Uralica

[quote name='Henry Rollins' timestamp='1294287664' post='2565348'] Needs more [i]Indeed[/i]. [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B347ZNhMvO8 Also indeed.

[quote name='Sandwich Controversy' timestamp='1294279148' post='2565142'] Q: Why that university? [/quote] A: I'm doing a professional program specifically geared towards Bible translation/literacy development/lexicography (dictionary-creation). So regardless of what career I end up in, I'll be working with written word. Which should make sense given my... headache-inducing Wiki section.

[quote name='Mathias' timestamp='1294270694' post='2564900'] [font="Georgia"]Make a wiki Jarkko.[/font] [/quote]I expected this. (To tell the truth, I might continue sporadically working on the Wiki, rather than being the CN Wiki's resident Franz Schubert.) Yeah, I'll hang out on IRC on occasion, and I was sure to put the Skype installer on my flash drive and will be putting it on my laptop. But I'll be taking my headset along so as to spare everyone else from your wacky shenanigans.

I'm not quitting CN per se, but the time has come for me to retire from its politics. As some of you already know, I am starting a Master of Applied Linguistics and Exegesis at Trinity Western University starting next Monday, and will be moving over there tomorrow. I have been planning this state of semi-retirement for some time now and will be requesting a forum ban to reinforce it. I do have a few shoutouts before I do leave though: IGP Warriors (who introduced me to CN) - I dunno whether to thank you or smack you upside the head for introducing me to CN, Bovril Boy! CCC - I still love you guys. Always will. My brothers and sisters for eternity. KingRich and Darth Actorbass - I feel like you guys taught me anything CCC didn't about fighting in this game. Regardless of what NpO does politically, you two will always have my utmost respect. Mia - it's amazing to think that two people could become almost like family through an online game. Don't worry, I won't be a stranger. I care too much for you. Daks - Best of luck in keeping TOOL afloat. As much as it sometimes stressed me out, it was home for almost two years. AOD Brigade - you'll see more of me than anyone else in CN over the next couple years. Live with it. To everyone else who has positively impacted not only the IC character of Jarkko Salomäki, but the OOC guy behind it, I simply say, "thank you." To all who have wronged me, you're off the hook. To all whom I have wronged and to whom I have not yet apologised, I hope you can find it in yourselves to forgive me. There are many people in this game whom I consider at least somewhat of a friend, and certain pairs or groups of these seem to hate each other. I would like to ask that you make an honest effort to try and overcome these. Seriously, the fact that so little has changed politically in CN has made talk on here somewhat stupefying. Now don't kid yourself. I'm not going to become some "NUKE YOU 25 TIMES THAN QUIT" sort. I will fight if things come down to it. Just that from now on, I'm limiting myself to 3 IRC channels (AODB's public and private chans, and #games) and AODB forums on occasion. Godspeed, and God Bless. (AODB's public chan is #aodb, by the way.)

[quote name='We Are Not Alone' timestamp='1294266410' post='2564776'] This is very upsetting to myself if this is found to be true. I wholeheartedly don't see why NoR didn't just put TGE in their place and declare war on them. [/quote] Two reasons, WANA: FOK and INT.

Oh brother... [img]http://www.theorderoflight.com/public/style_emoticons/default/normal_headdesk.jpg[/img] My allies at the time (LUA) disbanded because of that same war, Flinders. You have my sympathies about the whole scenario. And also my hails. o/ As for TGE... I just shake my head.

OOC: Whenever I hear the word "paradigm," CN never comes to mind. It's always linguistics. Anyway... [quote name='Mirreille' timestamp='1294199439' post='2563903'] I would also suggest that attitudes have become more hardened since the early days, and people are far less willing to work with other groups "on the other side" then they used to be. That applies to both the stronger and weaker sides equally. [/quote]Spot on. I can't tell you how many times Mia has complained to me about this. Now I personally have people I call friends on almost every side of the mess that is the treaty web, but I probably wouldn't've been able to get TOOL a good relationship with anyone outside of the so-called "ex-Hegemony" (which is really now several fractured groups that only have loose connection, if even that, to each other) if I tried, because there's that stigma there. And anyone who thought we'd bail on ages-old friends to kiss up to someone would be a fool. Herein lies another problem. People never look just at an alliance anymore, to see how good they'd be as friends. They have to look at allies, and allies of allies, and get stupidly petty about it.

[quote name='Kevanovia' timestamp='1294256646' post='2564588'] He knew about it, I talked to him the night it happened and he tried to justify her actions. Only when he realized that his precious little nation would get rolled, did he think to "apologize". [/quote] O...kay... If this is indeed the case, then it is a really poor show on his part. Loyalty to an unjust cause is a perversion of honour, regardless of whether or not you're going to get rolled for it. My IC conscience still hasn't cleared from certain past wars because of the fact.

Hey, at least it's not the fastest turnaround in CN history Closer to said turnaround would be Rebbilon's declaring war on NPO then doing an about-face 12 minutes later. [i]This[/i] time I can sort of understand xR1's reasoning, being that he didn't want to be associated with Peggy's gross transgression against UPN. That said, he could have simply moved to a different AA and disavowed said transgression in his bio.

[IMG]http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n159/Agent_DC76/WaitWhat.jpg[/IMG] May the forces of Mount Terror shower destruction upon his nation. EDIT: Derpko is derp.

This will end well. OOC: Have fun.

[quote name='SpacingOutMan' timestamp='1294167702' post='2563253'] As I see it, this is a combination of poor foresight, misplaced trust (honestly, the writing on the wall should have indicated that Peggy was shady at best a long while ago), and the incredible childishness and immaturity of Peggy. Good luck on getting everything back up to par UPN and hopefully this will be a lesson about why some people simply can't be trusted (cynical, I know, but it's reality). [/quote] This sums it up quite nicely. Still, I can't help but feeling a little bad for UPN, and I hope they do get it sorted out. Peggy, shame on you.

kamichi... you da man Not sure if I'll be in on the next one because I'm not in TOOL anymore and my current alliance only has 15 members. But if I can weasel my way into someone else's roster, that would be .

ITT: Jarkko feelin' teh for AODB... and Avalon too of course.