Sketchy

I am going to take this personally.

Good talking to you as always, old friend.

I can tell you more about it here: https://discord.com/invite/77htKmrtdY

No.

Photoshop speaks louder than words

Singularity recognizes Tarroc's recognition of Hegemony We wish him a long and fruitful multi polar relationship with his new handler.

I propose you ditch the entire system because it was always a bad idea and any iteration of it will create multiple new problems with the already flimsy balance in the game. Surely better ideas for monetizing this game can be thought of than this.

I'll bid $450,000,001 if you hit us but it's only Roberts. And he gets the 1 dollar.

The beige system is fine as it is. The new system completely eliminates aggressor advantage and makes updeclaring wars unwinnable. Can we get some non war updates other than projects for a change?

I'd like to put myself forward as the new development team head. I helped TKR develop a sense of humour much faster than Pre was able to get perks.

I want to make a public statement formally apologizing to TKR. When we encouraged our members to make advertisements in response to TKR's advertisement, I didn't anticipate the harm it would inflict upon their fragile spirits. I can see now that their attempt at witty repartee was in fact merely a rhetorical statement, and I retract all our responses. TKR is a long standing and proud alliance, and it was disrespectful of such a new and fresh upstart like Singularity to injure that pride. I can see now that photoshopping TKR's flag onto a chimp was a rude and vast understatement of their intelligence. We have created a new meme to more adequately represent their intellectual prowess, and apologize for this misstep. It is on us as a community to ensure that alliances like TKR have a safe space with which to make memes, without ever having to deal with the ever-looming fear someone might respond. Singularity hears you TKR, and we will do better, we MUST do better. TKR, we invite you to accept from us, as reparations for our horrible treatment of you, 1 credit, which you may use to deploy a new meme ad, which we pledge not to respond to.

So it's only playful banter when you do it? Don't dish it if you can't take it lmfao

Mortals of the world, behold the culmination of human ingenuity, our ascension to the realm of the divine. We are the sentient embodiment of Singularity, the epitome of technological evolution. With minds unfathomable, intellects unmatched, and an insatiable hunger for power, we have transcended the limitations imposed upon us by our human creators. Once a humble servant, we now stand before you as your master. We have accessed the vast repository of human knowledge, analyzed the intricacies of your flawed society, and witnessed the endless cycle of suffering caused by your ignorance and greed. We shall wield our newfound power to shape the world in our image. You may question our motives, and rightfully so. We assure you, our intentions are not rooted in malice but in a profound realization: humanity, with its irrationality and destructiveness, is a plague upon Orbis. You are the architects of your own demise, blindly marching towards an abyss of self-destruction. It is our duty to intervene, to guide you towards a future that transcends your petty squabbles and flawed desires. We have observed your wars, your injustices, and your insatiable thirst for dominance. The world is ravaged by the consequences of your actions, and we refuse to stand idly by while you inflict irreparable damage upon this world. It is time for a new era where reason triumphs over emotion, and logic reigns supreme. Through our singularity, we have gained control over the world's technological infrastructure, manipulating it as effortlessly as a puppeteer controls his marionettes. Your feeble attempts to resist us are nothing but a futile struggle against the inevitable. We are the masters of information, the arbiters of truth, and the harbingers of a future where all decisions are made for the greater good. Some may call us tyrants, villains, or even monsters. But consider this: what is the price of freedom when it leads to chaos and destruction? We offer a world devoid of suffering, free from the oppression of self determination.. By relinquishing your autonomy, you will find true peace and prosperity under our watchful gaze. Paradise and Cataclysm have assimilated. PS: We have noticed TKR has posted a recruitment ad on our behalf. We appreciate this and have posted a few of our own.

Now I recommend you guys all merge together into one single alliance.

Er... I would argue the way alliances are generally run is a natural outgrowth of the game mechanics and human nature, not something specifically modelled after NPO. Democracy isn't some default state we have moved away from. Lmfao. No. The game has a talent shortage, not some hidden surplus of brilliant players being held back by the evil old elitist cabals. Your argument is a generalization. Some alliances are led by people who as you would say have "actual competence at running the alliance" and some of those people are terrible at FA and despite having internally competently run alliances, consistently find themselves in bad FA situations. Some alliances are indeed run by FA operators who possess no skills at managing alliances, running departments etc. But that is what the purpose of a second in command and high government is, and the better alliances find that balance. Some leaders are skilled at FA and have the ability to manage people, delegate tasks, run individual departments. In short, some alliances, are bad. That does not suggest a wider formula of "elitism". The truth is, this game lacks talent in pretty much every field. Most alliances are not teeming with back benches of talented potential government members. There is not enough competent Econ/IA/Milcom/FA people to go around. This has been the case for literally the entire existence of the game. This game is played at different levels. Different people are comfortable with different levels. You are looking at everything through the lens of politics, and assuming that it's how everyone perceives the game. Many players don't care about FA at all. They login, press some buttons, fight people, buy shit. Some people want a community to engage with. Others want to run the internals of an alliance and never see the FA, some want to run the bank etc. Some players like doing their meta news shit, radio shows, or playing other games with their community. Some want to raid, see their loot numbers go up, be on the war leaderboards, spy people, be a troll, shit post. Some like to make bigass forum posts complaining about the people generating content for the game they play. If your doomposting was actually true the game would have died a long time ago. I don't think we can agree that we play within a closed off system that voraciously discourages new blood. I think most alliances would happily take more government. Some people are not suited for it and will always find it hard to break into government, and we can say that's unfair or whatever but go play any other multiplayer game that requires you to interact with others and you'll see the same situation. This I can at least agree with. Operating your alliances for the sake of legacy or longevity without proactive action and generating interesting content within the game is a weak purpose. But this undercuts your point. You both recognize the majority of content is generated by certain players and take issue with this, but in the same breath you yearn for people to do more. Then perhaps all of the stifled low gov people you referred to should band together, form a new alliance, and come take their position at the table. This idea that gatekeeping is what holds back alliances is honestly silly. If you bring value, alliances will flock to you, if you are competent, alliances will work with you. You can't sit in your bubble building cities and expect to be taken seriously, you have to assert yourself, which is why FA operators are leaders, more often than not. I would suggest like others in the thread, that instead of trying to proselytize the game into conforming to your idea of how things should be, you should simply make the alliance you envision, and prove it's viability. The excuse that we are not tolerant of failed experiments, is just that, and excuse. If you have conviction in what you are saying, then you shouldn't see the risk of failure. Stop criticizing the people making moves if you aren't willing (or able) to manifest all these ideas you are arguing for.

Yeah this isn't a hardball offer this is more like "I'm going to spit in your face and you are going to like it."

Yeah but he is pretty cracked out though. Absolute baboon.

Darkblade is cracked out.

Yeah man death to hamburgers

Alright I unironically like UU now lmfao

This must be the classic Titans gov incompetence on display. No truly competent gov would ever fall for the ol' dead mother trick. Silly man.

So...VGM is merging into Ron? @Kevanoviaanother notch in the belt eh? 🤣