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It depends on the circumstance. Some people are more sensitive to it than others. For Example: Sometimes a nation decides to leave an alliance, or their previous alliance fails, and they advertise for recruitment. We had an incident one time where such an event happened, and within hours we sent a message to this nation with a proposal for joining us. Within those few hours they had already joined another alliance. They in turn talked (ran to and cried?) to their new alliance and this alliance (a rather large one) threatened us (a rather small alliance) with war for poaching. My opinion was it was overreacting or a set-up. Either way, both that person and that alliance lost respect points from us. I agree with the intentional poaching to bring economic or political harm is bad, yet both those that rush to war or bullying need to investigate before threatening.

While my opinion of STA is less than stellar, this move is commendable. Respect points earned for the principle stand.

yeah VE! O/ o7 Congrats to all my friends in there.

Congrats Impero! o/ VE

Wow, respect point here.

I love this party!

This is too bad, as i like iFOK. But, if this is what both of you want, i offer my congratulations. Becareful what you wish for . . .

As some one who has lost trade partners because raiders have chased them from Bob, I fully support this. WTG people!

Oh, but CoJ missionaries, do not forget that enculteration brings with it many STDs.

WTG Olympus!

thanks for the heads-up

I'm liking you more and more

I do not need this during midterms. My population will vomit. Back to the academics . . .

[quote name='Mustakrakish II' date='17 March 2010 - 01:41 PM' timestamp='1268851587' post='2228404'] "though their were many signs that pointed strongly to this at the time of the raid and directly afterwards." Wrong "their" Good luck with this situation PC [/quote] For real? Grammar police on an international forum?

[quote name='Joe Stupid' date='16 March 2010 - 12:19 AM' timestamp='1268717096' post='2227071'] ooc: your sig and avatar are awesome what is it? [/quote] It is from [url="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0365830/"]Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny[/url], a slightly entertaining movie for metal heads.

[quote name='Tidy Bowl Man' date='15 March 2010 - 11:05 PM' timestamp='1268712652' post='2226982'] Probably going to be the quickest anarchy, with me being anarchied, in dueling history. My only hope is I last longer than, Mr. Excessive Fail himself, RyanGDI. [/quote] Ok, you made me laugh with a reference to that asshat!

[quote name='The Big Bad' date='15 March 2010 - 07:52 PM' timestamp='1268701043' post='2226773'] Oh this is brilliant. I think PC might want to raid you at this point. [/quote] Well, if I understand the PC regs correctly, and following PC's example, FORA is open for raiding. They are too small to qualify for the off limits clause and regardless of a protectorate the first day of raiding is free.

[quote name='Dochartaigh' date='15 March 2010 - 06:24 PM' timestamp='1268695777' post='2226676'] i thought Celestial Being was created to help victims of raids. it seems that FORa was a victim of a raid. wait, so now instead of a defensive action, you are claiming that it is a mass raid on BOC since you were bored? heh. should have stuck with the other story. [/quote] Now that's not how they do it. This makes them feel good. It validates the small-man complex, the need they have to pick on others (bullies?), and I imagine they want the admiration of their big sis.

[quote name='Tidy Bowl Man' date='14 March 2010 - 09:25 PM' timestamp='1268623870' post='2225973'] For some reason, FORA seems to have a sign on its back telling every last harebrained barely-aligned Digiterran to raid us. . . . So anyway, an unfortunate alliance calling itself The Blue Oyster Cult has a member, roadkilla9. He decided to raid one of our guys, he must not have realized that raiding an aligned member of an alliance larger than you is a [i]really bad idea[/i]. We're a bloodthirsty and easily distracted lot, and there happens to be a bunch of shiny tech in their alliance. [/quote] [quote name='jgator' date='14 March 2010 - 09:48 PM' timestamp='1268625240' post='2225995'] Not that at all, in the OP they mentioned they had been raided a few other times besides this one. So we felt it might not be a bad idea to remind people that Forite Order of Raids and Anarchy (FORA) is a protectorate of ours. [/quote] Well, how I read this, it seems some "others" had been raiding them. They got tired/annoyed/(insert your disgruntled adjective) of it, and decide to take out their anger on this whole alliance because of one guy. Ok, so they were having a bad day before the handicapped kid looked at them funny and they decide to react with: f'em, let's gangbang the whole lot of'em.

Of course, of course, can't beat up on the handicap with out big sis being the cheerleader

This will be interesting. It's like beating up a whole family because the handicap child looked at you funny.

Yay, ICAN did!

Well played PC. Hopefully next time it won't appear to come about as result of the court of public opinion.(well hopefully there will not be a next time, but hey, what alliance doesn't get an ignorant member from time to time)