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Terminus Est hereby re-institutes Edictum Est Just figured I would make this official. For no reason what-so-ever.

Me: Self-deprecating comment implying I suck at war. You: NO! YOU suck at war HA! Burn!

Correct, but the point is so I have something to link to when I draw a treaty line to every alliance on the map. That and to let some newer faces know about us.

So a bank named emerald bank, had connections with Seb, named emerald bank as a nation, vanished. That and Seb recently purchased up to city 38 in rapid succession. Yes, clearly AIM has the money. Makes complete sense.

that's already a thing, 14 day inactives go grey, greys don't pay taxes

--------------------------------------------------------- It's motherfrickin' 4th of July. Today is America's 242nd birthday. 242 years ago to this day, our Founding Fathers declared their independence from the British Empire. After several harsh years of fighting, we kicked the brits out of the Thirteen Colonies like my mom kicked me out of the house for stealing to fund my chronic heroin and manga addictions. The United States is not a perfect country, but our Founding Fathers understood that politics was fricked. This nation was founded on the principles of liberty, and although the times have changed a lot over the past two and a half centuries, those ideas still remain today. Contrast all the liberties Americans enjoy and take for granted to that with Europes, such as the British, who have to have a license to watch porn. Europeans, in general, will probably lose the ability to even make memes thanks to Article 13. So, happy 4th of July y'all. Thank a service member, spend time with friends and family, and be sure to record that dank ass firework display. You all have a good one.

What are you talking about? No bank Seb was actively involved in ever had missing cash as far as I know.

While we're at it, @Alex can you code me an AI that wars better so I stop losing so much?

As of the time of this posting, Esquire Templar has a score of 44,350.55. Of that, 10,951.24 belongs to nations that have not been active for more than a week. This is the ultimate example of hoarding inactive players to boost score. 23% of their members have been inactive. That might not seem like alot but, spread over 71 members, that is alot. That is 20 inactive players. The Illuminati is calling for them to step up and remove their inactive members. It is okay to have one or two, but 20 is unnecessary. I know there is no way to make you guys do this, but I hope maybe this will rally the support of other alliances and it will motivate you guys to listen. For now, that is all, thanks, THE ILLUMINATI

Interesante... But hey, we're still at war with them and their Big Brother, KT. So, in a strange way, we've got the Illuminati's back You're welcome to join the fight against KT and ET with us, of course. Comrades of the Revolution must stand together. Also, Big Brother is watching 0.o

Though in all seriousness i think the real solution instead of making any alliance kick their keys to their bank inactives, is for @Alex to make grey inactives not count toward nation score the same way vacation mode members do not count towards it.

And ET is supposed to take advice from an alliance that's had leadership turmoil very publicly and had like 3-4 coups? Mate, might be best if you don't call out other alliances until yours isn't a mess.

ET is a strong independent alliance that don't need no parental advice! oh wait

Seeing where all this goes, I think Prefontaine is the real culprit.

Did we just treaty ourself? Magnificent.

What I'm reading is Terminus Est does whatever the hell it wants. So no change to the status quo then?

Holy shit, rofl. You weren't kidding. He also left a little story with his cities.

Not once, ever, in my entire PnW life have I invested my stuff in a private bank because of a war, and I have been involved in more wars than the majority of the player base. If you’re having issues of safekeeping, you should get a friend or two.

by @Cynic So you're above 1,000 score and you think you're ready to take off on your own and forge through this world leading your own alliance. There's a lot more to starting an alliance than getting the score and hitting that "Create An Alliance" button. Here are some basics to creating an alliance that will help get you started. Step 1. Members If you're going to start an alliance you need to have a core starting membership and/or government. It's nearly impossible for any one man to completely run an alliance by himself. You're going to need help. Starting an alliance is easy with just a couple quick clicks. Building a successful alliance is exhausting and extremely time consuming. Don't do it alone. Build relationships with like minded players and go from there. I would recommend finding members with a range of experiences to fill the basic roles of an alliance (Internal Affairs, Economics, Military, and Foreign Affairs). Step 2. Choosing a Name, Theme & Flag This step isn't as important as some of the others but it can make a difference in some aspects of the alliance, especially recruitment.I would recommend staying away from generic names like "The United Nations" or overly used names like "The Mafia". Find a unique name that will attract new players and gives them an idea of who or what your alliance is about. You can also do this with a less obvious name and a good alliance description. Either way, this name or theme is what will identify you and your alliance. A Flag. This is another one of those things that might not necessarily be make or break but again it will identify your alliance and will be what every player (recruits or foreign visitors) will see when they visit your alliances page. Try to find an image or logo that symbolizes your alliances theme or name and is easily identifiable.Try to keep your flag clean and crisp and avoid too much lettering on your flags. You want to be able to recognize the flag whether it in large or small. You will want to start saving your ingame money (or purchase credits with donations) to be able to upload your alliance flag in game to be used by all of your members. As you can see from the two flags below, the top flag would be considered a "good" flag. You can still depict the symbol/logo even when shrunk down whereas the bottom flag its hard to decipher what exactly is even on the flag except the colors. Step 3. Establish a Charter Alright this is an important step here, so pay attention. A Charter is what will set the foundation for how your alliance operates. It will be used to determine laws, governing body, members rights and conduct of your members. Take your time on this. Make sure you don't get too verbose with it, because if you do no one will ever read it. Keep it short and sweet. Get to the point. Things you should include in your charter are: Your mission/purpose/intent List of your Governing Body & Their Powers What defines a member of your alliance How to amend the Charter Step 4. Appoint/Elect a Government You've got your core membership, your name and theme, and you have established a charter. Now it's time to appoint or elect the members of your governing body. This is where the differing experiences will come into play. Try to fit the experiences your members have in to the respective department to achieve the most successful results. (Ex: You have a player with significant war/raiding experience, you would try to put them into your Military Affairs department and not your Economic Affairs department). It may take time to adjust and you may have to move around positions from time to time to get the right person for the job. It happens more often than not in a new alliance until you find the best fit. Try to avoid doing this too much as to not give off the impression of instability, but if you need to make a slight change, then do what is best for your alliance. Step 5. Alliance Communications Establish how your alliance is going to communicate. The old days of forums are fading out (if not already) and the days of real time communication like Discord and/or Slack are the new upcoming gaming communication systems with Discord being the most popular. To create a Discord server, head over to https://discordapp.com/ and either download the Desktop App or Use the browser version. There are plenty of youtube videos to show you how to create a server and manage channels and roles. Step 6. Protectorate Treaty A protectorate treaty is an agreement between a larger scale alliance and a new alliance (such as yours) in which the larger alliance agrees to protect you from unprovoked aggression while you settle in and grow. I would recommend looking to one of the top 20-25 alliances for protection as they have more means to be able to actually assist your alliance with guides, grants and loans, and of course military protection. Having a protectorate will help you avoid "raiders". Raiders are players who will declare war and destroy your nation in an effort to steal your cash and resources. Step 7. Declaring Your Existence Once you have completed the above steps you are ready to launch your new alliance. One of the most important parts of launching your alliance is what like to call the "Declaration of Existence". This is your opening post and your chance to make a good first impression to the rest of the game. You always want to make that post in the Alliance Affairs forum here. Be sure to include all the information above (Flag, Discord Server, Government, and Protectorate). Make your first impression as good a one as possible. Expect and avoid the trolls that are sure to come give you flak. Some are even going to attempt to discourage you. It's going to happen. Be professional and respectful and prove them wrong. Step 8. Recruiting Now its time to hit the recruiting trail. There are many different ways you can do this. Some alliances send manual messages to new nations as they join and some alliances use automated bots to do the job for them. There are also other ways you can advertise your alliance including: Alliance Recruitment sub-forum P&W Discord Recruitment Channel (#recruitment) Player Created Advertisements (Ads cost 1 Credit)

For a long time Advanced Idea Mechanics has had an affiliation with the Private Bank known as Emerald Bank, first run through Seb and durmstrang, then Dillon. Upon the recent deletion of Dillon A McCann from the game, we heard suspicions that we were hiding the bank from its investors for an easy steal. I would like to assure orbis that our alliance had nothing to do with the running or funding of Emerald Bank, we only have a very vague idea of the whereabouts of the banks main capital. We do not represent the bank, it's policies, or its misgivings. The CEO of the bank was an entirely separate role from being a part of AIM. This being said, we understand that people that have dealings with the bank are frustrated, and we would like to help recover funds if we can. If people owing money could step forward and admit to their debts, we can help transfer the funds back to their rightful owners as soon as possible. We thank you for Understanding. Signed: AIM Government

Looks like we got our answer already! @Theodosius @Sketchy

Still think once a nation is inactive more than 14 days the alliance should no longer be able to tax said nation

an accurate description of your alliance

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you clearly don't know me Prefontaine. I don't need to even defend myself with such accusation. My old investors, my old clients, even the current investors from Emerald Bank that were severely damaged by Dillon's stunt know who I am and can speak of my integrity. Ask my enemies even if I would be capable of taking something that isn't mine. If you are going to accuse, do it with more facts buddy. Have a good day

Congrats on our new treaty?

Seems to occur if a nuclear weapon destroys two barracks.

Going off this - I can charge people RL money for all graphics I work on to enhance their nations, alliances, and VIP status. Perfect.

I've never had problems with Seb either, EB or otherwise. Are you talking about safekeeping? If you want to do that, you can always just hit up a person of trust and ask him to hold your stuff momentarily, assuming said person's not involved in the war either. You can also safekeep *to an extent* by buying credits off the market, although this varies with the price for them at that given time, plus of course monthly caps. There prob are another alternatives which I'm forgetting off the top of my head, but the main point is, there's no need have Alex hardcode a bank. Particularly not when there's other stuff that could be added and be way more valuable instead (such as new projects).

That's the risk of investment. Do you want Sheepy to hold our hands on everything? What else can we create as a player community if he codes in a private bank for us to use?

I think I left $53.80 in there. If you could just send me that in the mail, that would be swell. Thanks.

Still have a cap on how many times you can be spied in a day.

I'd like to report Mad Max for provoking my PTSD.

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, that shit lethal

Yikes....

Sure

Yet you don't post your suggestion how to sort them. Not surprising tbh?

Step 0.5: Join an existing alliance and learn the politics before branching out on your own. Learn who are the influential actors are in the current world politics of the game, and talk to them for advice. Learn the game too, because you'll be teaching your future members on "how to play".

Well, I wouldn't say it's against to rules to pay someone $5,000,000 (or whatever amount) in-game to design a flag for your nation or alliance. I don't think this constitutes as being against the rules.

Did this not happen before then Seb and Co blamed it on someone who to this day states he had no part in the missing Cash, now its happened again this what the third time. Alex you really should code a bank in to the game letting people deposit for a set interest rate, and letting other borrow money at a higher rate. These private (Pirate) banks are doing a better job of o stealing your cash than Arrgh Small Edit, would like to say people i know in AIM are upstanding, and its a shame they get marked with the stain of that bank, after all this is not the first or the last time Emerald Bank, loses money