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Disclaimer: This post is intellectual property of DNN. Is everyone adequately tired of the political climate in PnW? Of the constant dogpiling? The paranoia? The hypocrisy? The stagnation? There hasn't been an existential NPO threat anymore for quite a while, shouldn't we make an effort to finally change the metagame for the better? I for one am tired of just talking about it instead of actually stepping up and doing something about it. “Maybe the road you travel doesn’t give you the beautiful fate you have always dreamed of. Stop and change the road, no matter how difficult it may be!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan Let the heavens open up and unleash a monstrous war machine upon the world! Let brave men take charge of their own destiny and force their will into reality! As Atropos severs the thread of the unrelenting paperless crusade and Clotho weaves the Paragon and KT threads into a new fabric, a prophecy is spoken to echo through the ages. A new champion is born as the manifestation of that will in our mortal realm of Orbis. We are the instrument of time and space. We are the wrath of god. We are the wind of change. We are The Hand of Fate Alliance Page Discord

A moment of silence for the final TEst splinter. It's been a good run bois. ... ... LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO BANGER NEW ALLIANCE

No, merging everyone into Rose is sheepy's job.

Yw Luci. :>

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2 weeks max

Last time KT decided to become a farming aa and ally someone, they got themself rolled, became a raiding alliance and rolled their previous ally. @Cataclysm Watch yourself, they'll come after you next

#staywokenotbroke lets show the rest of these clowns in orbis what a real alliance looks like.

Micro news not allowed here :serious:

Lucianus’ Era One fall night, in the planet of Zakuul; the crowds of Rosian’s gathered about the capital's town square. It was declaration night in Rose, a new leader would be chosen as the once former Eternal Emperor Valkorion Baratheon had chosen to no longer run this election. Many candidates had chosen to run this opportunity, many not aware that the Valkorion era would be no more; the chance to win it all was for everyone to take. The battle for the chance to be leader was tough, the people noticing the moment ahead of them, a chance for a new leader, a new future, it was all left to the candidates. The votes were in, the counting was finished, now we awaited for the palace doors to open, the future leader walking out. The crowd silenced as the doors started to open, when they had reached past midway in opening, a man appeared to walk towards the podium, a lady following to his side. The crowd seemed to be fully silent, not wishing to utter a word as the new Emperor took the podium. “You all voted for this future, a future under I, a future that will bring Rose into a new era, one that continues to grow internally. All of you formerly knew me as the Horizon Guard of MA, but today you'll all know me as Emperor Lucianus. I want you all to know that from this day forward, I'll do it all in my power to make true to my promises, and do what's best for our alliance, and it's members.” The crowd would not cheer, not because they didn't agree but weren't aware if the new found Emperor would enjoy such an act as he publicly addressed them. “As you all know, the government has not changed much. Familiar faces will return, I have High Justice Vexz to my right, our long standing High Justice will continue her efforts as my 2ic, during my era. We also have Solomon - Horizon Guard of IA, Callisto - Horizon Guard of EA, Exalts - Horizon Guard of TA, Harry - Horizon Guard of FA, who will also all be returning to their High Gov occupations. As you all know, my former position would become vacant if I had not found a replacement, but I'd like to introduce the newest addition to my cabinet, Potpie, who will be taking over my spot as Horizon Guard of MA.” This fall night had shaped up to be as grand as we all thought it to be. A new Eternal Emperor had been elected, his era seemed primed for success, his self drive and commitment were only a glimpse to the many attributes he would bring with him in his run as our Emperor. He would bring change that the people of Rose had voted him in for, a change that he promised and showed would be better for Rose. A new future awaited Rose, a future with Emperor Lucianus at the helm. The New Rose Government: Emperor: Lucianus High Justice: Vexz Horizon Guard of Foreign Affairs: Harry Flashman Horizon Guard of Military Affairs: Potpie Horizon Guard of Economic Affairs: Callisto Horizon Guard of Technological Affairs: Exalts Horizon Guard of Internal Affairs: Solomon Ben-David Tl;dr: The Rose elections have finished, Lucianus has been made the new Emperor (leader)

@Ramona in FA was a mistake, you’re all gonna wake up one day and find out that you merged into Rose overnight.

End of an Era tbqh. But excited to see what comes next!

Nah @Sweeeeet Ronny D said that GOB can instantly rebuild so they should be good to go

Ships vs Ships seems to be too weak. At C9 at max Ships I can destroy about 12-14 ships in a naval blockade. My planes however can airstrike and wipe out 18-24 ships. The ships take up 240 gas and 360 munitions. The planes take 165 gas and munitions. Ships are stupid expensive to fight against other ships.

hell yea, but when? its been almost 24h of this farming thing and its unbareable

(Secure the bag, know what I mean? Banrisk on the beat)(Ayo, Perish, this is hot, boy)I wear a mask with a smile for hours at a timeStare at the ceiling while I hold back what's on my mindAnd when they ask me how I'm doingI say, "I'm just fine"And when they ask me how I'm doingI say, "I'm just fine"But the fact isI can never get off of my mattressAnd all that they can ask is"Why are you so sad, kid?" (Why are you so sad, kid?)That's what the mask isThat's what the point of the mask is

Krampus and RON are a joke, that isn't news.😂

Yeah, okay, no. Much as I am not much a fan of NAPs, we all needed a $&@%ing break there, after 9 months of war and the game as a whole needed to recover. NAPs were signed before NPOLT too, you know. An extraordinary circumstance that I hope to God is never repeated is not the cause of what you're proclaiming when it's been something that's been prevalent for years and people have been complaining about since at least ToT.

Interesting, "formally surrenders" = admission of defeat, no? If so then props to Rose for being a class act and not insisting on white peace after we spared them from what would have been the most embarrassing L in Orbis history, after getting rekt by a coalition half their size, but I guess they just needed the ego boost. Can't wait to see who they blob together with next war for their 4th consecutive dogplie in globals.

Why did you have to mention GG? I can see Pascal's, SRD's and Syndi's walls of text flooding this thread as we speak. :NotLikeThis:

A. 3 spheres that arent in this NAP vs essentially the entire game being included in GW16S B. All three of the people you screenshotted there are retired and old, all we do is yell now

Treaty Web and my arbitrary sphere divisions circa 2021 Minispheres moving forward So many people are probably in the same position as me. Wondering about the future, looking at their own corner of the world, and trying to calculate how to come out on top. This is a great thing. We need people ambitiously seeking their own self-interests in this game, but that ambition must be tempered. Competition is what drives politics, the community, player activity, and overall our fun in PnW. So the question for the longest time has been "How do we foster competition?" The answer has always been "a multi-polar world." Why is a multi-polar world even worth it? Many players are too young to even know what PnW was like just a few years ago. We lived in a Bipolar world and we'd been living in one for over a decade going back before this iteration of nationsim even started. Two sides, permanently destined to fight arbitrarily as boredom peaked. Politics were extremely stale, the slightest change in sphere composition being the highlight of the year. Competition effectively did not exist, often people would go inactive for months waiting for their annual curbstomp either winning or losing. Things did slowly start to change though, despite the efforts of some stuck in the past and saturated with paranoia. Minispheres as a concept began years ago and for a long time was a corner-ideology shared by few. You could've chalked it up with the paperless crowd who wanted to kill treaties altogether, except some people actually bought into paperless while minispheres was mostly laughed off. Now, through design or coincidence, we finally have what I would definitively call a true multi-polar world. So why does a multi-polar world mean competition is inherently better fostered? Well, frankly, it doesn't. While the official treaties and mega-blocs of bygone eras may have disappeared, the habits and thought processes of the individual players have held a little more firm. We've been seeing it over the past couple of years: Almost the entire game uniting against Quack, Quack overrunning the Swamp, Oasis/Mystery Inc jumping in to defend Rose against Hollywood, and now t$/Rose teaming up against TKR/GG. The idea of bipolarity in theory is gone, but in practice we've still seen it effectively every war. Overwhelming force being brought to bear against the unfortunate target. It is my personal theory that we cannot go on like this. If this is the attitude the player continues to hold towards war, then bipolarity will return in true form as everyone seeks security from a world where warfare is either complete victory or total loss. I also personally think this would be a great loss for politics as a whole. I think multi-polar politics opens the door for much more activity, fun, and just generally gives more potential for what can happen. Which is why I think we need to protect it. How do we protect our multi-polar world from returning to a bipolar stagnant state? Firstly, I think we need to seriously rethink our collective war doctrines when it comes to major conflicts. Overwhelming force breeds bland and uninteresting fights as well as stagnant politics moving forward. It leaves a bored victor and a disillusioned victim. If every global involves every minisphere, how does that differ at all from the bipolar world of 2007-2019? Secondly, I think we need to continue pushing the idea of what constitutes a minisphere even further. We should make active efforts to not remain stagnant nor let others remain stagnant under our protections. This is a political game and really only a handful of alliances even play the politics while the rest sit for years in the same sphere, quiet as the grave. I think shuffling allies every now and then, at a reasonable pace not at any kind of breakneck speed, is necessary to flush out the muck that contributes to stagnancy over time. I know not everyone will agree with everything I've written here, and I will be the first to admit that most of what I've said are generalities with plenty of exceptions that make sense. Hopefully though enough people will agree with the sentiment and we can take the foundations we've laid as a community and use them to propel PnW into a new golden age of activity, fun, and interesting politics. Thanks for reading.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Academy Awards to Relocate 2022 Show Today, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced it would be relocating the 95th Oscars ceremony to Mumbai (Bollywood). This announcement comes on the heels of the full scale destruction of the Dolby Theater in Hollywood after the devastation inflicted upon Hollywood during the war. The Academy in a nod to the ascendency of Bollywood films and in acknowledgement of the defeat it suffered in the 2021 Awards Season to Bollywood will be hosting the Oscars for the first time ever in Bollywood. When asked to comment on the matter Queen Benfro of Radiant Studios was overheard saying the following. “They boomed us. Those Bollywood f@@*ers are so good.” Sweeeeet Ronny D of Grumpy Studios was also quoted as saying the following. “They had me in the first half… And the second half.” The Academy has also heard from sources that Vanek of Guardian Studios is driving through the ruined streets of Hollywood begging (through texts) for the address to Bollywood Studios. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is looking forward to having the 95th annual Oscars in Bollywood, as Hollywood has waved the white flag of surrender. Formal Terms: Signatures and all that Jazz: List of alliances covered in the NAP: tl;dr

3 V 1........FIX or nerf zig before i riot https://gyazo.com/2f41de4a51fce3fd0a92d7029c811ae6

Gib OP Aircraft back

Love it, in horsecock we trust👏

Wow epic

The true culprit are koreaboos

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Love to see elections like this, congratulations to Rose and Lucianus and good luck! Valk I'm certain you did a lot for Rose, so enjoy your well deserved retirement~

lol look at this noob, only 17 forum posts You'll do fantastic, Luci. As for God-Emperor Valk, I can't really put into words how much I appreciate all he's done for Rose (be back in three weeks when I finish writing that novel). Absolutely stunning leadership every step of the way. Enjoy the well deserved retirement! 🌹

It will be my honor to serve under you Luci ❤️

LUCIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII OMG CONGRATS To Valk, congratulations on a very well deserved retirement. Despite our IC differences in the more recent past, I've always had great respect for you and you've served Rose through some of the most challenging times any of us have had to contend with in this game. 🍻

#ViceForRoseLeader #JusticeForVice #Rigged

NPO and t$ we’re tied together with their own sphere called N$O and this lasted till late November 2019. NPOLT started in June 2019 and lasted till February 2020. t$ briefly was apart of Coalition B when they blitzed Grumpy and Guardian. The big reason N$O ended was because BK sphere (which CTO had a connection through citadel) blitzed T$ and NPO failed to respond to it in timely manner. If BK never hit t$ or NPO responded with counters against BK (that would of been quite interesting ngl) then N$O would of stayed around for a bit longer. So while saying it hurts my soul, Firwof is actually correct about those alliances having IQ ties.

People acting like NAPs are bad and all is just lol. Is that the new way to be cool in 2021 ? If so, you have really low standards guys. Find something else idk. First, this is just 3 months, nowhere near 6 months like post-AC or post-gw14. Second, fighting another war within 3 months between Rose/BW/HW is very unlikely to not say impossible (unless big leak or big drama) even if there was no NAP. If you want action during that time, just ask Mystery or Oasis ? Not us. Third, war is expensive asf and recovering from a global takes several months, TKR can probably relay that since I doubt most of their high tiers/whales got their ROI between gw18 & gw19 (and they chained 3 globals in 5 months, give them some rest). If you want to blame someone, blame Alex for making wars so expensive thus increasing the need for longer peace periods. Fourth, this NAP has more pros than cons for everyone except GG. It's not like you even tried to negotiate it, and if anything that NAP objectively benefits TKR too imo. The only person who made a small comment to show his disappointment about the 3-month NAP is Ronny, presumably because GG doesn't want Rose/BW to feel safe, coercing their whales into sticking to <3k infra to keep Grumpy ahead.

FINALLY I CAN BUY FOOD AT AROUND 100 PPU

Bollywood asked for it.

Congrats to everyone on both sides for a hard fought war. A special shoutout to the nations that successfully zeroed and cycled me in the opening round of the war, in addition to the milcom that advised them. Your coordination was fantastic and links to their nations are down below. I was def salty at the time lol but I gotta give credit. And if cult of osiris is reading this, don't feel to bad. We all mess up sometimes Nations that kicked my ass in no particular order: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=193032 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=45254 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=44417 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=118708 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=229509 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=20142 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=269309 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=21436 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=192167 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=229076 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=263811 P.S extra extra special shoutout to dryad for missing every single missile and spy op against me lol git gud noob

It was a pleasure to meet you upon the field of battle. Until next time, Ave!

Don't worry. We don't have a NAP with you 😈

NAPs are terrible and whoever pushed for them should be ashamed of themselves. Congratulations on the peace tho.

I don't think it's an inherently bad idea, but it does bring up player privacy concerns. My hunch is that the vast majority (99%+) are never coming back and would prefer that we don't store their data (essentially) forever. I like the current Vacation Mode system because it gives players a reasonable opportunity (60 days to 1 year, depending on how much time they had already put into the game) to return and have their nation essentially restored, but it does not result in us keeping everyone's data indefinitely.

id do it again too

This isn't a suggestion or anything, more just a call for everyone to vote for LITERALLY ANYTHING EXCEPT ERROR 522

I nominate Luke for economics keeping it balanced Post-Sphinx Era & Sphinx for having skills to pull off a economic growth in TCW. I nominate Jeric & the TCW FA Squad (Myself & Stony) for keeping up with the Alliances & maintain peace with others. I nominate Dillion, JDtech & Christian for being experts on technology & organizating the TCW 2021 election I nominate Krampus & The RON Crew for Journalism cause RON is Real News. That is all!

Economics: Dryad for causing Blackbird to delete 3.2b in infra in the biggest brain econ move of all time Peace: Blackbird for changing his name to Blackie to avoid conflicts based on his bounty. And also for being in Rothschilds, a shining model for all peaceful alliances Technology: Sheepy's assistant coder lmao Journalism: Yang for being the guy to tell me about the first thing :serious: