Uralica

[quote name='Lord Caparo' timestamp='1290189017' post='2517496'] How far back? [/quote] Well, goes back to when I was still in CCC. That's over two years. We first met when he was ambassador there, and an ex-member was trying to reapply after having left to go rogue on NPO. (*cough*mellonhead*cough*) In spite of heavy warnings from our end, GearHead recruited mellonhead to TFD. He can tell you the rest. Also, TFD and CCC were supposed to go into battle as part of a 5-alliance coalition together during NoCB, but that plan was dashed by CCC being pre-empted.

Not to mention Canada should make the WC over countries like Togo and Slovenia.

Nice job TFD. o/ That is indeed some impressive growth. For those who don't know, GearHead and I go way back. [OOC: BTW, he loves Australia because he lives there atm, or at least he did live there ]

[quote name='Mussolini the Great' timestamp='1290186579' post='2517457'] This made me lol hard for some reason. Well played, sir. Well played. [/quote] This [i]is[/i] Drai we're talking about. He bringeth teh funneh.

Bring it. Juve will be waiting.

Maybe it's just their style. I remember a WC where Cameroon's jerseys had no sleeves. I think that was '06.

So OMFG and TOP are "in progress" and MCXA's a maybe. Time to go nag Nordreich. Anyone else I should harass?

[quote name='We Are Not Alone' timestamp='1290044727' post='2516328'] My list would go as following. 1. Archon/Lebubu 2. Roquentin 3. Rebel Virginia 4. Schatt 5. Random 6. Feanor 7. Delta (I'd pick delta over Xiph any day.) 8. Sardonic [b]9. Mia[/b] 10. Goose [/quote] Being Mia, she'll probably never let you hear the end of this.

Switzerland's like that against anyone who's any good, too.

'Mon the Pharaohs! I'll be pulling for them to make WC 2014. Better them than those bloody Tunisians, who always seem to fluke their way into it only to do poorly.

[quote name='Chickenzilla' timestamp='1289951806' post='2515302'] Needs more TOP. My list: Archon>Drai>all of MK>our allies>TOP>all of CN>Jarkko>>>>>>Rebbilon and all alliances like them. [/quote]Fixed. [quote name='Baltus' timestamp='1289961521' post='2515555'] Add wF on that list and we'll talk. [/quote] Make JayZ leader and agree to keep mellonhead on a tight leash first. (Apparently he's only in wF short-term, anyway - at least that's what his bio implies. ) Now most of the people I'd consider power players have been mentioned. But I don't think I've heard Centurius mentioned yet. Surely being the leader of the largest alliance of a decent-sized MADP bloc has some clout that comes with it. Also, I certainly agree with JayZ's addition of Nordreich's more influential guys in there as well - they've managed to get themselves ties with Duckroll (via Valhalla), SF (via Ragnarok) [i]and[/i] AZTEC (via NV). If they were ever the focal point of a war, it would explode into global conflict in a hurry. Plus NoR is just , period.

[quote name='BloodFury' timestamp='1289964870' post='2515629'] Then you obviously haven't seen him and myself argue. I have a grand ability to bring out the worst in AirMe. [/quote] What, do they turn into 20-minute long "NO U" fests or something?

[quote name='AirMe' timestamp='1289960806' post='2515530'] Do you read some of the crap that I type? [/quote] Just because you're intelligent doesn't mean you're srs bzns 100% of the time. I'm guessing this "crap" comes if you are either being 1. silly 2. drunk 3. deliberately obtuse 4. any combination of the above.

[quote name='BloodFury' timestamp='1289956997' post='2515441'] I however think AirMe is probably more important than he is made out to be in this thread so far. Even though I have had my problems with him, he is a very competent person and leader which will hopefully bring more to the field than he already has. [/quote] If AirMe isn't [i]the[/i] most intelligent person in this community, he's definitely somewhere in the top 10. And he is indeed competent.

Awesome. So we should have at least sixteen teams then. Also, what is the short-form of your name Azrael? Hitchers Milan? FOOTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Congratulations to the recipients, especially kamichi.

[quote name='Hyperbad' timestamp='1289940129' post='2515016'] I must say this announcement does sound like something which belongs in an internal newsletter but then I think that of all milestone announcements and most announcements in general. On the other hand I most look forward to your 200k announcement in the hopes it will annoy others as much as it has here. Anyone can attempt mass recruitment and see some success. It seems to be forgotten how not everyone sees that as the preferable method and what might be small achievements in growth for it can actually be significant to less aggressive or more exclusive methods thus warranting these smaller milestone announcements. [/quote] I think it was said (or at least implied) in the OP that they wouldn't be making any more milestone announcements until they had half a million.

Congrats on the new gov, but I find your lack of Kryievla... disturbing o/ Valhalla anyway.

Even if we don't get 20, at least make it a bleedin' even number!

Let's be honest, if they posted every little thing, we'd have four or five times the posts, and they'd be sounding more like WAEbbilon. @kingknon, I would take Muddog's advice on this. Also hailz and congratumalations. o/

[quote name='Omniscient1' timestamp='1289839815' post='2513630'] Should have chosen KW as king, but good luck anyway [/quote] KiWi Good luck to you. Also obligatory BD

Not overly surprising. Pretty kewl too, since I like all three alliances. o/ BFF

brb, couping Mia.

[quote name='Chief Savage Man' timestamp='1289769197' post='2513020'] People complaining of political stagnation need to start reading through the lines more. Since Pandora's Box and MK's treaty reset, things that have been constants since Karma are now in flux. Start paying attention, you'll find more than your share of political intrigue and uncertainty. [/quote] I must agree with this statement. And as insignificant as it might seem now, PLT's dissolution earlier today may also prove a factor (however small) in changing the political face of Planet Bob. For all we know, there could be another bloc in the process of forming. To be honest, things started getting interesting real quick when MK decided to mix things up. I have to give props where props are due to them for doing this. As far as "ex-Heg" is concerned - and this is speaking as someone who's been in one of those alliances for almost two years now - it is nothing close to one cohesive unit anymore. There exists maybe a few treaties tying the lot of us together, but it's like three or four huge globs held together with a few strands of thread. And some ex-Heg alliances can't stand each other anymore, as much as they wouldn't admit thus in public. Anyway, let me see if this geological analogy helps people understand the current situation. If two tectonic plates lock up and there are no earthquakes for a while along any given fault, pressure will build up until there is a much larger release. So if things seem too quiet, don't worry, because when those locked plates (or conflicting treaties ) unlock, all hell will break loose. And Admin help us all when that happens. (I s'pose we'll have to wait and see if this analogy holds true.)

Your agenda is to somehow convince me to join STA, so as to corner the Uralican Twinkie market.