[[DoW] Time is up.]

2 minutes ago, Jonyk5 said:

I like how its just common to see everyone dogpile on the big guy.

 

This is one sphere that has slightly more members than Rose while also being slightly outtiered, this is like the fairest war in years.

[[DoW] I Mean It]

1 hour ago, LukeTP said:

I'm not saying that you would tell us who you're going to hit. What I am saying is that until we know who is going to be hit, it's only natural for us to prepare to defend ourselves, just like everyone else would if they think that they, or one of their allies, might be the target.

Every other alliance in the game prepares to defend by militarizing and doing FA so as to gain information about whether they’re the threat or not. In my time of playing the game, no one has ever defended themselves by panic signing a treaty with another bloc.

[[DoW] I Mean It]

1 hour ago, LukeTP said:

If you're not qualified to talk about something that does affect your alliance, how can you be qualified to talk about something that affects someone else's alliance?

Cause everyone is qualified to talk about this, the case against you is just so clear and obvious that I’m mind boggled by how you didn’t see this coming. I don’t really have numbers for our c30 tiering compared to everyone else’s, I’m sure we have a lot of those, not really my problem though.

[[DoW] I Mean It]

34 minutes ago, LukeTP said:

By that theory we're damned if we do, and damned if we don't. If we make the treaty public, we get slated for it. If we don't make it public and then trigger it after getting attacked, we get accused of holding secret treaties.

The simple fact is, the war was going to happen regardless of the actions we did or did not take.

Also, nothing was said of my point regarding the tier consolidation that your own side partakes in.

Or alternatively maybe you could just not make the treaty at all? I feel like that’s the obvious course of action here. You don’t have to go running to another sphere for help every time you’re at risk of fighting a war that isn’t an insane dogpile in your favor. And honestly I’m not qualified to talk about your point regarding our tier consolidation nor do I particularly care about it, I’m just talking about what I know.

[[DoW] I Mean It]

8 minutes ago, LukeTP said:

If that's the case, why did Oasis try and cancel the temporary MDP and hang us out to dry as a result? The only reason Oasis are currently being attacked as well is because they didn't do it quick enough...

Because you guys realized it wasn’t a good idea to make your treaty public and you panicked and chose to cancel in the hopes that it would save you. Everything you guys have done has been because you’re cowards and running from a fight, your goals have always been to just not lose. You never try and win.

[[DoW] I Mean It]

2 hours ago, LukeTP said:

You say this is all about tier consolidation, yet the majority of your wars are against MInc. nations. Pray tell, which tier is it exactly that you think MInc. are consolidating? With the exception of the lowest tiers where MInc. and BW are comparable, BW is larger than MInc at every tier.

You are trying to spin MInc and Oasis as being independent spheres when everyone knows you’re not. You played your hand already. MInc and Oasis will be treated as one sphere until proven otherwise, which will be after this war at best. You guys wanted to sign a treaty, now live with the consequences and implications of it.

[The Cataclysmic Failure of Swamp]

9 minutes ago, Mutedfaith said:

If that's what you wanted, you couldve like, asked? Instead of making us guess.

Come on guys he has a point, didn’t you learn anything about asking for consent? Make sure the other side is okay with you warring them before you do anything, be sure to be explicit, if the answer isn’t a resounding yes you can’t declare.

[[Treaty] Mystery in the Oasis]

3 hours ago, Arln said:

Because Quack and Hollywood was a block that was to be conjoined for the foreseeable future. This as i have said multiple times now is a collaboration for one war then it’s over. 

And I have said multiple times now that you simply don’t sign a treaty for that purpose, it‘s never been done like that. So either you’re lying or you’re inept and should be nowhere near government. Neither of those reflect well on you. Which is it?

[[Treaty] Mystery in the Oasis]

18 hours ago, Arln said:

My bad. The smallest sphere in the game should just allow itself to be attacked and trampled. That’s on me bro

This is the third time we’re in this situation, why should it be different this time than with Quack or Hollywood? What’s changed to make it okay now in your eyes? And if those two were very unpopular, why would this sphere be any different?

[[Treaty] Mystery in the Oasis]

2 minutes ago, Arln said:

Take is as you want. This is not a permanent arrangement. We just didn’t want to surprise everyone with a secret treaty. Guess you can’t please people. Their either mad you kept the agreement secret or mad that you look hegemonic 

Working together with another sphere defensively is taboo and counts as a secret treaty or a hegemony, that’s never considered good. Working together with another sphere offensively though is perfectly fine without a treaty, so if you’re simply working offensively with them then signing a treaty was the dumbest thing ever, so either your leadership is full of the biggest idiots this game has ever seen and none of them should be leading their alliances or you guys willingly chose to create the largest bloc in the game and are now lying for damage control purposes. You can pick whichever it is, I don’t really care which, neither of them reflect well on you.

[[Treaty] Mystery in the Oasis]

5 minutes ago, Arln said:

I’m pretty sure we both No this isn’t permanent. This is us publicly saying we are working with oasis. You’re reasoning is even more astounding. No wonder you’re in House Stark.

Working with someone once is completely different from signing an MDP. An MDP is not just working with someone on one particular project, that’s working with them indefinitely on everything for the foreseeable future. This is not you publicly saying you’re working with Oasis, this is you publicly saying that you are allied with Oasis and will defend them and fight with them until further notice. There is a very large difference there.

[[DoE] The Prophecy]

4 minutes ago, Ramona said:

🤫 🌹

🥀

[[DoE] The Prophecy]

@Ramona in FA was a mistake, you’re all gonna wake up one day and find out that you merged into Rose overnight.

[SYNDICATE, INC., ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO EXECUTIVE LINEUP]

Congrats on retirement Shiho, I think I can safely say that you’re the best Milcom head I’ve had the pleasure of working with. It’ll take a legend to fill a legend’s shoes, luckily Gray has a shoe size 20.

[Trunks out for Carthage Pt. 2 [Celebration]]

2 years is a long time for a well functioning alliance, congrats Carthago! Here’s to many more!

[[Sphere Announcement] We're Your Huckleberry]

2 hours ago, Suyash Adhikari said:

Still gonna call you $yndisphere  

Syndisphere was so 5 years ago, get with the times, the future is now!

[[Sphere/DoW] We're going to hollywood]

36 minutes ago, MinesomeMC said:

I don’t think BlackWater agrees 

Blackwater is not a monolith and has various people with their own various opinions, some in favor, some against, some in between.

[[DoW] Here we go again]

3 minutes ago, SauceMaster said:

Man thinks I'm trying with "this" as he keeps on crying about it.

To the teeth. 

Imagine having to continually insult your opponents because you have no idea how to make any valid points aside from that.

[Don't Go Breaking My Heart (DoW)]

1 hour ago, Lord Tyrion said:

I've yet to see anybody not involved in Hollywood come out and say "oh cool, this is good for the game". 

Look harder.

[The Harsh Reality Of Micros]

23 minutes ago, MsPaintArtist said:

Thirdly, my alliance is half anarchic, I don't command people to do things that they don't like. You should be able to understand, unless Arrgh is not anarchic.

That isn’t going to work because an alliance needs order and structure. Think about it logically. Your alliance will have no power if everyone gets to just do whatever they want, and whenever you get into conflict, your disorganized non structure will be unable to compete with the heavily organized efficient machines of the top alliances. Same for growth - you won’t be able to gain members, train members, or grow members.

[The Overdue Coup]

I guess Sval just couldn’t live with the shame of his maleficence any longer

[Rust Upon The Iron Throne]

Thanks for all the memories, no other alliance I could’ve called home. Greatest community in this game, thanks to those of you who bought a warchest without me having to yell at you a thousand times. And thanks to everyone who helped keep the lights running, from old timers long gone like Cody and Tenages to newcomers like Lynx and Notlaws and to everyone in between. Thanks to every alliance that was ever our ally (which is a lot of them). Onwards to the next adventure.

[In Light of Recent Events]

16 minutes ago, Kevanovia said:

The attempt being made by your party to put this into an IC context is gross.

The ship has long since sailed on separating OOC from IC, and T$ didn’t captain it. At this point, what are they supposed to do? Not defend themselves from these allegations? This situation has been made incredibly ugly and could have been easily avoided, but now that we’re here there’s nothing that can really be done about it.

[An Apology and a Farewell]

Cya Yang, you already know my thoughts on what you did, so not gonna get into that here too. It’s been fun when you aren’t being a complete idiot though, good luck man. Just keep your head screwed on tight.

[Psst, more t$ leaks]

My tears ricochet upon hearing this, this is why we can’t have nice things. Speak now, and I can’t tolerate it. It won’t be for evermore though, when I go back to December I’ll only reflect on the happiness. Long story short, I’ll get my closure.