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  1. ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER: Brown BUTT Sewage Continues to Flow into the Once-Pristine NG Reservoir

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    1 hour ago, SeaBeeGipson said:

    Jerdge, 

    I have not once said an alliance can not respond to a raid. GPA's response to me raiding was to send 2 more nations, of which my alliance did not counter. GPA did not get hit in any retaliation, and so far, the 3 nations you sent have been great people to fight with. My point still stands. UCR took a 1-round raid and expanded it into a full blown war by posting a declaration of war. THEY declared war with alliances who were not involved in the raid. IF GPA were to post a declaration of war, or expand it by hitting my alliance mates who did not raid GPA, is this not escalating on your part? Would GPA not find themselves in a very different situation at that point?

    GPA obviously has more sense than the commies though. When the commies talked about our raid, we informed them it was a raid and we'd be finishing our round. They left our discord server, never discussed it again. We never heard from GATO or PGS in any sort of capacity. GPA, however, has been very great in chats and as you have mentioned, wanted to see a round of fighting as well. 

    If someone is even a year or 2 old, then I imagine they would be well aware that Doom declared raids on NATO/FTW, got hit in retaliation (albeit a tad later), and activated treaties in defense. The norm has been set by the very people in this thread complaining.

    You're considered a lone rogue; none of us bothered to check with your alliance (we could have) about your attack having maybe been supported, or about your government/non-government status; none of us bothered to have your nation sanctioned (we could have); none of us bothered to propose that you surrender and pay reparations, or continue be hit (we could have).

    You're considered a lone rogue and we have no interest in dragging the affair for longer than a round of war (I don't expect other GPA members to attack you when you have an open slot, but we're not exactly following a plan either).

    We could have made different choices, legitimate ones that you could have been unhappy with.

     

    I agree that we had no ground to consider the whole of MONGOLS responsible, and attacking uninvolved MONGOLS nation or declaring war against MONGOLS would have been an escalation on our part.

    I don't know about your issues with other parties, I'll stick to our case. Had multiple and/or confirmed government MONGOLS nations attacked the GPA, and/or MONGOLS supported the attackers against our requests towards them (requests that in your case we didn't bother to formulate), we'd be having a different conversation.

     

    I'm glad, and not really surprised, that you're happy with our members, we're a bunch of friendly happy hippies, after all.

    You don't seem bad either, hopefully everyone involved can just have a bit of fun and we'll then move on.

  2. ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER: Brown BUTT Sewage Continues to Flow into the Once-Pristine NG Reservoir

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    Posted · Edited by jerdge
    typo

    1 hour ago, SeaBeeGipson said:

    [...]

    I admit we raided UCR, they decided to turn a 1-round raid into a full blown war and declared on us. [...]

    This is just silly, a raid is a war. Go for it all day, for what I care, but don't pretend that fighting back - or ~MaKiNg StAtEmEnTs~ about it - is escalating anything.

    When you hit an alliance for whatever reason you've got to be prepared to that alliance responding to your aggression, that's the very point of CN alliances, since 2006.

     

    All of that said, since you personally very recently started a raid against a GPA nation, and the fight is under way right now, I'll use this occasion to present my take on it: it's an isolated incident and you'll get a round of war from our counters (you'll probably fight better than them ofc). That will be all. Unless hostilities are further renewed by you / anyone associated with you.

    It's not about not escalating things on our part, however, it's that ultimately we don't care anymore. We don't want to waste our time with your attack any more than it's strictly necessary to prove to ourselves that we're still somewhat functioning as an alliance.

     

    Back in the day it would have been different, rogues were required to surrender and to earn their way out according to what we decided fitted the crime.

    I remember silly claims that we were keeping them in "permanent war", when in fact it was them that didn't want to be held accountable, they wanted to be let free because it was "just a raid". They had the quick way out, only they didn't like it.

     

    All of this not to sounds threatening or anything - I know the GPA very well, it would have been ridiculous in the past, it'd be tragically absurd now - it's just about logic.

    Uninvited, you steal stuff and, the horror, waste someone else's time, then you complain about or criticize their response... If you're at least 8 years old you might want to look up for the notion of responsibility, because you're falling behind on it.

     

  6. UCR Declaration of War

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    5 hours ago, lilweirdward said:

    Stats Update #5, now including COMECON:

     

     

    Alliance Name Active Nations Nation Strength Damage Dealt Damage Received Offensive Wars Defensive Wars Nukes Per Active Nation
    Libertarian Socialist Federation 3 (-1) 55,388 (-26,946) 156,461.44 (+15,067.93) 133,438.07 (+21,398.05) 21 (+1) 17 (+3) 14.3333 (+8.8333)
    Union Of Communist Republics 17 (+4) 731,848 (-56,840) 765,929.17 (+118,708.3) 789,518.36 (+179,488.25) 68 (+5) 98 (+24) 16.0588 (-3.2489)
    Socialist Workers Front 2 119,133 (-4560) 54,819.49 77,479.24 (+6,185.92) 1 15 (+3) 12.5
    COMECON 3 7,324 3,333.98 10,618.21 0 4 0
    The Wolves 14 (+2) 348,427 (+40,644) 1,011,053.88 (+217,690.43) 980,544.08 (+137,110.21) 134 (+34) 90 (+6) 10.1429 (-0.5238)

     

     

    For the first time in this war (at least since I've posted stats), UCR's damage ratio is negative, and The Wolves' damage ratio is positive. 

    TW has +34 offensive wars but their opponents combined "only" +30 defensive wars, what am I missing?

    Thank you.

  7. Blocking Touchdowns

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    1 hour ago, firingline said:

    Have we really devolved to !@#$-talking the tactical use of peace mode again?

    [...]

    It's mostly that, or crap-talk about how the stats would show that the other side has been outperformed.

    During wars there's really little else on the OWF.

     

    1 hour ago, firingline said:

    [...]

    Then Franz would make another peace-mode joke, this time about FL, and somebody would point out how dumb it was to comment about tactical use of peace mode and also how much more handsome FL is than him.

    [...]

    Only a few are more handsome than Franz, and you're not among them. Sorry!

  9. Blocking Touchdowns

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    Random reminder that CN "standards" got thrown out of the window, were then smashed, cut into little pieces, peed over, dissolved in acid, dumped in an undisclosed location probably in high seas, then even their memory was savagely mocked and finally forgotten for good... circa 2008-2010, IIRC.

    It's a brutal world - admittedly, hilariously absurd too - and it's been like that for well over a decade.

     

    E-lawyering has always been alive and kicking, though... that never changes, I guess.

  10. UCR Declaration of War

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    Posted · Edited by jerdge
    spelling

    11 hours ago, shwampy said:

    hmm, maybe next time ask ChatGPT to help you with constructing a few English sentences? Nice use of brackets though!

    Trying to be a dick with bystanders politely asking you questions seems fairly unintelligent.

    The sad thing is that I tend to forget stuff pretty quickly, and the pointlessness of your behaviour is rather unremarkable... in some time from now I might again waste my time asking to you about something else.

    Oh well.

     

  11. UCR Declaration of War

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    13 hours ago, shwampy said:

    Like CrinkledStraw you seem to have missed my point. If you'd like me to explain it let me know 😘

    No, I couldn't misinterpret your point because I didn't interpret it in any way, in fact I didn't at all comment about our replied to your point.

    Much more simply: you had written of "useless stats", I asked to you "which stats [do] you consider useless and which (if any) [you consider] useful?" There's no way to ask my question in a simpler way and there's no way you could have missed its meaning.

     

    So now, yes, please explain: which stats do you consider useless and which (if any) do you consider useful? Thanks in advance.

  14. UCR Declaration of War

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    15 hours ago, Canik said:

    I blame Bladegolem.

    Whoa! Now that's a name I hadn't heard for ages!

     

    In all seriousness, the GPA evolution - or involution, if you will - has been the natural product of its identity, combined with what CN came to be.

    It's merely worth mentioning it, anyway, I'm always a bit surprised when I realize that there's anyone that still cares.

  17. UCR Declaration of War

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    2 hours ago, firingline said:

    You're a neutral. You don't get to give any .02 out.

    😁

    Good one! I knew that you had potential. 🤗

     

    2 hours ago, Caustic said:

    I think you missed the essence of her meme...

    I saw that... while we're talking essences I'll casually comment that distilled, well, they're usually better.

  18. UCR Declaration of War

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    1 hour ago, Jason8 said:

    The Open World Forum is a dynamic platform ... etc

    Turning this place into an even less interesting and less frequented desert, littered by chatbot generated walls of text, is not what we should want to do... I get that you were making satire, but please cut it down to a paragraph, maybe?

    ... And I say this to the blushing goblin cult queen, too.

     

    Just my .02.

  21. New nation

    in Open World RP

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    Welcome to the game!

    The money I sent to your nation is for free, no strings attached.

     

    I recommend that you follow your alliance's guidance and that you take your time, there's more to learn here than one would initially think.

  23. Foreign Policy Statement From the New Polar Order, a declaration of intent

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    6 hours ago, Johnny Apocalypse said:

    I've had emails from employers which are more or less identical to this which is impressive, however if it's satire then it needs to be punching upward. If you're punching in the direction of ODN in any capacity nowadays then you're aiming down (and speaking as one ghost to another; I mean no offense intended toward any of the ghosts who still roam those desolate orange halls)

    I considered it satire towards the employers, not ODN nor DavidMustaine.

     

    4 hours ago, Lyanna Mormont said:

    Every endeavor I undertake for Non Grata holds intrinsic value, for each day I have the privilege to serve her is a precious boon.

    Sorry but this makes no sense, if serving NG is precious, what you do for her shouldn't be whatever stuff you happen to do, it should be focused.

    (I'm not saying that it's not focused, only that your reply doesn't float.)

  24. Foreign Policy Statement From the New Polar Order, a declaration of intent

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    On 5/26/2023 at 11:23 PM, Lyanna Mormont said:

     

    Non Grata appreciates your interest in joining our alliance. After careful consideration, we have decided to pursue other candidates whose qualifications align more closely with the specific requirements of the position. We sincerely thank you for your time and effort in applying, and we encourage you to consider exploring opportunities with other teams where your skills and experience may be an excellent fit. Often, joining a lower level, less competitive team can provide a nurturing environment for growth and development. An alliance such as the Orange Defense Network could be more congruous given your play style. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors

    I like this satire, on the other hand I'm worried that you may have entirely authored it, it'd seem a waste of talent.

  25. Comrades like these...

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    4 hours ago, firingline said:

    LSF and SWF find themselves at war. Two days in, it appears their allies in UCR have no appetite to defend them, as even their Commissar of Defense remains at defcon 5.

     

    Should UCR defend their comrades, or allow them to burn?

    Just out of curiosity, did you ask anything to any of the parties involved?

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