[Where to now, Immortals and TFP?]

43 minutes ago, Phoenyx said:

I must admit this made me laugh :-p. But hey, what's a gag order between friends :-)? I'm still paying off my debt with TFP- they leant me the resources to get Urban Planning. They were nice about it and didn't charge me interest. I like to think it's because they realize that I share many of their ideals, it's just that when it came to communicating, I had to do things my way.

You're in an alliance which is in their sphere. They won't rock the boat and cause rift with their ally over a such a sum.

[Where to now, Immortals and TFP?]

"I'll dispute what's universally known as a gag order in this game so that my former AA doesn't look as bad for gagging me."

[GATO member on Global War 16]

1 minute ago, Orcinus Orca said:

Is this GATO alliance in Swamp by any chance?

Ampersand protectorate, yes.

[GATO member on Global War 16]

We don't need a third to make a trifecta with Fist and Phoenyx.

[An appeal to Phoenyx]

You're neither the truth bearer, nor are you seemingly aware of the irony of such statement.

[A sad truth about the Swampy Rose Hedge...]

9 minutes ago, Orcinus Orca said:

In other words, "hey, I don't like what you are saying, so it's not true". I'm sorry, what?

"Your simple explanation isn't one of my liking. My explanation which requires two digit coincidences and what-ifs is more likely of an occurrence."

I mean, he's entitled to his opinion, it's flaws notwithstanding. But pretending that such will have any bearing on proceedings or that they're more valid than more substantiated and grounded insights is, ehm...

[A sad truth about the Swampy Rose Hedge...]

Yes. 

[A sad truth about the Swampy Rose Hedge...]

3 minutes ago, Hodor said:

 

Now, here me out: let's take a shot for every time Phoenyx says "Tyrion" and then, being in an utterly inebriated state, we can manufacture a better, more entertaining narrative, stumble upon peace through deep and personal talks in the ladies restroom, and settle everything over late night pizza.

I don't drink.

[A sad truth about the Swampy Rose Hedge...]

The war is ongoing because of different considerations by either party, and will continue to go on regardless of how much effort you try to pour in. Because many if not most of those said considerations are independent from that subject matter.

You could write a thesis for your graduation on this subject, and it'd not move the needle the slightest bit.

Which is part the reason why people have told you to quit your self-assigned Messianic task. It's a waste if time that won't lead anywhere.

[A sad truth about the Swampy Rose Hedge...]

32 minutes ago, zigbigadorlou said:

And in the end, Quack will hopefully accept peace after an adequate peace, and we can move forward in to a tense 3-v-1 situation until Quack can figure out how to regain hedge or quack on their side. 

More like 3.5 v 0.5 then.

[Propaganda thread]

2 hours ago, alyster said:

E: Gunma

Quote

11/23/2020 02:27 pm

Sir George Tyler of United Britannic Kingdoms detonated a nuclear weapon in the nation of Kuromorimine and eliminated 25 Resistance. The attack destroyed 700.00 infrastructure in the city of Gunma and 2 improvements.

11/23/2020 08:25 pm

Maestro Tokugawa of The Cordilleras detonated a nuclear weapon in the nation of Kuromorimine and eliminated 25 Resistance. The attack destroyed 700.00 infrastructure in the city of Gunma and 2 improvements.

 

[111000110010000111 - $yndicate dispatch]

19 minutes ago, WarriorSoul said:

And here I thought he only did it to us.

TIL that Ben is actually a Frank.

[Feedback from war: Missiles/Nukes]

3 hours ago, Lord Tyrion said:

It doesn't seem you should be able to win a war solely on nukes.

I don't see the reason why you shouldn't. It doesn't happen often (because you can beige someone before they're able to launch their third nuke, let alone fourth), and if it does, it's either because the guy AFK'd, or deliberately let himself get beiged. The former is the other party's fault, while the latter is a conscious trade.
 

3 hours ago, Lord Tyrion said:

Because the game mechanics don't encourage people to win wars, rather, sit on an opponent for five days - the cost to do that may be eating 4 nukes, even though you have an opponent completely zeroed - and then you could lose a war that you're trying to have expire.

Since you can only produce a nuke a day, at most one person is at risk of this. You can simply cycle to nullify that risk.

If there's a specific situation where you happen to be the last dude holding someone down and that's the predicament you're in, then again, it's a matter of a trade. I've had to have people eat beiges for the purpose of denying rebuild time to their foes in several wars. It happens. You just mitigate the damage best you can and deal with it. Wanting anything else is just wanting to have the cake and eat it to.

 

[Feedback from war: Missiles/Nukes]

4 minutes ago, Orcinus Orca said:

Regarding missiles, there is a current bug that if you missile your opponent's hangar, and even if he has max planes, it does not kill the planes. That bug should be fixed. 

It's actually the same with nukes.

His max is 1875 but he has 1860 at the moment. So he should've lost at least 15 planes, but lost none.

[Feedback from war: Missiles/Nukes]

Eh, that runs counter to the entire situation in which nukes/missiles are used in the first place. So it's effectively nerfing them.

 

Considering that they have to go through a 50/20% check in the first place, curtailing their damage even more is extra punishing for no real reason.

(To clarify, addressing the GC/AS/Blockade debuffs).

[Boyce and his role in the current global war]

15 minutes ago, Charles Bolivar said:

What odds can I get on it being Milton? 20 to 1?

Nah, Milton was more dismissive/sarcastic and wrote far shorter texts.

[Boyce and his role in the current global war]

4 minutes ago, Phoenyx said:

Ah, a new piece of information, always good. Here is the thing- Tyrion's not in the Commonwealth. That was -Sphinx's- domain and Tyrion has already established that TCW was a new member and they were keeping them at arm's length to see if they could actually be a good fit for Swamp. 

...after being called out by Tarroc (and even then, only begrudgingly).

Which is why his word's being treated as being dirt.

[Boyce and his role in the current global war]

You're putting too much stock on someone who openly lied about a different, albeit very related matter.

And before you argue "Well that's not directly related to the plot"; credibility (or lack thereof) is something that's a constant across different topics and matters.

[Propaganda thread]

[In the Confessional with Kaz]

1 minute ago, Phoenyx said:

Yes, he was talking about me, now leave TFP alone please, I'm not even there anymore. Hopefully you guys don't decide to attack me now -.-

Instructions unclear. Declared and preparing to launch nuclear attack on.

[A (Not So) Brief Note on the Narrative]

In reality, it's the same sort of threads written by Colo A during NPOLT. I understand that you joined the conflict extremely late so you aren't that well versed with it, but that doesn't change the fact that you're elaborating a B-grade fanfic.

 

[We are here for the whales - t$ DoW]

You'd be surprised by how short sighted people can be. And while you're right that people can just up and leave, you're overestimating the interest normal members have in these sorts of things. Your case is the exception, not the norm.

 

[We are here for the whales - t$ DoW]

Or... rather much simpler and straightforward, people are lying because they tangibly stand to gain from lying, and this behavior is demonstrable by, for starters, the direct contradictions, even at the sphere level.

Much of what you've elaborated is simply rehashing the same points over and over, in spite of said points having already been addressed at length. You only directly set back growth by war. They explicitly stated that it'd be a matter of warring. Nobody who's planning an offensive is planning for a "retaliatory attack". Blitzing the frick out of your target is the best way to put it down. And as someone who actually has personally known Sphinx for years now, he'd only go and state things in such manner either if he knew he had something going on, or if he was about to get shafted. It wasn't the latter, so that only leaves one option.

Those situations you're arguing about are only conceivable by people who, quite frankly, lack the practical experience on how things work. I'd not expect you to know how they work given your age. I'd expect you to perhaps realize that repeating the same points over and over again, in spite of being explained to in depth on the flaws/problems found within them, is starting to go from innocently clueless to potentially insincere. 

[A (Not So) Brief Note on the Narrative]

Yea, no. You're govt, and your word carries a certain amount of weight as a result.

Hence, the clarification Partisan was looking for, but which was not forwarded.

[A (Not So) Brief Note on the Narrative]

22 minutes ago, Phoenyx said:

Who are you asking?

Grave.

I suppose that, through what I can only assume to be unrestrained imagination and rampant internal propaganda applied in equal measure, we've done a full circle, and are back to Quack = IQ.