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Hey everyone, Originally I wasn't planning on making a forum post about this, but a combination of MrBooty's excellent post (You legend on beating your depression btw,) in this sub-forum where he spoke candidly about some of his own personal troubles and through the suggestions of several including @Yuiand @MonkeyDLegend has convinced me to do so. Firstly let me preface this I'm not looking for sympathy I simply wish to express my gratitude at the support this community has shown and to reflect on some the recent drama that's made the OWF a very interesting place as of late. At 11am I received a call from the nursing home where my father is a resident of. He was diagnosed with dementia some time ago and has been in care ever since 15/1/18. He had finished his breakfast and went to have a nap, the nurses checked each hour on him (9am and 10am) and he was fine, until they went to wake him up for lunch at 10:50am, where we had unfortunately passed away in his sleep, he was aged 76. A couple hours later after the resident doctor at the nursing home had examined him they informed us they believe he had suffered a heart attack. The first few hours after the event were probably the worst time of my life as my mum and I contacted family and friends and informed them of the news. I was broken from having to tell his sister, friends, cousins etc and having an escape from that and coming onto Discord and this community was that break. Whilst support from my family and friends has been invaluable it has also been immensely draining. So being able to vent to both friends who I don't know IRL in this community and my own Discord servers I run as well people I've barely talked to just hitting me up out of the blue was something that honestly eased the pain more than anything else could. There's been a lot of drama recently many of which my is own doing, some of which in hindsight my actions I do regret and if I could've done differently I would've done so. But as MrBooty expressed in his post towards BK/NPO, I wish to say the same towards KETOG/Chaos/Rose and especially the wider community in general you guys despite our differences and arguments all provide a unique aspect of this community that has made the last few weeks one of the most engaging and enjoyable times in my 1,211 days in this game, it is this community that keeps my interest in the game and I suspect this is the reason most of us stay. I hope I get the honour and the privilege of having the chance to fight alongside you one day or maybe even as a member in the future. For now if I decide to take a break and enter VM, Yui will run tCW in my absence. However If do decide against VM'ing for a bit please don't go easy on me just because of my loss. (Don't take my fun, ;;p) To all the people from all different spheres and blocs that have expressed their condolences thank you for your support to me in this painful time, it means a lot to me. This event has given me pause to reflect on recent events and much like MrBooty said, we are a community and I'll try to make sure going forward I can contribute as best I can to making this game fun for not just my alliance members and allies but the entirely of Orbis. Plus a bit of shitposting and drama is always fun to engage in. Good luck to everyone in the war, its been great fun so far and I'm looking forward to some great next rounds. We're in for a strong chance I reckon for us to win the war but it seems we'll be fighting for quite some time, which is fine by me since I've still gotta restore tCW's military reputation. ;,p Regards -Sphinx

Currently I have received about 1.5 billion dollars in damage from the BK and NPO side of the war (Coalition B). In spite of that, I want to compliment them. I've been in some voice chats and some text conversations with NPO and BK members. I've found them to be super fun to talk to and also fair when assessing certain aspects of the war. I think they are worthy opponents and that they add to the game with their perspectives and actions. I also think that I'd get along with these people in real life, and I hope they stick around in this game. Do I want to rek everybody in their alliances and allies until nothing is left? Yes. Do I think they're a bit crazy because they think that they're winning? Yes. Do I think P&W communism is crazy and dumb and I hope that NPO fails miserably in this experiment? Yes. Did NPO piss me off by ignoring me in a skype call like 4 years ago? Yes. Do I think Frawley is a cuck for being identified in a spy attack against me? Yes. That said, I have a personal liking of many of them, and of many of their coalition buddies. I will not be upset if I fight on their side in the future, even as we snot the shit out of each other right now. Let's remember that this is a game, and that people being on the bad guys side of the war (in this case the NPO and BK side In My Super Humble Opinion) does not actually mean anything about them irl. This is a game, we are a community, and we should be careful in choosing our words to each other. Long ago I was accused of using multies... and the kinds of things that were said to me were pretty horrible and negatively impacted me. On the other hand, when I was severely depressed and contemplating suicide as a freshman in college, this game really helped me feel much less isolated. (Don't worry though, I am fine now ) Yes, f*&^ NPO and their bi-polar world fantasy (except for the micro-sphere homie Keshav <3), but also this is a game and we should be having fun. Please do not forget that.

We need more people like you in this game.

Guys, this is the propaganda thread. Go argue in one of the other 80 threads.

*Goes to war during the summer, the time of year where people go on vacation* "OmGrEd So MaNy VmInG wAr DoDgErS"

Yay, hopefully the idiots don't try to unfairly suppress you guys again. If you guys need any graphical or script support hmu, it was complete bull how you guys were treated last time around.

Sorry to hear, Sphinx. At the end of the day everyone playing this game is a person, and if it ever came off like a personal thing when we've disagreed over dumb game stuff, please accept my apology for being deeply remiss. I've always found that one of the most useful things about having online friends is that you can unload all your emotional stuff on them. It's part of how I keep myself sane, and how I actually trick people into thinking I'm a functional adult irl. Hehehe. Loss is a bastard and I think the most reasonable thing that I can say about it is that everyone deals with it in their own way and it's not for anyone else to tell you your way is no good. Do what makes you feel better: deal with things in your way... no need to feel ashamed or apologetic for that. Anyway. Take care of yourself. If you ever want to chat with someone uninvolved feel free to hit me up.

Our thoughts are with you in these hard times Sphinx. My condolences to you over your loss, and I think I speak for all of Chaos when I say that you should absolutely place your life matters first, and any toxicity towards this matter will be stamped out immediately. Your grieving and your emotions place well above this silly game, and I hope this community will support you in this time of need. I'm deeply sorry for your loss.

Hope you do well with your life. Deepest condolences and no, we will hit you harder ?

It all worked out in the end. Whilst some people won't understand our motivation for joining the war it did have a influence in us gaining a protector and we also learnt alot from the experience. Regardless the experience was fun. We had some great exchanges with both people we had been fighting aswell as people who were fighting with us, some salty and some friendly. It was good fun and we're left with alot of respect for everyone involved. We would also like to thank everyone for their kind words. Hopefully more smaller micros come out and join in the next war.

Currently, if you win a nation vs nation war, you have no dictation over what happens next. Often, the beige timer that your opponent is going to get will leave them better off than if you didn't win the war at all- especially if there's no money to loot. Instead, I would suggest that as part of the act of winning a war, the victor should be able to declare terms. These terms could include all the things that currently happen, and more (and these are just ideas and examples); Loot from the nation, Loot from the alliance bank, Not being able to declare new wars for a period of time, Enforced debt (i.e. a portion of the opponents tax income is taken and handed to the victor until it is paid off), Not being able to buy military units above a certain percentage for some time, Forcible conscription of some opposing surviving military units, Destruction of infrastructure, Destruction of improvements (at random, so we can't forcibly choose hangars or power plants). A beige timer would still exist, but the number of turns spent in beige would depend on the harshness of the terms inflicted. Therefore, if you won the war, and you chose to not attach terms, the beige timer should be relatively short (for example, 6 turns). If you won the war and decided to inflict as many terms as possible, the beige timer would be much longer. The value of the terms inflicted, and thus the length of the beige timer, should be capped at no more than the percentage of resistance you won the war by. If you won by 6 resistance or less, you wouldn't be able to select any terms; if you won by 20, you'd be able to select maybe one thing, if you won by 50, something harsher, etc. These changes are one possible idea, I'm sure there's other better ones to be thought of.

So lately I've found myself spending way more time than I should spend at my desk using my laptop, and it's begun to get in the way of real life. I simply can't find enough time and lately I've found myself screwing up/missing irl things because of discord, gaming, and especially PW. (which I've come to enjoy. but play wayyy too much) I missed a close friend's graduation party due to the Surf's Up blitz, I screwed up prep for a meeting the other day because I was being an idiot and sitting on discord until 15 minutes before, and I could go on about this. I've realized I need to step back from it for a while, and while I may come back eventually, it won't be for a long time. It's been an awesome time, I've enjoyed the company of several alliances, and I've met many great people playing. Special Shoutouts @Haris - You were my mentor in TKR and one of the most light-hearted, funny, helpful people I've ever been around. o7 @The Royalist - Oh, the times we've had in Empyrea. Thanks for allowing me to be government, it was a great experience. @Hassan - Have fun with ONF. Start a ping war for me. @Potpie99 - You were always willing to have a friendly chat with me. Good luck as TGH government. Rose - I wasn't a member for very long, but you guys were awesome. You were supportive of my decision to step back and for that I am grateful. TGH - TGH was also great. Buorhann is a great alliance leader, and all you TGH guys are lucky to have him. Empyrea - Oh, the fun times we had. From ping wars to spamming national anthem, you guys were always fun to be around and were absolutely hilarious. Nomination for most entertaining discord channel. TKR- Although it didn't end well, I felt truly at home at TKR. You had the best community I've ever seen and someone was always around to chat. Nice knowing you all.

Am I allowed to say the n word?

I already said most of what I'd say to you in DM but well done for writing this. ❤️ If you do take a break, I'm sure you'll be ready for a purple office and Ellies everywhere but otherwise, I'll be good and look after everything. *Hugs*.

Take care and sort things out IRL.

Sorry for your loss Sphinx.

RL first, always. Glad you have some good perspective on all of this. We appreciate your work here, Sphinx, even when it isn’t always said. I enjoyed working with you greatly in Panth, then during the EMC days, and now in Orion business. You are a great partner. we will be thinking of you.

o7 Tell me when you need memes

Good luck dealing with your loss, game shouldn’t take precedence over the more important stuff going on around us.

Yup!

Can we just get back to the memes

Whom might that be may I ask?

I nominate Black Knights for their work in protecting literally anyone!

Forum propaganda is so last year, in game propaganda is the new meta

Hello, I'd like to present something about current exploits I see taking place using loopholes in nuclear missiles and income. While all military buildings affect how much soldiers/tanks/planes/ships you can buy per turn, it is based on the size of your nation and amount of buildings per city, yet nukes and missiles have a limit of one per day. The problem is that while soldiers, planes, tanks and ships are tied to cities and infrastructure, the nukes and missiles are not. The only requirement to build a nuke is to have the resources and project to do so. The exploit some players are doing is to build a nation with negative cash flow, producing the raw resources. Selling the raw resources for cash, and acquiring just enough to build a nuke or missile. This means you can accumulate a limitless amount of nukes and missiles without worrying about your infrastructure or buildings, using this loophole presents an unfair military advantage over the rest of the players. A few years ago, we had a similar issue with spies. Some nations started accumulating spies even past their economic capabilities and that proved to give them an unfair advantage over the rest. The solution was to put an arbitrary cap on the amount of spies per nation. After talking with other concerned players, we came up with a few options to limit how many nukes a nation can have. 1) Have there be a limit on how many nukes and missiles people can have. Perhaps, it could be 5 per city. This would be similar to other military units. 2) Have the ability to only build 1 nuke or missile per 500 infra in your nation. Thus, a nation with 50k infra would be able to have 100 nukes and 100 missiles. 3) Have an arbitrary cap on how many nukes any nation can have. This would be similar to what happened with spies years ago. As a suggestion, perhaps 100 nukes as the limit. 4)Add a project that could increase that cap for nations that want to retain more nuclear weapons. (Like 120 nukes cap) 5)A) Have no limit on the maximum number of nukes; but, there would be an upkeep cost with a penalty, some nukes would be destroyed each turn that your nation's income is in the negative. 5)B) Have a higher limit on the upkeep cost per nuke/missile, if your nation cannot pay for it, they are destroyed 5)C) Have military units be destroyed if that nation suffers from negative income at a set rate. (For example: If a nation only has nukes and missiles and it cannot support the upkeep, then a nation would lose one nuke or missile per turn.)

We love you too, Auctor.

Will you guys be protected by tCW again ? If yes (or if not), good luck. I'll love seeing the Dixie Union again. Of course, it will especially be because of the freedom of speech in your discord, but whatever. As I said, good luck in the future.

Wow I got to the twelve year old. XD Jack is just another twelve year old who takes this way to seriously Roses are red Violets are blue Don't be a snowflake people Like this sh**post is Also, they call me Lapdog for not say jack is 100% innocent for TDU's destruction. Have fun Jack and may the Schwartz be with you These guys take a videogame way to seriously

Dear BK and NPO: You all have been really fun to fight against, in fact I don’t think I’ve ever had more fun in a war. I hope you all are having the same amount of fun as we are. While I may not like some of the actions you guys have taken in game, this is just a game, and OOC you all seem like awesome people.

You need to link the particular AA.

BK man good

i remember royalist getting mad I told him his gove is retarded after leaving

@RyanK your other half is leaving. Are you crying ?

She assumed you meant Orbis in general by "we", and not you, Camelot.

Me will miss the shite talk you and RyanK had

You’re winning? Or are you simply achieving a goal you set and told others that’s your victory condition?

Wow, 3 triggered replies back to back. Shouldn’t you folks focus on what other ally you plan to hit? They’re currently fighting? I mean, @Hodor is having a blast for example.

Dumb question but where is the tag for this thread.

Why not use the tags feature instead of trying to make it included in the title? It distracts from the announcement else.

Coalition B clearly took lessons from the Bolsheviks. Soldiers who underperform or retreat from the battlefield are summarily executed. Such inspiring leadership is hard to find.

>Really it's your own fault that we have to attack you >If you had just let BK roll Chaos and then let us roll you in a completely unrelated war, this would have never happened >YOU FORCED US TO DO THIS

How long have we been playing this game if you go from early beta?

I'm ok for some meme terms and nothing more Except for NPO that joined later and went to the offensive, for them a one way NAP with TKR for 2 years to see if they notice there are other alliances you can attack in this game

I don't belong here either but... How depressed and sad must one be to go through someone else's posts and down vote all of them. I mean what on earth Also, that is obvious abuse of the system. You down vote what is said not the person