Master Holton

This is the true purpose of treaties. Public declarations of support. Something which will continue to happen regardless of what we want to call our artifices. "Treaties" "relationships" all the same thought. Perhaps a deeper inquiry into the relationships between alliances and the "whole" would better answer this thought of why our world withers. What drives politics, wars, and everything else ever? Competition. The very mechanics of this game eliminate any kind of remotely fair competition on multiple, multiple levels. There are so many things preventing change and a complete lack of desire for said change that many of us have given up trying.

It's interesting how SNX has caused so much trouble for their current allies, both on an FA and in-game level. I wonder if certain parties regret protecting them at this point. Enjoy your eternal micro-wars with Methrage. I found fighting micros to be a task in frustration but maybe people like Junka actually enjoy the OWF exchanges.

Save the Polar Bears Pact Signed for the New Polar Order, EaTeMuP - Emperor Lestat - Regent Holton - Minister of Truth Buuyo - Minister of Peace QuantumLeap - Minister of Love Thomas Venner - Minister of Plenty Emperor Jason - Deputy of Peace Tenbob - Deputy of Plenty Krazy - Deputy of Truth AlmightGrub - Imperator Emeritus Dajobo - Imperator Emeritus Signed for The Bear Cavalry, Gibsonator21, Tagalongs Shurukian, Carmel Delights Van Hoo III, Thin Mints Other announcement - Help us welcome QuantumLeap and Thomas Venner back into gov :) That is all!

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Methrage is just trying to bring stability to the brown team. Why can't you bullies leave him alone?

You heard it here first boys. Remask me pl0x.

o/ Rushsykesalliance waiting for dual membership tho

Hopefully this means y'all will make a come back.

R&R really coming alive lately. Nice to see.

Except you. You'll always be terrible. <3

R&R completely abandoned their principles with this treaty. This is an absolute outrage, Non Grata is one of the absolute worst alliances on this planet I can't believethisohmyactualgodiamjustsomad. Congrats lol.

notice of NpO disbandment is actually being posted tonight so

Hey Frawley if you post the PM'd nominations you got, I'll compile what we have into a vote. I don't mind a smaller audience. Obviously leave out the names to enforce the privacy factor, I suppose. Also if anyone wants to just PM me their nominations, that's fine too. I'll probably get the voting up sometime this weekend.

:saddowns: I was interest

After hearing this, plus bros' recent predicament, I'm convinced that CN gives you cancer... Best wishes Bilrow. Hope everything goes well for you.

I was going to go with less than 20 people but NPO's gov alone is like 50+ people. lol. But the "interesting stuff" doesn't always just have to be what's happening in the top ten alliances. I find Kashmir, TAO, Monster's Inc, etc. interesting in their own ways.

I was promised a hilarious and brilliantly-written treaty. It was delivered. Congrats to both parties and very nicely written. One of the few walls-of-text I've actually read recently rather than skimmed.

:wub: Glad to have you back in the world. Yes... Yes... Let the Blue flow through you... This is actually a good example of respectfully disagreeing. :) Meta-discussion - I would be excited to see more out-in-the-open politics happen. It's really a shame that the most interesting stuff happens between less than 100 people.

Two great alliances. One great treaty. o/

I don't think I really need to spell out how making a statement in public isn't the same as respectfully disagreeing.

Is there even another alliance who formed this year?

Some consider it in bad taste to leave your alliance and immediately have something bad to say about them. I completely agree with your points that new blood being allowed into leadership is a good thing. The "old guard" mentality combined with the lack of influx of new nations creates a stagnant political environment. How can anyone expect to be able to "take a stand" while still functioning as anything more than a target or an irrelevance when it is literally the same people making the calls in politics for years at a time?

YOU FOOLS Hahaha :)

I haven't had my morning tea so this may be a bit more incoherent than I want it to be... But your outdated version of "competition" hasn't existed since almost the first year of this world. This treaty is part of the competition, as is every treaty. What's killing this world is the inability for inactive alliances, like TPF, to recognize that they need to either disband or merge because their failings are two-fold: You aren't contributing to the political game and you're allowing other political players to use you as a convenient target in order to delay real political moves. This world is thriving in competition - You simply have to join the ranks of those still competing rather than sitting still in your den of barely-alive nations. And it's not some "elitist" alliance thought either. Doom Kingdom, Kashmir, Monster's Inc... All new alliances that are having a fine time with their own visions for the game. It just requires activity and the desire to actually play, rather than whine that no one else is playing by your expectations.

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