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The Sovereign, from the high perch of his palace, peered out into the sky above. It was filled with dark, ominous clouds that loomed overhead for miles. He turned his view down below and witnessed civilians rioting across the cobblestone streets, setting everything aflame. Suddenly a massive ship materialized from the clouds. The flash of rampant lightning illuminated the heavens. The sovereign, taken by surprise, stepped back from his perch. What could this goliath be? It was going to fall on the city! But… it didn’t. The massive ship was floating in the sky. How could this be? A door opened, with white smoke beginning to arise from the door. Out walked a godly figure with menacing golden eyes, donning armor of pure white and a regal demeanor. Two figures were standing on either side of him. He approached the Sovereign and the figures followed, emerging from the mist. One was a woman in white attire and the other was a young man with several artificial enhancements and major scarring. The god loomed over the city and announced his claim over the Sovereign’s lands. Initially outraged, the Sovereign would very quickly quiver at the overwhelming sense of despair that emanated from his new overlord. All would bow before the Immortal Emperor! A smirk appeared on his face and he slowly walked back into his ship, preparing to claim even greater lands…. In short, Rose’s elections are over and a new theme has been chosen! We welcome the Eternal Empire of Rose (from the game, Star Wars: The Old Republic)! New Government of Rose: Emperor: Valkorion Baratheon High Justice: Vexz Horizon Guard of Foreign Affairs: Mhearl Horizon Guard of Internal Affairs: Dynamic Horizon Guard of Economic Affairs: Zoot Horizon Guard of Military Affairs: Valkorion Baratheon (again, I know) I want to thank Zevfer for all the work he did for Rose. Looking forward to leading the alliance into the ground to new heights!

Hello everyone, This is a big announcement that I have to make regarding a duplication glitch that has occurred. There was a bug where it was possible to duplicate withdrawals from alliance banks, and in doing so, duplicate money and resources. A few players had reported this issue to me some time ago, off the top of my head, around the beginning of this month. I tried a few different fixes, and I also wrote a query that allowed me to check the game regularly for duplicate transactions. A couple of weeks ago, a couple of "new" nations were created, duplicated about $1,000,000,000 worth of cash, and then stashed it in one-man alliances and then put their nations in Vacation Mode for a year. At the time, I removed the money from the game, and kept and eye on the nations to see if I could figure out who they really were later. But, it was a very isolated incident (no one spread the duplicated money anywhere, it was all contained in these Vacation Mode nations) so removing it effectively prevented anything bad from happening in the game while I worked on a proper fix for the bug. I've been monitoring things regularly since then, and aside from what appeared to be a couple of "accidental" instances of the bug (with small amounts of money/rss) there weren't any issues. Today, however, I checked in and saw that there was a quite systematic abuse of the glitch. Fortunately, it was relatively easy for me to trace all of the nations and alliances involved in the duplication of money/rss (most of which were created and then deleted immediately after duplication.) Tracing through approximately 20 nations and 10 or so one-man alliances, I was able to track down a few notable nations involved and ban them. The most notable nation, in my opinion, was "Aradesh" of "The New California Republic" (ID 170958). This nation seemed to be the primary culprit behind the duplication effort. I recognized them as a re-roll of a previous nation that was in the alliance Afrika Korps and was banned for Nazism (and made a big fuss about it.) Other notable nations involved were: Arianne of Rijk (ID 102334) Bran of 3eyedRaven (ID 149736) 12514518 of 3152114201825 (ID 81440) (EDIT: After further review, I do not believe this nation was involved in the exploit.) There were a handful of new nations that were obviously being used to hold cash in various one-man alliances with no obvious affiliations which were banned as well. The majority of the funds duplicated were transferred to Arianne of Rijk's alliance which was operating as some sort of player-run bank, as well as "Arabian Korps" which was apparently Afrika Korps' "offshore bank." All of the duplicated money/rss generated in this exploitation attempt have been removed from the game, the players banned, and I'm happy to announce that I was actually able to work with ss23 and fix the exploit which is the cause of the problem. Sorry for the wall of text. However, I feel it is important that I monitor the game, prevent cheating, and be open and honest about disclosing instances like this to you all, the players. I am sincerely sorry that I was not able to resolve this glitch earlier and prevent this duplication attack from ever happening. However, I am confident that it has been traced and contained so as not to have any real impact on overall gameplay. I will note that this instance is quite a bit different than the previous duplication glitch (you may remember as the "Nova Riata Scandal"). There was a different method of duplication used here. However, thanks to better tracking mechanisms implemented after the last duplication issue, this only went on for about 2 days, was very easy to trace and to fix. tl;dr A few people managed to generate a lot of money and resources through a duplication glitch. However, they were caught within about 2 days and the money and resources have been removed from the game. The glitch that allowed the duplication has also been fixed. EDIT: For clarification, the amount of money/rss duplicated was along the lines of $10,000,000,000. Very little resources were actually duplicated.

All major alliances have their impact and purpose. The only question is whether that impact matched its potential. Quite often, and without specifically naming anyone like upn, this is not the case.

Thanks Alex much appreciated !

So is AK gonna get rolled too?

Upon a more careful review, the exact numbers were: $8,633,000,000 1,000 Bauxite 2,800 Steel and 3,296,000 Food.

o/ Eternal Empire of Rose Also, now that I'm a Scion, I apparently get brutally purged by your successor, so...stick around a while, will you?

1. Do players (kastor) that don't create good topics, even matter in the macro of the game? no no no but bold FTFY

For too long, the calls and prayers of innocents have gone unanswered. But no more! Hassan and his future alliance, name to be decided, allies with Esquire Templar and warriors of The Boris Wars, to destroy the weebs of GPWC and NPO once and for all. Soon to begin by this Sunday or so, when I either make a 1man or join a KERCHTOG alliance. Preferably 1 man. Peace Terms shall be: GPWC and NPO agree to leave their weebish ways for the greater good and turn to video games, our true salvation. All in game wealth, including but not limited to raw cash, resources, assets, shares, bonds, etc. be used up on Keno. More to be added if I ever feel the need to add, which is usually none. tl;dr The weebs must die. There's a lot of loot to be made from these guys so join up! Signed Hassan, Less Important Weebs

Thanks for getting this fixed and for explaining what was up, Alex, I appreciate it a lot as well. Exploiting glitches and bugs is really not nice and people should not do it. That should really go without saying, but yeah. It just hurts the game and ultimately the players doing it.

Oh boi, that doom clock post did not age well at all

the hippopotamus is the world's deadliest land mammal, killing an estimated 500 people per year in Africa. Hippos are aggressive creatures, with very sharp teeth. They are easily able to crush a human to death, under thier massive weight, and still being able to run 4 times as fast as a human. They both deadly on land and in water, where they even flips over boats. They frequently kill crocodiles and are even known to have killed both lions and rhinos in the past.

Much love for this lineup, so many strong choices! I wish you all the best, particularly Vexz (even though you ripped her from us you dirtbag valk)

Coronation of a Princess Today we gather here upon sacred ground, here in the old palace ruins of the mad and corrupt Overking Pooball of Nova Riata, what remains her is this altar where it is said that the Overking used dark magic to create any material he wanted out of nothing to fuel his ever increasing lust for power, wealth, and prestige. But now what remains is a ruin and an altar, so we use this place for the various celebrations and ceremonies for our fledgling Kingdom, So, today we are here for exactly such occasion. Today, I shall crown a new member to our royal family to be our “True and only” Princess. George, otherwise known as James T Kirk, proud member of the Black Knights, I hereby crown you Princess of Riocht Sasana! Arise, and may you live long and prosper!

Sweet.... that's a pretty sick gov line up. Haven't had much interaction with Vexz, but I know Valk, Namic, Mhearl and Zoot are great leaders so looking forward to seeing if they can get Rose back on track. Especially you Mhearl even though "Humanities Degrees > STEM", you should be golden to put that STEM degree to good use. ;,p Also would be honoured to accept your surrender, when Rose is ready to throw in the towel. ;,)

mfw when the only downvote is from someone with an anime pfp

You’re so right please teach me your ways. I could only dream of our activity being this good. 7 inactive nations out of 25 total is a pretty good ratio

I guess you would know best.

Am very disappointed that you added an anime channel on the discord, and apparently you’re a Patriots fan or something, but hey at least you guys have a cool new theme. But congratulations! Seems to be a nice government lineup, should be fun to see what you guys end up doing.

Best Rose decision in the last 3 years I know it's SWToR and all b-but

Share your music here!

This new game mechanic it would be a market where people could sell Aircraft,Soldiers,Naval ships,Missiles,and Nuke. To balance this when you get rid of things like how we do now you would get half the resources that you paid in with back. and to balance the nukes and missiles, If you don't have the infrastructure to build missiles or nukes, Then when you used them there would be a 50% chance that it would veer off course and hit your biggest city.I believe this feature would level out the prices of Steel,Munitions,Aluminium,Gas,and uranium. This would overall lower the prices of the entire economy.

Announcements like this are super appreciated, as far as that level of transparency goes. This is probably not a good thing for AK.

$10 bn? those are rookie numbers ?

you could ask me to change it

This. If we had, say, 30 Projects then it would be effectively impossible to collect them all (unless you devote sodding yeeaaars to it). We would see more diversity in nations. Some would be war focused, some econ focused, some a mixture, etc etc makes life more interesting than just 'I haz x cities so I haz y Projects'

congrats valk, wouldnt have ever imagined a few years ago that you'd be leading a top 10 (really even top 5) alliance. congrats, and good luck!

Congratulations on the post, Valk! I would say “called it”, but I think pretty much everyone knew it.

Thank you for the wonderful Ceremony ?

I like seeing Valk in a leadership position again. Good luck.

Finally a good-looking theme for Rose. Thought I'd never see the day, congrats!

We will retheme until the end of time

Once upon a time, there was an alliance called Rothschilds that sort of beat you to it.

GPC > GPWC

*As Boris scoured around growing more and more board in his grand autism he did realize, the time has come, Boris began raising an army, assembling the bois.* __*?It's the real deal now! Comrade Boris declares the fourth annual Boris Wars to begin! The micro guest this time is Guinea Pig Whaling Corp! Good luck GPWC!**__ The Current Terms: The Blyatiful Accords -Both Sides Surrender and claim Victory (with the sides being Boris and The Bois vs. GPWC and any other party goers) -Each side pays the other side $250k in War Representations and as a victory Present. -Both sides can claim the War to be an Immense Triumph for thier side and a huge victory. **Message to GPWC government, Negotiations must be directed at Comrade Boris who will involve all of The Bois in the talks aswell.** "The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.” – Thucydides This is why Boris makes Borisology and fights the Boris Wars. "Borisology... Borisology it is the cure. All followers of Borisology suffer from knowledge deficiency, ignorance is bliss, we see the light, we come as a vaccine to cure the infected and to give them autism afterwards." -Comrade Commissar Supreme Dear Leader General Admiral Therapist Commander InternalAffairsMan Kommandant Doctor Grand Autismo Chromoman CEO Chairman Boris

He'll remain 6 feet under, but I still see his ghost from time to time ?

I see. Will you perform necromancy to bring Pooball back from the dead, or will he remain six feet under?

Nothing wrong, that's what, and I'm saying this as an official statement for Riocht Sasana as their King. I don’t know who Clarke is, but I know with absolute certainty that he did indeed do nothing wrong and that is my (and the Alliance's) sincerely and deeply held belief. And hey, I’m a fox, so you can trust me. Signed Righ (King) Uriah 'the Fox' (PS- Sorry about this, if you are confused click here, and you'll probably get more confused)

Duh...they obviously matter and can fight. Do you see anyone raiding them or trying to twist their arm into this silly global...they have their own brand of politics and they seem to be doing fine.

I would say that Fark matters in the macro game because they're nurturing new micros into the game while a global is going on. New players usually aren't interested in joining warring alliances, so we can expect that Fark and its micros are going to be taking in most of the new players.

If they don't fight but fund others who do, they matter.

Well, KERCHTOG can´t fight either

I think the opposite, the game is to slow. 1turn every 60 mins!

All Hail Moose and All Hail Nova Riata. God Save the Overking!

Creative idea. I like it. Appreciate the work you put into this @Edward I

Let’s copy the most annoying features from CN here, so with sheer numbers any hegemony focused group can prevent a nation from trading with others in the game; doing so pushing them out of the game is easy.. No thanks, senate powers are always abused so those less connected get sanctioned out of the game if they fight back against any bad alliance who’s become part of that hegemony.

Yes, I have a concern. This is horrible for purposes of creativity, and makes alliance threads look incredibly sterile. That people have found clever ways to name their announcements and threads should be encouraged as it adds taste and flavour to the game. A far superior method of accomplishing organization would be to give players the ability to add forum tags to threads, like so: E: Surely you mean 'Thread', and not 'Threat'?

Can I be jack black...... Like just a random cameo type thing