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I haven't been around in forever, but on one of my semi-annual SK check-ins, it was mentioned Mensa had disbanded. I felt honor-bound to pop into the thread.
You folks in Mensa were great, and despite whatever ups and downs we had (and lord knows y'all pissed me off sometimes and vice versa) some of both the best, most fun, and maybe the most honorable people I played the game and allied with. You'll always be on my wall of fame and loved.
The Oktoberfest with y'all and tS was so much fun from start to finish, but what stands out for me the most, was shortly after we first allied, when my !@#$up led to our whole sphere getting steam-rollered. At the time I suggested to our allies that they disavow me and make clear it was my plan not theirs, save themselves, and there would be absolutely zero hard feelings. Pfeiffer and Mensa leadership just looked at me like I was crazy and rolled tanks with us, got rolled right alongside us. Impossible to forget something like that.
Best of luck to all of you, and avoid that damn snow.
Hail Mensa
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Yea. Apparently retirements in this game are usually disappointing. Overrated.
No idea what you're on about. I can't recommend retirement enough.
Mikey, I was thoroughly expecting to be disappointed when you sent me this dow link on fb, but genuinely well done this time. Brought a tear to my eye and a chuckle from my lips
Didn't make me think about coming back though 
Have fun and good luck guys. Merry Christmas.
Also my old Mensa and BK friends, have fun warring. You'll understand if I refrain from wishing you luck this time
Though as I recall, you rarely need it XD-
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An Announcement from House Baratheon
and the Great Snek Lord
It is with heavy heart and deep sorrow that I put these words before Orbis today. Recently, after a long and fruitful reign as King of Seven Kingdoms, I came to realize that SK was not enough for me. Through commune with the Seven, I had ascended to a higher plane. After much thought, and consultation with my dear friend and blood brother, Partisan the most Unholy, I realized my calling. I had to leave the Seven Kingdoms, and move on to my true purpose -- taking the wealth of the world and showering it in my leavings as Partisan and I built a Great Snek Empire that would span all of Orbis and last Ten Thousand Years.
But I would never leave Seven Kingdoms vulnerable, and without the firm hand of a great leader. Having no true-born children, I consulted the Septons, the Maesters, and prayed to the Father for wisdom to guide my choice. And then, like a thunderbolt from a clear blue day, my prayers were answered. The Father revealed to me the one true choice as my heir: Pfeiffer: Baron of House Qorgoyle, Lord of the Desert Marches. And so I proclaimed him my successor, and sailed off into the Smoking Sea to seek the Elixir of Ultimate Duplicity -- the missing ingredient in completing the ultimate triumph of Partages.
Yet the hearts of men are ever fickle and corruptible, prone to evil and betrayal. While taking a respite in Braavos, it became apparent to me that a cloud of darkness has descended upon Westeros. Petty, grasping, desperate men have thrown the realm into turmoil, seeking power they have not earned, and that they lack bearing to yield. From the East, Cody K of the calumnious Blackyfyres returns, bringing fire and death to reignite his fraudulent claim. Even ever loyal and honorable men such as Mikey have been led astray by the wicked -- in his case by Sabriel, who once again proves the Boltons to be ever treacherous and unworthy.
This state of affairs cannot be tolerated. There is one true King of the Seven Kingdoms, anointed by the Seven, Dio, and Khorne, crowned by the Royal Proclamation. Pfeiffer is the one true King of the Seven Kingdoms. All who deny it are our foes.
Diplomacy and peaceful resolution were attempted, and rebuffed. These false pretenders have chosen the ultimate treachery -- forceful rebellion against the rule of not just one, but two rightful Kings. They are declared Anathema and damned to the deepest of the Seven Hells. The Father will have no mercy on their souls, and We shall have no mercy on those who persist in treachery. Surrender, and your lives may be spared.
Persist in this treachery, and your lives will be forfeit, your lands plundered, and your women ravaged. Arrgh and the Iron Islanders will be permitted to rampage through your lands unchecked. Fire, torment and death on a scale never before witnessed will be unleashed upon you.
With the blessings and approbation of the Seven Who Are One, War is hereby declared on all knaves in rebellion against the rule of Pfeiffer, First of his name, Archduke of House Qorgoyle, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and of the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm. All loyal men and allies are exhorted to lay waste to the pretenders.
Signed: Tenages, Archduke of the House Baratheon,
G.V.O., Plotter of Plots, Leaker of Leaks,
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Interesting fact. Steve is the first person to ever flat decline an invite to the show.
Though there are a few who we never even bothered to ask, since they'd made clear they'd never in a million years go on the show. Impero for one iirc. I feel like Pfeiffer also made it clear he'd never be on, though I could be completely misremembering that.
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If he feels Pre, as the moderator, would be too antagonistic to him, maybe it would be worthwhile to find a more neutral moderator to alleviate that concern.
It's Pre's show so............no.
Because I leaked a conversation he and I had about his disliking of VE in a thread where he was talking about his ever present love of VE.
As for the show, I shit on pubstomper plenty in game and on the forums. My radio shows are something else where I'm not IC basically. I was plenty nice with pub. The same would have been true with Steve.
I can vouch for this. Pre and I have done shows with any number of people he shits (or was shitting on) and even at war with at the time. Saru, SRD, Pub, etc. He's done even more with Malone that I wasn't part of. Pre's always let the guest have their say and had a back and forth conversation. In the Saru show in particular, as I recall a lot of people thought Saru got the better of the exchange.
I was simply speculating as to why Steve might not want to come on.
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Pre and Partisan are both current antagonists of him. He may have felt outnumbered.
And while I'm friends with Steve, and I link to think reasonable, I'm also friends with Partisan and Pre, as well as in tS. So that's not really balancing the scales from his POV I'd imagine.
That being said, Steve come on bby. You can hold your own, and someone needs to push back on Pre.
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All for it. Should be entertaining as hell.
I am, as always, at your disposal for assistance with the technical elements Pre.
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I applaud the illegibility of this announcement.
o/SK
o/Sparta
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Sorry it took so long to upload guys. There wasn't even really any post production on this one, it was simply me being lazy. Shows up now. You can access it here: http://7kingdoms.net/radio/feed/podcast/prefontainevarietyshow
All new episodes propagate to that rss feed when I upload them, so you can just follow that and you'll always have the show as soon as it uploads.
Or you can subscribe via iTunes and it will automatically pull (and download if you want it to) the latest show. If you wish to subscribe via Itunes, the following link should take you there: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/prefontaine-friends-variety/id1045137063?mt=2
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SNot that I want to return but I'm curious, how many people still do this? Also with Sabriel leaving SK is it still around?
SKRP is actually fully separate from SK the alliance. They're both part of the larger SK network of sites (along with Aperture and some other shit) but they've got independent forums, different leadership, etc. Sab could leave PW entirely and it wouldn't have any bearing on her being involved with SKRP.
It's been a while since I popped my head in over there, (I usually only put in an appearance when Sab tells me my !@#$ing with the server broke something) but I think there's a couple other RP's beyond the original SKRP that they've started up.
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Blast from the past.
Shoulda stuck with the Corn Shuckers name. Best name y'all ever had.
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AND SO THE RACE TO POACH BETULIUS BEGINS
P.S. I'm hurt that you didn't thank your historic enemies, too. </3
Keegoz and I will have to find something new to posture over
GL with your next step everyone who was in CC. Thanks to Cobalt for the aid and friendship y'all provided SK over the last year or so.
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/o. Nice video. Well done. Maybe Cody will actually do something while there
lolololololololol
That'll be the day. In fact he's already conned me into doing work, after agreeing to "no work" as a condition for me going with him.
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My creation was such an amazing achievement that we now aim to fail in all our experiments...
For Science.
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Despite our differences down the line, protecting GR when it started up remains, in my opinion, one of the best decisions I've made. Sad to see Vanguard reach it's end ,and good luck in Pacifica guys.
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Congrats. Good to see my old comrades in SK and my old friends in NPO continuing their bond. Good luck to both of you.
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^Screw you Tenages
Hey now, I was extremely literal when I told you that once we took out VE, SK and Rose were going to be in opposite blocs opposed to each other. I meant "literally as soon as it's over." Radical honesty.
Also hate to dispute your statement re: the effectiveness of butterknives, but I sliced the shit out of my hand with one of them sum!@#$es.
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I'm sure Arrgh will be back to menacing the seven seas of Orbis and all who live there again in no time. Pirates who don't raid are a contradiction in terms.
Of course by the same token, the rest of us aren't pirates, and a politically involved "traditional" alliance who sits back and ignores raiding of their allies and friends is a sad waste of space.
So I guess what I'm saying is this is nature working as it was meant to be. Pirates raiding, and the forces of law and order striking back
I still <3 you Ogaden. Arrgh is pretty okay too. A world without raiders would be more boring.
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I suggest a good whipping for the artisans in charge of scroll production, it should speed them up next time.
Or just use good old Westerosi labor instead of these shiftless layabouts you imported from Tyrosh.
I tell ya, back in my day........ *grumps unintelligbly*
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It's generally held (Or at least in my case) where the Emperor cannot decide who from the lords should become the next Emperor. So when I stepped down Caillou and Belisarius ran for Emperor, you are then elected for life. Rose is more of a oligarchy, which is good because the only people who should be in-charge of making decisions are the ones who at least know what is going on.
That's nearly exactly what we do. Only difference is we have that election beforehand, so the successor is known.
i.e. The King doesn't pick his successor, the Small Council does. They pick the KH, he auto takes over when the King steps down. Once you're King you're King for life.
Generally seems to have worked pretty well for us over the last 5 years. Oligarchy ftw.
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I remember you! Weren't you one of the people that jumped ship when the water got a bit treacherous?
lol what? I fought an assload of people in that war, and Atzuya was easily the toughest one who fought the hardest, despite being hit by 3 people as strong or stronger than him while he was fighting a bunch of offensive wars.
The idea that he jumped ship (during the war at least) is laughable.
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the Seven.
As befits a stalwart member of the House Baratheon, Tenages is a man of great passions and great appetites. One of those passions is serving Seven Kingdoms, and long has that been his primary pursuit. He helped found Seven Kingdoms, wrote most of our charter, and has filled posts within our government for most of it’s existence. He has been Master of Whispers, King’s Hand (twice) and on two separate occasions, served as King. In total, He has held the Iron Throne nearly thrice as long as all other occupants combined. He is undoubtedly one of the most influential members in the history of Seven Kingdoms. His service has been long, admirable, and much appreciated.
However, Tenages has other passions beyond serving the alliance. Reminiscent of the Baratheon forebears, for his drinking, revels, and all forms of debauchery. After his long years service, as he feels the shadows lengthen and the hand of the Stranger begin to descend towards him, he feels it is time to step away, and devote his remaining years to the study of sour Dornish reds.
Effective the Afternoon of January the Fourth, by Act of Royal Proclamation, Tenages, Archduke Baratheon, abdicated the Iron Throne. We thank him for his service, and ask for him the Blessings of the Seven in his retirement.
For the final time, we hail Tenages, Second of His Name, Archduke of the House Baratheon, King of the Andals, The Rhoynar, and of the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm.
A new era begins now, one in which for the first time in our history, the office of King will not be held by one of the storied founders of our realm. It is a heavy mantle to take up, but our new King has been anointed by heaven, and blessed with the broad shoulders to bear the weight, and the wisdom to execute the office well. The Sacred Charter of the Seven Kingdoms makes clear to men the line of succession. By mortal law and divine right, the Iron Throne passes to Valdoroth of House Drox. To him pass all Royal Titles and Responsibilities. To him go all Rights, Issues, and Authorities in the Seven Kingdoms. He is charged with the Sacred and Solemn responsibility of guiding the Realm, Lord Paramount above all others. May he combine the judgement of the Father with the Courage of the Warrior, and may the blessings of the Seven-faced God remain forever upon his reign.
All hail Valdoroth, First of His Name, Archduke of the House Drox, King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and of the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm.
Signed:
Valdoroth, King
Tenages, Archduke Baratheon
The first task for any new sovereign is to fill the vacancies within the Small Council. To replace ourselves as master of Coin, we have chosen Sabriel, Duchess Bolton. Having served admirably as Lord Commander, and terrorized all our foes, she now moves to head the Treasury, where she can now terrorize both the Iron Bank, and our own subjects.
To replace Sabriel as Lord Commander, we tap the Deputy Commander, Gandalf. Having acquitted himself well as Deputy, we feel confident he is ready to take over the reigns of our military as Lord Commander. And so declare Gandalf to be a Friend and Ally. We promote him to the rank of Lord Commander of the Seven Kingdoms, with Responsibility for the Security and Safety of the Realm. He shall join the ranks of the Small Council of the Seven Kingdoms, Lord Equal to all others. We grant him this crest and We anoint him as Duke of House Lannister and grant him Land and Status within the Seven Kingdoms commensurate with such title.
Such as as We, Valdoroth of House Drox, First of the Name, King of the Andals, The Rhoynar, and of the First Men, Archduke of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm do pronounce and proclaim, with Signature and With Seal, in the Sight of our Small Council and with the Blessing of the Seven, on this the eleventh day of January, Two Thousand and Sixteen.
Signed:
Valdoroth, Kingtl:dr Tenages retired. Valdoroth is King. Sabriel is now Master of Coin, Gandalf is Lord Commander.
On a personal note I want to thank everyone in SK. It’s been an awesome ride, you’re all aces. Been an honor leading you, and I’m looking forward to chilling with y’all (and even with Cody) in retirement and just trolling people )Also thanks to a shitload of people outside of SK. Some of you are friends, some are more acquaintances, and some have been rivals, but the last year or so has been a whole lot more interesting and fun because of y’all. So thanks Pre, Pub, Partisan, Pfeiffer, Tim Armstrong, Shellhound, Keegoz, Kurd, Abbas, Saru, Mortimer, TheNG. Malone, Steve, Wilhelm, Pax, Rhece, Roy, moonpie, Hodor and a bunch of others I’m sure I forgot to mention.-
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o/ and all that shit friends. Glad to see you over here. Thrilled to be giving a hand while you jumpstart your growth.
Though, minor quibble, it's just "Seven Kingdoms" not "The Seven Kingdoms." The former is awesome. That latter is a shithole from another realm
/end pendantry.
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I love you TheNG. I just love you. However I do have to say, you showed a lack of commitment to illegible announcements by providing a spoiler. Ignore the naysayers and leave it out next time. I have to drop half a star, and give you a 9.5/10.
Congrats on the promotion and charter revamp, good luck going forward guys.
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Rust Upon The Iron Throne
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Posted · Edited by Tenages
Thanks to my fellow SK'ers, and the good allies and fun antagonists over the years. You know who you are. You guys made the times fun and worthwhile.
And a special thanks to the other knuckleheads who started this adventure 10 years ago. I never though we'd make it a month. Now I'm never gonna get rid of you. !@#$.
Partages forever.
o/ SK