Ketther

I have to admit I know your Order only through your messages. Even so (or maybe especially so) I wish you many other succesful years. Kett

If this is turning into drama... I think CN needs a big war pretty bad Small side question. Isn't the collection timing defining activity levels?

[quote name='jgolla' timestamp='1283429437' post='2439069'] For an alliance that takes care of their own ghosts, this is probably true. But if an alliance does not take care of its ghost problem, it is conceivable that they would have ghosts of greater size. [/quote] I was involved in ghostbusting when I joined Sparta. It took me two tech deals to get out of the useful range. Young leaders (like myself) do not have the patience to stay [u]that[/u] small. I'll probably have to get through another long war to not care too much about nation building so I get to have 600 soldiers and level one airplanes fun.

[quote name='Great Lord Moth' timestamp='1281746625' post='2415124'] That last photo is superb. [/quote] I bet the trip there was even better

[quote name='Yuri Armstrong' timestamp='1281807824' post='2415827'] If Mr. Nixon and the other tech raiders choose to attack nations for no reason but profit, then that is their decision. But don't expect the victims of such raids to quietly accept it. .......... But I guarantee you that I would win this war quite easily if he were to continue his attacks. .......... I however am being rational and giving him a chance to end this war. [/quote] So tell me Yuri, did the police help you? Or will you wait for the war to expire and then say you already won. I see in all these days he did not attack you again, so it was a standard update blitz/raid. WHAT are you talking about then? Are you whining because he didn't send you the peace offer? He doesn't attack, you do not attack. This war will end anyway.

Why is this turning into a crusade against the Goons? This is starting to feel less like "Look raid! Hlep" and more like " GOONS " which is rather odd for a nation that's been created 12 days ago. If your nation is a reroll, please spare everyone the drama of "tech raiding is ruining CN". You should have known better.

It's funny how I always read the threads themselves and then yours Nice job. I think my lazy mind will get used to it in no time.

12 days old, already through two alliances and found the forums. You are a smart guy. Maybe smart enough to realize going independent and doing tech deals will always get you raided? If advice would be needed, I'd say suck it up, find an alliance and stay there for a while (at least that's what I did after getting raided). Kett, still a noob

It would be really helpful if you defined "inactive", "useless" and so on... Or maybe you just want micro-alliances to play a micro-game. There will always be more sheep than wolves/shepherds. Otherwise there would be just bite marks and sticks. And everyone needs meat and wool dude.

Oh well, as the drone I am, I like Sparta's.. and Fark's What I'd really want to see used is: "If you loled to make a point we'll make sure you will get rolled". Even that laughing radish thingy is less annoying than "lol."

[quote name='Lord Fingolfin' date='19 July 2010 - 07:54 PM' timestamp='1279558475' post='2378967'] "Ex-Heg" is no long a collective political identity, rather they're splintering off to either the SF or C&G area of influence, if you paid attention to the OWF you would notice the "Ex-Heg" treaties being cancelled left and right, and many old school NPO allies now having little love for them, and no interest in tieing themselves to the NPO banner. I'd encourage someone to try to name me an "Ex-Heg" alliance in the top 20 besides the NPO. Perhaps TOOL considering they have a secondhand link to NPO via TPF and they are also tied to FEAR who is in a bloc with two direct NPO MDoAP partners, however, thats a rather tenuous link. The Legion is the only true Ex-Heg top 20 alliance left besides NPO, but with these recent cancellations, it looks like they're off to suck the power teat of someone else, so that could bring their Ex-Heg status to an end soon. In essence, SF and C&G won, congratulations, the larger Superfriends and Complaints and Grievances cluster is utterly unopposed, no I'm not trying to trick you into letting your guard down and getting killer by those evil Ex-Heggers, I'm a member of your new world order, its in my interest to see it continue. To use a Aegis/League example again, you saw ODN and Legion and GATO forming up a large part of the core opposition to WUT, the 2006/2007 equivalent to SuperGrievances, and then just months later in the UJW, you had ODN, Legion, and GATO all fighting on the side of the NPO. History repeats itself, Ex-Hegemony alliances are splintering off to either SF or C&G, notable example, UPN has clearly aligned itself with C&G/Blue 2.0, and other examples will be soon to come. [/quote] And you say they are not out to get us!!!!! It's clear they want to pull both sides until SG splits. And yes, I know that five exclamation marks are a clear sign of a deranged mind, thank you.

Why isn't Sparta evil too? You hurt my feelings Tolwyn

I thought people were talking about being right not about losing stats. Try to attack his reasons. Those pictures are not helping anyone. People burned before Ramirus. Some of them did for a just cause. Kett

If you can't play, don't whine. Fun is here, you just have to go look for it.

[quote name='Sigrun Vapneir' date='08 May 2010 - 08:13 AM' timestamp='1273295566' post='2291107'] I will be completely serious with you as well then. Admitting in a general nonspecific way that mistakes occurred doesnt mean anything. Anyone that has lost a round knows they made a mistake somewhere. I read that and I notice that it doesnt say *what* specifically was mistaken, what level of mistake, what you have or will do to make up for it, what you have or will do to avoid repeating it - it tells me nothing I didnt know before I read it. [/quote] It is funny.. and also sad how both sides can't let go. The people's need for other to explain themselves and most of the times not listening to what they say is also funny. This is not a jab at the poster I quoted. It's just how I see things happen. Kett, the not so enlightening oracle of things that already happened.

I really hope you were being sarcastic/ironic/funny/or something.

[quote name='Yggdrazil' date='02 March 2010 - 01:14 PM' timestamp='1267528694' post='2211186'] Anyone with any sense knew this from the identity of the poster.[/quote] I'll just pick this bit from your post (which I like, by the way) The problem with this bit is quite interesting though. It seems every time someone bashes Sparta (from a specific club of "fans" that starts to be pretty obvious to me... finally ) we have to options - we let the thread die and people start asking why don't we do something about it. This, incidentally puts the burden on our allies and friends to defend us. While I am down with this - and send my love to them at the same time - it sort gives more ammo to our fans ... Or go down to their level and then we get looked down at for it. Honestly, I'd rather take option two. Our presence on the OWF is pretty much stealthy (or make that "sneaky" ) since I joined the alliance. I'm not going to do the 'haters will be haters' routine. It's pretty much overused. You might want to look at this thread, before or after Olaf coming in guns blazing . Care to make a bet on the percentage of unbiased curiosity in it? We have our stake in the bad posters market. Olaf isn't one of them though /edit Age gets me I forgot to make the point I was trying to initially. Anyone with any sense will know indeed. My response to Alterego was based on that knowledge. What about those that actually have no idea what happened months ago? There is fresh meat on the market from time to time.

[quote name='Alterego' date='28 February 2010 - 04:57 PM' timestamp='1267369285' post='2208283'] If you are sick of me whining on the forum "why don't you do something about it instead of whining on the forums?" [/quote] I am just happy to let you make a fool of yourself. As far as I see... it's either you or your other ego winning the race. I'm not really sure.

[quote name='alyster' date='24 February 2010 - 01:00 AM' timestamp='1266966222' post='2199896'] seriously? You were part of the Hegemony. Lol cute little spartans. You just got to love how short their memory is about the Hegemony and their own past. Sure blame the others and keep doing what you've always done the best ...[insert atrocities]... [/quote] Don't you mean... "we". And besides Alyster, you need reading comprehension classes.

You guys are tireless... I wonder what will you do when you run out of alliances. Declare on iFOK? Enjoy the wars

While your dedication is admirable, there was/is NO plan to either disband, dismember or remove any kind of appendages from you alliance. Propaganda is good.. I think. But you are jumping the shark.

Very nice analisys. I'd like to point that, at least for smallish nations in large alliances, ghost busting is also a valuable way to gain war experience. It helped me a lot through the last 18 days or so

And I wonder why I jump on every thread you start. Nice writing And YES I love my infra but I also like to spend it. There's no point in having it unless you are also wanting to blow stuff up with it (or the money that come from having it anyways).

[quote name='Alterego' date='13 February 2010 - 09:39 PM' timestamp='1266089979' post='2179554'] You've washed your hands of ever offering the Legion peace again. Now you will keep them in perpetual war because your ego was bruised. [/quote] Mate, what you were not looking for is right at the right of the text you bolded. But... whatever. And Sir Paul, I was just going to say you write like a tabloid reporter. And then I read the title. My apologies

[quote name='Banedon' date='12 February 2010 - 05:44 PM' timestamp='1265989479' post='2177655'] The Spartan's I've fought couldn't hack their way out of a wet paper bag. Most of your people are tapped out as it is. We've faced far worse then you, and we're still here. If you want a war, bring it. THIS. IS. LEGION! /Ave Legio! [/quote] You don't want to go there. Everyone can give examples, hookay?