Callebaut

Personally, I think IDP is the only way to play. After several years of exclusive IDP league participation, my knowledge/appreciation for defensive schemes and players has grown incredibly. As for their fantasy relevance, I would say they matter, but are only occasional game changers. A team owner who ignores/makes poor decisions on defense will suffer, while a good team owner can milk an extra 5-10% edge over his opponents (average over the season). Sometimes, though, with takeaways or defensive TDs, they can make a huge difference. Also, it was an honor to win last year. My team was not the highest scoring, but I had fairly high consistency and a good coaching efficiency. Edging out TBRaiders was mere luck, though. Here's to this year.

Who is it that keeps track of the number of nations on Planet Bob? We crossed 13,000 recently.

All sorts of reasons to appreciate OsRaven.

Tetrad Vult!

[quote name='Stewie' timestamp='1338829666' post='2976928'] Well another part of the Stewie age doctrine is for alliances to eat each other... [/quote] Most recently with NSO's unannounced consumption of Carpe Diem.

Alliances around the 100 mark are moving. PPO, Tetris, and FoB all gained around 10% in May, but didn't change their spot on the list.

Aw yeah Tetris, ride that streak. Alternative post: Out of the "Multiple @ 14 days" we had before, a single victor emerges.

I personally can't stand when an alliance makes an announcement without every once spelling out their full name. Acronym-only announcements are terrible. Congrats, though, I guess.

Gopher, as always, you do amazing work. I like the inclusion of Alliance Politics Review.

Well I guess this is pretty ok.

[quote name='Gopherbashi' timestamp='1323320564' post='2868393'] I'm not even gonna try and figure out who Doomhouse declared on. [/quote] Umbrella has declarations on: CRAP, TTK, and CSN MK has declarations on: CRAP, TTK, CSN, and NPL GOONS has declarations on: CRAP, TTK, CSN, and NPL Alchemy has declarations on: CRAP, TTK, CSN, and NPL so far. So 4 alliances apiece (no one in NPL is in range for Umb, but it was a bloc declaration, so meh).

Let's call it the "You Know What We Haven't Had In A While? A" War. or Grudge Match. [img]http://www.ps3attitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/grudge-match-300x227.jpg[/img]

[quote name='The Pansy' timestamp='1322458228' post='2854304'] Gangbang on IRON Olympus is looking forwards to taking your 41st place in the sanction race [/quote] IRON is the new GOONS. :strategy:

If an alliance drops below 20 members, they drop from the list. I'm too lazy to check, but I'd assume BTA lost one member, and only a small portion of their score.

If it's easy, a NS chart by coalition would be pretty cool.

I'm interested, and will be sending a PM shortly. Picking a team name is always the hardest, ha. EDIT: Also, IDP leagues are the best leagues.

Hide valuables. Giving notice to the neighbors can be a good idea depending on how well they know you (the better they know you, the better an idea to give them heads up). If possible, lock your mom's bedroom so "unsavory" things don't happen in there. Also, have a good f***ing time and worry about the mess the morning/afternoon after.

Congratulations on the first year, KoH. I hope things are well, and that you continue to grow.

Congratulations to my allies over in IRON, and to the fantastic people in Umbrella. Also, ODN and IRON are now separated by a single (albeit optional) degree. This is good news, in my opinion, but also very interesting given the history between the two in the months immediately leading up to Karma, and the years since.

Using exactly the numbers stated in the July update (the NG and TLR numbers are probably wrong, but I have no frame of reference), the sanction race had a net loss of 178 member nations. If you ignore NG and TLR, that jumps up to a net loss of 260 member nations.

[quote name='Marneus Calgar' timestamp='1312262157' post='2769846'] Why not today? [/quote] For the suspense.

Congrats to our allies in IRON for their second PIAT turned ODP. Congrats to the good people over at NG too! For a non obligatory treaty, this one is more politically interesting than most.

I actually opened the old thread and read the context, and that 12th post from Tedyyo was a quote of a DoE Batallion wrote whilst drunk. He posted it for humor's sake, but I suppose it makes a lot of sense that their drunken joke of a charter was the closest they ever got to the real thing. Also, PC protected these guys? OOPS.

Congratulations to all involved in Powerful Friends, this will make for a very well unified military bloc. Prawn Farmers' small numbers are very concentrated amongst the NS spectrum (read: upper tier), so it will be very difficult to defeat, but then Precious Ferrite also won't even touch the mid and lower tiers of any opponent. Good thing they have allies! Also, two notes on the treaty text: The joint treaty clause is interesting. I don't remember seeing it in any other bloc treaties, and it seems like a way of acknowledging defacto bloc members, and then making it very difficult to cancel or modify the agreement. I always worry about mandatory voting periods to approve war without some exception allowed to expedite circumstances. Depending on the publicity of the event that provides the CB, and depending on the OPSEC integrity of Phony Fakes, 48 hours could allow for an undesirable rally for the opposing side (perhaps a rally to PM ). If I were in one of the alliances in Potent Finns, I would be pushing for a clause that allows any given alliance to act after 12 hours notice, or something, provided they willing give up the possibility of a unified declaration. Or possibly a clause that states that once all member alliances have submitted a vote, the remaining voting period can be skipped.

Tetris sucks. Too many announcements! Was expecting to see you protect another micro. You just want to be a part of all the drama.