Kurdanak

shoutout to the author for knowing what we're here for

Bittersweet to see the "end" of two very storied names in P&W - best of luck together!

I would say that I'm pumped to see SRD retired and without the filter, but he never really had a filter in the first place - a big part of why it was so enjoyable to see you in action. that was some impressive stamina (especially considering the theme), enjoy retirement! Good luck Pres, glad to see it.

@dtc justice not a terrible war name! congrats!

god damn, Alrea targeted Aurora so hard that Kan and Toxic got couped yeah I know that gov change happened way earlier today, still making the joke >:v

HA YOU THOUGHT I FORGOT?! well think again !@#$ers because I will always show up for that special time of the year, my opportunity to nominate the THE IMMORTALS HOLIDAY FLAG for Best Holiday Flag 😤 💯 💦 My last two years of pursuing this gimmick attempting to enlighten everyone fell on deaf ears. first, I asked nicely, just wanting to properly bring this phenomenon into the public eye - renowned vexillologists such as @Belisarius even came out in support! but unfortunately, it didn't make it past the shortlisting. then, I insisted with a little more gusto, really ramping up the pressure. again, the realm of academia whole-heartedly supported the cause. and yet! such a miraculous holiday flag didn't even make it to the vote, again?? Clearly playing nice isn't going to work, so it's time to get angry! it's time to get mean! @Putmir, @Adrienne, @Indger, @Velyni Vas, @Scott (I have no idea which Scott it is) @every alliance rep (I considered pinging them all but I might eat a fat warn for that ), consider this a declaration of war (against shit opinions)! for far too long these awards have been rigged in favour of <insert alliance(s) that you, dear reader, don't like>, guided by a shadowy mob of P&W elites who are arguably good choices - it's past time that we, the people, take back the awards! What does that mean exactly? the specifics aren't important! so long as it includes a righteous victory in this single category 😩 I'm going to be honest, I don't even know if they flew it this year, I couldn't be bothered to check (warrrrr), but even if the The Immortals Holiday Flag wasn't in-game it's always been in our hearts. P.S. I put Beli's original post into an AI text generator and in classic fashion, it produced some resounding endorsements: The Immortal’s Holiday Flag is a provocation. It says: I am tired. Let's get drunk and sleep. I have no real reason to be a god. I’ve done my job. Now let’s have a nice, quiet holiday. And then? Let’s tear down all the old statues and burn all the books. Just to get things going. It is the culmination of human achievement. It represents our existence so far as it exists. And, as with all great flag, it is not ours to take, nor was it ours in the first place. We cannot steal or commandeer the Immortals Holiday Flag, not without unleashing some vast cataclysm on the universe. Like all great works of art, the Immortals Holiday Flag is a metaphysical death rattle. It says: I have run out of things to do. Let’s go have some fun. The Immortals Holiday Flag is a beautifully designed display of supreme, transcendental good sense, or as we might say, literal fricking genius. There can be no more fitting sign of the collapse of time and space, the creation of a new, pure, peaceful, timeless reality, than this flag. This may be the last thing on Earth we will ever see. Take it with you into the post-human future. Is the Immortals Flag an allegory for any particular struggle or issue? Is this flag meant to be a commentary on our culture? Perhaps, as the Immortals say, the flag is a deity, an apotheosis that speaks to the nature of existence and of hope. Perhaps its implied themes are peace and love. Perhaps it is, as I suspect, meant to be a satirical statement on our consumerist culture. It may well be a complex and, at times, perplexing piece of art.

Best Holiday Flag: The Immortals Holiday Flag shitpost relocated lol:

the signs were there all the way back in September for those paying close attention

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Interesting, best of luck together!

Peace out, Cata/Paradise! we really just warred only during the peak holiday season like a bunch of nerds, huh, lol - woops

sending me into traumatic flashbacks over here - someday we're going to absolutely bankrupt Guardian with a revenge 1b reps, I swear (would actually make for an amusing meme term in like 2030 when 1b is even more of a drop in the bucket)

Orange man! Authenticity confirmed!

!@#$ that Q&A was a devastating blow to our narrative, you win this round hodor

just please don't be Phoenyx 2.0

^ just getting started early before demand begins to exponentially rise at around page 3

Ho Ho Hodor!

It was a good time being the baddies with you, fellas - until our next villain venture!

Happy birthday to the Guardian community! never actually knew Guardian on LW was originally a merger, neat

the potatoes in this peace deal are going to be unreal

Mayor and TKR is not the cross-over episode I expected, but I'm absolutely down for this arc. Because he's the hero TKR deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.

I still see way more options available with the alternative of not intervening against Midgard with nada CB. Essentially, the opposite of what Kev thinks - I find there was a 100% chance we'd counter in this circumstance, nobody in our shoes would sit back while a top 5 intervenes for another top 5, with zero formal ties in a war that shouldn't really have anything to do with either of us. Meanwhile, coming at Wayward without a CB ourselves conveniently before the NAP ends? There are other spheres in this game who I can't imagine would be fans of a display like that. We very well could've had our own Guns & Roses. This is assuming we didn't have definitive evidence of coalition building (like we do now, thanks for the self-leaks homies), but even then there exists justification for the effort (you'll notice that I'm not blaming you guys for coalition building in the slightest, I would in your shoes to protect my interests). Finally, coalition building ain't easy from what I hear - there are a lot of variables to go sour before and while it triggers. Making a move like that on our end could be premature and result in massive and long-term FA backlash. Ultimately, you are right, we will never know if sitting out would've been better. 😬

(promise I'm still working on it Hodor xoxo) I mean, there's not much pre-emptive about this situation on our end imo. again, I'm just reading the room here, but there was no reason for intervention from Ouroboros until Cata made their move - we reacted to that pre-emptive action explicitly made to save their future coalition-mate from an unrelated rolling (so, perhaps I was wrong, I guess a pre-empt of a pre-empt?). Cata joining the war was inherently linked to Ouroboros, self-admittedly, so of course we get involved to some extent. It's silly that we are all involved in the first place (more on that later). I am incredibly self-righteous, but I'm not so interested in preaching philosophy these days. Dust off the soulless husk of abbas' nation for that.