John X

Peace! I John X, former leader of "Mosquitoes" surrendered to TKR and Arrgh. They've both graciously accepted my surrender despite my original statements. My surrender followed the realisation that the attacks on me were just that....despite the coincidental timing and LoEG was not involved. That many nations exceed their "nuke cap" suggests they really don't exist as a force at all. It should also be known that TKR (whom I directed most of my efforts against) was a most impressive opponent...never failing to note me logging on and building a nuke just to spy it away in the 5 seconds available before I could launch it. Standard attacks and blockades made any resistance impossible. Well done.

I was not trying to shame anyone. Just the briefest statement of fact because I believe BoC entered a war soon after.

You can't say no one in TKR is part of LoEG because it is a movement built on secrecy. You know only if YOU are....and if you are you'd be okay with lying about it. Year and a half without war? No...9 months perhaps...Not that I've avoided it. I left BoC over 100% taxes (easily confirmed...I made a big deal about it). I left R&R over a personal insult towards a friend of mine. I was out of the current war because I was LITERALLY too high to attack anyone (although I spied some nukes!) I was quite the raider when I started. Built a city every 10 days for 7 cities off of it (more or less). Rest assured I'll see my fill of war in the coming days.

As the defender rather than the aggressor there is no requirement to explain my methods of defense but I feel that Orbis should know why I chose not go quietly. There were many options in my best interest over the short term that I could have taken. 1st. I haven't been attacked in over 9 months. It has been so long I really don't even remember. So, on 09/19/2016 I was identified by the "League of Extraordinary Gentleman" as one of 50 nations over the ridiculous arbitrary nuke cap. I won't go into details as to why the cap is ridiculous here but know I was targeted. 2nd. I receive a message about my "EVIL" nukes on 09/20/2016 by a LoEG member....calling for their destruction or else. 3rd. On 09/21/2016 I am attacked by 3 nations in the space of 6 hours. So no attacks 9+ months then 3 in 6 hours just 2 days after being identified as a target. Clearly a LoEG attack. 4th. Having decided not to bend over and take it... (there is serious balance of power and enjoyable gameplay reasons for wanting nukes unchanged) I left my most recent alliance and planned my counter attack. 5th. From: Solaire Date: 09/22/2016 Thursday 12:45 am Oh, and i apologise for my friends who are raiding you, but youre welcome to join us anyway... theyd leave you alone if you did From: Solaire Date: 09/22/2016 Thursday 12:42 am I notice youve just left OOS, and i wanted to say you should join us at tkr! So, not only am I subject to a LoEG attack, but now I'm being blackmailed/bribed to joining TKR. I briefly considered joining at the barrel of the gun and then feeding information to TKR's enemies but unlike the LoEG I have honor and don't skulk in the shadows. When I decided to fight back it was for the good of Orbis and I was upfront about it. I refrained from insults and refrained from dishonorable methods and I receive this classy bit: From: Melisandre Date: 09/22/2016 Thursday 2:05 am Please grow a brain, for your own sake ******************************************************** So how is the war going? Amazingly! So much so that I wonder if I wasn't being allowed to use ALL of my nukes (and those I built)....27 so far so that I could be a poster child for the EVILS of nukes. No competent player would have allowed that.... let alone the hundreds I am at war with. After the first day to assassinate spies I should have been losing nukes at 3 per day. Not a single nuke was destroyed. In other metrics: I greatly lead in infrastructure destroyed. I spied away 8 nukes from various enemies causing 1 to sell off the remainder rather than lose it. I have beiged 12ish enemies while only the Mosquitoes "Refinery" was beiged. I've added to my holdings of land and "nonraidables" *edit* I deleted the flags of the quotes because they covered the entire screen for some reason... and other format type stuff.

I hope the author continues to update over the coming months.....

Biting definately....but I'm unfamiliar with that other word. Oh, right, beaten. We have no word for that as it has never happened before. We sometimes chill for a while during the winter.

I completely agree that nukes are horrible and am taking steps to decrease my supply as we speak... I noticed another nation had those horrible nukes and NO SPIES! Someone should step in and save the world, spy off the nukes. https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=15294

I noticed a nation had those icky "nuke" things you don't like and ZERO spies. Feel free to rid the world of this threat. https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=15294

Mosquitoes recognizes Arrgh and TKR's inability to triumph in a fair 1 vs 163 matchup and welcomes BK's 144 into the fray. Ya'll might wanna find some more guys. That said, Mosquitoes understands the impulse to protect ones "friends" and will generously allow BK to withdraw from the fight when it chooses.

War will continue until public apology is made and both alliances publicly agree to never attack the nation "Refinery" unless attacked first. Either alliance can end this separately if they choose.

The alliance "Mosquitoes" exists.

Buying and selling on the market is a fairly reliable income. Just start slowly until you understand it fully.

Eric..."farmer's dream"....how so? A farmer is producing absolutely nothing right now...earning no return on his investment of land, the slots, and probably a project. It is the dream of the prudent and the capitalist to buy or hold when something is cheap and sell when it is high. Something, I might add YOU can do without being a farmer.

I also like selling anything at any price people will pay. Let them waste their money.

I have no problem with food/radiation changes. If we had been warned fully even 2 weeks ahead of time we would have missed all the fun of the new twist. In fact I fear this is so easy to adapt to that there will be no lasting rise in food prices....a shame as I am (er...was and will be) a leading producer. I capped out of food storage 999,999 some time ago because I wasn't selling at 80ppu. (Long ago sold peopleso don't attack me!) Besides folks...lots of things price spike in war. I sold a batch of food at 400ppu last war and I've only seen 280ppu during this "crisis". Pay a little extra now and mitigate it easily in the future.