Dr Rush

A quick update, the delay in the achievements for the Halloween event pushed back the achievements for this so. I'll get them out to everyone just a bit behind schedule.

Appeal granted

Hello everyone and welcome to the final voting for the 2024 pumpkin contest. The entries have been split into 2 groups, the first group features real fruits which have been carved or painted. The second group is for paintings, drawing, and models. Each category is voted on separately. I have done my best to filter out entries that were ai generated or otherwise not original, however if I've missed any you can DM and I'll look again. Also while it is too late to be considered for the grand prize you can still qualify for the participation prizes in the submissions thread until the 15th. Note: apologies for this getting started late, I've been rather sick most of the last week.

To clarify some stuff, the issue with the achievements is that the art that was made didn't use the style guide and needed redone, thats ultimately my fault for not communicating that to the event team and I've been sick the last week and haven't had a chance to redo it. They'll be sorted out this weekend at the latest. Its unfortunate but it didn't make sense to scrap the entire event over needing to redo some art. As for the randomization of resources, a few people have mentioned to me it might not be working, but to check that someone needs to check their actual resources before and after the turn change. (If someone with the effect wants to do that for me and make a ticket with before and after I'll give a bug bounty.) For technical reasons this was never going to show up in the the revenue page, though I admit in hindsight that it should been stated somewhere. The DB errors have also been fixed for a few days now as far I know, if anyone is still getting them make a ticket please.

Again nothing personal but if you could provide alternative angles to prove authenticity Aside from the above validations requests I've hidden the posts I've identified as AI or stolen and which are thus disqualified. If anyone wants to appeal such disqualifications or point out anything i've missed please dm me preferably on discord.

Same boat preferably without the back ground image.

Can you provide a second picture preferably from an angle to prove authenticity? Nothing personal but the tools are giving me mixed readings on this one.

We are hosting our 5th ever Pumpkin Decoration Contest, starting today! Here are the rules: To enter, you need to come up with some Politics & War related concept (game related, alliance related, nation related, player related, etc.) and carve it into a pumpkin. Or paint it on a pumpkin. Or paint it on a watermelon. Or build it in Minecraft. Or 3D print it. You have a broad creative license. Then, take a picture of your "pumpkin" and submit it here as a reply in this thread to enter the competition. You will have approximately 18 days to create and submit your entry. This thread will lock on October 31, and then we will have a period of voting from November 2 - November 8 where everyone will be able to vote on their favorite pumpkins. The winners will then be announced November 9. Prizes may take up to a week to distribute. All submitted works must be an original work of your human authorship, AI generated images will not be accepted, not even for participation awards. *We know some players, depending on their geographic locations IRL may not have access to pumpkins. For this reason, we are okay with submissions that are carvings into other fruits / vegetables (e.g. a watermelon, a turnip, whatever you might have access to.) Or you can make a digital pumpkin. The world is your oyster! Here are the prizes: Everyone who participates will be guaranteed a special Halloween 2024 achievement for their nation related to this event and $25,000,000 This year real carved fruits will be voted on separately and receive separate prizes, including an extra achievement just for submitting. To qualify in this category a real pumpkin (or appropriate stand-in) must be carved or otherwise decorated. 1st: 500M + Nation Award + Winner Achievement 2nd: 400M + Nation Award + Winner Achievement 3rd: 300M + Nation Award + Winner Achievement All: 100M + Achievement Other submission types such as drawings, models, minecraft builds, etc. Can still participate in the Artistic Representations category with the following prizes. 1st: 400M + Winner Achievement 2nd: 300M + Winner Achievement 3rd: 200M + Winner Achievement Additional prizes may be added depending on event participation! *Prizes are additive, eg the winner of the real fruit category will get the winning prize, the real pumpkin participation prize, and the general participation prize. Other Notes: We reserve the right to reject submissions not related to Politics and War. You can submit multiple photos in the thread, but you need to identify one primary photo that we will use for voting. We would also like to feature your creations on social media on our Politics and War accounts! If you do not want us to share your photo in this way, please just make a note of that when you post your submission. If you have any questions, feel free to ask here in this thread so that everyone can see the questions and answers. That's it! I hope you'll enjoy this fun little festive contest and giveaway. We are excited to see what you all can come up with!

Extortion, blackmail, and assorted skullduggery are staples of politics. Being this is a game about politics, IC antics of this type are not only permitted but to a certain degree encouraged. Unless you can show the people attacking you have or are engaging in this for OOC reasons game staff can not assist you and advise you seek to join a strong alliance that can politically resolve this. For everyone else in this thread, a reminder this is a non discussion forum.

Staff warned everyone who sent money to the bank during its time on biege because they actively chose to abuse that protection.

So to clear something up, it took me a grand total of 5 mins to determine a rule had been violated and a fine was warranted. The delay from there was me wanting alex's specific sign off on nuking an alliance bank. Edit: For clarity the rule in question was GR16 for protecting an alliance bank with new player beige.

This is a silly valentines event about 'Romancing' other alliances you'd like to treaty. We are now moving on to the voting phase. The entries have been split into 2 groups for written and photographic works. You are encouraged to judge based on the humor of the entry. Also I forgot to give myself a day in schedule to set up the polls and stuff so the end date is being pushed back to the 27th. You can view all the entries in full size on Imgur Rules: Play out your efforts to woo another alliance into signing a treaty of your dreams. The competition is divided into two categories each with their own prize pool. The first category is writing competition for letters, poetry, etc. The second category is for more graphical displays of affection such as a card design. You can enter both categories. The grading criteria is humor and natured banter. If there is a large number of entries staff reserves the right to shortlist the contestants for voting. Please keep all entries family friendly and within the community rules. Direct your efforts to alliances, not players. Entries featuring or directed at specific players will be disqualified and deleted. Entries must be an original human work of your own design to be eligible for grand prizes. AI or generator majority works qualify for participation awards but must be declared on submission. There is a minimal standard of content to qualify for any awards at staff's discretion. You can only receive one participation prize regardless of your number of entries. P.S Roses are red, Guardian is blue, We have a treaty for you.

This is a silly valentines event about 'Romancing' other alliances you'd like to treaty. Like all valentines events this is gonna be cringey but the goal is the funny cringey. And yes, I'm 100% aware this might end up being the worst thing I've ever done. Rules: Play out your efforts to woo another alliance into signing a treaty of your dreams. The competition is divided into two categories each with their own prize pool. The first category is writing competition for letters, poetry, etc. The second category is for more graphical displays of affection such as a card design. You can enter both categories. The grading criteria is humor and natured banter. If there is a large number of entries staff reserves the right to shortlist the contestants for voting. Please keep all entries family friendly and within the community rules. Direct your efforts to alliances, not players. Entries featuring or directed at specific players will be disqualified and deleted. Entries must be an original human work of your own design to be eligible for grand prizes. AI or generator majority works qualify for participation awards but must be declared on submission. There is a minimal standard of content to qualify for any awards at staff's discretion. You can only receive one participation prize regardless of your number of entries.