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Waffle House Declaration of existence Credit to Evie for writing this! *The scene opens, introducing our main characters, Jacob Apple and Duncan Croford. Duncan invited Jacob out for breakfast at a Waffle House, saying he had a huge bombshell of a proposal to offer him. We arrive now at the beginning of their discussion.* Jacob:” Greetings Duncan. Please have a seat, I was just about to place my order.” *He waves him over, with a friendly smile on his face* Duncan:” Hey Jacob, why did you arrange this meeting?” *Duncan sits across from Jacob, placing his order as well* Jacob:” Oh, I have my reasons. But come on, relax, enjoy a meal. It’s been a while since we have done that, old friend.” Duncan:” I suppose you’re right.” *Their orders arrive, and as they are eating Jacob brings up his proposal* Jacob:” So, you're still in charge of the Brotherhood Family?” Duncan:” Always have been. Same with you for the Stratosphere Marine Corps?” Jacob:” You know it. Now, I've been thinking. Our alliances are doing well on their own, but just imagine how much better they would be if we merged together. Just imagine it. Our merged alliance, moving on up to at least top 20. Don’t you agree it’s a good idea?” *Duncan sits and ponders what he is bringing up, as he begins to speak* Duncan:” You’re painting a very pretty picture to me, Jacob. I would love to take you up on your offer.” *They shake hands, both of them grinning from excitement* Jacob:” Now, what would this alliance be called? Stratosphere Family? Brotherhood Corps?” *Duncan sits and thinks, and suddenly gets a grin on his face* Jacob:” What are you grinning about over there, Duncan?” Duncan:” Why don’t we name our alliance after the place we made the decision in?” Jacob:” Waffle House?” Duncan:” Waffle House.” *They both stand, and recite the same line” Both:”As of this day, Brotherhood Family and the Stratosphere Marine Corps are now merged, and our new alliance shall be known as Waffle House.” FIN

Hey Greene! Wanted to give you a heads up that courtesy of a gov member that decided not to deal with your BS, your entire gov chat has been leaked to RON. See ya!

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GoB isn't the bloated size it is today because it has grown through the traditional means. GoB grew entirely through immigration of the games biggest whales from their traditional/original alliances and spheres to GoB. You are an example of that. No one in t$ would ever encourage nor want an alliance to disband. GoB is a community and those community members have every right to be and play together.

several months ago in the Grumpy t$ embassy...

I mean, a bunch of CTO's ties were involved in counters, with their MDP's own ties being hit. It's not exactly surprising they'd max soldiers as a precaution. As for the builds; you max slots for what you intend to buy to get the largest buy you can. Even if it's just one buy. You then decide whether to keep the imps or sell them once you've got the buy in. It's not really outside of what you had been informed.

I'll correct a few things in turn. He told you it was max for 30+, rest got a buy. Rose did mil after everyone else. As I've said before, I don't mind you milling as a precaution. CTO had gone max soldiers because we had gotten involved on the KT thing so it was a reasonable precaution on their end, and upped it following your mass swapping. HS also started milling after HW's response. As for e$... really? Need I elaborate that they're an extension of t$? Yes, naturally things such as MMR's are going to be standardized between both alliances. If you genuinely thought that they were a separate entity and that changes in it were outside of the response given to you, then that's frankly on you. The rest's been covered by W/Adam, so I won't expand upon it.

heavy drinking bad

Google doc with all the images would be easier next time. That way you can put all your images on one doc and not have to deal with the limit.

lol, "Alex can I automate giving you ad revenue?" Alex:

Neo has, for the past few weeks, been actively engaged in a plot to harm the Lazarus Order of the 770, to generally usurp any authority from the leaders of this alliance, before summarily departing and creating a new alliance with our allies. Against the wishes of our allies, he has also been attempting to foment discord and disunity within their respective ranks so as to make a forced merger easier. For these and other reasons, he has been banned from the Lazarus Order of the 770. The long and short of it is that a single member of our government decided he could do a better job of leading everyone. He has from the onset, been trying to force the Archs into completely changing how we operate. 770 was built on a freedom to play the game the way our members want to play, and that is incompatible with the way that Neo wanted the alliance to operate. We launched the DEFCON-5 wars as a means of testing certain readiness and other things. It has been eye-opening that one person would be able to damage our abilities so soundly. Neo was instructed to help everyone learn the war system against a more competent (as in coordinated), not inactive opponent. Up until now, our members have only gone against inactive targets. He didn't do his job. Instead, he tried to force us and other alliances into a merger with him at the helm. There is documentation backing this up made public on our discord. He got the swift kick out of the monastery. As per Duncan Croford, of the Waffle House, they were intending to sign DEFCON-5 all along, however wanted to hold off to see how DEFCON-5 was able to defend and hold up before hand. Indeed, there is a common history and background shared between both alliances. Equally, when 770 withdrew from The Johnsons to form our own bloc, the treaty that existed between our two alliances was always merely a nominal one that was destined to be cancelled. It was purely that neither of us got around to doing so. With the Waffle House merger, it was now time. There will be the deluge of individuals who doubt my representations. That is their choice. 770 is built on personal choice. With this, I shall now return my attention to the people and congregations of the Most Right and Holy Lazarus Order of the 770. Go in Peace, + Rev. Greene Arch and First Priest of the Order

You finally returned I see, you must've spent the whole day drumming this up did you? In the meantime I had my 20 day old Junior Associate write me up a 10 page essay titled "How to cope with being a has-been in Politics and War". I will have it sent to you right away so you can start the healing process. Salty tantrum🤣Check your f**king posting history from the past week bro. It's so desperate I pity you at times.

I don’t know if this is the right place for this, I’m not exactly in the best of mind after learning this. PnW player and friend to many, Gojira has passed away. He kept in contact with some of us as he underwent surgery earlier this year and we all had hoped for the best. Unfortunately, we have learned he has passed on. For those of us who were friends to him it’s devastating, he leaves behind his family and they have a go fund me to help during this time. Please help how you can, and if you knew goji remember them well. https://gofund.me/feff7989

The difference is based on ethos, I think. I don't believe we've had the chance to meet, but your government is well aware of who I am and what I have stood for. NPO waged a scorched earth war, a war where there could be no winners. They cheated and bullied their way through the game, without a sense of decency. Perhaps my comparison to KF isn't a perfect allegory, especially given the events that followed, but as someone who fought TKR in that war, then became their ally in CoS, I think I have some historical legitimacy. Let me make this as clear as I can, I have not and will not ever advocate for the policies NPO pursued in-game. I found these policies both toxic and incredibly harmful to the health of the game. However, Grumpy's alliance with both Guardian and then TKR presents a stratification of whales in one single place, which while admittedly is probably less harmful than the OOC politics NPO drove, is still harmful to the game. I've said this before, but I quite like many members of your alliance, the fact that I have been able to have many pleasant conversations with them despite the ongoing war is a testament to this. Our goal isn't to drive TKR and her allies from the game, force them to disband, or attempt to bully their members into leaving the game. The goal has always been to use in-game actions to reduce the in-game harm that the pairing could cause. Forgive me if I came off as upset or defensive about the actions of NPO, the scars of that war still cause me much sorrow.

"Your story is weak and half assedly come up with to cover a grudge." "The stance dates back to literal years and upheld several times even by people who had no beef on the situation simply because they weren't there when a bunch of stuff happened." "Haha lol your story is weak and I won't actually address anything of you've said in my rehash of my first post." 10/10.

I think the reasoning behind WANA mentioning the ghosts was lost in translation a bit, so I'll make it clear as it's own point. It wasn't "OMG LOOK HW IS GHOST HITTING US???" it was "Oh look, Grumpy members who constantly go raid and then go back to Grumpy the second they get bored with 0 consequence are at it again". Grumpy is a threat and needs to take damage. Look how effective it is! Ronny can barely string words together as he watches his alliance finally take some damage early in a war. Grumpy is objectively bad for the meta. There's a few others that are too, but Grumpy is easily the number one issue currently. We discussed this in the embassy. t$ has been steadfast on this point at least since I joined, and even longer than that from what I've heard. SRD actively flaunted Grumpy's inability to be hurt/lose/etc and straight up said t$ was a target that had been floated but that the only reason we weren't hit is because Quack had just split. Don't pretend TKR wouldn't have taken that as a threat if you'd been in our situation. We both know you would have. As far as I'm aware this is accurate - though my gov is free to correct you if it isn't. Here's the issue, Coops. HW and BW didn't start off on a good foot. T$ found out you were making war plans behind our back during a war while we were still allies and had an information clause and before we'd even given an official notice. It was during our notice that we realized you weren't prepping for rebuild, while t$ was in the process of starting. I was getting a few messages from parties I won't mention here asking what was going on, and I had 0 clue despite still being allied to you at the time. This is after I'd probed Adri/Ben a few times on your post-quack plans and was met with silence despite giving you a heads up on what our plans were. Once the treaty dropped, you debuted your new allies in an offensive war against the only other sphere that you, SRD, and others claimed could "definitely fight GG guys" with the entirety of TKR's half of Quack, plus BK and all of HM. Let's break that down a bit and restate a few things. You: -Hit Rose with an overwhelming force while allying a group you knew we took issue with for various reasons, making essentially a new Quack. -Made these plans behind our backs despite the information clause in our treaty, knowing we'd be less than thrilled about the idea, and refused to tell us anything about your plans. -During the war, twisted my words more than a few times and used my broad number statements while ignoring the statements I made about tiering. Forgive us if we're less likely to trust you and consider you an honest party.

>Epi destroys Pantheon by slithering into the leader role >Many argue that Epi = Camelot >Epi also destroys Camelot by slithering into the leader role >The two situations are far too similar, so one may argue Pantheon = Camelot >If Pantheon = Camelot and Camelot = Epi... >Then Epi = Pantheon >Pantheon destroyed Camelot #ItWasPantheonAllAlong

what do you except from an alliance that literally allows its members to whatever they want including being inactive, and have no discipline. Its gonna be shit. Have fun winning your war.

Most interesting...

Couldn't Fight Cause Everyone Were Laughing At Camelot War

Tbh, I think this only proves that tS vs Grumpy (in a 1v1) would be a difficult fight and not one that can be won immediately or within a few rounds. Often ignored is the fact that tS only has to drag a Grumpy nation one at a time and that any pinned Grumpy nation can never rebuild entirely by virtue of numbers alone, whereas any zeroed tS nation can rebuild by virtue of there being 100 nations below c30 in eS + tS to prop them back up onto their feet. The underdog mechanics and spy mechanics ensure that military rebuilds are pretty much decimated day-to-day for Grumpy (ensuring they will eventually be ZMd when you also consider the numbers advantage tS has). In tS vs Grumpy, tS's victory is inevitable in a direct war and the fact that c40 costs like 3b ensures that tS will inevitable catch up to Grumpy once their scores of nations slowly (but faster than Grumpy c40s) acquire cities. However, I also think that not wanting to waste a month or two to prove tS can win a legitimate 1v1 is also valid, and damned be the narratives that preach "you are too scared for a fair fight", since I don't recall the last GW or major war that wasn't an attempted dogpile (plus wars lasting months are boring as hell). But claiming Grumpy is near OP and/or invincible, in a 1v1, is laughable, it took about a day to pin HW with BW + Rose, and so it'd take longer w/o Rose, but it isn't impossible. TLDR: BW should be transparent in its CB and just state that as a direct rival to HW they want them knocked down a peg and don't want to fight for 1-2+ months to do so (a boring waste of time tbh), which is completely fine IMO. I just think the difficulty of beating Grumpy/GG is greatly overstated.

The one thing that has been around forever, but makes no sense is the Alliance War Page not actually showing if the member had won or lost the war. Instead it just states Victory/Defeat. On the other hand the nation war page displays the actual result. So I suggest changing the alliance war page to include the exact war result of the participating alliance member. Alliance War Page Nation War Page

Hey everyone, For the last month or so I've been working on drafting out a new set of game rules. There are a number of reasons for this, and here are the main ones: I want to move away from a "3 strikes and you're out" moderation policy where strikes never expire. I think it does not make much sense to treat all offenses with the same punishment, and adopting a more nuanced set of rules where different offenses have different punishments makes more sense to me and I think ought to be better for you all (the players.) I want to bring on some game moderators to help ease my workload for relatively simple moderation cases. Daily, we get people signing up with some variation of the name "hitler", a nazi flag, use of slurs or other offensive language, etc. that could be easily handled by another moderator. My hope is that by transitioning some of this workload off of myself it will free up more of my time to work on the development of new mechanics, content, and overall improvements for the game. I also wanted to outline a new set of community guidelines to be as transparent as possible about our moderation practices. For example, in the past we have stepped outside of what has happened in "official" P&W channels (in-game, this forum, and our official P&W Discord server) to take moderation action against players. Examples of cases like these are the Guinea Pig Whaling Corps / NPO ordeal, previous instances of players trading real-life money for in-game money, instances of doxxing and sharing of other players' personal information and photos, instances of players engaging in predatory behavior toward other players, etc. This new draft of the rules includes a "Community Rules" section, which is broadly intended to serve as codified and transparent guidelines for how we expect members of our community to behave, and in what types of situations I might consider actions and evidence occurring outside of official P&W channels. Please note that this is not a big shift in moderation practices; I have essentially already been doing this for years in very limited, specific, and extraordinary circumstances, and that by including this in the rules I am only intending to be more open and transparent about what is happening. I don't think that you will find anything that new or surprising in the content of the new rules. I did try to be more clear and specific about certain things, but largely they are a combination of the existing Game Rules and the Forum Rules integrated together comprehensively. What Would Change in the New Rules Compared to the Current Rules? The biggest change is to the actual moderation system itself. Instead of a "3 strikes and you're out" policy, I assigned a set of "Moderation Points" to each rule offense. Instead of going with a specific amount for any given offense, which does not leave much room for nuance, I have instead outlined a range of points to be issued at the moderator's discretion. I believe this is important; for example I hope that we can all agree that an otherwise innocuous nation with a Nazi flag is not behaving as badly as an all-out white supremacist nation showcasing the Nazi flag, Hitler, etc. and should not be punished equally under our "no Nazism" rule. Each rule violation also includes a set expiration time. This means that you are not stuck with your moderation points forever. I know there are players that have strikes that are 3, 4, or even 5 years old now that they would like to see removed from their accounts. I agree that people can change, and by building in expiration times, which are different and related to the severity of the offense, we can accommodate for this better in this new proposed system. A Note About In-Game Moderators Something else important that I'd like to note is that the involvement of any additional in-game moderators is going to come with heavy supervision, logging of all actions taken (so any abuse can be caught and corrected after the fact if it does occur), along with a requirement that at least 2 moderators approve all moderation actions being taken which will help eliminate any individual biases. I have not gotten very far into looking at bringing on in-game moderators yet as I wanted to establish a framework of new rules to work with first. Similar to the forum moderators, in-game mods would remain anonymous. This is to prevent other players or alliances taking in-game action against the mods for a decision that they disagree with. We have a long history now of this type of practice with forum moderation, and it has gone very well over the last several years, and I expect that would continue in-game. The only exception here would be that the player Dr. Rush, who is our Discord Team Lead, would be a public semi-mod. The reason for this is that he has access to our Discord support tickets and could serve as a really useful liaison to the in-game moderators about anything reported via Discord. But Dr. Rush would not be participating in any major game moderation decisions. Appeals I did include this explicitly in the draft of the new rules, but essentially if a player takes issue with any in-game moderator decision they would be able to appeal it to me. What Now? Where Are the Proposed New Rules? Thank you for reading this far. I hope that the above context will help clear up any misconceptions about this proposal. At this point, these rules are not going into effect, I am just opening them up for public feedback. I know that in the past couple of weeks people have leaked these rules and made all sorts of wild claims about how everything is going to change for the worse. I can assure you that that is not the case. However, I do want to take a thoughtful approach and see if there is anything that I am missing in these rules, as well as learn more about what the general community consensus is on these rules. With all that said, you can read the draft I wrote of the new rules here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/149Owwee_ntvphR0j60BLl7vTVKvG1XRNP1VR6c1Oa7E/edit?usp=sharing Please ask any questions you have or any feedback you have here in this thread. Thank you for your time and your consideration.

I don't really have much to say, but I figured I'd make a post here. After 2,000 days playing Politics & War, I think it's time for me to step away. The game just doesn't interest me as much as it did years ago. I've gotten more nation inactivity emails in the last year than I can remember. I won't be deleting, although I originally wanted to. I'll be going into vacation mode instead in case I decide to come back, though that seems unlikely at the moment. I'll continue helping on the wiki where I can, and I'll still be active on Discord. I wanted to say thank you to everybody who put up with my BS these last five years. From IRC, to Discord, to the multiple iterations of the National Affairs RP, and the alliances I've been in. I very much grew as a person throughout my time playing the game. Thank you to the Serene Sakura Union (though they're long gone) for being my first alliance in the game, The Knights Radiant for being my home for literally a few days after the SSU merger, Polaris for being my longest home at 1,280 days, and The Commonwealth for being my home for the last stretch of my time here. Side note: if anyone from Polaris sees this, sorry for being such an !@#$, though that's just how I am. I've realized just how stupid the whole thing was, and I couldn't care less about it anymore. If you want to start over, I'm down. If not, you don't have to see me again. That's it. Like I said, I'll still be active on Discord, posting anime memes and hentai in my personal server. Also, it'd be remiss of me not to use this post's title as an excuse to post this banger of a song. With all of that said, ja ne!

More like green with envy. im so sorry guys

I am too lazy to see which one of these forums topics this was talked about in, but people complaining about former Grumpy members ghosting KT to raid, and how they come back to no repercussions. If you are going to whine about this, Cooper is 100% right to make comparisons to tJest and the crap they pulled with no real repercussions. You can say hey Partipants wasnt a member of tS when he did that. The same goes for the guys you are whining about. If you had an issue with them, as long as I can remember not a single person has ever messaged me about it. You know, me the leader of Grumpy, not once. To complain about it as some sort of CB is laughable. Lastly, you can ask Horse, they are not ghosts, from my understanding they had to apply to KT, and they are members of KT. They are currently not affiliated with Grumpy. Plus they left knowing what Grumpy's official stance is on raiding.

OK I PULL UP HOP OUT AT THE AFTER PARTY YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS YEAH YOU LOVE TO GET NAUGHTY SIPPING ON THAT HEN I KNOW YOU LOVE THAT BACARDI

Now both of you are being dense af. Like you've said, you have seen our posts. What we fricking want is you to be on MY fricking level. Not your level, but MINE. !@#$ you and whatever the !@#$ you want. We want what I, ME wants. To repeat, I want YOU to be on the level of my nation's city count. I want YOU to be put on MY level. Again, !@#$ you and what you want and we will keep attacking you until this happens. To repeat again, !@#$ you and what you want, you will be put on MY nation's level.

Camelot would be crazy to pass this deal up tbh

Sending clueless noobs into this, because we declined to merge into 770.

I like how you have so little arguments that you have to rely on Dryad to find one that suits you. My points were about Grumpy (which you of course all ignored, lol) but if you want to talk about Eclipse and me, sure, let's talk about it a bit. Dryad doesn't know anything about in-game politics or how it works behind the scenes, he's just a raider after all. Qualifying Eclipse of pixelhuggers because we didn't get the occasion to fight a war (until now) is just stupid on his end. But you SRD, as a leader, you probably know that you can't start wars at anytime whenever you want either, in particular when you're in a sphere (and I'm not the kind of person like you who goes for dogpiles because "why not ?" either). If it makes you feel better, Eclipse proposed it's help to t$ for gw17 and we would have happily fought in defense of Quacksphere at the time, however t$ didn't require our help so we didn't push as they were fine with us not involving. I don't really understand why you are insisting on my raiding past either (which was during the Arrgh & Mythic days). There is literally nothing shameful in being a raider before lmao. I'm now completely dedicated to Eclipse and yes, I put my side & my alliance interests above my personal interests. You don't seem to know anything about me anyways (it feels like you only learned of my existence 3 days ago lol) so who even are you to judge me ? And jesus, I literally just proved how stupid your last paragraph was just 2 days ago in the same thread wtf, stop bringing it back. 1 billion is literally nothing at your scale. IIRC, I took about 2.5 billions damages in gw16 alone, and I was only a c34 with 2700 or 3000 infra/city at the time. Can you say the same, Ronny ? Rhetorical question of course. I'm at least glad (and surprised) that unlike some blind TKR simps or SRD, you recognize some of my points (and actually read my posts, which SRD doesn't seem to do). Now i'm not going to come back to those points because I more or less agree with you. I answered to your post in the first place because it was quite obvious that you were trying to delegitimize our reasons for this war using the classic "you're hypocritical" argument (at this point you can just use this one every war tbf) and purposefully trying to reduce the weight Grumpy has in the game. It's pretty clear to me for several reasons that I mentionned in my three previous posts that the victim and "GG isn't OP" narrative your alliance tries to spread is utter bullshit, and GG has absolutely no right to complain about being dogpiled currently after all they have done in the past year and a half. For these reasons, I'm not sure why you're expecting me to be friendly with someone like you in an alliance like Grumpy, who supports a cause that I know is wrong and way more hypocritical than ours. You judge me by my words, I judge you by the actions of the alliance you defend. The actions of your alliance do not deserve the slightest empathy. As for the aggressiveness, it's not like your side was crystal clean and never insulting/trolling either, so welcome to the internet I guess ? Thanks for the advices, but I don't need them.

How very interesting

lol

Nah, even we have standards.

POV : you have no counter-argument

The argument is that if Grumpy is your problem then you should ask them for a 1 vs 1 or even a BW vs Grumpy since everyone under 27-28 cities doesn't matter in that match, I'm sure they will accept the challenge Instead you keep saying that it's impossible to beat Grumpy if you don't have the help of another huge block like Rosesphere and that's very bad for your reputation in my opinion, you're either insecure and coward or aware of your incompetence Are we sure that the unbeaten record you like to flaunt isn't the problem? Because history has proven that the only way to lose in this game is to think you can win it

GET OUT OUT OUT

i think there should also be a ban on communism it is just as hateful of a ideology as Nazim and it only seems right since we are banning hateful symbols

Hehe, now TO has two love triangles.

Atlan's Last Decree Before I start, I'll let you know. To try and keep this short and sweet would sell TLE, and Orbis short. Gonna be a wall of text and if you don't wanna read it then don't. To TLE: Tbh, I don't know where to begin. Yall have been the best friends I've had I think. Even carrying over to real life. The community you helped me build is outstanding, I don't think I could be prouder. To my 2IC's, Olly, Ralle and Poppa. Yall have been phenomenal in helping me grow to be a strong leader for TLE. You each deserve as much credit as me in developing and creating the community we call The Lost Empire. I sincerely thank you for helping me during my time as Ocean Master. To my many Legatus', past and present. You guys have led TLE in a remarkable way. Each and every one of you have set the example for future generations, and each generation has gotten better and better. Without you, not me or my 2ICs could've done what we've done. You've each contributed more time and dedication to TLE than I could ask for. Thank you. To the Praetors and Tribunes. Yall are the proving grounds for leadership. Every one of my 2ICs and Legatus' started where you are. You are what moves TLE. Your infinite work loads and endless learning are a big part of TLE's success. Without you, TLE couldn't grow. We wouldn't have fresh ideas and good change, we would be stuck. I admire all of you and thank you for your services to TLE. To my many, many Centurions and Decurions. You guys are TLE. You guys are who inherit all of the decisions my government and I have made, good and bad. You fight the wars I send you in, you pay the taxes that ensure our safety and growth, you're the ones who have to accept decisions you didn't make and sometimes don't understand. You're the heart of TLE. Thank you. You have all, everyone mentioned above, followed me with undying loyalty. Some more than others, but that's ok. You have all helped me grow as a Leader, Friend, and everything else. I owe you all so much I could never repay you. Thank you, sincerely from the bottom of my heart. To Allies (Past and Present): You guys deserve mad credit for TLE. From the ones who helped us from a micro, to the ones that recognized us once we were stable. I'll miss dealing with you all so close, but I look forward to the relationships you build with the new Administration. 07 Valk, Gold, Vexs, Sid, Dynamic and Mhearl. My Roses 🌹 07 Ming Empire, yall are scattered now, but you were always great friends and I got to keep a piece of you (Henrik). 07 The Regiment. Yall are also scattered, but you were a major player in TLE's success. Happy to keep Simmons around in Nova Roma. 07 to Panth, despite our fall out, you never hesitated to give me a treaty when I needed one. All jokes aside, I'm glad you're a part of Orbis. Major respect to Swamp. Old Swamp and new. Yall were the biggest help to TLE. You raised our status in Orbis and gave us the benefit of the doubt on signing us. We've grown so much with you by our side, and I can't thank you enough for the friendships you've brung to Myself and TLE. You guys have become our rock, and I wouldn't have it any other way. 07 Alexio, Hannah, Kilo, Wilson, Harry, Scott, Bozzie, Kosta, Matrix, Darvolt, Jack, MMM, Kitschie, Tyrion, Scratchy, Grave, Quichwe, Kaz, Cosmos and Putmir. I probably missed alot, and if I missed you than it was not intentional. Thank you all for your friendship and support. I'll be around 😉 To Orbis: It's been amazing playing with you all. I have about 3 years of leadership under my belt now, and through the years I've met many great people that haven't been mentioned. To list them all would be impossible, but I appreciate you all. Even our Arrgh thorns 😂. You've all helped me and TLE grow in various ways, from raiding to wars, treaties and friendships. You've been a great community and I appreciate you all. Although my time as leader is over I'll still be around. Last Words Leadership in the New California Republic, GodFury and The Lost Empire has been one hell of a time. It's consumed alot of my time and focus. I'm happy to have started what I did, and happy to see where we've brung it. It's an incredible feat for all of us involved. With this letter I Formally pass the torch to Pops. You'll be a great leader and I have 110% confidence in you. Long Live The Lost Empire and Long Live Poppa. I'll be watching ❤ TL;DR: Atlan Retires and Poppa Onuris to succeed as Ocean Master of The Lost Empire.

Declaration of War When word reached us that The Knights Radiant were using the predicament we were in of not being able to declare past the front as a way to lock down the current fronts and then attack us it was a pressing enough threat. This was coupled with reports the lack of expansion was simply due to not having enough coverage. As fronts fell, it was a matter of time in our eyes. Whether it was now or after the war, it was a serious liability. We have been reluctant to sit on the sidelines to wait for it to happen. We have stood idly by with constant antagonism. In every previous war with this scenario of a limited front, the alliances initiating it are usually targeted next and the reactions this time indicated the same. Note this is our decision unilaterally as we could no longer allow our sovereign right to declare a war against people who seek to act against us to be withheld. It is regrettable that we must act outside of the scope with this new conflict. There is no intention of domination or anything. The imbalance this war has introduced made it clear that we could not just sit back and wait for the inevitable. The numbers cited as why the other sphere was so big have not materialized, allowing for manuveurability. We did everything we could to avoid this outcome but here we are. By the day they grew emboldened while our strategic situation deteriorated. We expect to take severe losses here and there is no avoiding that but allowing this status quo to continue has been determined to be untenable, which is why we declare war on TKR.