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"Hmm, this was an interesting choice by DoomSquad, I mean we all knew they had a need for an experienced and veteran Linebacker, but I didn't assume they were going to reach for ReyTheGreat. I just don't see how his physique, game smarts, and off the field issues are going to help this team. We all know how mouthy and a great game he talks, but he is no Richard Sherman. Even if ReyTheGreat developed into a pro, I don't think he is in this for the long run. We know he's a money chaser and will follow anyone who offers him the big bucks. That to me spells an inevitable lack of effort he will put into the team. This player reminds me of the same work ethic and mentality and Albert Haynesworth. I don't see how this will benefit DoomSquad, but apparently they see something in special in the kid that we don't. Overall, I think this was a bad pick by DoomSquad, and they are going to regret this in the near future. But only time will tell."

It's nice to see a few old friends put TSCE back together. Best of luck to EGrevious, and I even see an Outsiders too! Too much awesome to contain right now. :awesome:

Sad to see another alliance disappear. TTK is a quality alliance to merge into, so good luck to my friends from The Last Republic in their new homes!

I can support this statement, I have had personal experience with this. ;) It's been fun and good getting to know NoR over the past few months now and learning how they are an entirely different alliance then public perception paints them as. Glad to see some ink between us!

Best of luck to my Terran allies moving forward.

It's not right to see Dre4m under a different AA that is not GATO. :( Congrats to SRA on their new line-up and achievements!

Ha. HAAAAA. I see what you did there, good show, sir. Glad to see this pact finally ended, been calling for this for some time now. *me sneers at Kestral* :wub: Also, who let Caustic post? I thought it was apart of our treaty that we would keep him and magicninja away from any and all people.

I agree with this, because when the climate isn't like you say it is, it actually complicates the web even more and allows for political lines to divide in other places, which then creates new/different "sides" or "powerspheres" which then the world plays with. Repeated rollings are boring and they suck for everyone.

Copyright infringement!!! :P

I see no official Stratephor signing, therefore this treaty is invalid. Congratulations on your treaty.

Can't help it, I have the heritage of beasts who live under bridges. :ph34r:

Congratulations to two solid alliances to signing paper.

Must be super unstable when you are the center powersphere of Cyber Nations for 3 years.

I was referring to their role adoption of becoming the bad guy. :v:

Hahaha, well either way, you know what I meant when I stated this.

:wub: Steve. This thread is just filled with more and more surprises every time I return. Also, Starfox, are you catching a bit of the MK? ;)

No, just the drone that goes "PEW PEW PEW!!"

Stop making me agree with you, Myth, you evil drone, you!

Saw this thread and came to comment (no, I still do not have a TE nation.) I had some absolutely fantastic times working with and against paul in TE, and it's always sad to see a TE legend go into retirement. Best of luck moving forward paul, I know it wasn't easy for me, and I doubt it will be for you. o/ paul711 PS: Welcome to the ranks of the retirees!

No, if anything the ten alliances GATO fought this war, we managed to gain a lot of respect and liking themost of them. You have no idea what you are talking about, and continue doing so. And your reference to calling it the "NPOsphere" is pretty hilarious in and of itself because you don't know how things work behind the scenes of our relationship with NPO, nor what goes on right in front of your face.

You clearly have zero concept at to how CN politics functions. If you kept attacking us, all you would have done is solidify our coalition more, and broke your precious "Polardoxia" supersphere, which btw, no one claims that name to exist except you (and no, just because I put it in my post does not mean I claim it's existence either). You would have created a CnG/US/NPO/NG powersphere, born out of common hatred to see our enemies fall (whether it be the XX/AFM, TOP powerspheres or both). Before this war, the only really unification was between NPO and CnG, which also had some strains on the relationship as well due to various factors I will not mention. Do you even have any idea how the XX/AFM powersphere came into being? It is merely the old SF/XX powersphere, rebranded (with a few minor changes in AA's) from the Grudge and Dave Wars. The very same wars that sought to crush their powersphere and make it disappear. It failed miserably and it only made that group of alliances come closer, and gave birth to the one you see today. Oh and yes, I use 'powersphere' as a loose term aimed at identifying a large group of alliances who are closely knitted together via the treaty web. It's not really an indication of how things really function, but a term used to make other concepts easier to understand. Agree or disagree, this is how AA's generally view groups of alliances behind the scenes.

Being a Diplomat to NG for roughly two years, and having spoken to a large sum of the (active) alliance, I particularly have a decent insight as to how their alliance functions. But again, you seem to have failed to address first point when I indicated that GATO and NG are friends, and this treaty is a build up of relations since majorly, Eq. As for NG's most known past aggressive behavior, I'm pretty sure most of the administration during the lead up to that war, went around attempting to fix NG's bad track record. I also notice that he's still currently in power leading the alliance. Let alone that NG just got out of it's most devastating war in its existence, getting its assed kicked, for the very reason of being who they were. We have any takers on this? That's fine if you don't agree with it, but your hands were in the dirt when you brought up this discussion. It really isn't the most important part of the rebuttal, but it's a valid point regardless. Well, to be perfectly honest, TOP did come to GATO pre-Eq for a treaty and you clearly stated that your foreign affairs policy is realpolitik. No one from your alliance I think will deny this, unless you've made a policy change since then. Regardless, the point was not indicating that your treaty was a realpolitik treaty or not, it was merely used to bring up another controversial situation in where many people had the same mindset as Prodigal Moon does on our treaty, as they did towards yours. Nor is there any indication that I imply it is. Again, I only used it as a comparison to the controversial nature of the treaty and because its recent.

Why do you think it took so long to sign the treaty in the first place? If you've known the relationship we've had with NG over the past two years, you would understand that this treaty was born not only out of politics, but mainly out of friendship. We know that our cultures are no where near the same, but GATO is one to open its arms to anyone and everyone. We don't hate people, and if you knew our community, it's extremely diverse with its opinions and mainly, just people. I understand that two year ago, this treaty would seem like nothing more then a pipe dream, but the times have changed, and really so have both of our alliances. And this is something I would say for the better. Another thing, you were allied to TOP when you joined Polar, remember how people responded when that happened? You really have no room to maneuver in this type of discussion.

Happy 4th birthday to our Terran allies! Cheers!

Said everyone in the rest of GATO. :(