Alan

DawnGuards and The Awakening have agreed to terms from Black Skies, signaling their exit from the Mad Cow Conflict. Dawn Guard accepts: DawnGuards pays 5% of all damage dealt by Providentia, The Awakening and DawnGuards as reparations (as of July 24th 2:00PM Game Time). DawnGuards agrees to pay all these funds back to Black Skies no more than 30 days after the official signing of the peace agreement. DawnGuards and Black Skies will meet to understand the grievances of DawnGuards on Black Skies. This meeting will be moderated by an impartial 3rd party. DawnGuards and Black Skies will sign a 2 month NAP. DawnGuards will sign a 1 month NAP with any other active combatants. The Awakening Accepts: Beans and Jokerkid agree to refrain from FA in DMs with Black Skies. Black Skies and The Awakening will limit FA communications to the most bare minimum. The Awakening and Black Skies along with a third party of The Awakenings choice will meet to discuss any and all grievances with one another. If a member of The Awakening declares on a member of Black Skies Post war within 30 days they waive the right to a rebuild from the alliance countering. If a member of Black Skies hits The Awakening post war within 30 days the member will be removed. Black Skies Accepts: Alan apologizes for the delay in members safekeep withdrawals and admits the safekeeping of Lasthearth should of been handled differently. Alan and Black Skies agrees that countering counters is wrong. Black Skies wish both parties best of luck in their endeavors and hopes that communication and time will heal any and all wounds.

Apologies, I've amended the thread to show the correct date.

Apologies, I'm allergic to bullshit. No funny RoH or RP post. If you don't want to look at my ripping apart of their lies please jump to the "Conclusion" at the bottom of the post. Let's take this CB apart bit by bit: "Theft from members safekeep." Both The Coven and it's rebrand of Black Skies has held clarity in it's banking and safekeeping. When Sanctuary merged into The Coven their alliance had roughly $2.1B of debt. I took it upon myself to agree to pay off the debt and give funds to members of Sanctuary for their safekeeps which were essentially deleted by Sanctuary's poor management of their EA department. When Beans (Onara) and Jokerkid (Canadiaa) left to remake their alliance there were 2 issues that arose. Joker claimed that his safekeep was taken by us in which I responded with this screenshot highlighting Joker's willingness to help repay their members lost safekeeps: A second issue that's been posted is about Lasthearth. However his safekeep was sent to him 3 days ago and was seen as a nonissue by Beans. My apologies to The Awakening for the delays in the return of that safekeeping: "Openly posting about paying for a nuclear attack." The post on Sam Cooper's forum post of Arrgh's Nuke Bidding War is not a legitimate bid. All bids must be sent to Sam Cooper in DMs as he explains. All of the posts on that page are not valid. "Not honoring peace agreements." We are committed as an alliance to uphold all peace agreements with all parties and individuals regardless of winning or losing. The most important thing in this game above all else is your word, without which you will be unable to be trusted, reliable or respected for your actions. In the 7 year history of me playing this game I've failed this twice: 1.) Once during an early exit from a global war (2021) and peace with NEXUS Bloc (Carthago, Order of the White Rose and House Stark). We failed to stay below the required maximum MMR when we feared we'd be hit by another alliance. NEXUS informed us, had we reached out first, they wouldn't have redeclared. 2.) The other time was a war with "Wolf Pack" (2018) when Black Skies was just a fledgling under The Lost Empire. We continued spy-ops on their members and was reprimanded by both Atlan and Poppa Onarus? for our actions. We have always kept to our word and demanded others do the same. Since reforming as The Coven and then rebranding we have never violated a peace agreement. "Bullying Nanos and Micros into merging." The Coven nor Black Skies has ever bullied or forced an alliance to merge into us. There have been several times where miscommunications have occurred and those parties have apologized to our government for those fails. Below are the apologies of 2 players (KATZEN of OTSN and KW of Iron Crow Syndicate) who claimed that we were forcing a merge but admitted later that the were either lied to by others or straight up did not read my messages correctly. "Use of Micro Minute for defamation." The Micro-Minute is a News/Drama organization that I run. My stories cover everything from bad nanos, poor business practices and multi users. The server is not a representation of Black Skies and my alliance much like how RON posts or OCN posts are not a representation of Lysander's and Xaria's alliances. This, if seen as a valid CB, would only target my nation. Not the entire alliance. As not to make this longer you may check out our server here to review some of the posts we make. "Repeated use of false CBs." I'm unsure what's meant by this. As The Coven we posted all of our War Weeks and CBs publicly for others to look at and vet. This ensured that we could continue to hit corrupt and toxic communities while still making sure we didn't become the villain. We were even praised by a few members of the community for making just and honest war declarations. Please see the following DoWs for examples of our CBs and the communities response: "Failure to conduct proper FA" I am currently banned from Providentia's discord server. I have been for almost 8 months now since the war between their old brand "Kingdom of Greece". Our FA has been conducted in our FA server until the recent changes in government and brand. We had to fight with then leader Mac to keep to his word after they agreed on peace. I am willing to open up this embassy to all viewers to see the FA that took place between us. You may join our FA server here. Once you do please DM me for view-only access. "False claims of DDos attacks to further agenda False claims of death threats to further agenda." Western Republic, Commo's old alliance accepted members from the then failing alliance "The Elites" (later Jotunheimr). In this alliance were members that leaked my real identity to news sources to damage the reputation of The Coven and to destroy relations with our then ally, The Fighting Pacifists. At the time I was working under the identity of "DamienW". There's a conversation where the then leader DeeC, high on pain relief pills, had a conversation with myself and Ashwin. After some time he then threatened that he'd release my identity to the rest of the game and force me out of the game for discussions that Mac (now leader of rebranded Gods of Orbis) and I had in DMs. 3 Hours after he threatened to release my identity and personal information to the game people picked up the news in OCN with Minesome even messaging me a kind "Hello" and ToxicPepper saying "it all makes sense now". Poseidon, a member of The Elites government, went a step further by attempting to reach out to people that could "hurt me". By re-releasing fake articles and doctoring them calling me a pedophile and a racist. Poseidon then said that if I didn't delete and quit that I "would sleep for a very long time". The faked posts slandering me can be found here: Faked post by HORDE EMPIRE claiming I was a pedophile Faked post by OCN claiming I used racial slurs (only if in Royal Orbis News) Conclusion These CBs are fake. They're more lies upon lies. Instead of simply saying "we don't like you" and hitting us Commo, Providentia & Company has decided to attempt to assassinate not only my character by the reputation of Black Skies. It's no secret that I'm not the Orbis Family Favorite. However what's occurred here is more than just a fake CB. I am deeply saddened that the game keeps reverting back to these fake excuses and lies time and time again. While I understand we don't have to be the best of friends I do ask that you, at the bare minimum, have the respect and decency to treat me as a human being. I am not trash.

Who are you calling a pheasant, peasant.

$950m Providentia

https://politicsandwar.com/nation/unique/id=556072 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=273926 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=556072

People look at political, dev and experimental changes to the game and usually pick a lane, doomed to ride the RONicoaster until it drives wedges between groups. We have means of reuniting people via radio shows, game nights and even whacking other alliances. However what major events do people remember that was able to unite a large portion of the game? What major events did people steer clear of? A few people asked me if I was willing to do the Olympics again this year. Last Olympics was in 2021 where we had 32 alliances join in with over 140 participants. If people are genuinely interested in something like this again I'd be happy to work on another large scale event for the game. What would others like to see for a game-wide event?

Damn a war lasting all the way until the 100th day of the 100th month of the year 10,000. Reminds me of AlanFall when "Anti-Alan Coalition" demanded I pay $10B to them or I leave the game. What was NEXUS's response to the whole meme? "Get bent tiny man". By the way Carthago still owes Black Skies $24m. Looking forward to seeing that.

Firwof is always available still......

Please hold, we're rebuilding.

How to ostracize the big farmers in 1 easy step. GG to the billions they've put into land for the farms.

We've been "chastised" by many alliances by countering spy-ops against us. The change is not in favor of our members but as a means to better relations with these top alliances.

TLDR; The Coven changes things for clarity and aims to better game relations. This post is only to act as a reference for future public interactions. Thank you to the leaders and alliance heads that have spoken to me over the past 2 weeks offering me their advice. The Coven has discussed your suggestions and we've decided to implement some as a means to help clarify, delegate and better support our allies. The purpose of this post is to be transparent about these changes and to act as a reference to avoid any miscommunications. Foreign Affairs 1.) The Coven will be conducting FA in embassies ONLY. This not only applies to standard treaty requests/issue with counters etc. but also applies to War Week discussions, Protectorate requests and Vassal Assistance (please see #3). Any discussions in DMs will NOT be seen as official FA business. Different alliances use and see DMs differently. As such a discussion with Alliance A using "foul language" could be seen as threatening or aggressive to Alliance B. By only having these discussions in a space with multiple insights we aim to avoid having these perceptions roll out of hand into an issue or FA debacle. 2.) The Coven's FA team has been split into a Macro and Micro FA team. The Macro FA team does not have a say in Micro Affair discussions and the Micro FA team does not have a say in Macro Affair discussions. Once again this is because different alliance require different approaches to foreign affairs. As such the more "temperamental" government won't cause any issues or scenes with top alliances. 3.) We'll be changing our Protectorate Program, "The Circle", to have protectorates and vassals. Protectorates are alliances that no longer need hands on oversight from The Coven and are free to manage relations with others and handle their own affairs. Vassals are alliances that either have fresh leaders or inadequate government and will have required oversight to better protect their membership. We're committing to this change as some of our former protectorates thought we were "overbearing" while others had little knowledge of our resources except for our countering ability. We hope this distinction will help future allies understand our involvement with them beforehand rather than an appearance of "overlord" later down the road. Military Affairs 1.) The Coven is removing it's policy of countering spy-operations that target to gather intelligence or assassinate spies. Spy operations that targets infra or military will still be seen as an attack on the member nation. If a nation is caught spy-wiping or gathering intelligence we hope that the host alliance take charge and punish the member. The hope is to move away from the idea of an overly aggressive alliance where we act as judge jury and executioner. 2.) The Coven will begin to accept requests from raiders to hit inactive applicants (1 month+ inactivity). If a raider hits an applicant without requesting first regardless of activity they are subject to being countered. The Aurora conflict started because Borealis members complained and spammed us for being countered after hitting an inactive applicant. We hope that the implementation of this new rule will avoid those issues with other alliances. For questions or more information please feel free to join our FA server and make a ticket. I apologize in advance to those coming here only to complain. o/ The Coven

YES!!! Finally someone that understands what good additions to the game are. My issue is you have a project that takes $3k worth of Item A and converts it into $5K worth of Item B. Let's fix that by adding what this game is desperately missing, a resource sink. Example: New Category - Government/Facilities All Buildings Require Power Library (3 Max) - Reduces Disease & Crime by 1% Upkeep 3 Lead/Day (for the pencils) 3 Oil/Day (For the night oil) Transfer Station (1 Max) - Keeps your City powered for 3 turns if you accidentally run out of fuel Upkeep - 4 Oil/Day / 4 Iron/Day (only during use) City Park (3 Max) - Each Park adds an additional 200 Land to each city. Upkeep - X Food/Day 5 Coal/Day 5 Bauxite/Day Senate (1 Max) - Reduces the cost of all Non Government/Facility Improvements by 25% Upkeep - 150 Food/Day 5 of each Resource/Day

TLDR for these projects: 1.) ITC wasn't good enough for the whales at 125% commerce. So suffer a 15% penalty on all those sweet farms you have to get an extra 9% commerce. 2.) We don't know how to add proper resource sinks so here's a project and a gold star for it. 3.) As long as you aren't a sheltered RP player please enjoy a free C30. 4.) Spend $400m so you get a slightly larger chance to get proof that Rose is stat-padding spy kills on you.

TL;DR - Welcome Cataclysm / Mayhem /Bourbon Street to "Witch Trials". After 99942 Apophis was called in to defend Aurora/Borealis, The Hive, Legion of Dawn, Convent of Atom & Company from they sheer overwhelming force of The Coven it was only a matter of time before even 99A was unable to keep the witches at bay. It seems that I have failed in keeping to my word as a leader and as a reporter in staying out and away from hegemonies. The Coven has turned into one so strong that now Cataclysm, Mayhem and Bourbon Street have come to defend 99A who have defended Aurora. While Cataclysm shows you 1 war, here are the wars from 99A on The Coven in support of Aurora: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1661895 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1661898 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1662317 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1662428 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1662690 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1662472 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1663443 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1663974 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1663985 https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1664031 We see this issue as a problem with chaining, alliance communication and how strong the hegemony is of The Coven. Because of this The Coven initiates the following chain... Seeing how Aurora/Borealis has an ODP with 99942 Apophis... Seeing how 99942 Apophis has an ODP with Cataclysm... Seeing how Cataclysm has an ODoAP with Knights Templar... Seeing how Knights Templar has a MDoAP with Requiem... Seeing how Requiem has a ODP with House Stark... Seeing how House Stark has an MDoAP with The Fighting Pacifists... Seeing how The Fighting Pacifists have an MDP with The Coven... The Coven declares war on The Coven to protect it's totally legitimate linking allies. With the power of all these great alliances and The Coven we shall defeat The Coven!

TL;DW/R - The Coven declares war on Aurora/Borealis The Coven recognizes hostilities from all Midgard participants I tried. I opened up to gov of Aurora like Xi and Pepper to try and put grudges and issues behind us. Issues between Aurora and The Coven constantly arose, from issues between Western Republic and The Coven, to issues between Roman Empire and The Coven. Each time we did what we could in FA, we discussed things and tried to find amicable solutions. Only thing we found however was jokes. With the recent attacks of Borealis on members of The Coven from spy-ops to bad counters to daily raids of our members we couldn't allow alliances, no matter how big or small, to continue to treat us like a play thing. Upon trying, one final time to reach a proper and amicable solution, Borealis member decided to continue to send attacks, spy-ops and more on members of The Coven, including the creation of their own "Bully Alan" award. We're done. I'd say the adage of "Shame on me" applies here. However after the 7th "Fool me" it's no longer about what Aurora/Borealis does. It's a lack of action on our behalf. We acknowledge that this is a slaughter. We wish to see how long, however, these parties are willing to take it. We've taken abuse from them for months. Time to repay the favor.

Why not make the timer 0 for all cities? What's the point of having a timer at all? Why have it start at 15 instead of 20? 25? New players can buy credits for C10 and then have to actually learn how the game works. This doesn't add or change anything except making it easier for people to mass build during a war. My vote is "No".

Have an objective, (#3-7) that requires players to click on the P&W game rules tab. This will mandate that everyone see the rules page and will then make it their fault should they break game rules.

Set A - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/unique/id=523848 Nation A - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=516533 Nation B - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=518981 Nation C - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=523848

Set A - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/unique/id=531650 Nation A - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=531531 Nation B - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=531533 Nation C - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=531536 Nation D - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=531642 Nation E - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=531650 Nation F - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=531982 Nation G - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=532226 Nation H - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=532241 Nation I - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=532244

Set A - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/unique/id=526685 Nation A - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=524160 Nation B - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=525431 Nation C - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=526681 Nation D - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=526683 Nation E - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=526685 Nation F - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=526687 Nation G - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=526689 Nation H - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=526691 Nation I - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=526695 Nation J - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=526696 Nation K - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=527097 Nation L - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=528380 Nation M - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=526692 Funds were transferred from "Hasibara Clan", an alliance that was building multi farms, to the main member from Arrgh and subsequently other multi banks after that (for over $550m). Each of these "pop-up alliances" are being self funded by the multi and then, once the alliances are founded immediately deleting their cities to become C2 raiders. Funds are then being sent to an unknown nation via alliance bank transfers. The farm since the 26th has made about $310m not including the $550m from Hashibara clan and others.

Simply didn't change his discord name. The entire alliance is multis.

Set A - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/unique/id=379235 Nation A - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=379235 Nation B - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=379813 Nation C - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=380453 Nation D - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=381721 Nation E - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=384185 Nation F - https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=519880

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