Arthur Blair

A just and fair decision.

[quote name='Fernando12' timestamp='1289615350' post='2511548'] MK seems to be having to recruit or get friends to jump on the AA just to hold on to sanction. heheh [/quote] Considering that we never got a sanction flag, there is no reason for us to hold on to it. Without it we just get fewer ghosts.

[quote name='Timeline' timestamp='1289546289' post='2511042'] Well I am sure many on bob would understand, MK just need to remove their heads from Archon's behind in order to understand also. but this will never happen, It has gotten to the point, where no one knows where he ends and the rest of you begin, (now if you think about this just a little bit, you will understand the hidden meaning, if not then I'm done with you) [/quote] I see you preemptively refused to explain a piece of propaganda that doesn't make sense on the grounds that I'm not worth it. So ignoring you then, could anyone else explain the thing I've mangled in my sig? Especially the crying baby mario, I thought we were doing something completely different from crying. How is it defined in this new age of faux-moralism?

[quote name='HeroofTime55' timestamp='1289539242' post='2510972'] Oh, I think I get it. Krack can't tell it's funny because he's on the receiving end this time. And since his mind can't comprehend that other people have opinions that differ from his own, he assumes the signatures are universally unfunny. Well, at least, that's my theory. [/quote] To be honest there was really just one piece of propaganda spawned from this that was any good, and it didn't quite make sense. Oh and someone gave us a new meme through their rather poorly conceived attempt at it. Meow.

[quote name='Alterego' timestamp='1289421136' post='2509579'] Like he said how was he supposed to know what MKs response would have been step by step to different scenarios relating to their attempted extortion when this is what MKs extortionists knew about each step. <Epiphanus> [b]Well that really depends,[/b] what matters is you are paying. <Yevgeni> [b]It isn't up to me to decide what will happen if you refuse to pay.[/b] We made a reasonable request and we never expected you to act like idiots about it and make a huge fuss out of it. Translation: We dont know [/quote] Good boy. Now if our guys didn't know if there was a banana or not in someone's pocket that might be mistaken for a gun (or not), where is the basis for the use of the term 'extortion'?

[quote name='Seerow' timestamp='1289420416' post='2509567'] On topic: This policy is surprisingly decent. I came in expecting to find something to make fun of, almost left disappointed. Then I saw this: Off topic: Are you implying that the 11k infra nation linked as a potential rogue target has only a 300mil warchest, and you consider that good? Or am I grossly misunderstanding your comment? [/quote] I think he's implying that the rogue only has a 300m warchest. Rogues need to learn to prepare better or something, but then again they don't tend to be the smartest people around. Anyway to get back on topic, I like this policy and don't see why people feel a need to make negative comments about it and poorly thought out hypothetical situations that will never occur to showcase how it fails. Then again I suppose I tend to expect too much from public discourse. May you grind your rogues into the ground without interference, HoT! Edit: I spend too long writing forum posts.

You should roll VE for this as they're obviously not going to cough up the dough.

These people should just surrender and start handing over ~90% of their technology right away. It'll save them a lot of infra and possibly a couple of hundred million or so in warchests, if they even have any. Anyone who was party to these talks needs to realize that the chance of success is zero. You are being watched, you wont even be able to sneeze without the new hegemony knowing.

It's good that alterego finally admits that we do not deserve competent enemies. Way to change your tune and acknowledge what benign and magnanimous rulers of the world we truly are.

I don't see a problem with letting allies have some fun with rogues. Maybe I'm biased because we get so few and our allies get more.

It was all a PR stunt towards our ex-allies, and apparently it worked perfectly. What now?

[quote name='Jens of the desert' timestamp='1288313797' post='2495808'] [color="#0000FF"]MK...what are you doing. Deciding cutting all ties wasn't so great, or what?[/color] [/quote] This post is an example of what happens when people fail either in their reading comprehension or long term memory. Do not fall into the same trap, say no to drugs!

[quote name='NorthernLights' timestamp='1286251944' post='2475474'] Nice. I hope more alliances follow suit and cancel all their treaties. Then the world will stagnate because no one knows who's behind them or their enemy. And we'll still get to blame it on MK! [/quote] So whichever way it is, public treaties or just informal friends, what you're saying is that the world is too full of cowards for anything to happen anyway. I agree.

[quote name='Merrie Melodies' timestamp='1285977444' post='2471655'] So Achons statement was insincere as well as many of the other statements made by MK members through out that thread? Once again my post was not about Karma, it was about the ideals that members of your alliance expressed in that thread, ideals which run contrary to MKs consistent support of GOONS actions of late. [/quote] Could you explain this in more detail? What ideals, how are we running contrary to them?

[quote name='Stumpy Jung Il' timestamp='1284491126' post='2453800'] I just wish everyone would stop calling us LUE. [/quote] Mushroom Kingdom, pffft. More like [b]Crying[/b] Kingdom imo.

Poll lacks MK, null.

Poll lacks MK. [quote name='Lenny N Karl' timestamp='1284386380' post='2452252'] New Poll: What alliace promotes the most [u]postive[/u] and [u]professional/mature[/u] image of real diplomacy in the world of BoB? all write in votes... [/quote] Voting MK.

[quote name='Tarmikos' timestamp='1284271048' post='2450705'] No, in fact its not an argument at all, its simple fact. Seems your living up to your name. [/quote] "I will ignore all conventions and defeat you with a dictionary attack. Hurf durf."

[quote name='White Chocolate' timestamp='1283879833' post='2445473'] Exactly, so that the Karma alliances can have the power to do what NPO did to them previous. This being a very nice example. [/quote] I suggest you educate yourself on history. I know it's hip and cool to claim that everyone since the karma war is "just like NPO", but you're wrong. Also please stop trying to make everything about NPO, the world does not revolve around them.

[quote name='White Chocolate' timestamp='1283879251' post='2445460'] My question is this, considering the actions of the people in power here who are not GOONS, what was the Karma war really about? I would of thought, if nothing else, at least to let an alliance like GOONS deal with the results of their own actions when they are clearly able to do so anyway. That's me...fooled by wanting to believe in others once again. [/quote] The Karma War was to defeat enemies, I'm sorry you fooled yourself once again.

All the ones I thought of as candidates for worst turned out to be in the wrong category, so I picked worst at random. It turns out NATO is the worst. There is no question about who is best though.

This is most excellent.

Congratulations to my friends in both alliances, may the new Hegemony last for a thousand years and more.

Accept that you're fat and have bad skin (judging by your highly edited photo). After that everything will be much easier. You'll even see that most people don't have perfect skin or weight. Or in case that's not a highly edited photo of you or a drawing, take comfort in your photoshop filter abilities and become a devianTART. It will be your very own hugbox and your emotions will improve. Lastly, you should never ask the internet what to do. Though since you're not serious you get bonus points.

[quote name='Bob Janova' date='01 July 2010 - 12:57 AM' timestamp='1277942244' post='2355946'] AB: Nice to see you show up, perhaps you can make it back two posts and see where I said (again, as I have since it happened) that I do not agree with pre-emptive attacks. However, preparing to enter through one of your treaties on the opposite side to TOP/IRON [i]is[/i] cause and provocation – perhaps not sufficient to justify military action, but that's not what's under discussion here. The proposed amendment claims the attack was without any cause, and that's demonstrably false, through Archon's own words there. [/quote] That is not cause and/or provocation. See what you're saying is that anyone that has a treaty is provoking and causing attacks on themselves. Alternatively they are poor allies who will not prepare to honor their treaties. We were not actively doing anything but seeking peace, how is that provocation? We were prepared to go to war as a last resort, how is that cause to attack? I will call out your !@#$%^&* wherever I see it, I don't care what context you try to throw it into. It is no less wrong and frankly it's bordering on insanity.