Stetson76
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Well earned retirement guys and good luck moving forward IRON.
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Sorry I wasn't around last night to hail this announcement properly.
Speaking for myself and SNAFU as a whole, I wish you guys the best of luck. As with any family, when a member needs to move to the next city or country to follow their dreams there is a sense of sadness that is tempered by great hope.
Seeing as each of you at one point or another was a member of SNAFU, that sense of family is even more profound. That being said, if you ever need anything, all you have to do is ask.
Congratulations and many happy returns...
(Also...sexy Avg NS. You'll have to work on getting that down.
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Congratulations guys.
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I thought the day would never come when I would agree publicly with WCR, but alas, it has. The opportunity to take a superior moral stance was presented and shamefully squandered. One can only assume this was because that which was proffered, peace, was never actually desired by those to whom the admittedly long overdue olive branch was extended.
Nolissar, I'm only responding to you out of all of these posts because of my respect for you. The "peace" offered to TPF include the following "and we want an admission of wrongdoing and validation of the war". Even should that line be struck from the agreement, TPF taking even one round of damage and just walking away is a tacit admission that the CB was valid.
That all being said, the superior moral stance presented would have left TPF to take on the entire blame for this war.
What it all comes down to is the entire Coincidence Coalition is committed to defending TPF and as such, will respect whatever terms they are willing to accept, our desires are clearly secondary. So while there are certainly alliances on both sides that want a global conflict, once TPF gets terms they are happy with, SNAFU (and I believe the rest of the Coalition) will be perfectly happy to end this war under those terms.
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Brilliant, simply brilliant!
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I think ML just declared on us! O.o
Great to be standing next to you ML.
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Glad to be standing beside you Invicta.
o/ Coincidence
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Thanks for the support OG!
o/ The Coincidence Coalition
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Though sad this is your first major announcement to the world Mirreille, it is a pleasure to stand beside you this day.
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Throughout Planet Bob, televisions flicker and go black for a heartbeat when suddenly an image appears on the screen…
The image fades to reveal a weather-worn man who immediately begins to speak to a crowd gathered before him. ”Ladies and gentlemen, I come to you today with some very sad and disturbing news. As you are all aware, our friends and allies in The Phoenix Federation were attacked some days ago for a crime of intent, during a time of war. Now I know this has excited everyone within the ranks of our fine alliance, but we have some even more disturbing news…our supply of Viagra has run out!”
A loud groan escapes from the assembled crowd.
”If we’re out of Viagra, how are we going to get rid of these blue balls?” a man with a pained expression yells from the back of the room.
”Hmmm…that sounds like a good name for this war”, the man muses to himself.
”Ladies and gentlemen!” yells the man behind the podium. ”Due to a miscommunication among the alliance’s supply clerks, we seem to have ordered a year’s supply of Mexican food from:
Biagra Mexican Seafood Restaurant
2615 Castroville Rd Ste 105, San Antonio, TX 78237
(Mention SNAFU and get a free fish taco.)
…instead of the Viagra required to run our war/love machine. But I digress, the fact is that we will ensure that our supplies of Viagra will be replenished in short order and at that time our dance partners, \m/, Athens and Global Order of Darkness will feel the ecstasy of a SNAFU gone wrong. At that time, we will rise up, just as the Phoenix rises from the ashes, time, and time again.”
A loud cheer erupts in the room as people anticipate the coming festivities.
Feeling a rush of pride and emotion the man in the worn out cowboy hat yells to the crowd: ”It won’t be long until I’m no longer the only one who can be called FUBAR around these parts!
With that the transmission ends and everyone’s one’s TV’s, somewhat anti-climactically, go back to their regularly scheduled episodes of My Favorite Martian…
tl;dr SNAFU declares war on \m/, Athens and Global Order of Darkness in defense of TPF, our longstanding oDP partner. We’ve not yet begun to shoot, but when we do, it’ll be with plenty of pent up frustration.
*note: My thanks to Desperado who was the first person I saw mention that this was the Blue Balls War. If someone else came up with the idea first, thank you as well.
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So, let me get this straight?
Mhawk entrusted a guerrilla mission to someone (namely DrunkMonkey) who had quite clearly stated that he will never respect Mhawk again?
Then, before the mission commenced that individual pulled out.
Finally, that individual waited 6 months to let those new allies he claims he cares so much about that TPF might have been plotting against them? So, for 6 months TPF according to the logic stated in the original declaration has been actively working against Athens and others, but ZH decided to let that all happen despite their friendship.
Seems to me, ZH would have let Athens and Rok know much sooner if they really wanted to be solid allies and good friends.
I do know that many of the friends I made with members of ZH while they were in TPF have been central in this drama and I'm very sorry to see it. I certainly hope they get what they're aiming for out of this, because their self respect has got to be damaged by wallowing around in this mud pit.
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Great to see the purple family expanding once again.
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I love seein' the purple love.
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Great to see guys.
Here's to protectors and protectorates growing up together.
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Congratulations Legion.
Here's to more growth and success.
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Crap, you're catching up and stuff. Congrats guys, I knew you'd do it, eventually.
Well, if you guys stopped being so cool as to have an entire alliance go rogue on you on their way out the door it wouldn't be so close. LOL
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Epic. Much love from your friends in OSA, you guys have been terrific friends and supporters as far back as there has been as OSA and we are very happy to see you reach yet another milestone, sure you've had the odd snafu here and there, but somehow, despite our best attempts at sabotage, you always get back on track!
Fake edit: Stets and Pansy, how's about we make that a three way race to 2M?
The problem with this is that you guys would cheat by being good nations builders and stuff.
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The theme song from the 1993 hit show Dr. Quinn the Medicine Woman slowly grows in volume as a bright point of light shines on the screen and expands out to reveal...
From off stage a quiet voice is heard, getting louder and louder...
"Guys! What's going on!?!? Where's Eye of the Tiger...and WHAT IS THAT!!!! Who sent out the war flag?"
An collective gasp echoes over the auditorium as a frantic man comes running on the stage as the crowd erupts into a cacophony of questions. Reaching in his pocket he presses the button on the microphone.
Speaking unamplified only the first row hears, "Ladies and gentlemen, please settle down," realizing his mistake he presses the button again "PLEASE SETTLE DOWN...SNAFU is NOT going to war and we by no means support the feminization of the Old West!"
As the crowd begins to settle down the man approaches the podium pushing his hat back as he wipes his brow and clears his throat.
"Ahem...gentlepersons of SNAFU and the world, I come before you today September 4th, 2009, to celebrate a momentous occasion! The SNAFU Alliance has of this day officially turned 1 year old!"
A stunned silence seems to settle over the crowd and the man looks around expecting wild cheers and applause. Seeing everyone staring blankly back at him he continues.
"Today marks not only the passage of time, but also the threshold upon which SNAFU gazes into the future..."
"Today's December 9th," shouts a little old lady from the audience.
"We shall continue this great adventure with full hearts and open eyes," the speaker trails off to a whisper "We shall move forward..."
The man puts his finger to his ear, listens for a few seconds. As he listens his face turns red and he chuckles desperately.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems we've had something of a SNAFU, and the atomic clock we built to commemorate our 6 month anniversary doesn't actually run on our biggest national export."
An image flashes on the screen.
"On a positive note, now that we've realized the mistake it seems our alliance treasury has tripled in size! Free ice cream for all nations!!!"
Cheers erupt from the crowd.
Enjoying the applause the man yells into the microphone…”And we’ve broken 1million nation strength! Take a look!”
As the image appears on the screen, the crowds slowly falls silent again and then begins to laugh. Looking behind him the jubilant leader’s smile disappears.
”But, but, we were over 1million, I swear…” Again putting his hand to his ear, he hangs his head and shakes it back and forth.
”I’m sorry folks, but it appears we were premature in that announcement.”
”Close enough!” yells a man wearing rabbit ears and a bathrobe from the back row.
”Yeah, it’s just a little SNAFU,” the man on stage responds.
The crowd erupts in cheers once again.
Blasting over the speakers, the dulcet sounds of Zamfir’s pan flute.
"On that note, I'll leave you fine people to celebrate. Please pick up a pamphlet distributed by our trained helper monkeys, and we hope to see you in #snafu to continue the party."
As the man walks off the stage waiving to the crowd and enjoying their adulation he trips over a speaker cable and falls out of sight.
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Congrats guys.
The flag looks great.
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Congratulations on still being around doesn't feel appropriate. From the first time I came across Olympus my question wasn't if they would be around, but indeed how much more class and style would they have as time passed.
Well, it's obvious now that the charts haven't been devised that can quantify the excellence of this alliance.
Olympus, it is an honor to call you a friend and ally and I hope nothing but the best for you as you continue to not just survive, but to excel in the coming months and years.
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Ah yes, CD, my favorite alliance that trolls itself...they even have members that will troll themselves.
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This sounds like fun.
I've gotta say, color ties aside, that UPN has some incredibly efficient recruiters. ODN, you've got your hands full.
Good luck to both parties.
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Congratulations in finally getting Pyroman out of the top spot (well, one of three of them)!
Looks great guys, you've been awesome protectors and are great allies.
Hail Carpe Diem!
Hail the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!
Hail the Crusades...oh wait, the Biblical theme is going bye, bye...
Hail premature ejaculation of charters!
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Just for the sake of discussion, SNAFU also has offered a 2x2+1 deal.
Large Nation A sends $3mil to small nation a
Larbe Nation B sends $3mil to small nation b
small nation a sends 50 tech to Large Nation B
small nation b sends 50 tech to Large Nation A
10 days later, they repeat the tech payment.
This is a little more complex than a 1x1, but helps get those pesky two extra slots used up and should a brand new seller take the route of inactive delete, the buyers only stand to lose 50 tech.
This has fallen out of favor a bit as many of our active small nations have been getting $3mil for 50 tech deals, but it's worked fairly well in the past.
As an alliance, we prefer to set up 3x3's as although the organization may be a little more involved on the front end, the deal is done and over with in 1-2 days and that's all the time we have to spend tracking it. An alliance sanctioned 1x1 must be tracked for 20 days and has in our experience resulted in many more defaults than the 3x3 format. Since we honor any alliance deal made with outside parties, it can be a real pain in the behind if we've got 3-4 new recruits who all of a sudden decide Planet Bob isn't for them 9 days into a 1x1.
Anyway, that's my $.02, I love this topic, keep the ideas coming.
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The major problem with this is that although they can choose who they like and want to defend, there is no "legitimate" way that those friends can help them.
Great way to put them in the position of forcing this policy on them as well since they'd have to "Moldavi" (for lack of a better term) their way into any defense of you.
I'm glad you guys are following your muse and all but you've done nothing but make the political realities more difficult for your "friends" through selfishness.