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People just need to focus on relative, rather than absolute growth. If your goal is to be #1 and not to have a specific, ever increasing city count, then suddenly war becomes a perfectly valid, and indeed necessary, mechanism of achieving that. Even leaderboard chasers could focus more on beating down people near them in the rankings vs treating everything as a PvE grindfest. Of course, the latter is less risky, especially for entrenched leaders, so it doesn't happen. On another note, somewhere in this thread (can't remember now), it was suggested that betraying your friends for the sake of dynamism is bad and will result in nobody willing to work with you. I agree completely. But fighting people you get along with != betrayal. Nobody is saying you need to string a friend along and stab them in the back (a la tenages plot against Rose) to be dynamic. Having a clean break with people you once allied with, and treating them as new competitors to take down, is not betrayal. The problem is the entrenched idea that you shouldn't 'give up your friends.' I agree, if you consider someone a friend you should be there when they need you. But facing a war in an online browser game isn't them needing you. Competing against one another in said game isn't giving up the friendship. Its not an attitude we see outside nation sims either, else no group could ever play Risk or Monopoly. Hell the first people I attack in any online game are usually the people I know. In the past we used to have a lot of atwar games to kill time outside PW, and without fail the closest friends would be at each others throats within the first few turns. People here seem to have a hard time separating themselves from their in-game personas. We're not nation leaders, the actions taken purely in game are not done by us IRL against others, but by our pieces on the game board. But because there isn't a game client with graphics, we forget that. The biggest hurdle to having a Hyper Dynamic TM environment is the pervasive notion that OOC friends = in-game allies.

I think what you have stated indicates an understanding of (and subsequently the motivations behind) becoming the largest nation/alliance in the game. It is clear to me, and I'm sure many others, that the leaderboards, nation score, alliance score, and such representations of progress are benefited by an aversion to war. What you are getting flak for is not about whether or not it is wise to invoke large alliance wars, but rather whether or not it is fun and worthy of our collective time. What this post represents, at least to me, is a plea to make this game less about preservation and political stagnation and more about friendly, interactive competition. What I believe Pre is asking for is a change of heart regarding the culture and mindset of the game. Thus, I believe, it is impossible to try to determine what would be best for one's nation and simultaneously best for themselves. While it may seem the most obvious to find nation score paramount to personal enjoyment, I implore you to reconsider. I understand that you need to build a nation to play the game, and that sometimes the downtime isn't too exciting, but when I think back on my time spent in this game, I can barely recall my decisions in building my cities. I can barely recall how I came to max production or commerce. I can barely recall what I was thinking as I waited for the hour to change. I especially don't remember the nitpicky mechanics of the game, but what I can recall are the war times. I remember the lead up. I remember the declarations. I remember feeling strong emotions whenever I saw my enemy's stupid little icon. I remember trying to outfight in the game and outwit in the forums. OWF fights were petty, and sometimes they weren't so light-hearted, but goddamn were they fun. I remember staying up until 4 AM because @$%&ing Keegoz wanted to catch our enemy off-guard. I remember hating his guts for it, but respecting the play. Even more importantly I remember what I did in those times to help those around me. I remember how desperate I was to make a difference in a war; all the time forgetting that all that mattered was I had someone's back. Then, when tensions fell and everyone's nations were destroyed, I remember playing video games with those I called my enemy just hours previously. Stupid Pfeiffer and his pesky clan of Dio-lovers, but damn did he put up a fight in Rust. To me, that is what makes this game. What I am trying to ask of you, and anyone, is to find meaning in this game outside of the score of your nation. I think we may find ourselves having more fun than we realized we might.

From The Desk of Wembley Fraggle Minister of Awesome, The Best Nation Ever Greetings Friends!! Great news from Fraggle Rock. Uncle Traveling Matt is dead. That's right, the Uncle of Gobo is no more. I did not shoot him in his muppet mouth like I was accused of doing to Gobo. Instead I paid Doozers to poop into his morning radish juice every day over several years. It's the perfect plan. No more Mister Nice Fraggle, with his Many Hugs, and jolly demeanor. Nope. Nah. No! Old Wembley is back in charge. Wild decisions and in fighting among the Fraggles will be encouraged. My first decision was to free Red Fraggle from jail. Yes I was the one who locked her up during the Fraggle War of 2015. Yes I forgot that I left her there for a few years. But she seems fine? Second decision is to make sure we are prepared for the future. We are currently drawing up plans to turn the power back on in Fraggle Rock. Apparently some Fraggles were hungry and tore up the wiring. We will need to move out of Fraggle Rock while repairs happen. We're hitting the road. Traveling Orbis to see the sights and taste the people. As we are experiencing a minor cash flow issue due to power repairs, we plan to crash on the couches of the willing. Lastly, we are back open for business. Always willing to listen, and will act upon interesting proposals. No Hugs, Wembley Fraggle

Is this early April fools or something?

Kek. A couple of years ago, my friend and I had thought of finding a loophole around the magazine thing and other stuff. Such as .223 being allowed since it's technically a .22 bullet or Cali compliant style of guns. Unfortunately the text does say that adaptions of military firearms are only gucci in .22 LR, so that fell on the wayside. In the meantime, criminals run around with homemade guns or stolen (many times from armories themselves) FMK-3's, Halcons and whatnot. There was also a scandal over police-issue handguns making their way into the black market too. You'd figure that those would be enough indication that gun control isn't really working, but apparently not.

From the desk of Uncle Traveling Matt The best nation ever, Fraggle Rock Greetings Friends! It's been a while since we have given an update. This shouldn't take more than five minutes to read, and forty minutes to understand. So we're out of our nuke building phase soon. It's true, we can't do it anymore. You cheap bastards have cut off our funding and 700 nukes is fine. Thanks for the cash, giggles, and theft it took to get here. So what's next Fraggle? Great question. Since we are defined by what some consider the dumbest way to build, we are going in the opposite direction. That's right.... conventional build, with a giant pile of nukes in the basement. The power will be turned back on for the first time in three years. Banks and recycling plants will reopen the doors. No more living in the dark and filth we are currently in. We plan to join an alliance. An incredible offer was made for us to run a PR program. We plan to use Fraggle skills to accelerate growth and new opportunities. It's been fun doing nothing for years. Time to do slightly more while not burning the place down. Then again, it's Fraggle, we never go anywhere without matches. Many Hugs, Uncle Traveling Matt

Dear Orbis, Some of you may not know me, many of you do. I'm one of the crotchety old-timers who wanders the halls of browser based nation-sims. Now that I have removed myself from the political arena and become that which I once hunted (to near extinction), I have time to reflect on the past, the present, and the future. I like writing these long diatribes from time to time, even though I doubt many people actually read them. Anyway, lets get into the meat of things. I've often talked about how it's important for the leaders of alliances to take responsibility for the health of this game. There's a symbiotic relationship between the game staff/creators and the big players. I'll avoid talking about Alex, I've done that enough in the past, but often as players we're to afraid to take risks. Considering my current position in the game you might find that sort of statement hypocritical, however I'd say I've done enough to create game content. Two names that come up a lot when talking about major events in the past are Partisan and Prefontaine. Neither of which are around to create those anymore. There are others past and present, yes. But it's hard to rally major events in the current (and the past year or two) political environment. IQ has a strangle hold on the mid tier. TKR-sphere has an strong grasp on the upper tier. When the rest of the game needs to unite to stand a chance at taking out a tier, that's bad. This last war was an attempt to break that up. I want to lift the curtain on some of what was planned, and how it failed. The premise of the war was two fold in the original plans, to take the long running leaders of the game for a loss and to shake up the political world to allow for the creation of new spheres. The first part was a success, but the second was a failure. The original plan was to end IQ post war. Part of IQ was in on this plan. Partisan was going to take Syndicate and ally to NPO. Syndicate was going to keep Rose or House Stark as an ally and drop the rest. NPO was going to keep BC or Polaris as an ally and drop the rest. During this period CoS and TEst were going to give them post war protection for 2 months to avoid their upper tier getting steam rolled while they established a new sphere and allowed the game to shuffle up. The war dragged on, Partisan left, and thus the plan died. Thus BK/NPO stayed tied. NPO and Syndicate have a ton of treaties (protectorates largely, sure, but lets be honest about how protectorates go here). Had the war ended earlier, the plan still might not have worked, but both sides are at fault for the peace talks. Just because this failed, doesn't mean it wasn't worth trying. I understand feeling like there's too much to risk being a large alliance in making big moves, but this is a game. If you try something and lose, at least you played a hand. You're dealt a new hand soon enough. Lots of times moves come from smaller alliances, support those. Take TGH for example. They have active leadership, experienced fighters, seemingly motivated. We need more of that, and we need more of it in alliances that can make large swings. Imagine what would happen to the political landscape if NPO left BK, allied TGH who teamed up with CoS to then hit someone. IQ's core broken up and possibilities arise. Or TKR/Guardian leave tCW and roll them along side TGH. People often get too held up in the mentality of keeping allies for far too long, or only allying friends. Take a risk. Befriend an enemy to accomplish something together. Then when you're done one of you might backstab the other. These sort of moves MAKE the politics here. Looking at the treaty web and knowing how every war is going to play out is boring. One of the big surprise moves of the last war? CoS declaring on Guardian. TKR-sphere believed CoS would fall on their side of the war if at all. tl;dr Your allies don't have to be your friends only. Your foes don't have to be enemies. Hold your leadership to make things happen, or if you're leadership take a chance. We hold onto political grudges too long. Grudges make the game, but like treaties you should keep the same ones for too long. Back to my cave.

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Fixed it Has more chromosomes than me

So TKR doesn't want to do anything different going forward, huh?

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he’s plotting a coup to retake leadership, no worries he’s plotting a coup to retake leadership, no worries he’s plotting a coup to retake leadership, no worries he’s plotting a coup to retake leadership, no worries he’s plotting a coup to retake leadership, no worries

Of which is unfortunate, very of the difficults it has been to such understand the type of much response you seemingly have which sent. Which of either way is this very response, the appreciate of one to the word of such other is gratitude.

I have faith in Sean that he will make this alliance a successful one. All great alliances disband.

For one to understand kind massage of what one is must to be having, one must to ask the question of the one that he has to think of on his mind. This mind has one question from the guy thinking about such question and that such question is the question of head of which kind of head are you talking about? Looking for very much response in this question from one in a manner in which is such to be timely and very having of efficiency.

NPO has always been open to a serious overature that shakes the previous dynamic up. That's how why we jumped at the shot to join IQ upon formation.

You do realize that there is no end goal. No finish line in this game. An individual's success isn't judged by the infrastructure or land they have but by their contribution to the greater game. A player can be less than 5 cities and be more impactful than the mightiest whale. This is why Roq, Leo, Partisan and others are viewed as successful. By simply putting your own personal growth ahead of the game itself proves you and people like minded do not understand the game but simply exist as tools. It is that poor playing style that creates political stagnation and eventually, death.

This may have been said or implied elsewhere, but there are a lot of missed opportunities—specifically, regarding allyship and grudges—due to a basic lack of communication, which then gives way to a lack of trust. There have been several instances where allied govs go into peace talks with the opposition and find out their opposition are more reasonable or more appealing to work with in the future than their current allies (or their ally’s ally). Lots of pillow talk and plans for a future can be made after a bed is made and the dust is settled. Wars can turn allies into enemies and vice versa, but not being honest and trustworthy will forever be a primary hurdle. Too much backstabbing and lying makes everything infinitely more difficult than it should be.

I think he disabled the heir position so he can't be couped this time around.

2 days It disbands on April 1

>the correct move You sound boring, @Malleator.

I'm not like other alliances ?

Mama, just grilled a ham Put a pun against his bed Pulled the finger now he's fed Mama, Strife had just begun But now I've gone and blown it at Way Mama, oh oh Didn't mean to make it dry If I'm not farting then its tomorrow Ferry on, ferry on, as if cooking really matters Duet by Queen and Gordon Ramsay from the new hit album "LAMB SAUCE"

Not sure it's quite "putting your alliance first" when making a move like that, unless you're alliance favors risks and war. But I agree that reaching across isles is the way to go. Unexpected moves often produce more interesting results. Alliances can get comfortable, it's easier to keep old allies around versus going out to try something new.

Oh bugger off with that, TKR signed a bunch of secret treaties to protect themselves and lied about it so they could pretend they were being "dynamic", then they steamrolled all of the smaller AA spheres who they had a significant advantage, pushing them in the hands of the major rival sphere, then were shocked when those people turned around and dicked them. Then after being rolled for that shit, they still have the nerve to keep a secret treaty with TCW, You want a medal for making a new sphere when the only reason its happening is you just got the shit kicked out of you for being full of it, and you can't even commit 100% to it and drop TCW? Sorry buddy, your leaders are lying to you.

My takeaway and something I've felt since the EoS war on TAC - you don't need the strongest casus belli to start a war. There is nothing shameful in aggression, and it makes the game more competitive. An increase in fighting will serve to increase the value of your pixels far faster than waiting for your next city ever will. Hail to fighting.

A turd in nice packaging is still a turd.

Looks like just a aesthetic change. Boring. We need a economic and military overhaul.

So please, explain to me how it would work, because UK is not faring too well. https://www.npr.org/2017/07/29/540214675/acid-attacks-at-epidemic-lev http://www.gunfacts.info/gun-control-myths/guns-in-other-countries/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html Compared to the USA. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-12 Books of Joyce Lee Malcolm and John Lott even expose that the lowest crime rate was around the 17 century after the government allowed to use guns for self-defence. As suicides goes, you may be correct. But I may say that at least in Australia the opposite is true. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/526a/200e5586c3feaf984027fed9106ff5941a81.pdf And by the way, what I said was something similar to Cesare Becaria. Wasn't made by me. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/92090-false-is-the-idea-of-utility-that-sacrifices-a-thousand “False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that it has no remedy for evils, except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are of such a nature. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”

First of all, you can get guns via black market, you don't see criminals and drug dealers waiting in line to hand their weapons to the government. Even if those weapons were purchased legally we still must support the right to bear arms, as human brutality is eternal. Better to have a thousand benefits than one imaginary problem. Jesus, on the USA alone you have billions of defensive usage of weapons every year, those people would be dead if they had to relay on the kindbess of the aggressor. You can make homemade bombs with just a few search on the internet, no need to have PhD. The argument that people that commit suicide wouldn't do so in other conditions is ridiculous. As we may see in Australia the rate of suicide by firearms indeed decreased, they are now cutting their wrists or hanging themselves. The principle of having a weapon is to defend yourself against attacks. Giving up your right is a submission and leave you as a prey on a duck hunt season.

For the love of all that is holy can we have a simple way to buy/sell Infrastructure/Land in all cities using the Import/Export feature. How is this not a thing already ? #MakeithappenAlex to show your support

Tell me, Sage of the West. Have you ever saw how a mass shooting in Israel usually ends? It ends when a civilian takes the terrorist down with a gun. You can't really believe that those kids could defend themselves with books. They walk into schools due to being a area that doesn't allow guns, as it is the case in almost every mass shooting in America.

Correct! Having armed guards that can shoot people trying to kill you is a way of keeping you safe. Maybe (and keep with me as it may be hard to follow), maybe if people had guns they would protect themselves as well. In all seriousness why do you guys think there are fire extinguisher in buildings? So you don't need to relay on firefighters while the fire is roasting your nerves.

Valyria.

Again, they state you don't need a gun for protection, yet have people use guns for their protection even with unarmed populaces. Acid is easy to use. I'd imagine the number of people who accidentally spill a drink largely exceeds the number of people who accidentally shoot a gun. Guns are only glamorous because of the gun debate. Explosives are much more lethal and easier to make than a gun, yet guns are chosen as the media won't stop talking about it until the next shooter. Would the government really use mortars against civilians? Would you want to live under a government that uses mortars against civilians? If IRA tactics are used (fire one shot and bail), then wouldn't the entire attack take place within the mortar's OODA?

Ever notice the fact that the politicians who want to take ppls guns away claiming they dont need them, are surrounded by people with guns "for their protection"?

I want to be led by facts, not emotions, not "what ifs", not speculations. Seeing Reichspakt tells me it's a Kaiserreich fandom, which is a mod for Hoi4, based on the Kaiser leadership of Germany (before it went into fascism). However, seeing their leader with the literal nazi symbolism on his avatar in Discord - well, you can't avoid what his intentions were. To me, it's him instigating to get a rise out of people like you, those who are emotionally led. However, on the flip side, I now know based on the avatar, that this was as close as they could get without getting outright bans. Sheepy doesn't ban based off of Discord, since it's outside of his "jurisdiction". Next "best" thing is to do something that could teeter on that line, which is what we see. That doesn't excuse Pantheon government for working with them, because if they're in communication with them - it's pretty hard to avoid that chosen picture the leader of the alliance has. If they had just stuck to the whole Reichspakt theme, that's not Nazism. Just because it's German, doesn't automatically make it Nazism. But yes, I do agree with the original assessment from the OP now. To me it seems they're edgelords trying to avoid the ban hammer. So condemn them all you want.

Measuring a summer's war, I only finds it slips away to beige, The hours, they bring me pain. Tangerine, Tangerine, Living reflection from a dream; I was her ally, she was my meatshield, And now a thousand turns between. Thinking how it used to be, Does she still remember times like these? To think of us again? And I do. RIP TKR-TCW

Bloody hell. Now Zevfer is the leader of Rose. Keegoz is the leader of The Knights Radiant. The Emperor of Mankind couped Thanos (Leo). Felkey is the leader of NPO. Apeman is the leader of CoS. Buorhann is the leader of Knights Templar. The Syndicate is still being led by Abbas (the best leader btw), and Pantheon is being lead by Killzbob. What the hell happened to the leadership of these alliances? When will the next war strike with such hot-headed villains? When will princess Abbas be saved from Grumpy, and who else has popcorn?

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Heinrich Kaiser of The Polish Empire was removed as a leader of North Atlantic Empire (NAE) Vize pro of The Final Reich was removed as a leader of North Atlantic Empire (NAE) pepperoni of LUNCH was removed as a leader of The Roman Empire (TRE) Tami of Rivers was removed as a leader of Force of Orbis (FO) Johnny Costello of Dunder Mifflin was removed as a leader of Grigori (GG) Heir Changes: Kelsi of Kingdom of Luviel was added as a heir of Frontier Records (FR) Fulcrum of New Mandalore was added as a heir of Frontier Records (FR) Clover of Obedear was added as a heir of Seven Kingdoms (SK) Bendigeidfran of New Gwynedd was added as a heir of Order of the White Rose (OWR) Max Power of Mianus was added as a heir of World Task Force (WTF) Abigor of Monica Republic was added as a heir of The Foundation (SCP) Jack3top of Jackoustop was added as a heir of Aurora (Dawn) Johnny Costello of Dunder Mifflin was added as a heir of SPQR (?️) Gunray of Forsetti Sphere was added as a heir of The Dixie Union (TDU) Ragnarok8085 of Holy Alexandrian Empire was added as a heir of United Nations Space Command (UNSC) Thunder of Arkhamtopia was added as a heir of European Union (E.U.) Flong of ColdWet was added as a heir of Pu Pu Platter Federation (PPPF) Larry Tint of Ball Sack was added as a heir of Pu Pu Platter Federation (PPPF) Belisarius of The Byzantine Empire was removed as a heir of Rose (?) Ridcully of Arcania was removed as a heir of Pantheon (?) Sunara of Goddessia was removed as a heir of Pantheon (?) Filmore of Solstheim was removed as a heir of Frontier Records (FR) HannaH of Silvaienia was removed as a heir of Frontier Records (FR) Mikey of Reach was removed as a heir of Seven Kingdoms (SK) Dr Rockso of Wamba was removed as a heir of Order of the White Rose (OWR) Meggles of IHOP was removed as a heir of Ming Empire (ME) Epimetheus of Prometheus was removed as a heir of Camelot (Cam♞) Achilles of ROUGE was removed as a heir of The United Empire of ZahAharon (TUE) Kobe of Kobanie was removed as a heir of Knights of Malta (KoM) alokforu of Utkal was removed as a heir of DEFCON 1 (D1) Kitschie of Wumbo was removed as a heir of Church Of Atom (CoA) R E A L of Der-Elppa was removed as a heir of Aurora (Dawn) Krampus of Meranthe was removed as a heir of SPQR (?️) khamenei of islamic republic of iran was removed as a heir of Raven (RN) Admiral Trench of Dacku was removed as a heir of The Underground (TU) Eireann of Eirreann was removed as a heir of Reichspakt (RST) Polar Bear the Great of Arctic Icelandic Republic was removed as a heir of North Atlantic Empire (NAE) Dr Gianni of Imperial Japanese Empire was removed as a heir of North Atlantic Empire (NAE) Bismarck-Muller of West Germany was removed as a heir of Sirius (BUNCH) Cap Sheikh Sparrow of Toronto RajShaahi was removed as a heir of Pak O Hind KillzBob of ExLt Nation was removed as a heir of Grigori (GG) Abigor of Monica Republic was removed as a heir of Grigori (GG) Officer Changes: Belisarius of The Byzantine Empire was added as an officer of Rose (?) LukeTP of Comtona was added as an officer of Pantheon (?) Sunara of Goddessia was added as an officer of Pantheon (?) Galerion of Blighty was added as an officer of Frontier Records (FR) Reuben of Kingdom Of Reubenites was added as an officer of The Commonwealth (TCW) Mikey of Reach was added as an officer of Seven Kingdoms (SK) Maddog of Hubertia was added as an officer of Fark (FU) Tortoisebowl of Calamity was added as an officer of Afrika Korps (?️) Hudyanikabollockof of Land Abendrot was added as an officer of Typhon Shalmaneser I of Belgaria was added as an officer of Typhon Jay of The Democratic Empire was added as an officer of Ming Empire (ME) Haraldr of Grand Duchy of Visby was added as an officer of Camelot (Cam♞) Zim of The Irken Empire was added as an officer of Arrgh (Arrgh! ☠) Apple Bloom of Canada was added as an officer of Nova Riata (NOVA) Iris of Carthage was added as an officer of Yakuza (ヤクザ) Redarmy of Soviet Pennsylvania was added as an officer of Valinor (TKoV) KingDracula of Canuckland was added as an officer of Egyptian Empire (EE) Mohammad of Ottoman empire was added as an officer of Egyptian Empire (EE) Volnx of Magnum was added as an officer of The United Empire of ZahAharon (TUE) Polar Bear the Great of Arctic Icelandic Republic was added as an officer of The United Empire of ZahAharon (TUE) alokforu of Utkal was added as an officer of DEFCON 1 (D1) FoEver_06 of Kingdom of Reim was added as an officer of Order of the Fallen Angels Delac of Ajourna was added as an officer of Order of the Fallen Angels Zak Storm of StormTopia was added as an officer of Order of the Fallen Angels KillzBob of ExLt Nation was added as an officer of SPQR (?️) Aussie Bruce of Rimmy was added as an officer of Code of Honor (CoH) Lorenzo Perez of Gadsden Republic was added as an officer of Code of Honor (CoH) Naruu of Belgica was added as an officer of Raven (RN) El Chapo of Niberia III was added as an officer of Raven (RN) kiro of hersing was added as an officer of North Atlantic Empire (NAE) Ayaz Baig of Republic Of Pakistan was removed as an officer of Rose (?) Melyaj Vijsopj of United Cities of Australia was removed as an officer of Pantheon (?) Tarroc of Fereldan was removed as an officer of Pantheon (?) Matthew the Great of United Autarch Societies was removed as an officer of Pantheon (?) Kelsi of Kingdom of Luviel was removed as an officer of Frontier Records (FR) Fulcrum of New Mandalore was removed as an officer of Frontier Records (FR) Commander Wood of Niblandia was removed as an officer of Frontier Records (FR) Clover of Obedear was removed as an officer of Seven Kingdoms (SK) Xi Jinping of Xinhua was removed as an officer of The Fighting Pacifists (Grumpy) Bendigeidfran of New Gwynedd was removed as an officer of Order of the White Rose (OWR) Ward of Cerebrum was removed as an officer of Ming Empire (ME) Sam Jarovy of Canabai was removed as an officer of House Stark (HS) Naruu of Belgica was removed as an officer of Nova Riata (NOVA) Max Power of Mianus was removed as an officer of World Task Force (WTF) El Chach of Wayuu was removed as an officer of Egyptian Empire (EE) Henry Keyes of East Kergishlovakia was removed as an officer of Egyptian Empire (EE) MercMac of Bam Corp was removed as an officer of The United Empire of ZahAharon (TUE) Coolkid666 of United States Of Canadia was removed as an officer of Knights of Malta (KoM) Ram Sollick of The Shire was removed as an officer of Knights of Malta (KoM) Hector Von Kroes of Kaisertum Ostrreich was removed as an officer of The Foundation (SCP) Cobber of Antipodea was removed as an officer of Raeiska (RSK) ROUGEshadow of Nautica was removed as an officer of Order of the Fallen Angels Reaper of Discord was removed as an officer of Order of the Fallen Angels Windseeker of Valtasia was removed as an officer of Code of Honor (CoH) Gunray of Forsetti Sphere was removed as an officer of The Dixie Union (TDU) Yugi Romande of Vaukria was removed as an officer of Blackfyre (BLK) Fideo of The Second Anarchistan was removed as an officer of Raven (RN) MEOL03 of Gothium was removed as an officer of Raven (RN) Mao of Peoples Republic of Britain was removed as an officer of Raven (RN) Bertrand of Potatoland was removed as an officer of United Nations Space Command (UNSC) Sondirrasta of Accrylia was removed as an officer of Reichspakt (RST) Golum II of Aqualand was removed as an officer of Knights of Columbus (KoC) Shrom of Galateia was removed as an officer of Knights of Columbus (KoC) Alektor of Epsilon was removed as an officer of North Atlantic Empire (NAE) Alexander Fortmire of Eponescent was removed as an officer of North Atlantic Empire (NAE) Cian handley of Democracy Of Ibiza was removed as an officer of North Atlantic Empire (NAE) Larry Tint of Ball Sack was removed as an officer of Pu Pu Platter Federation (PPPF) ShadyAssassin of AssassinsOfTheDark was removed as an officer of Grigori (GG) Total Score Leaderboard: Greatest Total Score Gains: 1) Rose (?) (+63,009.77) 2) Nova Riata (NOVA) (+15,212.72) 3) The Knights Radiant (TKR) (+15,168.24) Greatest Total Score Losses: 1) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (-38,906.34) 2) Seven Kingdoms (SK) (-29,162.73) 3) Knights of Malta (KoM) (-13,373.13) Greatest Applicant Score Increases: 1) Dark Brotherhood (DB) (+5,013.14) 2) The Syndicate (t$) (+3,800) 3) Afrika Korps (?️) (+3,064.88) Greatest Applicant Score Decreases: 1) Pantheon (?) (-14,039.17) 2) Animation Domination (ADHD?) (-8,678.82) 3) Brotherhood of the Clouds (BoC) (-6,574.18) New Alliances: 84) (+181) (NEW) Triple Entente (TE) - Members: 0 --> 6 (+6) - Score: 0 --> 8,225.69 (+8,225.69) - Average Score: 0 --> 1,370.948 (+8,225.69) 90) (+175) (NEW) Guardians of Phoenix (GoP) - Members: 0 --> 6 (+6) - Score: 0 --> 6,309.02 (+6,309.02) - Average Score: 0 --> 1,051.503 (+6,309.02) 91) (+174) (NEW) Deathly Hallows (DH) - Members: 0 --> 4 (+4) - Score: 0 --> 6,289.09 (+6,289.09) - Average Score: 0 --> 1,572.273 (+6,289.09) 107) (+158) (NEW) Atlantis (?) - Members: 0 --> 1 (+1) - Score: 0 --> 3,592.25 (+3,592.25) - Average Score: 0 --> 3,592.25 (+3,592.25) 112) (+153) (NEW) Communist Nations of Orbis (CNO) - Members: 0 --> 5 (+5) - Score: 0 --> 2,978.16 (+2,978.16) - Average Score: 0 --> 595.632 (+2,978.16) 120) (+145) (NEW) Coke Pirates (CP) - Members: 0 --> 1 (+1) - Score: 0 --> 2,789.1 (+2,789.1) - Average Score: 0 --> 2,789.1 (+2,789.1) 127) (+138) (NEW) Esquire Templar - Members: 0 --> 2 (+2) - Score: 0 --> 2,387.64 (+2,387.64) - Average Score: 0 --> 1,193.82 (+2,387.64) 129) (+136) (NEW) The Empire - Members: 0 --> 5 (+5) - Score: 0 --> 2,343.87 (+2,343.87) - Average Score: 0 --> 468.774 (+2,343.87) 145) (+120) (NEW) Cowboy Delios (MW) - Members: 0 --> 1 (+1) - Score: 0 --> 1,762.5 (+1,762.5) - Average Score: 0 --> 1,762.5 (+1,762.5) 169) (+96) (NEW) WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE (WRE) - Members: 0 --> 2 (+2) - Score: 0 --> 1,169.29 (+1,169.29) - Average Score: 0 --> 584.645 (+1,169.29) 171) (+94) (NEW) Bank (AAA) - Members: 0 --> 1 (+1) - Score: 0 --> 1,101.18 (+1,101.18) - Average Score: 0 --> 1,101.18 (+1,101.18) 174) (+91) (NEW) The Dank Whisperer (?) - Members: 0 --> 1 (+1) - Score: 0 --> 1,062.88 (+1,062.88) - Average Score: 0 --> 1,062.88 (+1,062.88) 178) (+87) (NEW) The Bob Sphere - Members: 0 --> 2 (+2) - Score: 0 --> 992.17 (+992.17) - Average Score: 0 --> 496.085 (+992.17) 189) (+76) (NEW) Ripping - Members: 0 --> 2 (+2) - Score: 0 --> 744.07 (+744.07) - Average Score: 0 --> 372.035 (+744.07) 222) (+43) (NEW) Nous Voyons (NV) - Members: 0 --> 2 (+2) - Score: 0 --> 414.91 (+414.91) - Average Score: 0 --> 207.455 (+414.91) 256) (+9) (NEW) NATO - Members: 0 --> 1 (+1) - Score: 0 --> 103.49 (+103.49) (App: 0 --> 140.5 (+140.5)) - Average Score: 0 --> 103.49 (+103.49) 265) (+0) (NEW) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) - Members: 0 --> 1 (+1) - Score: 0 --> 6.25 (+6.25) - Average Score: 0 --> 6.25 (+6.25) Disbanded Alliances: N/A) (-152) Darkest Shadows (DS) (founded: 3/1/19 12:41 AM) - Members: 5 --> 0 (-5) - Score: 1,849.46 --> 0 (-1,849.46) - Average Score: 369.892 --> 0 (-369.892) N/A) (-142) Confused Bird Society (CBS) (founded: 3/6/19 9:15 PM) - Members: 1 --> 0 (-1) - Score: 1,472.45 --> 0 (-1,472.45) - Average Score: 1,472.45 --> 0 (-1,472.45) N/A) (-48) The Argon Commonwealth (TAC) (founded: 4/17/18 8:53 PM) - Members: 2 --> 0 (-2) - Score: 620.35 --> 0 (-620.35) - Average Score: 310.175 --> 0 (-310.175) N/A) (-77) Conservative Nation (ConNat) (founded: 3/10/19 3:15 PM) - Members: 1 --> 0 (-1) - Score: 2.75 --> 0 (-2.75) - Average Score: 2.75 --> 0 (-2.75) Member Count Leaderboard: Greatest Total Member Gains: 1) Rose (?) (+19) 2) Valinor (TKoV) (+13) 3) Order of the Fallen Angels (+11) 3) Raven (RN) (+11) Greatest Total Member Losses: 1) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (-68) 2) Knights of Malta (KoM) (-13) 3) Seven Kingdoms (SK) (-11) Greatest Total Applicant Gains: 1) Dark Brotherhood (DB) (+11) 2) Knights Templar (KT) (+9) 3) The Commonwealth (TCW) (+8) Greatest Total Applicant Decrease: 1) Pantheon (?) (-40) 2) Animation Domination (ADHD?) (-20) 3) United Socialist Nations (USN) (-13) Greatest Total Vacation Mode Decreases: 1) Pantheon (?) (-1) 2) Seven Kingdoms (SK) (-1) 3) The Fighting Pacifists (Grumpy) (-1) Greatest Total Vacation Mode Increases: 1) United Purple Nations (UPN) (+3) 1) United Socialist Nations (USN) (+3) 2) Guardians of the Galaxy (GoG) (+2) 2) Arrgh (Arrgh! ☠) (+2) 2) One is the loneliest number (Lonely) (+2) 2) Wings of Defiance (WOD) (+2) 3) New Pacific Order (NPO) (+1) 3) Rose (?) (+1) 3) The Knights Radiant (TKR) (+1) 3) Frontier Records (FR) (+1) 3) Empyrea (EMP) (+1) 3) Typhon (+1) 3) Order of the White Rose (OWR) (+1) 3) World Task Force (WTF) (+1) 3) The United Empire of ZahAharon (TUE) (+1) 3) The Illuminati (TI) (+1) 3) Statesmen (SM) (+1) 3) Grand Imperial Alliance (GIA) (+1) 3) The Scottish Empire (TSE) (+1) 3) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (+1) 3) Komando (KO) (+1) 3) United Earth (UE) (+1) 3) The Sanctuary Coalition (TSC) (+1) 3) iSTEM Alliance (iSTEM) (+1) Average Score Leaderboard (For Alliances Greater then 10,000 Total Score): Greatest Average Score Gains: 1) Terminus Est (TEst) (+5,498.52) 2) World Task Force (WTF) (+450.706) 3) Aurora (Dawn) (+320.87) Greatest Average Score Losses: 1) The Commonwealth (TCW) (-492.201) 2) United Purple Nations (UPN) (-482.775) 3) Silenzio (?) (-462.113) Alliance Treasure Leaderboard: Alliance City Leaderboard: Greatest Alliance City Gains: 1) Rose (?) (+370) 2) Brotherhood of the Clouds (BoC) (+88) 3) Raven (RN) (+83) Greatest Alliance City Losses: 1) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (-379) 2) Seven Kingdoms (SK) (-186) 3) Knights of Malta (KoM) (-109) Alliance Average City Leaderboard (For Alliances With More then 10 Members): Greatest Average City Gains: 1) Grand Imperial Alliance (GIA) (+14) 2) Solitude (STD) (+5) 3) United Nations Security Council (+3) 3) Statesmen (SM) (+3) Greatest Average City Losses 1) Valinor (TKoV) (-3) 1) The Commonwealth (TCW) (-3) 2) United Purple Nations (UPN) (-2) 3) Acadia (-1) 3) Blackfyre (BLK) (-1) 3) The Hanseatic League (THL) (-1) 3) Dark Brotherhood (DB) (-1) 3) The Scottish Empire (TSE) (-1) 3) Camelot (Cam♞) (-1) 3) The Golden Horde (TGH) (-1) 3) Fark (FU) (-1) 3) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) (-1) 3) Solar Knights (SKN) (-1) 3) Brotherhood of the Clouds (BoC) (-1) 3) Ragnarok (Rok) (-1) 3) The Enterprise (e$) (-1) 3) The Fighting Pacifists (Grumpy) (-1) Alliance GDP Leaderboard: Greatest Alliance GDP Gains: 1) Rose (?) (+$97,926,536,072.42) 2) The Knights Radiant (TKR) (+$20,170,907,126.22) 3) SPQR (?️) (+$19,064,916,187.05) Greatest Alliance GDP Losses: 1) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (-$42,353,443,028.36) 2) Seven Kingdoms (SK) (-$38,162,036,201.97) 3) Black Knights (BielGetC19) (-$20,225,309,719.02) Alliance Soldier Leaderboard: Greatest Alliance Soldier Gains: 1) Nova Riata (NOVA) (+1,447,992 / +13.07%) 2) Rose (?) (+828,480 / +1.66%) 3) Order of the Fallen Angels (+818,799 / +6.37%) Greatest Alliance Soldier Losses: 1) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (-3,040,945 / -26.53%) 2) Frontier Records (FR) (-924,930 / -3.81%) 3) Guardian (-718,219 / -5.90%) Alliance Tank Leaderboard: Greatest Alliance Tank Gains: 1) Rose (?) (+73,278 / -0.86%) 2) Pantheon (?) (+53,850 / +3.89%) 3) Valinor (TKoV) (+32,793 / -0.07%) Greatest Alliance Tank Losses: 1) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (-50,864 / -3.45%) 2) Seven Kingdoms (SK) (-28,793 / +4.81%) 3) Church of Spaceology (Evil Bo) (-23,378 / -2.99%) Alliance Aircraft Leaderboard: Greatest Alliance Aircraft Gains: 1) Rose (?) (+32,381 / +1.54%) 2) Nova Riata (NOVA) (+10,756 / +16.90%) 3) The Knights Radiant (TKR) (+10,726 / +3.90%) Greatest Alliance Aircraft Losses: 1) Seven Kingdoms (SK) (-16,313 / -0.72%) 2) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (-9,035 / -14.74%) 3) Frontier Records (FR) (-6,610 / -1.98%) Alliance Ship Leaderboard: Greatest Alliance Ship Gains: 1) Rose (?) (+1,616 / +0.86%) 2) Nova Riata (NOVA) (+860 / +7.92%) 3) Arrgh (Arrgh! ☠) (+449 / +2.31%) Greatest Alliance Ship Losses: 1) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (-1,453 / -16.57%) 2) Seven Kingdoms (SK) (-952 / +1.04%) 3) Grigori (GG) (-574 / -55.46%) Alliance Missile Leaderboard: Greatest Alliance Missile Gains: 1) Frontier Records (FR) (+34) 2) The Federation (TF) (+29) 3) Triple Entente (TE) (+25) Greatest Alliance Missile Losses: 1) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (-54) 2) Seven Kingdoms (SK) (-20) 3) The Foundation (SCP) (-15) Alliance Nuke Leaderboard: Greatest Alliance Nukes Gains: 1) Nova Riata (NOVA) (+55) 1) SPQR (?️) (+55) 2) Black Knights (BielGetC19) (+19) 3) Rose (?) (+17) Greatest Alliance Nukes Losses: 1) Pantheon (?) (-49) 2) Grigori (GG) (-38) 3) Terminus Est (TEst) (-5) 3) Statesmen (SM) (-5) 3) Egyptian Empire (EE) (-5) Alliance War Leaderboards: Total: Offensive: Defensive: Greatest Alliance Total War Increase: 1) Valinor (TKoV) (+41) 2) Afrika Korps (?️) (+31) 3) Knights Templar (KT) (+28) Greatest Alliance Total War Decrease: 1) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (-44) 2) Pantheon (?) (-27) 2) Nova Riata (NOVA) (-27) 3) Animation Domination (ADHD?) (-21) Greatest Alliance Offensive War Increase: 1) Valinor (TKoV) (+40) 2) The Commonwealth (TCW) (+25) 3) Afrika Korps (?️) (+21) Greatest Alliance Offensive War Decrease: 1) North Atlantic Empire (NAE) (-41) 2) Nova Riata (NOVA) (-26) 3) Pantheon (?) (-19) Greatest Alliance Defensive War Increase: 1) Knights Templar (KT) (+11) 2) Afrika Korps (?️) (+10) 3) Ragnarok (Rok) (+6) Greatest Alliance Defensive War Decrease: 1) Arrgh (Arrgh! ☠) (-13) 2) Animation Domination (ADHD?) (-9) 3) Pantheon (?) (-8) 3) The Fighting Pacifists (Grumpy) (-8)

BK can complain about secret treaties when they stop shamelessly consolidating power. Unfortunately these days people don't push back on consolidation because its becoming more acceptable thanks to alliances like you. That being said TKR if you have secret treaties again ima stick my foot up your ass.

Lmao so every temprorary ally in a war will be considered now as a secret treaty. I mean like CoS, Test and Ts who went on IQ side in last war propably had some secret treaty with IQ I didn't know then... Sorry I couldn't resist with that joke...

For those of you who enjoyed "secret treaty whining" and "criticizing anyone who actually tries to do anything about the sphere dynamic they purported to found their sphere to combat", the first seven times IQ did it, I have excellent news for you...

Damnit TKR, must you take everything that made us special? First you cramped our style as another fantasy series themed orange alliance, and now you even leak? That was the one thing we were good at...

Leaks help keep the game interesting in my opinion.

Rough having stuff leaked on ya, have fun with your new mates.

Just curious, what do you believe is the solution to government corruption when politicians don't listen to words or ordinary people overtly support politicians in playing favorites when it comes to providing service? I'm just hoping you don't believe in ruggedly individualist libertarianism where you blame the victim in telling the victim if it doesn't like corruption then it can leave.

Should just dump IRC completly. Not even worth keeping around as a legacy method tbh.