Ivan Moldavi
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On 9/10/2022 at 11:47 PM, Electron Sponge said:
Well you know what they say about whatever alliance you're in
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This is the best thing I’ve read on Al Gore’s internet in a long time.
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So...just popping in here to point out that I was never a Francoist and never supported it beyond its use as a tool for manipulating the masses. I’m sorry that some have evidently drunk too much of the kool-aid over the years but it is definitely not okay to be considered an OOC fascist under any circumstances in my opinion. Keep it IC kids.
Also, hello.
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5 hours ago, Mogar said:
If you are talking of the first great war, then it was simply their size compared to other alliances, they were the biggest on the block by a decent margin, if you are talking of later on it was Moo and other leaders who eventually formed the coalition of cowards steadfast belief that they could not be betrayed into a losing battle that caused Pacifica to get steamrolled.
I agree with this summary. Several of the events that happened after GW1 ran contrary to my policies. Different Emperors had different agendas.
Also, if Legion had honoured their treaty then GW1 may have gone differently. As it was, the aggressors were able to get a personal apology from me and nothing more. Hardly a steamroll.
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7 hours ago, Lord Hitchcock said:
Well, since Devialance is a !@#$% and just crapshoots his good for nothing ass on things rather than doing things himself I will intervene.
This thread is great, it's taking a historical turn and it includes legendary Ivan.
So here I ask old timers (and Ivan):
It's my understanding that Ivan was a Co-founder of NPO, him along with like 11? other people and he also served as emperor there at one point. Of course NAAC was the threat at the time on blue and I understand that Ivan was a backbone architect of forming Polaris on blue as a counter to NAAC.
This is where my history becomes fuzzy, eventually somehow and someway Polaris ended being ran by NAAC (to an extent). Something happened there where the very people Polar was formed to counter ended up becoming Polar itself. Was this why the orders split in the first place? Was Ivan's failure to bring them back together the reason for his departure?
And so I ask, Ivan took a break and eventually came back and formed NSO. But why? He certainly had leverage in either of his former two white knight alliances, so what was the purpose of creating NSO? I am certain it partly played into him not being leader, but I would wager he had more stake in Polaris (as it was more solo his credit) than Pacifica (as his founding of the aa sits alongside 11? others). Ivan takes pride in banding together misfits, was it really what he wanted or really only what he had left to work with?
Was there ever a thought to link the three orders? Was it a middle finger to his first two alliances?
Ivan- old timers- what am I missing here?
I was the first Emperor of the NPO here. I was elected. I founded Polar and was the first Emperor there. After GW1 and overseeing the rebuilding of the NPO to the top spot in the game I resigned as Emperor. For Polar, I passed it to Tygaland early on because I didn't have time to run both effectively.
NSO was an experiment that was meant to pull together people that were traditionally oppositional to the NPO and/or Polar and indoctrinate them to my way of thinking. It was not meant to be subservient to any other alliance, but was meant to be friendly to the other two for the most part. It was designed to be something different than the others and different from most of the rest of CN. By and large the structures I started with have remained in place even if the friendliness between the three faltered at points.
Polar eventually came to include active NAAC people because they needed somewhere to go when their alliance failed. That happens often in CN, or at least it used to. No one who eventually controlled Polar was secretly a NAAC sleeper or anything, they had all adjusted to the Order.
The same can be said for the NPO and NSO. Some of the Emperors/Empresses were once people that fought against the Orders.
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12 hours ago, Devialance said:
Yet you care enough to make a reply, and to state twice you do not care, who are you trying to convince with that?, They say when someone always claim they do not care it is simply to hide the fact that they do, Also yes legends can be forgotten in time, again you do not care so what does it matter yet you had taken the time to point it out. Also how have you ever contributed to the development of this game when you clearly do not care, how can someone actively promote better game play when they do not care.
Welcome back Ivan, once a jackass always a jackass and a jackass you shall remain.It took me approximately 20 seconds to read your response, and ten to type this.
No care needed.
Also, I've never claimed to be otherwise.
EDIT: regarding my contributions to this game...do a little research - maybe look up Moderation on the old forums.
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11 hours ago, VLs Revenge said:
Hi All,
I haven't posted in the OWF in so many years as I think you will agree 99% of topics here are far from edifying.
However, I am breaking what is now a long tradition to mark a significant occasion. My old friend Ivan here has decided this world no longer requires his presence and has decided to leave it in the fashion he lived in it.
Ivan and I go way back. Initially friends by inter alliance agreements, we remained so until The Legion saw through the veil of lies and dishonour Ivan and his cronies spun. The legion rightfully reacted to this.
Ivan has been butthurt ever since and even though our friendship with GATO nearly destroyed the Legion in GW3 here we are many years later witnessing another of Ivans tantrums.
Again, he proves his dishonour as we know he intends to spend what remaining days his alliance have hitting the new legionnaires, our weakest and least able to defend themselves, a strategy that can be said to be like a grown man targeting a child.
His comments here as ever are white noise, the emptiest can being the loudest.
What is forgotten is the Legion of today still has the same tenets of loyalty and decency we had when we began our odyssey in this place 11 years ago.
Have Fun NSO stealing lollypops! It’s your final legacy on planet Bob.
Yeah, this is incorrect.
First, I didn't select the target, I just drafted the declaration and included a few of my own comments.
Second, if you want to talk about it, Legion failed to uphold their treaty and stabbed me in the back without cause or justification. That has been proven countless times and I see no reason to rehash it here.
Finally, it is a sad state that your so-called alliance can't protect new nations that join you. Isn't that the sole reason for an alliance? Blaming the NSO for the incompetence of your internal structure is just the latest in the long long list of inadequacies Legion has represented in its long history.
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2 hours ago, Devialance said:
Then why not just stay gone, see its people like you that has caused the down fall to this world, dead people should just stay dead instead of making new nations and acting big after the world clearly had forgotten you.
When a legend dies (As much as it pains me most did see you as such) they hold this light in the darkness, however when they return it seems that light was nothing more than a flicker and it needs to be left turned off.Oh, I think you have (yet again) misunderstood.
First, you contradict yourself. Was I a 'legend' or was I forgotten? It can't actually be both.
Second, and this is the important bit, I don't care.
If the game is faltering and dying, why would it matter if someone comes back and makes a post? Logically, how is it even possible that having someone create a nation is the 'reason' for the downfall of the game? That doesn't make any sense.
Further, how is it logical that people like myself, who actively contributed to the development of this game in many more ways than just alliance announcements, are the reason? Again, you make no sense.
Regardless, it's important to remember what I said above: I don't care.
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1 hour ago, Devialance said:
Lots of stuff I barely glanced at but thought to respond to anyway...
Right. So you didn't bother to read the rest of the thread or any of my prior posts, correct? Makes sense. People like you are a large part of why I left.
I'm not actually involved in the war, nor am I actually requesting help. It was a comment made in jest because of the lack of active involvement at the time from Legion.
As to the rest of the drivel, meh.
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6 hours ago, Konkrage1 said:
You have said this several times already; I can practically feel you begging us to validate your empty threat.
It's cool, you guys can hang around. We aren't foolish enough to assume that we'll be at the top of CN, so you aren't spoiling any secret Legion plans or anything of the sort. You picked a mostly irrelevant alliance (in global politics) to be the target of your irrelevant end-game. Though, I guess it is fitting that even in your last potentially relevant move you continue to reinforce your complete irrelevancy.
Stick around, choose some solid targets, share the green love. It's all good on our end brotha.
So, let me get this straight. Your argument is that the NSO is irrelevant because the Legion is irrelevant? Okay, good to know. Thanks for your input.
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5 hours ago, Lord Hitchcock said:
It's extremely boring.
Gone are the days when war actually mattered because it was a race to the top.
My recommendations for a fun war are screen shotting active governments for embarrassment, planning secret treaties, back dooring wars to get the delicious responses, publicly calling for disbandment.
There needs to be spice added into it or it will be bland.
I call for Legion to disband.
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So is it just me or is this pretty boring? Can we get a few other alliances involved? Anyone want to hit Legion? Free tech evidently.
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34 minutes ago, rabonnobar said:
From some bantering with my opponents, I just remembered Legion's neutrality in GW2. It's why I left Legion and went to CDS.
The CB of this war is now Legions GW2 neutrality.
I was thinking even older than that but this works too.
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7 minutes ago, Lord Hitchcock said:
I really hope you stay longer and I look forwarded to getting to know you.
You seem cool.
This surprises me because Junka made you out to be some essay writing soft nuetral he'd often refer to, and use your name in vain every time he screws up (which is literally, every time).
I don't know Junka, but based on his posts here I can definitely see your point.
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2 hours ago, Immortan Junka said:
This seems more like a situation where NSO invited Ivan to write the war declaration than him actually being a part of the war. His nation is still on none and he was last active as a member of NPO, not NSO iirc.
If NSO's goal is to simply burn things down and not grow as a civilized alliance down the road then it is a rogue alliance by definition and it wouldn't be necessary for Legion's allies to formally declare war in order to defend them.
I was always a fan of Ivan back when he lead the Orders at their peak but I always admired Vladimir more for a reason I guess. Have fun all.
Lots of people admired Vladimir. That's just how it goes sometimes.
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8 hours ago, Fox Fire said:
I do like NPO and never had the pleasure (or displeasure?) of meeting you..... But my first contact with you, you feel like a dick.
(Insert hate mail from enemies and allies alike, please).
Missed this earlier.
Hello, my name is Ivan. If you read any of my posts from the distant past you will likely find your initial impression to be well founded. Cheers!
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9 minutes ago, Morphine said:
Not sure why anybody would want to end an alliance by losing a war to the Legion but whatever floats your boats.
Well some people (prob just me) may hope that others will decide to attack Legion too just for fun and beat them to dust. But maybe that's just me.
Regardless, while I don't know you because I don't know much of anyone here, you strike me as the sort that would have said the exact opposite if we had decided to attack a smaller alliance that we could beat. Whatever floats your boat I guess.
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8 minutes ago, Conred said:
I was wondering what happened to the post you made the night before. Little early huh lol
Yeah, some people's night ended up being my morning so there was some confusion on my part. It happens.
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13 minutes ago, Morphine said:
Ivan, Ive always respected you but you want to call The Legion cowards when NSO wouldnt even defend their fiercest allies in Kashmir. It is NSO that is full of cowards.
I'm personally not aware of what occurred between NSO and Kashmir. We did consider declaring on MHA utilizing the Moldavi Doctrine but they are evidently close to peace.
As for Legion, I've personally found the alliance repugnant for over a decade. So meh...
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42 minutes ago, Blackatron said:
It is depressing that LPCN drama seems to get more attention than Ivan Moldavi declaring war on a sanctioned alliance.
Well, it's early yet and it has already gained almost as much attention as GATO's birthday.
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In March of 2009, I brought forth a new order here in the Cyberverse. My intentions were nefarious, my methods menacing, and my potential unassailable. For the time it was the fastest alliance to reach a million in strength to have ever existed here.
The New Sith Order was a collection of unsavory characters from the start. I negotiated an end to permanent ZI for several nations in order to have them as part of the first governmental structures. It was a group of misfits and underachievers with potential. In many ways, they exceeded that potential, even after I was but a memory.
I do not claim responsibility for the successes of the NSO. I was short-lived in the role of Emperor and my bluster was often too much for the idle-brained masses of the CN world. But I am still proud of the institution I helped establish. I am glad to see that the challenge system that was a pinnacle of our structure survived and that many of those that we once called enemies and competition came to be friends.
While the end result was a move from the Brown Sphere because of the goliath that dominated that trading region. I believe the Terra-Cotta Pact resulted in some of our best members and am glad that they stuck around when their own alliances, our old comrades, faded.
The NSO won more than it lost, it has given more than its taken, and it goes out on its own terms, just as it arrived – by not giving a damn about what anyone else in the Cyberverse thinks of it.
I salute those that made the community greater than I could have possibly contemplated and those that have stuck it out time after time in favor of telling the larger bullies of the CN world to shove it up their collective asses.
You will be missed and the Cyberverse will be diminished with your absence.
- Ivan Moldavi, Founder of the NSO -
Quasi-Imperial Statement from the New Sith Order
I've always disliked Legion.
They have proven themselves to be cowards, liars, backstabbers, and just generally a poor quality alliance all around.
In light of these facts, we in the New Sith Order have decided that we no longer wish to share our oxygen with them.
If anyone else thinks they are hard enough, come get some.
Signed,
Ivan Moldavi
Imperator Emeritus of the NSO
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Congratulations.
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26) Athens: This alliance gets a wild hair up its $@! every once in a while which results in massive drama. Stays.
Disbanded, 1.I believe you scored this one incorrectly.
Otherwise, this was a nice thing to see this morning when perusing the forums after some absence. Dopp was one of the best of us.
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Congratulations to the new Emperor.
Also, regarding length of service, quality wins out over quantity.
A Message of Love from Polaris
in Alliance Announcements (IC)
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Yes, that is generally how these sorts of things should go.