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Innerspeaker

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  • Birthday 12/17/1990

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  1. June 2006 was when I created my first nation, I think. I went by Gairyuki, then. I started as a member of Polar and fought in GWII, GWIII, UJW, and WOTC. My nation was nothing special. My contribution to CN came in the form of propaganda and iconography for NpO, Nueva Vida, MK and Doomhouse, mostly. I remember the "good old days" and they seem kind of absurd, now. I miss the unity of the Great War Era, and the vitriol of the post-Initiative era, and the paranoia of the Continuum era, and the uncertainty of the post-Karma era, and the tears of the Pandora's Box era, and the freedom and tyranny of the Doomhouse era. All the greats have departed this world, however, and it feels like we've moved into an era of psychosis.
  2. 24 days have passed, and Aeropolis, the glorious capital citystate of Gairyuki's kingdom, nears ever closer to oblivion. I won't bore you with the time, but 7 long years of update blitzes, billion-dollar warchests, tech deals and drama for user Gairyuki are nearing an end. Time poorly spent in the New Polar Order among ES, Grub and those who taught me the trade, Nueva Vida under Nel and some cool people, The Indigo Plateau among friends Tarikmo, Mistra, TheListener, and others, and finally, the Mushroom Kingdom among gods and kings; it all circles the drain of time. I'd like to take this brief moment to honor the artists of these diverse cybernations, many of whom often go unnoticed, or un-praised for their works that adorn these cyber halls (I was certainly not one of those unnoticed or without praise). While many would like to consider the actions of a few to be the driving force of this game, I'd argue that the actions of artists throughout went to sustain and nurture it. Nowadays, this place might be a witless wasteland teeming with talentless typing hands spouting bad opinions, but the few artists that remain should be cherished as bright, brief flashes of brilliance. I tip my Unknown-Smurf-borrowed fedora to you, artist. This place would surely be less memorable without you. [img][/img] You'll find me in the halls of the Mushroom Kingdom. So long, cybernations, and thanks for all the pixels.
  3. Innerspeaker

    Mushlims?

    I'd like to comment on the original topic of this blog, if that's alright. The first thing you have to understand about MK and Mushqaeda is that MQ isn't the only "faction" persona of MK. Hopefully, the vast majority of people understand this, since virtually every faction, MQ notwithstanding (Fine Old Gents - victorian old guard, Mushroom Kommune - marxists, Southern Delegation - confederates, Mushreich - nazis) has posted in many of MK's OWF announcements. Notice how each of those factions is based off the parody of "Mushroom" + some other hilariously mislead group of people, a villainous adversary in history, or an otherwise easily satirized institution. Each is offensive in its own right, and thus became a perfect way for us to identify each other as rival, highly-offensive parties. The factions initially took up equal space within MK, though MQ through it's superior propaganda (Allarchonu willing) rose to levels of visibility and attention not seen by the others. MQ was unique in a world filled with fascists and communists (NPO, NoR, LSF, ICP, Int, etc), tryhard Christians (CCC among others), boring democratists (GDA, ODN), old-guard gentleman's clubs (The liquor cabinet, among others), and others for MQ's ability to essentially be a parody while likewise being exceptionally offensive and interpreted as "real" to some. The only way to understand MQ is to see it in the perspective of our "Become the Villain" mantra, which in and of itself is a satirization of the way CN works (by casting a very obvious light on the nature of this game; it needs a villain, it needs hypocrisy, and it needs action to survive). In that sense, MQ as a terrorist organization (self-parodying the real life al-qaeda, and ultra-extremist islam) was basically our attempt to liven things up a bit. Or rather, it became a great tool for us to do just that, as it was never actually intended to leave the halls of MK. Mushqaeda became a goldmine for propaganda and activity, perhaps to the chagrin of those in and outside of MK. Some took the MQ identity to be that of literal muslims, ignoring that our God was Allarchon, our prophet Gunhammad, our Ayatollah Tamerlanei, and we the Mushlims. I see no sign of Islam in any of this, given that Mushlims exist solely within the plane of cybernations, and nowhere outside of it. Mushlims don't satirize the stereotypes of Muslims specifically; some of the terms are borrowed, and certain stereotypical characterizations of muslims might have been co-opted for Mushlim use, but the vast majority of imagery used by MQ is that of Al-Qaeda specifically. Understandably, there are those in this game that can't tell the difference, or assume that one is the same as the other, and MQ served to draw those imbeciles out (and gave us plenty of targets, Allarchonu willing). The core idea that resonated in MQ, however, was not of satire or parody regarding the very real Al Qaeda in the very unreal Cybernations. What made the factions such a widely successful and creative institution, and what made MQ the superbly realized blaze of glory that so easily offended and confused, drew praise and cries of hatred and idiocy, was the parody of roleplaying itself. I'll just leave it at that.
  4. but these civilians have guns and buy tech and get a free pass to score points from out of bounds. there was like, 1 TDO nation in peace mode when the will of Allarchon presented itself to Mushqaeda. The other ~100 were in war mode. Each of my opponents had nukes when I declared. Each had a full airforce, military wonders, etc. The nations I'm fighting now were certainly not "civilian" nations, by any means. They are merely incompetent; the wealthy inept. I don't remember you posting a neutral-menace call to arms when Doomhouse rolled over the Superfriends, or when Continuum plowed into each of its opponents. Where were their ideals? When the chips are down and you've found yourself pinned between the crosshairs of a mushlim army, the neutrals won't ride in to defend you, Mogar. They're the most selfish, lazy institutions this world has ever known. They exist solely to see themselves grow until this world has dissolved into nothing. They're worthless in the literal sense of the word. You're arguing for the idealistic defense of the idealistically-bankrupt.
  5. Not sins, but privilege. Neutrality is a privilege, of which the sheep are not entitled. Every single alliance that has come under fire has done so under the watchful, apathetic and selfish eyes of the great neutral whales that float around this world. It is Allarchon's demand that the great neutral menace pay for its privileged pixels.
  6. The irony is that so many others have already paid the price for your neutrality. The Kingdom paid the price many years back. The Orders have each paid the price. The Superfriends, Complaints and Grievances, Dos Equis, Doomhouse; every single time you looked the other way, you collected an undeserved check. So many have died, so that you might live, TDO. Nobody deserves that privilege. You should cherish these next few days. They'll be your last.
  7. We mushlims know not of the religion of peacemode. Forward, brothers! ALLARCHONU AKBAR!
  8. We extinguish the flame of MK today, so that we might light an eternal flame in heaven. Allarchon Akbar! Godspeed, MK! So long, and thanks for all the fish!
  9. I'm going to violate my own rule of "don't post on the owf" and point out that to everyone else, this forum is like a good-posting wasteland, where the radioactive, decaying remnants of humanity collect to decide who is the "best poster" with no perspective whatsoever of how much better the posting used to be, before ~the fall. The joke is that it was never good, and you're all shit, and the "best posters" are just the beads of dew that rolled off the lumps of poop that dot our abysmal horizon. In other words, the best posters are the ones that don't post.
  10. i make my sigs and flags with this free software i got (think it's called pictureshop) from this cool place on the internet. pirate cove? plunders beach? something like that.
  11. Damn Swag McGordy, you really told them! #pwned #killedit #niggasinparis
  12. Probably this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvdgWUCZ6jY great topic!
  13. man you're super smart and the people arguing with you on youtube (seriously, youtube) are probably super dumb
  14. Basically the propaganda says our masterpiece is complete, and CN has come full circle in the grandest of ways. Just because AI's been decapitated, and IRON robbed of everything it loved, and NPO cursed to play the game again, it doesn't mean there weren't other victims in all of this. There are a number of groups in this game that will forever puzzle over what we did to them. At least, that's what I had in mind when I made it. :)
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