream of a dead Youtuber's scene All rise for the trial of the century mess, Where the facts wear wigs and the claims bench-press The gavel’s a spoon, the clerk’s half asleep, And Epi’s got theories stacked thirty feet deep CHORUS Balance of prob-a-bi-li-ties, That’s not a fact, that’s just disease You tossed out truth for fan-tasies, Now you swingin’ wild with no receipts (2x) VERSE 2 Court’s in session, bring the lights and the tea, Mr. Epi, take the stand — explain your decree Your honor, Rose broke the pact, that’s fact! Just don’t ask when or where I’m not good with that Clause two, clause four somewhere in between They plotted in shadows or maybe a dream Can you show us proof? A log? A name? Or is this more of your mind palace game? I don’t need proof, I’ve got intuition And balance of probabilities that’s my ammunition Sir, that’s just vibes with a lawyer disguise We need facts, not your bedtime lies People lie, people scheme, people do bad stuff So I figured Rose did too that’s evidence enough And the debt thing? That CB claim? The bank said “nah,” so who’s to blame? Look, just ‘cause no record exists at all Doesn’t mean it didn’t happen behind the firewall So your whole case is pure suspicion No plot, no proof, just gut intuition? Exactly, my friend — and that’s Clause 2! Where logic goes missing, and fantasy’s true Everybody join hands with me Epi on the Dream Team! CHORUS Balance of prob-a-bi-li-ties, That’s not a fact, that’s just disease You tossed out truth for fan-tasies, Now you swingin’ wild with no receipts (2x) Request a Diss of your enemy: hit me up on Discord.
    15 points
  10. Table For Two Booking Ahead We’re hungry. You’re hungry. Let’s eat together. Peas We love sharing our peas. To continue sharing our peas, we will always discuss how best to share our peas before we stop sharing our peas. Gravy We agree to share the gravy. Should any third party seek to take our gravy, they will be denied access to the boat by any and all means at our disposal. Chicken We agree that proper carving technique matters. When you know, you know. And when you know you know, you share. Sharing Having friends over for dinner is always nice. So we’ll have them over at our leisure. Condiments If the seasoning’s no good, we can always end the meal early. Just give the chef give the chef three days notice or you'll lose your deposit. /s/ The Knights Radiant Adrienne, Queen of the Heralds Benfro, Prince of the Heralds BigMorf, Ghostblood Babsk HannaH, Ghostblood Babsk Zeotrope, Herald of War Miller, Herald of Growth Indger, Herald of Internal Affairs Ricky, Herald of Fabrials /s/ Royal Alba Charter Company Odie, Hooligan, Criminal, Terrorist, Stinky & Handsome Azure Kaiser, Chancellor Sval, Busman Bendigeidfran, Dogman Kamade, Portman TomCat, Trenchman Bobert, Fodder Greypher, Because he asked me not to...
    12 points
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  12. Hour and a half of cope and lies is impressive in its own right
    12 points
  13. It's Been A While... Hello Everyone. I'm sure a lot of you have forgotten who I am based on the fact I disappeared for almost a year now lmao. But I thought I make an official post to announce that I'm leaving the game (hopefully permanently). It's gonna be a very lengthy post so I highly advise that you get some popcorn and soda ready for this massive Wall Of Text. Why I'm Leaving To put it quite simply, I've made a lot of strides in my life since I started playing Politics and War almost 5 years ago. I graduated community college, moved out for the first time to live on my own, started attending university, made and lost a lot of friends along the way, and started to look inwards into the person I was, am now, and who I want to be. I still have a lot of work to do since I have a lot of issues with myself, but I know I'll get there. I realized how much computer science sucks in the job market, got back into doing theatre (with a lot of hot theatre chicks ), and even got kicked out of a few bars for drinking too much (but I got a lot of fun stories from those adventures). I've just been too busy with school and trying out new things in life as well as meeting new people and realizing how socially awkward I am kek. And I just don't have the time nor drive to continue playing this game anymore. Especially since I feel like it's begun to hold me back with my goals in life. Which sounds like a bad thing, but eventually every story has to have an ending, and this is mine. A Thank You To PNW When I started playing this game 5 years ago. I was working a crappy warehouse job that I hated, had no friends, didn't know what to do with my life, and thought I would never be happy. But eventually I found this game called Politics and War thanks to Drew Durnil (or whatever his name is). Since then I've figured out that I wanted to learn how to program and become a software engineer, learned how to be a freak in the sheets (that was my title when I first joined my university's ESports club when I became treasurer). Met a lot of amazing people who taught me many different things not only in-game, but in real life as well. And for the first time in my life, and I felt like that I was in a community that enjoyed my presence whether as an friend or enemy thanks to my awesome personality and even better memes. Despite the up's and down's I had in this game, I want to thank you @Alex for being a dumb high schooler who wanted to make a nation sim (I'm sure the $1000+ I spent on credits over the past 5 years will suffice). This game helped me during a dark time in my life and I'm sure it helped many others. So I hope that you continue working on this game for years to come until PHP finally becomes a dead language and you're forced to learn Javascript and react. Personal Shout outs @Abaddon For teaching me how to be a god at google sheets and always talking to me about life and what I should do with mine. @Sketchy For being a great alliance leader with a cunning mind and a aptitude for shit talking. @Tartarus For showing me that you can make amends with other people even when you feel like it's not possible @Chad For being a giga chad and always being there for your alliance even when life gets busy @Kevanovia For always being friendly towards me and showing genuine care for everyone you meet. I'm also sorry for always ignoring/declining your invites to play games with you. @DumpsterCan For always finding the weirdest ways to making me laugh. I honestly don't know how I feel about this one. @Uriah 'the Fox' For always being the chillest dude and telling about your adventures. @ Adam (Couldn't find your PNW forum tag !@#$) For being the little chaotic freak that you are and always being real about yourself and others. @ All of Guardian (If I had to shout out everyone of y'all, this would have to be multiple posts). But thank y'all for being a great alliance with a great community that's willing to accept anyone (as long as they meet the city requirements). Despite being a outsider not knowing anyone in there except @Kinns, you guys welcomed me with open arms, so thank y'all. Also @Vanek26 I do apologize but you're gonna have to postpone your retirement for at least a millennia. @Jordan For trusting me when I first joined the game to be your tech guy and dealing with my shenanigans when I first started this game. There is so many people I could thank but that list would be too long. So I do apologize if I didn't shout you out, I've just kind of gone thru a list of people who I felt made a huge impact in my time playing this game. This community is honestly so great and I've met a lot of people friend or foe who I enjoyed my time with. So I do apologize if your name didn't get shouted out but know that I appreciate everything that everyone has done for me. You can always harass me in dm's. My Final Message (Hopefully) If there is one thing I've learned in these past few years, is that life is short, people make mistakes, and you shouldn't let your past haunt you. How your life goes is up to you. We all start in different playing fields, some more advantageous than others. But you shouldn't that affect you or the person you wish to become. It may not end up exactly how you thought it would, but you shouldn't let your past haunt your future. There's a whole world to explore whether it's going out on a random day and meeting new people at university or playing a nation sim, don't be scared to go out there and try new things. But with that said, thank you politics and war for everything.
    11 points
  14. It is my pleasure to announce the 43rd government of UPN. Leadership Prime Minister - Naaro Chair (Foreign Affairs) - Cora Chair (Internal Affairs) - Matt Ministers Minister of Foreign Affairs - Malichy Minister of Internal Affairs - Noreen Minister of Finance - Matt Minister of Defense - Abdur The Sovereign Senate of UPN Naaro, Matt, Malichy, Cora, Abdur, Sealteam and Noreen
    10 points
  15. The 5th of March, 2113: 35 years, 4 months, 10 days... That's how many years it had been since the bombs dropped. That's how long it had been since the elders of generation 0 who weren't sent on the recon & settlement teams had seen the sun with their own eyes; A'hyoka had never seen the sun herself, she had been born in this vault, but the day had finally come; the day many of the dwellers beside her in the entry chamber had been waiting their whole lives. RECLAMATION DAY had arrived! The Siren alerting them that the third and final vault door was opening began to blare; the whirring of machinery and gears filled the chamber as the vault's opening mechanism came to life. The massive door rolled opened, and a gasp rippled through the crowd as sunlight spilled in. Real sunlight, not the whitewash of fluorescent panels they grew up with. Many around her seemed reluctant to be the first to step forward, but she could not wait another moment. She stepped out into the light; she felt the sun's warmth & natural wind for the first time. The scent of damp earth and something wild rode in on a breeze. In every direction she looked, the world seemed to stretch on endlessly, filled with sights and sounds she could only have imagined before today: 2 headed frogs jumping along the banks of the rushing waters of the Little Tanasi river, rad-scorched birds soaring high above the mutated trees whose leaves were forever locked in various hues of red, orange, green, purple and blue, covering the hills, valleys and mountains that surrounded them in every direction. Suddenly a rusty & partially damaged Mr. Handy robot appeared before her and said "The kangaroo parliament in the marshmallow sector decrees that every Tuesday must be painted in hexagonal polka dots and seasoned with metaphysical glitter." "...I'm sorry...what!?" she said in utter bewilderment before it continued: "Meanwhile, the spaghetti constellations hum lullabies to the floating anvils of thought, each whispering ancient pizza recipes to confuse the intergalactic librarian. Logic is banned; only marmalade remains." it continued, before flying off. "Don't mind him, his language module is damaged" a voice said behind A'hyoka. She turned around to see a beautiful giant towering nearly a foot above her, it was The Great Red Queen of War herself, Athena Meli Waya. Athena handed her a backpack including a C.A.M.P. and called 11 other dwellers over to them. Athena applies Red War paint onto A'hyoka's face then tells them "You 12 are now a pack, and as she was the first to step out, she is your pack leader." Athena then begins to move towards another group of dwellers that stepped out before stopping and turning back to A'hyoka's pack and saying "oh and one more thing"... "WELCOME TO THE WASTELAND" Orientation Video The Government of the Smoky Rivers Tribe of Vault 49 The Beloved Sun: Aset Afroditi (Supreme power with no responsibilities, acts only in emergencies) The 3 Chiefs: The Emperor: Ukunaka Sahoni (oversight, justice, & chief executive) The Great Blue Queen of Peace: Nebet-het Satet (Chief Executive that also oversees the Econ, IA, and D&E Departments) The Great Red Queen of War: Sekhmet Athena Meli Waya (Chief Executive that also oversees the MILCOM, FA Departments; as well as Lore Development) Sponsored by Nuka-Cola Vault 49 ~ | Discord | Wiki Page | Recruitment Ad | ~ ~ | Lore | Map | DoE Bulletin |~ TL;DR: 7K & Nuka-World has returned with a new theme to teach your lower tiers why they need to bank properly and why being an A*$#@!# to a nuke raider is not a good idea when you or your friends have 3k infra TL;DR TL;DR: just another nuke raider micro
    9 points
  16. With Nyan Cat Month coming to a close, we thanked Nyan Cat for her stay and said our goodbyes as she nyan’d away. We were ready to return to our silly old (blehh) theme. We were rather bored. Sillycats never were the type to sit around and have nothing going on. SO WE’RE DOING A CAT MEME EVENT! Top 3 best cat meme submissions will win a cash prize and a super special badge. The winners will be decided by a team of totally unbiased judges. How to Participate: Just join our Discord server and post your meme in #cat-memes-😹, not to be confused with #cat-pics-for-umbra. You can also reply to this post with your meme, but make sure to state that the meme you’re submitting is for the event. Prizes: BEST MEME 🏆 $250M + 1 special first place badge 2nd best meme 🥈 $100M + 1 special second place badge 3rd best meme 🥉 $75M + 1 special third place badge Additionally, the Best Meme will be put on our alliance page for a month! Yay! Rules: 1. The image you submit must contain a cat and be considered a meme 2. Each person is limited to 10 submissions 3. Nothing obscene 4. No AI garbage 5. If the same meme gets posted twice, the second will be ignored And that’s it! Glhf P.S Eid Mubarak!!!! ________________ The event has ended. ________________ Congratulations to the winners! Click here to see the winning memes.
    9 points
  17. Defaulting on a loan debt would not be grounds to void a NAP. Rose wouldn't have been able to use it as justification to break NAP, anymore than Camelot can use this fake loan buying scheme as a justification to break a nap against TFP. Also, the idea that an offshore, which is typically controlled by government members or people with trust within the alliance, doesn't fall under Rose is ridiculous. If Epi was so certain Rose was intending to break the nap with some ridiculous loan scheme that no major alliance would look at and say Rose had a case, why did Epi hit TFP and claim it was part of the event, instead of hitting Rose. Because he's trying to find any angle to justify what's he's done and each time one is thoroughly debunked he has to conjure a new excuse.
    9 points
  18. Even for him it shouldn’t take an hour and a half to say “Yeah, I lied.” I’m not listening to that. Can’t imagine there is a single minute that includes something new, relevant, or factual to support this NAP break.
    9 points
  19. This is the first transmission from Cybertron... Fellow Orbisians, Let this declaration echo through the halls of every alliance and may this message reach those beyond the stars. Cybertron has awakened. Formerly known as The Aegis Order, we are not merely a player group, nor are we simply an alliance. We are a force, reforged in steel. Sharpened by knowledge and driven by purpose and progress. Cybertron is a world forged to meet the needs of its people and is ready to serve as the successor to Orbis. The Orbis we see today is fractured. Ruled by empty councils, led by failed promises and is filled with leaders who trade integrity for influence. This is the product of mediocrity and a stagnant world. In our world, we stand for discipline in our governance, strength through unity, and a fulfilling future. Our systems are designed for performance, for the ambitious and for those who are in need of a home. To all those craving these things, we call you to Cybertron. The chapter is turning, the circuits are alive, and the forge is burning brighter. Calling all Autobots, and calling all Decepticons, it is time to come home. Cybertron is here and we are waiting for you.
    8 points
  20. [In-Game Bulletin] "Hello? Is this thing on? Ah, it is." Ahem. 2 weeks ago, I founded an alliance with my partner and a close friend of mine. In so doing, we established what would be our personal home for a relaxed pico-alliance experience. However, not a few days ago, we were attacked. Planning to fight a losing war, we were instead joined by other nations of Orbis in standing against our aggressor. Without them, our pixels would have been smashed, and not a single tear would have been shed. However, we have our greatest thanks anyway. Now, we are part of the Orbis community, by those acts of friendship. And thus, we announce ourselves to the world: We are The Slow and Steady. We seek no more than a chill, relaxing time in this nuclear winter of a world, and we are capable of making a stand to defend that relaxing time. - Thya, co-leader and Minister of Foreign Affairs for The Slow and Steady
    8 points
  21. Apparently, old friend, you're stuck in a loop—because we've already gone over this in DMs, and now again here. I even asked you directly what path you thought I should take, and in the end, I chose the one I was being pushed toward anyway: to carve my own trail, half indifferent to the crowd watching. To your credit, you did advise me to steer clear of diplomatic and public affairs. I’ll give you that. But I couldn’t ignore the pull to speak up—not when it involved old friends, not with Cam and Buck both in the picture. I'm sharing what I believe to be true, cutting through the noise you so often warned about. But here’s the thing: your past advice now stands in contradiction to your current stance. Your words are colliding with themselves. That’s not on me. Why assume we’re not civil? It’s entirely possible—and in this case, true—that we’ve simply agreed to disagree on a warm, familiar note. I still consider him a friend, disagreement or not. He’s offered both concern and critique, which I genuinely appreciate. Funny how quickly people leap to conflict before even reading the signs. Whatever happened to showing a little human compassion despite differing views? But hey—keep it coming, schmuckems 💋 The saltier you get, the more entertained I am. Ah, I see—we’re not allowed to maintain friendships with people we occasionally disagree with. Got it. Apparently, resolving conflicts and extending grace is off the table now. Noted, and added to my mental checklist. I got you, homie—101%. 😉 P.S. Seems like other people’s shortcomings are now my responsibility, too. Duly noted.
    8 points
  22. I for one am glad that we finally have a reliable source of truth in Orbis. No spin. No identity left. No out of context screenshots. No bias. Just Facts. Orbis is healing ❤️‍🩹
    8 points
  23. Hello everyone, Some of you may have heard by now but our beloved friend and comrade RedArmy has passed away this weekend. He died from complications from heart surgery, he was 33. Those who knew him already know this, but he was one of the kindest souls you'll ever meet. He would do anything for anybody, including driving 8 hours across the country to pick up another alliance member who was going through some really rough times, and helping them secure a place to live. Although we've only been playing this game together for 4-5 years, he ended up becoming like a brother to me, and to most of ASM. He was someone who would always listen to you, and help guide you through whatever rough patch you were going through. He was so genuine in an era where that doesn't exist. We went on an ASM camping trip last year, and it was a blast, except our first night camping we were crushed during Guns & Roses, and 3/4 of ASM's gov't was off in the woods drinking, out of cell service. Red was the only one who had cell service and when he got the notifications he promptly turned the phone off, and casually mentioned it to me a few hours later... deep into inebriation. Red was one of the most selfless people I've ever met, and that I will ever meet. He constantly gave others everything he had, whether it was emotionally, physically or even financially. He kept nothing for himself. This was true even in death. With his last dying breath he was able to hold on long enough to make it possible to donate several organs so that others could live. ASM will never be the same. He was the bedrock of our community, the glue that held a bunch of political stalwarts from delving into chaos every waking moment. There aren't enough kind words I can say about Red. Please pour one out for our fallen brother. We are heartbroken. If you are interested there is a gofundme for his family, i've posted it in ASM's discord server. In the interim I have taken over leadership of ASM. See you on the other side brother. Rest easy. Love Yinz.
    7 points
  24. Hatebi, you have my utmost respect. I won't go into all the issues this game has, but most people have accepted the way it is and given up on even dreaming of ways to make this game more fun. And yet in the midst of that, you have come up with numerous creative ways to make this game fun, not only for yourself, but the entire game. Whether or not the community will be grateful for it: without a doubt your contributions have been some of the most valuable ones this game has experienced. I'm looking forward to your journey ahead, I'm sure you will continue to radiate much needed positive energy into all the places you are about to visit during this coming year.
    7 points
  25. There comes along people who burn bright but brief, who change the game around them and break norms. Hatebi didn’t care about loot in the traditional sense, didn’t chase the cash looted leaderboard spot, she just wanted to see infra burn and enjoy the community. Truly will go down as one of the greats. O7 Hatebi
    7 points
  26. We've offered to debate them several times, including at the encouragement of Eclipse and House Stark, and so far they have ignored us. If they want to take up the offer all they need to do is message me and we can organize a time. If we were to hold the debate I would want to stream it, so the actual discussion would take place in a private server. We'd be fine with Thalmor or Lysander moderating and giving a shout out to the news server where the link would be shared first. We don't really mind who Rose wants to represent them or how many there are so long as they're polite. I'm not sure Firwof would be a representative of ours since he's not a long term member or government. He could speak on behalf of himself as an individual if people are okay with that but if he or others veer into OOC we would ask for that to be quickly silenced by the moderators. If other relevant diplomats want to join the conversation we'd be fine with that so long as they state their treaties up front and whether their alliance has supported the convention or not. This is so that new and future players can clearly delineate between the sides. I think this would be a really cool community event perhaps ending with a poll on who won. I've no illusions that our opponents outnumber us but that does not diminish the entertainment value. Before I forget, @Firwof Kromwellstop talking shit lmao.
    7 points
  27. You would have been better off staying silent. Like I told you in DMs, it’s hard to justify actions when the side who is claiming to be valid hasn’t presented more than “we know this is happening” and can’t actually produce proof. Instead, they’re relying on the other side to proof them wrong. It’s completely illogical.
    7 points
  28. Ah, I see Rage made the classic mistake of trying to be civil to you in private.
    7 points
  29. May I advise you put your posts into chapgpt and say "make this smarter". Here let me do it for you: Here’s a refined and more articulate version of your post that keeps the fiery tone while making it clearer and more polished: Well, hello there. Let’s be honest—it’s no surprise to anyone that your statements are far from accurate. After what SIN pulled in the last war, both in-game and on the forums, it was an unmitigated disaster, plain and simple. Everyone knows that, and anyone pretending otherwise is just fooling themselves. SIN held most of the merger potential at the outset—no shock there, given that it was the final stop for everyone spinning out from Soup. You’re trying to paint it otherwise, but the truth is obvious, and you know it. Especially after the last war, when you tried so hard to convince people to do your bidding—epic flop. Your words have been well documented across the forums since then. Let’s not forget that Rose and TFP’s involvement was hardly random, either. TFP and TI have a long history of teaming up, often through backchannel deals with no paper trail. And Oblivion? Still defending Rose-aligned targets, even across different spheres, through spy work and mercenary operations—everyone knows it. They’ve been playing this game in the shadows for years. So let’s talk about this year. Isn’t it suspicious how all these alliances—supposedly separated by treaty—still manage to pull the same strings from the backrooms? There’s more than just Cam’s connections to IQ alliances from the NPOLT era—many of them still hold the same post-war dispositions when you talk to them now, even as recently as a few days ago. Why single out one group when BK and others still cling to the same core values? And let’s be real—any alliance I mentioned here can be easily checked. Their words, actions, and even Discord logs are right there at our fingertips. With that much evidence built up over the years, how can I not let people chase their own curiosities and push their own resolves? There’s no need for espionage or mercenary proxies when the truth is already this plain to see. Let me know if you’d like to tweak the tone or emphasize any particular part! It still reads like nonsensical crack addict stream of consciousness drivel but at least I can understand it lmfao.
    7 points
  30. Who needs to have an apartment when we can all just live together in Firwofs head rent-free.
    7 points
  31. Happy birthday TKR! This alliance has meant so much to me these past few years. Everyone who has been part of the alliance at one point or another has helped shape it into what it is today, but I want to give special thanks to all those who have served in gov over the years, donating their time to make TKR such an awesome place to be. Sharing our government history, for posterity. Also available here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SEhcU76LBCy5qGMBQtJ_th-8ak1SzQzu7aKk1cK5w2Q/edit
    6 points
  32. I'm just trying to figure out where the profit is in buying debt of an alliance you intend to financially sabotage, knowing that if you were successful they'd be unable to pay back the loans you just bought. I mean, that works if this is Wall Street (it's also evil as hell), but on Orbis, you just screwed yourself. If an alliance defaults on a loan, you don't get to take them to court, you don't get to seize their remaining assets and dissolve them, you're just out of luck (and in this case billions in cash). Oh sure you can make it so the alliance can't get loans any more, but so what? Why are you running your entire alliance on a long term line of credit? That's stupid. Also, why would Rose want a CB, assuming that defaulting on a loan is a CB, on Camelot they can't use for months? Especially when they already have one. But hey, Epi thinks I want to throw him out of power and install myself as Viceroy over Camelot, so clearly, I must be conspiring with Rose...or something. 🙄
    6 points
  33. Would you like to defend Cam on a special VC debate with Rose? We would be willing to hold the event
    6 points
  34. Sometimes, you gotta clean off the cobwebs... Sometimes, you gotta make sure the cables are plugged in... Sometimes, you gotta do a sound check... Sometimes, you gotta check on the soup... Sometimes, you gotta leave the mountain bunker, and go for a ride... ...Even if it's your last. ______________ When: Tomorrow, July 2nd, at 10 PM EST Where: The Media - https://discord.gg/pqADXxS3 Who: Kev & Thalmor, but hopefully you too ❤️
    5 points
  35. Orange is definitely a better color for ya haha A pretty spreadsheet!? Canbec knows the way to my heart! (Also obligatory comment about "average PnW/spreadsheet simulator moment")
    5 points
  36. IF THE KNIGHTS RADIANT HAVE A MILLION FANS, I’M PROUD TO BE ONE OF THEM. IF THEY HAVE TEN FANS, I’M STILL ONE OF THEM. IF THERE’S ONLY ONE FAN LEFT, THAT FAN IS ME. IF THE KNIGHTS RADIANT HAVE NO FANS, IT MEANS I’M NO LONGER ALIVE. IF THE WORLD STANDS AGAINST TKR, THEN I STAND AGAINST THE WORLD. Happy birthday to The Radiant Book Club!
    5 points
  37. Oh this is bad news...you realize this is the second time you left me. Lets keep this going and you can leave another time and make it 3. You taught me so much and I will not forget what a great person you are. I will still look for you to come back Good Luck May you have success in all you do.
    5 points
  38. Overall incredible commitment to the persona, enjoy retirement o7
    5 points
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    5 points
  40. Now that's just pure hypocrisy if I've seen it. This is like giving consequences to someone who keeps relapsing as an addiction while denying they're an addict. Case in point, the repeat notion of yall using other ppl (pirate's) & even whole aa's (TFP/TI) to do each other's biding w/ no viable connections outside backrooming. Furthermore, yall haven't shown any ss of communication towards us nor any ss to disprove of so. This is Coal. A against Coal B. in NPOLT again, especially w/ what tfp pulled against us to push us around, even speculating to do so out of game. Can't be a lack if evidence either when further evidence can easily be searched like Google via the forums for shit like this from Rose. Hell, look at the wars from this yr against Rose for backrooming. Plus, do yall see anyone else scrambling to gather ss & make videos for pnw like him? oh just mainly Thalmor when he feels like it? I challenge the cast around Thalmor Radio show to gather such evidence & refute live w/ us from Cam. If so, I'll definitely regress to take all the shittalk, ignorance, & down votes aka swallow my pride. Until then, stay mad, seeth, & cope harder my friends!!
    5 points
  41. When you all realize that roses entire plan was to get Camelot to disband by attempting to buy there debt through a extension or 3rd party alliance so they could break the nap by saying that Camelot is defaulting on loan rose has just been able to manipulate most of the community at this point Unfortunately it’s blankly obvious MO did respond to the event but there wording indicates that’s no official representative attempted to buy the debt but a 3rd party alliance that’s heavily tied to them like valinor could’ve done it in there stead
    5 points
  42. Dang these spam posts hitting the forum lately are starting to get advanced
    5 points
  43. straight and to the point this alliance is going places idk where but 100% somewhere
    5 points
  44. Don't assume people are your friends or allies because they desire to ignore you. I can assure you many people don't appreciate you always vomiting out private DMs over a slight disagreement, among the many, many, other things you do.
    5 points
  45. So, you broke the NAP *before* TFP? Once again this post shows absolutely no evidence of a TFP NAP break?
    5 points
  46. I feel like it’s kinda silly to be mad if people do well in this game — and you don’t — just simply because they may have played it better. It’s a matter of strategy and choices. And speaking as someone who very much is an “outsider” and newer than probably everyone on that list, you don’t have to conform if you can find ways to create your own path of success. Like I honestly choose to be ignorant of a lot of this historical community drama. In the very profound words of the philosopher Elsa The Snow Queen… Let it go.
    4 points
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