Kyriakos Raanb Dorou

Enjoy the icebar NPL. Knowing you you won't have any trouble staying warm. :P

I remember last year a thousand reddit users showed up at once (to everyone's horror). Did any of them survive? :P

You must be Something Awful.

/me makes twelve multis and gets gov in every sanctioned alliance

Though CCC is in no way a military-themed alliance if that is what the OP is looking for. :v: I would recommend IRON (Independent Republic of Orange Nations) based on what you seem to value. A big alliance with big members, but at the same time they do very well with small-nation economics, and they have plenty of people in any strength range to give you a hand. They are heavily military-themed so you might enjoy that aspect as well. :P http://ironcentral.org

Fan violence.

La Guerra Grande Why? AZTEC + El Presidente + Wrestlers In fact I think all future AZTEC wars need to have a Lucha Libre theme.

I'm not sure I agree that the political situation has ever had an extreme effect on nation count. We can definitely make CN more enjoyable for individual players by how we ourselves interact with those players; but I get the feeling that even players who focused 100% internally (never once looked at the OWF or cared about what the global situation was) were far more active "back in the day" than they would be now. Does a group like GPA suffer more or less player attrition than a regular warring alliance? I think the overall rate for all AA's is about the same. The 2006-2008 time-frame of CN's popularity, and its following decline, seems to coincide with wider external trends (rather than being a unique CN phenomenon). Back then a game like CN was more desirable as a time-sink, while with the passing years other options have become more varied and better publicized. My theory then is that in the early days, naturally occurring activity caused/created better politics, rather than politics creating activity. We would see the same effect today if we had a mass influx of players. New blood brings new alliances, new leaders for the old alliances, and new ideas across the board - all of which affect politics. Perhaps players in the present time can spice things up, but I don't believe the average player or alliance now is less interesting than the average of 2007. It only seems that way because, with so many more players coming into the game naturally back then, you also got a higher rate of characters coming in. tl;dr - I believe activity has a greater effect on politics than politics has on activity; although we should all be mindful of what we can improve as individuals

Everyone loves an underdog. Eventually.

So you have met our arch nemesis, the Vindictive Voodoo Valkyrie.

Flawless diplomacy.

Real Talk.

An honorable response from the Screaming Red Ampersands.

No sir. For you, there is no massage.

Actually this would be the *seventh German Empire. K-Fred's original TGE, founded in 2007, met its end in February '11. Kaiser Wilhelm attempted to reform in July of that year... followed by disbandment eight hours later due to raids from NoR. Fifteen minutes after that, Kaiser Auctor attempted his first reformation, which he disbanded one hour later due to... trying circumstances. Another twenty minutes passed til a period of civil war erupted, as Kaiser Kurt and Kaiser Elrich simultaneously formed the fourth and fifth German Empires. Twenty minutes passed again, and the inability to determine the rightful heir caused both to disband. Finally, one week later, Wilhelm re-reformed his previous reform, now as a satellite of NoR. This TGE eventually merged with NoR in June 2012. Which brings us to today. I know your heart is genuine Knights, so I wish you all luck in your venture. Gott mit uns.

In my mind you have more of a place on Bob than the majority of your detractors, my friend. Take pride in the new life of all your creation. That life alone is something never known by many who roam our world.

You should take notes. He's probably planning on mugging away the reps which are already being paid. :v:

Whoever smelt it dealt it.

Something must be wrong with the earpiece the interpreters gave you. Here, use mine.

Godspeed sir Knight.

Welcome back SF.

Party on pink? Better stop by black for some coffee. :P

Vox Necavi: A Horror Story in Three Parts

Certainly an interesting twist. Good luck to you NSF. If nothing else, getting out gives the nations of Guinness some breathing room in troubled times.

Much luck in your recruiting Bill. It can be slow business, but I'm sure your diligence will have its reward.