Isjaki

Oil is yes. In any case, I hope TFP don't lose too much infra before the actual blitz.

RON

This is dangerously based. All the best burning those pixels!

Yes. Time is money. Politics and War is neither a p2w nor a t2w game. One might put in hours trading, but can't really prevent that since it's a market inefficiency they are taking advantage of. Can nerf a game mechanic though.

Whataboutery doesn't answer the question, does it? Every new player on Orbis has the same opportunities to watch ads or raid or trade and make it to the big leagues quick, and that is respectable. Clicking buttons in a screen to make money off baseball, it's a privilege, the privilege of time which a lot of us lack.

My apologies for not making an explicit thread and raising a hue and cry about baseball. I sure would have had I known that you would find the will of the majority of the game, which hasn't been explicitly expressed as being equivalent to gaslighting. FYI back in the days of NPOLT, baseball was much more serious than it is now and me and Changeup worked together to stop IQ from using baseball money to finance the war against us. While the issue is less 'serious' now (hence our lack of posting) it by no means is solved. This game is based on skill, and by keeping baseball as a viable cash generator, me and other players who don't have enough time to invest into baseball are being left behind by those who do. For a catch up mechanic to be viable, it needs to be accessible to players who have time as well as who don't. Rewarded ads runs in our backgrounds with a script while we are busy doing other things, so no one complains about it, naturally. Baseball is a much more significant time and cash investment.

I might say it makes the gameplay more fair to all players, actually. I played baseball manually back in the day without bots because I had time, and I don't have time to use bots these days. Politics and War is a game that fundamentally relies upon a player's skill, and keeping baseball high favours just clicking on a screen as opposed to an actually skilled gameplay.

Baseball was never meant to be a means for making money. We have precedent for that in Alex's earlier nerf of baseball when GOONS exploited it. Main money earner is national income.

This seems like a good suggestion and a great way to level the playing field between individuals with time and those without. Naturally, there will be pushback from the players who have time on their hands. A 30 day grace period for baseball investors to redeem their investments seems appropriate.

Shall keep this short, I had fun playing with all of you, and I wish all of you all the best both in PW and irl moving forward. Apologies in case I have ever pissed you off. Isjaki out.

Clever, clever

Screw bloc narratives and other considerations, I support any measure that makes this game harder for pixel huggers. Yes to score being revised to 75 from 100, no to downdeclare cap.

Player of the year: Krampus Best fighter: Hidude

All the best!

While the men of the Tojo-kai were busy draining the Swamp, they came across a group of people talking in an Irish-American accent, carrying a dead rabbit on a pike. Despite mistaking them for hooligans at first, it became clear these men were indeed themselves fighting the swamp-dwellers. The Yakuza admired the efficiency of the men with the Dead Rabbit, downing men after men with surgical precision. The people with the Dead Rabbit in turn, were impressed by the individual prowess of their Japanese counterparts, taking out scores of swampies through sheer might. After the first wave of Swampies was taken care of, the two groups exchanged greetings and the Yakuza invited the 5P to Gindaco Highball Tavern for some Welsh Onion Takoyaki and Blood Orange Highballs. Idle chatter between the two soon turned into business talk. The Yakuza wanted to get a foot-hold in the Americas and an ally in the hearts of New York City sounded like a wonderful idea. The Dead Rabbits on the other hand wanted to invest capital into real estate in Kamurocho and Orbis hills sounded like the best place to invest their money. Seeing profit for both parties in a mutual alliance, the bosses of both factions decided to sign a pact of brotherhood and help each other whenever they can. Tl;dr- The Dead Rabbits and Tojo-Kai enter into an Optional Defense Pact. They also both agree that RON did 9/11 Signed for Tojo HQ Isjaki, Chairman of the Tojo-Kai and Patriarch of International Smuggling Signed for The Dead Rabbits Bosses of 5P Dede#2907 JaxTeller