Ironfist

[quote name='Lusitan' timestamp='1336634736' post='2965754'] The question is, can you keep it up? [/quote] Bet they hear that a lot.

Thanks. Works for me, too.

[quote name='Manis B' timestamp='1335858003' post='2961523'] kick out lossantos [/quote] Manis, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first Symphonic man. Lossantos will [i][b]be[/b][/i] that man. Better than he was before. Better... stronger... faster... slightly less elitist.

Yes, we're here. And apparently some of us are heavily intoxicated.

[quote name='Krispy' timestamp='1335370133' post='2958988'] Admin should get with the times and just make an app (apparently someone mentioned that the admin has said before this will not happen). Aside from the limited nature of the game, without expansion the game will die. Maybe the admin just doesn't care about that fact though. [/quote] Did you think it would be around forever, did you? It'll go when it goes. Shut up and play

[quote name='potato' timestamp='1335777086' post='2961083'] A game reset is such a dumb idea. What would a reset change? Do you think the mentalities would change? Do you think GOONS and CoJ would be friends in this CN 2.0? Or Roq and MK? Or TOP and Polaris? The whole thing would be pretty much the same: allies will ally allies from CN 1.0 and fight enemies from CN 1.0. 99% of the game will be the same, save from a bunch of treaties and a bunch of people trying something else. The only difference is that our nations would be smaller. [/quote] This. But also some of us would leave if we have our nations zeroed. Years of genuine work being evaporated for the sake of envious new players is a ridiculous suggestion.

[quote name='senatorhung' timestamp='1335682560' post='2960698'] MK is already sanctioned according to the drop-down box, but if we follow 'convention', they must hold it for 10 days before NpO, RnR, and the Legion lose their sanctions. 2 days in the drop-down, 2 new ghosts. lovely [/quote] Have you guys contacted admin about removing your name from the drop-down? I think he was going to take requests.

[quote name='Gopherbashi' timestamp='1335664756' post='2960621'] [b]Commentary[/b]* Not that it's a huge issue now, but should the [color="green"][b]Viridian Entente[/b][/color] lose another member before tomorrow's stat collection, that will be the first time that we've had fewer than 12 sanctioned alliances. [/quote] Apologies if this has already been explained, but with the nation limit removed for sanction, when is it likely to shift over into the race?

[quote name='Incitatus' timestamp='1335604293' post='2960367'] Not even sure if they know about these forums... Seriously...at least GPA posts. Not sure what good WTF has contributed to Bob's well-being. [/quote] Well, they've kept to themselves and enjoyed their own community more than this one. So nothing, really. But I bet you they don't care.

Remove GOONS from that list, then. I've got no problem with them, but if that's how the system apparently works. Pretty disappointing that the "game" as come to this.

[quote name='Gopherbashi' timestamp='1334467906' post='2953640'] Oh jesus christ. [/quote] I suppose... he isn't mandatory though.

[quote name='Gopherbashi' timestamp='1334458344' post='2953570'] I don't know how this happened, but somehow Minecraft managed to work its way onto my computer without me knowing about it. I'm not sure which one of you to blame, but should I ever think of opening it, you probably won't see any ASR updates for the next month. [/quote] We'll only allow this if you rig up an ASR scoreboard on Minecraft, followed by a screenshot.

[quote name='jerdge' timestamp='1334183647' post='2951184'] I apologize, I had misunderstood you. [/quote] It's all good. People have a habit of doing that. Probably something to do with the amazing way I handle my thoughts

[quote name='jerdge' timestamp='1334050554' post='2950658'] Why do you play this game any more if everything has been said, even what hasn't been said is useless, and intelligence can't change things? Where's the interest? Also, how can a community of hundreds of "politically" active players have exhausted its propulsion? Thought still has its place in CN IMHO. [/quote] Because a CN "paper" has never changed anything in the game. A paper. Changes and intelligence in this game are still interesting in the form of actions. That's what needs to happen to maintain interest. That and an enjoyable community, which I've got the privilege of experiencing. When someone puts together an obnoxious "I study political science, please pay attention to how smart I am" piece, it's almost always definitions, a bit of analysis, and very few constructive conclusions. I play the game for my own interest. My interest lies in the game, not papers about the game that in [i]my[/i] honest opinion, add nothing to the game.

[quote name='Roquentin' timestamp='1333896985' post='2949982'] How does that detract from the actual points made? it's pretty much looking at the form and determining it is the most important thing like when the guy said !@#$ about Myth's sentence structure. Most people think Kant's writing style is horrific, yet you still have to read him. Hell, I have to read people who go out of their way to be confusing. I think there is too much of a demand for simplification. Good thing it's not for Pol 002, and I never really polished it. Also, if you're going to rail on stylistic grounds: you overuse dashes and have tons of long running sentences and it does not work well at keeping attention. I love it being compared to your masterpiece which wasn't informative at all and didn't support its actual conclusions. What grade did you get on that? I mean, [b]your arrogance is unparalelled [/b]for someone who constantly makes mistakes with no real fallback plans. 1. Start pacifist alliance that gains no additional members despite supposedly having a ready base of people to join 2. Get into a fight with Timberland 3. Go to war 4.start this [/quote] I see a parallel: [quote name='Roquentin' timestamp='1333857486' post='2949804'] Um, I covered why Political Philosophy/ideology are important in my paper. [/quote] Don't throw stones in a glass house, there. Anyway, in response to the OP, there are so many "papers" about CN that no new points are ever really made. And even if they were made, they don't help anyone. If you're doing it for interest, cool, but don't act like it's changing anything around here.

You have two #3's. Also if you're going to do something in this game, don't do this. Do something productive.

[quote name='potato' timestamp='1333750297' post='2949282'] So, he's not imposing standards except on X, Y and Z. In other words, he's imposing standards. [/quote] It's more public safety than it is "standards".

[quote name='James Dahl' timestamp='1333476431' post='2947910'] 8 figures, you mean 10 million? How do you not have that? [/quote] He might have meant 99,999,999. But still...

[quote name='mattski133' timestamp='1333674489' post='2948830'] huh. i think most of us are still chasing the dragon from 2006-07 tbh. it's more likely newcomers today join the game, see it's awful in comparison to other games, and...here we are. [/quote] More likely they're getting flamed from the game when they try and become active in it. Embracing them will help them stay.

[quote name='Sovyet Gelibolu' timestamp='1333521012' post='2948169'] Nothing ruins a tradition like shamelessly overdoing it, Ironfist. [/quote] Why couldn't you guys overdo St. Patrick's day?

[quote name='IYIyTh' timestamp='1333513129' post='2948121'] Since I'm the only one to really summarize it in argument form, unlike what you put forth, I'll restate it: If you're referring to someone else, that's fine too. [b]I'd just ask that you address these pretty substantial counter-evidence to the claim that everyone who claims GPA is pacifistic is doing so on arbitrary nonsensical reasoning and/or arguing such is or in the manner I have is a waste of time[/b]. Perhaps I would suggest you ignore those who aren't putting forth anything rather than subsist at their level and completing the circle. [/quote] The bolded text is without any doubt the most contrived sentence structure I've ever had the pleasure of reading. Anyway, your original post was one of many "they're pacifist not neutral" posts. The entire post reads like you've just reached for a dictionary and told everyone what it says about neutrality, and applied it to GPA. Successful interpretation or no, I'm not sure how you're using that criticise them. Are you, even? Instead of having an argument about what constitutes an argument, I'll just point out that my post was purely a rant about people who think they're above others simply because they play the game a certain way.

April fools is an all-month thing now? http://forums.cybernations.net/index.php?showtopic=110104&st=0

The entire notion that neutrals are bad is astonishing. An alliance is a sovereign thing, I'm sure most people will agree. A sovereign thing with its own ideals, beliefs, and methods of playing this game. Jerdge pointed out earlier that there isn't a cap on nations joining the game. If there were, [i]some[/i] of the arguments in here would hold. However, any amount of people can join the game. It literally makes no difference if tomorrow 1,000 people joined CN and decided not to get involved with politics, or even announced their existence on the OWF. No one would know unless they looked up the new group of nations. The game would continue in the same fashion. Believe it or not, Admin created the game to be played as a game. Neutrals are still playing the game. They've just removed themselves from the "political" forums that were created [u]extraneously[/u]. A disease? Really? Like the quality of your posting, Roquentin? And to quote another poster I saw somewhere: "They're not neutral, they're pacifist." That's nice. If you'd like to define them as oranges, not neutrals, go ahead. Your definitions mean nothing. Except maybe that you can effectively look something up in the dictionary. I don't know, is that worthy of praise still? In any case, unless you've joined their community, immersed yourself in their culture, and found the dead kittens in their basement, you cannot criticise their methods of playing the game. You cannot. Anything you argue will just be wasted pixels on the forum. It's not even a [i]cause[/i], hating neutrals. What does it achieve? They still won't care. You still won't be the majority of CN, and your arguments will be ignored, on the whole. Go do something else with your time. Hate on the political environment. Hate on alliances that are actually playing the same game as you. Hate on something [u]relevant[/u]. Because as it stands, the neutrals are not a part of your game. It's actually borderline OOC hate. And that's pathetic. And I'm angry that I've gotten angry over this and wasted 5 minutes of my time.

[quote name='Gopherbashi' timestamp='1333235250' post='2946376'] [b]Commentary[/b]* Ooooh, a new toy. Let me know what you think. [/quote] [img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu83m8vH1i1qk2g35.gif[/img] I'm okay with it.

[quote name='Lord Gobb' timestamp='1332595304' post='2942584'] Me changing AA ITT. [/quote] Why won't anyone think of the pip?