Sardonic

Thank you for that. You certainly added flavor to this world, and the forgotten one on the moon. I am hopeful that you too have left this place and found greater meaning.

I wouldn't attribute our departure to lack of wars so much as a lack of overall entertainment. Our entertainment was rarely purely derived from the mechanics of the world. It was all about violent exercises of power, and the reactions thereof. That said, a few simple tweaks could have easily saved a multitude of nations, such as making it cheaper to rebuild infra or tech that you had already reached at a previous point. Far too late to be talking mechanics now though of course. We had a lot of great fun, especially at the expense of very foolish nations and alliances, but at the end of the day, I think it just started to feel sad. Old. Tired. We moved on. You all should too.

What actually transpires behind the closed doors of an alliances' leadership? Decent p̢͖̖͓̻e͚̘͎̮̙ọ̣͈̼p̜ḻ̮̀e̶̦̝͈͖͇ ̺͘s͜҉̤̬͇͇͎h̸͏̫̗̤̙̖̤͍ͅo̢͕̠͚̰͚͝u͢͡҉̲̰̣̲̖l̀͏͚̘͈̗̗͠d͏͍̲̤͕̕͘n̼̤͇̮͎͖͘͟ͅ’͓̗̗̫͕͎̭̕͢t͍̦̹̰̹̟͔̩ ͖̤̳̟͉̻ͅt̶̷̥̝̯͕̖̯̤͢h͍̬̕͞i̷̝̭̺̰͇̕͠n̛̞͖̰͟k̭̹͙̯̹͢ͅ ̸̨̝̮͖̜͈͙̟͇͍͟t̨̩̞͓̪̥̗o̢͔̺̰̠͔̗o͓̺͍͈̙̗̗̹͡͞ m҉͏̲͇̗͍̖̤̥̞͎̬̜́͟͠ư̷̡̡̼̺̗̻̘̥̞͚̝͈̙c̳̠͖͓͔͖͕̦̮͔̲̖̜̪͘͜͡͝h͏̨҉͙͚̻̯̣̱̜̪͕̫ ̴̨̰̼̤̩͕̮̩̪͓͎̬͕̥̪̫̭̼̣͜͜͢a͟͞͏̸̥͇̱̹̤̯͎̙̫͚̮̘͖̖͚̰͟b҉̗̼̙̬̪̥͓͇̝͇̗̤͚͓͇͟ͅo̸̧̯̪͎̪̯̪̘̺͜͝ṷ̢̠̠̻̠̱͕͚̯͎̝͎͙̬̜͢͜͡͞ͅt̸̡̡̛̯̤̞̲̰͎̩̙̻͙̫̩̙̲͓̙̺ͅ ̳̤̜̕͘͢͢͢ͅţ̴̶̸̨͓̱̣̪̼͍h̴̫̺̙̦͈́͟͞ͅͅͅͅá̷̱͈̙̼̹͕̠̜͢ţ͉͈͔̩͔̫̞̠ͅ.

It's ok, most of the people who think they know what the war is about don't know either.

Quite the contrary, fear and boredom are both intergal motivators in the game's FA. :colbert:

Nah, might doesn't make right. Might makes what is.

I'll go ahead and second this, I distinctly recall the last minute reassignment to TLR, mainly because I was allied to TLR at the time. Was not terribly happy about that reassignment either but IRON seemed more than happy to take it over the alternative.

OK, I'll bite. How did the coalition betray IRON? I remember a lot of people resenting IRON for taking a softball target in the war but I can't recall anything that could approach a 'betrayal' by the coalition, certainly nothing that could materially be constructed as a 'betrayal'.

I'm not surprised or angry, I just thought it was something interesting. E: No matter how you slice it, betraying a coalition mid-war is not the kind of act an alliance should do, interesting that you guys would view it as acceptable. I suppose it's besides the point now though.

You forgot about when IRON nearly turned on the coalition they were fighting with in the previous war.

You do know you could probably get away with mspainting something on the mercy board to be released right?

Yes, the game is on steam, and it is one of the best of its class: http://store.steampowered.com/app/207610/

You should play the games instead.

I'm flattered you regard me as the best of the best, but I think you should give Marx a little more credit, he posts a bit rough at times, but GOONS is unquestioningly better off for his help in running the alliance.

Important historical note to readers: [the terms offered] were something ridiculous like 6 months of no tech importation. I recalled the term but I was unsure if it had come straight from NPO or if it was truly the voice of the EQ committee of leaders. I suppose you answered that question for me, thanks. Unless other AA's had floated that possibility as well? It was a rather insulting opening offer.