Popular Post Ripper Posted January 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) Great nations of Orbis! We wish you a Happy New Year! Quite many of us take the opportunity during this time of the year to set some new personal goals. We tried to do the same for Arrgh, and we prompt all alliances to do the same for them. In the beginning, trying to be as objective as possible, we mainly questioned the identity of Arrgh, the purpose of its traditions, its impact and role in the game, its contribution to new or established nations. And after understanding how Arrgh used to be and how it is now, we decided to put into words how we would like it to be in the future. As such, we identified Arrgh’s (probably new or evolved) vision, mission and values: Vision: To create a free and established space for players to enjoy the game, raid and engage in warfare at all tiers, run their own diplomacy, make their own trading and banking agreements, undertake mercenary contracts at will (bounties, treasure procurement, etc.), find companions, organize in parties of their own, and fight their own wars for their very own reasons (be it fun, loots, pure revenge, a great urge to destroy the world, etc.). Mission: To provide a community with horizontal and voluntary structures that can support both new and old players and offer them expertise, experience, tools, networking, good company and tons of bottles of rum, always based on the principles of piracy and anarchism. Values: freedom, autonomy, self-organisation, voluntary association, solidarity, and mutual aid, emphasis on the rationality and sovereignty of the individual A few days ago, Arrgh celebrated its 3rd year of existence. As of today, Arrgh has 55 captains, only 4 of which have been around since before 2017. This means that 95% of the current crew joined Arrgh in 2017. I personally think that it is quite noticeable that an alliance with so much history has managed to remain active and strong in numbers, while completely renewing its membership and leadership and always staying true to its traditions and history. This almost complete renewal of membership brought of course some changes too, and one of them is the topic of this announcement. In 2015 and 2016 Arrgh focused mostly on organized mass raids and wars, while holding a shorter or longer Do Not Raid (DNR) list, depending on the times, and undertaking Protection contracts from other alliances. 2017 was more chaotic, with the DNR list having being decreased dramatically and the Protection contracts being replaced by Pirate Insurance ones, as a result of the Papers, Please conflict. It should be noted that some alliances were kept in the DNR list for free, as a move of good will and sign of friendship from Arrgh, in order to support their growth and to avoid sabotaging their political or war plans. Some of them used this chance to the full and showed appreciation, while some others did not. As for 2018… As of now, Arrgh has no DNR list and no alliances can purchase or renew pirate insurance. Each individual pirate can hold a DNR list of his/her own and have his/her own agreements with other alliances. We are going full Arrgh. Foreign Affairs on an alliance level will still be run by the Admiralty, although individual raids and mercenary contracts will not be handled by it at all. Should an alliance want to negotiate about an individual raid, it should contact the raider. Should an alliance want to hire mercenaries, it can contact Captains directly or talk to the Admiralty. Should an alliance want to hire Arrgh as a whole or suggest a temporary collaboration focused on a specific planned war / mass raid, it should contact an Admiral. We will take this opportunity to give some advice around handling raids: Be active: If you have no time, motivation or internet access to play, then VM. If there is an emergency or accident, or you face family issues or a natural disaster, we hope you get to appreciate real life time more and not get depressed over a beige that happened in that interval in a virtual world based on a game. Have military: The answer to the almighty one ship attacks is… to build two ships. Be poor: New players are relatively safe in that aspect. Be kind: Raiders are players too, with feelings. ;-; They just enjoy a lot a feature of the game (raiding/war) that is used less by others. Be kind to them and their heart may soften and even leave the dark side one day. As a final note, no mass-raids are planned by Arrgh for January. Happy New Year and Arrgh! tl;dr: Arrgh completely burns its DNR list and wishes you a Happy New Year! Edited January 1, 2018 by Ripper 36 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senry Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 ARRGH!!! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulipia Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Arrgh! It's all about you and less about us. 1 1 Quote Join the Pantheon of Kings (it is not an alliance, more like a business for orbis-related services) today. The Pantheon of Kings is not an alliance. The aim of the PoK is to become the eBay of Orbis. Artists/Coders/Programmers/Lottery buyers are particularly welcomed Our discord can be found at https://discord.gg/avNrwmY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobby the Free Elf Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 meowwrghhh 4 Quote Quiet people have the loudest minds. A wise man once said nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betulius Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Blood for the blood god. 2 1 Quote Dec 26 18:48:22 <JacobH[Arrgh]> God your worse the grealind >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Costello Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 @Nexa just wants to raid me lol 1 1 Quote I hold the Right to my own Fate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitsuru Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Happy New Year! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracov Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Arrgh! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkiri Arch Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Finally, REAL chaos! 4 Quote Officer Nasty reporting for duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarr Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 8 minutes ago, Johnny Costello said: @Nexa just wants to raid me lol Time to pay a visit to fark now :3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Arrgh! #Cynic4GA Ripper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ripper Posted January 1, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2018 10 minutes ago, Arkiri Arch said: Finally, REAL chaos! And HATE! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Scarfalot Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Yes, YES. Let the salt/blood/rum/seamen flow freely, as it was always meant to! And remember gents: the #1 way to avoid getting raided is to be active and have a damn military. You don't need to outgun Arrgh... you just need to outgun your friends 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkiri Arch Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, Ripper said: And HATE! You pass us the rum and we'll spread the hate 2 Quote Officer Nasty reporting for duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Epi Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) 228 Edited December 18, 2020 by Epi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Partisan Posted January 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 1, 2018 Happy new year, Arrgh! Obligatory blob, because what's a post without a blob? 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buorhann Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 >no mass raids are planned for January So basically major alliances shouldn't need to worry about zeroing out Arrgh's military, again. But it's good to see that Arrgh is shifting to what it should've been in the first place. Quote Warrior of Dio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfPCFQfOnLg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starbuck Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Congrats good luck with the changes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Costello Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 10 minutes ago, Starbuck said: Congrats good luck with the changes As they raid us ? 2 Quote I hold the Right to my own Fate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanK Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Some things change but arrgh, well arrgh never changes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarr Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 30 minutes ago, Buorhann said: Arrgh's military Lmao? 31 minutes ago, Buorhann said: But it's good to see that Arrgh is shifting to what it should've been in the first place Arrgh do what Arrgh wants.And nice to see member of Arrgh thinking what Arrgh should have been.Lmao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobby the Free Elf Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 We should all join Charming Friends 1 Quote Quiet people have the loudest minds. A wise man once said nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Epi Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) 229 Edited December 18, 2020 by Epi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobby the Free Elf Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, Epi said: Just thought of this, Inb4 Sketchy Your Mom is a do not raid list You are just copying me copying sketchy Quote Quiet people have the loudest minds. A wise man once said nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkiri Arch Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 12 minutes ago, Princess Kitty said: We should all join Charming Friends Yes! I even updated their flag for them! 4 Quote Officer Nasty reporting for duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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