Altheus

[quote name='scrontch' timestamp='1307971246' post='2730538'] Hi there. I came by here by chance. Thought you folks might be interested in my little Flag Designer web app: http://flag-designer.appspot.com/ (Needs recent browser, IE9, FF4 or Chrome to support inline-SVG) [/quote] Great web app. Could benefit from adding purple as a choice of colour.

[quote name='Peggy_Sue' timestamp='1307476546' post='2726287'] Altheus, I posted this in OOC because that is when most of the !@#$ hit the fan in terms of me choosing to not grin and go on when crap kept coming my way ... OOC crap. Edit: Also, the fact so many of you go on merrily along socially accepting the turds that do OOC invasions makes my desire to mingle with people that accept such behavior nil. [/quote] Oh well. Good luck and wishing you all the best for the future whatever you might be doing.

CN, being an open ended game, is what you make of it. I wouldn't go as far to say that no one gets hurt, because the more time you invest in a game the more you're emotionally attached to what happens, but this is a environment were nobody gets killed, destroyed or even have their nations forcibly deleted by other players. Which makes OOC sniping a bit sad, but perhaps predictable. Frankly the OOC-IC in general is crossed over so many times and with such a laissez-faire attitude, that I struggle to work out if an insult is meant to be taken personally or not. Thankfully it's so laissez-faire that it's possible to pretend everything is IC and shrug it off if it's not, but pity the poor newcomer who comes into the game and doesn't grasp that concept quickly. In most circumstances, like any internet game, none of us have really met each other, not really. It's possible that in real life the guy that you have the biggest IC grudge against could be this really cool guy who you share a million of your interests with and would be great company for a pint in the pub. But, in nearly all circumstances you'll never know. Peggy, I honestly think you shouldn't have posted this in an OOC area, but it's not like you're the first. It's inviting things to spill over into OOC and lord knows that happens too much in CN already. Some things, specifically OOC things, like someones personal details and alliance forums should be sacrosanct, by that I don't mean that there should be IC punishment for breaking them, because that again encourages IC and OOC to meld, what I mean is that people should just agree not to interfer in such things in the interests of the game. However in as large a community as this the chances of getting enough community spirit to prevent such a thing is basically nil. Again sad, but heh. In the context of the game however, preventing people from acting as they want would be a mistake. Everyone's here (or should be) to enjoy themselves and so all the !@#$%*y, aggressive, rude, lazy, good-for-nothing and whatever people in the game have every right to act that way. Consequences yes, but they should always be IC consequences. In contrast though on this OOC thread (and others) people are full of "such and such adds nothing to the game/is a bad player/should leave" etc. What rubbish. They're here to play a game as they see fit and entertaining others isn't a prerequisite. I hope when/if you read this Peggy you'll take this as it's intended, both as a warning of the perils of mixing IC & OOC (if only for your health) but also as a way to say that I sincerely hope you have enjoyed the game and it hasn't sent you too crazy.

[quote name='Baltus' timestamp='1307181946' post='2723672'] This is a threat to the Pandoran Hegemony. [/quote] We're deadly like that

One day in and we're already controversial, damn we're good!

Long time in coming, but we're finally there. Also...CDT 2.0. There, beat you to it o/Sentinel!

[quote name='Kalasin' timestamp='1307142653' post='2723326'] The entire of UPN should go rogue on GOONS. [/quote] Err... no. Try again.

I can't watch

[quote name='WorldConqueror' timestamp='1304471800' post='2705608'] And like I said, I don't expect you to admit it. But it happened. If you were attempting to bring the relationship back to civility you would never have come in with that weird passive-aggressive butthurt-infused attitude. And the timing of it, coming just after the 6 post-terms treaties were signed, reinforces my view. That said, I really don't care any more, I have no stake in the NPO-Valhalla relationship, this is a rating thread and that experience shapes my perception of you. It was quite interesting, and amusing, to get that glimpse at how Valhalla actually acts behind the facade though. [/quote] For the record that sums up my own experiences with Valhalla too.

Hoho! That's were you ended up. Good luck xR1

I agree with what you're saying. Reading the endless arguement and counter-arguement that we've all already seen is a bit of a chore and might not be healthy for the game. Hence why I usually only read OP's. It'll be really tough to change peoples habits in such a competitive enviroment though.

[quote name='Lamuella' timestamp='1300366043' post='2667618'] what? I hadn't posted in this thread in a week when you posted this. Either this took you a long time to make, or you don't actually pay attention to what's going on. I'm glad I get to you that much, but this is a kind of weird joke to make. [/quote] Now that [b]is[/b] funny.

UPN hardly offensively declared on GOD throughout the war, we concentrated on iFOK, but did declare on R&R quite a bit too. Frankly (after the initial attack) GOD hardly declared much on us either so we spent most of the war fighting the other three (which was plenty) So if any figures are getting thrown up about how little damage UPN did to GOD or vica versa I'm not remotely surprised.

Shoutouts to Slettal for his teflon SDI, DarknessXIII for his persistance & numerous fighting partners for their witty banter. [quote]View PostPenkala, on 11 March 2011 - 01:41 AM, said: But I thought Xiphosis would never give UPN peace D:[/quote] [quote]He can always form his own one-man alliance and DoW on UPN.[/quote] Destro beat him to it

[quote name='Lusitan' timestamp='1299657738' post='2657641'] That would be almost poetic justice for UPN. [/quote] How so?

[quote name='erikz' timestamp='1299517259' post='2655503'] Sure, call us enablers, whatever rocks your boat. The truth is the situation is much more complicated, like UPN doesn't want out unless polar gets out, GOD only wants what Pxychosis wants - not taking into account their non-allies (which we are). I know you hate us, but trying to twist this situation in to a story where we force UPN in to disbanding is poor form. Whatever we do, you disagree with it. We might be your nemesis of some sort, but I hope you see we really don't want this disbandment thing to happen to UPN. [/quote] Don't worry about Alterego. We know you're not at fault.

Fair enough, misunderstanding then. The same arguement had been brought up against us in the context of UPN vs. GOD. i.e. that GOD isn't trying to force anything because they were willing to offer us peace before NpO got out, as a way of justifying anything they do afterwards. Hence my questions.

Very witty. How about you answer the question and clarify what you meant then instead of coming out with some smart-ass picture.

Are you trying to compare UPN refusing peace until NpO got out to that? If so are you suggesting that backing an ally is now a disbandable offense?

Thanks for the Blog. We'll just keep on hacking away for as long as we have to. It's fun! I always fancied myself as a guerilla fighter.

It's not possible to disband UPN anyway, so it doesn't matter what Xiph wants, he's not going to get it.

[img]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090702120038/cybernations/images/7/75/UPN_War_Flag.png[/img] As war keeps raging across the cyberverse time doesn't stop for no man and so it is that normal alliance business still needs to be continue. Therefore I've got a couple of announcements to make on behalf of the United Purple Nations. UPN has had a triumvirate of two (yes, abuse of the english language duly acknowledged) since January. Due to the importance of the role we've taken our time to select a 3rd Trium because hasty decisions are usually bad ones. The 3rd Trium of the UPN will be [color=purple]Tecumseh[/color], a wise, shrewd and long-standing member of the alliance who is clearly the very best for the job. We've also selected a new Minister of Internal Affairs. [color=purple]Husker[/color] has much previous experience in alliance governance and will as the title entails be setting out reforms to improve the internal workings of the alliance and maintaining them. We're looking forward to the future. ______ Anyway, back to the war and shoutouts to iFOK, R&R, GOD & CMEA, we couldn't be having all this fun without you! The UPN Government: Altheus- Trium Robster- Trium Tecumseh- Trium Minister of Education- Roy the Mighty Minister of Envoys- The Stig Minister of Finance- Dobs2504 Minister of Internal Affairs- Husker

I think the sanctioning system could be improved by replacing the 200 member limit with a 20 most populous alliance limit. It would make the system future-proof.

[quote name='Sarmatian Empire' timestamp='1297810676' post='2634779'] NAAC should be number imo. I'm also kinda surprised ACID(Allied Coalition of International Defense) didnt make the list, as a lower rank, or even an honorable mention. They were growing quite quickly before GW2 and were largely successful in its wars against TI. I guess they came and went too fast to be mentioned. [/quote] Yeah, ACID did come to mind when I was doing my own list, due to their part in the League. Personally speaking they just miss out and come about 26th to 30th, largely due to being a flash in the pan like you mention.