If you could go to any point in CN history and tell yourself something, what would it be?

babyjesus 2009 to babyjesus 2006: push harder for NAAC-LOSS-GOONS MDP bloc instead of LBDB pact

I'd say: kevin32891 tell GOONS leadership not to make fun of Bilrow about his sickness.

EDIT: Had to change it since the leader of GOONS at the time changes to banned member.

To Lord Brendan, April 2008: leave FUN and become a CSN War Recruit.

I would tell Jonathan Brookbank of 2007: "Go with your gut feeling, Bilrow really is following NPO orders. Call him out on it in public instead of just private."

Old Sal to Young Sal: No, let's not just see what it's like.

Join FAN prior to GWIII.

I'd tell the SirWilliam of May 2008 not to allow myself to be intimidated by Bush_84, adrian, and the other internet tough guys when they threw a fit and aggressively confronted me over Diskord mentioning a possible run on black's senate.

Not going to bat for Diskord for the apparent well-being of MK is one of the few things I really regret having done in this game. THANKS DABOO, I HAD MANAGED TO BLOCK OUT THIS MEMORY.

I've never made a mistake that wasn't worth the lesson I got out of it, so I wouldn't go mucking about with things.

I would go back to the GATO-1V War

Tell my self not to leave CSN, like a month oor two weeks before the war started, As i left for IRON, but had no idea about the war, that is by far the only thing i regreat in my life.

Place a little more faith in OBR's judgment and a little less in the paranoia.

Hey, Unsure! Don't quit the game! You'll just end up coming back with an incredibly weak nation!

I'd go back to the time between the end of UJW and the WoTC, or the end of that till the beginning of Karma, and tell myself to chill out.

To xoindotnler 8/21/2008: Do not leave Avalon for NPO, you will be crawling back after 3 months and 20 days.

lamuella of 2007: better to resign on principle than be thrown out like you will be. (sorry to be enigmatic about this one)

NWRoyale of 2006- Do not resign the External Preceptor-ship. You could be Grand Master if you don't.

Present pork to past pork: Don't buy infra in chunks lower than 10, or land under chunks of 20. Also, sell a butt-load of tech.

Wentworth of January 2008: Friends close, enemies closer.

Rhistifutugbitigin: Bark not at left limbs but revel in the existence of wheels of standard bargaining.

To Mathias 2008: Convince Ferocitas to grow a spine and not disband, and kick the morons out of the GATO-1V war channel.

EDIT: Put them in chronological order.

I would go tell Bilrow of 2007, "Good Job, keep up the great work, because according to Doitzel in the future you will be able 'bring[s] the Order into a war.' yet in the other hand, according to Jonathon Brookbank of the future, 'following NPO orders'. Way to keep them guessing."

Vinzent Zeppelin of January 2009: Keep collecting taxes at least once every 20 days, and make preparations for May 7.

I would've joined \m/ a long time before I did.

Belacqua 2009 to Belacqua 2006: Join NAAC sooner, because you'll be sorry you didn't have more fun while you could've.



Belacqua 2009 to Belacqua 2007: Don't ever leave Browncoats, don't allow good people like Lamuella to be thrown out, and don't ever give up on the alliance you worked so hard to start, because you'll just get crap and lose friends for re-starting it later.

I truly regret nothing, other than allowing friends to be hurt by my actions. This includes you Lamuella. Especially you.

I'd tell Nintenderek from the day I joined the game, to join an alliance. He'd most likely not listen, but I'd tell him anyway.

i'd tell 08-early 09 me not to leave Polaris, b/c i'd keep coming back anyways....they're just too awesome

Dear ChairmanHal 2007: Keep up the good work.

ModusOperandi '09 to xxxBelmontxxx '06: Expose EmperorCharlesVI, SecGen of NADC, to the Coalition and to GUARD for the corrupt politician, manipulative control-freak and petty ego-maniac that he was. I was his right-hand man and I wish I never supported him; allowing him to withhold the NBP from the rest of the Global Union of Alliances for Rapport and Defense was the worst mistake I ever made, to this day he owes TTK/ONOS an apology for torpedoing the bloc for the sake of a paper-only sanction supported by the NPO.

I'd go tell myself back, just before the UjW that TPF was going to sell everyone out, and to just consider the alliance as being dead, and not to bother returning to it.

I'd have also told myself back when I started PC that MA was actually a pretty damn good alliance, and that KaitlinK was a lot nicer, and a lot smarter, and her alliance was a hell of a lot better than I was giving them credit for at the time. I really liked being in MA with kait, it was fun, but back in PC I didn't give two !@#$s about them.

Also, I would have told myself to never join \m/, everyone outside of jason8 was !@#$@#$ retarded in that alliance, leadership wise. And I would have gone rogue, but there's plenty of time to right that wrong.

this wasn't a browncoats thing, man. Browncoats was a pure fun time in the game for me.

Just a quick question, not as though I was ever anything in this game, I wasn't, I'm nothing but a has-been, more like a never-was, but how does it feel to be completely marginalized and have all of your power and influence taken away from you, after, at one point, being arguably one of the most influential people in the game?

That may not have been, but how my crew was treated after we left was horrible, and how we treated ye was horrible, and I should've realized you were my crew and I had one job, and that was to help her keep flying or go down with her. What happened afterwards was a good bit my fault, and it ended up being for naught anyway.

Also: I was quoting that more so I could remember to add that part in, not so much in response to your quote.

I'm with Delta. I've made plenty of mistakes, but I learned much more from making them than I would have from simply being told not to by my future self.

-Bama

I should never have appointed Junkalunka Emperor of IAA.

I should never have tried to have a rational argument with noWedge.

"SunnyInc, for the love of God, do not sell donations for six million dollars, you can do way better."

I'd tell my self one of three things:

"Self,"

*rolls three-sided die*

"shut your bong-hole and listen up: "

1. "You were right! You were right! You were right! There will be a mass exodus and you should lay in controls for that now instead of just meekly suggesting it."

or

2. "Don't take the brown acid."

or

4. "Get in the DeLorean DMC-12! We have to get back to Twin Pines Mall in 1985! The clock tower is about to be struck by lightening, we have to hurry!"


That's what I'd say.


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1.2 GIGAWATTS!!!!

Epic win my friend. Epic.

If you're sorry for being enigmatic why are you enigmatic? Unless you're not allowed to explain yourself for some reason, and then it becomes all too obvious.




It makes sense if your orders from the NPO were to bring the Order into a war.

To Doitzel of summer '07: Moldavi is right.

Hey Sunny, can I get donation pl0x?


Dear past me,

Start to post in color sooner, also go rogue on Zha with Jofna and not merge LX into DEvolution. Oh and to make CPCN to give you larger reps for that rogue... 600k what a waste of a slot

Dear KD2 of 3/8/2007: For the love of god, do not join NPO so you can save yourself almost 6 months of pain/rage and wasted time and eventual ZI.

1 day after joining GPA: leave.

Ouch. I bet you really wish you'd known that sooner.

-Bama

I'd go back to late 2007 and work a lot harder to fix the NADC. We had a lot of potential to become a big player if we only branched out and made friends, unfortunately it took us a war and the loss of our sanction to realize that.

I'd have to toss up between:

1. November/December 2008:

'Francesca! You know that Sam and his crew have political views antithetical to your own! You know that they will never support transparency or proper democracy in MCXA! Leave the alliance already and don't strive for change, because your efforts will merely result in an exodus and a dead alliance. Besides, why are you even proud to be an MCXA member? What've they ever done?'

2. Early February 2009

'Pacifica aren't as evil as you think.'

3. September 2009

'Pacifica aren't as wonderful as you think. Don't join the alliance, you will never find a home there, they won't give you a true second chance and the leadership will become extremely cold to you. Oh, and don't write essays on Francoism for the fun of it. People tend to think you actually believe in them.'

Your opinion really does change every two seconds doesn't it?

It's prudent to distinguish between a person's opinion and a character's opinion.

You must be using a crappy time machine if you have to choose just one.

I usually go for the premium time machines. They cost a little more, but it's worth it.

-Bama

I tried to make it work and it didn't. It takes two to tango.

To be fair, the distinction in this thread is very blurry. This is techincally an "OOC forum", but this thread, like most OWF threads, contains little OOC content.

-Bama