RyanGDI

An Official Statement from the Global Defence Initiative I come today with news that is not humiliating, embarrassing, or degrading as most would think, but with news that is necessary and assumes ownership and responsibilities for actions when they are due. On Tuesday July 7 as many already know, Vilien (Leader of The Moralist Front) approached me with the offer of a potential merger into his developing alliance. For various reasons, including the lack of establishment and membership, I refused. Vilien then progressed into a matter of seemingly hostile remarks, and that's when the ice-breaking point of our conflict lies: a fight-or-flight reaction. As many will know when conducting a small alliance, taking a hit is more signifigant than when in a large alliance. Logistics, supplies, members, and other resources are much more limited, and quick decisions need to be made in order to ensure the safety of the alliance. Therefore, I saw what was considered as a possible threat, and sent the resources in to (seemingly) appropriately neutralize a potential threat that could cause anarchy and overnight damages on innocent and unprepared nations. I will restate the main part of this carefully: The Moralist Front came off seeming as a hostile threat, and we simply took appropriate actions to ensure the safety of our member nations, as per the absolute main purpose of our alliance. Upon later delegations, we discovered that Vilien had no intentions of direct hostile conflict. This may be false, but I extend a benefit of the doubt to take his word for it. Mediation was used to attempt to solve our problems, but terms that were discussed involved demoralising the alliance, or even arguebly tarnishing our flag. For obvious reasons, our alliance is patriotic and sticks to its words. It's the bond that makes us strong, despite what others may consider of us. It's our unity that keeps us as one, and keeps our morale high in the darkest of times. Therefore, we were not about to accept anything that would tarnish our pride. As of right now, we have stuck to our original purpose of obtaining a peaceful resolution to this conflict, and establishing friendly relations to prevent further conflict. In order to do so, there are two things that need to be in order: 1. The GDI (particularly myself) apologise to the TMF for preemtpive direct hostilities. Simply and to the point, both parties understand our points of view and accept what has occured. 2. In order for there to be peace, any wars must first end. The GDI has decided to accept an unconditional surrender to the TMF...not for the reason of force, but for our lack of will to continue an unfair and overall unacceptable conflict, and our continual will to see peaceful resolutions and friendships between our two parties. In other words, we are simply standing down and do not wish to further engage in unnecessary conflict that can otherwise be turned into peaceful relations. On a final note, I wish to apologise to all of our allies, and anyone who stands by us. Today/yesterday may have seemed to be a sense of negativity, but it was a matter of faulty directives and a mistake in assumption. We wished not to engage in offensive conflict, but to defend ourselves from the possibility of it. Now that the issue has passed, we are working towards peace. I'll be in touch everyone to clear things up. Also, putting this in because I have to put it in the exact context: "GDI hereby surrenders unconditionally to the Moralist Front." Sincerely, Ryan (Supreme Commander of the Global Defence Initiative)

This isn't a tech raid, it's a strike against a hostile nation.

I believe this belongs in the RP threads. Also, we had quite a long time at hand in regards to peace discussions, yet Vilien only drew towards completely ridiculous terms. Therefore, I feel completely careless to argue in this thread, but anyone with serious concerns may PM me or MartinLutherKingJr of MK (who Vilien called in as a moderator, only for him to rule out that Vilien commencing war was an absolutely outrageous and unjustified idea).

o/ Dyno. I'm sure you'll do just alright.

No worries mate, next meeting will probably be early August...are you still up for going according to the details we have down? If so, I'll add you on the list.

The death of another alliance...at least it's hopefully not to waste. o/ TAO o/ TIA

You lot can stop hating any day now. It's obvious that we're not not leaving anytime soon, so give it a break.

Because that's the way it is. (FYI: Back to standard AA on 7/10.)

A Merger Announcement by the Global Defence Initiative/New Roman Military Short, sweet, and to the point...the New Roman Military has decided to merge into the Global Defence Initiative, and we welcome them with open arms. The current AA members will be protected for 72 hours (commencing upon this post) by GDI and allies. New government changes and various other affairs affiliated to this action will be updated soon.o/ GDI o/ NRM (Also, .)

What a brilliant alliance...their military is also second to none: http://www.cybernations.net/search_wars.as...&Extended=1 .

IMPORTANT NOTICE The first meeting is tonight at 10 PM CN Time (11 PM EST) at #GDI_CC. Please be sure to attend.

Update: Reminder messages being sent later tonight. Meeting is Monday night, 10 PM at #GDI_CC!

It's close to what we're aiming for...at least from what I've gathered from the few that I've talked with out of the many that are coming.

I guess we'll all get a map or something and go to a common meeting place. Or carry around giant flags so all one has to do is look for the giant mob of CN flags to find the group. And yes, I'm equally amazed over the possible turnout for the event.

Meeting people you already know is only 1/2 the point...the other is to get to know others and their alliances and establish "diplomatic relations" and stuff along those lines, etc. It's not like everyone who's going knows each other. The point's to get to know them when you go.

I retract the previous statement...I'm feeling a bit off-sided I guess you could say at the moment. Carry on.

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But that's part of one of the public's proposed surrender terms! I have to try and make the public happy, amirite?

Well, think of it this way. If you hang out enough with them in CN, you get to develop a sense of friendship between that person. I've had it happen and seen it happen with others on several occasions. What I'm saying is, you can learn someone's character by being friends with them. Meeting that person in real life only adds on the aspect that you're with the person, for real. They're still the same person themselves, the same person you defended/fought with in the Karma War, or that alliance leader you signed a treaty with, and so on. The only thing that's different is the face and better experiences (since obviously the internet only goes so far). I appriciate your input, but I think that a real-life meeting and experience as a group would strengthen current friendships and make new ones...all of which would find their way onto CN in IC form. Of course, that's probably the place we'll all be meeting at anyways. Bring one if you want. Two in one (Gopher and Sunstar): If you've got concerns, just drop by at our meeting on Monday and bring them up. As I've said, there's nothing set and pre-planned, we can change anything at anytime if most people prefer.

So anyways, seems like everyone else's been copy-catting our ideas for establishing a get-together IRL over the summer. A couple of us (me and Cadieness in particular) stumbled across the idea when we were chatting stuff over in #TFD: So we've made our own event as well. Giant List of Stuff Confirmed Details Who - See "List of Confirmed Members" What - The Southern Ontario Get-Together (SOGT). Obviously. Where - Canada's Wonderland (Toronto) When - August 28-29 (Fri-Sat of Final Week in August) Why - Obvious reasons. Carpooling List Vehicle 1 - Cadie, Ryan, Bubba, The_Many, Possible Addition (not a person - unconfirmed name) - Going: Barrie to Oshawa to Toronto Note: - Advance Tickets (1-day): $42 at Macs List of Confirmed Members - RyanGDI - Cadie - Joracy - Arsenal - Gopherbashi - TypoNinja - Bubba the Great - Kingzog* - Desertfox* - The_One - Sandwich Controversy - Kevin McDonald * - tenative to RL circumstances List of Possible Members - Ecthelion* - Drostan* - Astronaut Jones - TypoNinja* (would prefer waterpark, needs a carpool) - bibliophile* - Hizzy - Tom Litler* - Rynka* - Roofus* - Jordite* - Jakku* - Petrovich4 * = contacted about the plans If you're interested in joining, there's still plenty of time. Just drop a line in this thread to let us know you're interested!

I just collected quite a bit. And I've got another $175 mil waiting from the NAA for our membership. Also, to clarify...the main reason why we surrendered was due to the fun and sense of the terms. They didn't harm us, restrict us of anything important, and they included lulz I just couldn't turn down. I was intending on going the full 7 days, but these awesome terms changed my mind.

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You did...you didn't go hitting innocent and uninvolved members. Nuff said.

That lasted long.