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[quote name='Timeline' timestamp='1300931347' post='2674246'] First of all, no one is going to sign up on a forum just for the issue of worst poster. [/quote] People already have. People signed up last year for WAE as well.

At one point we were considering only having 5. Imagine how much worse that would have been.

[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/LLnEh.png[/img][/center] After the amazingly successful Worst Alliance Ever competition in 2010, the Restaurant is brining the popular bracket system back (with a vengeance). This time, under new management, a new subject area is being broached, the Worst Poster Ever. The rules are simple; Nominate the 10 worst Cyber Nations forum posters of all time. The 64 most (un)popular posters will be seeded based on their nominations and will be put in a series of 1v1 head-to-head polls where there is only one [s]loser[/s] winner. Eventually, the group of 64 will be reduced to only 1, the Cyber Nations 2011 Worst Poster Ever. They will get a six-figure contract with the Mushrington Post Magazine, a year's supply of adulation and infamy and of course the much sought after title. [center][img]http://innthebasement.com/wp-content/uploads/tyra_banks_1.jpg[/img][/center] What do you need to do? Well, we need as many nominations as possible, from all over the web. This needs to be comprehensive. Past and present posters should be nominated so we can conclusively decide who is the worst poster on these boards. After nominations are taken, you will of course need to post in the polls (Note: anyone can vote, you do not need to nominate). [b]Sign up here for nominations[/b]: http://thecastlehall.no-ip.org/boards/index.php?topic=36332.0 NB: On the location, these forums can't really take the 127 polls, plus general thread, nomination thread and various analysis threads required. The location also means posts by certain ~individuals who are no longer with us~ can be displayed. If you have an issue with the neutrality of the venue, then make sure to sign up as many people from your alliances as possible, MK doesn't have a complete monopoly on active members. Failing that, dealwithit.jpg [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/dO1Be.png[/img][/center] EDIT: Nominations are now closed, but the bracket has been constructed and we are accepting predictions. See here: http://thecastlehall.no-ip.org/boards/index.php?board=710.0

I don't think I had any wars with Phoenix Rising anyway.

[quote name='Banksy' timestamp='1300786774' post='2673058'] [i]You people[/i] are disgusting. [/quote] That's rich coming from Kommune scum.

[quote name='Henry' timestamp='1300775146' post='2673009'] Well !@#$, why did we need 128 pages to say that? lol. [/quote] When is anything here done the easy way?

[quote name='Alfred von Tirpitz' timestamp='1300764954' post='2672890'] As long as nothing happened to Xavii's thread. [/quote] I like your priorities.

[quote name='bros2' timestamp='1300758618' post='2672795'] the only tables that glitched during the first transfer were the error log and the PMs. Luckily all of the PMs were recovered [/quote] Not the error log!

[quote name='HeroofTime55' timestamp='1300692353' post='2672036'] Given the past two years, there is exactly zero reason to believe this has anything to do with anything other than the who. [/quote] If you refuse to believe that there is anything more to it, then you are an idiot. There is no point in replying to you. [quote name='HeroofTime55' timestamp='1300692353' post='2672036'] OOC: NPO's job isn't to sacrifice itself for your entertainment. You think it's fun being dismantled every two years? Maybe they don't like getting rolled on an annual schedule. Maybe they want to have a chance at being back in the game before 2013. [/quote] OOC: If the people in NPO wanted to play without war, they should have gone and joined a neutral alliance. I have had every nation I have ever had destroyed in war, and winning or losing it was entertaining. Also if 30 days of war makes them unable to do anything for two years, then they are bad at the simple game mechanics that make up CN. My nation was less than a year old and I got to 40k ns with a decent stockpile of tech, as well as being nuke capable. GOONS is almost entirely small, young nations and they have had a large effect on CN. [quote name='HeroofTime55' timestamp='1300692353' post='2672036'] Get over your unwarranted sense of self importance. [/quote] You are in no place to comment on others sense of self importance.

[quote name='HeroofTime55' timestamp='1300691411' post='2672021'] In other words, it becomes an issue when NPO doesn't just bend over and let you kick them around. Shame on NPO! Clearly, this war isn't just a part of VE-Polaris. You've already done your job to make sure VE won. We're only at war to satiate your thirst for Pacifican blood at this point. It proves that this is a war of paranoia and hate. OOC: Are you [i]really[/i] going to go here? Do you [i]really[/i] believe keeping NPO out of the game for [i]another[/i] two years is going to achieve [i]anything[/i] in the way of solving stagnation? Let me give you a hint: It's going to have the opposite effect. [/quote] Try replying to what I actually wrote rather than just yelling the same inane crap you have been this whole time. OOC: yes, I do think it is bad. I wouldn't care if it was VE, GOONS, NSO, MK, ODN or any other alliance. If there is a war, and the only tactic employed is to hide a large number of your nations in peace mode with the objective of literally doing nothing and waiting for your opponent to get bored, then it is a major problem. People play this game for entertainment, and a large number of those people enjoy wars. When a war is nothing more than a staring contest it turns an already boring war system into the most pointless and boring game in existence. /OOC The fact that some of you can't seem to realise that we have major issues with the tactic itself, and not those using it, isn't surprising considering the staggering intellects showcased here

[quote name='Kilkenny' timestamp='1300688500' post='2671978'] So anyone, no matter what alliance they are in, who remains in Peace Mode for an extended amount of time is a coward and such conduct is not acceptable?? [/quote] The issue isn't one person being in peace mode. If it was just one or two NPO members who were in peace mode and the rest were actually engaged with us, there wouldn't be an issue. It becomes an issue when it is a large part of an alliance. OOC: No matter what side of the war you find yourself on, or what you think about IC politics, I would find it hard to believe that people think that an alliance hiding away in peace mode when there is a war is good for the health of the game.

[quote name='mhawk' timestamp='1300486529' post='2669433'] Considering there are around 160-200 nations in Doomhouse that are younger than the actual war (less than 45 days old), that statistic would seem to be pretty biased. [/quote] These figures are up to date, having just been taken now: 76.94% of NPO NS is in peacemode. 22.93% of Doomhouse NS is in peacemode. Discounting the new GOONS nations that have joined since the war, the percentage of doomhouse NS in peacemode rises to 23.33%

[quote name='mhawk' timestamp='1300478808' post='2669290'] First of all, it was the mk guy that stated 18%. - A figure you state is at least almost half of the true number you estimate. I'm saying that if 27% of the total MK ns is in pm in just the top 40 nations. I find it highly unlikely that your figure of 30% - 3% difference makes any sense. Saying that another 50 nations in PM only account for 3% of the total NS of MK is foolish. Top 40 nations in MK. 1,861,355NS in PM 1861355/6,732,538 = 27% Either way the mk guy was clearly wrong, by your figures or mine. That was my point. [/quote] The figures stated by Banksy represent all of doomhouse, not just MK. edit: Banksy got there first.

[quote name='ImperialCubanacan' timestamp='1299833252' post='2659782'] Nothing for a 'Cuba' or 'Thomas Castro'? I registered on the MK forum a few years back when you first formed. I knew some of the first members and then unexpectedly left CN due to a computer malfunction in Dec. 2007 (been around since Aug. '06). Anyway, I guess I'll contact Weiss and see what's up with our staff there, unless we have nobody assigned. EDIT: Oh, look at that. Cuba... I'll mosey on over as a diplomat once I contact Weiss. [/quote] I tried a couple of different things and didn't get a hit, oh well.

[quote name='ImperialCubanacan' timestamp='1299830023' post='2659742'] Does Nordreich have an embassy... I wonder... who knows. Maybe we do. I still have an account on the MK forum unless it has changed addresses in the last 3 years? [/quote] You do have an [url=http://thecastlehall.com/boards/index.php?board=496.0]embassy[/url] but I can't see an account for you.

[quote name='Ardus' timestamp='1299790050' post='2658955'] [i]Ardus, Prince of the Mushroom Kingdom[/i] P.S. And yes, this is just an excuse to sign something with my new title. Thanks for asking. [/quote] In that case you want 'Princess' right?

Was wondering what was happening with this.

[quote name='Shodemofi' timestamp='1299756397' post='2658423'] Rafael nadal is out of gov? [/quote] He has been for quite a while.

Sad to see 1337 out of gov, but the new additions more than make up for it. [quote name='potato' timestamp='1299752385' post='2658408'] Oh god. I'm still there... [/quote] Don't worry, its a joke position.

Probably not related, but I had similar issues recently when using my cellphone, despite it working fine in the past and working fine now.

I just realised in my 5 min rush job I missed some of TPFs bikini. Such a shame.

[quote name='Banksy' timestamp='1297730150' post='2633631'] The CSS knowledge for skinning IPB forums is minimal if you just use another skin as the 'base' tbh. Plus there must be a bucket load of tutorials out there. It's just time consuming and would require giving someone who isn't in the alliance admin powers. [/quote] True, but depending on what the desired result is it may be above what you can learn from following a tutorial.

I have to disagree with Voytek. I hope this alliance dies a painful death, so hopefully you don't try to remake a terrible alliance again in the future.

If you want a forum skin you want someone who knows their way around CSS, unless you just want to replace the default icons.

This would be more praise-worthy if you weren't a neutral alliance. Still, props to you.