[ZA WARUDO!!]

It was fun playing with/against you guys!

Best of luck to you all.

[Strong and Stable leadership]

Thanks for your service Pangui! You've been great. Wasn't an easy job in this climate, and I think I can speak on behalf of UPN (current & old members) in saying that you showed great dedication to UPN. While it is sad, it is nice to see that the government is made up of guys who have also showed immense dedication.

Looking forward to seeing Matt take over - well deserved, and probably somewhat overdue. Congrats!

o/ UPN

[Recognition of Aggression]

No one required you to militarize. 

TEst is attacking because you ATTACKED THEIR FRIEND. Is that a very difficult concept?

 

You're a !@#$ retard.

 

Steve doesn't make sense on most occasions, but this is one of the rare occasions he is.

[opt-out of this stupid !@#$ bs]

If this is introduced in-game, will the winners from 2014 and 2015 also have their awards added?

 

I also suggest moving those threads over to this forum. Because if we're having a subforum for yearly awards, we might as well.

 

I can dig up the old nomination and results threads.

 

Mensa won everything.

[opt-out of this stupid !@#$ bs]

Well, you're right.  I'd hate to get more players like you who are making a huge deal out of a cosmetic addition.  The fact that people have Beta awards on their profile, and random speed round awards, gosh darn - I'm triggered!

 

The point is that some awards were actually achieved -- in an objective sense. For example UPN finished as the #1 alliance in both rounds and so on. It would be cool if we had more badges for this round like "longest running alliance at #1" or "alliances with the most kills" or whatever else, that reflect objective measurables. I don't have an issue with the cosmetic changes in principle, for something like "best military alliance of the year" and it ending up at Mensa (which is most likely true), but can see the logic behind the criticism of it being a popularity contest. Especially with newer players/recruits, who may not be aware that it was purely voted on by people on the forums.

 

tl;dr: My take is that awards should be based on objective measurables, not subjective opinions. 

[We Needed a Topic for the Radio Show]

Congrats guys!

 

Acadia are the best allies you could wish for.

[Politics and War Awards - Nominations OPEN!]

ALLIANCE CATEGORIES

Alliance of the Year: The Knights Radiant
Most Powerful Alliance: tS
Best Military: Mensa HQ
Best Rookie Alliance: Teutonic Order
Best Flag: Teutonic Order
Best War Flag: New Pacific Order
Most Active Alliance: Mensa HQ
Most Honorable Alliance: UPN (or Cornerstone, depending on how you judge on what 'honorable' is)
Most Improved Alliance: New Pacific Order
Best Economic System: tS
Best Recruiting Staff: BK
Best Alliance Growth: TKR
Most Immoral Alliance: TLF
Most Controversial Alliance: Alpha


PLAYER CATEGORIES

Best Alliance Leader: Prefontaine
Most Controversial Player: Placentica
Best Player Avatar: Me
Best IC Poster: Beatrix
Nicest Player: TheNG
Most Active Player: Kastor & Underlordgc

WORST CATEGORIES
 

Worst Alliance of the Year: TLF

Worst Forum Poster: Greatkitteh

[An interview with... Durmij]

It was a good read. 

[greatkitteh for mod?]

I noticed there is a #spam channel on Discord. Greatkitteh should definetly mod it incase someone posts some non-spam there.

[New bank startup]

How much for your bank?

[I was late?]

You're an attention whore. I used to be like you when I was 13

 

When's your 14th birthday?

[A new leader for the Clouds]

Congrats Bezzers and best of luck.

[Be the Change You Want to See in the World - or Something]

Did not see this coming.

 

Good luck!

[Alpha Announcement: Ammendment to Reparation Terms]

I asume you'll go for the food trade option?

 

And then they fail to return the goods. Then the "One Unit of Food War" commences.

[Alpha Announcement: Ammendment to Reparation Terms]

o/ Specificity 

[One for the Ages....]

Two of the greatest allies one could hope to have merging together! Sad but exciting at the same time. I am sure you will do great. Congrats!

[Moderation Update]

Props to the mod team for taking feedback into account.

[A Viridian Decree]

Good luck!

[Imperial Decree from the New Pacific Order]

Ridiculous that this had to be said to be honest. But well said, and hopefully this will lay some of the 'issues' to rest.

[Looking to start a Business? Well you've come to the Right Place!]

I will buy your business.

[Daddy, what did you do in the Great War?]

o/ DEIC

 

Thanks for the help.

[Over-Moderation?]

The moderators need to pretend like they are actually doing something...

[Rose's Surrender]

We are prepping for this by killing off all the shit alliances so we have a clean board for the civil war.

 

 

That why y'all didn't save Pantheon?

 

   

[Rose's Surrender]

Officially the longest thread in alliance announcements. Good work!

[Discord vs. IRC]

I like IRC just because of the nostalgia -- and generally the "shitty" simple interface appeals to me. However the biggest pain with it was always explaining how to register accounts and shit like that to newcomes, and it would intimidate some of them that they just would not come. So Discord is fantastic to use for casual stuff like the game.

 

If you are looking for communities (i.e programming help channels) IRC is still the best bet.