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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.

After a long, hard fought battle from Midgard and Withheld spheres, Withheld has agreed to surrender to Midgard and the parties agree to the following terms: Withheld admits defeat and surrenders to Midgard Withheld acknowledges MG’s CB (Casus Belli) as legitimate Withheld and Midgard agree that the name of the war is Bifröst Blitz Carthago and Aurora agree to set previous grievances behind them and make good-faith effort towards better relations going forward Carthago and The Commonwealth agree that the dissolution of BR isn’t attributable to any one reason, and neither alliance shoulders full responsibility for it EvilPiggyFooFoo and TCW / MG agree to peace and reset relations Withheld and Midgard agree to enter a 2 month NAP which ends on Saturday March 4 DC. All alliances go back to their pre-war color blocs In addition to these terms the following meme terms have been agreed to: TKR agrees pineapple does not belong on pizza Purplemoon will draw a purple elephant and send it to TCW TKR must post once a week for 10 weeks an animal GIF to DB embassy and they must admit Chinese Hairless Cresteds are the cutest bestest bois EvilPiggyFooFoo and Aurora agree to exchange Christmas Cards Peace will begin on this DC, January 3 (Tuesday) DC and thus no new war declarations after January 3 (Tuesday) DC and on. All active wars declared before Jan 3 DC may be completed, expired, or white peaced at the players’ discretion. The following alliances will be included in the NAP: Midgard: Aurora, The Immortals, Dark Brotherhood, United Purple Nations, The Commonwealth, Church of Atom, Goon Squad, Serpentis, The Mortals, Convent of Atom, Roman Empire, Serene Repubblica Fiorentina, The Hive, The Lost Empire, The Wei, Almighty Corporation, Annunaki Legion, Mole Rats, Standard Steel, Terran Federation, The Bank of Orbis, The Coal Mines, The MinuteMen, Weaponized Hooters, Western Republic, Farkistan, United Socialist Nations, United Commerce Republic Withheld: The Knights Radiant, Name Withheld, Black Knights, Carthago, The Forgotten Realms, Mayhem, Federated States of Orbis, World Task Force, Purple Flower Garden, Banana Stand, Order of the White Rose, Seven Kingdoms, Man I love Frogs, New Sanghelios, Monastery, Mom's Friendly Robot Company, Crusaders of the Holy Boogaloo, New Polar Order Midgard thanks Withheld for a hard fought battle and wishes Wizel a good retirement and its congratulations to Canbec on leadership. Additionally, I’d like to thank our allies in Midgard for their endurance, patience, and abilities on the battlefield. Midgard Signatories: Aurora - ToxicPepper, Kan0601, AlexW, Xi Jinping The Immortals - Scratchy, Dr. James Wilson, LordTyrion Dark Brotherhood - Arima, Superdead, GeneralJon, Sketchy United Purple Nations - CoraMcStrap, Cameron Axley, Malichy The Commonwealth - RightHonorable, Jeric Church of Atom - RandomNoobster, James II Serene Repubblica Fiorentina - Matshaa, Alexio, Draks The Wei - A Noble Death, Definitive James, Blair4932 The Lost Empire - Atlan, Damon Roman Empire - Germanicus Julius Caesar, Tiberius Aurion Caesar, Valentinian Komnenos The Hive - MinesomeMC, Witherskella10, Llenn’s Mom Withheld Signatories: The Knights Radiant, Canbec, King of the Heralds BigMorf, Ghostblood Babsk Kyubnyan, Herald of Internal Affairs Lancelot, Herald of Growth Steven Hoffmann, Herald of War Name Withheld, [REDACTED] O5-0: The Resurrected O5-1: The Pilot O5-2: The Spaceman O5-3: Nine-tails O5-4: The Dreamer Black Knights, ayy lmao Carthago, Viridian Entente, EvilPiggyFooFoo, The Most Innocentest War Criminal TLDR: Withheld surrenders to MG, war ends on January 3 DC.

This nation (https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=164932) has a quote from Hitler's ("great man") Mein Kampf that has been translated into English. It appears that this user has also tried to avoid people finding this easily by making the font blend in with the background (showing as I had to highlight it for it to be visible).

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

vein be like

We need a category for most cruel dictatorship.

LMFAO they literally merged their training alliance into them.

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

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Is it too late to make "worst IC poster" a category?

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.

Ayy lmao o7

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 said you declared 2 wars and that is the truth, you did nothing since, besides Lord of Puns trying to wake your sleepy ass up. Keep that UPN tradition of being absolutely useless in a war going mate. Many other people in his range had no problem at all finding wars. He declared 2 wars in the absolute beginning of the war and that was it.

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

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

Can't wait to do it for a third year in a row next Christmas!

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.

Best Mid Gov Member

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.

It amazes me just how quickly you've turned into a TKR shill. I tear up at how far you've come.

The aggressor gave a double-digit list of terms for a surrender. How is that at all lenient?

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.

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?

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?

Most Online/Likely to respond in 1 minute? lol

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