Sardonic

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

I like to make jokes to crack the tension during negotiations. Also Yeah I was really worried when you said EQ was 2011, time flies.

Something something pirates and emperors.

Best of luck to Sparta, this will not be an easy path you walk. E: Woah, Mogar making interesting posts, surprising.

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

Sounds like Sandstorm is about to have [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYRaehFVp4w]Nothing Left![/url].

I can't believe how many people are legitimately and earnestly trying to explain to you the cyclical nature of politics. And here you are sticking to an extremely deluded worldview backed only by your overwrought prose. The world does not work like you think it does. You need to consult with somebody who understands. Talk to Schattenman, talk to him often. Query him daily. Maybe he will be able to get through to you.

This is almost, almost a loss.jpg edit.

Pretty sure it was something along the lines of the Maroon Wars, back in the old GOONS. More than that I can't really remember much at all. The failcascade of the old GOONS was truly a tragic event. So many good people lost. E: It was this, I think: http://cybernations.wikia.com/wiki/Maroon_War

Seeing as how you're not really able to enforce it, you can forgive them for forgetting about it. What's it like to be wrong about literally everything?

Sure, go hog wild.

The naivety is strong with that one indeed.

MDoAPs are fine as long as they are non chaining. Burning for your ally and burning for your allies' ally are two entirely different things.

I think you must be confusing us for somebody else. It is amusing that Sirwilliam seems to have transmitted our old 'low-warchest' curse to Kashmir in some capacity though. Or at least the aspect of the enemy forming a premature conclusion based on just the one or two nations they are fighting. :v:

Who are your protectors?

OK gonna be honest here, if you seriously think the world is going to be turned into a 'constant state of war' I've got a national bridge improvement to sell you. I have only seen that happen in one other world, and the conditions that led do it there do not quite exist yet here.

I was about to make one of those dumb alignment chart macros, with regards to different alliances, but I realized I'd run out of space in Lawful Evil. Even still, I'd break it down something like this: Lawful Neutral Chaotic _____________________________ | NpO | FARK | KASKUS | | ODN | | | | VE | | | Good | | | | _____________________________ | NATO | GPA | RIA | | | WTF | NEW | | | | | Neutral | | | | _____________________________ | GOONS | TPF? | DBDC? | | NPO | | | | UMB | | | Evil | SPARTA | | | | TOP | NG Etc. _____________________________

Yeah, not really objectively measurable at all.

Now do one for Political power.

My apologies, I wasn't actually pointing my comment at NpO. I take no issue with NpO's strategy (though I question the enforceability of the whole DBDC embargo thing). Just pointing out to Starfox that there are stakes in war beyond who wins or who loses. In my experience, people's opinions on alliances are made or broken during war. I'm gonna have to see your math on the whole 7 months thing though. Unless there's a massively surprising shift in both coalitions I don't see any hang ups prolonging the war to anything near that length. Though given the slow build up of this war, it might be 7 months until it fully expands, heh.

Just because the outcome of the war is, quite likely, already decided does not mean that what alliances do in it does not matter. I can think of no better indication on an alliance's nature then their actions when things heat up, and no better indicator on the true character of an alliance leader than how they act during a war, particularly when the chips are down. The world is watching, I know I am, anyway.

Now things are getting interesting.

I think you mean: Context: http://www.somethingawful.com/forum-fridays/ff10-01-07/4/

I feel like I'm playing spacechem again.

Methrage is a truly sustainable source of funding.and entertainment. GOONS owes much of its success to identifying and "cultivating" individuals such as Methrage. The days of peak Methrage may be behind us, but the good times keep on rolling!