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I sometimes wonder what that old boy is up to. Used to strike fear into hearts with his name, now it's all "who?"

What I don't understand about rogues is why so many of them suck at war. CN war is not that complicated, you can do a lot of damage if you just save up a decent warchest before roguing out, even if otherwise you don't really know what you're doing.

The only rogue to attack me was a guy named Elfman. In the early days of Invicta, Elfman was one of the few guys who sold donations; as a result he had a bigger nation than mine. At the time he hit (a few months after Karma) I was at 8K infra and he was at 10K.

He'd left Invicta quite some time ago. Anyway he hit me, Dawny and I think Amonra, because he thought his nation was better than any of ours, as his NS was higher, and he was going to teach us how to war.

I did a gather intel right off the bat, and discovered he had a 200M warchest at his 10K infra. The word went out right away, don't fire CMs, just hit him with attacks that cause monetary damage. We all hit him with ground attacks and fighter dogfights, and I spied his cash.

The dogfights were awesome because he loved buying back planes, lol.

He was bill-locked after two nukes. It was embarrassing.

For a fleeting second I thought that was comradevader's avatar.

Nice to see some people do have some appreciations for 'rogues'

I sometimes wonder what that old boy is up to. Used to strike fear into hearts with his name, now it's all "who?"

I see him online (MSN, etc.) from time to time. I don't think he's up to anything CN-wise these days, although one never knows.

It's pretty fun, I've been considered a 'rogue' for probably a quarter of my life on bob

For a fleeting second I thought that was comradevader's avatar.

That's because it is, only with an Othal rune overlaid on it.

Hope you don't get busted for it not being Halloween, Ashoka.

I wish Frans had lasted longer. He would have been perfect Vox Pop material, he was a great warrior an even better PhotoShop artist and could be just plain hilarious.

I see him online (MSN, etc.) from time to time. I don't think he's up to anything CN-wise these days, although one never knows.

I always figured he would eventually grow some armpit hair and discover girls, get something more interesting to do than fool around with us.

Nice to see some people do have some appreciations for 'rogues'

Fighting you was a lot more fun than Elfman. If there were lots of guys like you out there, the game would be better.

Eh.

"Going rogue" is the CN equivalent of knocking the Monopoly board over in frustration.

I'll admit it: after almost 4 years of slow, patient development, I'm quite attached to my nation. That doesn't mean I won't sacrifice it in a fight, but it would be a sacrifice. Rogues, as a general rule (or at least according to my own arbitrary definition) are not making a sacrifice. They're basically saying, "I don't care anymore, so F* it." You can't fight a rogue, you can only mobilize against them in order to limit the damage they cause.

Would I go out in a blaze of glory if the situation required it? Absolutely, and it would be a blast. Would I try to ruin what other people have built simply because I'm bored and/or angry? Not a chance. It seems so petty.

-Craig

Eh.

"Going rogue" is the CN equivalent of knocking the Monopoly board over in frustration.

I'll admit it: after almost 4 years of slow, patient development, I'm quite attached to my nation. That doesn't mean I won't sacrifice it in a fight, but it would be a sacrifice. Rogues, as a general rule (or at least according to my own arbitrary definition) are not making a sacrifice. They're basically saying, "I don't care anymore, so F* it." You can't fight a rogue, you can only mobilize against them in order to limit the damage they cause.

Would I go out in a blaze of glory if the situation required it? Absolutely, and it would be a blast. Would I try to ruin what other people have built simply because I'm bored and/or angry? Not a chance. It seems so petty.

-Craig

Four-year-old rogues don't ruin what other people have built. It takes a whole lot more than a week of war with one rogue, no matter how good, to "ruin" my nation, and I'm at 1260 days.

Not quite sure what would ruin it at this point actually. I've got nearly all of the wonders (I actually had a space wonder expire on me the other day, caught me offguard and made me go buy a wonder); I'm not sure how long I could fight a war for but none of the major world wars have made a dent in my warchest yet.