rapmanej

so, what is the status of Harmlins?

You have enough evidence to roll his nation, but, I don't think you have enough to press charges.

So is Härmlins essentially dead in the water?

What does MHA think of this subject? That would be important as that is the only military treaty GRE has left.

[quote] On Peace Terms Peace terms shall not be used to humilate the opponent or to cripple him economically beyond the need to remove the current and immediate threat to the alliance. No terms shall be offered which The Grämlins would not consider acceptable if the sides were switched. The terms shall reflect the opponents' behavior during battle.[/quote] Nuff' said.

As promised, and 40 minutes early: Commentary: Mostly Harmless Alliance: medium loss - still associated with war Green Protection Agency: minor loss- but still steady growth New Pacific Order- small loss, but still holding steady Sparta: minor loss, relatively stable New Polar Order: small to medium loss - slowing losses World Task Force - minor gain, still on the upward trend, and the best percentage gain The Democratic Order- small loss, but overall trend is positive Fark - small loss, but stabilizing Orange Defense Network - medium loss, still losing good amounts, but is beginning to show signs of slowing Viridian Entente - small gain, growth apparent upswing FOK - minor loss The Order Of The Paradox - big loss, still no signs of slowing Independent Republic Of Orange Nations - medium loss, showing minor signs of stabilizing, but is in a very volatile situation with current war United Purple Nations - tiny loss, still making up for big loss in days past, has good chance of becoming sanctioned. Global Alliance And Treaty Organization - minor loss, GATO has to get on the ball if it wants to beat UPN to sanction Ragnarok - minor loss Mushroom Kingdom - small loss, showing signs of slowing losses The Legion - small loss The Order Of Light - big loss, seems to be in trouble as losses are not slowing Commonwealth Of Sovereign Nations - tiny gain Random Insanity Alliance - medium loss The Grämlins - minor loss, seems big losses are behind them and a new dawn has emerged Siberian Tiger Alliance - medium loss Athens - medium loss Umbrella - tiny loss Nueva Vida - small loss RnR - minor loss The Grand Lodge Of Freemasons - minor gain Federation of Armed Nations - minor loss Multicolored Cross-X Alliance - minor gain Looks like Tool, Iron, and TOP continue to free fall with the rest of the alliances showing signs of recovering or at least experiencing losses at a much slower rate. Looks like UPN and GATO will be sanctioned soon if the trends by TOP and IRON continue. Also: looks like we might have 4 oranges in a row soon! Congrats to VE to gaining the most, they seem to have stabilized.

[quote] [b]Commentary[/b] Being manly and watching figure skating. Rapmanej volunteers to do Commentary. [/quote] I'll do it at 3PM today. Let me study and take an exam before then.

anyone notice that we haven't had a complete commentary since last Wednesday? lol

And shepherds we shall be, For Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee And teeming with souls shall it ever be. In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Givem' hell CCC

\m/ should follow its damn charter!

Karma wasn't a cold war either. For a cold war, you really need two obvious sides you actively dislike one another and make that fact eminently known on the forums but, for one reason or another refrain from attacking one another directly for the time being. I'm not sure it is possible to "win" in cybernations without conflict. IRL, you have economic and military ways of waging war, in cybernations, it seems military is the only major choice. However, one could make the argument that "my warchest is x bigger than yours" as a possible economic way of waging war. But, granted I haven't been around for long, so I haven't seen a lot of the diplomatic wars that people have been talking about. And on another note, I posted this in OWF because I thought most of my OP was OOC.

That was my main point. The sides aren't unified enough. In my opinion, to be considered a "cold war" there must first be two big sides pitted against each other. I can't comment on the past wars because I've only been here for about 11 months. To put it into perspective, my first war was the NPO-Jarheads war.

Recently, I was reading a very well written thread that dealt with the political situation now occurring in cybernations. However, I disagree with the notion that planet bob is now experiencing a cold war. I my opinion, bob has just arrived from a cold war, and now we are entering into a phase of "globalization" In bob's cold war, we had Hegemony vs Karma. That war is over. Now, just like irl, we have a new phase where every alliance has a greater share of power because of the leveling out of total NS. I would argue that this war was a direct correlation to the military tactic of balancing. Now to steal from Thomas Friedman's the Lexus and the olive tree: The karma vs Hegemony war was like sumo wrestling, with one side winning, the other losing, and it being very much a bipolar battle. Now we live in a world where the next war could be like a 100 meter dash: Where the added competition means more competitors, so no matter how much you win by, you will have to get up, and do it again the next day. Funny how CN can translate to RL quite well at times.

Airme, do you have the links for the shows? The two original links I used are busted.

Is it safe to assume for the general population of the game that friends before infra is officially dead?

In my personal opinion banning EZI lists would ban game freedom. If a nation is attacked a countless amount of times, would we assume that the nation is on a EZI list and is "safe" from future attacks? If you don't want to be attacked, there is always an off button to your computer and a peace mode in game. The admins definitely do not need to become thought police policing whether an attack on a nation is justified or not. How would we decide if such lists exist? Would we just go on assumptions, or would substantial proof need to be required? Too many unintended consequences would result from this move to ban EZI lists. Besides, I fail to see how EZI is an OOC attack. If you are always attacking his in game character, how is this OOC? That's my 2 cents, for now.