Dear TKR- A Hogwarts message

[Prefonteen]

 

Before we personalize this message, I will take the audience to a time months past. We will recount a story of grand schemes and manipulations. Of pure unfiltered evil and chaos on the verge of being poured atop this globe. Of naughty snakes, stark contradictions and self fulfilling prophecies.

I take you back to my last venture. No, we are not speaking of the recent past, for Real Life had my attention until the Spartan war. Rather, we go back to a period when The Knights Radiant, champions of change and dynamism, sat propagating their gospel. Hogwarts' intent has always been one of refusal to the bipolar status quo. Though our ability to engage in localized warfare has been hampered by the blobs that be, we have been relatively succesful in creating a viable niche within the status quo from which to influence politics. Many of you know me: I am known to plot and scheme. For schemes and plots are what makes the world go round.

It became readily apparent throughout the Radiant preachings that their solutions weren't actionable due to implausibility and a gross underestimation of both political reality and human nature. Concerns from natural rivals were generally stamped out with discussion killing accusations:

"You don't want change at all. We are making offers".

Be that as it may, Hogwarts sat. Hogwarts listened. Hogwarts observed. From our free agent niche we saw two rusted-in conglomerates who were entirely interchangeable in their arguments. And so we retained our independent nature and refrained from empowering either "side" of the argument or indeed, the political spectrum.

As time passed however, we did decide that it was time for us to attempt to spice up the world in our own way. When the United Purple Nations hopped into the middle of the spectrum and obtained protection from a protectorate-trigger-happy Rose while maintaining previous ties on the other side, I saw an opportunity to dip the world in chaos while placing the outcome of the situation and the world of the prime actors.

This was of importance to me, and to Hogwarts; We did not seek to replace "Easy Mode" with "IQ". Nor did we seek to solidify Easy Mode at the cost of IQ. Both sides after all, were equally entrenched in boredom. Similar in operations. 

The designed plan would see us employ arrgh ghosts to strike UPN and dare any comers to fight us. Acadia and Rose- and by extension IQ and EasyMode- would be placed in front of a classic prisoners conondrum:

- If side A hit us while side B sat out, side B would come ahead in relative power gains in the rivalry.

- if side B hit us while side A sat out, side A would come ahead in relative power gains in the rivalry.

- If side A and B both sat out and let UPN burn, both sides would come out even and lose minor influence over UPN

- If side A and B both hit us, they would have come out equally.

The notion of the plan was indifferent in nature: It was a strike for the sake of fun. Entertainment for all. But also one where both sides were placed in a position where they had to think, and where rough decisions had to be made. We figured, that this would spur drama and political activity.

Unfortunately, elements of the plan were leaked prematurely by select parties, and so we decided to shut the effort down. The window of opportunity had closed, and Hogwarts returned to its standard operations. The world continued spinning. Real life sprung on me and I delegated responsibilities to the alliance in my absence.

This situation persisted until recently our ally, Sparta, decided to strike another ally (GOB) out of boredom. Though rough choice, we opted to honor our agreement and defend our ally, who happened to be an ally of TKR as well.

This brings us to now. Hogwarts has finished its war with Sparta but finds itself occupied with picking up the pieces in the aftermath of what defacto be called an intra-ally war. The Knights Radiant has evidently identified a state of vulnerability in what I can only imagine they view as a rival and/or threat, and has opted to move accordingly. Piggybacking on injuries sustained during a war fought to defend their own ally, they have engaged in the typical diplomatic offensive which precedes military action - action which has been confirmed at this point by various sources-. 

Though their backroom movements have been quite visible due to leaks, they have thus far dodged and deflected requests for clarification while their member nations spiked their military.  The Knights Radiant's interference for their own grudges and ambitions in what was supposed to be a secluded (and fun for all) affair presents a strong contrast with their preachings for isolated small scale wars and dynamic politics.

TKR is not alone in this. Their allies, ranging from Guardian to Rose and the Commonwealth have similarly begun flexing in preparation.

The bottomline is simple: Hogwarts with its handful of nations does not posess the punching power to fight off a horde of 200/300/400 nations. Mathematically impossible, the situation presented is a papers please v2 with a flimsier CB, a more unfortunate timing and a smaller, historically less beligerent defendant.

Presented with this threat, the nations of Hogwarts have been sent on a field trip. I see no reason whatsoever for Hogwarts to indulge in TKR's folly and provide satisfaction in the form of a one sided rolling. Naturally, I shall remain within Hogwarts.

To Lordship and his government, I say this: Your hypocrisy is astounding. You flop and flail and duck and dodge in your weakminded attempts at catching me at "contradictions" or "incrimination". Your contempt for your smaller/non-core allies (such as GOB) is telling of the arrogance you derive off of your current position of power. Your screeching cries for "fun" are quelched by your desperate attempts at retaining your status quo. 

To your members: Good luck. I always enjoyed your company when we were allies. Do not let your government's current narrative influence your opinion too much: They had no qualms with my supposed machinations when they benefited you ;).

 

Edited October 18, 2017 by Partisan

[Sweeeeet Ronny D]

For the record, we prefer our short hand name to be referred to as Grumpy, rather than GoB.  That is all.

[Mitsuru]

I thought Sweeeeet Ronny D pointed out that Grumpy Old Bastard's short name is Grumpy. Some people are really inconsiderate.

Edited October 18, 2017 by Mitsuru

[Sweeeeet Ronny D]

its an on going struggle, but never forget, the struggle is real.

 

[SteuartGeharon]

Where's the tl;dr?

[Theodosius]

[Queen M II]

 

[Kynlo]

I feel like we are all forgetting to answer the most important question, here...

 

Coke or Pepsi?

[Settra]

1 minute ago, Kynlo said:

I feel like we are all forgetting to answer the most important question, here...

 

Coke or Pepsi?

[Mitsuru]

4 minutes ago, Sweeeeet Ronny D said:

its an on going struggle, but never forget, the struggle is real.

 

One step at a time.

[Charlie Traveler]

When your plan to orchestrate a World War fails and you get upset that folks are looking at you while your pants are down.

[Comrade Joe]

9 minutes ago, Sweeeeet Ronny D said:

For the record, we prefer our short hand name to be referred to as Grumpy, rather than GoB.  That is all.

Whatever you say GOB

[Felkey]

Technically, Rose is Pantheon's ally.

 

Edit: and Guardian's as well

Edited October 18, 2017 by Felkey

[Prefonteen]

9 minutes ago, Charlie Traveler said:

When your plan to orchestrate a World War fails and you get upset that folks are looking at you while your pants are down.

I think you underestimate my position.. :P. I'm in no real bind.

2 minutes ago, Felkey said:

Technically, Rose is Pantheon's ally.

It's a known fact that rose and TKR share a sphere with one another, and coordinate efforts. They are for all intends and purposes, allied.

[Felkey]

4 minutes ago, Partisan said:

It's a known fact that rose and TKR share a sphere with one another, and coordinate efforts. They are for all intends and purposes, allied.

I did say, "technically"

[Insert Name Here]

12 minutes ago, SteuartGeharon said:

Where's the tl;dr?

 

> Partisan post

> wanting a tldr

> current year

> stay pleb m8

[Justin076]

Partisan post.....

 

>Grabs thesaurus 

[Charlie Traveler]

Good - I still have blue balls from last time! 

[Psweet]

Fun read, thank you Partisan!  

[Johnny Costello]

*starts taking notes with my Slytherin quill* 

[hidude45454]

OK, if you're so open to talking about this, I suppose you won't mind answering a few questions for me?

15 minutes ago, Partisan said:

Be that as it may, Hogwarts sat. Hogwarts listened. Hogwarts observed. From our free agent niche we saw two rusted-in conglomerates who were entirely interchangeable in their arguments. And so we retained our independent nature and refrained from empowering either "side" of the argument or indeed, the political spectrum.

This is entirely true. How have your actions so far proved that you're trying to change this?

As time passed however, we did decide that it was time for us to attempt to spice up the world in our own way. When the United Purple Nations hopped into the middle of the spectrum and obtained protection from a protectorate-trigger-happy Rose while maintaining previous ties on the other side, I saw an opportunity to dip the world in chaos while placing the outcome of the situation and the world of the prime actors.

OK, so basically both IQ and EMC both have a valid CB on you now. What's to stop one (or both) of them declaring war on you anyways?

- If side A hit us while side B sat out, side B would come ahead in relative power gains in the rivalry.

- if side B hit us while side A sat out, side A would come ahead in relative power gains in the rivalry.

- If side A and B both sat out and let UPN burn, both sides would come out even and lose minor influence over UPN

- If side A and B both hit us, they would have come out equally.

FYI alliances in both sides were prepared to counter, so nothing would have changed more or less.

Arrgh also told me that this was intended to start a global war, where one war would slowly spiral into a larger conflict as more alliances joined in. So is this not the case, or was that your intention?

This brings us to now. Hogwarts has finished its war with Sparta but finds itself occupied with picking up the pieces in the aftermath of what defacto be called an intra-ally war. The Knights Radiant has evidently identified a state of vulnerability in what I can only imagine they view as a rival and/or threat, and has opted to move accordingly.

Didn't you yourself say that TKR initially started building up because they thought that you were declaring on them?

[Spectral]

Let's be real. You can hit the Hogwarts alliance right now and you wouldn't really harm the alliance that much. Which is why I can't see either side doing anything.

 

I have to give props to Hogwarts for having the balls to try, and admit when they screwed up. Much respect.

 

At the end of the day, though, you've just made enemies with 2 spheres. I should technically hate you and shake my fist, but to be honest, I'm just intrigued. You may not have changed anything, but at least you added some flavor to the he's otherwise bland politics.

Edited October 18, 2017 by Spectral

[Ogaden]

It's a shame the UPN thing never happened, though us being paid to hit UPN for like the 5th time would have been a weird irony.  Sorry UPN

[Justin076]

5 minutes ago, Spectral said:

Let's be real. You can hit the Hogwarts alliance right now and you wouldn't really harm the alliance that much. Which is why I can't see either side doing anything.

 

I have to give props to Hogwarts for having the balls to try, and admit when they screwed up. Much respect.

 

At the end of the day, though, you've just made enemies with 2 spheres. I should technically hate you and shake my fist, but to be honest, I'm just intrigued. You may not have changed anything, but at least you added some flavor to the he's otherwise bland politics.

Yeah they got balls alright. Balls so big that when someone came knocking to respond to their shenanigans and plotting they ran off to hide in the nuke bloc. 

 

Biggest !@#$ing balls I’ve ever seen. 

[Prefonteen]

8 minutes ago, hidude45454 said:

OK, if you're so open to talking about this, I suppose you won't mind answering a few questions for me?

 

No problem at all.

 

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This is entirely true. How have your actions so far proved that you're trying to change this?

 

I'd daresay we've taken more risk in attempting to do something -anything- than either side. That said, I believe this is more of an OOC/meta conversation.

 

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OK, so basically both IQ and EMC both have a valid CB on you now. What's to stop one (or both) of them declaring war on you anyways?

 

UPN has a valid CB on us. Others might depending on how far you want to chain things. Does a chain 3 doors down on party X give party Y a valid CB? Philosophical debate i'd say. 

To your second point: Nothing is to stop them. Neither this post nor my actions are intended to stop them. Portraying it as such is silly. The post however, is intended to drag an issue that was being dodged slithered around (pun intended) into the open. It succeeded.

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FYI alliances in both sides were prepared to counter, so nothing would have changed more or less.

Arrgh also told me that this was intended to start a global war, where one war would slowly spiral into a larger conflict as more alliances joined in. So is this not the case, or was that your intention?

 

I am aware of that. This is hindsight talk: Part of why they were prepared to counter, is because plans were leaked and both sides received ample opportunity to run their strategies through. The plan at the time revolved around surprise element. With that element gone, the plan lost its viability.

Arrgh has told you that what was intended to start a global one?

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Didn't you yourself say that TKR initially started building up because they thought that you were declaring on them?

I said that TKR thought we were declaring on them rather than Sparta, yes. That proved to be untrue, no?