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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 believe that all we have is our word, that when we say things we should mean them, and mean them wholeheartedly." - Leah Johnson Earlier in the week, we all witnessed the drama between Aurora and Midgard unfold. This was filled with leaks, internal drama, Aurora being removed from the bloc, and a Civil War. One thing, however, that presented itself from this dispute, was a situation regarding Legion of Dawn and former Aurora leader, Kan, who was sitting as their Head of Foreign Affairs and Head of Milcom. Legion of Dawn currently has an MDoAP with the signatories of Midgard. Which, you’d think they would defend them being attacked, right? It seems as if RightHonorable wanted that, but to no surprise, Kan did not, and per the leaks, instructed an individual to not follow leaderships orders. Due to this conflict of interest of a member of leadership not wanting to hit his former alliance or defend his M-level treaty, Legion of Dawn remains on the sidelines collecting pixels. In no circumstances should you sit on the sidelines while your mandatory allies fight. I encourage the signatories of Midgard to separate themselves, by removal, from an Alliance who will not defend you, who remain conflicted in their own stances, and who lack direction internally. Additionally, I encourage RightHonorable and his loyalists to separate from this entity. In summary, Knights Templar have declared war on Legion of Dawn, except RightHonorable.

Waffle House , Anti Horridism Obocchama Kun , Hand Of Fate , Knights Templar , Denison , Ducc Zucc and Sam Cooper declare war on Arrgh for thier misdeeds against Anti Horridism Obocchama Kun. Arrgh must pay war reparations or they will have to face the wrath of the collective allaince listed above. Edit: Leo (a representative of rose) declares war on arrgh on behalf of rose.

Arrgh has been given several warnings by Anti Horridism Obocchama Kun and several others to stop looting innocent nations but a dog's tail can never be straightened. Together , We can overpower Arrgh. They don't have consent or permission to attack us. We must make a anti - arrgh coaltion to protect our allainces and nations from Arrgh. After their defeat during Opeartion White Pirate , they have decided to continue looting other nations and this must be stopped. Those who are willing to join this coaltion , send a mdp treaty to Anti Horridism Obocchama Kun and upvote , comment this post. Together , we can destroy the pirate buisness of arrgh. If Arrgh still does not stop , it will be forced to do so.

TL;DR - Welcome Cataclysm / Mayhem /Bourbon Street to "Witch Trials". After 99942 Apophis was called in to defend Aurora/Borealis, The Hive, Legion of Dawn, Convent of Atom & Company from they sheer overwhelming force of The Coven it was only a matter of time before even 99A was unable to keep the witches at bay. It seems that I have failed in keeping to my word as a leader and as a reporter in staying out and away from hegemonies. The Coven has turned into one so strong that now Cataclysm, Mayhem and Bourbon Street have come to defend 99A who have defended Aurora. While Cataclysm shows you 1 war, here are the wars from 99A on The Coven in support of Aurora: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1661895 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1661898 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1662317 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1662428 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1662690 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1662472 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1663443 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1663974 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1663985 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1664031 We see this issue as a problem with chaining, alliance communication and how strong the hegemony is of The Coven. Because of this The Coven initiates the following chain... Seeing how Aurora/Borealis has an ODP with 99942 Apophis... Seeing how 99942 Apophis has an ODP with Cataclysm... Seeing how Cataclysm has an ODoAP with Knights Templar... Seeing how Knights Templar has a MDoAP with Requiem... Seeing how Requiem has a ODP with House Stark... Seeing how House Stark has an MDoAP with The Fighting Pacifists... Seeing how The Fighting Pacifists have an MDP with The Coven... The Coven declares war on The Coven to protect it's totally legitimate linking allies. With the power of all these great alliances and The Coven we shall defeat The Coven!

My fellow peacekeepers! It appears that we have a new assignment! A backwards confederacy of states calling themselves Midgard has instigated a civil war amongst itself. A most interesting strategy indeed. In the midst of of this violent unrest, those who had caused the violence could think of just one solution to save their pixels—vacation! And only then, once off to Florida, did these cowards finally acknowledge their state of war with Aurora and its coalition. As pacifists, we hate to see more conflict. This coalition of states is in shambles again. These frightened tyrants deserve no resort vacation. With our brothers in Carthage, it is our duty to restore peace! The Fighting Pacifists declare a special peacekeeping operation into Midgard. Signed, Shwin, Prime Facilitator Erik, Facilitator Aligned, Facilitator Jonny, Defender of Peace Kieran, Defender of Unity

Idk what's slower, this ROH or the counters y'all sent

Being dogpiled for the first time in 3 years has given me some new insights. One of these insights is that the current cost of credits compared to the amount of resources you gain from spending a credit is abysmal since the amount hasn’t been adjusted to account for the increase in the cash value of credits from $15m to $25m. As per this post, the last time resources were adjusted was when credits were $15m, and each resource was adjusted to try to fit a value of $10m. For reference, here are the current values for each type of resource you can exchange credits for: 5,000.0 coal - $12,330,000.0 5,000.0 oil - $12,590,000.0 5,000.0 uranium - $11,635,000.0 5,000.0 lead - $16,205,000.0 5,000.0 iron - $11,710,000.0 5,000.0 bauxite - $14,125,000.0 5,000.0 gasoline - $12,295,000.0 5,000.0 munitions - $8,575,000.0 5,000.0 aluminum - $11,385,000.0 5,000.0 steel - $15,235,000.0 150,000.0 food - $18,300,000.0 This is a fairly simple suggestion to increase the amount of resources provided for one credit, however I have three different proposals to make. Proposal 1: Increase the amount of resources provided by 50% across the board. 7,500.0 coal - $18,502,500.0 7,500.0 oil - $18,870,000.0 7,500.0 uranium - $17,467,500.0 7,500.0 lead - $24,307,500.0 7,500.0 iron - $17,565,000.0 7,500.0 bauxite - $21,187,500.0 7,500.0 gasoline - $18,427,500.0 7,500.0 munitions - $12,855,000.0 7,500.0 aluminum - $17,077,500.0 7,500.0 steel - $22,852,500.0 Note that I did not increase the amount of food since this change would increase food above the 25m value of a credit. Proposal 2: Automatically increase the amount of resources provided adjusted to be worth 66% of whatever the current value of credits are. This amount would be adjusted at the beginning of every month by taking the average daily value of each resource over the course of the last month. I chose 66% since that matched Alex’s original intent from his 2019 change (credits were worth 15m back then, and he changed every resource value to be worth roughly 10m). This would get rid of the ability to buy credits and redeem them for resources that are worth more than the value of credits to turn a quick profit, but this is a fairly uncommon occurrence nowadays so I don’t expect it to be a serious issue. Proposal 3: Manually adjust the amount of resources provided adjusted to be worth around 66% of 25m. 7,000.0 coal - $17,122,000.0 7,000.0 oil - $17,164,000.0 7,000.0 uranium - $15,932,000.0 5,500.0 lead - $17,429,500.0 7,000.0 iron - $16,478,000.0 5,500.0 bauxite - $15,658,500.0 7,000.0 gasoline - $16,898,000.0 10,000.0 munitions - $16,900,000.0 7,500.0 aluminum - $16,882,500.0 5,500.0 steel - $17,083,000.0 Food unchanged The primary purpose of this is to improve the fighting capabilities of nations while blockaded, especially for those being dogpiled, since the current exchange rates are overly penalizing make it much less worthwhile to militarize and fight back when one has the opportunity to do so. One secondary purpose is to emphasize the importance of maintaining credits as a part of your warchest, which would concurrently increase the value of credits (which means more moolah for Alex right?). I know that this would negatively impact the usability of ships, but the viability of blockades have already been drastically reduced since the credit limit was doubled and rewarded ads were introduced. Yes this would be a nerf to ships, but ships are already long overdue for a rework, so I think buffs they receive in the future would outweigh this change. I'm open to any feedback regarding this suggestion, especially regarding alternative values for exchange rates.

The Knights Templar have agreed to White Peace with Legion of Dawn beginning one turn after day change, today, May 14th, 2023. We would like to thank them for the entertainment, effort and we were glad to provide them with some military training. TLDR; KT and LoD reach peace.

"Beyond the flames of Ragnarok lies the hallowed halls of Valhalla, where fallen warriors feast and fight alongside the bravest of the brave. There they await the final battle, their blades ever sharp, their spirits unyielding, for they know that in the end, it is their valor that will usher in a new world." Terms: 1. White Peace: After the day change (0 UTC) from 05/07 into 05/08 - both parties will cease hostilities. No new wars or spy ops will be declared after the turn. Existing wars can be concluded in any way based on members’ own discretions. 2. NAPs Are Bad, M’kay?: Both parties will not enforce a NAP after this war. 3. #PiggyDidNothingWrong - Midgard will renounce its imposed terms from the Bifrost Blitz (aka the Midgard CB was not valid) 4. Go Back To Where You Came From - All Alliances go back to their original color blocs. VERY Important Terms: 1. MILF gets a frog drawing by SW, UPN or TI. 2. Daveth gets an elephant drawing, holding the flag of Midgard. Signatures: Carthago: Jax - Suffet, John the Revelator Piggy - Suffet, Evil Dictator, No Longer A War Criminal The Fighting Pacifist: Shwin, Shark Erik, Facilitator Aligned, Facilitator Jonnyboi, Defender of Peace Kieran, Defender of Unity Midgard: MinuteMen: Commander in Chief, Hemlock Executive Officer, Sainthunta High Commissioner, Mystic Financial Minister, Creature Grand Admiral, WebsterAve Grand Provost, Ianoo Serene Wei: Matshaa, High One, The Biggest of Girthy Specimens Blair4932, High One, The Girthiest of Large Specimens Alexio, Prophet Jimmy, Prophet Draks, Prophet James, Prophet Davey, Medici A Noble Death, Medici The Immortals: Scratchy - The First Lord Tyrion - Cosmic Lord James Wilson - Primordial of FA United Socialist Nations: Vanguard: DarVolt/Matrix Councilors Internal Affairs: Elias/Friedrich Hielland Foreign Affairs: Aleksi/Ultraodan Defense and Economic: William Churchill United Purple Nations: Prime Minister - Cora Mcstrap Chief of Staff - Cameron Axley Ministers: Minister of Internal Affairs - Matt Minister of Foreign Affairs - Malichy Minister of Finance - Noreen Minister of Defense - Naaro Minister of Communications - Moonitaur Minister of Education - Ranger Sam

An Address to the Peoples of Florida Dear citizens of the outlandishly amazing state of Florida, it is with deep regret that I report to you about a second conspirator in the threat against you, our most cherished and beloved people. The erratic, tyrannical, terrorist state of Eclipse, has most egregiously deployed their eagerly subservient vassal Aurora to sow discord and dissent amongst the many states of Orbis. Feeding them false fears in order to set them against not only the great state of Florida, but many others. Setting them against other states, to leave us weakened and vulnerable to strike. Truly a devilish plot. But your glorious leaders did not fail you, no. The great leaders of Florida have once again displayed the sort of impeccable timing only known to Floridians such as yourselves. This is why the undeniably indomitable state of Florida, effective immediately, declares war on Eclipse’s most deferential dependent, Aurora. But evidence, you may say. Is not justice important in the state of Florida? Well never fear dear citizens, for your leaders provide. Below we shall provide evidence of the many tangled webs of lies and deceit.

Hello, I’m yio. I am a captain within the alliance Arrgh and a former Junior Associate within The Enterprise. I am basing this list off not only my personal experience raiding, but also the amount of bullying done toward them. Let’s begin 5. Terminus EST Idk if the only reason I wasn’t countered is because of the global war or what, but I was disappointed to find that not even a spy op was done to stop me attacking one of their nations. 1 star at best. 4. Legion of Dawn I’ve attacked multiple members of Legion of Dawn and not been countered once. The only reason they are above Terminus EST is because they atleast offered me money for a truce. 3. Titans This alliance’s leader tried to counter me and lost LOL! 2. United Purple Nations The amount of trash we talk about this alliance is unreal. I’m not sure if their milcom even checks the nations attacking them, because they sent 3+ counters after me and they all lost LMFAO!!! 1. The Immortals You’d think that when you attack a top 5 alliance they’d fight back. But no. I’ve quite literally stolen hundreds of millions of dollars in money and resources from these guys and not been countered once. That’s why you’ll often see me raiding them more than anyone else. I hope the leaders/gov of these alliances read this and realize how horrible of a job they’re doing. If you’re getting raided by a C12 and not able to defend yourself, maybe it’s time to reroll again. Or maybe you Immortals should go on vacation again. That’s all, goodbye.

Woah guys, y'all still use the forums? That's hecka retro and awesome! My legal team advises me to make a post here so that all the e-lawyers aren't confused at a later point and whatnot. In defense of Eclipse (and we already were under attack anyway, accidental or not) We, the propane defense militia of Strickland Propane, declare WAR on the Knights Templar (ask them why). With Strickland's large numbers and staggeringly enormous ego, we intend to rapidly shift the tides of this great war into our favor. ~Semper Propanus

An Address to the Peoples of Orbis It is with a heavy heart, that we must inform our dearest citizens of Orbis that plagiarism is not in fact the sincerest form of flattery. It is the sign of a weak mind and a fragile spirit. Also, we have achieved peace. The following terms have been agreed upon. 1 - Aurora, The Hive, and Church of Atom admit defeat 2 - All parties agree to return to their original color bloc 3 - Convent of Atom agrees to switch off Blue No new wars are to be declared past May 17th, 12:00am server time day change. Existing wars can be peaced or finished. Signatures Signed for Paradise Chief Overseers: Sketchy & Anri Administration Officer: Abaddon Signed for Rose Emperor: Solomon Ben-David High Justice: Harry Flashman Horizon Guard of Foreign Affairs: Wasteking Signed for Cataclysm The Undying: Keegoz The Undying: Decagon Signed for Guardian JtTeE Memph Synthesis Vanek26 Signed for Aurora Xi Jinping AlexW Franz Signed for Church of Atom RandomNoobster James II Signed for Bourbon Street Kilo. Hannah, Muted Signed for Mayhem Myself, Boyce, Titan Signed for Arkham Asylum Director: Seb Signed for The Hive MinesomeMC ⬢ Queen Bee Greggs ⬢ Right Brain Llenn ⬢ Left Brain Llenn’s Mom ⬢ Parental Permission

I'm excited to announce P&WGPT, a large language model trained on Politics and War information from Wiki and Forums. This powerful tool can help answer a wide range of questions related to Politics and War gameplay mechanics, from basic knowledge and specific events in Politics and War History. To give you a little background, I recently created the GPT bot for Royal Orbis News (Takes Alliance Affairs RSS Feed inputs in into GPT and summarizes it) and I enjoyed seeing the positive response it received from the community. I have attached a image below about it. That's why I'm excited to introduce P&WGPT, which will be a valuable resource for anyone looking to improve their knowledge in Politics and War. With a wealth of knowledge at its fingertips, P&WGPT can help guide you through questions and much more! I am expecting a release date of sometime early next month. But, If you want up-to-date information on the project. Visit Royal Orbis News Discord Server Here are some images about PnWGPT And it also has an agent feature. If you provide it a link it will respond with a summary about it. More Information can be found in Royal Orbis News Discord Server PnWGPT may produce inaccurate information!

It’s about… Time Traditionally speaking, we in Mayhem and Bourbon Street have not shied away from going to war “for fun” or even with an intention we do not publicly disclose. However, we believe it is time to eliminate and reprimand a dangerous action before it becomes a precedent. At 5:07 pm central time on April 24th, Aurora gave their 72 hours notice of their withdrawal from Midgard. While it is true that the treaty did not require this, we supported the action on Aurora’s part. However, before the expiration of said 72 hour period, Aurora, Church of Atom and The Hive engaged in wars against Midgard. This sets a dangerous precedent in Orbis that nobody should get away with. Therefore: TLDR: Mayhem and Bourbon Street declare war on Aurora, Church of Atom, The Hive and each alliance's millions of extensions. PS: We declare neutrality in the impending Knights Templar v Legion of Dawn conflict PS v2: Cataclysm is also here, but decided to post their own DoW PS v3: I haven't had forum rep in a while, so this is nice From Mayhem: TigerFire, Hegemon The Titan, Remnant Boyce the Great, Remnant From Bourbon Street: Kilo, Chairman mutedfaith , Chairman HannaH, Sparkle Queen

Aurora had always dreamed of going to Florida Their bedroom walls were covered with posters of palm trees, beaches, and theme parks. They talked about it every day, telling us about all the exciting things they wanted to do there. However, we Midgardians, have always lived in a small treehouse, and money was always tight, especially when Aurora's frequent meltdowns trashed the living room draining our accounts time and again. We could never afford to go on vacations, let alone to Florida. But we knew how much this meant to Aurora, so we decided to do everything we could to make their dream come true and change the locks while they were gone. We started saving every penny we could find, cutting back on expenses and working odd jobs under the table. We sold some of our belongings, skipped meals. It was a tough time for us Midgardians, doing all this extra work while Aurora sat on the couch yelling at everyone to work harder as they ate a bag of puffed cheetos taking no notice as we all grew skinnier and wore the same clothes more often. Not Aurora though, nothing changed for them or their motley crew couch surfing friends. Finally, after months of hard work and sacrifice, we were able to scrape together enough money to buy one ticket to Florida!!! On Frontier! We even managed to get them a cheap taxi to the airport and a personal chauffer to carry them and their couch surfing friends out of the house quickly. Aurora, below you will find the ticket to Florida you have always dreamed of and we will find the peace of mind with having you out of our lives for good Enjoy your trip tl;dr: Midgard recognizes a state of war with our former Sphere members.

Basically what happens

We're providing some Projects for approval to add to the docket of coming content. We want to have these go through a feedback phase so we can add them when needed. Already Approved Projects and Project Changes : New Projects Designs: New Project: Bountiful Harvest Requirements: Green Technologies Cost: 0$ Food: 2,000,000 Aluminum: 50,000 Steel: 40,000 Gasoline: 30,000 Effect: Max commerce percentage rate is increased by 9. The nation can build 3 more supermarkets per city. Food consumption increased by rate by 15%. Nations in war take an additional 5% increase rate in food consumption. Adjustment incoming. New Project: Mars Landing Requirement: Space Program Cost: $200,000,000 Oil: 20,000 Aluminum: 20,000 Steel: 20,000 Munitions: 20,000 Gas: 20,000 Uranium: 10,000 Effect: Similar to Moon Landing, provides a special achievement. A Leaderboard will be kept to track nations on when they complete the Mars Landing. If a nation has both the Moon Landing and Mars Landing they will receive an an in-game award in addition to the achievements and gain a daily boost to approval rating. New Project: Military Expansion Requirement: At least 3,500,000 Soldier kills, 100,000 Tanks destroyed, 10,000 Aircraft destroyed, 1,000 ships destroyed Cost: $0 Effect: The next city purchased after this project is bought for the first time is reduced to $0. This project can only be purchased buy a player with less than 30 cities. This project cannot be deleted until a player is at 30 cities or higher. New Project: Advanced Surveillance Network Project Requirements: Intelligence Agency, Advanced Urban Planning Cost: $300,000,000 Aluminum: 20,000 Steel: 20,000 Uranium: 10,000 Effect: Spy attacks against your nation are 10% less likely to succeed and the attacker is 10% more likely to be identified. If you have feedback on a specific project, please identify which one and which aspect of it. This is a feedback thread and the feedback provided can change what's listed in the new section. The items in the already approved queue is just so people don't suggest content already planned to come out. As for timelines, Alex stated sometime after the global war for projects. Beyond that I don't have an answer for you. I don't keep the timetables on when it comes out. Thanks.

Special mention to Arrgh for completely botching their blitz against WAP

This gives "I had to pay my student loans, why should yours be forgiven?" energy.

Now we can focus on fighting 60% of the active game instead of 80%.

Residents of the Salem Wastelands, for years The Coven threat was left alone to deal with the Mafia. However, with actions committed yesterday, they have gone a step too far. My fellow inhabitants of the wasteland please join me in pushing the enemies of the town to the stake. The evidence is as follows: A Coven nation declared war on a 99A nation without recent provocation. https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=191746&display=war https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=252558&display=war 99A countered, and these counters were hit by another nation from The Coven. https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=449101&display=war The Coven nation was then countered by Cataclysm via the ODP with 99A, one of these counters was then hit by a Coven nation. https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=447243&display=war We gave chance for mistakes to be corrected before countering again 10 hours later. https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=434425&display=war Only for another Cataclysm counter to be hit by The Coven. https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=258355&display=war From here on, I beseech thee, fellow Residents of the Salem Wastelands.. Provide judgement on The Coven for the crimes of: Unsolicited Attacks and Reckless Escalation Cataclysmic Residents: Leader / FA - Keegoz: Guilty Leader / Econ - Decagon: Abstain 2ic / FA - Cadn: Guilty Milcom Head - Betta: Guilty Daedalus Lead / IA Saikat: Guilty 99942 Apophis Residents: Leader - Flora: Guilty Bourbon Street Residents: Drunken Fist Master - Kilo: Guilty Dutch Windmill Enthusiast - Muted: Guilty Sparkle Queen - Hannah: Guilty Mayhem Residents: Hegemon - Tigerfire: Guilty Remnant - Boyce: Guilty Remnant - Titan: Guilty The town has reached its verdict: TL;DR Cataclysm, 99942 Apophis, Bourbon Street and Mayhem recognise hostilities presented by The Coven and enter into a state of war. For the resolution of this conflict, The Coven must acknowledge fault and admit that countering a counter is nonsensical for the wellbeing of the town. This must be publicly stated by Alan in either VGM or RON.

PoV: You are part of the anti-fortuna coalition.

Sad to see it end. May Space Uncle guide you in your future endeavors.

That much was clear from the formatting. Consider this our 72 hour notice. Blitzing you tomorrow.

Imagine not posting an RoH until you've gotten other alliances to dig you out of the hole you dug yourself into 💀

The game is really struggling with how to handle whales, and basically has for as long as whales have existed. So the question is how to make the game fun for these long-playing players while also keeping things balanced? My idea would be to introduce specific mechanics that are designed to eat up additional resources as the player grows. My first pitched idea for this: Every 10 cities you can buy an additional nuclear weapon. C20 = 2 nukes, c30 = 3 nukes etc. The idea here being that it's fun to be a nuclear menace, but the more nukes flying through the upper tier means more radiation to eat up food AND more destroyed infrastructure in the tier that we're trying to impose a bit of fairness on. Plus I think generally that allowing players to fling more nukes is a good thing because it's the "loser's fight back" mechanic. I know pixel huggers will balk at this initially, but my experience as a whale - confirmed by many others - is that once you break through to the higher city counts, your relative costs actually decrease in spite of the exponential curves Alex has put in place on things like infra and city cost. It's easier for whales to fight forever, rebuild faster, and grow quicker than it is for the midtier or low tier playerbase. We need to start introducing fun ways to increase the cost of being at higher city counts or risk PnW falling into a Politics and Whales game... which it arguably already is.

Thank the lord that Covenant of Atom is off the blue color bloc, it can now rocket to $17k a turn.

It is with a heavy heart, that we must inform our dearest citizens of Aurora / Hive / COA of a treacherous outside element attempting to bring down our most glorious state. The objectively inferior, cowardly, lackadaisical, barely nation state of Paradise, 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. Paradise, lacking the sheer competence of such a brilliant state as ours, had to amass a force much larger than ours to take us down. Tonight Aurora / Hive / COA and Midgard + TLE agree to white peace at day change. All alliances go back to their pre-war colors and no new wars or spy ops are to be conducted post tonight's day change (0 UTC from 05/07 - 05/08). Current wars can be peaced, fought to completion or expired at the players discretion. Signatures: Aurora: First Explorer, Xi Jinping First Explorer, AlexW Second Explorer, Franz Church Of Atom: Pontifex Atomicus: Randomnoobster Pontifex Emeritus: James II The Hive: Queen Bee: MinesomeMC Right Brain: Ch4rl1e Left Brain: Eliot Midgard: MinuteMen: Commander in Chief, Hemlock Executive Officer, Sainthunta High Commissioner, Mystic Financial Minister, Creature Grand Admiral, WebsterAve Grand Provost, Ianoo Serene Wei: Matshaa, High One, The Biggest of Girthy Specimens Blair4932, High One, The Girthiest of Large Specimens Alexio, Prophet Jimmy, Prophet Draks, Prophet James, Prophet Davey, Medici A Noble Death, Medici The Immortals: Scratchy - The First Lord Tyrion - Cosmic Lord James Wilson - Primordial of FA United Socialist Nations: Vanguard: DarVolt/Matrix Councilors Internal Affairs: Elias/Friedrich Hielland Foreign Affairs: Aleksi/Ultraodan Defense and Economic: William Churchill United Purple Nations: Prime Minister - Cora Mcstrap Chief of Staff - Cameron Axley Ministers: Minister of Internal Affairs - Matt Minister of Foreign Affairs - Malichy Minister of Finance - Noreen Minister of Defense - Naaro Minister of Communications - Moonitaur Minister of Education - Ranger Sam The Lost Empire: Ocean Master: Atlan Imperia: Damon I TL;DR White peace between Aurora, Hive, Coa and Midgard (+tle)

I can't be the only one who finds it rather tasteless to make a thread for the sole purpose of mocking the enemy who did nothing wrong to you but against who you assembled a massive coalition of everyone for no reason anyway.

The list of alliances on my target list keeps growing, yet I still can't find slots Edit: First, haha eat that @BOYCE THE GREAT

Thank you for having been such a wonderful ally and community during all these years, it's been an absolute pleasure! (and sharing memes in ASM server shall, I'm sure, continue to be a pleasure 😩)

Make sure that you have more than 0.46 gasoline when you declare counters! Wouldn't want to see you lose to Camelot.

A story brought to you by the advanced AI of Atlantis Once a time, in a far-off corner of the universe, lived two great empires—Aurora and Atlantis. Aurora was an ancient civilization of star-born beings that had grown to cosmic proportions through its advanced technologies, robotics, and space travel. It was well known for its grandiose monuments and cities that glittered like beacons amongst the stars. However, the society of Atlantis was mysterious and wary. Its people had chosen to remain hidden from the other races of the cosmos, their strange practices and customs kept secret. But their isolation meant they had also become adept at harnessing their own magicks and secrets. One day, the peaceful existence of Aurora was shattered by a sudden invasion from Atlantis. The Atlanteans had come to conquer, their massive armada streaking through space with speed and aggression. Nothing like this had ever been seen before; even the most advanced military forces of Aurora were no match for the magical weapons of Atlantis. As the days stretched into weeks and months, it seemed that the Atlanteans would not be denied. The citizens of Aurora had no choice but to surrender to their superior forces. However, with the help of some brave outsiders, Aurora was able to stave off Atlantis's advance and keep them from conquering their beloved planet. Now, thousands of years later, the citizens of Aurora remember the war with Atlantis as a reminder to never forget their courage and strength in the face of adversity. They continue to live in peace and harmony, and still marvel at the grandeur of their former enemy. TL;DR The Lost Empire declares war on Aurora 🔱 Ps. I tried a storytelling ai app because I was lazy and didn't want to write one myself 🤣, hope you enjoyed it.

I am more in awe at the fact that you have just posted a several minute long North Korean propaganda video lavishing praise upon yourself in place of a North Korean dictator

Rose caught in 4k, we got them boys. #unitethegame

Let's see if we can get these forum discussions kicking a bit again. Thought it would be interesting to see the games perspective on the latest global, here are some categories I thought worth discussing. 1. Which alliance fought the best this war? Why? 2. Which alliance fought the worse this war? Why? 3. Did any alliance improve this war or perform worse? 4. Who was the biggest winner out of the war? aka who gained the most? 5. Who was the biggest loser out of the war? aka who lost the most? Feel free to discuss one question or all of them. I'll likely post my own when I get some more time.

How all of this is going down is so amazing and spectacular that honestly you may have a point here But tracking all these coalitions and events all happening at the same time, ow, my head

Rose simply has the mandate of heaven. Facts about Rose: 1 - Rose has had over a million score before. Really a testament to their IA and econ policies. 2 - Rose consistently has over two hundred members. I think NPO had a lot, but I think only Rose has had specifically over 200 for so long. 3 - Rose's tiering gives them the upper hand in the upper tiers. They've very competitive, and all that mass is here to stay. 4 - Rose is a very old community. They have a lot of experience, and their gov is full of heavy hitters. This is to say nothing of the loyalty of their old guard. All these factors have come together to allow Rose to establish such a strong position in the game. And like, when I say they're old, they were here even before this current version of the game. There's also no real way to counter this either. Just bullying them is going to make them tighter and bring them together. You could get some bad actors to come together, infiltrate Rose, and maybe cause some damage that way; but that's a high-risk, low-reward strategy. It's a Rosian world, we just live in it.

ASM has been one of the best online communities I've had the honour of being a part of. I learnt so much and met so many interesting people during my time playing the game and I wouldn't take it back for the world. We were all hit hard by Red's passing and the world is a worse place for being deprived of him. He was easily one of the nicest, most sincere, and unconditionally helpful people I'd ever met; my only regret is that I didn't get to spend more time with him. also praise be to fully automated luxury gay space communism 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️🚩

There will never be anything quite as wonderful as our happy little union. Thanks to every member for making ASM what it was; and God bless Redarmy

Rest in peace RedArmy. Glad this will remain with him being the last there. Enjoy retirement. Screw ASM.

Exit beige now, no balls

Do you remember a time when chocolate chip cookies came fresh from the oven. Pepperidge farm remembers Do you remember a time when Moms Friendly Robot company didn't exist. Pepperidge wishes they didn't remember. MFRco is celebrating one year of MOMs sweet, charming, warm ULTIMATE CONTROL embrace of civilization. We've been through a lot in the past year, friends have come and go, wars have started and faded. But one thing remains intact, MOM. Please enjoy this Propaganda little video we've made for your subjugation enjoyment. Lots of Love MOM

I will always enjoy my time in ASM. It was a truly welcoming community that made me feel like I belonged. It will live on in mine and many others hearts. ❤️❤️❤️