Poyplemonkeys

Opinions on the GDI fiasco? Who will be next to leave The Continuum, if anyone, and why? Do you think protectorates are often handed out to anyone that asks with not enough thought or knowledge of the alliance being protected? If so why do you think that is?

Are the re-runs going to cater for different time zones? Because it would suck to have to wait for a week to listen to the show if there was no re-run in the evening time GMT

I want my nation to be feared for the damage it can do, well not feared because it's all 1s and 0s, but make people disinclined to choose my nation as their target in a war, that kind of thing. Quite cool because I completely unintentionally scared the crap out of someone because they thought I was going rogue due to my hippies thread Needs more fear factor though!

oh, you're thinking of another time, but it wasn't a stomping. We couldn't even reach their biggest nations, so just unleased the fires of hell on their middlings and got kinda killed at the top

Also draw OTF's epic battle with The Cartel B)

Well no, he has casualties so he is excluded. Can't see anyone beating that 102k NS nation myself...

Hey, Just wondering what the largest NS nation there is out there that currently has 0 casualties. Just for my own amusement really. Anyone think they're a candidate?

Personally I consider anything said in a public IRC channel, particularly by myself, as OOC. Said by the person behind the character, not the character in the game. When you get to queries or private (gov channels mainly) then it's different. I talk OOC and IC in those, but really I think it's easy to tell the difference, the only time the lines get blurred is when people deliberately blur them for their own benefit, usually an IC benefit. In my alliance's public channel last night I was discussing an elaborate plan to overthrow Moo and take his place at the helm of NPO. It involved smothering a cow in vaseline so that when he attempts to hug it he slips and falls, then we tie him up and we're done. Now that's clearly entirely OOC, even if it is talking about an IC person/alliance, and everyone can see that because of how utterly ludicrous the entire idea is. When people are having serious OOC discussions about IC issues, that's when the blurring of the lines can and will occur, which is annoying. Having to put OOC tags on posts etc in predominently OOC areas is unnecessary. OWF for example is supposedly an OOC forum, yet if you read through the first page of threads you can see a lot of veiled, and not so veiled, threats because of posts that have been made. OWF just seems to be an extension of AP to me right now. Not sure if I've actually made a point in this whole post, just sort of started typing with nothing particular in mind :lol:

I'll have to disagree with that last comment really. The aspects of the game people baaww about are just pixels. Infra, tech, land, whatever, all just pixels and I don't need those pixels to enjoy the other aspects of the game you talk about. It was a nice read though and I agree with the rest of it

Excellent post. I find it hard to disagree with any of this. Although I can't really think of solutions that are viable. Almost every issue brought up on the forums is met with a Private Channels FTW! post. When people see that threads aren't going their way they can just get them locked preventing any debate on the issues. A recent example being the disbanding of UA, but it's by no means the only one. It's great to see a few essays coming out on OWF lately, they've provoked some interesting debate. Some I've taken part in, some I've just observed, and I'd love it if the AP forum became more like those recent threads.

If you could order the demise of any alliance, putting aside personal feelings, which would you choose to have the biggest improvement on CN as a game? Which 3 alliances would you not join under any circumstances whatsoever? Alliances you would rather delete your nation and never play again than join them.

Great! Good luck I look forward to your return.

If you had to reroll now what, if anything, would you do differently?

Do you think the clear polarisation of the colour spheres is having a negative, positive, or just not much of an impact at all on the game? How would you go about balancing them?

Apparently it's real easy to find trades on Brown right now.

This is one I made. The colours look a little MS Painty, mainly because I had to use MS Paint, and I don't know how to dull them down a little bit. If I could I'd tone down the red and blue a touch, make them look a bit more like real colours. It's designed to portray my nation's characteristics, which are loyalty and dediation to the cause, and a militaristic approach. The black is there to stand for power. The red is used, again to stand for power, but in a more militaristic fashion, also meaning aggression and of course being the colour of blood. The red also shows an intensity and I'm hoping it amplifies the symbolism of the other colours. The symbol is an Akoben, an African symbol of the war horn, which stands for vigilance, waryness and a fierce loyalty. It's blue for loyalty and trust. Suggestions on how to improve, comments etc would be

lolwut? Try finding trades with my resources without getting desperate and just spamming anyone with semi-decent resources. Trade with me btw?

I wish 1TF luck from the invasions. Only once their alliance affiliation is cleansed of the filth can they truly prosper. Forza 1TF.

Am I to understand that to remove a blockade you need to run a naval attack on the blockading nation? I'm not 100% sure as I've not been in that situation yet. If this is the case, how are you to remove the blockade if it stays after the war has expired? If it's not call me a moron and ignore me for the rest of the thread

Yeah I agree, makes it a faster paced game as intended, and also gives a better update time for other timezones.

Good things happen to bad people clearly :jihad:

I had a quick look over there but it seems you're not even entertaining the idea of deals containing tech? Is this true?

I have no slots until 5th July, and I'd only be interested in a £12mil + 200 tech deal to save my slots (Equivalent value of £18mil) though. PM me in game if you're still interested.

Do you need it 1st July as my aid slots won't clear up until 5th?