Lord Curzon

[quote name='Buds The Man' timestamp='1308810729' post='2739173'] really i seem to have logs of one or your gov members talking with us that would differ with that statement. [/quote] Maybe someone cast a spell on them.

[quote name='Omniscient1' timestamp='1308809957' post='2739152'] Because the "Poland is going to get it" slogan was much funnier. [/quote] It was hilarious actually

[quote name='ImperialCubanacan' timestamp='1308808949' post='2739123'] I don't know about you, but I'm already huffing and puffing over here. [/quote] I'm hoping these guys will just Ron away out of this thread. They've got the experience from this announcement.

[quote name='Buds The Man' timestamp='1308808298' post='2739106'] why would you wand to do this its just really a dumble door to open. Dracko i got all confundised here. [/quote] It's really getting Harry in this thread.

[quote name='Delta1212' timestamp='1308806801' post='2739057'] I really don't think anyone is going to get this. Most people spent too much time russian around these days to pick up a proper education. [/quote] Everyone was waiting for Bagration, instead we get silly puns and a consulate announcement. You guys are being pretty poor Soviets. Maybe you need some vodka?

[quote name='Penlugue Solaris' timestamp='1308806042' post='2739033'] Do you need a tissue? [/quote] Maybe a new pair of pants?

Haha, ha ha... Ha Good one

[quote name='Artigo' timestamp='1308771154' post='2738510'] This stat is most surprising to me. I never would have guessed our ANS would be higher than all of PB's elite alliances, especially Umb/MK. I guess GOONS brings the average down quite a bit. [/quote] BAPS brings it up pretty nicely, and ML for that matter

Glad to see this, nice entry treaty between two quality alliances

Thats lame.

IRON into TORN

[quote name='Hyperion321' timestamp='1308606969' post='2736172'] edit: I found our target lists from CF. It looks like TOP had 57 nations above 100k. 78 above 90k. 102 above 80k. That's also !@#$@#$ scary. [/quote] Fun times.

[quote name='Delta1212' timestamp='1308570140' post='2735743'] Could you point this out to me? I think I missed it. [/quote] I apologize, I was under the impression Thunder Strike was still a trium, I suppose I am behind. I went back and checked and saw that was not the case. My bad.

Oh wow. Well this should be fun. Also, you got to meet The Iron Lady? Lucky.

[quote name='Sandwich Controversy' timestamp='1308466608' post='2734562'] Ah yes, "invent" [/quote] Wait, SC, didn't you know? Polar is a Jesus figure. A martyr for the MK cause, but betrayed by the ones they sought to protect. They're blameless and through their scars and commitment their pixels have ascended unto admin. Repent, lest ye be punished by its holy wrath for your sins.

[quote name='Il Impero Romano' timestamp='1308551654' post='2735655'] Analogizing the case to that quote certainly is an interpretation, but I don't think its any more reasonable then mine though. But hey, reasonable minds can differ. My original point was though that the hurrr ass hurt comments are just kind of stupid since everything that followed [i]can [/i] in some respects be traced back to a threat. One thing though, I don't think there is any "blame" to go around really, per se. Just people who don't like each other very much arguing, nothing wrong with that. [/quote] Ah, saw you're original comment. You're right. However, hopefully you can understand why [quote]Instead of perpetuating it though, it would have been better for you guys to diffuse it right then and there, no? Immediately forming rank and laying down the argument lines kind of gives his post legitimacy, 27 days or not. [/quote] appeared to be an assignment of blame for the topic's degeneration.

And on the 3rd day he rose again, fueled by wrath and hot air, to !@#$%* out his former allies.

[quote name='Il Impero Romano' timestamp='1308549782' post='2735629'] I did notice the seniority, hence why I originally said "some kid with eyes bigger then his stomach". Instead of perpetuating it though, it would have been better for you guys to diffuse it right then and there, no? Immediately forming rank and laying down the argument lines kind of gives his post legitimacy, 27 days or not. As for appropriateness, well, I think its a question of whether or not a threat is an appropriate response to an inappropriate comment. Around here, it isn't. Stirring the pot, even distastefully, is the norm. Once you have something like a threat in play though of course past history gets brought up, which is why it's kinda stupid to call it "butt hurt" when its actually just "an argument" :x [/quote] I think that is an unfair characterization of what happened there. We saw in order a) a senior member of CSN insult this bloc and intimate that it would be destroyed then b) a minor member of RoK throw out a threat then c) gov members of SF take that threat overly seriously and responded in kind then d) general degeneration. I think we can be intellectually honest enough to admit that there is plenty of blame to go around. Even now you have a sitting government member of an SF alliance openly threatening this bloc, a fact which I do not [u]recall[/u] seeing from the government members of MJ yet. I believe the proverb is "You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." No?

Congrats guys and good luck. I look forward to seeing what this alliance has to offer.

[quote name='Denial' timestamp='1308541885' post='2735419'] I came for the announcement of a bloc; I stayed for further evidence of Super Friends being an absolute joke. [/quote] qft, the way this thread degenerated is both amusing and depressing. Sorry to the members of MJ for how off a cliff this thread went, but damn, I'd be lying if I said I haven't been cracking up.

[quote name='mythicknight' timestamp='1308519341' post='2734982'] Go ahead and look up the original working title for the 7th book. I'll wait [/quote] Thick wins A Song of Ice and Fire trivia

[quote name='pezstar' timestamp='1308517916' post='2734964'] I didn't know anyone was actually afraid of Xiphosis. I guess I'm out of the loop! [/quote] You'll notice there was the intimation that the arbitary "lines being drawn" in Xiph's mind (of which MJ's formation no doubt was in his mind) are not often reflected in reality. Hence, TOP-MK and PB vs Polar.

[quote name='pezstar' timestamp='1308515932' post='2734938'] To be fair, STA has never let our history with Valhalla die, but we're certainly not "coming for you." I've gotten the impression from this thread that your blocmates think SF is planning to do so. I really have no idea if this is true, but I just want to put it out there that there can be a long term, healthy dislike amongst alliances without anyone coming around the mountain to settle the score. [/quote] To be fair, I think most people who do not happen to fall on the arbitrary "side" Xiph has constructed in his head, assume that he's "coming for them." I don't think anyone actually believes that means conflict is going to happen, just like no one ascribed to his delusional conception that a PB vs Polar could not happen, or that an MK-TOP treaty was not allowed to come to pass. That said, I think it is safe to say Xiph will absolutely be fighting MJ... At least in his mind.

[quote name='Ozymandius' timestamp='1308514695' post='2734914'] Do you guys realize that the people who went around saying winter is coming in A Song of Ice and Fire, the Starks, are nearly wiped out and killed by their enemies. I think it will fit here nicely though. [/quote] Do you realize that they are the protagonists of the tale?

[quote name='Zoomzoomzoom' timestamp='1308453545' post='2734355'] We're !@#$%* slapping with high-quality product though. [/quote] A Prada bag !@#$%* slap.