Professor Chaos

Mushroom Kingdom for most active alliance. Mushroom Kingdom for only alliance.

I'll bet dollars to donuts that the 500-1000 member population swell you saw during the last war was comprised mostly of returning people who got word from old friends that something interesting finally happened. When the war ended, and everything stagnated again, you saw the global population trend right itself and return to "plunging" status. It's nice to think that maybe there's an untapped internet community, but the reality is this: every forum that already spawned its own alliance has probably already sent us most of the people it's going to send. I'd be interested in seeing an average age of all player accounts. Obviously there's been an extended and continuing exodus of players, and frankly it's hard to blame people sometimes. According to the all nations display, 103 new nations were created on November 30. How does that number compare to the past? Has anyone checked that kind of statistic before? I'm wondering if the same number of people are registering, but the population keeps shrinking just due to older players leaving. Or, in addition to the diaspora of older players, is recruitment also down?

[quote name='Robster83' timestamp='1296856109' post='2619530'] Yeah guys, keep on driving people away from the game. [/quote] It's not a matter of driving people away, it's people being honest with someone who is in desperate need of more time spent in the world and in an alliance with competent leadership (lol UPN, you'd have no idea what that was like). If this guy starts his own alliance, I guarantee he gets no members and three raids on him immediately. Would you prefer everyone had told him "Ooh! A contest with great prizes! You're sure to succeed! Unicorns and happiness for everyone!" instead of being honest?

[IMG]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b306/mmeehan/WAEsig1a.gif[/IMG] That's all, really. Good luck with this. o/ Doomhouse

Oh, it's already been brought'n.

[quote name='Master-Debater' timestamp='1295928153' post='2597882'] I cant !@#$@#$ believe how low you have sunk. [/quote] You'll get over it.

Hail Archon. Hail MK. Hail Doomhouse! Roll the nemesis.

Oh good. Now Lolar is assured victory.

Your DoW isn't funny. Have fun getting spanked by the good guys, though.

[quote name='The Corrupt Teacher' timestamp='1295420569' post='2583404'] Impeccable timing. I love the update blitz...(no wrong)...good job preventing them from running into peace mode?...no...Okay terrible DoW timing overall and I hope you guys don't get reamed with reps when you inevitably fail. [/quote] At least they have a good flag...oh wait. No, you were right the first time. There is nothing good about this DoW.

[quote name='abdur' timestamp='1295417677' post='2583300'] Winner winner chicken dinner? [/quote] Nope. Maleatu was sporting a new sig when I posted that Falloutboy need not enter- and not the one I made, so I went ahead and cleared out the storage space.

[quote name='Falloutboy' timestamp='1295412841' post='2582791'] I'll throw something up tomorrow. [/quote] Based on the post before yours and Maleatu's new sig, that probably won't be necessary.

Lennox is the best.

Edit: Nothing to see here.

VE, I love you guys. Stop using Copperplate.

[quote name='Ardus' timestamp='1295328958' post='2580295'] You're right. The latter involves more !@#$%^&* before the shooting starts. [/quote] VE shot first. At least in the good version.

[quote name='D34th' timestamp='1295327736' post='2580228'] [img]http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/236/vedoublestandards.gif[/img] [/quote] This far exceeds your normal standard. Well done, but... [quote name='Believland' timestamp='1295328010' post='2580246'] Why tissue paper? Is it due to the fact that you think both CB's are flimsy? jw [/quote] you're giving him way too much credit.

[quote name='D34th' timestamp='1295323389' post='2579933'] [img]http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/4817/npowarpropaganda18.png[/img] [/quote] Does this mean Lolar is expecting tensions to rise to nuclear weapons being fired? Are you guys planning on first-strike nuking?

[quote name='Crazy Crazy' timestamp='1295321483' post='2579804'] Ok, now it is just a bit overkill. 3 alliances totaling out to around 20 million strength declaring war on 1 alliance of about 16.5 million strength over logs that may or may not be manufactured; when even in those logs it is someone outside of NpO who infiltrated on his own free will while the guy from NpO just talked to him for $h*ts and giggles. If it would have been VE & PC or VE & iFok, I could understand. That evens out the numbers in strength and in players. But all 3 of you against 1 is a little disproportionate and by disproportionate, I mean Mike Tyson VS. 1 Mike Tyson & 2 Manny Pacquiaos. So, I guess you could say, "it was fair until..............". [/quote] Good thing Lolar has treaty partners who will back them up in this unjust, unbalanced, and unfair fight! Right? Right? o/ Viridia Congrats on starting the war everyone on the planet has been begging for. Funny to see how many are now whining about it after finding they're on the wrong side.

D34th, you use a lot of drop shadows. It really makes it look like you're not confident in your designs- like you feel like they're not done until you've blurred the edge on something. It makes me sad for you. I'll have a few looks for you guys soon. And I promise, no drop shadows.

[quote name='Maelstrom Vortex' timestamp='1295209614' post='2577528'] Your threat doesn't scare us. Archon however, doesn't want to relay your true intent. You tell me who's boots are shaking. [/quote] Not a threat in the slightest. I'm just discussing a point that you brought up. You basically said that unless NPO decides to strike first, it will count the battle as lost and not bother fighting.

[quote name='Maelstrom Vortex' timestamp='1295208873' post='2577515'] So I'll just ask you directly Professor Chaos. Does MK support this rogue or not? Feel free to have any of your royalty answer this as well. A simple yes or no will suffice. [/quote] I'm in no position to answer such an inquiry. You'll have to direct your questions to the MK embassy in Francograd.

[quote name='Maelstrom Vortex' timestamp='1295208276' post='2577505'] If you let your opponents dictate the time and place of battle, you may as well give them the war. [/quote] So we could launch a full-scale nuclear assault on the government of the NPO, and you guys wouldn't want war over it? Good to know. I'll pass that info along to our government.

[quote name='Letum' timestamp='1295207847' post='2577489'] What, you want us to attack them over this? Seriously? [/quote] Other members of your alliance are blatantly calling this MK-sponsored rogue activity on the emperor of your alliance, and you don't think that's worthy of war? If that's not a good enough CB for proud Pacifica, I shudder to think of what it [b]would[/b] take.

[quote name='Branimir' timestamp='1295205541' post='2577418'] Refreshing? The same old characters, trying to refuel the same old grudges. lol This is so stale it doesn't get any more. Stuff like this just makes me wanna finally let go of this realm. [/quote] Taking a moment to stop poking you guys with a stick for a second, I'll ask a serious question. What would you have happen instead? Maintenance of the current status quo, where everybody wants to go to war and everyone is too scared to do it? Far too many characters, on both side of the world divide, are too afraid to make the first move. At the very least, Anarch is doing [b]something[/b]. Sir Paul and Cortath poked and prodded at MK, testing like spoiled children, to see just how much they could get away with. Now, thanks to Anarch, their bluffs have been called. How will they respond? Will someone on your end do something about it, or is it just going to be more whining and complaining about how this is an example of how boring the game is? You can't have it both ways- complaining when nobody is willing to do something [b]AND[/b] complaining that the something that gets done isn't interesting enough for your tastes. If you want something different from MK-NPO, make it happen yourself.