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    Solar powered, german-made robotic elephants built with Yakuza money

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    11 minutes ago, Buorhann said:

    Soon.  Was working on it yesterday.  It's more of a review of "outsiders" perspective (obviously) to an alliance's history.  I was busy digging up some stuff to use.  It'll be a interesting series I think.  I plan on doing a lot of the major alliances from early 2015 to present.  Mostly those that held an impact on the game's development.

    It'll be a lengthy read.  Figured it'd be a better read than a talk honestly.  Some humor, definitely some criticisms, some shade, some honest opinions, etc.  While I do definitely disagree with a lot of the current BK gov, their alliance as a whole isn't bad.  Just in comparison to who they were before to what they are now, it's pretty much black and white.  Huge differences.

    Where will we have access to this? 

     

    Also I'm thoroughly surprised this hasn't been blocked by now...

    Solar powered, german-made robotic elephants built with Yakuza money

    in Alliance Affairs

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Curufinwe said:

    It's almost like things don't happen in isolation - you can't really understand what happened in Knightfall without understanding the impact of TKR's FA choices over the preceding year or so, for example.  But, rather than having yet another circular argument over whether BK was suitably 'dynamic' for your tastes over the past couple of years, let's flip it around and address the question why you feel that you, specifically, are uniquely qualified to measure that.  After all, when we examine your record and the record of the AAs you've been associated with over the past couple of years, you haven't exactly been a beacon of dynamism yourself.

    1) The formation of IQ saw you as a leading figure in Mensa, which ultimately disbanded in August 2017.  Now I reread the Mensa farewell post and the rationale behind you guys ceasing to exist seems to be a mix of flagging interest in the game and dissatisfaction over Sheepy's econ update (which I cited in my earlier post as a contributing factor to fewer wars overall), but the fact remains that the departure of such a strong community likely did more harm to Orbis dynamism (™) than anything BK has done.  And it's not like that can be laid at BK's feet either - you guys had a steadily declining membership long before IQ formed, which suggests that Mensa's gov (and by extension you, as a leading member of Mensa's gov) where unable to sustain sufficient interest to keep the 80 or so people you brought to Orbis engaged in PW, which is unfortunate given Mensa's role as a risktaker in FA.  

    2) If I recall correctly, your next move after Mensa disbanded was to join TKR, which was hardly a game-shaking move given their preponderance post-Tiers.  You then sat there quietly (unless you had some sort of position that I don't recall?) until TJest, where you functioned as Partisan's mascot for a few weeks until TJest disbanded.  Given that the gap between Mensa disbanding and TJest forming was around 6 months (August 2017 to February 2018), it appears that you didn't do much of significance during that period either, which somewhat undercuts the reputation you're trying to claim as an authority on dynamism.  Even in TJest your influence seemed to be more as a propaganda tool rather than due to anything you were actively doing (other than getting zeroed, of course), since the whole 'Buorhann the barbarian thing' simply reflected the fact that you were squarely in our kill zone the entire war.

    3) But hey, following that you formed TGH, the elite warfighting AA (™) and participated in AC, so that was a thing you did.  Except, as has frequently been stated, TGH joined the war as mercs, which would imply you weren't too central to the planning of the war against IQ proper and most of the credit for that should probably go to KT and Rose, which actually spearheaded the hit.  Still, you did fight, so good job, but then you agreed to a 6 month NAP as part of the peace terms, which as I recall most people regarded as a less noteworthy achievement.  After all, if you're as committed to dynamism as your criticism of BK seems to imply, I'd have thought you would have refused to sign off an agreement that would have prevented war for a significant period, something critics of your decision pointed out repeatedly.  So not exactly your finest moment, at least as far as your role as arbiter of Orbis dynamism (™) goes.

    4) Now,  a couple of months after that you did end up fighting TKR and friends, but that was completely involuntary on your part, meaning that we can't exactly give you too much credit for that.  I guess you didn't disband your AA (again), so that was something, but it would be hard to claim that being the target of a curbstomp that resulted from leaked discussions of a notional hit on TKR  indicates any sort of agency on your part.  You guys did draw it out and demonstrate that you can be quite stubborn in war (something BK did in Tiers, so we have that in common!), but I don't think that we can count getting rolled due to an OPSEC screwup as a particularly dynamic move on your part, though at least you gave EMC something to do over the summer, so there's that.

    5) Under your leadership, TGH then sat there quietly, for, what, 10 months?  You guys were one of the few major AAs that didn't participate in Knightfall (I don't think we can count your decision to roll TRF for a few minutes while nobody was looking as meaningful participation) and then went back to sleep until the war ended.  You did sign some treaties after the war, so good job there - I guess BK and TGH have that in common as well, although we also shed quite a few agreements too, and we can't say the same for TGH in that regard.

    6) All of this brings us to the one time in the past two years that you did proactively do something besides exist (which really is the bare minimum we can expect of any person who is still breathing, so I can't really praise you for successfully existing).  I will give you guys credit for hitting Chaos, since I don't think that was a move that anyone really expected given your record, but it definitely represented a departure from your norm of not really doing much at all.  So you get points for that.

    So yeah, there's your record during the 'Boring Era.'  Now, given that you did precisely one thing that can be classified as exerting independent agency during that period (hitting Chaos) and the rest of your record was either 1) sitting around doing nothing in Mensa, TKR and TGH, 2) signing a lengthy NAP,  3) getting rolled due to an OPSEC leak and 4) sitting out the last global war, why is it that you feel that you're in a position to criticize BK for not contributing enough to keeping PW interesting?

    Don't disrespect Dio and the great Mensa. Those were hard times indeed.

    Solar powered, german-made robotic elephants built with Yakuza money

    in Alliance Affairs

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Keegoz said:

    If you're not gonna rely on BK for support, then why not drop them?

    You're trying to have the best of both worlds but at the end of the day, you're connected to a much larger web with more pulling power. To think that you can somehow overcome this is just naive to say the least.

    You either don't rely on BK (and therefore you should cut them to prove it) or you do. Actions speak louder than words and currently as it stands, your ally has a commitment to defend BK and vice versa.

    You know what would be amazing? If they would drop BK then just turn around and attempt to roll em. That would turn a lot of heads to see something like that go down. I've been gone from the game at times so I don't know if a prot has ever attacked a friendly alliance.

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    Aurora Coup (DoE or Declaration of War of w.e)

    in Alliance Affairs

    Posted

    2 hours ago, The Mad Titan said:

    Every time someone almost convinces me that micros should be allowed to post on alliance affairs posts, like this come along and remind me why micros need to be segregated to some remote corner of the forums. 

    We just need the micros to be taught that small shit like this doesn't need to be posted lmao

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