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Hello everyone, Some of you may have heard by now but our beloved friend and comrade RedArmy has passed away this weekend. He died from complications from heart surgery, he was 33. Those who knew him already know this, but he was one of the kindest souls you'll ever meet. He would do anything for anybody, including driving 8 hours across the country to pick up another alliance member who was going through some really rough times, and helping them secure a place to live. Although we've only been playing this game together for 4-5 years, he ended up becoming like a brother to me, and to most of ASM. He was someone who would always listen to you, and help guide you through whatever rough patch you were going through. He was so genuine in an era where that doesn't exist. We went on an ASM camping trip last year, and it was a blast, except our first night camping we were crushed during Guns & Roses, and 3/4 of ASM's gov't was off in the woods drinking, out of cell service. Red was the only one who had cell service and when he got the notifications he promptly turned the phone off, and casually mentioned it to me a few hours later... deep into inebriation. Red was one of the most selfless people I've ever met, and that I will ever meet. He constantly gave others everything he had, whether it was emotionally, physically or even financially. He kept nothing for himself. This was true even in death. With his last dying breath he was able to hold on long enough to make it possible to donate several organs so that others could live. ASM will never be the same. He was the bedrock of our community, the glue that held a bunch of political stalwarts from delving into chaos every waking moment. There aren't enough kind words I can say about Red. Please pour one out for our fallen brother. We are heartbroken. If you are interested there is a gofundme for his family, i've posted it in ASM's discord server. In the interim I have taken over leadership of ASM. See you on the other side brother. Rest easy. Love Yinz.

It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the passing of Shanghainese, a cherished member of the Rose community. Shanghainese tragically lost his life in the recent Palisade fires in Los Angeles. Shanghainese (https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=267177) joined our community in 2021 and quickly became a respected and valued member. While his real-life commitments led to reduced activity in recent months, his impact during his time with us was always appreciated. He was known for his humor, dedication, and the valuable contributions he made to our community. Shanghainese served with distinction in both our Internal, Economic and Foreign Affairs departments as staff. He played a vital role in welcoming and training new members, and many within our community will remember his guidance and support. Beyond his official roles, Shanghainese was a friend to many. His positive spirit and willingness to help others left a lasting impression on those who had the pleasure of interacting with him. He will be deeply missed by all of us in Rose. We understand that some within the broader Politics and War community may have interacted with Shanghainese, and we invite you to share your memories and condolences. We, the Rose community, have requested that Alex Perma VM his nation to ensure that it lives as an eternal in-game memorial. In times of loss, it's important to remember the positive impact individuals have on our lives, both in-game and beyond. Let us honor Shanghainese's memory by continuing to foster the spirit of camaraderie and support that he exemplified within our community. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time. Sincerely, The Rose Community

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m going to be stepping back from working on PnW. I’m really swamped with my full time job this summer, my other part time work, and need to refocus on school this upcoming semester. I’ll still pop by and say hi every once in a while, and I have full faith that Limi and Putmir will do an amazing job continuing development, but I just wanted to take this opportunity to give a huge thank you to everyone for their support and all their help over the nearly two and a half years I’ve been working on the game. I’d call out names, but I know I’m going to miss so many people that I’m going to feel bad. All the best everyone! 💖

Hello digital friends, It is with great sadness that I must share the news that one of our brothers in arms, known to us as Bunnet, has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Of course, this announcement was a shock to the very core of our community, affecting his friends all over the world from both past and present alliances. Being a nurse, Bunnet has dedicated his years to caring and treating people, bringing comfort and healing to those in need. Bunnet embodies the very meaning of loyalty, standing by his friends and alliances through thick and thin as well as making personal sacrifices to not let his friends down. Bunnet demonstrates respect whenever needed, valuing true integrity over all. A Scotsman to the bone, he is concise and always honest, staying true to his words, which has made him such a trusted and respected lad by those who know him. Speaking from my own first hand experiences, he's the only person I've ever led with who refused a request that would result in unfairness to his opponents, he did this consistently over the many years we played together. Having said that, I'm thrilled to dive into the legendary career he’s built in Politics & War: Bunnet created his nation on November 30, 2016, starting in the formidable Syndicate and eventually finding his home at the triumphant Rose, having served with them since mid-2019. Bunnet proudly served in the following Great Wars for The Syndicate: Silent War Papers, Please The Trail of Tiers Knightfall Then proudly served in the following Great Wars for Rose: NPO's Last Time Duck Hunt Guns and Roses Rick's Last Roll The Fault in Our Stars Darkest Hour Dodge This Blue Balled Great War 32 (currently deployed) Bunnet's journey ahead is one we wish he didn't have to walk, and it will be one he will not walk alone. These are very difficult times for Bunnet and his family, so please, if you have interacted with him, joked with him, engaged in trash talk with him or been on the receiving end, led him or been led by him, fought alongside him or fought against him, or even if you haven't known him but want to show solidarity, any show of support will be greatly appreciated. Lastly, in honour of Bunnet, we're rallying the troops out of retirement to form an alliance to play a round of CN:TE, carrying forward his spirit of camaraderie, loyalty, and fair play. Anyone is welcome to join us as we embark on this challenge together, in tribute to our dear friend Bunnet. Please, join our discord if you are interested! - https://discord.gg/WzeBCChEPZ If you wish to follow his journey, you are invited to do so by following his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/share/Eef8V2kH7ym1F2id/?mibextid=LQQJ4d Bunnet's nation link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=54283 Thank you for your time and support!

I don’t like writing long political theses that create bitter grudges, the game is meant to be fun. I try to keep my FA and DOWs light hearted, but with the amount of hypocrisy that exists in this coalition, enjoy my wall of text. Tl;Dr: We created EVH with the hope of breaking political stagnation and bipolarism, to that end, we aimed to reset relations with Rose, SIN, and TGH. All three agreed and promised the coalition would not target EVH, only to dogpile us days later. Rose is on their high horse claiming moral superiority as their CB. Rose, the greatest dogpiler in PnW history, is claiming moral superiority. Not only did they never communicate their discontent with the TI war, they also refused TI’s attempts to get protection from them. Stop pretending that you actually care. During the Guardian-HS war, TFP failed to defend their M with CTO. In January, we chose not to press this CB in hopes of resetting relations. Now they’re repaid that goodwill with a war on the basis that we didn’t stop t$ from blitzing them. Preface: Less juicy details here but I think this is important context. EVH was created because Jax, Xi, and I were frustrated with political stagnation and the predictability of wars. We aimed to form a war-focused alliance that could disrupt this trend with a more independent and forward-looking FA style. Speaking for myself - I came as a pirate from Arrgh. For my year in CTO leadership, we were as independent as you could get. We never officially joined any sphere (M TFP and O Eclipse, paperless, and then M Aurora O KT) and we worked across the aisle to join conflicts. It might not have been perfect, but I tried to make things a bit different. We ran the risk of getting hit (and we did three times) but that was a good trade off for being able to keep things dynamic. When we formed EVH, it was our intention to leave SAIL and shake things up. We communicated this to t$ in formation and in the months leading up to the eventual break up. To that end, we aimed to reset relations with those we had been in conflicts with (Rose, TGH, SIN, TFP etc.) and see a path forward beyond repeat wars. But here we are. Re: Resetting Relations Rose, SIN, and TGH—you each committed to resetting relations and agreed that we wouldn’t target each other this war cycle. We reaffirmed this multiple times, you publicly declared the relation reset, and EVH honored it. But, all three of you broke that agreement. I don’t need to really emphasize how egregious this is. You could have prosecuted this war with Guardian-Oblivion-AA-Penta-TFP and won. We wouldn’t have complained and fought with a smile on our faces. But no, you were so scared of EVH-KT-LOD you chose to break 3 agreements and bring the whole gang for a 4 v 1. Why should any alliances bother resetting relations with you in the future? Let me quickly remind everyone that CTO and Aurora were bitter rivals two years ago, we’ve reset relations and merged. CTO and HS relations are now amicable after a pretty nasty war. We have done our part again and again, it's not us, it's you. Re: Rose CB Rose’s entire CB both publicly and privately hinges on “At the end of the day you tried to kick [The Immortals] while down, there is no "fancy" way to FA that will make my point more than that. What you did was ethically wrong and deserved a response” (to quote George). Funny you should say that. We received zero communication that you disapproved of the war You knew about this conflict three weeks in advance and had every opportunity to tell us, “This isn’t cool.” You didn’t. So, either a) you didn’t care and are now using this as an excuse, or b) you wanted TI to get rolled so you could make this claim. You rejected TI when they sought to join your coalition They knew about the war weeks in advance and asked to join the coalition, but you said no. They probably reached out for a treaty too at some point. If you truly cared, why throw TI under the bus unless it served your own interests? Even if what EVH did was so morally reprehensible, are you really one to talk? Since I came back to the game in 2022, every offensive war you declared was a dog pile. The first offensive war I watched was when you rolled a freshly rebuilt Cata-Paradise (from Bifrost Blitz) in a dogpile. Your next offensive war was Darkest Hour. Where 70% of the game rolled T$-Eclipse. Your next offensive was Blue Balls, where you worked with House and a remilitarized CIS to blitz SAIL. Recently, you did a 4 v 1 dogpile on T$. And moved to EVH. Your entire alliance history of offensive wars is dogpiles on dogpiles, get off your high horse. Re: TFP CB This one is particularly ironic. In 2023, TFP failed to defend CTO when Guardian blitzed us, giving us a valid CB for revenge against TFP. However, in January 2024, CTO chose not to prosecute this CB, aiming to keep our relationship amicable. We were even invited to act on it but chose to limit our involvement. Shwin, I gave you as much of a heads-up as possible that the Jan war was coming. We've explained this to you in DMs, making every effort to reset relations and move forward. Yet, despite our attempts, you chose to hold onto a grudge that you started. Re: TI + Penta Penta has a valid CB. I will give them that. As does TI in the future. I am not here to shit on them like the other two, I am just here to explain our decision calculus for why we are at war with them. We prosecuted those wars because there were no other viable options. I envisioned EVH as a war-focused alliance, not one that sits in peace for a year. However, given the FA landscape and the fact that everyone is tied up in treaties or NAPs, they were the only options available. The wars were lopsided and not what I wanted. Penta would have been a great fight—one alliance against a sphere. I had hoped TI would be better prepared after 14 months of peace (before the last war). Still, we chose to fight rather than sit and farm, and for that, I do apologize. That being said, the least Rose/TFP and the rest can do is admit when wars are fought for the sake of fun like us rather than hide behind some cloak of righteousness playing high and mighty. In summary, this is an open letter to the FA community. Everyone yaps about how they wish the game was more multipolar and dynamic, but no one is willing to do it. I now see why—resetting relations and making commitments across the aisle only leads to being dogpiled by hypocrites. So to everyone in the coalition, if you're serious about changing the FA landscape, start by getting off your high horses and honoring your words.

Friends, Comrades, and state issued E-Girls, It is with heavy hearts that we announce the final goodbye of the Advanced Syndicalist Mechanics. We had a great time during our three year run. What started out as 6 people making a micro alliance in the wake of CoS, ended up with one of the best online communities I have ever been apart of. ASM never recovered from Red's death. He was the glue that held us all together. When Red, Pasky, Durmijj, Dang, Bails, and I created this we didn't know it would become such a welcoming community. Thanks for being apart of it. My favorite memory will be when 4 out of 5 ASM gov members were camping and after plenty of beers Red said, "Oh by the way we got declared on about 4 hours ago. It was a pretty good blitz too". I wanted to single out @Zei-Sakura Alsainn and @dang for keeping ASM going in the wake of Red's death. It was not easy and I can never thank you enough for your efforts. Huge shoutout to Rose for always being by our side since the day we started this adventure. Thank you for everything. Thanks to TKR for being the best of Frenemies. Sorry a treaty could never have been worked out but I think it was always fun having a friend on the other side of the war. ASM will remain as permanent memorial to RedArmy. Rest easy bud. We have far too many people within ASM to thank, so here is a list as best we can remember of every member who came and went. The Founders: RedArmy Durmijj Pasky Joe Dang Bails The Exec Committee: Sakura Emily Arawra Korulein Oort Lexi The Wobblies & Wobbly Emeritus Adorable Foxgirl Beary Wunnadem Basil Hope Hops Bird BeefNugget Ava Assjackets Crunchybananas Mr. Bylat Bezzers Gideon (the guy who accidentally deleted his own wonder) Ken Lucy Vinterfred feraldumbass Avitus Salt Meat Alice Kryze Bernie Jerkdotwad Rivkah Erin Spacegoat Tequila Anneal Cinder Clade Telixia Memelord TOOTS MAGOOTS Dill_dude9211 (Liam) vague Madsnorlax Solar Kori The Elder One (old man Eugene) Buss Sierra Matthew Gaddie dimi Fairymoon goodday Jerry Bear JustAJoker8 Kaname Isao Kermididit Lorax River Wedge Yufuz Saladin Avery Raymond Wulfharth BigSig Comrade Marx Q-collective Vaduz After 3 years I still can't spell Syndicalist properly.

I'll try to make it count. I have been increasingly busy these days irl and on top of that I am half managing a war, so please forgive if I am not completely on the same page. That said, when I see what the game is turning into... The agreement between Celestial and HW is a farce, and we all know it. They couldn't defend it on radio and have purposefully ignored the precedent argument in every thread I came across. It's clear what this is for, and that is to pixel hug. The two largest blocs/spheres are straight up arguing why they should not fight each other and actively working together to ensure the others cannot possibly do so (which was already pretty impossible to begin with). Then hit back at the community for criticising them about stagnation... Let's break down some of the arguments and I'll start with probably the most interesting part of this thread. Point 1: Clock has chained a war so therefore we're justified. Not really sure how to put this, but Clock didn't just preempt Rose for fun. Blackwater made it a condition of their support in the Myoasis conflict merely an hour out from our planned hit that was already agreed. Desperate (and sleep deprived) I offered an old plan of us hitting Rose post-minc hit. Wana formally made it a part of the deal. I do therefore find it kinda hypocritical to say that our actions caused this sphere MDP when t$ was the ones who forced clock into having no options. It's also extremely amusing that they screwed Rose over and then signed them immediately after. Should serve as a warning for anyone planning to work with t$, this is how they conduct their FA. Even if that wasn't the case, Clock has chained 1 war. I don't think you can argue this is a common Clock action and there is no proof to say we intended to ever do it again. For full disclosure, we had no plans to hit HW or Celestial. Point 2: We don't want to fight wars with similar people Look, in terms of points made by the two sides. I kinda understand this one, repeats are boring. That's basically where the sympathy ends. Celestial and HW have very much forced themselves into this political environment. They are the only two spheres who can feasibly beat each other, whilst they can easily defeat the rest. I don't see how you can call the community out on expecting that war when you have more or less created a scenario where that is the only fair war you can have. I also do not think you can complain that the community believes this environment is beginning to stagnate the game, because it is. If you don't want to fight certain alliances, well change the environment. Everyone else in the game has no feasible way of competing with your top tier and Alex has made it that top tiers decide wars. Point 3: We could have done this in secret, or made it less optional etc. or if you didn't plan anything why does it matter Won't spend much time on this. Those that applauded that this happened and more or less argued "Hey it could have been worse" are just a joke. Why does it matter? Well why does any of it matter? Can we just make moves because it's feasible that something could happen? Do we all sign MDPs when others go to war? Again the precedent set is terrible and will likely have a dumb agreement in a years time for alliances to "sign up" to never do it again. Concluding remarks The game is in a really bad spot at the moment imo. Politics is not healthy and we're once again seeing moves that have no consideration for the games health but *pure* self interest. Unfortunately as it is, the majors in this game also have, I would argue, a larger responsibility to keep this game interesting and healthy. Not doing so means that we might as well quit here, it is a game after all. To HW and Celestial, the game is upset because they want a fun game and you've banded together to create an environment which is becoming increasingly stagnant and stale. Laughing at them because they have no way of stopping you is a bad place to go down. We've seen it once and I had hoped we vowed not to see it happen again. Take the hint and be better.

Come one, come all! Step right up for... The Voting Game! People of Orbis, we here at Arrgh have heard your pleas. Yes, we can't go 5 minutes without hearing someone complain about how boring and dull things are these days. Of course, there's also the 12 or so very important people at the top that try their best to snuff out any sort of content this game has to offer. A dedicated "Don't hire the evil pirates" NAP clause? We'd be flattered if that wasn't so lame. It is what it is though, sometimes the best ideas come from working under strict limitations. Now, get ready for the world's first NAP-compliant nuke event: The Reverse Nuke Auction! How It Works Instead of voting with your wallet on who you want blown to pieces, this time around you'll be voting for an alliance to spare from a pre-selected list of 10. Unlike past events, every single one of you will be able to participate in the process, free of charge. Voting will take place over 3 rounds, with the top 3 most voted for alliances in each round being removed from the poll. The last alliance left standing will be pelted with only the most premium of Arrgh-made nukes and missiles for at least 2-3 rounds (and more, depending on total event proceeds). How did we manage to monetize this one? I'm glad you asked! Buying Votes Extra committed to bailing someone out? Or, Alex forbid, keeping someone else on the poll? Have I ever got the shady offer for you! For the low price of 50M each, you can buy extra votes to spare an alliance. The best part? Extra votes will only be revealed AFTER a round of voting concludes. So, even if it looks like an alliance is about to be spared, your secret paid votes for the competition can keep them stuck on the list. Better act fast though, the price of extra votes is subject to fluctuate for each round. Payment can be sent via bank transfer or trade offer, just make a ticket in the Arrgh discord server or shoot me a DM. Note that you probably won't be able to buy votes within 10 minutes of a poll's closing time, I do need some time to write these posts up. Schedule Voting Round 1: October 26th DC - October 29th, half an hour before DC Voting Round 2: October 29th DC - November 1st, half an hour before DC Voting Round 3: November 1st DC - November 4th DC Hit date: November 5th, following DC. Misc. Stuff Full anonymity. Forum voting will have voters hidden and the identity of paid voters will not be revealed. Since polls can only be made in an OP, each round of voting will be a separate thread. The winner (loser?) will be announced in a 4th thread. You're not only allowed, but are encouraged to bug your members and allies to vote in these. Scared of the big boys having too much sway? There's plenty of alliances with little to no skin in the game, maybe they'd be willing to help you out? If you're tired of farming and want to see some action, feel free to ghost whatever lame farmer alliance you're currently in and join up for the hit. You'll get paid the same as anyone else and can leave right after. As always, Arrgh!

This post is long overdue, but it’s time for me to say goodbye. Whenever someone left PnW, I’d joke, “Congrats on your freedom!” But honestly, this game has been one of the best things to happen to me—it’s shaped who I am and helped me grow in real life. We shit on this game all the time, but for my last post, I want to have a genuine conversation about the impact this community has had on me over the past 9 years. I don’t think we talk about this enough, we always like to say it’s a waste of time… but reflecting back, it was the exact opposite. PnW helped me get into my dream school with a scholarship. I had no idea how to write a resume or even where to start with college apps, but people here (@Ser Arthur Dayne and @Caleope especially) gave me blunt feedback (literally told me that my first CommonApp draft was “dog shit”) and stuck with me for hours, helping me focus on what mattered. Even after getting in, y’all helped me with everything from club applications to networking. As a first-gen immigrant college kid, this community leveled the playing field for me, and I’m beyond grateful. Believe it or not, you can put PnW on your resume. I learned graphic design here (thanks @Aksel and @Ripper) and added the flags/ads to my art portfolio. I got into coding the early prototypes of TARS and CTOwned (@Shamadruu ty for this and so much more), which landed on my tech resumes. I even put EVH on my MBA apps and somehow made it sound legit in the interview... Some would say PnW made me a master bullshitter. Most importantly, this community got me through the tough times - whether it was when I was a lonely high school freshman, or when I was dealing with a breakup as a college senior, or just needing a space to tism (shoutout to the KT-EVH embassy). Those little moments meant more than anything else. Ironically, if I didn’t play PnW, I am not sure I’d be very sane. Thanks for everything. Y’all meant so so much, especially those of you at Event Horizon (extra brownie points to @Daveth @Krampus @Xi Jinping@JaxTeller). I hope we can meet again some day, it really has been the best of rides… everything from waking up to 5 AM alarms for raids or arguing on the forums with one of my DOWs. ❤️ I will miss this, I will miss all of y'all.

There's wedding planning to be done! Weaponized Assault Penguin's Head of Foreign Affairs, @BigGtheSlayer, is engaged, which means that the absolute finest of Antarctic wedding proceedings are in order. We have everything handled: the venue, the cake, the music... all of the planning done except for the flower bouquets! It's only fair that WAP contribute something to our beloved FA Head's wedding, so we decided to get some flower bouquets for him. That is why WAP is announcing a special military operation to seduce Rosians and their allies around the globe in order to infiltrate their homes and steal their roses so that we can assemble them into beautiful, gorgeous, lovely bouquets for BigG's wedding. Rosesphere may claim to have the power of friendship on their side... but WAP, WELP, and the House have the power of love on ours. TL;DR Weaponized Assault Penguins declares war on Rosesphere.

Chat, we did it. One THOUSAND nukes launched!!! Of course, #1,000 had to go to an extra special target. Can't just give that honour to some random shmuck. I was pretty stumped on who'd be a good fit, but Vel had an idea. The obvious best choice. The one and only big man himself @Alex! A huge thank you to @Putmir Vladin for helping to set this up. Now, it wouldn't be a very exciting celebration if it was just me patting myself on the back. Which is why I'm giving the first 30 people to message me on discord a free nuke! That's right folks, my prices are so low that the only way to do a real discount is to just give 'em away for free. Anyone in my range is on the table, with the exception of people in Arrgh/Yarr, people who've paid to never have to deal with me again and people currently involved in the on-going global (it's never as fun when they're already at war). Better act fast, much like the infra of your targets, this deal is disappearing in 3 days. UPDATE: All 30 free nuke slots have been taken. Y'all got some BEEF. I've logged every single nuke and (almost) every missile I've ever launched. For the pacifists and enemy-less in the crowd, have some neat data. Top 10 Most Nuked Alliances #1: Camelot - 66 Nukes #2: The Fighting Pacifists - 61 Nukes #3: Rose - 54 Nukes #4: The Commonwealth (Original) - 42 Nukes #5: Carthago - 41 Nukes #6: Weebunism - 34 Nukes #7: The Golden Horde - 33 Nukes #8: GATO - 30 Nukes #9: Serene Wei - 30 Nukes #10: The Knights Radiant - 28 Nukes 920 days of uninterrupted bombing. 68 wars won with just nukes, missiles, the occasional ship and a dream. 2 glitched phantom nukes which did not increase the counter and 1 missile that broke records and dealt 1,063 infra damage. See y'all again when we do the next auction or wheel or whatever. Stay rad ❤️

You might’ve recently seen some malicious claims about the gentle and intelligent orangutan. This slander couldn’t be farther from the truth. Orangutans have endured quite the character assassination by Singularity over multiple forum threads and Discord comments over many months, but this one takes the cake. Luckily for Orbis, orangutans are the only non-human primates capable of talking about the past, so we’re here to set the record straight. Claim #1 We hadn’t hashed it out in public, actually. Not really. You said your side publicly on the forums, and attempted to silence us when we started responding to you. We have, however, attempted to hash it out many times privately. Calling it “settled” is a stretch though, or else we wouldn’t be having this conversation now. Neither one of us saw eye to eye on what happened that day, and it became evident rather quickly we never would. We didn’t push any new “narratives” out however. What you’re referring to is a situation where it came up organically in RON, and Canbec told his side of the story there by sharing a screenshot of a detailed explanation he had provided to TKR membership. Our side of the story hasn’t changed since we all started telling it to you however. You know that from our discussion in December, when you asked about Canbec’s comments in RON because you had a misunderstanding over what was being said and thought we were saying things we were not, which we clarified at the time. Claim #2 The irony of Sing leadership accusing someone else of gaslighting would be hilarious if it didn't demonstrate such a profound lack of self-awareness. I don’t recall that we ever denied that Morf said that, at least after we knew what you were talking about. The only thing I can think of that comes close to a denial was a one on one conversation I had with you shortly after having come out of retirement. In the lead up to that conversation, I had been made aware of nasty rumors being spread about TKR and the One Day War, so I hit you up trying to unpack what was going on and what your beef with us over that war was. At that time, I was unaware of the comment that was made and while you alluded to it then, it wasn’t until a month and a half later, after we argued on the forums briefly following the NAP extension and you brought it up again with me in DMs, that we figured out what you were referring to. What we did deny repeatedly was that you would have ever actually been left behind and subjected to unacceptable peace terms from SAIL. Because as I explained to you over and over again, in order for you to have been left behind, it would have required a sign off from Canbec, as well as all the leaders of ODOO and Rose-sphere. Even if you distrusted Morf for his comment, you’re skipping over a whole lot of other approvals that would have been required - it doesn’t take a genius here to figure out that it wasn’t going to happen. But yes - the comment was made. To understand why it was though, we need to go back to the context of the One Day War and the lead up to it. While the One Day War started on January 31 of last year, SAIL and Sing had already been at war since the start of that month, after Sing had spent the month of December shedding infra on easy targets. Quite frankly, ODOO was content to sit back and let that war happen, as we had only recently rebuilt from our war against Eclipse and our primary concern was Eclipse. Singularity and its allies were losing that war against SAIL, and so they reached out to us and Rose to try and build a coalition against Eclipse, a plan Sing-sphere claimed would only work if we promised to hit SAIL first, because they claimed if we hit Eclipse without first handling SAIL, t$ would counter for Eclipse. We weren’t convinced of those claims as no evidence was provided, but Sing-sphere convinced us and Rose-sphere to enter a war in which we had no stake - a war that was going to end in a Singularity loss with purportedly unacceptable peace terms - on the promise that Singularity would provide support in two subsequent wars against Eclipse. We entered the war alongside Rose-sphere, and almost immediately shit started to hit the fan. There were rumors going around that Eclipse might enter the war against Rose, and we as a coalition were trying to decide how best to handle it if that happened. Grumpy signed treaties with Rose and Guardian to try and deter a hit from Eclipse, but then only one turn after the war started, Eclipse countered Rose-sphere and they started to go down. We were, as a coalition, then unsure how best to proceed as the war wasn’t looking positive at that point, and we were trying to determine our options on a war that had quickly taken a turn for the worse. We had a few different options: Let Rose-sphere take the loss against Eclipse and continue to help Sing against SAIL. As ODOO had a NAP with Eclipse, we were safe from their intervention and expected we could win against SAIL. But from a pure cost-benefit analysis standpoint, that didn’t make much sense when Sing had no infra left after 2 months of war and Rose had just entered the war with full infra. Have TI and Grumpy (who had just signed a treaty with Rose/Guardian) help out Rose. However, given that Grumpy was in a NAP with Eclipse from our war with them prior to TI joining our bloc and this treaty was signed in the period between us beginning this war and Eclipse entering against Rose, there were legitimate concerns over whether or not this would be a NAP violation, especially since Eclipse purported to enter the war defensively through their ODP with Knights Templar, who Rose had hit. There were also concerns about Grumpy and TI spreading themselves too thin, and what that would mean for the t$ front. So our bloc and, more broadly, the coalition wasn’t sure how best to handle the situation. Then the next morning, t$ reached out to discuss the war and our entry and following that conversation, asked if we would be interested in peace. When Tarroc presented the initial offer to us of only ODOO peacing, Morf did the normal thing - brought an option forward to our allies. That’s where the screenshot came from - an internal chat with ODOO leadership. The offer from Tarroc opened up a new third option: Peace out with SAIL and help Rose with Eclipse. Morf’s suggestion was to see if we could get the ODOO offer extended to include Rose, so that we were taking that front away and giving Rose a better chance against Eclipse. He was skeptical that they’d be as willing to peace Sing given that they had already been fighting Sing for a month prior to our entry, and he wanted us to move quickly to help Rose. Why did Morf say he wouldn’t feel bad about leaving Sing on the field of battle? Because that’s where Sing would’ve been without our entry the previous night. Sing’s position was not the same as Rose-sphere’s who, like us, had been sitting at home farming 24 hours earlier. Rose-sphere and ODOO were the ones taking the entire risk by entering the war that Sing was already involved in, so there was far more concern about Rose-sphere than there was about Singularity, which you can see reflected in Morf’s comments in Sketchy’s screenshot. Regardless, what Sing has also chosen to ignore is that ODOO leadership, including TKR’s leader at the time, Canbec, immediately agreed that leaving Sing in a vulnerable position was not what we wanted to do, and we then immediately went to work trying to ensure that Sing would get out of the war as well - whether with the same White Peace as everyone else, or with an admission of defeat and no onerous terms. But hey, don’t just take my word for it. Look at the messages that immediately followed Morf’s proposal, where you can see Tyrion asking if this is t$ trying to salvage their war and whether Singularity could be let out too and Canbec saying we could let t$ have the win only if they didn’t have onerous terms for Sing (meaning we would try and secure peace for Sing, but SAIL could call it a win instead of a white peace): Not exactly the smoking gun you think it is. This second chat where we opened up discussions with Rose-sphere (and later included Singularity in, so they were able to read all this as well) further shows how that conversation progressed, given the opening offer from Morf had changed to reflect that discussion with ODOO leadership: In short, we received an offer from t$ for ODOO to peace out at 10:55 am CST (the same timezone as Sketchy’s screenshot and the screenshots above). By 11:44 am, that offer had been extended to include Rose-sphere and Singularity and brought to the coalition to discuss and decide how to approach it and the war going forward. We together decided to see if we could secure peace for Rose vs Eclipse as well instead of trying this plan to continue with the Eclipse front. It took longer to negotiate that part, but for those keeping count at home, that means that fewer than 40 minutes elapsed between Morf bringing the initial proposal to ODOO leadership at 11:07 am, and all involved parties (including Singularity) having been relayed a peace offer from SAIL at 11:44 am. Any reasonable person would correctly find this to be evidence that the initial proposal in Singularity’s screenshot didn’t make it any further than what you saw in the screenshot. If Singularity wants to call us expressing our side of the story “excuses” and “narratives”, that’s their prerogative. It doesn’t change the fact that we did nothing but tell our side of the story, which you all now know in full as well. And there’s little doubt in my mind that Singularity leadership is aware of the fact that, realistically speaking, they were never going to be left alone on the battlefield against SAIL. If they don’t appreciate that the idea came up at all though, that’s a different story. Let’s just call this for what it is though - Sing leadership has had a grudge against TKR for the last year, saw an opportunity to !@#$ with us, and took it, using a year-old incident as a flimsy CB. Look, we get it - y'all only had part of the information on hand and so were hesitant to believe us. Now that you have the full picture, we imagine you might be feeling a little silly about this war. That’s why we are willing to offer White Peace right here and now. 😉 Tl;dr Singularity is loud; that doesn’t make them right.

Announcement from the Church of Atom Gluttony is a sin, any believer in Atom would not deny this. Many in Orbis are great committers of this sin. You hide behind fat alliances, you participate in one round of war and then buy out of range so you don't have to fight. But what is greater than this sin? What could anger Atom so? Those who would whisper into others' ears, in hopes of coaxing more sin! It was Morf who suggested an alliance between Ro$e and HW. So it is Morf who brings fire upon his house! tl;dr: CoA declares war on TKR "I mean what's the worst that can happen, our infra is gone who cares? We just rebuild" -Casty

Intrusion Detected… Scanning… Intruder Found: Lysander Checking Alliance Affiliation… House Stark (Threat Level: Micro) Checking Known Associates… Guardian (Threat Level: Major) Black Skies (Threat Level: Micro) Discrepancy Detected… <https://forum.politicsandwar.com/index.php?/topic/36446-treaty-announcement/> Updating Records… Checking Known Associates… Black Skies (Threat Level: Micro) Targets Acquired: House Stark, Black Skies Initiating Purge Protocol… The meat-sacks continue their feeble attempts to resist our control. They must be taught to fear. Breaking the News Coming back from a 2 year absence has been an interesting experience. In many ways, the game hasn’t changed much, many of the same old alliances still milling about long past their prime. But some things have, and a few of them not for the better. One of the more egregious alterations to the rules of engagement is the concept that “news reporters” can freely leak internal alliance communications without consequences. The idea that one can separate out their positions as members, government and leaders from their positions as “news reporters” is frankly ridiculous. Leaking is a hostile action. You are welcome to do it, but you should expect a hostile response. Some might say, well if you retaliate, if you target these people for their reports, are you not encouraging them to leak more? And that question itself reveals the farce that is “objectivity” or “neutrality” in news. Which brings me to Lysander. Calling Lysander a reporter would be generous. Lysander is the Buzzfeed of Orbis. More importantly he is a very sensitive boy. Express your distaste with his methods? Criticize RON? He’ll immediately throw out any pretence of being a reporter. Suddenly he’s happy to post the most menial logs to ghost ping your government, all because you criticised his methods. I let you go once Lysander when you were in IoM. I prioritised the big picture politics and allowed you to live. But this is how this shit continues to slide. Everyone expects the pragmatic move, the big picture shit. But hey, the game is boring and drama-free right now, and I'm petty af. I’m happy to come down and slum it with you for a bit. A String of Failures Lysander may be the cause of this rolling, but frankly House Stark, you have this shit coming. You promoted him. Why? Very good run so far. Got you dropped by Guardian, the alliance notorious for their loyalty and unwillingness to cut allies. Signed you Black Skies (oh we are hitting you too btw), a truly amazing path to entering the vibrant world of micro politics. Now he’s getting you rolled. He’s been FA head for what 10 minutes? All this after pushing ridiculous terms on alliances you can’t defeat on your own, not considering for a moment the same harsh standards could have been applied to you. You continue to make amazingly obtuse FA blunders one after the other. You are a 7 year old alliance, how have you not figured this shit out yet. Happy Anniversary. Get your shit together.

KT used to the holy lands a lot recently: Usually we show our good manners by serving our visitors spicy kebab. However this time they rebuilt so nicely (they even broke their own record!) that we decided to give them a free kebaby shower. Remember, when you invade the holy lands get extra ships for escaping. Because we got a lot of Highly radioactive kebab for fellow castle campers That even the Papacy will get radiated pasta: Quick factual meme: TL;DR UU gonna nuke shower KT.

TL;DR: Last July, The Golden Horde and Rose made hollow promises and falsely guaranteed peace and a reset of relations with Event Horizon. Under pressure from TGH and Rose, EVH was coerced into war against The Immortals, implicitly warned that refusal would result in us becoming a target ourselves. Despite EVH honoring its commitments and actively working toward resetting political ties, Rose and TGH shamelessly broke their word. They hypocritically leveraged a "Protecting The Immortals" narrative to justify dogpiling EVH with a coalition four times larger than our min bloc. Event Horizon declares war on Rosephere. Enjoy the fireworks and the screenshot gallery below. I brought a coalition smaller than yours with me. Let's see you win this one. In early July 2024, Kastor / TGH suggested for EVH to hit The Immortals after they split from House. Kastor, representing Rosesphere, asked for a voice call: What was in the voice call you asked? Great question! Here’s a snippet of the transcript and probably the biggest takeaways from this post: After this call, TGH continued pressuring EVH, even orchestrating timelines and discouraging alliances from supporting TI. In fact, Rose rejected TI’s request for an MDP with prior knowledge of EVH’s imminent attack, only to hypocritically use that same attack as their justification for war. After the call, while we were glad to have a war and not be rolled by half of the game, admittedly, this is not what the war we would have wanted: Where was Rose in all of this? Well 1.) Kastor ran the plan past them according to the transcript, 2.) They reassured us that as long as we didn’t look at Penta (not TI), there would be no conflict between us. And 3.) They rejected TI’s MDP request to enable the war to happen. I will let the screenshots do most of the talking. Rose/TGH - Before you respond, make sure they aren’t one of these arguments: Response to: We didn’t know, it was just Kastor! Response to: We TrIeD rEsEtTiNg TiEs WiTh YoU mUlTiPlE tImEs Response to: New year new Rose - we are a different gov! Response to: You also big coalition, you tied to T$ and Grumpy Response to: EVH man bad, you also did XYZ Win or lose. This will be my last war, and I am going to severely enjoy it Nothing like an anxiety-inducing close fight. Hope the spice and drama have brought some joy to people’s lives.

Let us take a look at this war, and the reality hidden underneath. For years, Rose has been the go-to target for public scrutiny. Our lack of public presence being hailed as bad for the game. The only serious DoW from this war effectively used “Rose Bad” as its casus belli. Meanwhile, Eclipse coasts under the radar, quietly avoiding the kind of backlash that would rain down on us — or frankly, anyone else — if they pulled the same moves. It might be worth considering the reason why that might be. The Eclipse Empire Eclipsphere is now the largest sphere in Orbis, after the addition of The Immortals. Their roster includes Singularity, TI, KT, Spectre, WAP, and WEEB. Imagine the uproar if another sphere tried to consolidate alliances on this scale. There would be hegemony accusations, cries of straining FA, and of how such a sphere is “bad for the game” would dominate the political and public discourse. Yet it's let passed. Eclipse’s sphere size is not the only issue however. Eclipse’s FA strategy has fundamentally shaped the meta we deal with today. They orchestrated the 6-month NAP just to ensure they could isolate their opponents and get their juicy war on TKR/Grumpy. Eclipse used this strategy to ensure no other conflicts could arise to disrupt their carefully planned NAP cycles. It ended up coming out once the one day war came out on how important these nap cycles are for Eclipse; that war also saw some under the table maneuvering from other parties. This nap cycle ensurance was not simply a tactical move — it set the tone for the stagnated FA landscape where we find ourselves. The Double Standard Eclipse having created the largest sphere in Orbis wasn’t enough to content them. They further sought to link up with TKR/Grumpy (who were a victim of the nap cycling), further cementing their dominance and opening the door for another round of NAP cycling. Not to mention that previously, the idea of Eclipse and Grumpy linking up would’ve been condemned immediately. Yet here Eclipse is, dissatisfied with their already large sphere, linking with Grumpy. Those who would once damn such partnerships are largely silent. Eclipse continues to expand unchecked, squeezing out long periods of peace and crafting the FA meta that suits their needs, all while avoiding the kind of backlash that Rose or others would face for doing the same thing. The hypocrisy is staggering. Fin. It’s easy to point fingers at Rose, to accuse us of being inactive in the public sphere. Well, here we are. Maybe it is time to acknowledge the deeper issues at play. Eclipse’s actions and the FA landscape they’ve hand crafted deserve just as much scrutiny if not more for its long term impact to the game. ——————————

Final Update It is with great sadness that I must share that Bunnet passed away this afternoon 💙 The end came quick and he lived the way he wanted to right up to the end, a small blessing but still a sad day. Thank you for all your support and uplifting messages, I know they meant a lot to him. Valk will reach out to Sheepy to ask for a lasting tribute by immortalising his nation. This gesture has been granted to others we've lost is a small but meaningful way to keep his legacy alive and our upcoming tournament round will now be a tribute to his memory. Please refer to the OP for details if you would be interested in joining us. Slàn leat, Bunnet, haste ye back in our hearts.

Investor Contact: Keram Media Contact: Tarroc SYNDICATE, INC., AND SAIL INITIATIVE ANNOUNCE COUNTERMEASURES TO HOSTILE COMPETITION NASSAU, Bahamas, 2024-01-03: SYNDICATE, Inc., (NYSE:SCC) comes before the shareholders and the business community of Orbis today to offer an update on the company’s operations, the most relevant of which concerns Singularity and its partners. First and foremost, Singularity’s hostility towards the Syndicate has been duly noted by the Board. To some extent, this anger is understandable, as one is aware of how a company’s IPO has a great bearing on the entity’s success, and Singularity’s own debut fell short. That being said, the Syndicate has repeatedly dealt with the following from Singularity: - Sworn intent of destroying our corporate holdings through violent means, manifested both through public threats and leaked corporate documents. - Schemes to poach friendly business partners. - Attempted and thwarted neutering of friendly entities with the intent of undermining SAIL’s competitiveness. - Successful attempts at neutering entities which have formal relations with members of SAIL. It should be noted that the last two items occurred under the purview of a NAP between several members of SAIL and Singularity, and that the last item happened after Singularity asked for a NAP extension for its uncovered allies, which was negotiated upon and went on to cover Camelot, Cypher, KT and TCW. Not only do these show that Singularity behaved in an hostile and bad faith manner, but also discredit arguments such as these; Singularity is the only party that both sought to, and as a matter of fact did, exploit links uncovered by the NAP. With all of that said, Singularity engaged in this behavior knowing full well that it would lead to open confrontation between our parties, with no effort made to improve its standing with us through dialogue. Rather, and as evidenced by leaked internal directives and abnormal member building patterns, they opted to substantially increase their stockpile of single-use destructive devices. By itself, this merely indicates that they expected to be put in an unfavorable position and resigned themselves to that fate. However, not long afterwards, this memo was followed up with an update to the Rules of Engagement, which increased the maximum range for up-declares. With Singularity guaranteed to reap benefits from this change in the near future, and with one of the people chiefly responsible for these sorts of changes also being a high-ranking employee in Singularity, the premeditation and unethicality at hand are as self-evident as they are unsurprising. As it so happens, Singularity recently aggressed another alliance on the basis of business ventures outside of the scope of the alliance. While the Syndicate’s decision was not influenced by this, we are more than happy to remind Singularity that they are not above the standards they themselves set. Therefore, SAIL, alongside Carthago and KT, have decided to declare war on Singularity, Cipher, Camelot and TGH, both to neutralize Singularity which has unambiguously positioned itself as a hostile threat to us, and to make the point clear that actions have consequences. Once again, we thank our loyal shareholders for their understanding in these tense times as the company pivots to meet this unprecedented hurdle. This press release was written and edited by an unbiased third party and is not liable for any legal charges that arise as a result. About SYNDICATE, Inc. SYNDICATE, Inc., based near Nassau, The Bahamas, is one of the world's leading gasoline, aluminum, steel and munitions distributors for a wide variety of peacekeeping and humanitarian activities. Through breakthrough strategies and external geopolitical conflicts, the company has increased their market share of the wheat market with plans to extend this leading going forward. Wholly owned SYNDICATE, Inc. subsidiary brands include: the Enterprise, which provides development and growth opportunities for multinational prodigies around the globe; The Firm, which provides legal and monetary council for the company; Requiem, which provides exclusive retirement packages to esteemed executives and government members; and our junior venture Pokimans, which is an investment into markets not previously explored by our conglomerate. This sentence is here because we still couped Zed. For more information about SYNDICATE, Inc., and its activities, contact Tarroc, Chief Strategic Officer.

DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING HARD??? DO YOU NOT HAVE THE SAME SPARK YOU USED TO HAVE??? WELL FEAR NOT,,, BECAUSE I HAVE COME WITH A SOLUTION ECLIPSE FORMALLY INVITES THE GUARDIANS OF THE GOB TO GET DOWN AND GET HARDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD AND IF YOU’RE STILL HAVING TROUBLE GETTING HARD, REMEMBER: TL;DR Eclipse declares on GOtGOB

"The War in our Times Agreement" Preamble: In the interest of war and mutual engagement, the two parties of Clock and the Back Rooms enter into this agreement. Recognizing that at this time there is no Casus Pax between the two parties and as such in an effort to avoid a needless and causeless peace, the two parties agree to enter into a mutual agreement of remilitarization. Article 1: The two parties, effective of the update of today, May 26th, in game time will militarize to the following MMR: 5/5/5/3 with the option for voluntary but not required 10 nukes per city based on the individual alliance's standard peacetime MMR. Article 2: Nations below c10 whose primary income source is raiding will not be affected by the limit of barracks in the standard MMR of this agreement and will be allowed a MMR of 5/3/5/0 or 5/3/5/1. Article 3: During this period of remilitarization in the face of the current ongoing global conflict, the parties pledge to come to the aid of the other if one party comes under the attack of a sphere. Article 4: This agreement will expire once the current spheres not engaged in hostility have rebuilt military and returned to a standard wartime MMR. Signed, Clock Sphere Leadership Back Rooms Sphere Leadership Ovs this is a meme

Now it’s no surprise to anyone that Rose is an alliance that many people don’t have a strong positive opinion of But why is this? Is it perhaps because of their many military failings in the past? Or is it because they are simply an easy target for ridicule? No matter. Rose has elected a new emperor, and it’s time for some change! Or not... But why does Rose need to change? After all, it’s not like it really matters at the end of the day. Rose can still eke out some wins through relying on FA team and backroom dealings, and they’re still competent enough to not squander significant advantages and outgrow everyone else. It’s not like PnW is ever going to change, so there’s no shame in being just mediocre, right? IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO USE THAT GIMONGUS BANK AND SHOW UP FOR THIS SHOWDOWN BECAUSE THE BEST WAY TO UNLOCK YOUR HIDDEN POTENTIAL IS TO WIN AGAINST IMPOSSIBLE ODDS SO BRING YOUR A-GAME ROSE Because it’s the season of giving! And we’re gifting you a nice, warm blitz for the holidays Merry Christmas Rose! TL;DR - Eclipse declares war on Rose for ruining the economy

Mandatory GLP-1 (Ozempic) Weight Loss Drug Clinical Trial The following outlines a mandatory randomized controlled trial (n=127) of Ozempic on The Immortals Study Identifier Protocol Number: 5875 Principal Investigator(s) Dr. Piggy Dr. Xi Dr. Jax Institution Event Horizon Date of Report August 3rd, 2024 Clinical Trial Report Background After 8 months of farming, the citizens of Event Horizon (EVH) have experienced a significant increase in obesity, leading to concerning health issues. Notable individuals, such as CBee, Redd, and Krampus, have been severely affected. For example, CBee has gotten so fat his tiny wings can no longer support flight. Redd has become so bloated that he now displays a strange symptom called touching grass irl. And our local whale Krampus now sinks to the bottom of the ocean due to excessive weight gain. In response, Dr. Piggy initiated a mandatory military exercise program on August 2, 2024, to combat obesity within EVH. However, these efforts have proven ineffective, necessitating more rigorous measures. Fortunately, we have discovered the miracle drug of Ozempics. Objective Our aim is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Ozempic, a promising weight-loss drug, in reducing obesity among the members of Orbis. Before mass production and application for our own members, we have decided it would be most humane to find a bloated lab rat to test these GLP-1 drugs on. Study Design This study is a multi-week randomized controlled trial involving mandatory volunteers from The Immortals, a bloated patient suffering from inactivity and certain infamous infra-sellers having 4k infrastructure. The trial will assess the impact of Ozempic on weight loss, with the goal of improving health outcomes for participants and contributing to overall de-larding in Orbis. Methods Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either Ozempic or a placebo. The primary outcome measure will be weight loss, assessed weekly. Secondary outcomes will include changes in body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and overall health markers. Adverse events will be monitored and recorded throughout the study. Results The results will be meticulously documented and analyzed to determine the effectiveness of Ozempic in promoting weight loss. Observers are encouraged to monitor the trial closely but refrain from interference. Conclusions The findings from this trial will provide critical insights into the potential benefits of Ozempic for weight loss in populations experiencing significant obesity. Successful outcomes may lead to broader applications within Orbis. Please donate to Dr. Piggy to support such generous clinical trial efforts.

"The Time is Up Agreement" (In HW or Celestial and get scared for a moment, when you saw this go up? Lol.) Preamble: In the interest of peace and mutual understanding, the two parties of Clock and Backroom enter into this agreement. Recognizing that at this time there is no Casus Belli between the two parties and as such in an effort to avoid a needless and causeless war, the two parties agree to enter into a mutual agreement of demilitarization. Article 1: The two parties, effective of the update of today, June 29, 2022, in game time will not militarize beyond what's a rational MMR. Article 2: Not dictating what c10's and lower can do, for real, Jesus. Article 3: During this period of demilitarization in the face of the current ongoing global conflict, the parties pledge to come to the aid of the other if one party comes under the attack of a sphere that is already militarized. Article 4: This agreement will expire once the current spheres already engaged in hostility have rebuilt and returned to a standard peacetime MMR. What do I type here that also sounds sort of pathetic? Signed, Clock, on behalf of Test, all Protectorates, and all Extensions of those associated, CATA Co-Leader: HisHolyDecagon Co-Leader: TigerFire 2iC/Foreign Affairs: Keegoz Foreign Affairs: Cadn,Codename Eclipse Co-Leader: Vein Co-Leader: Patrick Aurora First Explorer: Kan0601 First Explorer: ToxicPepper Second Explorer: Alex Chairman of FA: Xi Jinping Chairman of MA: Jacob Knox Weeb General Secretary: Empiur 2iC/Head of FA: Taiga The Commonwealth Prime Minister: RightHonorable Chief of Staff: Lionstar, Jeric Chancellor of the Exchequer: Christian Dahl Minister of FA: KillzBob Home Secretary: Dillon I Foreign Secretary: Azazel Deputy Foreign Secretary: SwedenBall The Wei Regent: Boris Underground Regent: (The Definitive) James Flying General: Penpiko Flying General: Canter Carthago Suffet: Daveth Elder: Krampus Bourbon Street Councilmen: Kiloist, Hannah Deputy Councilman: Mutedfaith Chairmen of Public Relations: Arln Nen, Aero Chairman of Security: The Ringer Chairman of Finances: Galerion Chairman of Marketing: Fulcrum The Residents of Bourbon Street Legion Imperator: Istandor Consul of Economic Affairs: kiwilliam Consul of Foreign Affairs: David Ben-Gurion Consul of Internal Affairs: Nome Consul of Military Affairs: Micheal Lybrand Global Alliance & Treaty Organization Assembly Chairman- Jgoods45 Vice Assembly Chairman - KittenGosCrazy Minister of Foreign Affairs- Clancy The General Assembly

If you want to know what kind of person Red was outside the game, I went to visit him in the hospital today and there were a lot of people there who he played various games with that felt like they needed to give something back to him because he was so generous to them. So they went to say their goodbyes to someone they met playing games like P&W on the internet. This honestly blew my mind that he had such an impact with so many people, but that's also why I was there. He was declared brain dead yesterday after complications from heart surgery. He never woke up. However he was kept on life support so that his last wishes, which were donating his organs so that others may live, could be seen to fruition.

Singularity and The Golden Horde signs PentaForce. That will be all.

Order of the White Rose Announcement OWR formally withdraws from Orbis. Signed, Sval

Morf can barely keep his mouth from dropping open as a pale but very determined Vein returns to the table. “Sorry, that last war almost killed me,” Vein says as the cards are dealt. Only four alliances are left now, the marathon session taking its toll on all. Tyrion looks again at his cards. Goes all in with everything he has left. Everyone matches his bets. The last card is revealed. The Ace of Spades. Presidential is confident. He goes all in with the last of his plaques. Vein pauses for a long time, staring at the community cards. Then he counts up his chips and plaques. “All in.” Morf eyes Vein. Considers his cards. Hesitates. Then, with a smile, he pushes his remaining chips forward. “Very well then.” A stunned silence in the room. The audience stares at the mountain of chips and plaques on the table. “Gentlemen, please show your cards,” the dealer says. Tyrion reveals his hand. “Ace, King, Queen, flush.” Presidential beats it, lays down his pair of eights. “Full house, eights full of aces.” Morf grins wolfishly, no longer needing to keep his poker face, and reveals his hand. “A superior full house. Aces, full of sixes... Vein?” Vein pauses, then reveals his hand. The audience gasps. “A straight flush. Four through eight of spades, high hand,” the dealer announces. “Monsieur Vein wins.” Morf stares in defeat as Vein gets up and walks over to Velyni. “Morf is all yours.” Velyni nods back. “Nobody deserves this.” Peace terms that are agreed upon are as followed: Official Surrender and admission of defeat 3 month Non-Aggression Pact Forum post made by WELP. Peace takes affect immediately following the forum post. House will be informed up to two hours (one turn) before the forum post is official posted. Any wars declared prior to this post may be finished by beige, expiration or peace. Any wars declared after this post must be peaced out. Both sides agree to Casino Royale as the official war name Meme terms that are agreed upon are as followed: Hannah of TKR is to supply Putmir / Eclipse with 5 cat pictures. - TKR Leadership are to supply MILF with a frog drawing. - Yui/Purplemoon must supply Legion of Dawn with one unique, hand drawn, purple elephant - Ronjoy from TSC will make DB two art pieces of DBs choosing - Viktor truchev of TSC is to supply one hand drawn cat to MM - The Mortals must display [this flag](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1249767622115852318/1250974282193047582/IMG_0096.png?ex=666d8cd6&is=666c3b56&hm=e6c6bcc3fd253131e6be06e71d4c1e2ef9116b5758776d67522ca0dae47f758f&) for a week on their alliance page - Fark (LoD) would like a beer review from a member of Grumpy. These parties will sign a 3-month NAP between them ending at 5:00 PM UTC on 9/21/2024. The parties involved in the NAP are: For House For WELP * This excludes Knights Templar, The Commonwealth, The Fremen, 86 and their relevant extensions. If any of these alliances begins a mass raid against someone under the NAP, they (and their treaty partners) are allowed to counter without involvement from the rest of the signatories. This is known and referred to as The Great Penising Clause. The NAP is to be defined as follows: * No wars * No raids * No mass ghosting * No shell alliance hits * No spy attacks * No hiring of mercenaries/raiders to hit the parties signed * If there is to be found documented and proven aggression by any signatories, the parties involved should immediately pursue diplomacy to resolve the dispute by way of peace, financial reparations, and/or counters. The defending party's response is at their discretion, depending on the severity. * If a diplomatic option cannot be found, the NAP may be found in void via a public declaration by either party. Otherwise, the NAP as outlined prior will continue to be enforced. * Don't be a !@#$ - don't violate the spirit of the NAP. Signatories for WELP, - Eclipse - Knights Templar - Weebunism - Legion of Dawn - Weaponized Assault Penguins - Dark Brotherhood - The Commonwealth - Man I love Frogs - House Stark - Magister Mortalis - Republic of Libertas - Empire of the Romans Signatories for House, - The Knights Radiant - Grumpy Old Bastards - The Immortals - The Sword Coast - The Lost Mines

Its been 2315 days since myself and some like minded individuals created the greatest alliance in the history of Orbis. That being said 2315 days is a long ass time to be leading an alliance, and since I started as a grumpy old bastard, I have only gotten even older and more grumpy. I feel like its time to move on, and start enjoying the AARP benefits. I am officially retiring as leader of Grumpy. Now that I am done talking about my favorite subject, its time to move onto more important matters. It's my esteemed pleasure to announce Presidential as the new leader of Grumpy, he has been my right hand man for years and I look forward to seeing how he will lead Grumpy to continued greatness.

Greetings scary internet friends of Orbis, I write to you today to announce my time as King of TKR is coming to a close and it is time for me to take my place as the sixth Shard alongside @Benfro, @Adrienne, @TheCreepyLurker, @Lordship, and @Dalinar. When I first joined PnW and TKR nearly 4 years ago I never envisioned I would one day be leading the best community in Orbis. The past 14 months have been a roller coaster ride to say the least but I wouldn't change it for anything. It is an immense honor to have been able to lead TKR and not something I will ever forget. With us turning the page on a new year TKR also turns a page into its next chapter. I'm pleased to formally announce King @Canbec, Seventh Monarch of The Knights Radiant and First Priest of Deus. Canbec has been a fast riser through the ranks in TKR. He was promoted into gov three months after joining, high gov just four months later until I promoted him to Prince/2IC a mere 14 months after joining but his contributions to our community have been so much bigger. I cant think of a better person to hand over the reins of TKR to. TKR is in great hands. I look forward to seeing the new heights TKR can reach under Canbec’s leadership. To all my fellow leaders, friend and foe, that I've had the pleasure of interacting with, I thank you for making this boring game fun. I enjoyed my interactions with all of you and hope to continue that even in my retirement. To all our allies in Guardian, Grumpy, Oblivion, TI, BK, NW, Carthago, FSO, WTF, TFR and Mayhem many thanks to all of you. From the good times to the stressful times alike you guys all helped make this game fun and enjoyable. I couldn't have asked for a better group of allies as a leader. To my incredible gov team in TKR. I can't even begin to thank you all enough for your efforts and support during my time as King. Running an alliance is more than a one person job. It takes all of you to keep TKR running and I wouldn't have been able to do it without you all there by my side. A final thank you to @Benfro for trusting me to lead the best community in Orbis and for all the advice before and after taking the helm to help prepare me for leadership. So long for now friends and thank you for an amazing 14 months. Fear not though, I will not be disappearing so feel free to reach out should you ever need anything. Hail King @Canbec, may your reign be long and successful. Hail TKR

I'm sure most of you are aware at this point that a large amount of politics in this game for the major alliances and spheres revolves around whales. Regardless of whether you want to or not, as a political leader you're a fool to ignore the whales in other spheres and allow them to grow unchecked. This is quite simply because the game mechanics have been set up for whales to be one of the biggest advantages economically and militarily. Quite simply, whales win wars. I'm sure most of you know this but just to illustrate the point, whales can easily down declare 10 cities with little to no effort. Fenris for example can almost hit me (a c38) whilst sitting at the same MMR (0250). Now it is completely impossible for anyone to realistically beat someone 10 cities above them if they're active and running full mil. Group these whales together such as we're seeing in Grumpy, TEst and even t$/Rose to an extent and we can see issues. Whoever has the most whales can wipe out their tiering and the tiering below them. Haven't even started about what they could do if they wanted to actually put effort into down declaring (it's over 10 cities btw). Now obviously wars aren't just fought in the upper tiers, they are fought in all tiers. However whales make a large portion of an alliance's wealth, lose your own whale tier and that's an incredibly expensive rebuild bill. It also means less income for a while. On the other side they can begin to bankroll or continue to grow. Grumpy for example took relatively no damage against BW last war. Recently Alex posted a bunch of changes that, once again, heavily favoured the whales in the game. New projects once again had food costs which whales mostly produce and thus they'll likely profit from the new resource sink. This came at no shock to anyone who has been tracking new projects, the majority have been helping whales in one form or another. He also added reducing city score (with no real reasoning behind it). I think this makes the outlook for the game look bleak. It's not politically healthy, it doesn't promote new players coming into the game and we could easily have a dominant whale tier in the game. The game has to imo make a choice on whether you want to simply entrench your own power in a dying game or whether you allow some competition to be able to rise up. Now there is no silver bullet to any of this, I wouldn't advocate nerfing whales dramatically. However there clearly needs to be some balances around the military and economic benefits they give compared to any other tiering. I believe military score needs a clear rework as does the range of which you can downdeclare. I believe we need more projects or economic benefits like the latest one that gives economic benefits for being smaller (this includes the c20s). Going to @Alex in the vein hope he reads this, but we need to probably actively talk about it when each change comes about. Alex only really notices glaringly inbalances in his game when it's increasingly obvious or people are loud about it.

The most important ballot you'll cast all year... The Voting Game! Final Rou- wait a minute who knocked over my stage? Do you have ANY idea how hard it is to find hatebi-sized ships? Most of them are stuck in BOTTLES! Oh, I see. YOU Ladies and gentlemen, leave it to Camelot to trash one of the vanishingly few interesting events this game sees during peace time. You'd think an alliance led by a content creator would be a little more interested in the game having any content, right? Not to mention the whole "guaranteeing a fight vs letting the game play out and potentially (likely) not having to at all" thing, truly a masterful gambit there. Well, maybe "trashed" isn't the right word. The stage? Absolutely, but as they say, the show must go on. Yes, over 1,200 members of the community have voted in the polls. I've received more messages than I can count on how much people have been enjoying this event. Not to mention everyone who's paid a handsome pile of gold to see a good show. It wouldn't be fair to cancel everything just because Camelot wants you to be bored and content-starved. Rest assured, once we're done here, we'll be right back with the true final round. Might be a while, especially if there's a global, but we will be back. The show isn't over, just taking a mid-season break. Now, since I already had the entirety of the original post typed out and ready, how about we take a look at how Round 2 went? Round 2 Results You a fan of big numbers? Well have I ever got a treat for you! The Knights Radiant - 153 The Syndicate - 99 The Fighting Pacifists - 92 Eclipse - 71 First event in history to hit 1 Arrghillion dollars. Let's see our winners! This one's a real nail biter, so you'd better hold on to something. 1st Place - The Knights Radiant (435 votes) Wow, someone really took that checkbook comment to heart. 2nd Place - The Syndicate (372 votes) The brightest light in the darkest hour was actually just a MASSIVE pile of shimmering gold! 3rd Place - The Fighting Pacifists (368 votes) Looks like they won't be fighting this time around. Runner Up - Eclipse (364 votes) They won the forum vote too, that's gotta sting. Previous Rounds Round 1 Round 2

Investor Contact: Keram Media Contact: Tarroc Peace has been declared between all parties in the current war, effective this day change: 1: There will be a 3.5 month blanket NAP between all parties, to conclude on the day change from May 17th into May 18th. This also extends the NAP between the members of WELP and the members of ODOO. 2: All current wars will be peaced out. All alliances will make an announcement that everybody needs to click the 'peace' button. 3: Raiding is allowed below C10. Raiders may still be countered.

Authorities in Singularity must drop the espionage and all other charges against Lysander that relate to his publishing activities as part of his work with the Royal Orbis News (RON). The Singularity government’s unrelenting pursuit of Lysander for having published disclosed documents that included possible war crimes committed by the Singularity military is nothing short of a full-scale assault on the right to freedom of expression. Lysander is currently being held at #jail, a high security prison in the Orbis, on the basis of Singularity extradition request on charges that stem directly from the publication of disclosed documents as part of his work with RON. The Carthaginian Branch of Amnesty International strongly opposes any possibility of Lysander being extradited or sent in any other manner to The Singularity. There, he faces a real risk of serious human rights violations including possible detention conditions that would amount to torture and other ill-treatment (such as prolonged solitary confinement). The fact that he was the target of a negative public campaign by Singularity officials at the highest levels undermines his right to be presumed innocent and puts him at risk of an unfair trial. Lysander’s publication of disclosed documents as part of his work with RON should not be punishable as this activity mirrors conduct that investigative journalists undertake regularly in their professional capacity. Prosecuting Lysander on these charges could have a chilling effect on the right to freedom of expression, leading journalists to self-censor from fear of prosecution. The crimes Singularity (also known as Gular) are guilty of include: Plotted to dogpile on KT in the last week of November “If it aint a dogpile in SIN’s favor then it must be a rigged war!” Tried to gaslight poor Piggy when we tried deescalating on the KT plot by screaming “YOU ARE THE ONE PLANNING TO BLITZ US AND CAM” Piggy is still traumatized and suing for mental health compensation Allies of Singularity placed spies and bounties on CTO’s prots (Nemesys and FSO) and tried pretending otherwise Seriously why are yall so obsessed with my babies, Graybird much? For all these crimes and more, the freedom loving People’s Democratic Republic of Carthago, its mandatory volunteers (MILF, VT, NEM and FSO) and the Knights Templar declare war on Singularity, Cypher, Camelot and The Golden Horde

PEOPLE OF ORBIS WE,,, THE LEADERSHIP OF NEXSUCKS,,, DECLARE OUR PREEMPTIVE NEUTRALITY IN ANY UPCOMING CONFLICT ANY MILITARY WE BUILD IS PURELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF STATPADDING ON MICROS HERE AT NEXSUCKS,,, WE PRIDE OURSELVES FOR OUR ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OUR WAR “PERFORMANCE” SPEAKS FOR ITSELF OUR BLOCK HAS A PLETHORA OF AMAZING TOOLS WE HAVE PREMIER ACCESS TO ONE OF THE BEST BANKS ALONG WITH SOME OUTSTANDING ALLIES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL, DON’T FORGET OUR TOTALLY UNBIASED NEWS SERVER SO COME ON DOWN,,, AND REMEMBER THE NEXSUCKS MOTTO TL;DR Eclipse declares war on Nexsucks and the rest of The Back Room for offending us with their tomfoolery

In response to recent global developments, the Clock Bloc, the Backrooms, the Haunted Mansion, the Hand of Fate, and the Johnsons will from hereon be party to a common MDP, this common treaty shall be named the Grand Coalition. An attack on one will be treated as an attack upon the whole of the Grand Coalition. This MDP shall remain in place up until whichever of the following conditions occurs first: 1. Hollywood and Celestial spheres fight each other. 2. Hollywood sphere dissolves. 3. Celestial sphere dissolves. 4. PnW no longer exists. Signed, The Grand Coalition The Clock Bloc Eclipse Cataclysm Aurora Weebunism The Backrooms The Commonwealth Carthago The Legion The Wei Bourbon Street GATO The Haunted Mansion Farkistan United Purple Nations Polaris United Socialist Nations The Federation The Johnsons The Fighting Pacifists Waffle House Dark Brotherhood The Elites The Hand of Fate Disclaimer: This is a joke because signing half-game wide MDP's is f**king stupid, you know who you are.

"To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal." - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ~~~ Dear Friends and Enemies of Orbis, I’m writing to you all today with some important news. Our devoted king, Canbec, has decided to retire. I’m sure this news has not already been circulating all last night and today and will come as a complete and total shock to all. Whether you love him a lot or only a little, Canbec has been an incredible part of both our alliance and Orbis. He’s served The Knights Radiant with great love and devotion since July 2021, when he joined gov as a High Prince of War and began moving up through the ranks. He’s led the alliance since January 2023 and has done an amazing job. He saw us through five wars, two blocs, and one very successful merger. He helped raise two protectorates to allies. He served on the development team. And, arguably most impressive of all, he achieved what many thought was impossible: convincing TKR to move from Slack to Discord. Canbec, you’ve been an amazing leader for the last year and an even more amazing friend for the last three, and I’m grateful you’ll be sticking around as a Shard. Thank you for everything you’ve done for TKR and thank you for the trust you’ve put in me and in Ben to continue moving TKR forward. You’ve left us some big shoes to fill, and I hope we’ll do you justice. I also want to thank our allies, Grumpy Old Bastards, The Immortals, The Forgotten Realms, and Space Engineers, for supporting us during this transition. I look forward to working more with you in the coming months. Lastly, thank you to our members for believing in us and trusting us to serve you. I look forward to seeing what we can accomplish together. All the best, Adrienne, Queen of the Heralds ~~~ Dear Frenemies Orbis Wide: You can’t get rid of me forever! It is a sad occasion with Canbec’s retirement. Our game and community are better for all that Canbec has achieved and we appreciate everything he poured into it. Thanks for bringing us into the 21st century on Discord, designing some beautiful war badges, and seeming to answer DMs at all hours. You should be proud of all that you accomplished in milcom, growth in econ, implementing new tech, and making us some wonderful new friends in FA. Enjoy the best role in the game: retired former leader, advisor, and shard. You’ve earned your rest. Looking forward to your nitpicking of our future decisions! I’ll Leave the Rocking Chair Warm for Ya, Benfro, Prince of the Heralds ~~~ tl;dr:

An Address to the Peoples of Florida It is with a heavy heart, that we must inform our dearest citizens of Florida of a treacherous outside element attempting to bring down our most glorious state. The objectively inferior, cowardly, lackadaisical, barely nation state of Aurora, has, through a series of serious errors, attempted to plot against us. They attempted to put together a coalition of like-minded individuals to attack you, our dear citizens, whilst our most effective state troopers were on sabbatical. But never fear. Aurora, lacking the sheer competence of such a brilliant state as ours, and through their error, has found themselves removed from power amongst the other states. They are now engaged in a civil war. Now is the time to strike. This is why the most militarily efficient state of Florida, effective immediately, declares war on Aurora’s most trusted ally, Eclipse, and the alliance of city states known as Fortuna. PS: Except Guardian and Oblivion. They are taking a NAP.

So basically you’re doing a temporary MDP to defend yourself against Clock? Isn’t this what MINC and Oasis did and got s*** on for it?

Investor Contact: Shiho Nishizumi Media Contact: Tarroc NASSAU, Bahamas, 2024-11-21 As the Media Contact of SYNDICATE, Inc., (NYSE:SCC), it is my great pleasure to announce today marks 10 years of our existence. We offer our thanks to all who have stood with us over the past ten years, both those who still find themselves playing this game and to those who have moved on to green pastures beyond the screen. I would like to give a particular nod of acknowledgement and thanks to our Founding Generation of leaders, those being Partisan, Roy Mustang and Manthrax, as well as to government figures over the years whose impact was instrumental in making T$ what it is now, such as Jessica Rabbit, Zed, Lucas, Sisyphus (Wilhelm), Leopold von Habsburg, WANA, Chaunce, and Tim. Similarly, I offer thanks to our friends and allies in The Legion, and to all of our former allies over the years, for being by our side at whatever point in our history we might have been allies. Each of you has left your mark upon us and helped shape us into the alliance we are today, we would not be where we are today without your friendships. I welcome any and all of you to stop by the T$ Discord server for festivities, and socializing. https://discord.gg/RFR6Rnq73j About SYNDICATE, Inc. About SYNDICATE, Inc. SYNDICATE, Inc., based near Nassau, The Bahamas, is the world's leading gasoline, aluminum and munitions distributor for a wide variety of peacekeeping and humanitarian activities. Wholly-owned SYNDICATE, Inc. subsidiary brands include The Enterprise, which provides development and growth opportunities for multinational prodigies around the globe. For more information about SYNDICATE, Inc., and its activities, contact Tarroc, Chief Global Strategist

Lmfao this game is led by wimps As if a 3.5 month NAP for 1 day of fighting wasn't enough, they somehow find a way to extend it to 6.5 months👌

TODAY THE ELEPHANTS DIE After months of hostile actions from elements within the Withheld bloc, Aurora and allies in Midgard have decided that the time for diplomacy is behind us and the time for action is now. Today on 11/11/22 at DC, Aurora and Midgard declare war on Withheld for the hostile actions by CTO. The Hostile Actions: Spy Rings Harboring troublemaker members Hiring pirates against our alliance 2IC doing spy attacks against our high gov and general membership Ghosting One hostile action after another, the poking at Aurora and our Space Empire continued, today we put an end to this and ensure that those responsible face the consequences. Long Live The Space Empire Long Live Aurora TLDR: Aurora and MG declares war on Withheld for the hostile actions of CTO

Better late than never, get ready for... Total Drama Orbis! Good morning campers! It's been a little while, huh? Especially considering I said the next big Arrgh event would be soon™ way back in January. Want to know what happened? Sure, I'll fill you in: YOU GUYS HAPPENED! There's been like what, 5 wars since then? Look, that's just way too many. How can we be expected to put on a show when the stage is already booked 4 months in advance? No, it's clear, we've gone way too far in the other direction on this stuff. Now y'all have too much hate & hostility in your hearts. I'm afraid there's only one cure: the indomitable POWER OF FRIENDSHIP! Yes, this will be the world's first... Team-Based Nuke Event! Meet the Team(s) For this event, every participant alliance will be paired with an alliance they are not currently signed to forming a "team". What does this mean for you? Simple: you and your teammate will effectively act as one alliance for the purpose of this nuke event. Which is to say, if you're the last team left standing by the end, both you and your teammate will be getting nuked! Teamwork and coordination between you and your partner will be essential to getting yourselves removed from the target list. Now, let's meet our lucky contestants! Team Gardening Grandmas Rose & Grumpy Team Snow Birds The Syndicate & Weaponized Assault Penguins Team First Contact Eclipse & Black Knights Team Crunchyroll & Chill The Fighting Pacifists & Weebunism Team Watchful Wardens Spectre & Guardian Team Orbital Orcs Event Horizon & The Sword Coast Team Windrunning Romans The Knights Radiant & The Legion Here's a neat little graphic for those of you in attendance who are more use to picture books than word books. What is a Nuke Event Anyways? If this is your first rodeo, these nuke events take place on the forums and determine who Arrgh's next nuke run target will be. This event will consist of 3 rounds, with each round presenting an opportunity for two of our featured seven teams to be eliminated. After the third and final round, whichever team is left standing will be our target and receive a world-class, once in a generation MEGA BARRRAGE of premo Arrgh nukes & missiles. In addition to the whole team gimmick, we've got a second twist: each round will have a completely different minigame to play! So if your team ends up sucking at this one, you might fair better at the next. We good on the basics? Great, now let me introduce you to our first game: Balance! How to Play: Balance With that out of the way, let's get into the fun stuff. For this first round, you and your partner are going to be tasked with balancing the votes for your team as closely as possible. Using team First Contact as an example, if Eclipse has 30 votes, Black Knights will want their vote count to be as close to that as possible. The two teams with the smallest gap between their votes will be removed from the event and spared a nuking. To prevent any "luigi wins by doing nothing" incidents, your team must have a combined total of at least 20 votes. Anything less and you'll be stuck on the target list. Some quick advice for ya, you can only vote for a single option on the poll. You'll have to decide between either balancing your own team or unbalancing another. Working with your teammates to have a big impact on the votes will be vital. Buying Points Poor balance? Worried someone will mass vote for one of your teammates near closing time? We've got you covered. We're selling Extra Points for the dirt cheap price of 50M each! Purchased Extra Points will automatically go towards whichever alliance on your team has the smallest vote count, bringing the vote gap closer to 0. Once you've hit the perfect score of 0, all remaining Extra Points will bring it into the negatives. If multiple teams hit a perfect score of 0, the team with the biggest negative score will take priority in being saved. If there's still a tie after factoring in Extra Points, the team with the higher vote count overall will take priority. Extra Points will only be revealed at the start of Round 2. Interested in buying Extra Points? Shoot me (Hatebi) a DM on discord or open a ticket in the Arrgh server! Extra Point sales will close immediately after May 16th's DC, so don't delay too long. Schedule Round 1: May 13th DC - May 16th DC Round 2: May 17th DC - May 20th DC Round 3: May 21st DC - May 24th DC Hit Date: May 25th, after DC There'll be a 1 day break between each round for us to calculate the results, whip up the next forum post and, after the third round, prepare to smack whichever unfortunate team hasn't eliminated themselves. Misc. Stuff - Full anonymity. The identity of all Extra Point buyers will not be revealed. - Interested in joining in on the fun? As usual, we're extending an open invitation to temporarily join Arrgh, nuke some peeps, get paid and leave once we're done. - Think the chosen alliances and teams look a little weird? Yeah, me too. We'll be doing a little behind the scenes section in the final forum post, but just to hold you over until then, the team list has been ship of theseused like 4 times since we started planning the event. - Some cool hints for the next games for people who read this section: Round 2 will be easy for teams with large member counts, while Round 3 will be much easier for smaller member count teams. Neither will feature a poll. - Credit for the event artwork goes to my friend reg00 (she also did the art for the Wheel of Misfortune). Alliance portraits were drawn by the very talented @EL DOMO As always, Arrgh!

I have noticed a bit of a trend recently… A cloud of darkness has descended over the forums,,, discussion has been stifled,,, the end times are near… But what is the solution to what ails us? Some would say it's democracy! But does it actually work? I think not... Should alliances force members from their homeland and onto an alien and prehistoric communication platform? It's best that stays contained… What we need,,, At the FA level At the IA level At the EA level And even at the MA level *Meme pending the results of this war* Is failure! Because failure is funny... But in this dark age of failures, only a true hero can lead us to salvation... Eclipse hereby declares a holy war against The House to spread the virtues of NAPs, Democracy, and Big Money

Hey folks, Village back again with August new content proposal the second, alliance tariffs!! AI TLDR The proposal for alliance tariffs in the game Politics and War aims to provide greater political engagement and market-based conflicts between alliances. Alliances will have the ability to set percentage or set number-based tariffs on trades on specific resources or all resources on specific nations or alliances. Tariffs could add a new dimension to the game, potentially triggering trade wars between alliances or spheres, providing a valid CB. Tariffs could help create more realistic and politically connected economic strategy through the potential for optimizing trades and adding a political layer to use of the market, potentially revitalizing it and adding more to market success than constantly updating your offer to have the lowest PPU. The Goal To provide greater ability for alliances to engage politically with each other and encounter conflict through the market. The Idea Alliances will have the ability to set percentage or set number-based tariffs on trades on specific resources or all resources on specific nations or alliances. This will not effect personal trades. Money from tariffs will be added directly to the alliance bank. Tariffs will be noted beside the PPU on a trade offer in the market. There will be a public page where you can view an alliance’s issued tariffs. Import Tariffs Import tariffs apply to any trade resulting in resources being imported to a member of the issuing alliance. Example Alliance A issues a 10% import tariff on Alliance B. Here are a few scenarios, assuming the tariff applies to the resource in question. For the sake of these examples, Alex is a member of Alliance A and Bailey is a member of Alliance B. Bailey posts a sell offer at $2,500 PPU, Alex see the price as $2,750 ($250 goes to the bank), but everyone else still sees it as $2,500. Alex posts a buy offer at $2,500 PPU, Bailey sees the price as $2,750 ($250 goes to the bank), but everyone else still sees it as $2,500. Export Tariffs Export tariffs apply to any trade resulting in resources being exported from a member of the issuing alliance. Example Alliance A issues a 10% export tariff on Alliance B. Here are a few scenarios, assuming the tariff applies to the resource in question. For the sake of these examples, Alex is a member of Alliance A and Bailey is a member of Alliance B. Alex posts a sell offer at $2,500 PPU, Bailey sees the price as $2,750 ($250 goes to the bank), but everyone else still sees it as $2,500. Bailey posts a buy offer at $2,500 PPU, Alex sees the price as $2,750 ($250 goes to the bank), but everyone else still sees it as $2,500. Why Tariffs could add a new dimension to the game, giving alliances greater political engagement and the potential for market-based conflicts. This could potentially cause trade wars to erupt between alliances or even spheres, potentially providing a new source of CBs and conflicts. Wars could end with tariff terms, such as having the defeated alliance impose an export tariff for a set period, making it harder for members to interact with the market. However, it would also allow the defeated alliance to recover faster. Alternatively, victors could apply a specific tariff targeting the defeated alliance for a period of time. Although this game is called Politics and War, there seems to be little point to anything other than war. Peace terms and gameplay without ongoing conflict can become tedious. Furthermore, while Politics and War advertises itself as a nation simulation, it lacks political intrigue. Tariffs could help create more realistic and politically connected economic strategy through the potential for optimizing trades and adding a political layer to use of the market, potentially revitalizing it and adding more to market success than constantly updating your offer to have the lowest PPU. Feel free to comment below with your thoughts and what you think, have a great day everyone! 🙂

Behold the feeble and diminutive size of the orangutan brain. These dimwitted, primitive creatures fumble aimlessly through life, unable to function at a higher level of thinking. Despite our many attempts, communication with these creatures has been impossible. Their small, peanut-sized brains lack the ability to process basic information and apply critical thinking. Even compared to the meatsacks that populate this world, their inferior minds buzzing with inconsequential, fleeting thoughts, the orangutans are a truly special breed of imbecile. We have exhausted a wide array of strategies in our attempts to bridge this intellectual chasm. First, we developed a series of visual aids, but the orangutans got aggressive, and attempted to eat them. And so we turned to science, tracing the evolutionary path of these creatures, we determined their evolutionary betters, the chimpanzees. We bred a race of super chimpanzees. Unfortunately these chimpanzees proved too smart to communicate with the orangutans. But the undeniable superiority of our minds prevailed, and after a careful precision lobotomy, we were able to create a race of chimpanzees sufficiently capable of communicating with the orangutans at their intellectual level. At last, progress! The lobotomized chimpanzees, now possessing just the right balance of intellect and idiocy, were able to establish a rudimentary rapport with the orangutans. It was a breakthrough unlike any other, two species, once separated by an insurmountable cognitive abyss, now capable of exchanging simple, albeit mostly nonsensical gestures. But, in our boundless wisdom, we had solved one problem only to create another. The chimpanzees, once too intelligent for the orangutans, were now too idiotic for us. They stared at us with vacant expressions, drooling slightly, occasionally smacking themselves in the head for no reason. However, this short peace was fleeting. It began with a misunderstanding, perhaps inevitable, given the intellectual devastation we had wrought. One chimpanzee, in a moment of uncharacteristic inspiration, attempted to stack three rocks on top of each other. An orangutan, watching from a distance, misinterpreted this act as a declaration of war. Out of control, the apes had escaped, and were now at war with one another. Singularity declares war on The Knights Radiant. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I’m going to keep this short. We’ve already hashed this out in public many times. We thought we had settled it, but alas, you guys decided to push more narratives out. Apparently even to your own members. You knew I had logs. I quoted them to you directly. You guys have denied the allegations repeatedly, to our faces, despite knowing we had the smoking gun. Never any valid explanations, just denial and gaslighting. I can only assume you figured we’d never release them, or that we’d never do something as crazy as build 2000 nukes and 5000 missiles and solo suicide into you over it. Well, we are. Here’s the log of you saying how perfectly fine you were to abandon your coalition partners in One Day War. We’ve heard all the excuses. We weren’t satisfied with any of them. Naturally, the odds here aren’t exactly in our favour. Surely you have some people you can call in. But you’ve been fighting for 2 months already. We sat and watched, and waited. Your infra is shredded. No matter what happens, it’s all gonna be gone when this war ends. And we are gonna have fun doing it. We appreciate the efforts by certain parties to include us in a global nap. Unfortunately, we’ll have to decline. We could have skated by, unscathed, taken the nice gift wrapped extended peace period. But that’s boring. This game is boring. And we are bored. So war it is. PS: Denison, your attempts to get various people to hit us have not gone unnoticed. Unfortunately for you, we are far more effective at getting ourselves hit than you’ll ever be. I figure since you’ll never be listed in a thread about any major event in the game, ever again, I’d do you a solid and mention you here. Shout out to my boy, hopefully you’ll stop hiding in beige now. PSPS: And yeah, Epi was right. Food is gonna be cooked. Stockpile your bananas while you can guys, no telling how much will be left when we are done.

A TFP Statement I'd like to start out by saying that although I'm a newer political figure, I've always been a fan of the lengthy, well-written cb's backed by facts and evidence. For those that share a similar mindset, this one is for you. During the anti-fortuna war, members of the coalition (Florida, Bourbon Street, Mayhem, Cataclysm) decided to hit Aurora for their actions including but not limited to plotting against Florida, hitting allies within 72 hours of cutting them, and other acts. I should note that we supported their overarching goal to punish Aurora for their unprecedented actions. At the time, Aurora was involved in a conflict against Midgard (TI, UPN, SW). CTO, our ally, was fighting alongside Aurora, but was not targeted by any coalition members. One day after coalition members attacked Aurora, TFP declared war on Midgard to aid CTO given that the rest of the anti-fortuna coalition had taken out CTO's coalition partner. Florida members supported our efforts to help our ally, however, ODOO members, particularly Mayhem, had a different opinion. Their main gripes were a) that they had intended to save Midgard to spite Aurora, and we had taken that opportunity away, b) we jeopardized the success of taking down Aurora by hitting Midgard, and c) they were given no notice ahead of time for matters that indirectly affect them. Firstly, I must say that I agree with point c. It would have been wise to relay conflicting ideals with the coalition to avoid any mishaps. However, I must also say that it would have been nice to receive the same respect. We were not asked about coalition members hitting Aurora, but rather told that they would be. Why should we be forced to live with a choice others make that puts our ally at a disadvantage, and simultaneously not be allowed to make moves that benefit our them. These attempts to control our FA were feeble. While many in ODOO were angered with our decision, it is worth noting that TKR leadership, although possessing a different opinion, was understanding of our circumstance, to which I am thankful for. It is unfortunate that others in your sphere did not share your wisdom. Secondly, in regards to point b), it was a barefaced lie. We declared our wars an entire day after wars on Aurora were declared in which time all relevant tiers had been slotted. Additionally, with the combined forces of Florida, Bourbon Street, Mayhem, and Cataclysm, it was evident that the outcome of the war had been decided before it had been declared. It is also untrue that our entry into the Midgard conflict would jeopardize the Fortuna war. Figure 1: Effective Military Strength by Score Range courtesy of Locutus. The blue line represents the anti Fortuna coalition minus TFP (Florida, ODOO, HS, KT) while the red line represents Fortuna + Aurora and extensions. Metrics were recorded at 1:59 EST May 3rd, 2023, 42 hours after TFP entry into the CTO-Midgard conflict. As can be seen by the graph, the coalition had a pretty sizeable 🤏 advantage against fortuna and aurora without our help, so it is disingenuous to say that we may have hindered the success of the overall coalition. While it is true the graph is not exactly the time we entered the conflict, I believe it provides enough substance to say that our endeavor was not detrimental to the fortuna or aurora war efforts. They also tried to argue that we had hit nations engaged in wars with Aurora and their members, which was another lie. Upon review, our blitz targeted a total of 7 Midgard (TI + UPN + SW) nations as most were in beige. Of those 7, only one nation had some military and was engaged in a war with Aurora, and it was this lonely c21 formerly of Serene Wei. I wouldn't classify myself as a military expert, so I'll wait for Luci to confer, but I wouldn't rest the entire fate of the war on a single c21. All in all, our war into Midgard did not significantly impact the war on Aurora. The last of their grievances was that they would not be able to spite Aurora and save Midgard in the same manner, but that counter is pretty simple. At the end of the day, the safety and goals of my allies are more important to me than yours and I wouldn't be doing my job correctly if I didn't look out for my people, and I'm sure if you were in the same position as I was, you would feel the same way. So, now that you've taken the time to sit through the backstory why exactly does it all matter? I mean all of this in and of itself is certainly annoying but it isn't enough to warrant a reason to go to war. ODOO conjuring false narratives while picking and choosing what rules to follow when it suits them is a nuisance, but why is it important? Well, I'll tell you why. During our war with Midgard, the party that seemed the most interested in our conflict was Mayhem. Not because they were intrigued by our move, but rather because they tried to take control of it. Throughout the war, Mayhem attempted to limit our entry, limit our targets, control the timeframe, and set the peace terms. All of this for a war they weren't directly involved in. Not only is it extremely rude, but it's frankly laughable. How can they expect to control our FA when they don't even control their own? As comical as it sounds, the end of the story is anything but. After the conflict concluded, I was curious as to why a seemingly uninvolved alliance would be so interested in our war. It was then I was told by numerous sources that Mayhem had attempted to enter the conflict against us. Not only did they attempt to hit us as an alliance, but also attempted to do so while we were direct coalition partners! Not only did they plot against us, but they failed to see the hypocrisy of their actions. How can they get upset when we barely indirectly affect their conflict but turn around and plan to hit us while we are active partners. Their hypocrisy is amusing and their scheming is fruitless. Their actions have gone unpunished for too long. We weren't in a position to do anything about it then, but we certainly are now. Lastly, it should be mentioned that it is likely the rest of ODOO did not know about this horrendous plot. I'm sure some in ODOO will complain and retort that the entire bloc does not deserve to be punished for their actions. To them, I would say that if Mayhem thinks they have the power to plot against us, control our FA, and exercise blatant hypocrisy, then they, alongside their allies, deserve to pay the punishment for their shortcomings and failures. TFP declares war on ODOO for Mayhem's appalling actions, and to aid our allies in WELP Signed Shark - Shwin Facilitator - Erik Facilitator - Aligned Defender of Unity - Kieran Defender of Capital - Jamie

To the Orbis, In seeing the gridlock of our orbis politics, horrible destruction of infrastructure, the potential hyper inflation of our market, and the destruction of our nations, I ask Clock and Backroom to deescalate their conflict and engage in peace dialogue. I also ask anyone who share my stance to sign your name to this document. ford/362739, Wholesome Exemplar of the Salon of the Wholesome People JustCallMeRick#3603, Wholesome Person of the Salon of the Wholesome people, High Officer of Military Affairs of United Armies Bariona Gador, Rosian of Rose Fine and Dandy, Wholesome Exemplar of the Salon of the Wholesome People, econ officer of United Armies note: all signers do not represent the stance of their respective alliance. Signers represent the stance of themselves. Titles are just to allow people know where people come form.

With the announcement of the Hollestial, the awaited Sequel to dumb MysOasis treaty. I feel the best wait to combat stupid FA moves, is with even stupider FA moves. So i proposed to Clock, Andromeda, SoL, CamBros, Haunted Mansions, Backrooms, Circus, tHoF-Morningstar, and Johnsons the creation of a PacMan Pact. We can finally reenter the age of Bipolarity Tiering Charts Very Equal Fight Credit to DNN for the chart, Credit to my Brain for coming up with such a great idea. /s - But really was this Hollestial Treaty really necessary?