Arrnea

O ya baby mostly doesn't want to destroy tech and land, but rather to loot it - because that's how he grows. He can't do that if he's locked in nuclear anarchy fighting nations who are sitting on zero soldiers and just lobbing nukes at him. Again, we can afford the tech, infra, land and money losses. Can o ya baby afford to not be able to raid for the duration of this war that he's started? PS: What would you have suggested as an alternative strategy? That we simply roll over and let him loot as he pleases? Never going to happen.

This isn't about destroying o ya baby's pixels, though that is a favourable side-effect of the strategy we've chosen to employ. RIA doesn't have the upper tier necessary to put our strategy to work against the whole of DBDC (no offense), so the comparison isn't a valid one in the slightest. You'd be surprised how easy it is for our nations to recover to the top 250 ranks after a statistical beat-down and perhaps by how hard it is for a nation in perpetual war to keep sending successful nuke attacks daily. The GPA can afford the losses we will incur, but can a rogue like this afford (and, indeed, endure) being stuck in nuclear anarchy for the next three months? What of the next six? The next twelve? The GPA is in this for the long haul and will do what is necessary to ensure that our nations are not assailed.

Yes, but when the opponent has as much land as does o ya baby, it becomes nearly impossible to win an offensive GA against him. There's also the matter that in order to launch ground attacks, you need soldiers and tanks - which opens you up to be looted, something we'd like to prevent the enemy from doing. Jerdge (while not an official spokesman) has more or less conveyed the opinion of the GPA Ministry of Defense already, so I'll leave it at that.

:nuke: Peace in our time! :nuke: Good fight, TPC.

Gee, after the time we spent waiting for the DoW, I expected something a bit more flashy. Here's to a good (and surprisingly even) war, anyway!

TPC/War Doves war should produce some interesting moves here.

Welcome to Rokkenjima, Vexillodge and UPN!

Yeah - good show all around. Special props to masterofwind of saddom and Pmacdaddy of Sanctuary, who were not easy to anarchy.

Unfortunately, all the other alliances in our general vicinity were either way out of our league or already at war. Lucky day for ODN, I guess.

Announcement from the Green Protection Agency VALE VIRIDIS It has been a glorious seven years. However, after all this time, we have realized that we are no longer the strong community that we used to be, and as such, rather than collapsing through internal bickering and civil strife, we have decided to honourably disband our alliance, and in doing so prevent the sullying of the name of the Green Protection Agency. For the final time, farewell. The GPA AA shall remain active for the next days and weeks as our members figure out where to head to next. We ask that you do not send them recruitment messages - they wish to decide for themselves. Signed and Authorised for the Green Protection Agency, King Caladin I Imperatorius, Great Green Monarch Master Helpma, Vice-President of Boringness Sir Kurdanak, Duke of Sussex, Earl of Lancaster, 1st Viscount of the Marne, and Lord of Ireland Doctor LastoftheRomans D.F.A., Chancellor of the Exchequer and Bean Counting General Arrnea, Sinister Minister of Defense of the Green Protection Agency, President of the Republic of Jerna, Lord Grandmaster of the Order of the Snowflake, Defender of the Faithful and Supreme Bastion of Notoriety Marshal Jearilum, Chief of the GPA Secret Police and Proprietor of Many Gulags Lady TheCat, Minister of Many Cats

[quote name='Louisa' timestamp='1318240704' post='2822083'] It is pretty amazing that this happens every time. You post a weird thread, people ask what you think you are doing, you try to explain but only mess things up more, and after another round of laughter it is time for your balltaking and homegoing. [/quote] Yes, well unfortunately there are some people who just cannot be explained to.

Oh my, seems Bern has backflipped from his stance of thinking this funny. Show's over, folks. Consider SOS' tech pools removed from this and my support for it withdrawn. Well played, people. And no, I'm not even going to go into the sheer volume of ways in which the accusations levelled at me have been way, way off the mark. Their sheer lunacy should be enough for the people I honestly give a rat's ass about to tell that they're wrong.

[quote name='ShouAS' timestamp='1318173041' post='2821483']Bern used to lead SOS after Arrnea ran away after the SOS-NsO spat, Arrnea came back and couped Bern, Bern said "you know what this alliance is worthless" so left. Arrnea got butthurt and here we are.[/quote] Yeah, not even close. If Bern was thinking SOS was so worthless, [url=http://se.sosdancn.org/index.php?showtopic=3148]he wouldn't have tried to come back[/url] (albeit only to attempt to get the Chief's spot back by any means necessary) after resigning his post and making me Chief again when he had other matters to attend to. Also, I didn't run away, I had RL issues (health issues, to be precise) to deal with at the time and so could not fulfill my duties as Chief.

[quote name='Haflinger' timestamp='1318164315' post='2821447']They don't want him nuked so bad, as you say. It was a joke.[/quote] It's not a joke, we actually [b]will[/b] pay the fund out to the person who fulfills all the conditions. It [b]is[/b] however not a malicious thing. As I pointed out earlier, Bern said he'd get a laugh out of it if the fund grew bigger than it was at the time (which it has), so here we are with a topic on the boards that most people seem to have misread. Typical of the Internet, really. [quote name='jerdge' timestamp='1318169265' post='2821466']Am I the only one that doesn't know the reason some people in the SOS Brigade want Bernkastel to be hit for? An explicit rationale would have been appreciated.[/quote] It's nothing personal, just a jolly old send-off for our ex-Chief. Purely professional.

[quote name='Xiphosis' timestamp='1318149886' post='2821396'] Is it a rogue attack if Bern agrees? [/quote] You're still not reading. Whether or not Bern agrees is irrelevant. What's relevant is that Europa (or whatever alliance Bern is in at the time) has to have joined the Legion-Tetris war. I fear I ask too much when I ask some people to demonstrate basic comprehension skills.

[quote name='Xiphosis' timestamp='1318147258' post='2821388']Here's me agreeing with Steve. Do it, Europa.[/quote] And here's you, still not reading. [quote name='Arrnea' timestamp='1318146935' post='2821385']There was a specific clause in the OP that means a rogue attack on Bernkastel would [b]not[/b] attract the prize:[/quote] That clause also means that Europa [b]actually has to join the war[/b] for it to be paid.

[quote name='Ernesto Che Guevara' timestamp='1318147083' post='2821386'] Did you include a section in the OP about teaching me how to read properly and not jump to conclusions? feelsbadman.jpg [/quote] People wouldn't have read it even if I did.

[quote name='Ernesto Che Guevara' timestamp='1318146448' post='2821381'] Things like this may encourage rogue actions there, bud. I was just stating fact. [/quote] There was a specific clause in the OP that means a rogue attack on Bernkastel would [b]not[/b] attract the prize:[quote]in the event of [b]Europa[/b] (or whatever alliance the target may be in at that time) [b]joining the current Legion-Tetris war[/b][/quote]

[quote name='Kellory' timestamp='1318117442' post='2821147'] Nah, looks like there was some misunderstanding over what was and was not actually said there. Arrnea needs to read some of his conversations more carefully. [/quote] For the record, every NsO member who contributed to this fund (and that have since been removed) knew exactly what it was they were contributing to. So no, there's been no misunderstanding here, just some backpedalling.

Gee, people are such morons around here. This was not about nuke roguing Bernkastel. This was [b]never[/b] about enticing people to nuke rogue Bernkastel. This was for if an alliance went to war with Europa as a result of this war (since it was, at least at one point, quite likely that Europa would be going to war here) and in the course of that war effort nuked Bernkastel, that person would get a reward [b]to be paid at the end of all hostilities[/b]. Nobody here has a sense of humor, apparently. Or the ability to read. Edit: Also, this: <Bernkastel[Europa]> I'm actually going to laugh if that pool grows. :v

[quote name='Locke' timestamp='1318100986' post='2820990']Pathetic, really, and this is coming from someone who's not exactly a huge Bern fan.[/quote] Hey, if we feel like giving a little token of appreciation to the person who ends up, in the course of this war, delivering a nuclear hello to our dear Bernkastel, what's it to you? Oh right, you're a partisan hack who stormed out of the SOS Brigade without so much as a goodbye because you were passed over for promotion, so naturally you'd disapprove of what we do. How far you've fallen amazes me, Locke. Move along folks, nothing to see here.

[quote name='Eucliwood Hellscythe' timestamp='1318098403' post='2820964'] Hopefully Europa will be Legion side, or I'm paying for my ally to be nuked [/quote] Either way, someone will be paying for their ally to be nuked.

Withdrawn.

Who gave HK47 the Liquid Schwartz?

Well, props for "doing something about it" as they say. You're pretty much spot on, though WorldConqueror's point is hard to ignore.