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  1. At last. I have won.
    12 points
  2. I love how Queen M can be racist and say things to me and others that would spark outrage from other people, but when Arkiri makes an obvious offhanded joke, everyone wants to get pitch forks. Queen M just literally said I was in chains and made an equivalent to me being a slave and having a “massa”. Along with countless other things she has said, yet no one cares. So please, don’t criticize Arkiri until you criticize her.
    5 points
  3. No, good riddance. No F.
    5 points
  4. Am I the only one who finds it funny that so much was written in response to Buor saying "Oh ok. Cool"
    5 points
  5. Pour one out for Westwood Studios. EA is a monster #stopthekilling Hey Thorin, glad to see your conscious decision to distance yourself from certain individuals and the actions they undertake is going so well. Really glad to you've made that call and are sticking to your guns so strictly. I also want to use this space to address a really stupid rumour. Apparently a ton of our resident fash have convinced themselves and others that I'm black? Presumably because white people can't care about black rights. So I would like to confirm that I am a white cis male. If you don't believe me, ask @Thalmor, he's seen my nudes. You're arguing that a deliberately featureless section of nations within the game don't have the features you associate with an alliance theme, so the theme is untenable? And that nonsense about imperialism and revolution... this might actually be your stupidest non-mechanics post yet.
    4 points
  6. If Queen M can make a slave joke Better whip them into shape, Buorhann
    4 points
  7. This isn't really a post worth dumping on. We all claim to want dynamism but when an alliance actually does do something outside of the norm, from a position of weakness no less, they get shit on.
    4 points
  8. MEAT IS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS
    4 points
  9. You are really grasping at straws here to push your narrative. The Zodiac merger happened before the war so any of those people that didn't come over can't be counted because we never had them in the first place. Rarely do entire alliances move over in a merger unless they are small alliances. Some of the people in Zodiac and Cornerstone didn't want to merge. That is their choice. We welcomed those that did. Some more will probably leave as they decide that we aren't a good fit. This is normal as well. Any members of Zodiac that didn't join BK in the merger ceased to be members of IQ when the merger happened so to count them as lost is disingenuous at best and an outright lie at worst. We are used to these kinds of things from the IQ haters out there. Saying that we are "missing" all the people that chose to go a different direction instead of merging into BK is complete bullshit. We can;t be missing people we never had. Please continue tossing the bullshit against the wall though, some of it might stick eventually.
    3 points
  10. Definite F. No one gives headaches like Alpha. A lot of the most politically interesting times in the game for me involved a lot of stuff from them. Cheers moving on, guys.
    3 points
  11. Orange Defense Network To all, I've been getting a lot of questions regarding ODN's war status, so I felt some clarification was needed. On the 24th of March, the Golden Horde hit ODN. From our perspective for no reason, from theirs for a variety of reasons. They claimed we were part of this "IQ" coalition. C'est la vie though, that's life. We were attacked by the Horde. They called the attack a 'mass raid,' but as far as ODN was concerned, this was and remained a war. Multiple waves of attacks sending us to beige and then happening again and again are not a 'raid' in our book. We don't mind dealing with raids, we have lots of respect for raiders. This was not a raid as far as we were concerned (they are welcome to call it what they want). They told us the only way the attacks would end, would be if we cancelled our treaties with NPO. Well no thank you. The day anyone but ODN dictates who ODN can and cannot call friend will be a cold day in hell. In all honesty, besides from apparently our friends in NPO we couldn't even tell you who is in IQ. Certainly we dont consider ourselves in it. I'm sure they are fine folks, and we've got the utmost respect for NPO, but we had no interest in joining the global war and anyone who talked to us could have figured that out. As such, just because the global war has ended, *OUR* war with the Golden Horde has NOT ended. Just as we never intended to go to war with IQ, nor do we intend to declare peace with the Golden Horde simply because a bunch of random other alliances declared peace. Especially not considering how this whole thing started. We are under no delusions. The Golden Horde is bigger than us. They are more experienced then us. They outnumber us. We were attacked when we weren't expecting it and that hit us hard. We have limited resources. I suspect that for every 1 million of damage we do to the Horde, they will do 10 million to us. That's fine. We'll make that trade gladly, week after week. But we will deal damage. And we will not give in. They can smash us into a bloody pulp, crack our skulls, break every bone in our body. Our teeth will still be lodged firmly in their flesh at the end of it. ::Grins:: if nothing else, this will be a nice lesson on ODN's character for the rest of the world. I'm sure there are plenty out there who are better nation builders. Better with war mechanics. More experienced. But we're an ornery stubborn bunch of asses when you rile us up. I suspect TGH will get to see that first hand. There's nothing personal with this. I am looking forward to a long and good war with TGH. Most of them have been fine opponents so far. If I need to be reduced to a smoking pile of rubble, I am glad they will be the ones doing it! But in ODN we have a code of honor we live by. And the real test of such a code is not in easy times, but when facing overwhelming odds. So for everyone asking.... yes ODN considers itself at war with TGH. No we are not peaceing out because IQ did. Yes we intend to have a lot of fun with them on the battlefield. No this war won't be ending anytime soon, no matter how hopeless it is, not until *we* are satisfied that we've gotten what we need.
    2 points
  12. The Iron Curtain falls as Stratagem annexes another Soviet satellite, The Communist International. Will Queen Stalin ever stop?
    2 points
  13. If someone really wants that information, they can make a spreadsheet with formulas without too much trouble. Unfortunately, with tho per city numbers in the same cell as the total amount, it makes it more difficult to copy/paste the numbers into a spreadsheet and do anything with it.
    2 points
  14. In that case, you'd consider TGH being 'green' then. We can argue this out separately if you wish.
    2 points
  15. You know, I'm kinda disappointed that this happened. I was hoping to have a fight with Alpha and Friends eventually. Not like what they had recently, but something on more even terms. They did well with their hit on Mensa awhile back and I was hoping to test that out again without a dogpile.
    2 points
  16. I have disliked you and almost every opinion you have had since day 1, and I still stand by that. Go away pls.
    2 points
  17. I never referenced IQ as a whole. I am a simple foot soldier and gave my personal perspective. What I am seeing is a bunch of whining about the terms. I stated in an earlier post my AA was hit with no CB and I believe we should have held Rose for reps. That isn't really feasible in this type of conflict. What is being seen is a bunch of posturing and chest thumping by mostly non-IQ that they were merciful and how bad they were winning and how terrible the terms were. Simply put if you don't like them don't take them. I believe the last part of your post is the most honest thing ive seen posted yet and is probably the closest to the truth that will be posted on these forums.
    2 points
  18. Nothing lost really
    2 points
  19. Did Queen M just call me Massa? Or did I just assume that incorrectly?
    2 points
  20. Well again. We dont consider ourselves part of IQ. We keep saying that, and it doesn't seem to sink in. Maybe this will help. Hell you said 'help your allies in the future, including NPO' but we dont HAVE any allies besides NPO. We're out here on our own on this one ::grins::. That means we have no support to help us, but it also means we are beholden to no one else. Hell, after NPO the alliance we admire the most would probably be Arrgh and we have no ties to them. And why do this? It has to do with why we exist as an alliance. To us its not about global politics or nation building. Again, it may not be the 'right' way to play compared to most alliances... but we aren't most alliances. We care far more for what we view as right and wrong, our code of honor, being able to look ourselves in the mirror.... all that far more for that than we do our stats. Everyone SAYS that. Everyone SAYS "if you mess with us we will war for months." We intend to LIVE it. Words are cheap. Actions show your character. If we let you just hit us for the reasons you did and then rolled over, it wouldn't say anything bad about TGH's character. But it sure as hell would about ODNs. Speaking purely personally, what do *I* want from this war? 1) You all will never admit it publicly. But when I look in your eyes, I want into your heart-of-hearts to know you are going "Yeah, it was probably stupid of us to hit ODN when they were sitting this war out." 2) More importantly, right now I don't sense or feel any particular respect from you all to us. That's fine. Respect has to be earned. By the time this is done, I suspect that (again, even if you won't admit it) your eyes will tell me a different story. ::Grins:: I want you to be going "damn those ODNers may not be xyz.... but they are some crazy ******" You don't have to like us. Think us brilliant fighters. Or savy players. But I *WILL* see that you respect our commitment, integrity, and resilience. And if you don't we will keep fighting till you do. 3) Most importantly. This is more than anything else about *ourselves*. We arent fighting to make you surrender (though you are welcome to surrender to us!) We are fighting for *ourselves*. We don't like how this war happened.... and we wouldn't like what it said about us if we rolled over on it. We see this as an internal test of our character. Can we go the distance. Most importantly at all, this war will end when we can look at ourselves and say "we satisfied our honor. We handled ourselves well. We put EVERYTHING on the battlefield. There wasn't an ounce more effort we could give. Not a dollar more damage we could squeeze out, not a day more we could struggle on. This is our best." I don't care what that is in total damage. Just that we know there isn't an OUNCE left to wring from ourselves. We want to go to that final limit. And we want to see what that limit is. And we want to surpass our expectations of ourselves. Corny? Maybe. Stupid? Could be. But the world would be boring if every alliance in it just did the "standard" "smart" move. ::grins:: Welcome to ODN land.
    2 points
  21. frick you Kastor, Optional Defense Network must continue on!
    2 points
  22. Literally my point. I'm centering it on him in my discussion with you, because he's in your alliance and the last time he did it, you said some version of "well, people make mistakes, awww shucks!" That doesn't work twice.
    1 point
  23. You do know people swap alliances around, right? And have participated in major wars from past alliances?
    1 point
  24. No one within their right mind was after an "easy victory". Maybe some people who are still 'green' in major conflict did, but the vets knew very well this wouldn't be "easy" and I stated this a few times in the coalition chat on our side. As for "tier supremacy", it entirely depends on how you look at it. IQ side had much better tier cohesion in the lower tiers, but our side did have whales that IQ couldn't touch.
    1 point
  25. H It's the disappearance of an alliance, in a game, one which frankly didn't have the greatest track record of treating people with any notable degrees of respect itself, certainly not in recent memory. I must ask what surprises you. Respect is to be earned and not given. If you think not dying as easily as other people when fighting the hive mind demon hordes under Lord Lucifer Roquentin's strings is the only criteria, you'll be sad to learn criteria shift from person to person. From my point of view, all i know is what i have said so far, i see no reason to go out of my way to pay respect to that. You'll also be sad to learn that at least some of them are joking and that you need a thicker skin to handle what something we paper could withstand.
    1 point
  26. >Hit with no CB In your perspective. Let's remember that. There's no mediator that goes around justifying what's a CB and what's not. After multiple other "protectorates" of NPO joined in the war (Mind you, nobody hit them first), there was most definitely just cause on ODN at that point.
    1 point
  27. It has been many years since our empire was at it's height... Many years since it stretched from the Americas to the Holy Land. In recent years, it has become increasingly hard to maintain an empire stretching across North Africa, the Americas, and the Iberian Peninsula. Due to this, it became necessary to allow for certain regions to have their independence or join in an economic union led by Occitania. As of the year 2010, we were forced back to the Straits of Gibraltar, loosing the majority of Northern Africa and all of our North American holdings as well as Portugal for whatever reason. It is now 2027, and Emperor Jehan VII has declared an end to the state of decline our empire has faced over the passed decades and has given an ultimatum to the former colonies: Submit or die... Only Northern Morocco joined, forcing the Empire to prepare for war. It seems that the years of decline are finally at an end, and with it, a new power shall rise from the ashes of the old world.
    1 point
  28. The protector sends the protectorate treaty, so the alliance that sends the treaty becomes the protector.
    1 point
  29. >Not being Juche in 2018 Smh at these plebs still stuck 50 years behind.
    1 point
  30. I wouldn't dare to question MV's intellegence, his draconian methods though
    1 point
  31. Of course in theory we could have gone on for months to try and force a different outcome. Because as an outside observer, many of you don't have to take into account morale, experience, costs and such to continue the war efforts for all the different alliances that took part in the coalition for either side. We weren't forced to agree to the 6-month NAP. Sure. Doesn't mean we can't be unhappy with it if it wasn't the desired outcome for us. We can also feel frustrated at the fact that while people are so keen on bashing the 6-month NAP, they ultimately chose to do nothing about it despite some knowing that the war was coming to a close (and of course I'm assuming a few of you knew that there would be a lengthy NAP involved). I'd also like to point out that that this war was the most 'dynamic' thing that's happened in the past 9-10 months I've been on this game. Everyone talks as if they're willing to fight a global every two months, but my experience here so-far proves that people always like to talk big but don't follow up with their words. To those who actually fought in the war, regardless of which side you were on, thank you for giving many of us the chance to experience our first global (regardless of how it turned out).
    1 point
  32. LOLOLOLIOLOLOLOLOL.... If any of you took 2 minutes out of your days to actually read (or even knew the slightest bit about me), you’d know that answer to be No. However, I am pleased as punch to watch you guys work yourselves up over nothing and make asses out of yourselves again. Please continue. Don’t know if my head can get much bigger with your attention on me and what I’m doing. Keep it up. It’s super flattering ?
    1 point
  33. If you really believe that children are dying from starvation, dehydration, poverty and preventable disease because they and the people around them have low intelligence or because of overpopulation, you're the one with low intelligence.
    1 point
  34. Strange argument, blaming deaths caused by overpopulation and low intelligence populations on Capitalism.
    1 point
  35. I mean, everyone should be. They're basically opposites. I consider myself to be a communist and I find the Red Terror, the purges and the gulags to be wholly reprehensible acts of state terror against its populace. The Soviet Union was authoritarian, state capitalist and imperialist. It should never have existed, at least not in the shape and form it took and it deserves condemnation. The fact of the matter is that there are many different types of communism and a big problem on the left is that people constantly disagree with each other over what the correct path to follow is. The only type of communists who are firm in their support of Stalin and the Soviet Union are Marxist-Leninists (aka tankies). So while your criticism is valid of communists that support the USSR and its leaders, like tankies, it's inaccurate and invalid if used against literally every other type of communist (and against communists as a single group). Then there's the fact that just because a country's state is run by a communist party doesn't mean the country said state governs is a stateless, moneyless and classless society (which are the key aspects of communism). I'm pretty sure that should be obvious but I guess a lot of people don't care for simple rationality. Countries with states run by communist parties are supposed to work towards eventually achieving a society that fulfills the criteria of a communist society but a lot of the time they're full of shit and they don't do what they're supposed to (which is why states shouldn't be trusted). So, while I agree that the deaths you are referring to was the result of corrupted communist parties' actions, they were not a result of a communist society. I know it's way easier to just say "commies killed over 9000 people!11!" but unfortunately for some, the world isn't that simple. Finally, the death count of communist parties is insignificant in comparison to the death count of capitalism. Based on UNICEF statistics, somewhere between 21 000 and 29 000 children die every day. If we go by 21 000, that's 14 children dead every minute or just below 7.6 million dead every year, starting from 1990 (and living standards weren't better before 1990). 1990 is 28 years ago so if we do 7.6 million times 28, we get just above 212 million dead children. Capitalism became the dominant economic system at the end of the 18th century, so about 200 years ago. There's too many things to factor in for me to bother doing the work to come up with an accurate figure, but I think we can safely assume that if 7.6 million children died in 1990, many more have died during the last 200 years of capitalism. And you know, I'm not even counting adult deaths. The worst part is that a lot of these deaths could be prevented by something as simple as having access to clean water. So, while you may feel like 100 million dead is a substantial amount (and it is, relatively speaking), that's basically the equivalent of 13 years of capitalism. I don't know about you, but that speaks volumes to me about what the greater evil is.
    1 point
  36. The Great Cherry Pop Golden Hordes First Victims
    1 point
  37. Be sure to join Knights Templar! Politics and War's number 1 Christian alliance!
    1 point
  38. Wow a war stats thread by someone in IQ? Times sure have changed. This week IQ passed Rose/KT sphere in net damages and now are about 2.6 bil ahead. Here's the wars broken down to an individual level across the entire conflict. Methodologies are described in the first page. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vTIi_YY_nY8xTNiCDef92vATYo3n-9MEmP7Rgt1NMpg/edit#gid=1002060857
    1 point
  39. You'll know not to mess with the one and only hubbu Vladamir Putin!
    1 point
  40. >Stop assuming his gender >His gender >His ABSOLUTELY PROBLEMATIC
    1 point
  41. Me normally: Me after the TCI merge and SGM goes full commie:
    1 point
  42. I chose a great time to stop playing
    1 point
  43. Anyone who put their names to this is pathetic. And anyone balking about the duration after signing the last global NAP probably ought to reflect on the precedent they set.
    1 point
  44. Let's look at the positive side of a majority of the game agreeing not to fight each other for 6 months: Alliances can cut expenses by getting rid of their milcom departments @Alex The next half of a year will be the perfect time to change/update the war mechanics, since nobody will be having any wars PnW can change it's name to the much cleaner and concise title "Politics... sorta" Less fighting will give us more time to find a new hobby to replace this one
    1 point
  45. Just as an off hand remark, but recruitment times need to change from base 3/5/6/5 to 3/4/4/4 with the accompanying tweaks in unit numbers and prices. And an across the board damage nerf with a matching drop in attack cost. Basically, make zeroing someone take more actions. Can't fix the playerbase though. That shit's fricked beyond hope.
    1 point
  46. Smith, PnW is not Tinder. Stop hitting on people on the OWF.
    1 point
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