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o/ TOOL! Coming out of almost a year of retirement for this post, just because TOOL is that awesome. Swing that hammer!

Good fight IRON. Congrats on peace, and best of luck with reps and rebuilding.

Couldnt ask for a better set of allies to go through hell and back with. Truly, its a pleasure. o/ White o/ NEW

Couldnt resist this one. For the enjoyment of all, I present TOOL's offical War Guide: TOOL Guide to War What is war? Well, you see, when two grown up nations love each other very much... no wait thats not it. Enough explanations, just follow these steps: 1. Buy some troops. Not too many, your citizens might not be happy. 2. Make sure to set your DEFCON to level 5. Green means go. 3. Deploy all of your troops. Dont worry if it says you will go into anarchy, better you do it to yourself than let the enemy. 4. Use Agressive attacks 100% of the time. This is war! 5. Lather, Rinse, and Repeat. o/ TOOL

Wait a minute... I dont remember it saying that... In fact, I think it said the opposite. Honest mistake though. Your forgiven .

o/ FnKa! Outstanding bunch of people. Its an honor to fight beside you .

Welcome to the fight AO. Good luck .

PREDICTION FOR POST-WAR: 1. TOOL 2. TOOL Applicant Mwhahaahahahaha! :jihad: Kidding...

Ok, we confess. Time to bring out our secret weapon...

Shucks, they made target lists for us and everything. I feel so loved... Good luck guys, this should be fun.

o/ TPF! o/ Mhawk! VERY glad to see our friends honor thier treaties and live up to thier values. It takes a big man (or alliance) to admit a mistake, and I'm behind you 100%.

Honorable, and very eloquently put. Best of luck.

White just keeps getting more awesome. Best of luck Rosen. We will be seeing each other .

That was easy, thanks .

Is it possible to get a list of the top 10 nations from the previous tournament rounds? Maybe I'm the only one, but I think it would be fun to be able to compare the stats from each round. If this information exists somewhere and I cant find it, please point me in the right direction. Thanks.

Congrats STA! Anyone remember those old Pizza Hut commericals for Buffalo wings, where they had the ticked off buffalo that had wings? I liked those commercials... [/random]

Well said GK. Perhaps it has taken us 'a long time' to get to this point, but as GK so eloquently said, its not about the rankings or even the sexy flag, its about the community, and I'm proud to be a part of all that is TOOL. Thanks to all that support us and to our dear allies, we wouldnt be here without you. o/ TOOL

To friends and other friends becoming better friends!

I'm happy to see this. I'd like nothing more than for STA and WAPA to become friends again. As far as I'm concerned, there are a lot of awesome people in both alliances, and it does no one any good to carry on the feud...

I think we are moving in a good direction now. I look forward to the race, we will do our best to give you a good run .

When I heard DefCon would be no more, I honestly was saddened. For a number of reasons, you all had been one of my favorite alliances in CN. When I heard you all would be merging into TOOL, suddenly the cloud had an epic silver lining. /me raises his glass To the end of an age, and the beginning of a prosperous new one. Forever for the Light! o/ DefCon o/ TOOL!

From The Call of Gregor, Gregor's official national newspaper:

o/ Hammertime and TPF

16 January 2009 1 New Pacific Order: 81.31 --> 81.72 (+0.41) 2 Independent Republic of Orange Nations: 70.98 --> 71.09 (+0.11) 3 Multicolored Cross-X Alliance: 52.95 --> 53.15 (+0.20) 4 Mostly Harmless Alliance: 42.53 --> 42.27 (-0.26) 5 Sparta: 40.53 --> 40.62 (+0.09) {175} The Order of the Paradox: 35.50 --> 35.44 (-0.06) 6 Fark: 33.54 --> 33.46 (-0.08) 7 Ragnarok: 33.31 --> 33.18 (-0.13) 8 Orange Defense Network: 32.84 --> 33.09 (+0.25) {120} The Grämlins: 28.37 --> 28.87 (+0.50) 9 Viridian Entente: 27.88 --> 27.96 (+0.08) 10 The Phoenix Federation: 27.23 --> 27.28 (+0.05) 11 New Polar Order: 26.65 --> 26.77 (+0.12) 12 FOK: 26.02 --> 26.13 (+0.11) -------------------- 13 Grand Global Alliance: 22.96 --> 23.01 (+0.05) 14 Green Protection Agency: 22.63 --> 22.57 (-0.06) The Order of Light: 22.45 --> 22.51 (+0.06) The Democratic Order: 21.29 --> 21.39 (+0.10) {157} Valhalla: 18.74 --> 18.77 (+0.03) {142} Echelon: 18.90 --> 18.52 (-0.38) United Purple Nations: 17.90 --> 17.83 (-0.07) ---------- LoSS/WTF/NV/NADC Challenge Line: 16.00 Global Democratic Alliance: 15.89 --> 15.96 (+0.07) The Dark Evolution: 15.51 --> 15.54 (+0.03) Greenland Republic: 15.36 --> 15.46 (+0.10) Monos Archein: 15.41 --> 15.42 (+0.01) {146} Mushroom Kingdom: 15.27 --> 15.32 (+0.05) {165} RnR: 14.50 --> 14.40 (-0.10) {119} World Task Force: 14.20 --> 14.26 (+0.06) {146} LoSS: 14.28 --> 14.25 (-0.03) {192} Nueva Vida: 14.01 --> 14.21 (+0.20) North Atlantic Defense Coalition: 14.02 --> 14.05 (+0.03) {81} Umbrella: 14.02 --> 14.05 (+0.03) Invicta: 13.74 --> 13.89 (+0.15) {148} M*A*S*H: 13.73 --> 13.75 (+0.02) The Legion: 13.42 --> 13.44 (+0.02) {159} Random Insanity Alliance: 13.53 --> 13.43 (-0.10) ---------- Add Line: 13.01 --> 13.06 (+0.05) ---------- Drop Line: 12.71 --> 12.76 (+0.05) Biggest Gainer {120} The Grämlins: 28.37 --> 28.87 (+0.50) Biggest Loser {142} Echelon: 18.90 --> 18.52 (-0.38) Passes of the Day Valhalla passes Echelon Greenland Republic passes Monos Archein World Task Force passes LoSS Nueva Vida passes Umbrella Nueva Vida passes North Atlantic Defense Coalition The Legion passes Random Insanity Alliance Commentary Strong showing for the majority of the top alliances today with the Mostly Harmless Alliance being the notable exception taking a quarter point loss. The New Pacific Order manages a very strong gain, but The Grämlins are able to hold onto todays Biggest Gainer, more than making up for thier minor loss yesterday. The gap continues to narrow between the Green Protection Agency and The Order of Light, and the Orange Defense Network moves within challenging distance of Ragnarok. The next few days could be interesting in both areas. Some movement with our favorite Blue challengers as well today as the World Task Force passes LoSS and Nueva Vida jumps right back in the race passing two alliances with nearly a quarter point gain. Todays shoutout goes to North Atlantic Defense Coalition and Umbrella, who like each other so much they decided to stay tied for a second day in a row. ---------- Related Links: Stats by Unspeakable Evil Tournament Edition Sanction Race How to update the Amazing Sanction Race [/update]

Its been quite a few weeks since I've done an update, but I'll give it a shot. Update cometh, be gentle .