Robert Ap Ioan

I did, all my cities use the Welsh/Cymraeg names where possible. The orignal name of Caerdydd is technically lost to time; As we don't actually know what the Latin name was!

770 uses Discord. It's just not mandatory for members. That said we do encourage our members to join our discord, if they want to be part of the 770 community.

Well considering Alex knew about this at the time, I would imagine he'll treat it with the contempt it deserves - the logs as given are very misleading; quelle surprise.

As I see it the crux is this; is the money being used to provide in-game benefits for Taith? If the answer is yes, then there is a major issue, but, if the answer is no then what is the issue? Based on what is posted the only benefit to Taith, that I can see, is that more people may engage with the Taith social media outlets. There is no advantage for us doing this in the game, the benefits are purely out of game and actually the cost probably outweighs any advantage gained. If this was going to benefit or make money/resources for Taith, then there would be an issue. But I would contend that clearly isn't the case. This giveaway doesn't gain in-game perks for anyone in Taith. Other people may benefit from being verified by Locotus, I query if that is such a bad thing? It may encourage further people to engage in the VIP program in-game.

Who got to vote in the shortlisting round? Whilst the final vote has been publicised, the shortlisting round is notable by it's lack of publicity.

Alliance of the Year: Taith Most Powerful Alliance: Taith Most Improved Alliance: Taith Most Honorable Alliance: Taith Most Immoral Alliance: Most Controversial Alliance: Taith Biggest Warmongers: Biggest Pixel-Huggers: Taith Worst Fighting Alliance: Best Alliance Growth: Taith Biggest Alliance Decline: Most Likely to Succeed in 2021: Taith Most Likely to be Rolled in 2021: Taith Best Economics Department: Taith

Player of the Year: Greene Most Influential Player: Greene Most Likely to Succeed in 2021: Greene Best Alliance Leader: Greene Worst Alliance Leader: Greene Most Missed Player: Fraggle Best IC Poster: Fraggle Poster You Most Love to Hate: Greene Best Villain: Greene Largest E-Peen: Greene Most Controversial Player: Greene Player You’re Pretty Sure will be Playing in 2050: RobApIoan Player that is Worst at Responding to DMs: Greene

Best Alliance Theme: Taith Best Alliance Page: Taith Best Alliance Discord: Taith Most Engaged Alliance: Taith Best Business (news outlets, banks, graphic design companies, etc): Taith

I have very mixed feelings on this matter. On the one hand I think there are issues of toxicity in the gaming community that do need resolving. I can't say that I've always been blameless in this regard, Cobalt and Duat did some things/said some things that undoubtedly caused hurt and offence to others. We made comments that were unhelpful to a mutual flourishing of the community as a whole, this I regret. We became Toxic and we hated what we became. I think the culture of shit-posting/trolling that has been prevalent in the past encourages a race to the bottom, in terms of civility. What can also be an issue is the demand of acceptance of my views and opinions, without accepting the views and opinions of other people - I wonder if part of the problem here is the mix of age groups, cultural norms and viewpoints. A healthy community is one that can discuss contentious issues, without resorting to insults and petty behaviour. Due to the mix of age groups there is also a range of maturity in the community and that also causes issues, how you deal with that I am not sure - I would suggest maybe a mentoring program, but how you decide who is suitable and who is not would cause a major headache. That said, I am opposed to "policing" of Discord servers. I think it would impinge too much on freedom of expression and such - I am not a fan of censorship. That said, if bad behaviour is occurring, I think there should be a method for anonymous reporting of abuse and such.

As you wish. Congratulations and bon voyage!

Now you have me intrigued

I visited Texas about 6 years ago. I was shocked at how militarised the police felt over there compared to the UK. Airport security were the most impolite I'd had the displeasure of experiencing. The biggest shock was seeing a policeman with a M16 or something similar. Armed police in the UK use Submachine guns usually, and are very unusual - even in London it is rare to see Armed police outside Westminster.

Depends on the Pizza.

Tyddewi is the Welsh name for St David's - it means David's House.

The next two questions are thus? Why are Black people more likely to commit crimes? What is being done to slow down and prevent a life a crime in society?

My nation is based on South Wales. All the cities are places I know.

Why is it that every time I want to trade I have to go through a captcha? It's irritating.

Hey Thalmor, good to see you around. It has been a while hasn't it. Life is going well enough. I think the optimal outcome would be for both sides to come together and discuss what are real issues. Riots tend to happen when one group is so disenfranchised that they see there being nothing to lose. It is this situation that leads to change, for good or for bad. What needs to happen is for the Police to de-escalate (police being violent and heavy handed against a protest against police violence is stupidity, both in the UK and the US) and the leaders of BLM to sit down with those in Authority. Fundamentally this is a protest against people being treated differently because of the colour of their skin, in the UK I think it is also a protest against the government's handling of legal immigrants.

VPNs are unlikely to help you, unless all of your online activity is done through one.

Good luck in your venture.

I totally agree.

I agree that all lives do matter. The problem I have is that the people I see stating that, are also the people I know who are racist (the kind of people who say "send the blacks home" and such) - obviously this then undermines the message. At the end of the day we all bleed Red. It is stupid to belittle anyone because of race, creed or gender.

Duat has benefitted from every billion poured into us. Thank you for noting our success

They don't. It is now showing the correct "no replies" image.

Thank you Catsby, apology accepted. We wish you the best in whatever you end up doing. It takes a big man to apologise. Sorry for posting so late but I don't really give a shit about those 2 alliances and about what they post. I think your opening sentence sums up your problem, you don't get it because you haven't read the thread. All the problems you mention in section 1 are the problems we are working at overcoming. I admit that these issues have been real and are a problem. Communication between Duat and Vault 111 hasn't always been the best, we have had a somewhat hands off approach that hasn't worked. With me being fully in charge the kink is back The whips and chains will be after the leaders of Vault, they say they like it and respond well to it. Today I have personally massed messaged every member of Vault. I have been working with their government all weekend to get a program together that will build up their alliance. Said program will be shaped by members of Vault 111. Our way of doing business is changing.