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I was just addressing things mentioned by KT/TGH players in the various threads in the war because I felt it needed to be said. I didn't quote anybody, so idk who this "his" is.

so, apparently militarizing is unfair (since TCW wouldn't be #2 if not militarized, and the score gap would be much smaller). Apparently growing well in peace is also unfair( TKR wouldn't be #1 without our great econ and IA programs, we literally built up from being a micro of 10 people, well not me since I joined with VI, but you get the point). Apparently being not !@#$ in FA is also unfair(We wouldn't have hit you without CB) So, in conclusion, the only way for a fight to be fair is to intentionally handicap yourself so everyone fights 1v1 with the same score. Seriously?? I think the term y'all are looking for is an "even" fight, not fair. Last I checked, in-game nor out-of-game stuff inherently favors TKR and co. Y'all made your decisions, now learn to live with them rather than trying to run away from them. That's like a 10 year old's response to a situation, I expected a level of maturity from y'all, but instead have been disappointed.

Good fighting, and now let us enjoys these peas.

since the entire point of the beige mechanic is to give you rebuild time during a losing war, and the reason people want to get beiged is to avoid getting those slots filled, what if along with 10% of infra destroyed, you lose 10% of improvs (excluding powerplants?), this would encourage beiging, and make people not want to get beiged. Obviously, the numbers here are to admin discretion.

The Irradiated Salt Mining Expedition.

Sorry, but I beat them to that.

I would just like to point out this is a game where people are going to try and maximize their advantages. The rules everyone plays by are the same, so your inability to maximize your own advantages is entirely your own fault. Some updates are going to be beneficial to your plans, some aren't, but whining about them instead of taking the situation you're given and maximizing it to how you want to play just sounds like somebody wanting to eat their cake and have it too.

well it was either you guys or IQ and co for the nth time for people we could fight. I think we picked the more entertaining choice. You're free to disagree of course.

I expect to see TKR, TCW, Guardian, and GOB only in the top 10 for most nukes eaten by the end of this fight.

welcome to the fight, may the pixels burn.

yay, time to fight. Pixels? who cares? they're meant to be burnt.

Interesting that the fight was over so fast.. Is it possible that this is a record for fastest white peace? Also, congrats on peace.

Goddamn it koso, you weren't supposed to hack the universe.

Here we go again. o/TKR Here's to fun and the controversy we create by existing apparently.

This is some pretty impressive vote coordination on the behalf of IQ. Maybe next war, they'll figure out how to coordinate in-game as well. Seeker for best AA leader?? Not really seeing how that works, but whatever. (Hint: If you're going to coordinate voting, it may make sense to coordinate behind people that actually seem a reasonable pick, unless you're just trying to show this entire thing is a sham, which it is)

Friends allying Friends allying Friends allying Friends of Friends of Friends. I think I like this.

My biggest issue with this update was that it was out of nowhere, and as such gave an advantage to those who happened to be on at the time. I would prefer before any such update that we have a given time in advance, so that way we can be on and do the rebuilds and reorganizations and the like. Outside of that, no major issues. The boost in pollution means that nations have to specialize if they want to produce a respectable amount of a certain good. The nerfing of commerce forces nations to pick between commerce and resources. All in all, not a terrible update. Also, since 3 recycling centers+subway can't clear out all the pollution, it forces people to build to lower values. well, the update also killed Aargh and other raiders temporarily, as they would need to do some reorganization. Also, for those complaining, it's still possible to run cities at 1.5k infra with 100% commerce, and zeroes across the board, in fact you still have 15 slots for other things(mil, resources), which is a few less than it used to be, but it still works.

Given that's its yui, I'm expecting a purple cake.

why one?.......Also, why no "oops, overkill=market crash"

is there a summary? Cause I thought this was just a Pantheon-HS treaty, but is it also a HS-KT treaty post?

well, the salt and popcorn was nice, but I'm going to put in my 2 cents. Please note that these are purely my opinions. First, Dubayoo clearly has issues understanding cost performance. There is a point where blowing up the infra costs you more than it costs them, and at that point, there is no real benefit to blowing it up. They could go off for 20 ish days, comeback and rebuild at dirt cheap levels. As such, it is basically impossible in this game to really kill off an AA from external forces. There's a reason why every AA that died died due to internal forces combined with external pressures, or purely internal forces. Second, getting Rose to break off from the other side is a fairly old idea on this side, it was pretty apparent that Rose was upset with the dealings that it had to deal with, even without access to the various FA logs. People were calling that switch months before it happened, admittedly, it was generally thought that Rose was gonna treaty BK, not Mensa. So maybe there is some level of an argument to be made that Rose has some special tie-ins, but if so, the white peace move was basically letting Rose do a token showing before it flipped sides, and probably would've been brought over before the war if the war had been delayed. Third, Rose has also shown clear improvement in its ability to play this game, everyone should know this by now, but wars come to down to blitzes and counterblitizes, and while Rose used to be a laughing stock, they have shown in this most recent war that they can in fact do some level of a coordinated counterblitz. So Rose in fact got good, and benefited from this move. Fourth, I'm going to give nods to NPO, BK, and Cerberus for fighting well in the war, their lower tier cohesion was spectacular, and created quite a few headaches. Fifth, this is a counter to CM's claim about why people play. Yes, some people play the game differently(Fraggle, Princess BG, Aargh, etc), but the general populous plays to fight and win wars, build their nations into glorious 30 city monstrosities that radiate power by just existing, or some combination of the two. I'm personally more of the former, while someone like LPS is more of the latter, but all in all I like doing a bit of both, as do most people in this game. I look at NPO's 100% taxes and growth regulations, and honestly wonder what they do inbetween wars, which they had issues showing up for(this seems to have been resolved in the most recent war, so congrats to you guys). But, whatever, you play however you want to play, just don't come crying because your activity levels weren't high enough to win you those precious blitzes. If it really mattered, you would shift policies and try and bolster activity and the like in some manner. Sixth, that CB shit looks really sketchy. Then again, Kastor has a super broad definition for syndisphere, and since KT is apparently part of it, it is possible that someone not truly in syndisphere has access, and as such they are refusing to disclose it to protect the leaker. I'm not buying it, and am going to be completely honest, the sketchy CB looks a whole lot worse than a CB-less attack. The latter has established precidence, and no one really cares about it at this point. The former has created many rifts, and I believe it would be to your benefit to release it in some manner. (Hint: you can blackout usernames)

Zed clearly has the lower tier. Sketchy probably has the top tier unless Pantheon/Hogwarts/Sparta can pull off an upset. Smith's last 5 picks totally killed him. Wasted those rounds, but then again there weren't very good AAs left on the board. He seemed to select AAs he worked with in the past, rather than consider and compensate for teirs. While they are large AAs, the concentration is all basically in the same place, and the mid teir is hard to hold when you're having to deal with fights on both sides.

So...Apparently I actually need to be on land....so this a repost to accommodate for that unofficial rule. APPLICATION Official nation name: Terminus Est Population (P&W numbers): 1,813,315 GDP per capita (P&W numbers): $2,493.87 Population density (sq. km): 82.42 people/sq. mi Form of Government: Social Democracy Politics & War Wikia link (leave blank if you don't have one): Describe your Nation IC: Land: Controlled climate rooms due to the moon, plentiful mineral resources, lack of natural resources. People: Due to being born in low gravity, they cannot endure the gravitional pressure of the earth, and as such have no incentive to go after land on it. Elephant Island is the only trading post operated on Earth. Describe yourself in OOC terms: Flexible, reactive, a little crazy. Have you read, and do you agree to abide with, the rules? (Yes/No): yes Where on the map do you want to be located? Elephant Island.

APPLICATION Official nation name: Terminus Est Population (P&W numbers): 1,813,315 GDP per capita (P&W numbers): $2,493.87 Population density (sq. km): 82.42 people/sq. mi Form of Government: Social Democracy Politics & War Wikia link (leave blank if you don't have one): Describe your Nation IC: Land: Controlled climate rooms due to the moon, plentiful mineral resources, lack of natural resources. People: Due to being born in low gravity, they cannot endure the gravitional pressure of the earth, and as such have no incentive to go after land on it. Describe yourself in OOC terms: Flexible, reactive, a little crazy. Have you read, and do you agree to abide with, the rules? (Yes/No): yes Where on the map do you want to be located? The moon.

oh god, what have we done...