Sisyphus

Merge Mensa, Ally Guardian, Blitz SK (very sorry tho!) Camelot, BK (current), The Immortals

I'm just going to sidestep the fact that our MDoAP ally was leaking sphere opsec to you guys (because I don't think that's a shock to anybody at this point). However, I can't help but drill in a bit here since t$ was explicitly mentioned. It's not like we really made pains to conceal the fact that we had a bone to pick with BK (and Camelot by extension). It was a bit of an open secret. I just think it's pretty obtuse of you to omit the numerous examples of antagonization we were experiencing from BK (directly and by proxy through Camelot). Call it a self-fulfilling prophecy if you want but don't try to sweep important context under the rug while simultaneously cooking up excuses for your behavior. And as an aside, that's all water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned anyway. What bothers me the most is what I observed when you were on the winning side of the war (and by you I mean UPN and Camelot mainly, at least as far as alliances still in the game are concerned). Your lot became drunk on power and acted in obscene and absolutely despicable ways, none of which any of y'all have thoroughly or genuinely addressed in such a way that I would deem truly meets the standard for proper forgiveness beyond sheer benevolence on our part.

I disagree. Grudges are good. Seething anger is the most effective way to retain members like me. Well, Camelot depending on you is a better look than you depending on them in a world where IQ didn't implode in on itself at least. But acting on ones convictions is hard. And one would actually need real convictions in order to follow through on them.

If I tell you that UPN is unforgivable so long as they continue to follow their deplorable and morally bankrupt leadership and that for this they deserve nothing other than complete destruction, you might try to use that information against me. So I won't tell you that UPN is unforgivable so long as they continue to follow their deplorable and morally bankrupt leadership and that for this they deserve nothing other than complete destruction.

I don't have to be involved in the development to tell you that your half-baked projects and the new mechanics are shit. And me being more involved doesn't mean they aren't shit. My counter suggestion is that you do the responsible thing and remove your involvement from development moving forward, because you're shit at it.

No, so that's 12 dissatisfied people and counting. The projects are like lip gloss on an worn out old whore. They make it a little better, I guess, but don't substantially improve anything. Meanwhile Alex just knocked one of the foundational mechanics of his war system into oblivion.

They're all pretty much shit too.

You don't sound emotionally invested in this trainwreck of an update at all. Losing in your sleep doesn't justify making it practically impossible to lose a defensive war. This is a very complicated and obtuse attempt to fix a minor problem by not accomplishing anything remotely effective.

And just when I was starting to believe 2020 couldn't possibly get any worse.

Finally found a place to be safe from NPO, I see. Welcome.

Sure, but just imagine how much worse it would be with the classic self-sustained manufacturing builds from before.

Seems like it's doing exactly what Alex wanted it to do: favor smaller nations who produce raws and compel whales to dump loads of cash on them. Slowing down the whales and encouraging quicker low tier growth. Also gives raiding some more viability which is nice as it encourages variety of playstyles and gives more active players in that range something to do besides playing farmville.

Here's to a renewed and more vibrant future for The Syndicate!

I told you that in confidence!

The darkness is all around us. All should strive to find the light. At first it may be blinding, but if you seek it out... You will see. Congratulations guys! I'm really looking forward to seeing what you accomplish with The Enlightenment!

Happy retirement! Congratulations on everything IRL and a good run in game with TGH! I'll miss you, hippo.

Ayyyy Lmao

Judging by the bottle in the background, this is very clearly TCW propaganda.

I, too, loaned billions to BK and NPO. Where do I sign up for this free hand out? About 15bil should cover up my poor investment strategy.

Part 1: The Phantom Menace Part 2: The Clone Wars Part 3: Revenge of the Sith

Don't make us force our allies to attack you.

Do not you ever undermine our sovereignty by even suggesting that we should respect the sovereignty of our allies.

I think you misunderstood me. It's not about asserting bipolarity or maintaining a huge power center so much as it's about all of the major powers putting the time and work into building enough independent and resilient communities in the game to make bipolarity near-impossible to establish. Minispheres will naturally occur over time if we invest in new players and communities. Sidenote: It should be a lot easier to maintain a more varied and complex dynamic now that the main alliances determined to force bipolarity as their core strategy have been defeated and/or disbanded though. We can work on both aspects in tandem.

NPO would need an actual player in leadership in order to sign peace.

I think we should all make a firm commitment to ensuring our rivals have as unenjoyable experience playing this game as possible. On a serious note though, I believe it's every major alliance's responsibility to reinvest on the community by supporting and teaching new alliances how to grow and get involved in the game. If we all have that mindset we will naturally see different and varied spheres of influence mixing things up and cultivate a longterm experience for new players and old players alike. That's why the Syndicate has almost always believed in SyndiCare and invested a lot of its time into guiding its protectorates. I'm not sure we'll get back to minispheres in a hurry, but it would be good to cultivate as many diverse and interesting communities as we can. Alliance rank 10-50 has a lot of potential to swing coalitions and really make things interesting if you let them.