rsoxbronco1

We should all strive to be more seaworthy

I have seen your scars and beheld your commitment, RV.

How quickly we all forget our history

Just a note, but MK left C&G 3 years before we disbanded. edit: which is a confusing statement since I think I was leading Athens or at least 2nd in command at the time MK left (I can't remember) and didn't join MK until September 2011

Until someone can please point me to an occasion when a C&G member declined to honor their commitment to the bloc, I will find these critiques lacking. I voted in ODN, INT, and GATO and never had reason to regret that decision. Atlas doesn’t even exist anymore and I’m sure they were fine. SLAP has Gaurav and I trust his taste in alliances just as I trust the leadership of C&G to put to bloc first and make good membership decisions.

10 Years of Complaints & Grievances 10 years ago today, the 7 alliances you can't say on Planet Bob, facing certain annihilation, formed the longest lasting, most influential, and greatest MADP bloc in history. Born into a world of sycophants, hangers-on, and yes-men preoccupied with their individual safety, only the Complaints and Grievances Union looked the NPO hegemony in the eye and said, "No." We knew the world could be a better place. We knew the bonds of friendship and unyielding loyalty were stronger than the shackles and chains of fear. We also knew the better world of which we dreamt would not happen overnight. We knew there would be consequences. Friends > Infra became our rallying cry against the corruption of the noCB War and the contemptible reparations demanded of us from a defensive war. Though forced to surrender, C&G won a great strategic victory, giving the world a glimpse of a better future where loyalty and comradery supplant fear and brute force. In the aftermath of noCB, many began to question if new ties with independent and undeniably loyal C&G alliances were preferable to relationships with failing, bootlicking alliances like GGA, IRON, TPF, NATO, Echelon, and literally everyone from the !@#$hole that is purple. The world began to change. Complaints and Grievances welcomed the like-minded alliances of Vanguard and the Greenland Republic into thefreeworld, building on a modern foundation of friendship and loyalty and not the archaic 'meatshield' structure of older blocs. The NPO and their lackeys tried in vain to claw back the power slipping from their grasp, but Complaints and Grievances, with new found friends, fanned the spark of independence into the flame of Karma and ushered in a new era that saw the death of the Continuum and NPO's hegemony. Our very existence no longer under constant threat from NPO's hegemony, C&G continued to grow, joined by our new friends in the Federation of Buccaneers and the Orange Defense Network. Now at the height of our power and influence, Complaints and Grievances found ourselves preemptively attacked by The Order of the Paradox and various garbage alliances like IRON, TSO, TORN, and their ilk all looking to carve off a pound of flesh. Once again, the strength of our friendship and loyalty saw C&G through the fire and to victory. The International and the Global Alliance and Treaty Organization became the newest additions to C&G as time progressed and the world continued to change. The Mushroom Kingdom had long since departed the bloc, but remained closely tied. Athens, =LOST=, and Greenland Republic merged to form The Last Remnants. The old leadership slipped away and new leaders stood up to take the reigns. Atlas joined before eventually merging into GATO and the Sovereign League of Armed Powers became the newest member almost 9 years after the original signatories put pen to paper. We fought wars we won. We fought wars we lost. We fought wars we can't even remember. Flags changed, leaders changed, alliances changed, and the world changed. Through it all we've never wavered in our resolve, never shirked a responsibility, and most importantly never strayed from our core principles. I want to shout out everyone I can remember who has made C&G a special group over the years. If you feel left out, please reach out during regular business hours. Airme, Stormsend, Archon, lebubu, Trace, SirWilliam, Wargarden, Ninmeister, Hombre De Murcielago, yesitsbobby, Devilyn Caster, Londo Mollari, Lightning Delta, rushsykes, Jgoods, Head penguin, MoK, Stumpy Jung Il aka trashcat aka King of Purple , Wing01, Corrupt, James, Ezto, Denial, QTUN, Rafa Nadal, Napoleon, Negev, user drai, Shamedmonkey, Ilselu1, Al, Virillus, Kestral, Sal, Shinpah, Jacko, eZe, OsRavan, Arsenal, Sunstar, Joracy, Merlin, Banksy, FinnishCommie, Trotsky, Voodoo Nova, Mandellav, letub, Laslo Kenez, magicninja, and stumpy again just for good measure Special thanks to anyone in 2008-2009 NPO high gov. Couldn't have done it without you guys! As always, our hours of operation are from 12:59pm to 1pm and we look forward to fielding all your complaints and grievances. To C&G!

I see your scars, RV.

So long, farewell, $%&@ off.

I expect many small minds to post in this thread.

Hi Bob.

I would like to point out a couple things:   1. Your sweeping generalizations of MK/MQ membership demographics are tragically flawed.  You clearly don't know your enemy.    I'm sure your work is very important and that the 12 Screen Regal Cinema would grind to a screeching halt without you, but let's not pretend that CN nation building is some arduous task that requires hours of free time every week to accomplish.   You're unwilling/unable to commit the time necessary to influence this world through politics.  This is the reason you are neutral.   2. Despite the jokes about Hime's Red Phone with a direct line to admin, it is laughable to suggest that you are somehow more important than a nation that does not donate.  From an objective standpoint, nations like yourself have value because they support the game.   That said you're boring as hell, contribute nothing else, and are generally a waste of space.  Deal with it.   Admin, in his infinite wisdom, foresaw such blights as yourself and actually designed the game to support you.   It's too bad you didn't use it.

Judge a man by the quality of his enemies.

The helmet is to protect from all the Canadians he has to run over :P

You hear from who?   Nobody in MK has told you anything but you still hear things.   It's ok to say "I pulled this out of my ass" we won't judge.

Implying you're not required to wear a helmet anyway.