[[BLOC] The Brady Bunch]

6 hours ago, Britannia said:

Y'all were saying something?

Anyways. Goodluck in your new sphere!

[[TREATY] The North Flies on Griffins]

3 hours ago, Xi Jinping said:

Is this a sneaky way to add TFP and 5P to Florida too?

By that logic, wouldn't Polaris be a part of Midgard due to their tie to Roman Empire?  Polaris/FSO also has ties to TFP...so I guess the remnants of Odd Bunch is also tied to Midgard. Congrats on the addition to the bloc guys!

Midgard/Odd Bunch/Florida-stronk

[RoH]

1 hour ago, Tiberius Aurion said:

The Roman Republic which has been attacked without cause recognizes hostilities with RE, PRIU, Polaris, and Aurora/Serps as well as any alliance that attacks us along with the listed above. 

 

We will reign fire upon your infrastructure

Would you please define ‘fire’ in this situation?

[The chain reaction is over.]

14 hours ago, Avakael said:

The most spiritually divine act under the guidance of the Church Of The Light is to delete ones own nation.

Will miss you buddy

[Shouldering The Weight]

2 hours ago, Dwight k Schrute said:

Cringe festival 2023 needs you asap

 

We appreciate the invite to your festival. Will have our agent check the calendar to see if we can make it work.

We are looking to have more songs from the album leak soon. Hoping you all don’t have to Weight for too long.

[Shouldering The Weight]

 

Ladies and Degenerates,

I have come before you today with the great honor of unveiling Orbis' hottest band and their debut single/music video off of the upcoming album 'Ms. Understood'. Put your well-lotioned hands together for Weight of Orbis and their new hit 'Break Down the Door'!

Music Video:

Lyrics:

Break Down The Door

Cut us loose before you fold your dirty laundry
Untie the noose so we don't come back and haunt thee
We are the crooks who care
Can't take us anywhere

Go to war
time to settle the score
Offer peace, hit the sack or break down the door

I want to hear what you say when I'm not there
Be a fly on the wall in your fat sphere
Everyone knows that you charge a late fee
Everyone knows that you hate me, save me
You're in the lobby
striking me, verbal karate

Go to war
time to settle the score
Offer peace, hit the sack or break down the door 

Fix it up, break down the door x2

Go to war
time to settle the score
Offer peace, hit the sack or break down the door

I want to hear how you mald when i'm not there
be a roller to your micro peers
It's not raw, it's cooked like a salami
Gather friends, meet your end a Tsunami

Credits:
@Kevanovia & @darkblade

[[Anniversary] Eight years of Pacifism]

Johnsons TFP = Best TFP.

Congrats!

[Strong Alone, Stronger Together [Merger]]

50 minutes ago, Darth Ataxia said:

I don’t know whether or not it’s an improvement but sometimes two negatives make a positive.

Arguably the best post of all-time 

[Chicken or the Egg? New Alliances or Old Problems?]

You are as good as the folks you surround yourself with. You also need to be willing to take risks. People !@#$ and moan about the game being stagnate/how things need to change. Those same people are the ones who think folks trying to proactively supply ‘change’ are ‘shady’.

I think this is why so many new alliances flop/there is a lack of change within the power dynamics. Folks don’t want to be treated as an enigma or pariah. They would rather safely collect their pixels or piggyback off of others until they fade into obscurity.

For a new alliance to be successful/influential they need several folks with a similar mindset, a clear goal and are willing to take risks.

[2022 Player Award Nominations]

Most Influential Player: hidude
Most Likely to Succeed in 2023: Sketchy
Best Alliance Leader: Deca
Worst Alliance Leader: Kitschie
Best In-Character Poster: Maia
Best Villain: Keegoz
Nicest Player: Pika
Most Controversial Player: Keegoz
Most Missed Player: RedArmy
Best Nation Page: Pika
Best Fighter: hidude
Best High Government Member: Leftbehind
Most Online/Likely To Respond in 1 Minute: Velyni Vas
Best War Criminal: Zurg/Codename V

[2022 Alliance Award Nominations]

Alliance of the Year: Eclipse
Most Improved Alliance: Dark Brotherhood
Best New Merged Alliance: The Hive
Best Rookie Alliance: Paradise
Best Alliance for New Players: Cataclysm
Most Likely to Succeed in 2023: Rose
Most Likely to be Rolled in 2023: Paradise
Most Honorable Alliance: Paradise
Best Fighting Alliance: Guardian
Worst Fighting Alliance: Fark
Best Alliance Growth: Aurora
Best Foreign Affairs Team: Paradise
Best Foreign Affairs Move: Formation of Wayward
Worst Foreign Affairs Move: Formation of Wayward
Alliance with Best Propaganda: Cataclysm
Most Missed Alliance: Soup Kitchen
Best Alliance Flag: Paradise
Best Holiday Flag: Paradise Christmas Flag
Biggest Alliance Decline in 2022: Name Withheld

[[BLOC] Florida man found raving at flora and fauna at Everglades National Park]

Just now, iAlrea said:

Rose coming in clutch with the second most predictable FA move of the year

(also, paradise, you got stockholm syndrome or something? blink twice if you're held hostage)

I would, but @wasteking ate my eyelids.

#FloridaProblems

[[BLOC] Florida man found raving at flora and fauna at Everglades National Park]

[[Cancellation] Cata Man Is In Fact Bad]

Just now, Benfro said:

This topic title is so original!

Thank you sir! We worked tirelessly on the topic title and the substance of the post! I will be sure to pass along the kudos to our Content Creation team.

[[Cancellation] Cata Man Is In Fact Bad]

 

 

Paradise has issued a 72 hour notice of cancellation of their respective treaty with Cataclysm. We are proud to have fought alongside them during our recent wars with <insert wars here>, but it is now time to go our separate way. We wish them all the best!

 

Signed,
Paradise

[8 Years of Pain, Hell, and No Grass]

You have a special place in my heart, Minesome. Congrats/condolences on your 8 years!

[[Peace] End of the Catatonic War]

Just now, Johnson Boris said:

well, that was quick

 

Life can be created in even less time

[[Peace] End of the Catatonic War]

 

Cataclysm and Paradise hereby admit defeat to Rose in the ‘Catatonic War’. No new wars will be declared after tonight’s DC.

Here’s to a new year and new beginnings. 🍻 

 

Signed,

Rose - Luci

Cata - Keegoz

Paradise - Cruise Boat Man

Arkham - Some Bloated Whale

[8th Arrghiversary!]

Congrats! @Hatebi 4 Orbis Overlord 2023!

[[Treaty] 'O Fortuna]

2 hours ago, Agent W said:

As you and I both know, FA is way more art than science. What I told Cataclysm is that “we wouldn’t stop them” from entering the war. If that doesn’t sound like a ringing endorsement, it’s because it wasn’t. Mind you, the decisions that happened came quickly. Cataclysm gave us a 30 minute notice on the fact that they intended to enter. Perhaps had they not been in such a mad rush, they would’ve thought through the consequences of making that decision.

First of all, it was not '30 minutes'. They told us right after Midguard hit TKR that they had already begun talking to you about the situation, and the time gap between the Midguard hit and Cata entering was closer to 6 hours. Granted, that's still not a lot of time - but they were also in a time crunch to join in while they could still make a difference in the war. 

Second of all - we also told them "we wouldn't stop them" but that didn't mean that we were going to backstab them at the first convenient opportunity lol.

2 hours ago, Agent W said:

With regards to your point about us agreeing to hit OB, our trepidation with that idea is well documented, and both Cata and Paradise were keenly aware of that. It was that trepidation that caused members of Cata high government to flame members of mine. We agreed in principle that if it came to a situation where we believed OB would blitz us, we’d be alright fighting them. Cata and Paradise were both sure they would hit us. It didn’t help that members of Cata were openly antagonistic to members of OB.

I can agree to this for the most part, and it doesn't go against anything you quoted me on. We would have been fluid with the situation, as any alliance/bloc should be - but the plan was agreed upon in principle.

In regards to Cata 'flaming': I saw some logs of both Cata and t$ gov going at each other at various times (it wasn't a one way avenue). Tbh I felt like Paradise was the peacekeeper at times 😂. But new allies can take some time to gel, as I am sure you know. 

2 hours ago, Agent W said:

You can believe what you want to believe happened, Kev. Would you like to hear the truth? We sat paperless for several weeks as we meted out our options. During that span of several weeks, we explored the options available to us, and eventually decided to sign Eclipse. Other alliance leaders had the same exact opportunity to bend my ear during this period. It’s a shame some didn’t even bother to try.

What you just stated doesn't address my concern. You had to sit out as paperless for the 'next few weeks' because there was a war happening with your future partners. Sure you could 'ponder' if the solution that you discussed with Eclipse was going to be your final one, but I have 0 doubt in my mind that you collaborated with Eclipse prior to pulling out of Wayward and nothing you just said discredits that belief.

In regards to other alliances not bothering to try - who would want to work with t$ right after this move? Since clearly signing a treaty with the Green Machine doesn't mean a whole lot.

2 hours ago, Agent W said:

The relationship between us clearly didn’t work. While Cataclysm has aired as much dirty laundry as they can manage, the Syndicate has opted to take the high road. As I told both Cata and Paradise in the channel that night, I’m not going to invalidate your feelings based on what happened. However I will continue to call out distortions of what occurred. Relationships are 50/50. Anyone who believes that either party was singularly responsible for how the relationship ended is either pushing an agenda or not particularly emotionally intelligent.

That first sentence about 'taking the high road' in regards to Cata leaking would come into play if you guys didn't try and leak partial out-of-context screenshots to Midguard. But I do agree with you - I also was not a fan of how many logs came out of their camp.

I also agree with you that Cata could have handled things differently, just as allies of the past could handle relationships differently. But what Syndicate did was something that far surpasses an opportunity in communication. As you said, relationships are 50/50 - in this case Syndicate gave 0. If you wanna argue it was actually (-50)...I will grant you that point.

Tbh, idk how you bounce back from this FA situation.

[[Treaty] 'O Fortuna]

23 minutes ago, Hodor said:

I don't disagree with your assessment of what would've happened or could've happened but, from the start, Cata and Paradise were upfront with t$ about our plans and our assessment of the political landscape. It's pretty well known now what the rationale for joining was and, from the many times we'd discussed similar scenarios in the bloc chat, t$ could've guessed what Cata's reaction would be.

I'm still floored that t$ keeps saying that they told Cata they didn't want Cata to jump into the war. I never saw that once. In fact I believe Keegoz leaked a convo of him and WANA (Cata leaks are bad. Plz stop that. But since it's already out there...) showing WANA collaborating with Keegoz on a CB for Cata to enter the war.

t$ eventually was in favor of hitting Oreo alongside TKR prior to the MG-TKR war (as they also saw that the most likely scenario would be Oreo hitting Wayward next).

What appears to have happened here is that t$ really didn't want to go to war in general, but saw no other option and understood/agreed with Cata on the situation. When the Midguard war popped up, the same thought process applied. They understood the situation at-hand, and even game-planned with Cata on how to address it. When they found a way to slither out of the situation with Eclipse, they took it. Hey, that's politics baby. I get it. The move is fine if you don't care about your honor, tradition and sticking to your word. You know what's also fine? Calling it out for what it is.

The Wayward situation:
>Paradise goes to t$ with idea to start Wayward
>Paradise/t$/Cata talk about path forward and what our understanding of the landscape is & what our goals are
>Wayward talks about how to address the current threat of Oreo
>Wayward (*including t$) agrees on how to address the current threat of Oreo based on the situation, which includes working with TKR on a coalition
>TKR gets randomly hit by Midguard
>Cata suggests them alone jumping in to save TKR. t$ and Paradise tell them to have fun and didn't object
>t$ game plans with the bloc on how to handle the situation, then suddenly gets quiet the day after Cata hit
>t$ works with Eclipse to plan out the attack/cancellation/future treaty while still in Wayward (confirmed with this thread)
>t$ cancels Cata moments before Eclipse attacks (and didn't even talk to Paradise about it  )
>t$ doesn't honor their 72 hour clause

Unsure where the controversy is, as this is pretty damn clear-cut.

[[Treaty] 'O Fortuna]

16 minutes ago, Leopold von Habsburg said:

Rose will have to comment on that but I imagine they would have actually waited to see what their ally thought before going Gung ho into the fight.

You mean like Cata did?

[SoL Got Gud [Cancelation, Rebrand, Treaty]]

Breaking News! We are live with Preston Garvey!

 

[Themed Flag Contest]

6 minutes ago, hidude45454 said:

I nominate this artistic interpretation of everyday life in California by @Solomon Ben-David

@hidude45454You are a national treasure. Change your pfp to Nic Cage plz.

[[Cancellation] The Cycle is Broken]

1 minute ago, Gaius Julius Caesar said:

For all of the "Ouroborous is a hegemony, they're going to kill the game, they can't be trusted, they need to be killed first" I heard from some parties, it's frankly SHOCKING that Ouro won two wars and decided to disband.

 

You mean to tell me those accusations and the people screaming about NPO and IQ were..... Misguided, and incorrect, or using hot button words to try to stir up drama? That doesn't sound like the PnW I'm familiar with.

This is the most hilarious post I've seen on the forums in years. Thank you.