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    Game Development Discussion: Tariffs

    in Game Discussion

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    On 8/22/2023 at 7:46 PM, Village said:

    A default tariff was intentionally left off to make it more targeted rather than just letting alliances blanket tax trades.

    I feel that leaving a default tarriff off is just going to mean the feature sits unused.

    I would much prefer to add a Common External Tarrif as a baseline from the alliance control panel.

    Once the CET is set, any manual tarriff applications then override the CET (either higher, lower, or removing altogether).

    That gives the option of targeting, while lowering the bar for application.
     

    Of Dead Alliances

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    7 hours ago, Roberts said:

    Even with Matt2004 dragging you down with his Britishness, I believe UPN can be great again.

     

    I'd like to formally announce that I am running for President/General Secretary/Primarch/Consul Prime Minister of UPN, against the British incumbant, with the single manifesto commitment of making our already disproportionately European alliance British again.

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    Of Dead Alliances

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    3 hours ago, Roberts said:

    I've felt recently that there are quite a few alliances in existence that don't participate in the wider community, don't really initiate or even contribute to politics, and generally only ever fight defensive wars when their inactivity or incompetence becomes the center of someone else's war of boredom.

    Just because someone isn't kicking and screaming in public doesn't mean they're not contributing to politics.
    Could some alliances be more proactive in going out to the public square, sure. That doesn't mean that alliances are not engaging or contributing to politics.

    I'm going to flat out say that this mentality of the community to write off an AA as "dead", "incompitent", or "inactive", directly contributes withdrawal from the public areas where some people will regurgatate the same garbage over and over again, with sycophants blindly believing it. There is no point in trying to argue with a brick wall.

    It baffles me that people can make poorly-informed claims, and others will blindly believe the first thing they read/hear.

     

    3 hours ago, Roberts said:

    The issue is that stubborn pride is like a glacier: Locking up fresh water, inaccessible to the world. These alliances are host to several active players usually working hard to keep the wider group afloat, locked away from the community, and usually stuck in lower government positions long enough to drive them inactive.

    We are a democratic AA (with PR). If someone new really wants to run we will encourage them to do so, or take them on as a deputy until they would like to run.
    If the AA doesnt like the direction, they'll vote us out - plain and simple.

    I'll also say that a significant chunk of the UPN membership would flat out delete if the AA disbanded.

    Alliances are not prisons. If someone feels they're not getting anyware with us than they're free to hop around.

     

    3 hours ago, Roberts said:

    That's almost 10% of all active nations, locked up like a glacier in insular communities that generally don't drive or even participate in politics.

    Read as: That's 10% of all active nations, who have actively chosen to join an alliance that an extremely vocal minority of the community label as inactive because we don't participate in the screaming-fest.

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    Changing spy information to be public

    in Game Discussion

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    At this point all the big AAs have Excel sheets or Discord bots that can work out spies anyway, and free & open source bots are there for anyone else that can't code their own.

     

    If it's not realistic to stop the automation just make them public and save the poor server resources.

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    Purple Democracy

    in Alliance Affairs

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    User Images

    The UPN Senate election has concluded, and we are pleased to announce our new government line-up:

     

    Executive:

    Prime Minister - Cora Mcstrap
    Chief of Staff - Cameron Axley
    Minister of Internal Affairs - Naaro
    Minister of Foreign Affairs - Malichy
    Minister of Finance - Noreen
    Minister of Education - Victor Truchev
    Minister of Defense - Seratova
    Minister of Communications - Matt2004
    Minister of Entertainment- Sirgogobeans
    Ministers of Regional Affairs - Victor Truchev and Malichy

     

    Elected Senate:

    CoraMcstrap, Sealteam6, Matt2004, Victor Truchev, Noreen, Cameron Axley, Sirgogobeans

     

    Alliance Elders:

    Altheus, Hansarius, Matt2004, Jared95 ,Malichy, Noreen and Sealteam6
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    The Hand Of Farmer.

    in Orbis Central

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    Theresa May is not amused by this.

     

    This video brings back trauma from THAT interview where she was questioned on her naughty behavior. The nationwide criticism she received after admitting to running through wheat fields cost her an election, and now she's out for revenge.

     

    I'll look forward to trampling through the hand of farms fields.

    [DoW] Your Time is Up

    in Alliance Affairs

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    11 hours ago, Sphinx said:

    It warms my heart to know after almost 2 years, my influence is still being felt. Even better to see that the art of leaking has become a national pastime for TCW, embraced by the high gov now and not just something the Prime Minister did late at night. 


     

    Well you know what they always said

    Telephone, Telegraph, TeleSphinx.

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    Alliance Control panel permissions bug

    in Tech Support

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    When going to the Alliance control panel after the new positions update, it's possible to see information hidden in the table under set permissions if exporting to CSV

     

    If permissions are restricted for Update Timezone and Spy Count, these show as "Insufficient Permissions" in the browser, but the true counts show in the exported CSV file.

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    New Family Business [DoW]

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    Micro sphere so unsure of their ability to blitz us they tried to hire mercenaries to boost their odds.

    I'm quaking in my boots.

    10 minutes ago, Uriah 'the Fox' said:

    We have received word that the bloc known as Haunted Mansion have been trying to get a rise out of us through promises of “hitting dat Johnsons ass”.
     

    We're not the ones that have been leaking like the Titanic...

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    [RoH] 1 Star Yelp Review

    in Alliance Affairs

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    8 hours ago, CitrusK said:

    Unfortunately, that all changed when the fire nation the mob found out about our peaceful lifestyle. They brought guns, ignored the existence of two of our members (my two multis), and tried (and failed) to force meth-laced chicken down my throat. It was despicable and is why I’m leaving a 1 star review on Yelp.

     

    There is NO PROOF, I repeat NO PROOF our allies gave you meth-laced chicken. Yes there was meth in the kitchen, but our allies take your safety very seriously.

    That's why it was laced with Uranium instead.

     

    8 hours ago, CitrusK said:

    Their chicken sucked. 1 star. But at least they’re not the Purple nation freaks.

     

     

    Excuse me Karen, I find you very rude.

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