Sileath

I like TPF quite a bit. I have no complaints.

Mogar if you joined NSO I would seriously wet myself in ecstasy. Questions: Why are you so awesome? How do I become awesome like you? What's the best way to make a "mark" on the game aside from being high government in an alliance? Will you e-marry me? Mogar

Hail STA! Congratulations on your awesomeness.

Now you get to be in a 2 year war with NSO for stealing our line "Only the strong survive." We'll give you the weekend off, then it's back to Peace Mode for you

Oshi congrats FAN.

What do you expect? NPO needs their bankers intact for the rebuilding effort after the war. They're just using the strategy they feel is best.

I was in #nsa when the war started and to be fair, Moo was pinging out quite a bit.

Don't forget that one of the reasons why the current political situation is such a cluster$%&@ is that treaties were used as a substitute for friendship. I support the idea of friendship. Why can't we all just get along?

So ignoring your posts constitutes intellect? I'd buy that for a dollar!

You just hit the jackpot on the Zing Machine! ZING ZING ZING ZING ZING

If you are not going to join the several others in this topic discussing the issue, take your butthurt elsewhere. I wonder how much you could get dome if you focused on productive things instead of making childish rants.

I've heard that MCXA doesn't chase ghosts off of their AA, so their numbers are somewhat deceiving.

You should expound on why Soldier was disbanded so we don't mistake these two quotes as being highly conflicting.

No alliances are "forced" to disband. FAN has not disbanded. Sponge your signature is annoying, it stretches out the page.

As far as the recruitment offer goes on the first page, the authority on this issue is Mogar, whose alliance is protecting/trying to recruit former Soldier members, who only requested that I not spam a recruitment message to those still wearing the Soldier AA. Out of respect for Mogar, I did not. If you don't want me to recruit from your disbandment thread, then don't run your alliance into the ground with piss-poor leadership.

Congratulations to CBS and IRAN! |-o-| CBS |-o-| IRAN |-o-| Mogar

The title says it all. By the way what the $%&@ is this smiley? Did the Jarheads War have an effect on NPO battle readiness? Were the small nations battle-weakened? Were the aid slots of the fatties filled up so they couldn't get battle loot out before they hit peace mode? Or did the Jarheads War have no discernible effect at all?

Having been a long time member of the Global Alliance, I would like to speak about their past- specifically during my time there, present- their release, and future. Will the Sith and the oldest alliance in CN become comrades? When I left GATO, the alliance was at its prime. It was a 500-man sanctioned alliance (NPO at the time was 800), with a decent average strength, close allies and a membership who felt like a family. It was internally and economically well organized and a good active membership. They certainly had a bright future. And yet, not all was well. As I became more and more aware of our place amongst the rest of CN’s alliances, the more I became disgusted. GATO’s foreign affairs up to the return of Chris Kaos was like being trapped in a minefield, one wrong step and what we call today the “Hegemony” would (and eventually did) crush us. Two notable incidents come to mind. The first was the formation of the Ferocitas Compact, a MDP bloc between GATO, Atlantis, CSN and IAA. The announcement was the biggest Foreign Affairs move by GATO since GW3. Rumours began circulating at once that this was the start of an anti-NPO bloc, and a vote to add an optional aggression clause failed because we feared we would only be fueling these rumours. The other was part of an incident between the IAA and Valhalla. I don’t remember what caused it, I think it might have been a rogue action, but there was an issue of reparations. Valhalla demanded outrageous amounts of tech and money, knowing their allies would be right behind them (NPO and associates). With a price of hundreds of millions of dollars and around a thousand tech, IAA reached an agreement with Valhalla (I think nowedge was still in power at the time). The Ferocitas Compact members agreed to compensate IAA after they paid their reps, or “extortion money” as we called it, in GATO the issues of indirectly aiding Valhalla, not exactly being on our friends list, raised a !@#$storm of debate and led to internal fighting (This is and was the only time I have seen GATO fighting amongst themselves). Those that refused to aid the “enemy” argued, myself among their loudest proponents, against those who wanted to send the money. The debate came to an end when a popular minister called Magicninja threatened to resign because he could not work with those who were “living in the past, and not looking into the future”. Shortly after, we agreed to aid IAA after they paid Valhalla. It’s not something I agreed with, and has stayed with me ever since. Magicninja stayed, but later on left for TPF, and has been pro-”Hegemony” ever since. Fear. They were like chains at our feet. You have to understand that at the time, GATO was ridiculed almost as badly as the GGA is today, minus the puppet-state accusations. Nobody would have cared if we were rolled. Perhaps ironically, less than six months after I left, when GATO got attacked then made a puppet state, then released it will never have to look over their shoulder anymore. Do I think the Global Alliance and Treaty Organisation is free? I do not believe so. But then again, freedom can be a loose definition. Their first move as a free alliance wasn’t their best, a PIAT treaty with their prison guards. Stockholm Syndrome? Or perhaps something more? As always, there are plenty of rumours around. Why is this relevant to us, the Sith? Because GATO and NSO are the biggest alliances on Brown, and in our aim of brown peace and unity, the Global Alliance is a key part of that goal. As always with the Sith, patience. GATO’s next move I believe will be very important on the world stage, because they still have to demonstrate that their alliance is their own. Time will tell. A piece by NSO Sith Marauder Griff NSO Forums

I oppose any and all attacks on Mogar and anything Mogar-related, including IRAN.

Sorry to see Soldier disbanding. You guys are more than welcome to join NSO.

I like it, I like it a lot.

Classy as always...

I support NSO's stance (surprised?) that we went to war to help our friends, and after peace was acquired, did not seek to punish those who we went to war against, because their motives were the same. Anyone who wants to impose harsh terms and/or demonize the opposition aside from the obligatory propaganda [ooc]needs to study the Treaty of Versailles and its effects[/ooc]

I'm sorry, what was the rest of the announcement? I got distracted.

Well fought on all sides. |-o-| Peace