Isaac Lazarus
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Are those bears on whale carcass...?
That's pretty clever, come to think of it.
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Got to admire the chutzpah.
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Prefontaine, Elpinchazo, RagnarBuliwyf, Partisan, Abbas
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Considering how all the current announcements are going I thought this was a declaration when I saw the title.
Kinda disappointed it wasn't.
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"of guardian" lel
Oh no, they're doing war to us!
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This didn't need two threads.
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Did ... did I died?
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I hope this thread stays on the front page forever and ever and ever.
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Only way to fly.
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This was a fantastic read. There is (in my opinion) three or four very different cultures from various places here in Orbis. I have some degree of knowledge on most, so to read this on top of it really explains the levels of cluster!@#$ seen here in this world.
Do you still think you might write about this? I'm quite curious.
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Commonwealth of United National Territories was a bit on the nose then?
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That does seem rather hypocritical.
Just so nobody goes looking silly or anything.
For any of the naysayers etc, this is business as usual. I'll simply refer you to this wonderful announcement Prefontaine made when assuming control of Guardian at a time that seems like ages ago.
http://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2515-guardian-declaration/
Good luck Placentica, you're a dang inspiration. Glad you're staying on close terms with us.
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Congratulations to our new leaders. You've got some big shoes to fill, but y'all have my full support.
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Also, P&W master race
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From: Ozymandias
Date: 12/15/2014 Monday 9:27 pm
Arbiter Ozymandias of Animus ordered an airstrike upon your nation of Halechem. The attack was an utter failure. Arbiter Ozymandias's forces lost 2 aircraft, while your defenders lost 0 aircraft. You used 0.50 munitions and gasoline defending the attack. The attack destroyed 0.00 infrastructure in the city of Eilat and 1 ships.
No ships harmed, and I wouldn't expect there would have been, but the report still shows 1 killed.
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I've thrown in a few bucks a couple of times. Not enough that it's been more than a percent or two of my growth so I still feel like I've worked my way up, but it's at least something toward the server costs. Balance is everything.
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As said before, stock implies a form of ownership. If I was investing in a nation, I would also want to have some say in the way they develop their nation so as to maximise my return. I think any other investor would too. You would end up with a situation where the player of said nation wouldn't be able to build an improvement, or join an alliance without a vote from a board of shareholders. It's the only fair way to run it, but how much fun is that going to be for the player?
And that's before we even consider privileged information. What if a bunch of investors in a nation happened to know that the alliance they're in is about to be declared on? They sell out en masse, forcing the nation to pay out their shares (or dumping them on other unsuspecting players on an open share market, which - let's face it - would be the most fun part of the whole concept). Someone is stripped of their warchest right before being attacked. And what if those same investors were the ones about to raid?
There is way too many problems with the idea of nations as publically-owned corporations.
Now if a few players were to set up an alliance to run as, say, a steel corporation and held an IPO for investors across Orbis, now that could be fun and feasible. Larger alliances could act as guarantors to enforce agreements are upheld by the corporation, its' investors and those running the stock exchange. New players to the game would have the option of getting a job, being employed as iron and coal-cows (with their wages supplanting the need for powered commerce structures, so they could forgo power-plants and focus on resource production they can supply the corporation cheaper than the same resources on the market, potentially growing infra faster than traditional play).
Of course this comes with its own potential for abuse, insider trading and magnifying the scope of war profiteering and market control, but perhaps in a way that adds dimension to the game and doesn't necessarily victimise any player.
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Yvesthat's not a place that's a dude.Ypres.
Edit: Ypres had been used anyway. Ah well, I'm out.
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8/10 not sure if Heath Ledger ever played a viking.
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... it would have been more proper to hand over control to the King ....
The King who left for Rose at the same time.
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I'd be interested in lending as well if a system of ratings and alliance-guarantors got off the ground. Think about the time you spend saving to built your nth city. All your money is dead capital for whatever period it takes. Your money could be out working for you, and helping someone else grow at the same time.
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It would either be Cosa Nostra, La Cosa Nostra, or La Famiglia. Most likely the latter...translates to "The Family" and that's the core strength of true Cosa Nostra.
Or for something a little less often used - 'Ndrangheta, from the Calabrian mafia's name for themselves.
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Syndicate OOC announcement
in Orbis Central
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I'm so sorry to hear this. My sincere sympathies to all those touched by his passing.