The Word of Ogaden

I think I've got a great name for a new alliance now.

It is better to wield the sword than fall victim to it.

It is better to wield the sword than fall victim to it.

Worst of all to be completely irrelevant irrespective.

Who wants to live forever?

It makes you think on what is truly important. Your own head or staying with your family as you meet slaughter? Of course, I am one of those martyrs who find honor before infrastructure to be not only my battleplan, but even my own execution. Even when not in war, I worry not over fate. I say what needs to be said, I've always refused to cower in fear or bite my tongue. Planet Bob is more interesting that way. Is it not?

As for when... Well that depends on a lot of factors. Some just know it from the beginning and fight on anyway. Some are complete and total optomists and never believe the end is coming until the second the sword connects with the back of their necks. Some simply can not calculate the odds.

Lady Dakota you are so right, the denial can be staggering. It's a great wheat-from-the-chaff event though that's for sure, you really get the measure of a player when the folks who have been after you finally show up at your door.

You might as well sing along and enjoy the ride while your doom awaits.

So true.

you learn far more about your alliance after losing a war than winning one, you also get to learn who your real friends are, admittedly sometimes they end up on the other side, but there is still always the option to apply political pressure on your own coalition members to treat your allies special, even if it might cause some back clash, ie VE and GOD, or NPO and NG last war, we all have choices to make and the power that comes with them.

With the possible exception of Polar (twice), who has ever had the sword above them and was able to get it off?

I always thought "if everyone is gunning for me I'd just hit them all immediately and get it over with". It seems pointless to just wait for it to drop. I guess TOP kind of done that, but they actually thought theh could win, that doesn't count.

I think we should rename the "Sword of Damocles" the "Wheel of Destruction" because honestly, it seems cyclical to me.

I actually use play with toys that looked a lot like CN war patterns.

Who wants to live forever?

Who dares to love forever?

This is good.

Also, you should come to our boards more often.

I could have dropped XX and Fark for Umbrella.

Who wants to live forever?

It can be fun knowing that the hammer is coming for you. Can't win all the time.

It can be fun knowing that the hammer is coming for you. Can't win all the time.

you can however bring it down on someone else with enough warning and effort.

Story sounds familiar.........but you come to relish the fight.

Except when in the MHA, I have always had that SoD hovering above my neck as well. After some time you tend to forget about it, though.

I am afraid that now I am too old to care anymore about it.

NADC was under the Sword from The Bleu war until EQ war.

tough times...

Yeah I have had a similar experience more than once and it was glorious....halcyon days man.

Yeah I have had a similar experience more than once and it was glorious....halcyon days man.

There is something special about charging into battle where you aren't sure if it'll be the last thing your alliance ever does

Suicidal death marches are the best wars by war. Some people enjoy shooting fish in a barrel but I think it's a hell of a lot more fun to go spear fishing for tiger sharks myself.

The major caveat here is apathy. CN's best days have past, at least in my view. Hence it takes effort to remain connected in a meaningful way, as the pool of players with actual influence into politics/war gets smaller and smaller. There was a time when a nation could participate in an alliance, gain position and influence said alliance into meaningful action that affected world politics. We are now In as situation where many nations simply collect taxes because they have had the nations for 2000+ days and don't want to just let it delete. So the context of "doomed" isn't horrific in that sense, for players like myself who are otherwise not engaged and don't have a vested interest its a nice circumstance to be in. The nation has to die at some point, and it would be a !@#$%* way to go forgetting to log in after a month. I much rather be in the position to fight to the death, then die and go away.

This war at least has given me that opportunity, whether that comes to fruition or not is still in question but we will see.

Also @wally: Cheers mate