Ernesto Che Guevara

Honestly my backup plan with all the pieces I make is to put a boat on them. But yeah, when you make the image, you know all the imperfections and try to get rid of them. I usually end up ruining my work by trying to touch it up. I don't know where I'd be without CTRL+Z.

Yeah, some of them definitely look better than the others. I got on a bit of a roll and started blasting them all out last night. Stayed up until 6AM. What is wrong with me? I just used the wiki page for this war and didn't see them on it. :/ It's called Paint.NET. The feeling is mutual, love. Thank you, and thank you berbers as well (Didn't multiquote you and I'm too lazy to go back). e: Complete gallery of this "series" of signature -- http://imgur.com/a/FWFXn

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doublepost, my bad

Thank you! I've decided to do a set of sigs in this theme (so they'll be a bit repetitive) for my "side" of the war. I might do the other side if I get bored enough. And this last one is for a buddy of mine IRL, whom I found out recently plays CN as well. I went ahead and made one for his alliance, so yeah. e: Work in progress, I'll post 'em here as I make them.

Is the black text really that hard to see? I must have my monitor brightness settings up really high, because I can see it pretty easily. Is this a common issue, or just an isolated problem for a few people? If it's more widespread I can remake the image.

It's a joke. I couldn't make it say GONOS so I went with GONS.

(I know ODN isn't on our side, but I sorta love them)

That used to be the case, I think it still is.

Glad to have your support, VE.

Holy everloving fuck, Robster and I are on the same side. You done goofed, Sardonic.

I like it, nice and streamlined. After several years, you might almost have this charter thing figured out. Let me know when you get it, I gave up a while ago. :P

:( Why wasn't my entry included in the vote?

It's so strange for me to be rooting for NpO. Raze 'em, Polaris.

Mogar is the friendliest terrorist ever. That said, I agree. He should be punished for his attempted assignation. How dare he try to have an affair. He'll bounce back from ZI and you'll regret those threats. Enjoy your limited time on this planet, 3Tards.

From the outside, people probably think FEAR is talkin' shit with these posts. Only us true believers know the depth of love it indicates. Toodles indeed. :)

This is why I need to sleep more. I'm at that point where if I briefly stop doing whatever it is that I'm in the middle of, that thought/task is gone forever. It happened halfway through my WoT. We know that PnL wasn't too keen on us at first, but the fact that you all gave us a chance and let us in left quite the mark on us. I was sad that we never got to rock the war train together, but it was a ride nonetheless. The one thing I always liked about warring our former PnL mates post-bloc was the cordial way it was conducted. I let my temper flare toward MCXA a few times, but NADC always acted as a mediator and I appreciated that a lot. Miss you guys.

He'll track our IP addresses with Google Documents again. ;)

He's in GATO now. Heh.

Many moons ago, a group of friends found one another within the ranks of an alliance, the Commonwealth of New England, or CNE. Well, there's something from before then too, but I wasn't a part of the group and as such can't be bothered to care. Anywho, CNE found herself plagued by rogues, inactivity, and ghosts. As such, CNE changed names, being born as TCW, or The Commonwealth. A few months into the life of TCW, we discovered another alliance with the same name and decided to make the infidels pay for their mistakes. I, under a different name, infiltrated their forums as a prospective member and found myself welcomed by probably the nicest group of people in all of CN. Vielwerth, O-Dog, and Stampe were among the first to contact me. I returned to my alliance, at the time made up of Emperador del Oeste (Minister of Silly Walks), Jonnygozy, Gunteraz, Beastfromeast, and Marginali, and reported my findings. We voted unanimously to come clean to the other Commonwealth with our intentions, to offer them the olive branch as an apology for spying on them. CoN as they were known went a bit meltdowny and prepared for a war. When they realized we weren't going to hurt them, that we were good for our word, they came to us with open arms and a treaty was rapidly signed. It was around this time that we began working up relations with FEAR, whom we would eventually merge with years down the road. More on that later. In December of 2007, the two Commonwealths merged to form UCN, the United Commonwealth of Nations. Under UCN, we grew incredibly close to two alliances in particular; FEAR and Wolfpack. Together the three of us signed the Blood for Friends MDAP bloc, a bloc which would end in a merger in a few years and a subsequent, fiery disbandment. Over the course of a few years, UCN was the home to many of CN's greatest members. Mustakrakish II, Darkfox, Sqkura, Gulag, Borimir, Numa Maximus, Lewis Cowper, Snowwolf, Jonny Montana, Rivertommy, and many more I've either forgotten or didn't see on the wiki page just now. Oh, Popsumpot. He was there too. Anyway, spring of 2010 brought war to UCN, war with The Immortals, followed by GOONS, Poison Clan, and LOST. These fine combatants taught us the value of tight relations with allies, military coordination, and disdain for Sardonic. However, the war left UCN fractured from within. A partial coup of an inept military minister, Brickan, led to massive repercussions within the alliance. Darkfox soon left for brighter pastures, and after weeks of harassment, I took my leave as well. Unfortunately, I underestimated my ties within the alliance, and a vacuum effect was created. Members joined me in leaving, something I didn't wish to see happen but was powerless to stop. It was around this time that my relationship with one junior government member grew into a full-blown bromance. Kongo Jack, known better as Deebo, stuck close by my side in those trying times. Vielwerth and I started Europa as a pet project, initially to be the name and forum used in a 3-way merger between UCN, Wolfpack and FEAR that fell apart along with UCN. Deebo followed us to Europa, and I made him the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In those first days, we were toxic. Misinformation was widespread regarding the collapse of UCN, and some former allies approached us with rather hostile words. At the time, we swore the message from CDT, in particular UPN and USN, was one of open threat; we feared they would roll us if we did not "hand over the keys", so to speak, to the former UCN. We, the founders, had voted to disband it, and regardless of the terrible way in which it was handled, it was a choice that we alone were elected to make. We realize now that USN/UPN were simply in the dark as to what was going on and were not actually intent on hurting us. They were talking a tough game, but from their perspective, a bloc partner had just imploded and the government had apparently fled. I would have done the same in their position. We hold no ill-will toward them or any other former CDT alliances. Two alliances extended friendship to us in those opening days. The first was a longstanding ally, Invicta. The second, an unlikely ally, GOONS. When asked if they were protecting us from raids, GOONS replied with a vague "Maybe. Try something, see what happens". Granted, it wasn't a concrete vow of protection, but it was better than nothing, and we felt indebted to them for it. A relationship began to blossom. Eventually we signed MDAPs with FEAR and Wolfpack, and then admitted NEW into our MDAP bloc. Dual-membership treaties with Wolfpack and FEAR followed soon thereafter, the three of us more united than any other alliance I'd seen before or have seen since. We briefly fought ODN in a curbstomp of a war, and another friendship began to blossom (admittedly it started as a haiku war between myself and Pingu). Europa continued to grow, eventually picking up the unfortunate cancerous growth known as Sniper Joe. Just kidding, I love that kid. Anyway, midway through 2012 it was obvious that BFF, the bloc, was dying. Wolfpack was at historically low activity levels, Europa was falling asleep due to apathy, and FEAR was bleeding members due to a combination of both of the above issues. We decided, prematurely, to go ahead with our merger. Blood for Friends was born as an alliance formed from Wolfpack, FEAR, Europa, and Europa's protectorate/MDP partner, TLK. From the get-go, there were fractures. The alliance was a botched merger, but we tried to make it work. We had to stay together for the kids. Fights would break out within our halls, and the temperature in the room flashed over when word was received that NEW was planning on going rogue en-mass on either the Viridian Entente or the Mushroom Kingdom. At the time, we were friends with MK, partners with GOONS, and MDoAP/Bloc partners with VE. We pleaded with NEW not to do anything stupid, but never received a definitive answer. Eventually things fell quiet, but all was not well. Weeks later, Kaskus was at war with NSO. NPO joined the fight, and in an attempt to cause a war, a fact not refuted by either side of the ensuing argument, NEW aided Kaskus. They did so without our knowledge, and doing so not only violated our treaty, it was an act of war on both NSO and NPO. A discussion between myself and Vibi took place, one which resulted in two conflicting yet similar sets of Facebook logs. I am not here to argue that today. The fact remains that, whether NEW directly asked us to come in or not, they had committed us to a war without our knowledge. We voted to cancel the treaty and honor the cancellation period. I contacted Non Grata and NPO and offered them a deal: Should NEW attack NPO or NG aggressively, BFF would enter for two or three rounds and fight a nonnuclear war. This would have done enormous damage to us, as we were smaller than either of the other alliances. However, should NEW have been attacked by NPO, we would have defended to our fullest capability until the last of our nations was a burnt crisp. We would honor the defense part, but did not feel as though we owed them the honor of the aggression part after they violated our treaty. Conflicting logs surfaced and I was put on trial and suspended from the forums. Lord Boris, the only one with the ability to fix my mask, was away for most of the day dealing with something called "real life", and by the time he returned there was nothing that could be done. Long-alienated members of BFF took their leave to refound FEAR, something they had planned for quite some time. Wolfpack members did the same, although nobody was really aware that they were upset to begin with and we suspect a lot of their decision was fueled by OWF drama. Tensions skyrocketed, and after presenting my case to what remained of BFF's government, I was dismissed of the charges and readmitted to the alliance. BFF was draining, fast, and we knew that she could not survive the loss of the majority of government, plus my own PR disaster which essentially rendered me unable to lead for more than an emergency time. We made the brash decision to merge with our close friends at The International, and neglected to discuss it with our members first. We were unsure if our forums would remain up, and frankly didn't know what else to do. We should have taken it slow, but hindsight is 20/20. It became clear that BFF wasn't ready to die and that the merger was premature. I decided, for the good of my friends, to leave CN and allow myself to be made a scapegoat. Unfortunately, some friends in MK persuaded me to stay at the last minute, and I went to their halls. BFF staggered on for several months until it was finally taken out back like Old Yellar and put out of its misery, coming back as a zombie known as Los Pollos Hermanos. LPH was a final attempt to keep the old gang together. Unfortunately, the scandal above had erased any inkling of passion I had for CN politics, and Deebo felt the same. The alliance stagnated, sputtered, and as of today, died. After 5+ years together, the gang has gone home. A few of us remain scattered in CN, but we will likely never again unite under one roof. May LPH and the dream she represented rest in peace. We hold no ill-will toward any past allies or enemies. We wish the best for FEAR and Wolfpack, and hope we shall see them someday on the other side of the sun. Submitted this 29th day of November, 2013, Ernesto Che Guevara -- "Chax" Authorized to post by Kongo Jack -- "Deebo", final government member of LPH Rest in peace, love. It was a good ride.

Shit clumps together. ;)

Solid move, NPO. You're better than that trash.

OH MY GOD WHEN I QUOTED YOUR POST I COULD SEE YOUR NAUGHTY LANGUAGE. It's nice to see GOD fighting a war not under a huge dogpile for once, too. :)

Dammit Xiph, how could you do this to me? Burn them to the ground, GOD. Every last one of them.