Popular Post Thalmor Posted April 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2021 --- 8:17 PM The day had been pleasant, for a change. Work wasn't good, but it was better than usual. There were no particularly troublesome customers, and Jonathan had been unusually friendly. Maybe he was getting over whatever problem he had with you, and perhaps now you two could start to become friends for a change? After work, you met up with your friends at that new pizza place. You had been looking forward to this for weeks. It wasn't often that the four of you could meet up, thanks to everyone's school, work, and family obligations. The food was good, and you though the girl at the counter was eyeballing you some. So... the day was decent. It was a 6 out of 10, maybe 7 out of 10. The best way to top it off would be to enjoy some time on the internet. You change into more comfortable clothes, crack open a cold one (beer, soda, or water- your choice) and sit down at your computer. You enter your password and your computer fully whirs to life. You go to watch your favorite Twitch streamer, but stop before you can finish typing out the words into Google. Instead, you hold down backspace, and instead search for Politics and War. It's been a few days since you last logged in, and even longer since you were on Discord. Logging into the game, an interesting sight greets you. --- 8:29 PM The words 'utter failure' borrow into your head. As the adrenaline kicked in, you did all you could to fight back against your attackers; of which there are three of the bastards. However, the numbers were against you, and all you succeeded in doing was putting yourself into an even worse position. By the time you ran out of MAPs, the heaviness in your chest had fully set in. Your cities were being pummeled, two of your attackers had 'Air Superiority', and the third one had 'Ground Control'. You weren't fully sure what these terms meant, but you knew it was bad that they had those things and you didn't. Finally, some mechanism in your brain triggered, and the initial shock and panic had subsided. Rather than thrash around like a trapped animal, you bend over slightly, put your hand on your chin, and start thinking. You asked yourself a simple question. "How am I going to get out of this mess?" As you carefully scrolled your nation page for some hope - praying that all the numbers and statistics would hold some golden nugget of information - you find the answer. The answer, in fact, was so obvious that you were surprised you didn't think of it immediately beforehand. Your would ask your alliance for help. --- 8:42 PM Logging into Discord, you find 12 pings awaiting you. Most of them are @everyone or @here spam from trolls, two of them are @everyone pings from government, and 1 was a member of government thanking you for your taxes. Joining this alliance as a City 32 nation was a bit odd, but you've known the leader for a while as you've been Steam buddies with him for years (going back to your Counter-Strike days), and he promised you a voice in government if you agreed to 40/20 taxes (higher than the 20/10 the alliance runs for the rest). You felt good about helping the new, smaller players who joined the alliance, so you agreed. Of course, It didn't hurt to have some power too. You navigate past the Discord channels to find the member chat... passing up some archives, the public chats (including a NSFW chat you've been meaning to check out), and a room for the bots. Upon finally finding the member chat, you type out your plea. "hey im getting attacked. can i get some help??" Unfortunately, your message is lost in the sea of the member chat. The member chat is full of similar such requests, but also of some despair. A member of the alliance that you don't recognize, ForkofApple, voices his displeasure. "Guys I can't take this damage I think I'm gona quit." Your mind races. The entire member chat is full of similar such messages; of the collective of the alliance requesting help or voicing great displeasure. The heaviness in your chest returns. As the largest tax payer, you were promised by you leader some power in the community. You realize you have a duty to... try and do something to help. Clearly you should ask the 'Military Department' head for assistance. You send him a message on Discord, but he is offline. A quick look through Discord reveals that he hasn't said anything on Discord in over a week, and hasn't even logged into the game for over 3 days. That's a dead end. The chest heaviness is gone, but a general sense of dread fills the crevasses of your mind. You get another notification. You open it. Dope Dealer of Dope Land ordered a ground attack upon your nation of New New Canada. The attack was an immense triumph. Dope Dealer forces lost 7,672 soldiers and 127 tanks, while your defenders lost 28,102 soldiers and 1,284 tanks. You used 260 tons of munitions and 232.40 tons of gasoline defending the attack. The attack destroyed 229.01 infrastructure in the city of Newer Quebeccz. Dope Dealer stole $2,496,880.98 in the attack and destroyed 0 improvements. You swallow. Your drink from earlier is at room temperature, and is mostly untouched. --- 9:02 After pacing around your home some, you get on your computer and are pleasantly surprised to see a Discord message from your leader. Your leader, who you know simply as Disciple, sends you two short messages. "Hey man hows its going" "How much gas and ammo do you have?" You respond, but then stop. You check on your resources, and then respond. "im good except im getting screwed in my butt lol" "4000 gas and 2100 ammnition" Disciple doesn't respond to you for some time. You seen him try to coordinate a military response in the member chat, but his own messages are interrupted by people being uncooperative; claiming to either not want to fight, not having the cash/resource to fight, or simply in despair at how their military is mostly destroyed and the enemies are at max military. You check the alliance page, and a few minutes of discovery later, you find out that almost all 32 members have had their defense slots filled. Wait, 32? That's odd. You could've sworn it was 37 a few days ago. You search where you can for several minutes, and find out that within the past hour, 2 members have went into vacation mode, and 3 others have left. A page refresh reveals now 31 members- a 6th member has been kicked by Disciple himself. You exit out of the game and Discord. You need a break. This day was a 7 out of 10, now it's like a 3 out of 10. --- 10:49 You log back into the game, only to discover 3 more notifications. The last of your tanks were airstriked, and the last of your planes were spies away. Well.. almost anyways. Only a few hundred tanks remain, and only about a hundred planes. Tens of thousands of soldiers remain, but even you know that isn't worth much. You tried to watch some of your favorite shows to get your mind off of the game, but are unable to lay back and enjoy the media. An idea crosses your mind; why not ask our allies for help? You log back into Discord, and message Disciple. Asking about your idea. Disciple responds: "No silver knights and yorktown can't help. they've been hit too. we're just gonna have to fight as hard as we can and see where things are after round 1." Round 1? What does that mean? Actually, forget it. 1 round of whatever hell this is is already to much. Maybe if your allies could do unto your attackers what they've done to you, maybe it would be okay. However, with your alliance by itself, what does it matter? You check the alliance page. Now, 29 members. You don't care what happened to them. Another notification. This time, a ground battle. There goes all your tanks and most of your soldiers. You check on the members of your allies. Just like your alliance, most of their members have had most of their defense slots filled. Several times during the past two and a half hours, you've had your hopes crushed. Your attacks failed. Your alliance can't help. The head of military affairs is practically inactive. Your allies can't help. Your military is gone, and your alliance has lost a lot of its members already. Another notification. A spy op. An unknown nation has killed 22 of your spies in one go. You swear. You decide that enough is enough. The situation is intolerable. You leave a short rant in the member chat full of profanity. You navigate to the 'Edit Nation' page, then to the Vacation Mode page. You enter '14' into the box. You enter your password (the same you use for all other accounts in your personal life). You check both boxes, and then you click the big blue bottom. It's over. --- ??? Like a limb severed to save the body in times gone by, you emotionally detach from your nation the best you can. Over the next few days, your nation is ravaged. All your resources and cash are looted. Your military is 0'ed, and your average infrastructure level in each city reaches levels that they haven't been in years. You gain close to a week in beige time, but end up on grey. Perhaps you would've interacted with your nation had you not been in VM, but that is not the case. You inability to interact with your nation drains your interest, and you stop logging in. Your Discord usage also ceases. You log in once more after quite some time, only to see dozens and dozens of notifications. Your inactivity was rewarded by raiders pillaging what they could from the corpse of your nation- not unlike how scavenger birds eat up a dead deer once the coyotes have had their fill. Disciple unfriends you on Steam. Perhaps it was the not-so-nice things you said in your rant before you VM'ed. Whatever the case, your ties to your alliance mainly cease. Besides, who needs to be a part of such a shitty alliance that gets itself into such a shitty war anyways? You deserved better. How dare Disciple get you into that kind of situation anyways? He did you a favor by unfriending you. How could he reward your years of internet friendship like that? Your nation is beyond repair. To many holes in the ship. You think about starting over, but it would take years to get back to where you are now. And, just for what, for this to happen again? You don't delete your nation, but you cease logging in completely. You block emails from Politics and War, and soon you forget about the game. Eventually, the game itself puts you in VM, and then deletes you itself after a long time passes. Sometimes you think about the game, but you remember your feelings on that night- when the dumb bastards of some other alliance ganged up on you for no reason. When you were abandoned by your alliance, your leader, and your allies. You decide not to ever return- and you never do. What a stupid game. --- 🦍 --- 6 1 8 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinesomeMC Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 We live in a society 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denison Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 I'd like to mention the alliance raiding these guys, was in fact, KKKT. Goddamn them! 2 4 Quote Janny Larpers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUT Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) ... What a read Edited April 15, 2021 by Mutsu 1 Quote Sultan of United Ummah, Head of Foreign Affairs.Inshallah, I will get some sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
丂ħ̧i̧₣ɫ̵γ͘ ̶™ Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 I, for one, am glad to be a slayer and envoy of the end. Ending your career through me is a privilege. Shifty is a prized commodity in many foreign nations. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillzBob Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 good ol KT likes to brag about beating old people. couldnt be me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorSoul Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Hahaha it's cool because people quitting is funny now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillzBob Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 leave it to KT to run even more people out of the game for the luls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sauron99 Posted April 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Thalmor said: --- 8:17 PM The day had been pleasant, for a change. Work wasn't good, but it was better than usual. There were no particularly troublesome customers, and Jonathan had been unusually friendly. Maybe he was getting over whatever problem he had with you, and perhaps now you two could start to become friends for a change? After work, you met up with your friends at that new pizza place. You had been looking forward to this for weeks. It wasn't often that the four of you could meet up, thanks to everyone's school, work, and family obligations. The food was good, and you though the girl at the counter was eyeballing you some. So... the day was decent. It was a 6 out of 10, maybe 7 out of 10. The best way to top it off would be to enjoy some time on the internet. You change into more comfortable clothes, crack open a cold one (beer, soda, or water- your choice) and sit down at your computer. You enter your password and your computer fully whirs to life. You go to watch your favorite Twitch streamer, but stop before you can finish typing out the words into Google. Instead, you hold down backspace, and instead search for Politics and War. It's been a few days since you last logged in, and even longer since you were on Discord. Logging into the game, an interesting sight greets you. --- 8:29 PM The words 'utter failure' borrow into your head. As the adrenaline kicked in, you did all you could to fight back against your attackers; of which there are three of the bastards. However, the numbers were against you, and all you succeeded in doing was putting yourself into an even worse position. By the time you ran out of MAPs, the heaviness in your chest had fully set in. Your cities were being pummeled, two of your attackers had 'Air Superiority', and the third one had 'Ground Control'. You weren't fully sure what these terms meant, but you knew it was bad that they had those things and you didn't. Finally, some mechanism in your brain triggered, and the initial shock and panic had subsided. Rather than thrash around like a trapped animal, you bend over slightly, put your hand on your chin, and start thinking. You asked yourself a simple question. "How am I going to get out of this mess?" As you carefully scrolled your nation page for some hope - praying that all the numbers and statistics would hold some golden nugget of information - you find the answer. The answer, in fact, was so obvious that you were surprised you didn't think of it immediately beforehand. Your would ask your alliance for help. --- 8:42 PM Logging into Discord, you find 12 pings awaiting you. Most of them are @everyone or @here spam from trolls, two of them are @everyone pings from government, and 1 was a member of government thanking you for your taxes. Joining this alliance as a City 32 nation was a bit odd, but you've known the leader for a while as you've been Steam buddies with him for years (going back to your Counter-Strike days), and he promised you a voice in government if you agreed to 40/20 taxes (higher than the 20/10 the alliance runs for the rest). You felt good about helping the new, smaller players who joined the alliance, so you agreed. Of course, It didn't hurt to have some power too. You navigate past the Discord channels to find the member chat... passing up some archives, the public chats (including a NSFW chat you've been meaning to check out), and a room for the bots. Upon finally finding the member chat, you type out your plea. "hey im getting attacked. can i get some help??" Unfortunately, your message is lost in the sea of the member chat. The member chat is full of similar such requests, but also of some despair. A member of the alliance that you don't recognize, ForkofApple, voices his displeasure. "Guys I can't take this damage I think I'm gona quit." Your mind races. The entire member chat is full of similar such messages; of the collective of the alliance requesting help or voicing great displeasure. The heaviness in your chest returns. As the largest tax payer, you were promised by you leader some power in the community. You realize you have a duty to... try and do something to help. Clearly you should ask the 'Military Department' head for assistance. You send him a message on Discord, but he is offline. A quick look through Discord reveals that he hasn't said anything on Discord in over a week, and hasn't even logged into the game for over 3 days. That's a dead end. The chest heaviness is gone, but a general sense of dread fills the crevasses of your mind. You get another notification. You open it. Dope Dealer of Dope Land ordered a ground attack upon your nation of New New Canada. The attack was an immense triumph. Dope Dealer forces lost 7,672 soldiers and 127 tanks, while your defenders lost 28,102 soldiers and 1,284 tanks. You used 260 tons of munitions and 232.40 tons of gasoline defending the attack. The attack destroyed 229.01 infrastructure in the city of Newer Quebeccz. Dope Dealer stole $2,496,880.98 in the attack and destroyed 0 improvements. You swallow. Your drink from earlier is at room temperature, and is mostly untouched. --- 9:02 After pacing around your home some, you get on your computer and are pleasantly surprised to see a Discord message from your leader. Your leader, who you know simply as Disciple, sends you two short messages. "Hey man hows its going" "How much gas and ammo do you have?" You respond, but then stop. You check on your resources, and then respond. "im good except im getting screwed in my butt lol" "4000 gas and 2100 ammnition" Disciple doesn't respond to you for some time. You seen him try to coordinate a military response in the member chat, but his own messages are interrupted by people being uncooperative; claiming to either not want to fight, not having the cash/resource to fight, or simply in despair at how their military is mostly destroyed and the enemies are at max military. You check the alliance page, and a few minutes of discovery later, you find out that almost all 32 members have had their defense slots filled. Wait, 32? That's odd. You could've sworn it was 37 a few days ago. You search where you can for several minutes, and find out that within the past hour, 2 members have went into vacation mode, and 3 others have left. A page refresh reveals now 31 members- a 6th member has been kicked by Disciple himself. You exit out of the game and Discord. You need a break. This day was a 7 out of 10, now it's like a 3 out of 10. --- 10:49 You log back into the game, only to discover 3 more notifications. The last of your tanks were airstriked, and the last of your planes were spies away. Well.. almost anyways. Only a few hundred tanks remain, and only about a hundred planes. Tens of thousands of soldiers remain, but even you know that isn't worth much. You tried to watch some of your favorite shows to get your mind off of the game, but are unable to lay back and enjoy the media. An idea crosses your mind; why not ask our allies for help? You log back into Discord, and message Disciple. Asking about your idea. Disciple responds: "No silver knights and yorktown can't help. they've been hit too. we're just gonna have to fight as hard as we can and see where things are after round 1." Round 1? What does that mean? Actually, forget it. 1 round of whatever hell this is is already to much. Maybe if your allies could do unto your attackers what they've done to you, maybe it would be okay. However, with your alliance by itself, what does it matter? You check the alliance page. Now, 29 members. You don't care what happened to them. Another notification. This time, a ground battle. There goes all your tanks and most of your soldiers. You check on the members of your allies. Just like your alliance, most of their members have had most of their defense slots filled. Several times during the past two and a half hours, you've had your hopes crushed. Your attacks failed. Your alliance can't help. The head of military affairs is practically inactive. Your allies can't help. Your military is gone, and your alliance has lost a lot of its members already. Another notification. A spy op. An unknown nation has killed 22 of your spies in one go. You swear. You decide that enough is enough. The situation is intolerable. You leave a short rant in the member chat full of profanity. You navigate to the 'Edit Nation' page, then to the Vacation Mode page. You enter '14' into the box. You enter your password (the same you use for all other accounts in your personal life). You check both boxes, and then you click the big blue bottom. It's over. --- ??? Like a limb severed to save the body in times gone by, you emotionally detach from your nation the best you can. Over the next few days, your nation is ravaged. All your resources and cash are looted. Your military is 0'ed, and your average infrastructure level in each city reaches levels that they haven't been in years. You gain close to a week in beige time, but end up on grey. Perhaps you would've interacted with your nation had you not been in VM, but that is not the case. You inability to interact with your nation drains your interest, and you stop logging in. Your Discord usage also ceases. You log in once more after quite some time, only to see dozens and dozens of notifications. Your inactivity was rewarded by raiders pillaging what they could from the corpse of your nation- not unlike how scavenger birds eat up a dead deer once the coyotes have had their fill. Disciple unfriends you on Steam. Perhaps it was the not-so-nice things you said in your rant before you VM'ed. Whatever the case, your ties to your alliance mainly cease. Besides, who needs to be a part of such a shitty alliance that gets itself into such a shitty war anyways? You deserved better. How dare Disciple get you into that kind of situation anyways? He did you a favor by unfriending you. How could he reward your years of internet friendship like that? Your nation is beyond repair. To many holes in the ship. You think about starting over, but it would take years to get back to where you are now. And, just for what, for this to happen again? You don't delete your nation, but you cease logging in completely. You block emails from Politics and War, and soon you forget about the game. Eventually, the game itself puts you in VM, and then deletes you itself after a long time passes. Sometimes you think about the game, but you remember your feelings on that night- when the dumb bastards of some other alliance ganged up on you for no reason. When you were abandoned by your alliance, your leader, and your allies. You decide not to ever return- and you never do. What a stupid game. --- 🦍 --- Packed with pulse-pounding action, fascinating characters, and electrifying intrigue, Thalmor does it again and proves why he is known around the world as the “Scourge of Pixelhuggers.” ~ The New York Times You should consider writing a book. 3 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemond Hauteville Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 I really like that story tbh, we want more ! 1 Quote Minister of Truth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadenStar10 Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 LMAO, I laughed but the depressing truth we all know is it to do be like that for some people/alliances. 1 1 Quote Hammer Councillor of The Lost Mines Diety Emeritus of The Immortals, Patres Conscripti (President Emeritus) of the Independent Republic of Orange Nations, Lieutenant Emeritus of Black Skies, Imperator Emeritus of the Valyrian Freehold, Imperator Emeritus of the Divine Phoenix, Prefect Emeritus of Carthago, Regent Emeritus of the New Polar Order, Coal Duke (Imperator Emeritus) of The Coal Mines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. C Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Can we just appreciate how well that was written? I read the whole thing, nicely done Thalmor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xaria Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Great one Thalmor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayor Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 11 hours ago, WarriorSoul said: Hahaha it's cool because people quitting is funny now! It always was funny from the beginning. If you quit the game because you failed so badly at a browser sim then GG. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeeeet Ronny D Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mayor said: It always was funny from the beginning. If you quit the game because you failed so badly at a browser sim then GG. I found back in the day it would happen with the newer guys, because they would lose all that infra they bought up, and just not realize how easy it was to replace. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayor Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Sweeeeet Ronny D said: I found back in the day it would happen with the newer guys, because they would lose all that infra they bought up, and just not realize how easy it was to replace. The truly funny thing is I have a plethora of old discord messages from nearly all Rose members but most of them are people telling me about how they have been destroyed in a war or me telling them to increase their war-chest. "4000 gas and 2100 ammunition" hits really close to home. I always had to just deposit resources directly into peoples nations since they always went to war with like under 5k resources... Or people not wanting to fight because they don't want to lose infra. A true classic. You can be destroyed to basically nothing and it still costs the same to rebuild in the end. If new players understood this I think they would enjoy the game a lot more. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeeeet Ronny D Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Mayor said: The truly funny thing is I have a plethora of old discord messages from nearly all Rose members but most of them are people telling me about how they have been destroyed in a war or me telling them to increase their war-chest. "4000 gas and 2100 ammunition" hits really close to home. I always had to just deposit resources directly into peoples nations since they always went to war with like under 5k resources... Or people not wanting to fight because they don't want to lose infra. A true classic. You can be destroyed to basically nothing and it still costs the same to rebuild in the end. If new players understood this I think they would enjoy the game a lot more. Yeah the warchest issue is the first thing I have to beat into many new Grumpy members, its very rare that one will apply and actually have a warchest built up from their previous alliance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayor Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Sweeeeet Ronny D said: Yeah the warchest issue is the first thing I have to beat into many new Grumpy members, its very rare that one will apply and actually have a warchest built up from their previous alliance. Yes, either no WC or a very small one. I find that people also don't understand that when you grow 10 cities and increase your military you need a bigger war-chest as well to compensate. So often I found people selling their "excess" resources during war or complaining about market bans because they can't sell their "excess" resources, what is their WC? 20k gas and munitions. Always have a sizable alliance WC is the answer.. easier than trying to convince 50 or so members to change their habits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorSoul Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 29 minutes ago, Mayor said: It always was funny from the beginning. If you quit the game because you failed so badly at a browser sim then GG. Alternatively, they quit because they don't like being someone else's plaything? Not really sure there's a way to objectively fail at games like these. What makes people enjoy something is entirely idiosyncratic, but most people don't enjoy seeing other people have fun at their own expense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeeeet Ronny D Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Its not just 10 city nations unfortunately, its continues from city 1 to city 40 for some nations. I do have the advantage tho of running a much tighter ship than say a Rose, so if you dont want to hold a warchest as a member of Grumpy, you will quickly find yourself no longer a member of Grumpy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayor Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 13 minutes ago, WarriorSoul said: Alternatively, they quit because they don't like being someone else's plaything? Not really sure there's a way to objectively fail at games like these. What makes people enjoy something is entirely idiosyncratic, but most people don't enjoy seeing other people have fun at their own expense. You fail the game by deleting your nation. Also you do realize this is a multiplayer game with war mechanics right? If you don't want to get destroyed then join a better alliance or deal with the fact that sometimes you lose, everyone eventually does. If instead you choose to breakdown and cry and then quit the game then yes, you failed. 16 minutes ago, Sweeeeet Ronny D said: Its not just 10 city nations unfortunately, its continues from city 1 to city 40 for some nations. I do have the advantage tho of running a much tighter ship than say a Rose, so if you dont want to hold a warchest as a member of Grumpy, you will quickly find yourself no longer a member of Grumpy. Yes there have been many debates about how open Rose recruitment should be and many people have found themselves no longer in Rose after they refuse to fight in wars (then you get the whole, "please my irl has been tough and I honestly meant to fight that war.... etc" and then my weak heart gives in and I don't kick them out of the alliance... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
丂ħ̧i̧₣ɫ̵γ͘ ̶™ Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Tbqh you don’t need a large warchest if you’re in a curbstomp bloc and only fight in dogpiles. You won’t lose troops and you’ll only burn munitions and gas at minimal levels. Plus you can keep manufacturing up if you had high Infra. if you’re fighting a dogpile, you need a large offshore. Good luck taking anything from me when I have 0 supplies and zero infra. I’m just lobbing projectiles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorSoul Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 28 minutes ago, Mayor said: You fail the game by deleting your nation. Also you do realize this is a multiplayer game with war mechanics right? If you don't want to get destroyed then join a better alliance or deal with the fact that sometimes you lose, everyone eventually does. If instead you choose to breakdown and cry and then quit the game then yes, you failed. I think you're barking up the wrong tree here. I personally don't care one way or another whether I'm in a war or not. The only worthwhile reason, to me, to stick around these kinds of the games is for the community (or at least parts of it). Playing the game is your ticket into participating in the community. But I can see the argument that is to be made for those who don't like that. We as a player base have decided, at least tacitly, that one is really only allowed to play this game one way, which is to be subjected to fighting wars at any given moment. It's a false dichotomy we've created where you can either 1) play the game and do wars or 2) not play the game at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayor Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, WarriorSoul said: I think you're barking up the wrong tree here. I personally don't care one way or another whether I'm in a war or not. The only worthwhile reason, to me, to stick around these kinds of the games is for the community (or at least parts of it). Playing the game is your ticket into participating in the community. But I can see the argument that is to be made for those who don't like that. We as a player base have decided, at least tacitly, that one is really only allowed to play this game one way, which is to be subjected to fighting wars at any given moment. It's a false dichotomy we've created where you can either 1) play the game and do wars or 2) not play the game at all. I never said you couldn't enjoy the game in whatever way you please, mate. I said you are a failure if you lose a war and then quit the game because of it. You said yourself "but most people don't enjoy seeing other people have fun at their own expense" which is of course true for everyone usually but also that is why people enjoying winning wars and fighting others. People like to win at others expense. If you can't handle that then I don't know what to tell ya. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorSoul Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 14 minutes ago, Mayor said: I never said you couldn't enjoy the game in whatever way you please, mate. I said you are a failure if you lose a war and then quit the game because of it. You said yourself "but most people don't enjoy seeing other people have fun at their own expense" which is of course true for everyone usually but also that is why people enjoying winning wars and fighting others. People like to win at others expense. If you can't handle that then I don't know what to tell ya. Yeah, I get what you're saying. You're observing the way things are, and you're largely correct. What I'm saying is we have created, whether by choice or simply through lack of choice, this false dichotomy wherein the only people who really do get to enjoy the game are the warlike (or semi-warlike) ones. To say that one can enjoy the game in whatever way they please isn't really true when the people who would prefer not to fight don't really get a say in the matter. For instance, the only reason to attack an alliance like Alpha, unprovoked, is exclusively to derive enjoyment from others' losses. There's nothing else to be gained there. You can say that this is KT's (or whomever's) way of enjoying the game, but it's just sadism lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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