Lord Hamercy
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Congratulations, and great job. I for one am impressed with your rapid milestone.
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Nope, even if it's necessary for survival doesn't mean a non-neutral action isn't non-neutral.
This is the equivalent of those who claim that self-defense is "non-neutral." When your alliance is already directly involved in the situation, questions of neutrality become irrelevant. Neutrality is only relevant to relations between 2 or more other parties besides yourself, not between you and another party directly.
Subjecting yourself to foreign rule means you are no longer neutral, you are a tool of those ruling you.Perhaps in some cases this might be the case, but it is not necessarily so. If the best interest of the "foreign ruler" is to restore your neutrality, then you may be better off with them in charge than with maintaining independent sovereignty. I can't imagine that (for example) an NPO viceroy would use the GPA as "meatshield" proxies for any of their other conflicts, which is the sort of thing you seem to insinuate. Would it be hypothetically possible? Yes. Would it seem remotely likely to anybody who knows and trusts (i.e. has ever met) the NPO? No.
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I don't mind the GGA ones so much. At least when I click into them, there's plenty of content there to make up for it. This OP is somewhat thin on information, so it's even that much more of a letdown when you find that you've been misled. Further demonstrating the problem here is that the main topic this gives us for discussion is merely that the title was poorly written.
In addition, SOAP is relatively minor in terms of global influence (no offense); therefore, them declaring war on an important alliance such as Valhalla is less of a significant event than if, say, the GGA did. As it is, it would be more a case of direct suicide than a major political monkey wrench.
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I just want something fun that people dont take the game way too seriously
May I recommend you join \m/? They like to have fun, and don't take things too seriously. It sounds like they'd be perfect for you. Another alliance that fits your criteria might be GOONS.
Best of luck.
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Perhaps the various Continuum POW AA's could form their own bloc? That might actually have some worthy numbers!
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I guess what I'm trying to get at is, what do you want the GPA to do, specifically? Indeed there is not much that they can do right now, and, correct me if I'm wrong, you will not give GPA peace until they can "show" you that they are neutral? I'm sure they would be happy to oblige, if they just knew what you want them to do.
I would guess that this is a question best asked and answered in private channels between the GPA and one or more Continuum representatives.
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Needs moar patjenn.
</tongue-in-cheek>
It will be interesting to see whether you can make the case for supposed neutrality again, as it's pretty much up to your greatest detractors to decide whether you will be afforded that opportunity.
I think you'd agree that nobody expects this announcement to make any difference by itself; it's the actions of the new Cabinet that may or may not get you the chance to re-enter the global Planet Bob diplomatic community. That is, you are in no position to claim to be the GPA 2.0 when everone else still sees you as the GPA 1.999 (etc.) The world community will let you know if and when you've "reformed;" not vice-versa.
At first glance, it seems like these are all exceptional individual rulers to have stepped up and taken the reins in your darkest hour. However, in another 2 months, there'll be a new Cabinet entirely, and who knows how many of this roster will have been driven out? The internal political instability shown by the GPA may have been the nail in its coffin; it may prove to be yet.
Accepting a viceroy would be the death of GPA and not neutral at all. GPA would be better off disbanding than going that route.Nonsense; it's perfectly "neutral" to do whatever is required for your own allinace's survival. A temporary viceroyship aimed at returning the GPA to it's vaunted "neutral" position seems to me to be the best option for them. They might not be technically neutral during that period, but at the end of it they'd be in much a better position to actually demonstrate that they are what they hope/claim to be. In many respects neutrality is defined not by yourself, but by the neighbors towards whom you hope to be neutral. Therefore, who better to define and help you construct "true neutrality" than an appointee of your greatest global detractors?
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As one who hopes to enter the diplomatic side of CN affairs at some point, I must say the advice given in this thread is most elucidating.
However, I have some difficulty with the injunction to "be Dilber." Can anyone clarify this point further? How specifically does one go about emulating Dilberosity?
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It's a shame to see such proven talent leave the CN community. However, your life is your own to lead, whether in RL or here. So I suppose all we can do is to thank you for the service you've helped to provide to Planet Bob as a whole and wish you the best, wherever your travels may take you.
*Lord Hamercy does so.
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It seems fairly evident that on a long enough timeline, anything that you can imagine will happen in CN. Therefore, predictions such as "the Orders will attack the GPA" or "the Initiative will have a civil war" are safe in the long run, but still foolish for any given time during which they may have been predicted. Nothing will last forever - neither the GPA's former position of respect for their neutrality, nor any bloc that has existed.
Those who have predicted such things, only to see them occur many months after the predictions were made, are still poor prophets, and just as "wrong" as if those things had never happened. It hardly takes a seer to predict that all static states of affairs eventually fail, and that change is the only constant.
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I was retarded.
I'll wager this is the best apology that CN has ever seen. Hail this, and hail TORN for recognizing such obvious sincerity.
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Honestly, on reading the subtitle before I clicked into this topic, I thought to myself "that's extremely reasonable, and in fact, rather long overdue."
In any case, congratulations to all GGA medal recipients.
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I support this announcement.
Happy birthday, and thank you for the excellent and informative OP!
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I like the rumour that said the Initiative was going to attack on christmas.
I'm sorry, the who-was-that-again?
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Recently received:
To: Lord Hamercy From: Pope Bubba XIII 2/27/2008 11:30:16 PM Subject: Hello El Bruc You come around after he's banned. You post a lot and seem to have some familiarity with the game. So, hello.
I consider this among the greatest possible compliments a new player could receive; having merged into TTC from the Horde, I found a lot of great information posted by El Bruc. I have tried to emulate his writing style somewhat, if not his sometimes-controversial attitudes. I didn't expect that would bring such an accusation, but I'm thrilled to have received it.
P.S: Pope Bubba XIII is also known as Rebel Virginia.
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Well Bradshaw the Sceptic, I must say that it's refreshing that you expect no mercy for yourself. When an alliance screws up this badly, it's standard all gov gets ZI'd, whether it's due to malevolence, incompetence, or (in your case) inactivity/neglect; that's a basic tenet of Digiterran accountability. So, kudos to you for recognizing that at least.
However, as has been pointed out, the appropriate action for those Illuminati members who wish to avoid this conflict due to not supporting the statements made by their government, would be to surrender. An alliance is not a name, nor a graphic image, nor a forum. It's an agreement between rulers to support one another according to its organization. By remaining in the Illuminati, those members (at least tacitly) support Terry Howard, and therefore remain valid targets. So long as they share an AA, his enemies are theirs.
If you hope for a future for the Illuminati in any form, then perhaps a large enough wave of surrenders could lead to its reconstruction, perhaps through a temporary viceroy system. However, just leaving the rank and file of an alliance alone has never been, and will never be, a viable option in war.
Against such odds as these, the fall of the Illuminati is inevitable. The only open question is, how far, and for how long? The path to the quickest and most humane treatment that the Illuminati could reasonably expect would be to have as many members surrender as quickly as possible. If your concern truly is for the fate of your membership, then perhaps you should internally exhort them to do just that.
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Thank you for making this point clear for us all, Kinzog. I'm sure that any alliance that knows what's good for them (which is nearly all of them) would adhere to an equivalent policy.
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Actually, canceling MDP's that might potentially conflict with others strikes me as an intelligent decision, showing a great deal of forethought. Perhaps more alliances should review their MDP situation based on who else their partners sign treaties with - without acrimony, merely to avoid being drawn into unforeseen 3rd-party entanglements. When the next major war breaks out, I'm sure that you'll be glad that you prevented being drawn by association into sides that you might rather not be obliged to join.
I'm also sure that whoever's in charge of updating the MDP web will thank you.
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Congratulations, OTG.
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As for your request, I'll get some of my finest economists on the job.
If I'm not incorrect, I believe that accurate comparisons can be achieved by dividing your damages by 1, and theirs by 483. However, that doesn't quite show the whole picture, since your side has an average NS of 228, and theirs has an average NS of 10,475. Thus, dividing their damages by 22,190 would seem to result in a more accurate comparison, in terms of pure head-to-head numbers
The Land of Scholars, however, has no intention is reaching ZI.I'm curious to see what trick you have up your sleeve to avoid losing the remaining 48.91 infrastructure you presently have. Surely such a maneuver will astound and astonish the world community.
*Lord Hamercy checks your nation again
Yep, they got the stagger. This has got to be good.
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I must say after reading this:
...they are hereby all placed on Land of Scholar's permanent ZI list. This means that any Atlantis nation, unless granted reprieve by The Scholar, is a valid target for Land of Scholars.I did check to make sure that all of your 3 outgoing war slots were full with Atlantis targets. They are, so - carry on, I guess.
Just for accuracy's sake, could I see the number of anarchied nations and the amount of money lost as a per-capita figure? That is, as a percentage of the total potential combatant nations on each side of the conflict?
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The issue has been resolved at this point. On the one hand, we thank Azeroth for helping to enforce the correct spelling of our alliance affiliation. On the other hand, don't attack us. So it averages out to a white peace, which has been agreed upon by both sides.
galcic ko will be brought in hand and we'll explain in more detail how to correctly manage merging over, so that we may grant him access to further educational materials.
Thank you everyone, for your concern. It is much appreciated.
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It's my understanding that Dark Vows is also merely a trade/senate/decency agreement, and hardly a bloc.
As Black Team Senator I feel its my obligation to say this on my behalf alone. The Black Team doesn't need saving. There is no corruption, no goons or baps in the senate. However, rifts could be forming. It's going to be interesting and I say this in general as im on the subject when some bad diplomacy is being conducted on black all around. It has nothing to do with this announcement except I wanted to clarify all this "saving of black" and "bringing back stability," that is all garbage please focus on your own sphere.In a state of utter shock and alarm (did El Bruc somehow return from the dead and post something screwy?), I searched all of the previous pages for the character string "sav" and thankfully came up empty. So, um, yes, what you said.
To the point:
Congratulations on this crazy awesome announcement! These are many of my favorite alliances, and just knowing that they're keeping the neighborhood safe helps me to sleep easier.
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It's not uncommon for someone to offer a significant sum of CN money for a useable flag. A minimum of $3M seems to be standard, but prices can go up depending on how much interest you want to generate. You'll get plenty of quality designs using that method.
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Oh wait - you have the None AA? And tech? Well, that changes everything!