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[quote name='uaciaut' date='15 March 2010 - 08:26 PM' timestamp='1268649089' post='2226212'] This is a killer post. Let's have a big recap on it: 1. You're saying that we're asking you for reps because of you asking Polar reps. This makes no sense whatsoever. TOP has their fair share of asking people for huge reps when they had the possibility of rubbing it in, especially when it was against someone they didn't like and they attacked when they were at their weakest - which is a pretty similar scenario to what you did here. Regardless of what bigwoody claims i'm fairly confident that TOP would have demanded reps should things have gone their way, and quite big ones. Most people that know you well enough probably think the same. I do enjoy you playing off your goodie PR with the Karma was when it was a war you did not want to enter and when you complained and whined throughout most of the it because people didn't do what you wanted to and it didn't go your way. Not to mention those "let's not use nukes" pacts you did on a few fronts when most of the other people got nuked. Huge proactive involvement you had there, hands down. 2. [b]The "you're the new hegemony" attempt of PR labelling. Sorry we're not dumb enough to give you leeway into rebuilding and not turning the other cheek after you attack us as soon as you saw the chance of us being weakened. Would you like us to modify all our MDP's to say "does not activate if attacker is TOP and they have no CB" along with it or what?[/b] Funniest part is that you're associating us with NPO in particular when you stood by and politically supported the crap they pulled for so long yet somehow it's easy for you to use them as a "bad guy" comparison right now. And yes, i'm sure us defending ourselves and demanding reps from the people that aggressively attacked you with pretty much 0 reason is the same as what keeping alliances into perma-zi, declaring aggressive wars without a CB (lol deja vu), threatening people with perma-zi etc etc Now keep complaining about how the reps are too big when you've been given examples of alliances paying MORE than you are asked to (as compared to their tech levels at the time) for BEING ATTACKED (with pretty much 0 reason, at least in our case) rather than making the mistake of attacking someone without a CB. You corner me at every turn with your incredible use of logic. [/quote] Did it ever occur to you that Pacifica imposed harsh reps for the exact same reason as you just outlined? Of course not because that would hihglight the already widely recognized fact that you are the same rapacious fiends you accused your predecessors of being.

Gotta love being trolled in an OOC thread. Especially when its a resignation thread and half the people dropping chat do not know me in an IC, let alone an OOC, sense. Classy stuff kids.

[quote name='Baden-Württemberg' date='28 February 2010 - 11:16 PM' timestamp='1267363193' post='2208200'] I don't think anyone is surprised by his ignorance. [/quote] I'm more perplexed than surprised. Its such a simple concept.

Greetings Digiterria! I feel I have been active enough over the years to warrant my own resignation thread so here I go! To those of you who do not know me, count your blessings and keep the obligatory "attention seeker" comments to yourself. Fifteen months ago I decided to throw out all my computer games as growing real life responsibilities necessitated the removal of the major distractions in my life. I removed the two whole computer games I owned from my computer and threw the disks in the bin to remove the temptation of installing them a couple of weeks later. With very little exposure to the CN community at this point in time, I concluded that maintaining my nation would consume very little time and I should not, therefore, waste the three months and twenty dollars I had invested in building it. Needless to say I could not have been more wrong. Inspired by the Pacifican community to delve into the political intrigue and vibrant communities peculiar to the CN experience, I found myself spending more and more time in front of the computer. Having been a part of quite a few communities in CN and obtaining fairly good insight into how others operated from friends and confidents alike, I am adamant I would have gone inactive and deleted if I had started my career almost anywhere else. To those of you who are just starting in the game, there are very few other alliances which I would recommend you kick off your career at. Unfortunately, being an over-enthusiastic new player has its down sides; I purposely took someone else’s war slot and refused to complete the punishment the IOs metered out and was expelled as a result. Being a proud red nation and knowing very little about life outside of Pacifica at this stage, the next logical step was to join the next biggest alliance that allowed red nations: Multicolored Cross-X Alliance (MCXA). The MCXA was inferior to Pacifica in almost every way imaginable: the boards were not nearly as good, the members seemed less active and generally indifferent to what went on and one of the Commanders was nowhere to be found. The one thing that stopped me from looking for a new home was the charisma, dedication and professionalism demonstrated by senior members -- such as Sam, Gopher, Enime, Jose, TFS, Iggy and DA -- during what had so far been a short stint at MCXA. I decided that instead of brooding about all the problems with the alliance, I would take on a position of responsibility and be part of the solution. It was around this time I started becoming active on IRC and I was appointed a minor departmental position soon after. During the course of my service in various alliance positions, I had the opportunity of observing the inner workings of the alliance more closely and to get to know my comrades on a more intimate level. On the whole I both liked and respected the group of people I had spent the last x number of months working and socializing with so it should come as no surprise that I joined them when I found out most of them were leaving to form a new alliance. Most of you have a crude understanding of what went on during the MCXA-TSO split so I am not going to bother regaling my version of events to you. I would, however, like to briefly draw your attention to the fact that like alot of my former comrades, I approached Sam and Iggy to make my loyalty to them overwhelmingly clear as soon as I heard rumours that they were leaving the alliance. Like most people, I felt they were the heart and soul of MCXA and was more than happy to serve them no matter what flag they decided to fly. There was alot of uncertainty, leading up to our DoE, fuelled by difficulties finding treaty partners, potential aggression from MCXA and the Continuum as well as the handful of alliances who felt they had a score to settle with us. Things did not get much easier after the debacle that was our DoE and we soon found ourselves staring down barrel of a seemingly blood thirsty, Continuum-backed MCXA. What impressed me was throughout all the drama, when things were looking grimmest, not one of the individuals who had promised their nation to the Oblivion abandoned our banner. If there was any confusion as to where my true home was leading up to these events, the conduct of our members and leaders during our shaky conception removed it. I spent the next year serving in numerous positions and spent gratuitous amounts of time and effort making sure I was pulling my weight and doing my bit. For the most part it was a tonne of fun and having a fairly good feel for the quality of individuals and players CN breeds, I can say with some confidence that, with one or two exceptions, I could not have asked for a better group of guys to be affiliated with. The one possible exception to this statement being TOP who would have to rank as the most impressive group of individuals I have ever encountered online. Despite the enormous amounts of enjoyment this game and the people in it have provided me over the past couple of years, just before Christmas I had decided that CN had become a bigger distraction than the games I had quit the year before and I had more important real life commitments that required my attention. Dwindling enjoyment spurred on by a few IC problems as well as my growing distaste the way the wider community conducted themselves on IRC and the forums also played a part in this decision. I decided to let my nation go dormant and defend the Oblivion when required and I was fairly successful on this front for a while. However, my plan went a bit pair shaped after being involved in a major accident on the 26th December. Having lost most of my faculties other than the ability to think and sit in front of the computer, I spent most of my time playing CN. I slowly recovered over the next couple of months and as the Australian academic semester drew closer and my schedule began to fill up, I realized I could no longer manage my recovery, fulfil my other real life commitments and play CN -- even as a dormant player. The amount of time I chewed up during the first two weeks of this war only confirmed this conclusion and compounded the urgency of quitting. In you're wondering why I left TSO, I had posted a resignation that was to come into effect at the end of the war but one of the Commanders I had been locking horns with over the past couple of weeks insisted I leave beforehand. After leaving TSO I found I had too much nation strength to hit the six individuals I wanted to go rogue on so I decided a fun way to shed some pixels was by nuking Grey Council. They were not quite the pushovers I expect, insofar as they sanctioned me on every team, but they were still pretty laughable. If you do not have anyone you particularly want to hit on your way out, I would highly recommend having a chop at them. I am now in range of most of the nations I wanted to hit -- elborrador (reaction would be priceless), Grub (obvious reasons), Archon (Crymson would get a raging boner), [s]Franesca[/s] feralboy (obvious reasons), sup4 (reaction would also be priceless) -- but unfortunately, Grey Council is bent on swallowing nukes until I delete.

[quote name='elborrador' date='28 February 2010 - 09:12 PM' timestamp='1267355750' post='2208120'] why do you suck? seriously. [/quote] Why are you such an abrasive little bugger? Seriously, I'm not saying you need to hold hands and be mates with everyone but there is such a thing as sportsmanship and common courtesy.

[quote name='raasaa' date='28 February 2010 - 06:09 PM' timestamp='1267344761' post='2207987'] Thats the only part i like about TSO [/quote] What part of TSO not caring about your opinion don't you understand?

[quote name='watchman' date='28 February 2010 - 02:22 AM' timestamp='1267287974' post='2206586'] LOL Iggy o/ RandomWoman I have had too many incidents like this. For instance, the other day, my wife and I were turning in for the night and all of a sudden I yell "Oh !@#$!" and run out of the room. I come back a few minutes later and the wife asks me what the problem was. Me: "Oh. Nothing. I just forgot to buy my nuke. I only get one a day. Good night." The Wife: "um... You bought a nuclear bomb?" It took me ten minutes to explain. [/quote] I have been known to run drop everything in the middle of BBQs and other alcohol-fuelled social events to log into CN before update to accept foreign aid offers to not waste slots.

[quote name='MaGneT' date='27 February 2010 - 03:30 PM' timestamp='1267248825' post='2205922']I'm not confused. But MCXA's leadership never expressed their disapproval with the whole of BLEU. Oh, lordy. You left because NPO wanted ES alienated. [/quote] I'll take your word for it champ

Grey Council were better than I expected but still intensely crap.

[quote name='elborrador' date='27 February 2010 - 03:02 PM' timestamp='1267247154' post='2205881'] please, they left BLEU to get into one vision. They sold us out, plains and simple. [/quote] No, we left BLEU because ES completely alienated us as friends.

[quote name='MaGneT' date='27 February 2010 - 10:50 AM' timestamp='1267232054' post='2205588'] You supported the war with NADC. You fought alongside us. That's support. You even supported attacking the whole alliance again because 20% of them were violating terms. I don't recall any of MCXA's government members saying anything against that war. I could be wrong, though, that was over two years ago, so feel free to log dump. [/quote] Do not confuse honouring treaties with supporting a cause.

[quote name='magicninja' date='26 February 2010 - 05:34 PM' timestamp='1267169908' post='2204663'] Well anyone caught outside the AA while launching attacks will be deemed a rogue, a sanction will be requested, and if they use nukes during that time they will be subject to ZI even after TSO and GATO peace out. Fair warning. [/quote] Thank you for clarifying the definition of a rogue for everyone.

[quote name='magicninja' date='26 February 2010 - 05:29 PM' timestamp='1267169603' post='2204653'] On a side note have you guys really been changing AA's so you can slip into peacemode? [/quote] Not as far as I am aware.

[quote name='raasaa' date='26 February 2010 - 04:58 PM' timestamp='1267167708' post='2204620'] x number of years....this is your first year of existence I don't really care whether TSO listens to a group of individual or takes their statements seriously.....TSO announcements are always fun to rant in.[/quote] One of the luxeries of misinformation is not having to care about the opinions of those you are trying to slight. TSO has only existed for a year but its founding members have been dealing with alot of the same crap since before the split.

[quote name='Sup4l33t3ki11a' date='25 February 2010 - 02:31 PM' timestamp='1267072508' post='2202606'] I think we should all give up trying to convince TSO of what they did. Their members are either indoctrinated, liars, or were simply too inactive to know what was/is actually going on. Lets just get back to destroying their infra. And yes.. wooooohooo... Sam or Celt or who knows who... I await your reply of "No YOU are indoctrinated a liar and were inactive and have no idea what is going on" *yawn* On a side note, I'd like to thank all the people like Hizzy and Sponge (and many more) who continue to fight this menace that is TSO on the forums. What TSO did still remains unpunished by those who rightfully deserve revenge and I hope this will be corrected in the near future. o/ [/quote] Giving up would be a prudent decision. I doubt TSO is going to listen to a group of individuals who sport a rather large chip on their collective shoulder and have been propagating the same slanderous crap for the past x number of years. Not to fear though! When you prove yourselves capable of making accusations based on anything that comes close to resembling accurate and complete information, I am sure they will start to take you seriously and do their earnest to comprehensively address the points you raise.