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    Magna Graecia
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    United Purple Nations

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  1. It's a surreal pleasure to announce the 41st government of UPN, seventeen years after the 1st one. Yet here we are. With new faces and old wise heads alike UPN's high government from now until six months hence will be: Leadership Prime Minister - Naaro Chair (Foreign Affairs) - Cora Chair (Internal Affairs) - Matt Ministers Minister of Foreign Affairs - Malichy Minister of Internal Affairs - Matt Minister of Finance - Noreen Minister of Defense - JayJay Minister of Communications - Altheus Departments Minister of Development - Hyacinth Bucket Minister of Entertainment - Sir Bananas Defense (North America Specialist) - Sealteam The Sovereign Senate of UPN Cora, Malichy, Matt, Naaro, Noreen, Sealteam & Sir Bananas
  2. Oh, sweet Syndicate how my heart yearns for thee! If only you would hold me in the warm embrace of an MADP. What adventures we could have together. What treasures we could take. What wonderful wars we could start! Deep down I know you feel the same. All this anger, this rage, this vehemence cannot hide our feelings forever. True love’s tender kiss awaits if only you would claim my lips in treaty. Your city count makes me giggle in admiration. Your score makes me swoon in delight. Your GDP makes me gasp in wonder! Take me Syndicate, take me this very Valentine’s night for I am yours!
  3. I'd actually like to see the opposite of what's currently happening with colour spheres, with the incentive being to attract new alliances to your colour rather than push them off. However it can't be a straight forward biggest sphere gets a economic bonus otherwise they'll be a congregation of alliances all onto one sphere. One subtler answer might be that only the three (or however many) alliances on a sphere benefit from an economic bonus, creating a dynamic that they would be looking for reasons to attract smaller alliances to their sphere, giving the smaller alliances an extra political tool to trade for protection, support, cash incentives etc. They'd be some movement with mid-sized alliances changing sphere to grab themselves a top three position but I'm not sure it'd be a bad thing as a culture might develop between loyalists (who stay on a sphere not matter what) and nomads (who jump spheres frequently depending on personal benefit), with potential fault lines between the two. You could imagine wars being fought over such a thing. One downside would be promoting further growth for the biggest alliances so I'd caution against limiting the number of alliances that receive an economic bonus to too small a number. You'd probably be wanting to include any alliances that typically would be too big to be a protectorate (training alliance aside) so top 3 (i.e. 3*14 colours spheres= 42 alliances getting a bonus) would be about right
  4. What a thoughful early Christmas present!
  5. On the pitch our alternate uniform is Black and Purple, to contrast with the Purple and Black of our colour uniform 😎
  6. @ Roberts. Chances are that you're criticizing certain alliances because you don't like them in the context of the game and want to hurt them. In which case, enjoy! Hard to have a game called Politics & War without someone indulging in the darkest corners of both politics & war. Moreover, without villainous deeds the game would go stale for everyone. However, in the event that you do genuinely think the alliances in question are a problem... If an alliance doesn't fulfill a purpose it starts withering away. Sometimes that purpose is obvious, but other times it's not, at least not from the outside. At it's simplest an alliance just could just be a bunch of real friends who want to play a game together and who are we to say otherwise? In UPN's case there is no great mystery. We started back in 2007 and have enjoyed living through the highs and lows of various games whilst picking up plenty of friends along the way. It's a story that doesn't always require being on top because aiming for the top and failing is usually as entertaining as actually being on top. It's only about legacy in the sense that after 16 years we've got a lot of stories to tell. But we're more interested in UPN's future stories, including how you can embellish it by attacking us. Seriously, wars and slanging matches are great way to add interest all round. I had great fun during our time in the Haunted Mansion bloc. The bloc was a flop, but writing the announcements was awesome (of which the Ghostbusters War defeat was the best, cheers to Kev!) Ultimately if you think an alliance is being boring and not contributing then pull one of the levers available to you to try and hasten their demise. Consider it their test. And if that doesn't work then maybe, just maybe, take that as a sign they're enjoying themselves too
  7. Thanks for your thoughts, The issues are that it's hard to know what it's like to be in an alliance without actually being in it and that people look for different things in an alliance, hence the great variety of styles in the game (which is a strength) There is absolutely nothing wrong with being in an aggressive alliance, a pirate alliance, a very wider community driven alliance and all those things, but it's not for everyone. The fact that a good number of the alliances you're quick to criticise are both sizable and stable says to me that they are fulfilling a niche in the game for members who find their highly varied styles of engaging in the game attractive. i.e. I wouldn't worry about it. They're plenty of happy people in UPN and I suspect the others you've mentioned
  8. Very stylish and punchy emblem that will look good from a distance. A bit of hopefully constructive criticism is that maybe the flag is a little too busy. Maybe drop a colour or two?
  9. Good to see. Very laudable to offering a helping hand as it's needed
  10. That's very awesome. Good luck! You should create a flag
  11. Shame, you were good fun to fight against in our mini-bloc war. All the best and hope you come away with happy memories.
  12. United Sovereigh Nations ehh? It's likely you don't know the history behind that name. All the best anyway :)
  13. Agree with all of that. Having non-discord members isn't for every alliance.
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