SoADarthCyfe6
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I'm an expert in the area of bad government!
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.
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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! -
CB still good for 6 more months.
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.I suppose. Though the political climate isn't as ripe for repeated rollings as it was in MK's heyday, which is a great thing for all of us.
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Hey man, it's got his seal, so it's totally legit.
Copyright infringement!!! :P
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I see no official Stratephor signing, therefore this treaty is invalid.
Congratulations on your treaty.
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telling facts and reality don't work with him
Can't help it, I have the heritage of beasts who live under bridges. :ph34r:
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Congratulations to two solid alliances to signing paper.
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MK was an example of a powerful alliance which lacked a concrete hegemonic ideology (friends vs infra is not hegemonic), thus they were very erratic politically. They could only hold what power they held in an incomplete and unstable manner which depended on local superiority to maintain victory.
Must be super unstable when you are the center powersphere of Cyber Nations for 3 years. -
I'm sorry. I won't do it again!
Actually I don't - I haven't had much interaction with MK in the last 4 years or so :P
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.Long ago...I was in MK and LUE before that.
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:wub: Steve. This thread is just filled with more and more surprises every time I return.Not sure why anyone would want to EZI/PZI you. I'm quite content to have you be the voice of Polardoxia.
Also, Starfox, are you catching a bit of the MK? ;) -
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am i a nice drone :?
No, just the drone that goes "PEW PEW PEW!!"
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Reminder, you're all shadowboxing with Tywin Lannister -- who currently resides in LoSS
Stop making me agree with you, Myth, you evil drone, you!
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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!
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Obviously NPOsphere is already filled with hatred and thoughts of revenge, a few more months of war would not have changed that. A change of leadership would have been good for several alliances on the losing side. Polardoxia is very real and unless some major treachery takes place, it will continue to be very real.
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. -
I wonder how many people now agree with me that the war was ended too soon.
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.This is the problem. You present yourselves as a friendly, peaceful, "open to anyone and everyone" alliance while also supporting an alliance like NG. Are you really so myopic that if the individuals in an alliance are nice to you, you give no consideration to how their alliance operates?
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?Who's gunning for GATO?
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.Besides, there are reasons why I'm back in a small alliance with a principled foreign policy baked right into its charter.
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.I will admit that the initial overtures for the TOP-Polar treaty were strategic in nature (Polar was facing an aggressive coalition of alliances bent on destroying them, and we needed to diversify our treaty setup and move out of the FA corner we were in), but it ultimately would not have happened had both sides not discovered that, yes, we do have like-minded characteristics and values. We discovered a lot about one another that just cemented our mutual desire to make things happen.
People act like TOP only signs treaties for their outward impact, but if that was the case, we'd have 30 MD-level ties pulling us all over the web. We work to sign treaties with people that have similar ideas and values to our own, and if they don't, then it doesn't work out. The only difference between ourselves and yourselves in this regard is that our ideas and values themselves may be different.
There's no implication anywhere within his post that the TOP-Polar treaty is anything other then a realpolitik move, and his use of the treaty as a "no u" provides a vibe of disdain.
But no, I'm not trying to counter his point. I understand that alliances with past issues can bury their proverbial hatchet and develop a treaty relationship, and it's good to see GATO and NG doing exactly. We could use fewer older grudges around here.
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. -
It would be great if alliances actually stood for something and based their treaties on mutual characteristics/values rather than convenience or realpolitik. Honestly, if you can convince yourselves that the two of you are "likeminded," then who isn't?
Edit: I believe that's what you would call a non-congratolations.
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!
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Also, its really odd seeing Dreamweaver in the Red Asses now. Guess I'm behind the times.
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Why am I better then you Rush?
Why does your opinion matter to so many people, even though they mask it through trolling you instead?
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This quote is awesome on so many levels, I can't even describe this.Good Alex The Great
Congrats very few would post how they have managed to make 410 million and have so little to show for it. You are indeed an inspiration for those aiming for complete futility.
Respectfully
Dame Hime Themis
You know you're bad when you make Rotavele sound logical.Posting your own war chest on the OWF isn't a good idea.
I'm amazed I find myself agreeing with Hime Themis and Rotavele, yet it's true. They are absolutely correct in what they say.
STOP MAKING MY HEAD EXPLODE!! This dimension cannot handle such realities!
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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!