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1 hour ago, Buorhann said:
Come corrected or get corrected. (6mos =! 1 year)
Off-topic: Come correct or get corrected. "=!" != "!=".
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2 hours ago, Keegoz said:Raiding and inactive nations
- Raiding and inactive nations - C15 and below can declare on any inactives below their score
Didn't want to open it to all tiers as we were concerned that larger nations may actually begin to benefit from this far more than any new player. We're also unsure at this time on how it will play out and want to see it in action in less consequential tiers before potentially expanding at a later date. A loot modifier will be applied to nations as they increase in cities to reduce a c15. Raiding will hopefully supplement nations growth as they move from primarily raiding at lower cities to shifting towards farming if they so choose. It also eases the massive income loss that we currently see from when a c3-5 stops raiding and begins to build up. This loot modifier will have its own mini-thread to determine how this should be calculated.
On a more serious note, it feels like you introduce a very hard cut-off, that hardly exists right now. Surely, targets decrease as you go from city 3 to e.g., 5, but it's not like you suddenly lose all available options. It's a relatively smooth transition.
Adding a mechanic like what you suggest, adds a virtual wall that many people may decide not to skip at all.
Regarding the voting results you mentioned, I see people were 50-50 about such a change. Is this enough to go ahead with the change?
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10 hours ago, Xi Jinping said:
Unaware of where The Commonwealth might venture next, the Aurorian fleet followed, closely observing, when suddenly, The Commonwealth’s ship was struck by several meteors.
The actual meteors:
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I find another issue with this description: the "... attackers start with 7 MAPs" part.
A lot of people initially think that when they are the ones attacking with blitzkrieg, they get 7 MAPs, which is not the case.
It's the opposite: if a player with blitzkrieg gets attacked, their enemy starts off with 7 MAPs instead.- 8
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Breaking News: 6 out of 7 captives released!
Within less than 24 hours, with the support of relatives and co-workers, 6 out of 7 of the captive journalists have been released, after meeting Arrgh's demands.
Following the release of the captives, peace has also been agreed between Arrgh and Serene Repubblica Fiorentina and The Almighty Corporation (exclusive photo below).From left to right, the released journalists: ChrisNorcras (won the beard competition held between captives and pirates on-board the tuna boat), David Jones (looking almighty), Emrys the Great (looking better, but still not great), Alfred Chambers (looks like he still has symptoms of sea-sickness), Labaw Datubago (still looking like a pirate), and Ford (out of frame again, for unknown reasons).
Regarding the 7th captive, after a failed attempt by Borgs Assisted Loot Liberation Service to rescue him, the situation has become complicated.
From left to right: Admiral Zim (on top of the ransom), Borg (a few moments before being captured, after his failed attempt to hijack one of Arrgh's ships by using a water-gun), and Euron Greyjoy (left alone in the brig... he has completely lost it).
On an unrelated note, the mass-raid against USSR is still going strong.
Stay tuned for more news!
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20 minutes ago, Dryad said:MY RAID TARGETS, NOOOOOO
I can feel your pain...
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5 minutes ago, Avatar Patrick said:
good to see arrgh being active again 👍
That's what everyone says, till they see the red flag out their window.
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2 minutes ago, Matshaa said:
Half the captives ain't even working for the observer anymore lmao o7
More false news. Unacceptable.
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Part 1: Piracy against Journalism [this post]
Part 2: 6 out of 7 captives released [link]
Part 3: Last captives released [link]------------------------------------------------
Piracy against Journalism
According to a highly trusted source, 1 in 4 journalists rarely or never seek out peer-reviewed research to learn about beat topics.
Had this not been the case, journalists would know about facts like this…... and wouldn’t announce things like this:
It has come to Arrgh’s attention that “YET another completely biased news server run by a bad micro” as they identify themselves, “The Observer”, took it upon themselves to share with Orbis sensitive (and partially inaccurate) information about pirate activities.
Alas. To err is human. To arr is pirate.
As of this date change, Arrgh has kidnapped the core staff members of this news server.
The journalists are currently held captive at a 50-metres long tuna boat somewhere off the shores of southeastern Somalia (exclusive photo provided below).From left to right, Sam Cooper (Arrgh’s Grand Admiral) and the captives: Emrys the Great (doesn’t look that great), Alfred Chambers (looks like he has the early symptoms of sea-sickness), David Jones (initially confused with Davy Jones), ChrisNorcras (initially confused with Barbarossa [Redbeard]), Euron Greyjoy (looking like he has lost it already), Labaw Datubago (initially thought to be a member of our crew), and Ford (out of frame, getting rid of his breakfast).
Regarding Arrgh’s demands:
- For the captives to be released, the captives, their co-workers, their relatives, or their alliances shall provide $2B in cash and the name of their “highly trusted source” that shared with them the aforementioned leak. Should the demand not be accepted, the journalists will be keelhauled.
- Anyone who defends the captives, will be considered part of their group and Arrgh will have to assume their ill intentions towards us. The alliances of the captives, Serene Repubblica Fiorentina, The Almighty Corporation, Borgs Assisted Loot Liberation Service, or any other alliances, shall not attempt to release the captives. Should any kind of escalation or mobilization be identified (militarization, ghosts joining the alliances, allies initiating militarization, etc.), Arrgh will extend hostilities accordingly.
- Delays in negotiations or non-acceptance of the above demands will result in a steady increase of the demanded ransom.
P.S. Regarding the reported leak, indeed Arrgh has been planning to hit someone this Saturday day-change into Sunday.
The lucky someone that will be accepting the cannonballs of the main Arrgh armada is USSR.tl;dr: Loose lips sink journalist ships. ARRGH!
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How did you manage to miss the chance for a "Lepus & Lupus" reference?
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Damn those pirate scoundrels...
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20 hours ago, Vexz said:RON is just a horrible place filled with many horrible individuals who are anti-Vexz.
As if anti-vaxxers were not enough... Now we have anti-Vexzers too.
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I think the first such war would just be called "The Punic War".
"First Punic War" implies you already know there will be a second.
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1 hour ago, Micchan said:
HAHA YOU'RE DUMB
Joking btw, I don't lose arguments
Should have gone for "YOUR DUMB", for extra impact.
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2 minutes ago, Jacob Apple said:
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*Ripper approaches their table*
Ripper: "Can I borrow that syrup?"
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1 hour ago, Sweeeeet Ronny D said:
The only thing I look at you guys for now is fun thought experiments on how quickly we could build someone up to catch up to Wampus.
I volunteer as a test subject.
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On 8/19/2021 at 7:55 PM, Alex said:
You got it
@Alex I have the same problem here: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/war/timeline/war=1040294
I should have 3 MAPs less.
It looks like this is a common issue... Maybe have a deeper look into it.
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Welcome to the forums.
What's exactly the problem/ missing element you want to address with this suggestion?
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11 minutes ago, Adrienne said:TKR to the 🚀 🚀 !
Ah... So all those missiles falling in my cities are just your failed space programs...
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4 hours ago, The God Emperor of Mankind said:
It sure as hell was not "TKR getting rolled for secret treaties" LOL. T$, who had the secret treaty with you, was on the the side rolling you that war..(Which would prevent it from being a CB)
... and I dont even think IQ knew about it...let alone was why they joined us in rolling you LOL. Out of my convos with IQ leadership about TKR, it wasn't mentioned once. You guys gave them plenty of good reasons to want to roll you..
This is just more lies and hypocrisy from TKR.
Off-topic, but as one of the commanders in Knightfall, I will just point out that your post is inaccurate.
One of the main reasons behind that war (not the only one) was the existence of the secret TKR-GOB treaty.Have a nice day.
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8 hours ago, hidude45454 said:
Hope it's at least mildly entertaining to watch numbers move on a screen
Considering we enjoy the game per se (non-moving numbers), you can be sure this is as much entertainment as we can handle.
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6 hours ago, Toutatis said:
After some long drunken nights pillaging women throughout our villages...
Aren't you supposed to abduct women from... other villages or pillage... other villages?
Why would you do that to your own?
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16 hours ago, Kyubnyan said:
I would personally say that fluff and alliance culture/community are one and the same. Definitely an amazing post
Ι disagree. In corporate terms, you make a distinction between the brand (fluff) and the mission/vision/culture of a company. It's the same here.
@Rockefeller since you want a discussion, I would add a fourth element which may make you roll your eyes: infrastructure & operations.
Manuals, bots, clear-cut documents describing operations (I am not talking just about "guides", but also about logistics related documentation) is of great importance.
In some cases, a strong baseline in that field may cover constant changes (or lack of) leadership.- 2
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Read the "law of large numbers" and some things may become clearer.
The statistics are working just fine.
If you get nukes 1k times and don't see that 20%, then sure, report it.