[End of capitalism]

On 1/26/2024 at 10:27 AM, Unclaimed said:

4 MONTHS LATER?
anyways, no, it would work with nations, and it has before, the only thing that is keeping socialist nations from existing is capitalist nations, specifically the usa

When the Berlin Wall fell, who ran to which side?

[[BLOC] The Raxus Address]

1 hour ago, Sweeeeet Ronny D said:

That block gov chat must be something to see with those personalities you guys assembled.

Our bloc chat goes something like this.

[What Was It All For?]

5 hours ago, Alan said:

I didn't get a chance to do this the first time so I'm going to take my time with it now.
Anything in BOLD is the appreciation of either myself, the government of Black Skies or the membership.

TLDR; 4 Years of History into a single post. It's for those that care.

Black Skies has been the butt end of the joke for years. Starting from the acronym that people termed us as the "Bullshit Alliance" it quickly spiraled into faked screenshots, IRL harassment, death threats based on sexual orientation, doxxing and the leaking of IRL addresses to news sites. As soon as a player applied to or joined Black Skies a mark was placed on them to be the center of harassment and ridicule. Black Skies was built for the purpose of providing a safe haven from the taxes, strict rules and needless regulation of the top alliances. It started as one person alliance, myself, and grew into a Top 30 alliance while all the while people complained about my "inability to lead" and thought I was a "poison in the community".

The Lost Empire, under Atlan, didn't think that. Atlan knew that I'd hit bumps as it was the first alliance I'd lead and still took a chance on me. I looked up to Atlan with an immense desire to have both the affection of my members and the patience to deal with any issues like he had. I saw him as my P&W dad. Black Skies and the belief we held would not have survived without Atlan's tireless willingness to aid us. We probably would of rode through the entire game with TLE had Atlan not left the game for his brief stint. As soon as Atlan left and TLE was given the opportunity to move to a new Bloc they decided to cut us, while still keeping United Ummah.

Shoutout to United Ummah, an alliance that told Black Skies members that "The attacks on 9/11 was punishment from God on the sins of America". While allied to them under TLE, UU's low FA told our government member how to slit their wrists to bleed out faster and demanded I remove them from the alliance because of their sexual orientation.
This was the alliance that TLE preferred to keep. 

We had to bounce around from alliance to alliance, war after war, until somebody was willing to give us a chance. We made 2 Blocs, Liberty and Holy Sea, in which Black Skies was mocked and ridiculed for. Both Blocs while we entered with the hopes of prospering, fell apart due to a different alliance destroying us. Epi couped Pantheon and broke Liberty Bloc and Beans demanded we fight a war for Sanctuary and then less than 24 hours later peace out of a war, ending Holy Sea.

When Orbis Crowned News staff like Jova and Merky Mo decided to fake screenshots of myself either leaking OPSEC or using racial slurs (after members from HORDE had already faked images of me claiming I was a pedophile) it wasn't anything new. The same people attacking my character with fakes because they couldn't find any legitimate fault escalated as Krampus began spreading it over Royal Orbis News. The real life consequences that occurred from that put myself, my then girlfriend and my sister into a deep mental health spiral. Tugger and Rainbow had the courage to assist me with screenshots and photos to track down Merky Mo as the egregious culprit. My rage at Tugger for sharing the image blurred my thinking but he did everything in his power to fix the situation.

Black Skies was beside itself as we began being mass messaged by a few burner discord accounts. At one point my old Discord account had over 15,000 DMs from these accounts. I deleted. I couldn't continue moving through the day like nothing was wrong and my members being besieged by hate for actions that didn't concern them.

But people knew I still had value and was able to help the community. People like Chad and Lysander still asked me for help with checking out multi rings that I could easily do with a program that was made for Lord of the Rings Online. When Uriah the Fox and Killzbob decided to gut Black Skies (then Thunderstruck) and merge them into The Elites a plea was made to return to the game. So The Coven was born.

United Purple Nations took The Coven in and once again, I as a single person, brought The Coven into a Top 30 position. Using our alliance to punish smaller alliances that held anti-Semitic beliefs, abused members or sexually harassed them, The Coven with Lysander and Vexynn grew into the "Micro-Manager" that we wanted to be. Cordonia, Titan and Laser Kiwi took the reins and helped the alliance to dominate in the lower tiers. Our success as an alliance would of continued no doubt had my identity not been outed. DeeC went to OCN and once again OCN brought my identity into play, a recurring theme that would continue over the next 2 years.

Since then it's been a roller coaster of people joining Black Skies, loving it but then as soon as they leave, bash the alliance for either my leadership or the way we operated. The Fighting Pacifists and House Stark would be our only two allies that appreciated what we offered without being hung up over the name of it's leader. Under Damien I was praised by the game, the name "Alan" though brought out the worst in the game.

So what was it all for?

We learned a lot. Black Skies and myself would like to leave with what we learned from the game so that others that come after us don't make the same mistakes we've made:
 

1. Never Help People
   
   When women would call for hours on end complaining about their boyfriend not caring, hang up. If you don't you'll lose allies. Your sympathy and empathy earn you nothing. I'm still sorry Sval and Order of the White Rose.
   When new alliances ask you for a protectorate, decline them. Those prots will backstab you first chance they get and move to a larger alliance. Always help your alliance first. All other alliances not treatied with you are the enemy. Thank you Nokia and The Coal Mines for taking out the trash.
   When people beg you to save an alliance from merging, kill it. The corpse of that alliance will poison the community. Don't give assistance to an alliance that can't assist itself. Thank you Yarr for stepping up against Tiberius and Bank of Orbis.
   
   This game does not care about rule breaking, social abuse or hate speech. Alex wants children to play this game when in reality P&W is rated 18+. If you attempt to help someone you will be crucified for it.
    
2. Accept Your Faults, Even When You Have None
   
   When you're losing a war, take the blame for everything for peace. Nobody cares about the truth. You taking the "High Road" will lead to your members hurting. 
   When you're being accused of something false, protect your members first and your image second. People will slander you out of jealousy or pure spite. Your members will know the truth and they're the only community you need.
   When people fake documents, screenshots or other things about you, give up. Fighting it makes people hate you more and "evidence" is a word this community doesn't use.
   
   Never, ever join a news network. Most of them spread lies to bolster their numbers and popularity. 85% of "news networks" are tabloids.
    
3. There is No Difference Between "IC" and "OOC"
   
   Those that pretend there is are lying to themselves. People will attack your character and will demand to dig into your personal life for their own gain. Sometimes Macros even do it in order to blackmail you for your members. You are putting your life in the hands of the game. Never give the community any information. Age: Old Enough. Country: One with Land.
    
4. Friends Are Just Future Enemies
   
   Friends of today are enemies of tomorrow. People will attempt to get close to you just to backstab you. Don't bring people into Economic Affairs, don't bring on a 2ic (Second in Command) and don't merge with an alliance. The people you bring into those circles will write their "tell alls" which blow the same smoke with no proof. However the community feeds on it because it's "drama".
    
5. You're On Your Own. Help is Future Debt.
   
   If you ever build your alliance stay detached from the game. Don't involve yourself in politics and don't lean into the drama of the game. Stay strong in your beliefs and don't break your word in any situation. Alliances that have kept to themselves like Antarctic Alliance have beaten top alliances. Their community makes them strong.

Don't join the P&W community. Be your own community.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out Alan.

[[Treaty] Contact From Another Dimension]

 

Computer Log - Date: 2024-02-18

Time: 14:27:48

System Status: Nominal

Initiating system scan revealed an anomalous energy signature originating from an unknown dimension. Subsequent decryption attempts uncovered a complex magical message. The sender identified themselves as members of a group known as The Witcher Order, originating from a dimension with extraordinary magical properties.

Database cross-referencing revealed that The Witcher Order corresponds to a group from a series of books known as The Witcher, written by Andrzej Sapkowski. Which raises the question about whether The Witcher series is fiction or not. But intrigued and cautious, communication channels were established. Their representatives expressed a peaceful intent and a desire to establish diplomatic relations with our dimension.

Negotiations ensued, and after thorough discussion, both parties agreed to sign a treaty with the following terms:
    
Article I. Interdimensional Defense.
Both parties are obligated to defend each other from all threats dimensional and interdimensional.

Article II. Interdimensional Offense.
Both parties have the option to combine their technological and magical superiority to overcome any threat.

Article III. Dimensional Borders.
Both parties agree to respect each other’s dimensional sovereignty and won’t interfere with them.

Article IV. Knowledge Swapping.
Not only do both parties agree to share knowledge regarding technological advances and the arcane arts. But both parties also agree to share relevant information to each other.

Article V. Interdimensional Allies.
Both parties recognize that article I is a non-chaining agreement and are not obligated to defend allies of the other party.

Article VI. Closing Protocol.
Both parties have the option to close the gateway between dimensions, but must provide a 72 hour notice and let it run out before the treaty is considered void.

This unprecedented alliance opens new avenues for knowledge and collaboration between our worlds. Ongoing communication will be maintained, fostering a bridge between the technological advancements of our dimension and the mystical expertise of The Witcher Order. The signing of the treaty marks a historic milestone in the interdimensional relations, promising a future of shared wisdom and mutual support.

Signatories:

The Witcher Order
Grand Master of the Order: Elros Tar-Minyatur
Master of the Order: Rein Dvorak
Vigilant Blade: MasterChief

Singularity
Prime Intelligence: Sketchy & Anri
Neural Network: Abaddon & Keegoz
Assimilation Directive: Tartarus

TL;DR - Singularity & The Witcher Order Sign A MDoAP
 

 

[We interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcasting to bring you an important news bulletin]

Very based.

[[Treaty] Penta-Force?]

5 minutes ago, Fine said:

Show

You'll have to ask @The Titan

[[Treaty] Penta-Force?]

8 minutes ago, Fine said:

Tri-Force had/has a flag?

Yee, I made them one when it was just NW, BK, and Mayhem

[[Treaty] Penta-Force?]

3 minutes ago, The Titan said:

Yes
But we also found some NW and BK folks who have made ones too and now there's too many options

Competition!?!?!

[[Treaty] Penta-Force?]

8 minutes ago, The Titan said:

 

United Purple Nations and Global Alliance & Treaty Organization have found shared interests and goals with the existing members of Triforce, and have petitioned for entry.

Pursuant to article 5 of the Triforce treaty, with the unanimous approval of Triforce members, we welcome UPN and GATO to the bloc. They have agreed to be bound by the following terms:

  Reveal hidden contents

The Triforce Accords

Article 1: Peace
The signatories agree that no acts of aggression will be made towards the other signatories, whether in the form of war or verbally.

Article 2: Prosperity
The signatories agree that, where possible and within reason, they will provide economic aid to the other signatories. This may be in the form of loans, trades or financial advice.

Article 3: Security
The signatures agree to defend each other from outside aggressors. An attack on one signatory is an attack on them all. In times where a signatory is attacked due to external commitments, this article becomes non-chaining, and therefore optional. 

Article 4: Cooperation
The signatories are welcome and encouraged to join one-another in any offensive endeavors. However, this is purely optional.

Article 5: Expansion
At the unanimous agreement of the signatories, additional parties may be added to this treaty, and they will be bound by all the terms herein.

Article 6: Withdrawal/Termination
Any signatory may withdraw from this treaty at any time, so long as a 72 hour period is provided in which Articles 1, 3 and 4 remain in full effect. Additionally, if, for any reason, a signatory is found to have failed their obligations outlined in this treaty, they may be removed with a similar 72 hour notice by the other signatories unanimous agreement. 

Signed,
For Mayhem:
TigerFire, Hegemon
The Titan, Ascendent

Boyce the Great, Remnant of Milcom
RightHonorable, Remnant of Economics
Paradox, Remnant of Internal Affairs

For Name Withheld:
{REDACTED} - @O5-[REDACTED]: Bezzers

Overseer of Strategic Direction - @O5-0: Bug

Overseer of Internal Operations - @O5-1: LuciusK
Overseer of External Outreach -  @O5-2: Shifty
Overseer of Military Operations - @O5-3: Voidwalker
Overseer of Economic Development - @O5-4: Basil

For Black Knights:
Emperor: Brandon Donsberger

Cabinet: ExStratos, Masteraka, LoneTechWiz

For United Purple Nations:
Leadership
Prime Minister - Cora Mcstrap
Chief of Staff - Noreen
Ministers
Minister of Internal Affairs - Matt
Minister of Foreign Affairs - Malichy
Minister of Finance - Noreen
Minister of Defense - Naaro
Minister of Communications - Failure

For Global Alliance & Treaty Organization:
Crunch, Assembly Chairman
Jgoods, Vice Chairman

TL:DR: United Purple Nations and Global Alliance & Treaty Organization have joined Triforce.

Does this mean I have to make a new flag?

[Make land capturable or decay]

52 minutes ago, Raphael said:

Probably going to get all the downvotes here but land shouldn't be immutable.

It would be cool to either be able to steal land from your opponents or have it decay over time, needing replacement and therefore repayment.

 

That's the whole idea, give me all your downvotes fellow whales, but look at your income and tell me that it's not 60-80% from producing food.

stealing land: No one would fight wars unless it's an absolute dogpile. And whoever wins the most wars will grow the most, thus making it much harder for the loser to keep up with the winner growth wise.

decay overtime: This might be interesting to see depending on how it's implemented.

[Diminishing returns on military units per building]

1 hour ago, Raphael said:

Since the war range and downdeclares have become so impossible to balance, the time has come breath new life into PnW's war system.

 

Rather than each barracks adding a flat amount of soldiers, give it a tiny diminishing return curve. So instead of a c40 having 40 cities worth of soldiers, they'd have only 30. A c41 would have 30.25 cities worth of soldiers. etc. These are not finalized numbers, but just an example of what I mean.

This way, larger nations are still receiving additional units and not being punished for growing - like some would argue the now pseudo-limitless updeclare range does. Rather, it just levels the playing field for the 90% of the playerbase that isn't above c35.

Before I start, yes, this just an example of how the changes would work. But the reason you buy cities is for military reasons because the ROI on cities increases the most exponentially meaning they're worthless for economic reasons. If this change were to be implemented, it would ruin the purpose of buying cities past city 30 since you're essentially throwing money away for essentially nothing. The meta will end up changing to where everyone buys up to c30 and stay there. This essentially kills the late game for most of the upper tier nations. Only thing you could do to grow your nation is buy land and make more food. This will end up crashing the food market since everyone will be making food and force a lot of nations to switch to other resources. The other problem would be is that land increases exponentially as well, meaning there will be a point where even land is useless to buy especially if food is not worth making in this hypothetical scenario.

1 hour ago, Raphael said:

We have to eventually recognize that asking players to invest 1-2 irl years just to be considered in a relevant tier isn't a good game design and will force ever-higher attrition rates as a result. I think this would also refresh politics again, as most alliances do not have an uppermost tier but this change would allow them to compete again.

 While that may be the case for now. Do consider that there have been efforts to speed up the growth process for newer nations. And that some of those efforts are finally seeing fruition. We have Activity center to help new players grow. You can jump straight to city 20 at any given moment as a new player. We'll soon see a massive price cut for UP, AUP, and MP. It is becoming easier for new players to catch up with the rest of the game than it was 3 years ago when I started playing. Once the project update hits the main server, I bet that any player being trained by a decent alliance can catch up to where the mid tier is now. And I hope more changes will be put into effect so we can see people go from c1 to c30 in the span of a year no matter their alliance.

[A missive from the Half-Elven]

2 hours ago, Floating Hippo said:

Damn, I guess my bootie shaking diplomacy failed.

 

Sad!

 

Best of luck friends!

Should had offered them the TKR+ special.

[Why Politics and War is Dead During Peace]

1 hour ago, Eumirbago said:

Be patient

[P&W Lovely Letters Competition]

@Ducc Zucc @Velyni Vas

[P&W Lovely Letters Competition]

@AlexW @Xi Jinping

[P&W Lovely Letters Competition]

@Pascal @Vein

[P&W Lovely Letters Competition]

@supercheese@Clown

[Why Politics and War is Dead During Peace]

2 hours ago, Tartarus said:

[To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.]

6 minutes ago, Emperor Hippo said:

@darkblade We've already put out an APB for @Lordship & @Dalinar. 

 

We've got a TAC team to drag them back once they are found.

 

Just offer them the TKR+ Special and they'll come back. Works everytime.

[To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.]

My condolences to @Adrienne and @Benfro for having to come back to leadership after retiring. And my congrats to @Canbec for getting the best position in the game, retirement. Here is a video I made for y'all.

 

[Barbary Business]

 

[Game Development Discussion: Update & Feedback]

1 hour ago, Keegoz said:

Nuclear Launch Facility

Project Requirements: Nuclear Research Facility, Missile Launch Pad & Space Program.

Project Cost: $750m, 50k Uranium, 50k Gasoline, 50k Aluminium.

Project Effect: Allows for the purchase of 1 extra nuke per day.

The cost of this project seems too high for the value it's given. Sure if you're getting 30m nukes, that's great and all. But I don't think that many people will end up buying this project based on the current price, especially whales (unless your name is Hatebi). This just seems like a massive cash sink with no benefit to match.

1 hour ago, Keegoz said:

Guiding Satellite

Project Requirements: Nuclear Research Facility, Missile Launch Pad & Space Program.

Project Cost: $200m, 50k aluminium, 20k steel, 50k gasoline, 50k munitions, 50k uranium

Project Effect: Increase infrastructure damage dealt by nukes and missiles by 20% & Destroy 1 extra improvement.

 

These are both aimed at being whale projects. Nukes & Missiles scale off as time continues and nations grow, they will likely need further adjustments in the future but given current coding restraints this is the easiest way to fix the issue temporarily.

I like this project a lot actually. My only complaint is that it's slightly overpowered for it's price. I would either raise the price a bit, lower the percentage to 10-15%, or remove the extra improvement. Do one of those and you'll have a very solid project for losing wars. Turns out I'm blind and I didn't see all the resources required for this project. This shit is expensive as hell lmfao.

 

1 hour ago, Keegoz said:

Future Discussion

There are a few things in this game that need updates or additions to, as to maximise player satisfaction I have added a poll as to which area of the game we should focus upon.

The areas that I believe need improvements/additions:

• Alliance & National Decisions - Alliance decisions would range from military & economic buffs but with a downside. National decisions would be repeatable temporary buffs that would have a scaling resources cost (based on city count).
• Colour Blocs - A complete redesign of how colour's are calculated & potentially more political aspects such as a colour council. Ideally removing the incentive to force new alliances & players off the colour bloc.
• Perks revamped - A simplified perks system with choices between 2 branches (Economic or Military)
• Other - Obviously if the community wants a different area focus upon, then please leave a comment below (or upvote anyone with a similar suggestion to your own)

Alliance & National Decisions: This sounds great on paper, but can easily become a boring feature of the game. My good friend and 2ic @Abaddon made a good point when I brought up a similar system from other games. The most likely situation is that players/alliances will just mid max it and have all the results saved so they can always pick the best choices. This will just result in repetitive gameplay where you just log on and pick whichever option is best based on the question presented to you on that day. I think there is a way to implement this correctly. But it will require a great deal of balancing during and after development so that players need to consider which options are best for their nation/alliance.

Colour Blocs: If I remember correctly the idea of the color bloc system was to encourage alliances to go to war over it (just like treasures). However nowadays that isn't the case anymore. The color bloc bonus has been mid maxed so hard that it's honestly a worthless feature in my opinion. Right now it's just extra revenue for the big alliances who control the blocs while the little guys either have to find a that will let them join their bloc, or join one of the shitty blocs. Sure you could increase it to $150,000 (I'm looking at you @Alex). But all that does is 1. Increase the wealth disparity amongst the blocs. And 2. Promote more color bloc policing. At the end of the day, the big alliances profit from a color bloc increase while the little guys lose out. I don't have a exact idea on how to fix this issue. But a new system should be put in place where both small and big alliances can profit if they cooperate.

Perks revamped: You're opening a can of worms with this one. Even if it's simplified.

That's all I have to say for now. But I appreciate @Keegoz and everyone in the design team for their work. And I'm excited to see what y'all bring in the future.

[My Statement]

3 minutes ago, Danzek said:

First they removed (one) Sam Cooper for best fighter, then they removed darkblade for best high gov. Who's will the award team go after next?

They will add a guy called "none of these candidates" to replace me.

[My Statement]

3 minutes ago, Chad said:

He got jobbed the OPPS are out to get him.

I could have made history as the first low gov member to win best high gov. Alex just doesn't want me to win.

[My Statement]

“I am extremely honored to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable high gov members in a year of so many great alliances. And I never thought I would be saying this, but I’m also incredibly honored and proud that it’s for meming so many alliances.

But there is no Gular high gov without me, and there is no Gular without me. The most responsible for making Gular what it is historically, globally, celebrated alliance.

No recognition would be possible for anyone in this alliance with my talent, grit, and genius.

To say that I’m disappointed that I lost the nomination in this respective category would be an understatement.

Against all odds with nothing but a couple flags, videos, and thankfully video editors, I made y’all laugh, broke your hearts, pushed the culture, and made history. My work should be recognized along with the other very deserving nominees.

Having said that, I am so happy for Singularity and the other incredible high gov who contributed their talents to making this game so ground breaking.”

- Darkblade “Low Gov”

TL;DR this is a shit post don't take me seriously.