Nolissar

This was really unnecessary, and is very disappointing to see.

[center][img]http://www.theopensourcealliance.com/osafiles/osabaner2.gif[/img][/center] [b][size="5"]To All Those To Whom These Presents Come[/size][/b] [right][b][size="5"]Greetings,[/size][/b][/right] We who live by the Doctrine of Openness come before you for the last time to announce before all and sundry, Our decision to dissolve Our Union and join Our friends of longstanding in [u]The Last Remnants[/u] and to express Our appreciation for the friendships and assistance shared with Us over the years by Our Allies in the [u]Goon Order of Oppression, Negligence, and Sadism[/u] to whom We owe a great debt of gratitude and loyalty and which We each individually stand ever ready to honour. In Our three years of confederation, We have experienced the highs and lows, triumphs and tribulations concomitant with such a Union. We have enjoyed the excitement of new friends and members joining Our Fold, and We have felt the pain of seeing our brethren in Checkmate. predecease Us and of seeing friends depart this realm. We have won wars and lost battles. We have been jubilant in victory and humble in defeat (here’s looking at you Digiterran Football…). Most of all, We have been happy in Our Home. When however, the number of empty seats outnumber those still filled, even the warmest of homes can be a lonely place. And so, while we close the Great Door of Openness today, the gateway to Our happy memories remains ever ajar waiting only for a word, familiar face, feeling or image to open the floodgates of nostalgia. And so friends and foe alike, We take our leave from you as Open Sourcers, and greet you as Remnants. [center][img]http://images.wikia.com/cybernations/images/9/9e/TLRflagwavemaroon-blue.png[/img][/center] [quote][center][b][size="6"]Final Act of the Open Source Alliance[/size][/b][/center] [center][img]http://images.wikia.com/cybernations/images/0/0b/OSAXFlag.png[/img][/center] Be It Enacted by the Common-sense Council of the Open Source Alliance, by and with the Consent of the Ministers and President in Rational Communion Assembled, on the Authority of the Source Code and Consolidated Statutes of the Open Source Alliance, Through the Sovereign Command Entrusted to them by the Membership of the Same that the Free, Democratic and Transparent Association of Nation Rulers Constituted by the Aforementioned Source Code and Consolidated Statutes be Duly Dissolved with Immediate and Permanent Effect. Given in the Presence of the Membership of the Open Source Alliance under the Presidential Hand at the Great Door of The Realm of Openness, this first day of March in the forty-second Year of Our Lord Linus Benedict Torvalds.[/quote] [b]Housekeeping Announcements [/b] [list=1] [*][i]No public shout-outs. Those of you deserving of such recognition, and there are many, already know how much you have meant and continue to mean to us. Lines of mushy, sentimental praise and thanks which will invariably omit some important person or contribution is not in our opinion befitting of the solemnity of this occasion.[/i] [*][i][b]The OSA AAs (Open Source Alliance and OSA Student)are under the Protection of The Last Remnants[/b].[/i] [*][i]The curtain has fallen on the [url="http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=59272"]Comedy of System Errors[/url], but not on the friendships between Open Sourcers and SNAFUers[/i] [/list]

[quote name='Roquentin' timestamp='1328964870' post='2918277'] None were actually called in. That is what I meant. Sparta didn't ask them to do it. [/quote] Fair enough mate, but a Lord Denning style series of short sentences works best if the individual components refer back to, or expand the preceding thought and not the thrice preceding one. And with that, I will bow out and let you and Rush duke it out.

[quote name='Roquentin' timestamp='1328960226' post='2918258'] Want to know the full story behind the peace moding? Sparta had allies to call in. AO to name one. They were ready and willing. [b]None were.[b][/quote] I'm gonna through this one out to either Roq or Myth (who so graciously offered to help explain the post in question) It’s the bolded bit that is confusing me here. Perhaps I am missing something, but did you actually mean to say that Sparta's allies were ready and willing to answer Sparta’s call-to-arms, but at the same time, were not ready to heed a request to do so? I can deal with minor contradictions but polar opposites tend to be more problematic.

Here's to a 1000 more days of misadventure from my favourite CN miscreants! Love you guys .

Liking the looks of this; here's to many continued successes for my friends in Olympus.

[quote name='memoryproblems' timestamp='1309278714' post='2743488'] I agree with whoever suggested that you switch to linux. Also, congrats. [/quote] Wise choice. Congratulations to our coeval and perpetual friend/ally/other-half, you have always been the best of those to us and we thank you for it.

I will hail anything with SNAFU in it o/ I'll be watching how this develops with interest.

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Resource list: - Aluminum - yolisha101 - Cattle - Nolissar - Coal - Tinton - Fish - Tinton - Iron - Lumber - yolisha101 - Marble - magnetic rose - Oil - Rubber - Nolissar - Uranium - Water - magnetic rose - Wheat Aid available for smaller nations who commit to stay at least 60 days.

Glad to see my friends and allies in Genesis receive this well earned peace. Good luck with your rebuilding. o/ Genesis o/ FOK!

See on the flip-side SNAFU. Again

[quote name='Hydro' timestamp='1296945361' post='2621028'] Sooo....why do you have a treaty with people you don't like in the first place? [img]http://forums.cybernations.net/public/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif[/img] [/quote] I don't know last I checked we didn't. Not sure where you're getting your info there.

[quote name='ChairmanHal' timestamp='1296772358' post='2618265'] Fine, they can cure cancer with a pencil, 4 tabs from old Foster's cans, and a flashlight battery. They will also chose the chicken burrito at the drive through in the face of demands being made they eat the beef, in spite of a 120mm howitzer being pointed at their brain case. [/quote] Actually we aren't quite that good, we need 5 tabs, but alas, our impulsive sense of charity sees us donate them to charity before we ever accumulate enough of the darned things. [quote name='ChairmanHal' timestamp='1296772358' post='2618265'] They also took far too long making a simple decision. They are very reluctant GOON allies at best, recognize that GOONS doesn't have a CB beyond "we don't like you", and should have stayed home. It is a natural assumption, valid or invalid, that something beyond the existence of a treaty and a misplaced sense of duty pulled them into this shooting match. [/quote] You are of course welcome to assume what you like, but the only reluctance we've had is not activating the oA to go at NPO with them. Some of us were happy and ready to join GOONS to assit them in the war if that would have been the best and most politic way to assite them because we recognized the difficult position our entrance could place our other allies and friends in. Discussing our plans and opinions with with them before proceeding took some time, but to have done otherwise would have been irresponsible and unfair to them. Similarly, just entering willy-nilly without first discussing with GOONS where we might be of the most use to them would have been a bit silly too don't you think? Yes OSA and GOONS have a treaty, a rather nice one in fact. But that document is for the benefit of people in CN, not for OSA and GOONS. We know where we stand vis-a-vis each other. Our treaty is just a public manifestation of our friendship, not the bond itself, I don't know why so many people (and I'm not accusing you of this here Hal) seem to be unable to grasp this simple concept. But then again, many people can't grasp the idea that just because don't agree with how GOONS entered the war, doesn't mean we don't want them to win Edit: evil commas!

[quote name='ChairmanHal' timestamp='1296767396' post='2618117'] Which then calls to question whether they are just that slow in making a decision to go to war or if there was behind the scenes arm twisting necessary to make it happen. Given the length of his speech (and I realize he's unlikely to admit it) the latter is the most likely scenario. [/quote] If there was any SM play from the GOONS going on, I'm going to be very disappointed that none of us in OSA got invited.