Max Power

Congrats! More of this.

Phewf! Can never play it too safe with those tech deals. That is how I prefer both my coffee and my croissants.

Haven't stopped laughing. 10/10.

Maybe some of us actually like DBDC and would still like them even if it weren't so cool. Just saying.

Congrats! Good luck with what remains.

Came here to say this.

Nice succinct charter. Interesting how much power of amendment Hersh has. You mean the exact one I used for the treaty on Monday? :P

The Javahouse League and Doom Squad have a lot in common. We both value quality over quantity, friendship over politics, and optional over mandatory. Put shortly, we do what we want. We play the game the game we want to play it. What we want right now is this: [spoiler] Escape from the Coffee Shop of Horrors I. Non-Aggression The Javahouse League and Doom Squad (“The Parties”) will not attack or spy on each other under any circumstance. II. Intelligence The Parties will share intelligence relevant to each other’s security with each other as it becomes available. III. Optional Defence Should either of the Parties be subject to attack or a spy operation from an outside nation or group of nations, that party is permitted to request assistance of a financial, diplomatic and/or military nature. The other party is strongly encouraged to provide the requested assistance, with an obligation to provide reasons, and possibly alternative assistance, should the requested assistance not be able to be provided. IV. Optional Aggression Should either of the Parties endeavour to engage in an alliance-wide attack or spy operation upon an outside nation or group of nations, the other party will be notified duly and may be requested to join in said endeavour in a financial, diplomatic and/or military nature. V. Spirit of Alliance [i]a. Amity and Commerce[/i] The Parties agree to treat each other civilly and to execute sections I-IV of this treaty in the spirit of teamwork. The Parties also agree to include each other among any Most Favoured Alliances lists for the purposes of economic trade (“Foreign Aid”). b. External Cooperation Should an ally of either of the Parties be subject to an attack of spy operation, the Parties shall meet at their earliest convenience to discuss options for assisting said ally. VI. Cancellation Should either of the Parties wish to cancel this treaty, it may do so unilaterally with 96-hour notice. Should the Parties wish to cancel this treaty bilaterally, they may do so at any time. Signed, For The Javahouse League White Chocolate, Queen Max Power, Warlord Lonewolfe2015, Architect John Churchill, Membership Manager Bob Slydell, Temp-to-hire For Doom Squad Lord Hershey, Alpha Renegade4box, Beta Ghost, Sentinel [/spoiler] Very relevant: inb4 tJL-Kashmir-DS all tied and containing the words "Doom", "House" and "SirWilliam". Somewhat relevant: It appears tJL lost its entire March NS gain today. Sad news, I know... Not really relevant but I'm not giving it its own thread: #javahouse is now our public IRC channel. Don't bother with that dusty old #tJL. It's cooked.

If this is just back-patting, tJL's DoW on SRA and Legion. The coffee grim reaper is key. SRA came very close to getting hit before update the night it declared on Kashmir. I couldn't find the rest of gov fast enough to try to push it through.

If Doom Squad's doing it, it has to be good.

Agreed with these well-put kind words.

So awesome. Had no idea you guys never had peace from EQ.

[OOC]Am I the only one who thinks FAN is doing an absolutely brilliant job RPing McCarthyism? It's a really cool angle for a gun-themed alliance to take.[/OOC] UCR wasn't in the last global war, only in Kas. Oh look, a tech seller is acting tough. Cute. Just the best pun that could have possibly been made. Good point.

You're missing NG-NoR. It's a MDoAP. Obvious adverse effect discrimination against tJL and Kashmir.

You kidding? My girlfriend and I have been looking for good popcorn recipes. This is one of the rare blog entries that actually has RL relevance. 5 stars, OP.

Great while it lasted, best wishes to all. Also every last bit of support to my allies in AI.

I just switched to yellow and already this. It puts a smile on my face. Clean 'em out, FAN.

Not posted by shavar, therefore invalid. Also first.

They're from the same place as Julius Caesar, if I had to guess. The teapots are surprisingly average.

A very good summary. I approve. A lot that was learned from that war, on both sides since I'd say DH and NPO both performed well, is still used today. Something about that saying that "every soldier is his own general" or what have you. Also a lot of stroking egos. You wouldn't believe what it took with Necro. I know I'm nitpicking but GRE/IRON was such a watershed of a war it merits mentioning here. It demonstrates why even the best, most victorious, most elite alliances feel the need to wrap up their wars, which helps peace talks. The example I used also requires the mass alliance to be top-notch militarily and have a solid upper tier, which 2010 IRON was and had. I get that's not usually the case. Well yeah. Peaced-out upper tiers not only can't fight, they can't aidbomb the little guys. When you factor in the unfettered aiding and collections of the other side's upper tier, the effect is doubled, if not more so. Byzantium, Imperial Russia, the Ottoman Empire, ancient most of Asia, really a lot of places. As for electing a tyrant, anyone for Napoleon III?

Actually didn't know about this one X units of time ago but am pleasantly surprised. The key here is the font. Oh come on, your alliance had an ODN treaty for years. Be a little more chipper, old sport.

I love historical stats, thanks. I still think they're a big reason why the Karma Wiki entry is the best one, I think every global war's entry should have that kind of chart, and I really think I should have mentioned this before the Disorder War rather than now. Objectively best birth month, really.

Congrats! Is not everything requiring the exercise of free will optional in its own special way?

Sounds like fun indeed, great idea.

Took a lot of planning to take them down though is what I was getting at. power in isolation =/= necessarily winning a global war... unless, of course, you believe the most powerful few alliance/s are always on the winning side of the war, which Karma, Bi-Polar and EQ all speak against.