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Hi again All! We have finally been able to complete the first stage of the awards. This means that we are swiftly moving forward onto the final category selection! If you haven’t read the rules, or want to know a bit more about how this process works - please refer to the original post! We have had 12 nominations for this year's community categories for the awards that passed the shortlisting criteria, and you can vote for as many or as little as you wish on the poll above! This poll will last for two days, ending on Thursday, January 12th (at 23:59 in game time). This is NOT a thread to put people or alliances forward for awards that you think they can win, this will be posted on Friday, January 13th! The Organising Committee wants to apologize for the delay in moving on with the process, however there have been factors outside of our control causing this. We will be rearranging some of the dates, and will have them confirmed with the post on Friday! Additionally, the best place to get updates on the awards is on the dedicated discord server for it: PnW Academy Awards

UPN sucks. No need to have a discussion on it.

The Elites have officially rebranded to Jotunheimr. While we have rebranded we still keep the same values we held of peace and diplomacy and will ensure to keep this the same throughout our entire existence as an alliance. Our Discord: https://discord.gg/8Bu48ZPsRv FA Discord: https://discord.gg/2DBwZhgukU

embracing their naval spam strategy into their theme. Very clever

I think that rivalries are returning. Not just that of Rose. However I think people think running from minisphere to minisphere and fighting random wars is preferable. To acting on these grudges with friends. I disagree with the random wars. They lack the storyline that came in the beginning of the game. Now people just do things. It’s random but it’s not. As Buor said, difference between being a villain and an idiot. Partisan was a villain. Prefontaine was a villain, a lot of people saw Kayser as a villian(a lot!)(old tkr guy i cant remember how he spelled his name) Point is, being a villain doesn’t mean you have to be a *bad* guy. Agreeing with your last point. You can definitely “win” the game. However the game doesn’t end when you “win”. It’s a tricky scenario.

I think the game has plenty of villians rn, and they differ depending on what side you are on. People don't go build blatant hegemonies because people are hyper-aware of them now and will snuff them out before they are completed. Thus if one is being built, I doubt you'd know about it until it was basically already here. I actually think the game is far more alliance-centric than people want to believe and most alliances are out here to ensure their own goals/gains. Spheres are merely built to help in acheiving that.

my favorite part about this is that by throwing a hissy fit demanding we recognize your cb as legitimate you just make it obvious to everyone that it absolutely wasn't legitimate another day another W

Please never stop posting.

Unfortunately the war is already over, sorry Looks like you won though!

vein be like

LMFAO they literally merged their training alliance into them.

Good luck! And I agree with Talmor, you could just play low key?

Cataclysm and Paradise hereby admit defeat to Rose in the ‘Catatonic War’. No new wars will be declared after tonight’s DC. Here’s to a new year and new beginnings. 🍻 Signed, Rose - Luci Cata - Keegoz Paradise - Cruise Boat Man Arkham - Some Bloated Whale

I was just a member of Yakuza and Unforgiven Legion for a while. It was nice, but closing the PW tab is one less distraction.

I implore you to consider just being a normal dude in another alliance. Playing P&W but not in gov. It's the best of both worlds because you get to enjoy the game and community without the burden of command. In any case, good luck on things fren.

Ayy lmao o7

Who besides you, Church, & Hatebi (of late) will nuke me now outta da blue time n time again?! 😩 Anyways, I know A few of us fell apart, but it still do cherish the moments That we stood together ever strong and ever long. It's not the anger, frustration & criticality that makes a person, its what we do with it towards joy & productivity that makes it worth a while from the pain. Forever long Jack as well bestest of regards to ya & the squad.

Having been on the top of that mountain myself in the past (not in PnW, but a similar game), I can confirm the only thing to do there is attack your ally (which is fun in those specific circumstances, don't get me wrong). It's mostly the thrill of hunting that elusive position than anything else that draws people to it. Nobody actually wants to stagnate the game by controlling everything, or at least not if they like having fun. I'd still do it again. It's not that much different from reaching the summit of a real mountain when you think about it. The journey is the point, I suppose you could say.

Paradise has issued a 72 hour notice of cancellation of their respective treaty with Cataclysm. We are proud to have fought alongside them during our recent wars with <insert wars here>, but it is now time to go our separate way. We wish them all the best! Signed, Paradise

I in general agree with the sentiment of your first paragraph, although I disagree with the sentiment of the second insofar as the ultimate objective of the game. No one should try to do what Pacifica did, and we agree. I think most of the game agrees. Trying to do some of the politics like they did, with a dominant hegemony, has been thrown out with them. I know we just had a joke term thread between OWR and TKR, but some of those terms would not have been out of the question in ages past. We only really do admissions of defeat, white peace, and memes for terms now. Finding those wars with anything substantially more, like TFP-Arrgh, is uncommon. Now that said, there are probably fewer alliances that play in those alternate styles. Raiders have generally been defanged relative to their previous heights, the number of giant neutrals is mostly zero, and there are probably few relevant banker type players. It does seem like more alliances are either general gaming communities, or variations of a PNW-wide community. Someone like Borg is a good example of an alternative individual player, but that is one individual in a game of groups of players, and there are not many of those types in the game. I think it is possible to have a hegemon in this meta, but you need at least one, and really you need two, alliance(s) with the broad based appeal and power - both soft and hard - to pull off that kind of governance. The rest do not explicitly have to be that, so long as they can all buy in and fit somehow to whatever that central power is. I am not sure if there are any great candidates to lead a true hegemon right now among the major alliances. Moreover, you would need some alliances to get together and drive towards that as a goal, and as of this moment I do not think that is happening. It could happen, but I think you need some slight changes to the current political environment in order to make it look closer to a reality. I do think that there are periods where an alliance can say they have "won", in these games. That does not always have to last, and it does not always have to be the strongest military alliance or the one in the #1 AA rank by score. The threshold for that is relatively high, and I would not give that to an alliance that simply won a global war without the impacts of it lasting long-term. There are probably 3-4 alliances who can say they have hit that height ever in this game, as it stands right now.

Pot meet kettle.

The appearance of minispheres is precisely that. An appearance. Once you delve a bit deeper you realise we merely traded in the previous autocratic state of bipolarity for one with a little bit more chaos is all. Villainy, hegemony etc are all just labels whose usage depends upon an individual's perspective after all. But the motives which drove the game then are readily present now. The issue to really consider is that hegemonies arise from a need to ensure an alliance's own security against previous or future enemies. Very few, if any, arise from some general desire to impose control over the game for the sake of control (exceptions of course are present but one could argue that even NPO's brief era of dominance arose as a result of the continued series of wars over a span of years resulting in NPO attempting to find some measure of security for their members and allies by being in a position to impose some level of authority on the larger community). Personally I believe the current state of affairs is going to be the seed for the game's next era or cycle in which we return to a more readily visible state of bipolarity. We have seen instances of this over the previous few months along with a few public statements indicating as such, but it will be interesting to watch how it all plays out.

You declared 2 wars in a 50 day war mate as the second in command of your alliance. Really showing that new and improved UPN there. Anyways what's done is done; congrats on your win. Maybe try fighting a bit more next time.

It never ceases to amaze me how some people feel like they are qualified to comment on every FA decision ever made and yet the extent of their achievements in the community was stealing his own alliance's bank

But he’s a founding member of guardian?! Surely you must worship the ground he walks on and kiss his feet???? or does that only apply to you regarding t$?

HC HAS CLAIMED THAT HE AND HOF ARE THE SAVIORS OF PNW. THE LIBERATORS OF THE OPPRESSED. THE CHAMPIONS OF MORAL RIGHTEOUSNESS. Firstly, keeping Politics and War alive should be a crime in of itself. BUT ARE HC AND HOF REALLY KEEPING THE GAME ALIVE ? HOW HAS THE GAME FARED RECENTLY ? MAYBE THERE HAS BEEN A POSITIVE MECHANIC CHANGE BROUGHT ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THEIR ACTIONS ? HOW ABOUT THEIR WAR CONTRIBUTIONS ? PERHAPS HOF HAS BROUGHT SOME VALUABLE FORM OF DISCOURSE TO THE GAME ? AT THE VERY LEAST,,, HAVE THEY FINALLY ENDED ECLIPSE’S WIN STREAK AND VEIN’S OBNOXIOUS REIGN OF TERROR ? PERHAPS NOT THEREFORE I RULE THAT HOF IS GUILTY ALL OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS AND MAYBE EVEN AN EIGHT ONE PREVIOUSLY UNDISCOVERED UNTIL NOW. I HEREBY SENTENCE HOF TO A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH: LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IN ECLIPSE JAIL... TL;DR - Eclipse recognizes a lot of coping and seething from HOGG

Taking bets on who will roll Cata in January.

Congrats all on peace! Can someone please point me to the "very standard" 14 peace terms? I can't seem to find them in the post.

Imma leave this here, don't mind me

I’m saving this quote.

Did you literally just admit to wanting to use another sphere and other alliances to hit Fortuna then say that minispheres is dead because MG was already fighting WH and Rose hit Cata / Para cause they armed up? Did you even read your comment before posting. It seems like the cooperation behind the scenes comes from you and others, not us. Also the NAP term wasn’t proposed by MG, so you have one place to look when it comes to that.

This kind of "old-school" shit is some NPO pre-karma level bullshit and I hope is never seen in this game.

True, except they had more time while GATO went from zero'd and missing half of their members to tripling their member base and breaching a lot further than their peak. might I add in the span of 2 1/2 months? Also I upvoted urs because yes.

As do I. Totally legitimate. Like super duper double for realsies

From the Office of Baghdad Bob, we release the following statement.

Biggest Pixelhugger

Yeah for that monstrosity alone the peace is null and void 😂. For those of you that are spin doctors the above statement is sarcasm and not serious.

Firstly, I submit a petition to abbreviate the war name from "The Bifrost Blitz War" to just "the BBW". Secondly, thank you to everyone who donated infra for me to remove. GG everyone, this is fun but I'm glad it's over now so I can rebuild. Also, join the Brethren of Moose and worship Bill the Moose as your God

Orange man! Authenticity confirmed!

Looks like you got Stillmad-23. See a doctor about it and quarantine.

What in the Unholy British Empire is that?

Glad that we can all agree about what truly belongs on pizza. Bon Appetite.

Btw, "Bifröst Blitz" is probably the worst serious war name At this point we might as well call it "the the war"

I thought this was an every year thing so I'm surprised I didn't see it, but maybe I'm just having a blind moment. Biggest alliance decline

There are valid CBs in PnW? Since when?

borg i offshore for 59 alliances in the game mostly micros If you're one of those alliances that relies on this player being your offshore. What the !@#$ are you thinking?

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