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Holton

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  1. IMO anything reducing damage is good. Military dies way too fast, infra gets rekt way too fast, resources disappear way too fast. It's why people are so scared of war to begin with. As to war types - NPO could use attrition to more quickly bring people down into their "meat grinder" range. EMC groups could use ordinary or even raid if they want to avoid doing too much score damage (but realistically most of your score drops comes from your military). Arrgh obviously just wants loot, we don't really want to damage our raid targets because then they won't keep producing money for us to farm.
  2. I think Red might've been the quietest alliance leader while in office I've ever met. Congrats Dynamic! Have a good retirement Red!
  3. I would like to see military cost decreases across the board. Maybe like 10-15% cash cost reduction of planes and boats, but with a 50% resource cost reduction of anything using steel. Maybe even a 66-75% reduction in steel cost for tanks. They're just hugely expensive compared to other, more useful, units. Cost, infra/military damage done, and unit production all need re-balancing. The current war system is painful. Cost/damage needs nerfing, production needs boosting. The system shouldn't make wars meaningless but right now people won't even fight when outright provoked because of the cost.
  4. Inb4 logs of kayser yelling at you over these memes
  5. The world is scary sometimes, but I promise you that irl PnW nukes can't reach you. Even if the big bad war expands.
  6. I wanted to wish you good fortune in your wars to come but... I would feel unoriginal now. So I will wish you good fortune but I will also extend this offer: If you need assistance on how to set up the organizational side of things or questions on the narrative thusfar, please feel free to contact me on discord or via nation PM and I will do my best to help you.
  7. I think Partisan joining IQ while NPO is refusing to sign with TKR would be the Penultimate Kayser-Cuck.
  8. To all the people posting in support of Arrgh and trashing TKR for wasting a ton of money: Thank you for you support, but let's keep in mind that going to war and doing something off the cuff shouldn't be limited by who's gonna lose more money. If you wanna declare war on someone, go for it. Hold a grudge, make an enemy, fight a battle, shake it all off afterwards. Arrgh is living proof that you can survive through wars just fine. Just have fun.
  9. I thought all TJest diplomacy was conducted publicly via the E-Court of Orbis
  10. NPO is coming for Guardian, Rose, Syndicate, Hogwarts, Durmstrang, MensaHQ, and every other group that contributed ghosts to TJest or Arrgh
  11. Holton

    Real talk

    We all know that all this public bickering, smith showing his ass, TKR hitting Arrgh, all of it... It's just EMC trying to convince IQ that the split is real and at the end of the day it's a trap trying to lure IQ into another losing war...
  12. Playing both sides, hm? It's almost like Partisan is dynamic.
  13. TJest saved Princess Kastor from IQ.
  14. For too long Orbis has been a chaotic whirlwind of bickering and arguments that carry on with no resolution in sight. Homeless E-lawyers wandering the OWF with no place to call home. No more! Today, with my carefully crafted team of Justices, I have founded the first E-Court of Orbis! We are here to resolve any disputes you may have from trade disputes all the way up through alliance peace negotiations. Our first land-mark case: Partisan vs. the People of IQ. Presided over by Justice Abbas Mehdi, Justice TheNG, Justice Ogaden, and Justice Ameyuri. The Court invites IQ to nominate a Representative for their side of the case and to begin preparing opening statements. We will also be taking applications for impartial Justices to sit on the special panel for this case - Attempting to keep things as balanced as possible of course. Discord link: https://discord.gg/8X5brDA
  15. This unprovoked aggression from Zodiac is not the first of its kind, Imperium. They've been spurning TJest's peace offers and Arrgh's diplomatic overtures (raids) for weeks now.
  16. Is this a BK return to form or the last gasp of a retired legend? Stay tuned
  17. I think the distinction you've missed is that being self-interested and being "the villain killing the game" are two separate things. Things like permawar or forced disbandment or punitive reparations could be considered the "villain killing the game" because you're actively hindering someone else's progress through spiteful means. Things like not allowing yourself to be in a bloc unless you're the/a leader of it are self-interested moves. Creating a sphere around yourself is a self-interested move. Both things your alliance does well and should be modeled by others. And again, no one is out here demanding NPO step up and do the impossible. Many of us are content just to see you guys engage with the community.
  18. It appears I struck a nerve. You can spin it into "Holton has a grudge" all you want but the truth is I have nothing against you other than what I've been openly stating. Furthermore, take note that none in this game are off-limits to my criticisms. So please stop dropping full-length essays about how I'm trying to witchhunt against you or your group because of things that happened in other worlds years ago. At least engage my points if you're going to bother responding. Somehow the big bad community of roughly 20 regular posters has managed to create too toxic of an in-character environment for the majority of the game to even attempt to engage with? I'm not goading you, or anyone, to create content for me... I want to see the world thrive and try to free the overwhelming majority from being locked in a self-imposed exile.
  19. Upvoted on principle of encouraging IQ posters to come onto the OWF. Also nice work, I giggled.
  20. DrRush is expressing some decent points here but I'd also like to come at this from the side of the individual nation - interacting on the game's forums, especially in an age where alliance forums rarely exist, is one of the best ways to expose yourself to the wider community. Very important stuff. Also "self expression is important" etc. I'm a really really old player so while I appreciate a logical argument, I also know that gag orders are real things that aren't very hard to implement. If it hasn't been directly ordered then it's been culturally reinforced by repeated portrayal of the game you play's public forums being "too toxic to visit". The very people who love to repeat this line are some of the most venomous posters I've ever met and to think they can't take the heat of someone making a cultural victory meme is laughable. It's all propaganda. NPO is historically an alliance that fits into multiple categories. They are a leader group, meaning they will not content to be along for someone else's ride and prefer to be a centerpiece of any bloc or war they're in. They're historically pragmatic and have shown the ability to cast aside long-term allies for political gain or recruit long-time enemies to the same effect. They're also known as a particularly ruthless group, known to hold a grudge for a long time and try to act on it when opportunity arises as long as it doesn't interfere with other goals. Personally, I fall into a camp of people that actually supports NPO's methods. Pragmatism, self-interest, and ruthlessness not only make for good points for T-Jest to make propaganda posts about, these qualities also provide an interesting figure on the political stage to contend with. In a sea of mindless alliances barely surviving disbandment, content to languish in inactivity and meaninglessness, a self-interested pragmatist group is a beacon of light in the darkness. We need more of these and ideally every alliance should act with self-interest and a desire to be the centerpiece in mind. Unfortunately, this all falls short of the mark when they forsake what they are and go radio silent and pout in their corner like a child. If 23 people can post on the OWF and make the environment seem "anti-pacifican" then surely the 120 members of Pacifica can out-post them and turn that tide. A leader-type alliance like NPO can't hide in the shadows like Roquentin has done for years in previous alliances. It simply doesn't fit your established persona, but it's what happens when you import your entire government and cabinet from a completely different culture. Old Pacifica thrived on their propaganda department and public image. PnW's incarnation needs to live up to the name.
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