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  1. It is with great sadness that I have to inform of the most recent death to the Orbis community. About a month or two ago a member of Terminus Est's high gov, Stavros Cassadine, told us that he had been diagnosed with cancer. In addition to this, he was also battling a heart condition. Recently, his condition severely worsened and he had to go through multiple surgeries, all of which had complications. Nonetheless, like the fighter I knew he was, he came through these operations and just before Christmas came off the ventilator. However, while recovering post-op, he caught Covid-19. This unfortunately he did not survive from. He was a fantastic face to have around our discord and was a great friend to myself and others. I know that all those who knew him will agree with me that he will be missed dearly within our community. Rest in peace Stav. https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=214086 (For your information there is a family member on his account which is the reason he may drift in and out of activity)
    52 points
  2. As is becoming tradition, KT has made a new New Years Resolution! We would go paperless if we could, but the current moronic war mechanics simply don't make it viable. Thank God there are other ways to wreak havoc! During my 7-month spiritual retreat, I learned to better align myself with my monke nature. It seems that a few of my old friends, who spent the year over in Syndisphere, have had a similar experience at the short end of yet another global dogpile! I thought we were done with those? After IQ - thank God - left this holy place, did you people not swear not to repeat their sins? Did you indeed decide to fill the power vacuum and take their place? That is not the path to heaven. That is not the path to profit. That is not the path to... uhhh... celestial phenomenons? Not our path. How does the saying go? You give a monkey a stick, he'll inevitably beat another monkey to death with it? Well, I am a monkey with a REALLY big stick. And I brought friends. Please meet them: "Recently we met a man with a strange name and another who calls himself a whale. Though interesting characters, their easygoing nature was refreshing following our brush with a more violent group. They were headed in the same direction, and we decided these would be ideal traveling companions. And with that Eclipse continues on its journey to embrace monke, with our new friends, KT and the Company." - Hughes "For Christmas, Patrick made a wish to be granted a horsecock. This.. erm, is not what he had in mind God, but we'll take it." - Theodosius Signed for Knights Templar: Denison Horsecock Dryad Yang Barbarossa Signed for Eclipse: Pascal Hughes Signed for The Company: Theodosius Patrick Stewart
    34 points
  3. I will only be posting full logs since the ones circulating are claimed to be cherrypicked. I will not be commenting on the logs but posting them for individual interpretation. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HUg1EgmXZnOlh6S5Rg0Z46KyBByeBEArivpBKTIodUY/edit?usp=sharing Apologizes for any formatting issues.
    17 points
  4. Oh, I forgot something in the signatories. Signed for Rose:
    14 points
  5. New UPN Charter and Government UPN has been through a lot of changes recently, old members coming back, new city & project building programme taking place, new directions and foreign policies, but perhaps the biggest change is little known in that we have recently changed our charter and government structure to place the alliance in the care of a democratically elected Senate, who will serve for 6 month periods and are in charge of appointing a new Prime Minister and Ministers of the alliance (including from their own number) Elections took place between Christmas and New Year and the newly elected 1st Senate of the United Purple Nations Republic is as follows: Matt2004, SirgogobeanS, Sealteam6, Noreen, Hansarius, Cameron Axley & Altheus The Senate then set about immediately appointing the new UPN government for the New Year. As of today it's my pleasure to announce the new UPN government that will be working together to further the alliance, it's allies and protectorates interests. Hansarius: Prime Minister Noreen: Deputy Prime Minister Matt2004: Minister of Internal Affairs CoraMcstrap: Minister of Foreign Affairs Cameron Axley: Minister of Finance Sealteam6: Minister of Defense Altheus: Minister of Communications Jared95: Deputy Minister of Finance CoraMcstrap: Deputy Minister of Defense Sirgogobeans: Deputy Minister of Communications (Entertainment and Gaming) Alliance Elders: Altheus, Hansarius, Matt2004, Jared95 & Malichy Congratulations to all and also a big thank you to Matt for guiding the alliance as Prime Minister for so long. Hansarius was actually our very first Prime Minister from when Politics and War started, so it's back-to-the-future. Upwards and onwards! Ribenaberries forever, Altheus
    10 points
  6. 10 points
  7. Not touching on all the pissing and moaning from the usual suspects or anything approaching the philosophical, if sheepy told his lawyer that he was going to treat player servers as an extension of the game space, his lawyer would probably beat him to death. The liability implications are terrifying, even behind an LLC. The fact that he allows players to link to outside discords already is an absurd amount of risk. There is a reason Steam has a pop up every time you click a link that takes you off site. It's to get the disclaimer in front of your face. The solution is simply more of the current moderation. Sheepy has a system but it seems to be lacking the personnel to implement it. The only change in moderation I would suggest is faster bannings of obvious bad actors. If someone only posts in drama threads and has a order of magnitude higher ratio of rule breaking posts than the average active player, they can pretty safely get pushed out the door faster. Same goes for repeat offenders who do things like, I don't know, come back to the report where they were given a warn to do the exact same thing they were warned for.
    8 points
  8. The Greater Unitary Republic have been one of UPN's longest standing protectorates and have grown fantastically well over the last few months. Therefore we jointly felt that it was only right that we acknowledge the changing relationship between our two alliances and upgrade our previous protectorate arrangement to the following funky new MDoAP Treaty of Curacao Preamble By signing this document, all the signatory alliances agree to the articles stated below and enter into this agreement with full knowledge of its contents. Article I - Article of Non-Aggression Neither alliance shall engage in hostile actions against the other. Hostile actions are defined as assaults, declarations of war and acts of espionage. Both alliances also agree to not engage in hostile actions against any alliance that either alliance is obliged to defend, unless they are doing so due to a mandatory outside treaty. Article II – Article of Intelligence & Communication Both alliances will share any intelligence that is to the benefit of the other alliances wellbeing. This includes intended new mutual defense treaties with third parties. Article III - Article of Mutual Defense If either signatory is attacked by a foreign party, the other is obligated to immediately offer military and financial assistance. If the attack was the result of the defender having declared war on another alliance, then this article is optional. Article IV – Article of Optional Aggression If either alliance declares war then the other alliance has the option to also declare war on the same target. Article V - Article of Withdrawal Section 1) 120 hours of notice must be given to the other alliance before Article II, II & IV can be dissolved. After this period Article I remains in place for another 30 days. Signatures- The signatures below immediately enter this document as alliance law and materialize the good relations that exist between the alliances that have signed below. Once entered into law, it shall remain there until it is dissolved through the process detailed in Article V. The Greater Unitary Republic President: Pegleg Vice President: Luis I of Brazil Secretary of State: Padisah Abdulhamid Secretary of War: Sir_Kotsos Secretary of the Treasury: Omen Khan Secretary of the Interior: Marcus Liddell Secretary of Trade and Commerce: Generic The United Purple Nations Prime Minister: Hansarius Chief of Staff: Noreen Minister of Internal Affairs: Matt Minister of Foreign Affairs: Cora Minister of Finance: Axley Minister of Defense: Sealteam Minister of Communications: Altheus
    6 points
  9. 6 points
  10. He was a truly great person to be around, and an overall positive presence in my day. May he Rest in Peace.
    5 points
  11. I only have so many yikes gifs, you all really need to slow down on this shit. Who can possibly type - "I like Hitler. Honestly he was a good man." - and for a second think that it's a good idea to put that out there? Christ, people.
    5 points
  12. And that is your problem. You don't look for evidence for the sake of finding the truth, you look for evidence for the sake of bolstering your arguments. You clearly don't value the truth for its own sake, or you'd realize that the evidence simply doesn't line up in the way that you're hoping it will. Instead, you'd rather dig and dig and twist and turn and analyze and pester because you don't want to accept the truth that is in front of you. That's intellectual dishonesty, and it is your problem. You are the one that cannot, absolutely cannot say with any pretense of honesty that you 'prize the truth over other considerations', and you can tell because you are the one that is desperately trying to overturn the evidence that exists and instead manufacture evidence in favor of your pet theory that you just don't want to give up on. So heck the hell off, you are NOT NOT NOT the superior person here and to dare imagine that you are is childish beyond how actual children can be described. You are in the wrong, you are arrogant, pretentious, and pathetic as a matter of objective fact.
    5 points
  13. I can't emphasize the importance of this enough. Discord really does have a very good reporting system and I would definitely recommend using it if you need it. Zephyr's given the reporting link above but this site here gives you a breakdown of what information you need and how to get it so that your report gets handled quickly and effectively: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000291932-How-to-Properly-Report-Issues-to-Trust-Safety. If it's something that's a persistent issue and blocking/reporting to Discord isn't enough, the other option is to talk to your alliance gov and ask for their help. They manage your discord, which may help improve things in at least one space, and they may have an easier time than you talking to other alliance leaders if it comes to that and filling them in on what's going on. As for the PnW discord, the biggest way you can help there is by reporting it to us/making us aware of things when they're going down. There are only so many mods so there's a limit to what we can see and our availability but we do the best we can. I would assume the same goes for the forums mods. Filing reports so that they know when things are going on really does help a lot.
    5 points
  14. Hard disagree. Doxxing is such an egregious move that the community should band together across political lines to drive that person from the game. A moderation strike is nowhere near enough.
    5 points
  15. I did not know him but I hope TEst finds peace in their grief. I am sorry for your loss.
    4 points
  16. Glad to be apart of the chromo gang
    4 points
  17. I am not reporting anything. Greene and Nokia and many others said the screencaps which have been circulating were cherry picked so I posted full logs for free interpretation. Which is what you did here and that's fine. I also never said Hinata was a member of Weebunism, in fact I stated that they were KT at the time so I'm unsure why this was brought up. I simply posted logs that were asked for and am not taking a stance here.
    4 points
  18. Peace has been reached between those involved beginning midnight server time Dec 31. We would like to thank our allies for standing in the gap and having fun with the demigods of Pantheon. Fighting alongside one another has strengthened the bonds between our alliances for future conflicts.
    4 points
  19. I'm unsure how to respond to this. This broke my heart to read. My deepest condolences go to his family. I did not know him personally, but being a fellow player that I likely interacted with at some point he will be missed. The fight he put up was no doubt astonishing. Unfortunately, it is the best among us that go first. The timing of this is terrible, and I grieve at the thought of how his family is at the moment. I have no more words. His soul rests with God. Amen.
    3 points
  20. I didn’t know him - but on behalf of the Atlas Community, our condolences for your friend and family member.
    3 points
  21. 3 points
  22. Congrats on the new bloc! May wreaking havoc upon your enemies bring you peace of mind.
    3 points
  23. I'm happy to be back and I'm really looking forward to working with you all!
    3 points
  24. 3 points
  25. I frankly agree with a lot of what you're saying, but you lose me instantly at point 1 for two reasons. 1 Every community manages their members without interference from Alex, and in their servers, that is how it should be. Members are generally allowed to freely leave if they feel it's too toxic, and most leadership will proactively remove these people from their AAs. 2. The reason moderation doesn't currently extend to community servers is due to evidence and lack of definition. Most of the major communities are in more games than PnW, so it'd only apply to a few micros who just organize for fighting. Evidence can easily be forged in private discords, and I get to say this for once not meaning to be rude, Alex is not particularly discord savvy enough to know the difference. The third proposal has my full support though, and should be enforced a lot harsher than the forum mods showed capable of the past few days. That said, if people are going around impersonating Alex, you should report that to the discord staff as soon as it's known so our staff can make a notice and help players know how to identify the real Alex. Which for anyone who might be reading this and does not know, you should be able to click their name and it will look like this The name, and number MUST MATCH (Alex_PW#4970) or it's someone impersonating Alex. Edit with one additional note: OOC is Out of Character, not Out of Context, as in referring to the person behind the keyboard, not the character they play in the game.
    3 points
  26. Okay, bub, you do realize you're making a scene over a 0 point warn? Because that's the way to turn it into a one-pointer. I mean, the warn specifically said that's what the 'like' button is for. And yeah, sometimes I want to give something poetic two upvotes too, but it's just not a thing. ...I'm contributing to the discussion which this clearly is, so rather than give me a warn for 'non-discussion forum' (again) mods please move this to the standard moderation support section kthx
    3 points
  27. Rest in Peace Stavros. Even though I did not get to meet him it is truly saddening to see a fellow player, and a fellow Greek from my understanding, pass on. Condolences to his family and loved ones.
    2 points
  28. RIP. Prayers go out to his family. 🙏 🙏 🙏
    2 points
  29. Rest in peace. Condolences to all their friends, family and loved ones.
    2 points
  30. Non Nobis, Domine! proud to be working with some of my favorite people. botta kecc on these haters, come catch these hands
    2 points
  31. If that's the lie you need to tell yourself so you can sleep at night then carry on. But watch this space
    2 points
  32. I'm talking about abuse of the system itself. That may include multiple reports but only if the reports are superfluous. What defines abuse of the system: 1.) Sending single cropped screenshots, cherry picking information to attempt to get a verdict you want. 2.) Multiple reports on a person that aren't abusive/egregious. (Someone saying to me "You're stupid" is much more different that someone saying I should go hang myself) 3.) Reports that have been doctored, edited. Now how do you prove something was doctored or edited? For some reason there seems to be this thing in P&W where you hand over your email and password and allow other random people in the community to access your account and verify screenshots of in-game messages. I am 100% against this practice as it is completely against my code of internet safety and security. However, if I'm sending screenshots of a conversation in a public forum I have no problem hopping onto Discord and allowing Alex, other Mods, or other players direct access to see what is in DMs via screen-sharing. I'm more than confused as to how systems like this are completely overlooked. We have simple solutions to these simple problems. Several reports have been made about the players in the P&W discord for verbal abuse and even the sending of child pornography. Taking a look I see that two people are still active in the P&W community discord server. If we were to allow the rule of "Abusing a player on discord can have you muted/removed from the community discord" then these people would not be attacking others. By allowing discord community server evidence many of the most toxic people in this game could be removed, or at the very least, silenced from continuing their hate.
    2 points
  33. As the leader of RoseCam, Swamp Quack and Hedgemoney i'd like to inform you @Phoenyx that you can suck my hairy tennis balls. Please add this to your evidence. Thank you.
    2 points
  34. Although true, I highly doubt that people are mad about the soviet jokes >.> Also, come now. Don't tell me we haven't all made a 1940s era joke that had some reference to someone dying. It is not my job, nor yours, to determine what is and isn't bad taste. As long as the parties in the conversation are okay with it, then we have no right to say they cannot talk about it. And if they did have an issue, they should take it up with the moderator of the server or leave. Wasn't there just a thread that covered this? Btw, if there is a part of the story I'm missing, please fill me in. Im headed to a New Year's get-together, so I'll be back later.
    2 points
  35. 2 points
  36. Daymnnnn. Yes, that's a death threat. And, upon reading that, you report that to discord. Not Alex. Cuz wtf is Alex gonna do?
    2 points
  37. Yeah, no. This just adds room for more controversial moderation decisions. I don't have an issue with the third rule, but policing discords makes no sense. For one, it's practically impossible to achieve without a massive moderation team considering the number of discord servers there are for this game, and for two quite frankly neither PnW moderators or Alex have a right (nor do I trust their impartiality) to police other discords simply because their main purpose is related to PnW. Alex shouldn't have any sort of jurisdiction over private servers made by other people, not to mention that since the man struggles with ingame moderation already, it'd have to be handed over to some form of discord moderators, and unless Alex's willing to shell out more dosh to pay them, they'll probably be from the community, and thus carry the biases that entails and I'm sure everyone can guess just how well that might go. Toxicity is a community problem, if someone's being a shithead then it's up to the community to call them out on their frickery or if it's an individual issue, to block them. It's not up to Alex or moderators to go 'no toxicity pls' and hand out warnings based on that. There's already far too many tongue-in-cheek reports of people reporting someone based on sarcastic remarks or comments.
    2 points
  38. I do not want to give Alex or anyone he hires the authority to indirectly moderate the Discord channels of the P&W community and the thought of him gaining that power is terrifying to me. First off, Alex's judgment and capability as an admin is questionable to begin with. His ruling on matters can be inconsistent. I guess he can pawn that off to hired help but having anonymous, faceless people do it doesn't bring me much comfort. Second, I don't want my speech patrolled in private spaces by third parties. I agree to the rules of P&W because I want to play so I keep my nose clean. I agree to stay out of trouble and not create problems for my community (KT) because I want to be a part of it. I do not consent to have my actions off-site patrolled by game moderators and although I will be sad to do so, I will quit the game if it comes to that. Third, the community does a decent enough job policing itself. I guess it could be better but this suggestion of letting Alex judge if my 'are traps gay?' question violates game rules is silly.
    2 points
  39. I'm locking this thread. After just reading through it all, it's clear to me that this discussion has devolved beyond the point of repair. There has been a lot of out-of-character attacks, as well as some anti-trans comments. Let me make it clear that I will not tolerate hate speech on this forum, in-game, or in our Discord server. Quite frankly, I think that one's RL gender should be largely irrelevant to this game. Bringing it up for discussion with the intent to attack, shame, or make fun of other players is always wrong. Many warning points have been issued as a result of posts in this thread, and most of the posts have been hidden as well. I implore everyone to take a deep breath and remember that we are all real people behind these screens. Be kinder to one another and remember that this is a game. You don't need to bring anything about a person's real life into public discussion, pretty much ever.
    2 points
  40. Thanks for the report, it sounds like this is probably resolved. I trust RandomNoobster will not do this again.
    2 points
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