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Bluetarch's comments in op clearly indicate otherwise. They clearly establish that membership of Something Awful is intrinsic to be a member of GOONS in PnW. And that membership costs $9.95 Yep, totally not a scam.

It would appear that this issue was already resolved in nations automatically moving to gray after 2 weeks of inactivity. My bad, I wasn't aware of that. Can this topic be closed please?

Recently, there has been a huge influx of new nations into the game, and while this should generally be considered a positive news, most of these nations are inactive nations that are being used as tax farms by various alliances. Alex himself makes three great points against having inactives in alliances (linked at the end if this post). I would like to add further arguments over this, and while removing inactives seems a bit harsh, we certainly can agree upon modifications in taxation. 1. We all dislike inactives. And alliances keeping them around for taxes. There is also a precedence for this principle in game, in making it impossible for gray nations to be taxed. 2. No community interaction. Most if not all of these tax farm nations are inactive and contribute no value to the community in any tangible way. 3. It's unethical. Major alliances like TKR and NPO have the communities and resources large enough to bring in nations that serve as tax farms. This is unfair to micro alliances. 'Winning' the game, per se, should be based on how skilled one is, and not how many tax farms can one pull in. There is a precedence in game for 'fair' behaviour too, as treasure bonuses were nerfed once Treasure Island was formed. While Alex already deletes nations for inactivity, after a certain point of time, in keeping with the principles espoused in point 1 and point 2, it doesn't quite solve the issue raised in point 3. Thus, I would like to propose a modification that would ensure that purple nations (nations inactive for 7+ days in game) cannot be taxed by alliances. I belive this will have the added advantage of incentizing raiding, and solve most issues raised here. This is the post by Alex btw-

Nation link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=182088 Nation name: Soviet Canuckistan Leader name: Dommy Touglas Communism is ideology that has lead to an estimated 100 million deaths worldwide. Communist imagery is banned in Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Indonesia and Ukraine. It offends refined sensitivities that we allow such highly objectionable content within our community. https://m.imgur.com/a/FHvd8a3

Even if I'm to believe you, I would let Alex take the call here. Since this is a no discussion forum, I shall reply no further.

I am bothered that someone would spam notifications on someone else in the community. Considering that this has been a GOONS-wide phenomenon, I considered it worthy of a report. In any case, since this is a no discussion forum, I won't reply further.

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I would wait for Alex to take his call

Nation link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=183661 Nation name: Silvanathea Leader name: Dragonshardz Using words like 'mad', 'crazy' etc clearly qualify as abelist slurs.

Nation name: Pawsible Deniability Nation link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=185193 As one can clearly see, the embargoes were posted today after repeated warnings to the GOONS.

Nation Link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=177013 Leader Name: Comarade Marx Nation Name: Greater Goon Syndicate The leader name, Comrade Marx, refers to Karl Marx whose ideas of Marxism laid the grounds for the policy of Marxism-Leninism in the USSR and Maoism in China. Marx planted the intellectual seeds of an ideology that lead to 20 million deaths in USSR and 65 million in China. Surely, it does offend civil sensibilities, to have such players within the game community.

Forum link: https://forum.politicsandwar.com/index.php?/profile/9732-archibald/ This was in the peace talks Calling someone a boomer is clearly an ageist slur.

Nation link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=183556 Nation name: The Soviet Socialist Republic of Compton Cafeteria Leader name: Vladlena Lenina Nation name is a reference to Soviet Union which has been one of the most autocratic and evil regimes ever, with mass deportations of ethnic minorities, secret police operations and gulag accounting for no fewer than 20 million deaths. Leader name is a reference to Vladimir Lenin, who was responsible for the deaths of at least 100,000 people in the red purge.

Nation link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=160197 Nation name: CCCP Leader name: Stalin the II Stalinism is an ideology that has killed even more people than Nazism, and it's my firm belief that we should police Stalinism as severely. Nations with Stalinist names and imagery shouldn't be a member of the community.

Did you just assume my forum career? How dare you oppress me, you intellectually challenged person?

If you have the time to make 50 reports, please do so. I don't devote my superior intellectual abilities to such mundane pursuits. Until then, I wish you the very best in your quest to score higher on IQ tests.

Stating someone has a low IQ is a factual observation on the Intelligence Quotient of an individual, which is not a call for discrimination against them. If I say 'Person XYZ has low IQ' then I'm making a decision based on their intelligence quotient and I'm not discriminating against them. And having observed this thread, I think you have low IQ. Nothing to be ashamed of, though.

Nation link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=181122 Ruler name: An si fan Nature of violation: Controlled by same person and funneling cash from one nation to another with no intention of playing. AzadPakistan has deleted while ChinaS continues to play.

Congrats on peace and all the best on rebuild. Hail Cosby and long live TFP!

Congratulations on the peace and good luck with the rebuild. Was a pleasure fighting you. Hail Cosby and TFP rules!

Leader name: Andreius Traianus Nature of Violation: Transphobic messages Nation link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=148669

Good evening @Alex Nation name: India Federation Nature of violation: Inappropriate war decs Nation link: https://politicsandwar.com/nation/id=168726 Another nation has received a nation strike for the same dec (in the following thread)

Yes. I'm TFP. We worship Cosby.

Congratulations on the peace and Hail Cosby! @Dusty

All the best moving forward. OFA might have had a bad war but you guys sure tried your best. I'm confident that there will be a better showing from your side in the future.