Andy Rooney

Per the terms posted here http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=80948&st=0 I have resigned from MCXA and surrendered to NPO.

I've accepted the terms and surrendered.

[quote name='astronaut jones' date='04 February 2010 - 06:33 AM' timestamp='1265293997' post='2158824'] hardly think forcing people to fork over tech is fair. [/quote] Neither do I. Thus I have no intention of surrendering. I'll agree to white peace when the time comes or I'll keep fighting. I've been zi'd before and I've rebuilt and zi is far, far preferable to being someone's tech farm.

Like a top hat and tails, Honor is never out of style. o/ OG

Things being what they are, I seriously doubt if every single war will end in a white peace.

Reason #476 why I've always liked you guys.

Oh, I'm thinking you just won the thread! What an EPIC idea!

We seem to do one of these things about once annually. We really should make the Big War Day an annual holiday for the whole planet. Y'know, get out the BBQ, crack open a beer, and toss a couple nukes at the neighbor kids.... A really nice day for all. B)

Actually, I was paying attention when members of Vox said that they were not an alliance and I was also paying attention to the giddy mayhem that was Vox in the heady days of its peak. There was no formal leadership even when there was formal leadership. I'm also not making any character attacks save for that of the cowardly bandwaggoners who jumped on board with Vox when things were fun and then slipped into peace mode and anonymity when they could get away with it. NPO may have a had a list, but I still see a lot of names around Planet Bob who never had to face the music for being Vox. To restate my comment; Vox simply made the game interesting.

(I'm responding to the OP, not any of the other posts, m'kay?) I personally celebrated Vox for bringing some excitement and unpredictability to our humble planet. It's hard to denounce them for 'their' actions given that as an anarchist organization (they don't really fit the title of 'alliance') there really was no 'them' to begin with. Vox was/is the Port Royal of our time. A collection of the wronged, an unruly mob, a few score pirates, a brigade of traitors, some outright thieves and liars, and, of course, the inevitable cowardly bandwaggoners. Vox was doomed the moment it accepted its second member for no such organization can succeed for long. It is to be noted that they did succeed for far longer than anyone expected. But in the end, Vox failed. And they did so in such an epic fashion that they'll at least be remembered for far longer than so many other alliances whose names and banners are forgotten to us now. The one thing that Vox was an epic success at was making life interesting. You have to give them that.

NC1701, It sucks to be betrayed but where your friend was a spy, that was what she was about from the beginning. She posed as your friend and that you were a good friend to her speaks of you and for her.

Yah, but you're taking notes!

BLEU rises from the ashes. B) o/ BLEU & 0/ Blunity

Happy Birthday, Polaris! Hail to you, Grub and hail to what once was and to what shall one day be again. B)

I may have been on the losing side but do allow me to applaud one of the finest peace terms I have ever seen! o/ Karma

Whilst I was never a benficiary of NPO's munificence, I too applaud them for their creation of a haven for the non-aligned. Perhaps preserving the Red Sphere as a non-aligned haven should be part of any peace proposal?

Thank you. Those are kind and generous words and this old soldier intends to live up to them. o/ zzzptm

It isn't bandwagoning when you jump in on Day One to take hits from the enemy but it IS bandwagoning when you come in a week after the war starts to scrounge up tech and etc. from anarchied nations. This isn't 'honor', this is just looting and pillaging and it will be remembered both by MCXA and by Pandemic's erstwhile allies who could have used their help in the initial assaults. My own enemies have had to eat about 15 of my nukes in the past week. They are taking massive damage for their alliance and I have no doubts about their commitment to their alliance and their cause and I salute them for it. But these clowns? Really, I wonder what my adversaries who have tasted my nukes 15 times think of these johnny-come-latelies who are joining the fight at a late date with the obvious intent to reap the spoils of the hard work that has been done by VE? If Pandemic is serious about their treaty commitment then I expect to see their people reserve one of my war slots from VE so they can come and feel my pain.

I will give Karma credit for offering terms that are equivalent to individual white peace. That's really quite generous of you all and I will stand down for a moment to salute you. o/ Karma That said, I now have some work to do.

Here's to WAPA for honoring the treaties they can. Some situations dictate neutrality but at least it can't be said that WAPA is avoiding a fight. I have no clue if we are on the same side in this but your honorable actions demand a salute regardless! o/ WAPA

Dang - right now as I write this there's 103 people simultaneously reading this. I know the prevailing opinion is that this is a lot of excitement over nothing, but if this is so inconsequential then why is so much attention being given to this?

So I read the op and am content that someone is keeping the world an interesting place. Vox, thanks for the post and please do post your suggestions on the proper preparation of a turkey sandwich. In your entire post it is this information that interests me the most.

It took NPO two years to root out a particular spy? Tell me I'm reading that wrong.

In the spirit of the game you should really just play the cards you're dealt. Making the best of a bad or good resource is a matter of timing and strategy - just ask all the people who had water six months ago

Makes you want to be Viceroy of MHA, doesn't it? Seriously, I enjoyed it, too! Congrats to MHA for having such an awesome news service! o/ Dragonmack o/ Gunther o/ John Mathews o/ MHA