Leaderboard

Hey everyone, this is going to be a long post, so bear with me here. First, a couple of housekeeping announcements: @Honey Monster has resigned as a forum moderator. I am very grateful for their help, without the forum moderators I certainly wouldn't be able to keep things civil here by myself. Next, I'd like to introduce a new forum moderator, @Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. who has just signed up to help pick up the additional workload. I have high hopes that they will make a fair and unbiased forum moderator. We will likely be bringing on some other additional forum moderators in the near future as well. My goal is to have a professional team of moderators to ensure everyone has a satisfactory experience on these forums. If you have any particular qualms or grievances regarding forum moderation, please shoot me a PM. --- Geography Update Now, to the meat of this announcement, which is about a significant update to the geography mechanics of the game. Primarily, this update is about a shift to using Google Maps as the map interface in-game, and with it there are some mechanical changes as well. I released a video on the Facebook and Twitter pages about the map update yesterday, feel free to check that out. Instead of picking a point on the map, you get to draw a shape (polygon) This is perhaps the most exciting aspect of this update from a role-play perspective. Instead of an arbitrary colored circle, you will get to draw a polygon made up of up to 20 vertices on the Earth's surface using Google Maps. You'll have a huge degree of customization, including the size of the map display and zoom on your nation page, as well as the color of your borders, fill, and opacity of your nation shape. An example screenshot The area encompassed by your map shape must be less than or equal to the total land area of your nation as defined by the sum of all of the land in your cities. This will prevent arbitrarily large polygons from covering the map. Note, like the circle points previously, nation maps can "overlap", i.e. the area that you draw for your nation is not exclusively "yours". The reason for this is that it would be incredibly complex and difficult to set it up any other way. Antarctica is now a continent option Going with Google Maps, there really wasn't a choice here. You can now draw your nation in Antarctica, and so Antarctica has now been added as its own separate continent with it's own resource distribution (Coal, Oil, and Uranium.) Antarctica can build Farms as well, but instead of having seasonal effects, instead there is a permanent -50% food production penalty. When this update goes live, everyone will get 2 free additional location changes. New nations will start with 3 free changes This should be pretty self-explanatory, you'll have some freedom to play around with the new location options when the update goes live. Cities will now start with 250 sq. miles of land (instead of 20) This will give new players a lot more freedom in drawing their polygon, and hopefully eliminate some of the high population density problems new players often experience early on. The tutorial has been updated to reflect this change; instead of asking players to buy to 520 sq. miles of land, they will now be asked to buy 500 sq. miles of land to reach 750 in their capital city. The World and Nuclear Proliferation maps are updated to Google Maps (as well as Alliance maps) Instead of drawing 200+ polygons on the world maps, instead your nation will be represented as a point (the center point of your nation's polygon) with your national flag on the map. Test server example --- Halloween Tournament To thoroughly test the new geographical changes before they are launched into the live game, we will be hosting a test server tournament starting at 12AM October 17 (server time.) It will run until 12AM on November 11 (server time.) Note that the server does not observe daylight savings time. Standard tournament details can be found on the test server homepage: http://test.politicsandwar.com/ If you are unfamiliar with the test server, it is a copy of the source code of the live server (with some modifications) running on a completely separate database. You will need to create a new account there. A few things to note: The test server does NOT send e-mails. Ever. You do not need a valid e-mail address to play on the test server Having multiple nations is NOT allowed on the test server. You will be banned permanently and prohibited from participating in any future testing/tournaments Registration will be closed 3 days after the tournament has begun. This happens automatically, and you will NOT be able to join the tournament late for any reason. Trading will be disabled until after registration has closed. Alliance banks are disabled for the duration of the tournament. Creating a nation to send all of your money to a friend and then quitting is not considered fair play, and you will be banned. Your nation will be deleted from the test server at some point after the tournament ends. Please do not get too attached. Other details, such as starting Beige time and starting cities, money, and resources are listed on the test server homepage. While the purpose of this particular tournament is primarily to test the robustness of the map update detailed above, there may be some Halloween related tricks/events to be had. I won't say anything further on that point, though I would encourage you to participate in what I anticipate to be a very unique tournament. Winners in the following categories will be recognized in the live server with a nation award: Highest Score Nation Most Wars Won Most Money Looted Most Infrastructure Destroyed Most Nuclear Weapons Launched Largest GDP Nation Largest Land Area Nation The alliance with the highest score at the end of the tournament will also be able to select a flag to be added to the test server permanently. --- I believe that's it. I'm sure I've forgotten some detail or other, so feel free to ask any questions and offer feedback here in this thread. A lot of effort has been put into this update and tournament; I hope you're all as excited as I am!

tl;dr of this thread for people who don't want to read

You people and your secret paperless treaties!

The other thread is close so...

Pretty much as the name suggests it would be alliance projects, these would be expensive and on a per nation basis it would be almost unnoticeable, ill provide a few examples. There should be maintenance costs that comes out of the alliance bank on-top of the costs to each nation I didn't list costs as that would just be throwing random numbers, it would need to be calculated in order to balance the game correctly. There would also need to be a way for alliances to be able to sabotage other alliances projects based on a selected variable per alliance (lasts x amount of turns) Alliance forward operating base-Barracks: Provides 1 barracks worth of units in each nation, with the costs, food, population etc etc falling on each nation. Maximum of 5 Alliance forward operating base-Factory: Provides 1 factory worth of tanks in each nation, with the costs, steel, population etc etc falling on each nation. Maximum of 5 Alliance forward operating base-Hanger: Provides 1 hanger worth of aircraft in each nation, with the costs, aluminum, population etc etc falling on each nation. Maximum of 5 Alliance forward operating base-Dry Dock: Provides 1 drydock worth of ships in each nation, with the costs, steel, population etc etc falling on each nation. Maximum of 5 Alliance satellite missile avoidance system: Provides 5% chance of nation scrambling incoming missiles disarming them (no damage) Maximum of 1(3?) Alliance Surface to Air nuclear disarming system: provides 5% chance of shooting down incoming nukes, reducing infra damage by upto 90% but no less than 60%, radiation still falls over the world. Maximum of 1 Alliance trade center: Provides 5% commerce in each nation(city?) in alliance (maximum of 1-5?) Alliance international farm: provides food to each nation as if they had a farm in each nation(city?) (maximum of 1-5?) Alliance international wind farm, provides 250 infra of power to each nation (city) Maximum of 4? Alliance international nuclear power grid, Provides nuclear power worth of 1000 infra to each nation (city?) maximum of 1 (takes uranium from alliance bank) Alliance science institute, provides a 5% bonus to all resource income to every nation in alliance. (maximum 1)

No. This isn't a democracy; nor should it be. Players bloc-voting moderators to represent their own interests and treat them preferentially is not in the best interest of the community. Who would protect the minority groups of players without enough influence to have representation on the forum moderator team? The current system is adequate. No moderator is perfect, and there will be hiccups in moderation from time-to-time, but that would certainly be the case where moderators were 'elected' as well. I would argue it is much better for me to privately invite hand-selected players who have demonstrated their capacity to be patient, helpful, and respectful, rather than a popularity contest among the players. If you take particular issue with any of the moderators or their actions, please send me a DM. It is entirely possible that I am oblivious to some disagreeable behavior that simply needs to be pointed out to me, and I am happy to correct course where it needs correction.

From The Desk of Uncle Traveling Matt The Mighty Nation of Fraggle Rock Greetings to all the great nations of Orbis. And a hearty tip of the hat to the others. It has been a glorious time for the Fraggles of the Rock. Production of nuclear deterrents has been steady, and our food output has increased as well. We are close to completing phase five of our grand plan. A massive celebratory event will happen when we reach our goal by the end of this year. As for phase six, we cannot fully do what is needed until we find ourselves. To do this, we need to take a journey. Instead of being a lone wolf, we need to join others and see what they are about. This concept has been explored before, jumping around and such, but this shall be different. We bring a massive pile of deterrents. Maybe an alliance will see it fit to draw up a proper scheme that bring both chaos and a proper ending for all of this. Yes, we are nearly tapped out of ideas. That's why we need to explore outer space. Speaking of.... Space. We are going to be joining our many friends in Space. Not officially on paper of course, but on discord and the forums. They are many creative types that we want to exchange ideas with. I don't foresee anything good coming from this and will move on to the next place shortly. Any and all information we gleam from these Space-holes is suspect at best. So to sum this up, we are going to roam around a bit. We hope to share experiences and learn from others. If this doesn't pan out, we will go back into the hole we normally reside in. As a bonus, we leave you with this...Our grand plan is disappointing and we should never have done it. We have missed out on all the joy others have had. This is what we seek. Belonging. Being with others would can tell us what to do. No more directionless. We shall become one with the world. Please don't feel pity for the Fraggles. We are learning to become grown up muppets. See y'all soon, if y'all with have us. Many Hugs, Uncle Traveling Matt

OH MY GOD THE SOUTH LAND HERE I COME I'm gonna be the first settler Dibs

Winning the war on terror, one downvote at a time.

This isn't a venue to air out threats to report a fellow player to law enforcement, especially when the issue is dubious, at best. The thread has been locked.

Element should become a mod. Would fit in with the useless culture.

Location: Lola, Kansas Operation: Secure Immediate Area; eliminate terrorists Commanding Officer: Major Beck Branch: Allied States Army Orders: Secure Lola and surrounding towns and eliminate the Terrorist group operating in the area CLASSIFIED INFORMATION "Major Beck, your orders are to secure Lola and surrounding towns and eliminate a known terrorist and her group causing destabilization in the area. Intelligence have secured she is the person who caused the great fall of the United States and allowed a hostile regime take over the Eastern Coast, may be working for the Holy Britiannian Empire to cause disruption in our borders. The Secretary of Defense ordered for her capture, and her men killed on sight. We also have reasonable belief that she has a hidden nuclear bomb at her disposal, so you are authorized to use any means necessary to collect this nuclear device with the help of the Allied States Air Force and Marines, and the Central Intelligence Agency. Failure to stop this will result in your immediate discharge from the Military and you will be tried for treason." Allied States Army' s 10th Mountain Division have moved into the area and started to secure the highways, roads and railroad tracks under the guise of securing and reestablishing Law and Order to the area. Martial law has been enacted with a curfew in effect at 8pm to 7am. Any citizen caught outside without proper approval shall be detained for 24 hours and then released, second offenders will be investigated and charged for breaking the curfew and sentenced to prison up to 5 years maximum. Any citizen who refuses to comply with Allied States Soldiers will be detained if possible, and shot if necessary to establish control over an area. The local area's airspace shall be locked down, with only authorized aerial vehicles allowed entry, any unauthorized entry into the airspace will be shot down by the Allied States Air Force that are patrolling the skies. Allied States Marines shall be used for precise attacks ordered by Major Beck of the Allied States Army, the commanding officer in the area. Recon shall take place immediately, with planes with the ability to scan and detect radioactive materials flown to assist in discovering the nuclear device the terrorist currently possess. If any foreign agents are found, they are to be captured and tried by Military Court, and any illegal activities in the area will be considered a Capital offense until Law and Order has been established and Martial Law can be lifted.

Well I'm knew here and I do like this game already. So I decided to stick around. I hope you guys have fun as I am looking forward to this game getting exciting.

Resplendent Inc hereby recognizes hostilities with the The Commonwealth, but since they're owned by TKR, them too. Despite respectfully asking for a nuclear bounty, we have for too long been disrespected by only receiving a mere attrition bounty. This horrible disregard for human respect cannot go unpunished. Only once Felkey steps down, pays us 50,000,000, or Smith asks nicely, will we agree to peace.

Afrika Korps(AK) and Respublica Romana(RnR) treaty: -"The clanging of swords upon shields could be heard in the distance through the desert . Oberst Velium, leading his Panzer division, came out from his flag panzer and looked through his binoculars to see what it might be. What he saw, was an army of shining legionaries in glorious combat against a horde of savages. The Panzers fired a volley of explosive shells into the horde before mowing them down under their tracks. The legionaries charge behind the Panzer line to finish the disoriented barbarians. He ordered our panzers to fight against the barbarians, and in that moment of unity, two different armies fight as one. The barbarians fled before the might of these two forces. As the dust settled, Oberst Velium came forth and asked to speak to the leader of these Roman Legionaries. Consul Dreadnought, the leader of the Roman forces happened to be in the fray. He rode up on his horse, meeting the Velium's Flag Panzer as the two forces circled around. Velium came out from his tank and stood upon it's front, extending his hand in friendship. "I am Oberst Velium of the Afrika Korps. Let us join forces once again when the time comes." "I, Consul of the Romans by the name of Dreadnought, accept your offer." Dreadnought said after he came closer and shook hands.". And so they agreed on these treaty: -Article 1: Sovereignty: This treaty will not interfere or infringe on the sovereignty of the alliances signing it. The inner workings of both of these are not going to be changed in any way by this. -Article 2: Non-aggression: Both of the alliances included in this treaty must not get involved in hostilities against each other in any way. -Article 3: Optional Defense: Both of the alliances included have the option to defend one another when the situation seems fit. -Article 4: Optional Offense: These alliances can join up and fight together in wars if they want to. -Article 5: Sharing of information: Intel that seems useful can be shared between both of these alliances. -Article 6:Cancellation: 72 hours of notice must be given when either side chooses to cancel this treaty.

Wait... just hold on a moment.. "When you click the resource icon on the top it leads you to the trade screen"

Shifty has proclaimed himself settler, founder, and dibs master of Antarctica.

Boiiii Join the hypesquad and the spirit of exploration

True guard will be reborn....

This is an interesting idea, I think it adds more to alliances themselves ingame!

Absolutely had me in stitches

Thanks heaps Alex. Of course if it happens again I’m sure we will let you know

wow wow wow go around nuking 5K infra fragle best thing you can do tbh

So like I can just click on food and it shoots right to all the offers on food being sold. I'd just make it the buy resource link and then all I gotta do is select sell if I want to do that instead. Saves me a click and makes it less clunky overall.

I believe this is all fixed now going forward. Sorry about that!

13/10 photoshop my dude

Why stop there? https://www.fbi.gov/ @element85

Seriously. Everybody knows "That's Amore" was their best song.

Watch Element85 go from 0 to Les Paul Supreme in half the time.

When is that police report coming in?

It's been added

Banter

Is that an... Ooc attack? You gotta hide man Alex is coming

I dunno bout you guys, but element85 is my spirit animal.

Arent you just an adorable little bundle of hatred?

When I grow up, I want to be just like Element85 also song related, it's over boiiis

Okay, do you understand the significance of "7 proxies"? That's a particularly obscure meme from 4chan where a troll dared the moderation team to ban him as he was "behind 7 proxies" and therefore, he believed, beyond consequences. ...It turns out hacking is a lot more complicated than that and he was banned anyway, but the point is "behind 7 proxies" went viral and now is a meme that resulted in the number "7" being autoreplaced with "over 9000" on several chanboards. Tl;dr: You shouldn't take that seriously any more than you should take the gorilla warfare copypasta. (Besides, it's discord and not even under any P&W moderators' jurisdiction; it happened in TGH's public chat so complain to Buorhann if you think that'll help lol) Also, just FYI, you should really stop making legal threats; you're not officially representing a law enforcement agency and thus threatening federal/legal action on their behalf is something that can actually be held against you. In court. Right now the case would be thrown out due to irrelevance and lack of damage that can be reasonably claimed, but for reals, cool it.

What appreciation? The only thing I appreciate is the amount of downvotes you have. (Good job, community <3)

gEt OuT oF mY tHrEaD kId

Let’s not forget the constant references of you calling people kids, etc.

If you couldn't make the show, fear not! I have come to save the day. Full show recording here featuring a lovely slideshow of all things great in your life:

Then you're violating the rules in posting here. Bye.

Eastasia recognizes hostilities with Brumpy Gold Oastards and is pleased to announce that both parties have agreed to a white peace, given BgO pulled a Spanish Armada 2: Electric Boogaloo and VMed all their members: The score went up because they forgot to tell you they actually had a -30 city average instead of a 30 city average

I declare war to myself and I will start playing keno at the update to damage my economy

Oh no when will TRF respond and defend their ally

As a totally real and definitely not backstabbing ally of 3 Obelisk 3, we invoke the defense clause of our MDP and declare war on TKR They didn't even know what hit em

you should bring BK, KT, and WoD into this.

Yeah, vote my reply down all you want Micchan.. That doesn't change the truth that hurts.

This makes zero sense and is irrelevant to the discussion at hand. 1. Pizza IS good, but just because you or I think it is good doesn't mean everyone else agrees, they might like their RAMEN NOODLES for all you know. 2. That example???? WTF please share whatever it is you're on.. Makes no sense and I can't figure out what you're trying to imply. I think the point was that what you like and prefer may not be what I like and prefer. Neither is wrong or right since it is opinion and not fact. When you have an open voting process, you're essentially asking the diverse group of people in the audience for their opinion, not asking for fact. 3. Ayy lmao mode? What are you talking about? I've simply been responding in the same fashion that Curu has. You, on the other hand, want to be stuck up crying about the voting results with false accusations and then going "LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" when people stand up to defend themselves, as if you have some sort of superiority over me when you don't. If you think a browser based game makes you a better or more superior person than me, then you're the one in ayy lmao mode.

I agree about the forum awards, but you cannot judge that based on a person's number of posts which is exactly what you've done regarding me. Just because people don't post here doesn't mean they don't regularly lurk. And you wanting to limit based on a nation's age is too open to being subjective by who ever is judging that. It's not even that hard to pick up the game and the politics of it to make an informed vote. The entire year history of the game is laid out right in front of you if you do a little bit of digging. And as with all human input, it will always always always be influenced by the individual person's personal opinion which is almost always formed based on where they've been and what they've been exposed to. And so to say voting should be limited because a certain player doesn't know as much, then I'm quite sure that 95% of the people here are not qualified to vote even if they've been here for years, because unless you've been in every single alliance then you don't know. Let me give you a small example. Harry grows up in a town where everyone in the town is a jerk. Meanwhile, Joe grows up in a town where everyone in the town is really nice. George grows up in a town where it's mixed. Bob grows up in a town where everyone is a thief. Charlie grows up in a town where it's safe to leave your door unlocked at night. What do you think the outcome of that is going to be? Harry will obviously form an opinion that everyone is a jerk and that people suck. Joe is going to form the opinion that people are awesome and cool. George will form the opinion that there will be a bad apple in every crowd but that there are good people. Bob will have an opinion to trust no one. Charlie will form the opinion that everyone is trustworthy. So, tell me... Who's opinion is wrong? All of them I say. So then, votes are a bad idea because it's opinion based and all of our opinions are influenced based on where we've been and what we've been exposed to. And unless you've been exposed to the mechanics of every single alliance in the game, your logic says you shouldn't be allowed to participate in the vote. So, sorry folks. VOTING IS CANCELED because none of you are qualified.