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  1. [quote name='HeroofTime55' timestamp='1302509999' post='2688456'] All people are going to remember about this is the number, and this is going to wind up contributing more to MK dissent than it's really worth, even if TOOL moves to pay it off right away. Sort of a silly mistake to make. [/quote] I'm sure when judgment day is nigh, and the Almighty looks upon MK after their demise and decides their fate, he will recall [b]this day[/b] as but one of many when the corrupt members of the Kingdom lusted after technology, forgoing their morals. And thus the prophet, HeroofTime55, has spoken.
  2. No tech for Umbrella? HARSHEST TERMS EVER.
  3. [quote name='D34th' timestamp='1302366112' post='2687436'] Translation: You joined our hit list RIA. [/quote] Yeah they're right after Duckroll Honestly it's sad to see these two alliances go their separate ways as I like both of you, but judging by the posts in this thread it seems like the relationship had deteriorated beyond repair.
  4. If Doom House is evil, THEN WHO WAS PHONE?
  5. [quote name='Schattenmann' timestamp='1301723384' post='2682740'] Followed by the "you are irrelevant" standard. So irrelevant that you know everything we've done in the past year, that your coalition is charging us the second-highest reps, that you were compelled to reply to me but unable to address anything I said. For so much smuggo you've got so little substance. Even your summation of my position belies your inability to understand what I have just said, which was in no way "the treaty web is terrible." But whatever makes you feel important. Come back when you have some ideas. [/quote] I'll bite. First, I don't know everything you've done in the past year. I've only just returned to Planet Bob after a two year hiatus. Everything in my previous post I just put together on a stereotype because I've seen alliances like CoJ since before the Unjust War. The names change, but the people and the bleeding hearts stay the same. Trying to find order in the cess pool that is the treaty web is incomprehensible. Your argument, that alliances were ignoring the political ramifications/obligations/nature of treaties and focusing on social aspect that you summarized as wub and popularity, is entirely correct. However, the reality is that the social aspect of certain alliances is more reliable than the political one. No one can accurately predict political decisions on Planet Bob; judging an alliance based on its members' attitudes and seeing if they're in line with your own is a much more reliable indicator of a successful friendship and treaty partnership. Political situations can change at the drop of a hat. Alliances do often say one thing and then end up obligating themselves to something entirely different, it's usually done out of a necessary sacrifice. Welcome to Planet Bob, take a ticket and have a seat. The problem behind CoJ isn't that you're fighting a useless uphill battle (which you are), it's that you somehow have placed yourself on another hill and look down upon the rest of us. If you're going to argue that the political system of Planet Bob needs a revolution, save your breath. You'll have an easier time convincing people that capitalism is evil.
  6. [quote name='Schattenmann' timestamp='1301721369' post='2682720']The core problem of the treaty web is this "love" and "friend" childishness. And that is exactly what it is, infantility in foreign affairs. Treaties are political--not social--commitments. The transformation of treaties from political tools to popularity contests has destroyed all integrity in treaty commitments. Why is that? Because while alliances sign treaties over they still go to war to achieve political means. They have moved treaties--which are tools of war--out of the political realm, while war retains its political nature, thereby creating a conflicting reality, a dichotomy that cannot be reconciled. Practitioners of this huggles diplomacy decry PZI while MADPing alliances that PZI, they decry techraiding while joining blocs with rampant raiding alliances, they talk about white peace while MDoAPing alliances hellbent on reps--and vice versa. They make claims as to their uniqueness and intrinsic values, but don't understand or practice unity of foreign and internal policy, they make themselves flavorless social clubs, or brainless meatswarms fit for nothing but doing what they're told. Their hands are tied by their own lazy, sloppy, stupid practices, and they turn around and complain about how bored they are.[/quote] Classic "the treaty web is terrible" argument. Should've gone with the Chewbacca Defense though, it's much more convincing. [quote name='Schattenmann' timestamp='1301721369' post='2682720'] Quote the contrary. You're doing the exact same thing that almost every alliance is doing. There is nothing remarkable about Europa, and I say that in the most disinterested, dispassionate manner possible; it is simply my observation and the same observation I have of almost every other alliance. There is nothing distinguishable between 100 alliances who all scream the rhetoric of honor and death before dishonor and friends>infra and we love our friends and which all find themselves sitting on their hands when the time for action comes, or else carefully tip-toeing around so as to appear not to be plotting against their friends or selling them out while they do it. There's nothing different about 90% of alliances, they might as well all merge.[/quote] Thank God that there are those 10% of alliances who aren't afraid to stand up for what they believe in. I don't know what this game would be like without alliances like Cult of Justitia or Celestial Being (RIP). Oh wait, yes I do - it'd be exactly the same. While you are an intelligent person, and you have a fairly good understanding of the tangle of cords that is the treaty web, at the end of the day you have little to no political clout. What you and these "honorable" alliances hoping to spread peace and truth throughout the galaxy (or whatever it is you're trying to accomplish) do, at the end of the day, doesn't matter, albeit my replying in such detail to you may be somewhat paradoxical in this instance. For proof, all I can point to is the fact that CoJ entering or withdrawing from the current DH-NPO conflict really has no impact, at all. I don't mean to suggest that might makes right, but you and your ilk are nothing but a larvae among the flies of Doomhouse's swatter. [quote name='Schattenmann' timestamp='1301721369' post='2682720'] Statements like this from micros crack me up. CoJ had as many members as Europa pre-war, a higher ANS, more nukes, higher score, and a higher ranking, and--since you got all kindergarten--we have a Senator on top of that. The only differences between CoJ and Europa is that CoJe put ourselves on the line for what we believe in, and that we don't treaty-whore like a bunch of children sending half the class a "do you like me? circle yes for treaty" note. Your one ally is able to leverage tribute money from your other ally while you stand by idle precisely because you do not matter; your ill-contemplated foreign policy has made you impotent and really quite worthless to both sides.[/quote] One difference you left out is the fact that CoJ are the ambulance chasers of CN. Be it tech raiding, hegemony, reps, or whatever bleeding heart cause is permeating these discussions, without fail CoJ will be there to take up the cause. I suppose if it makes you feel important, please continue to be the vanguard of whatever injustices you fool yourself into thinking exist, although don't expect the rest of us to act like you actually matter. [quote name='Schattenmann' timestamp='1301721369' post='2682720'] Quite the contrary, the broad trends of foreign policy effect us all. [/quote] On this we agree. Unfortunately not enough people realize that it is the [b]broad[/b] trends that affect us, and instead live on these boards and nitpick every tiny detail of foreign affairs. And here we are.
  7. As some of you may have noticed, my commitment to CNRP has waned in the past few weeks. I've been too busy with some RL stuff and no longer have the time to commit to CNRP. Coupled with the fact that the CNRP I remember is a lot better than the one that exists now, I must retire from this community. I know I'm mid-RPs with some of you, my apologies for ducking out without any warning. See you all around. Sithis
  8. [quote name='Olliee' timestamp='1301412634' post='2679957'] To be honest, who can trust an alliance that doesn't even realise that a 'Duke' is several orders higher than a 'Lord'! [/quote] It depends on what system of peerage you're referencing, but in most instances the term Lord (or Lady) is used to refer to all nobility, be it Viscounts, Barons, Dukes, etc.
  9. Should've posted this a while ago, but I'm locked. IRL stuff.
  10. Wow, that's terrible news. Good luck to Bob and his sister, hopefully everything turns out for the better.
  11. I support all things having to do with yacht clubs. This is good. Also, this: [quote name='Kalasin' timestamp='1301117779' post='2676889'] you took issue with max and not rey? seriously? [/quote]
  12. [quote name='Systemfailure' timestamp='1301057761' post='2675995'] Silly Avalon don't you know the fastest way to winning a war is a single all out blitz? [/quote] Like everyone else on the other side of this war, Avalon's surrender is inevitable. If they come out of peace mode, their term negotiations will probably go better than if they just sat in it for the duration of this conflict.
  13. [quote name='Guffey' timestamp='1301056748' post='2675988'] we declared on all of doomhouse, but have only been engaging MK and umbrella. There were already plenty of alliances on goons, so we saw no point engaging them. [/quote] Not sure if you've been paying attention, but some of the actual combatants in this war just surrendered to GOONS. Maybe you should adjust your strategy (here's a suggestion - come out of peace mode). [quote name='Guffey' timestamp='1301056748' post='2675988'] We would have declared only on MK and umbrella, but since DH already saw a DoW on one of them as a DoW on all of them, we saved them that trouble. [/quote] How considerate of you.
  14. GOONS deserves recognition for the consistent, effective fighting they did on this front of the war (among others), and NSO does as well. Congrats to peace for both sides, here's to rebuilding.
  15. [quote name='mhawk' timestamp='1301010863' post='2675262'] You did just hit a treaty partner of ours. [/quote] Better roll the hard six. Good luck FOK, I wish you the best.
  16. [quote name='Bionic redhead' timestamp='1301011367' post='2675277'] And now for the immediate part of our peace terms. Carpe Diem entered the war against the Mushroom Kingdom with the best of intentions, in order to help our allies. We have no regrets in our actions and hope our enemies and anyone who believes we broke peace terms understand why we did this. I also understand why other alliances believe that we broke our peace terms. Treaties are not something that should be entered into lightly and I am aware that our re-entry to the war was controversial. Having signed the peace terms, we should not have entered the doomhouse war. As such, on behalf of Carpe Diem, I sincerely apologise to Nueva Vida, Grand Lodge of Freemasons, We Are Perth Army, Colossus, Quantum, Aurora Borealis, The Foreign Division, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, The New Guy, The Peoples Community, DDM, Sparta, Farkistan, Mostly Harmless Alliance, PPO, Alpha Omega, Darkfall, Argent and Umbrella for any breaches or adjudged breaches of the peace treaty we signed. As they were the direct victim of our actions, I would also like to apologise to the Mushroom Kingdom and will gladly pay the reps demanded of us by the Mushroom Kingdom as they are deserved. - Bionic Redhead, Sovereign of Carpe Diem [/quote] Good on you for apologizing now, instead of two years from now when you're on the drastically losing side of a war for the second time.
  17. [i]'Arthur?' Cortigan thought to himself, 'haven't heard that one since he was a Colonel in the RAF.' Lord Sithis' quick rise through the ranks of Realm's Royal Armed Forces, as well as his proficiency for solving territorial disputes, had earned him the nickname 'King Arthur,' but once he succeeded Pepin IV as Lord SIthis I, almost no one called him that. Cortigan wondered if the chemistry he sensed at lunch earlier in the day could blossom into something more... 'No, I shouldn't speculate,' he thought, and turned to the man beside him.[/i] "Your Majesty, while you were uh - occupied - I took the liberty of drafting up a document that would cement our work here." [i]He handed Sithis a leather dossier with Realm's famous lion imprinted on the front. The lion was a fitting analogy for Realm's position in Africa - the phrase of "King of the Jungle" when referring to the animal was something Sithis always chuckled at, considering he was one of few monarchies on the African continent.[/i] "It's all very simple really. An economic exchange to be facilitated by the West Africa Company, they'll set up an office here in Austria to ensure everything goes smoothly. Oil, coal, and silver will be among the initial exports, with uranium and others coming later. We'll have a mutual defense treaty if either is attacked, and a diplomacy clause that will establish embassies in either countries. Really a solid relationship between us two, I don't think these talks could have gone any better." [i]Sithis perused the documents in front of him with heavy scrutiny, making sure everything was in order.[/i] "Who were you thinking for an ambassador? What's his name, the polo player?" [i]Cortigan smiled as Sithis referenced Percy Ashburne, a man once famous for his polo playing skills in Realm who, through his noble blood as Earl of Farragut, had left his sportsman career behind to enlist in the diplomatic world. Cortigan had worked with him on several occasions and found his charm to match his cunning.[/i] "Yes, Earl Ashburne will be perfect for this assignment, I'm sure he'll rise to the occasion. I'll have our man in the Real Estate division of the Foreign Ministry scout potential embassy locations." "Excellent work, Miles. I'll present this to the Duchess in the morning. See you then." [i]With that, the men accepted the Austrian maids' invitations to their separate bedrooms, and Lord Sithis sat quietly down on his bed, thinking about all that had happened over the day. His mind focused on the solid diplomatic alliance that would come out of a Realmic-Austro agreement, but he could not keep his mind off of Maria. The thirty seconds in the garden had seemed like a lifetime, and for the first time, he actually felt at peace. Hanging up his jacket in the closet of the ornate bedroom the Duchess had provided for him, Sithis walked over to the window and stared out at the Austrian estate before him. The morning would bring the cementing of a diplomatic relationship between Realm and Austria, and the beginning of a new one between Sithis and Maria.[/i]
  18. [i]Lord Sithis' brow furrowed as Maria seemed to spurn his advances, but the idea of a private getaway between the two in Realm was very enticing.[/i] "The natural beauty of Realm is something everyone should experience at least once in their lifetime. I would be most pleased to give you a tour of the countryside." [i]Sithis worked out the details in his head. They could start in the northeastern corner where the West Africa Company had developed luscious vineyards; followed by a trip west to the Seringapatam Plains, where he often led hunting expeditions; the third leg could be spent enjoying the mountains and waterfalls of the southwest; Cheydinhal would be a suitable conclusion to the trip.[/i] [i]Turning to Maria's twinkling, gray eyes Sithis began,[/i] "I believe we could make this trip work. Instead of me being Lord Artorious Wellesley Sithis of Realm, and you Duchess Maria Magdalena von Hapsburg of Austria, I could just be Arthur, and you could be Maria, two friends enjoying the natural pleasures of Realm. How does that sound?"
  19. [center][IMG]http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/2198/wacd.png[/IMG] [i]From the Desk of the President[/i][/center] The West Africa Company, on behalf of His Majesty, Lord Sithis I of Realm, would be interested in purchasing more than 100,000 shares. Please let us know when is the best time for a representative to travel to Mogatopia to discuss this purchase. Sincerely, [IMG]http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/2228/tarleton.png[/IMG] Viscount Guy Tarleton President West Africa Company
  20. [center][IMG]http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/2198/wacd.png[/IMG] [i]From the Desk of the President[/i][/center] The West Africa Company is interested in making a long-term investment in this endeavor. At this time, we would like to purchase $1.1 billion in bonds. Sincerely, [IMG]http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/2228/tarleton.png[/IMG] Viscount Guy Tarleton President West Africa Company
  21. [i]Banastre Scanlon IV, Duke of Assaye, stepped of out the limo that had brought him to the Sidamo estate. Walking through the lavish palace's mainhall, he was directed by a servant to where most of the guests were mingling. The Duke grabbed a drink from a nearby tray, downed it, and then scoffed. 'I'm going to need something stiffer,' he thought to himself. Making his way to the bar, he asked for his favorite drink - an old fashioned. The choice was fitting considering his attire - like His Majesty, the Duke constantly wore the formal military uniform of Realm: a Realmic red tunic with ivory white pants tucked into black leather boots. The various medals and ribbons he had gathered over the years made a subtle clinging noise with every step he took. Sipping his old fashioned, Duke Banastre planted himself on one side of the room and observed the international community in front of him.[/i]
  22. [i]Deputy Foreign Minister Hugh Tanner waited patiently for the Novakian delegation. Lord Sithis had to depart earlier and had left Tanner to conduct the negotiations. As the delegation arrived, Tanner stepped forward and greeted them, and then, motioning to the documents on the table, he waited.[/i] "So, what do you think of the proposed treaty between our two countries?"
  23. [quote name='The MVP' timestamp='1300340647' post='2667186'] At least for those seeking truth CoJ helps them see through it [b]not you[/b], can't step in their pants can't walk in their shoes bet everything you're worth you lose your tie and your shirt. [/quote] Praise admin, CoJ has helped me to see the truth! Where may I repent my sins?
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