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If memory serves me right, we were still having our forums hosted by Berzerkerweb, which was free (or close enough to it) if a request was made to the server admin. If I am correct again, Dr. Fresh paid for the next set of hosting. It does make sense because I want to make two things clear to the neutral spectators of Bob: 1. the detailed story of what happened from our perspective and 2. That we are no longer an alliance in transition. We are a growing alliance, seeking new ties that work well with those that have been with us for years. We have a fresh government of very competent individuals and are willing to take the MCXA to a bright future.

Perhaps you'd like to enlighten the readers of this post Anakey?

[quote name='Lennox' timestamp='1282747947' post='2430838'] I know a lot of people don't like us but theres a difference between not liking someone and them being a WAE. Also its funny that many of the ex-heg alliances are still up there. Maybe a little bit of voting bias? [/quote] A little bit? I think it's at the point now where people are voting to spite/convince/be a jerk so it would actually be hard to progress to the next round. So if you're actually trying to win, you'd have to do something pretty big and bad to draw attention. But in other things, I know who I want to win.

[quote name='AngolaThree' timestamp='1282738599' post='2430707'] Thanks to all. I encourage all alliances to form an embassy with us at cke-cn.com/ [/quote] And he'll strip to put icing on the cake. I'm serious.

Not a bad idea, the very idea of it will probably turn off the average 15-year-old redneck who joins this game, plays for a week, then decides Halo is better. Could be an activity magnet.

Looks like MK disrespect us a little bit less than I expected.

You're mostly correct. TSO did have a slow withdrawl plan which was to some extent, conceited. Whilst I understand some prefer a smaller alliance, why would they work so hard to make the alliance they created become bigger and bigger? I think in these situations, it is nothing less than honourable to stay in what you have created. Furthermore, the MCXA Government at the time were very close knit. They were together in their own forum section before the split (nothing wrong with that) yet the 700 member buffer somehow spoiled their party. Nobody doubts what the members who went on to found TSO did for MCXA, after all, they made it. But it is pretty clear that their sudden exodus had a big impact on the health of the MCXA, not to mention the steady decline in overall CN activity. But do not forget the good that stayed behind. Gopher and Fresh were both competent leaders and both found a government who were keen to lead from the ashes. It definitely was not a case of not being able to find leaders, but rather the very sudden shift and drama that surrounded it.

Less idiocy on the OWF and less bickering about the game's rich (perhaps too much so) history. I've noticed we've also developed a strong metalanguage and expectations which aren't easy to learn. Would a newb know what an ODP is? Would they know that EZI and unconditional surrender are looked down upon? Would they know what the Hegemony, Super Grievances or Francoism are? How does one build a reputation with a clean slate? For example, I have been in this game for three and a half years, lead 215 member alliance and I bet even the most experienced and active CN players would know who I am. Even if I was as active as all of MK put together, I wouldn't be able to muster the respect that players such as Dilber etc. have, probably because I wasn't around in 2006. I don't think we can ever change what we've become, but this culture and custom-rich community we have become would make a sociologist &*&^ in their pants. Perhaps if we're still all here in four years, I might be able to do a PhD on us. We'll see.

I am very glad this protectorate has come to pass. The MCXA in recent times has made much movement within our own justice system, whereby cases are heard before an apolitical court. We know that AngolaThree will do a great job with his new alliance and uphold its mantra of justice.

Last month, Supercoolyellow asked me to help him out in the Ragnarok Embassy. We had been asked the question about what happened during the events of early 2009 when MCXA history took an enormous turn. There is always more than one side to any story and RoK were interested when they learnt the story from my side, that is somebody who respected the existing government, yet was kept in the dark about the events that were about to unfold. This wasn't the first time Supercoolyellow was asked however. Time and time again, people wanted to know what happened and how we were coping. So today, I write this blog about it. I do expect to be trolled by TSO and others wishing to correct me, but fudge it, this is my take on it. This is what I wrote in the RoK embassy (there was a question about sam, which is why he is mentioned right from the start) That basically outlines my thoughts and emotions, still to this day. However, the TSO seperatists would say I am missing something. That thing is a person named nc1701. nc1701 was the High Councillor who exposed the planning for TSO. It didn't come in the form of logs posted all over the MCXA forums but rather through appealing to the new and active members. The keyword used in his speeches was 'transperancy'. It worked a charm. The General Assembly was fired up and the High Council freaked. There were the people who all of a sudden hated the HC, there was the HC who hated the plebians, there were the HC who wanted to stay, there were the GA (like me) who trusted the HC. On top of that were the people who were just jumping ship anyway. And there were a LOT of those. So the TSO ship sailed and we weren't left with much. There was somebody who tried deleting all the TSO evidence by hacking our forums. There was sup4, there was Francesca (ironically, both dating at the time in real life). Those three worked together to make the MCXA be the way they wanted it, making their own IRC channel to establish plans to create discontent with Gopherbashi, Dr. Fresh and KingEd as part of a campaign to gain governmental control of the alliance; although were unsuccessful on two attempts on polling day. These plans may have been all and well if it wasn't for a radical by the name of Maxfiles, who pulled out the Francesca/nc1701 conspiracy and released the logs to those who could do something about it. Although, to his credit, sup4 was never really wanted to take over with nc and fran. NC left during his expulsion hearing and then left to join the Mushroom Kingdom. Of course the Karma War was another major hit. The new government was determined to maintain its honour to the alliances of One Vision and The Continuum which had supported it over the years and throughout the TSO split and entered the war knowing that it wouldn't be an easy battle. By then, Francesca had left to the Viridian Entente (due to the High Council's decision to back the Hegemony, if memory serves me right) and we more or less had a clean fight against VE, NV, 1TF and GLOF. That's pretty much it from the drama side of things. Yet there are a couple of other things I think I should mention. Not long after forming (and evidence pointing to one of their members spying on and sabotaging our forums), TSO offered us a goodwill aid package of 1.7 billion CN dollars. Was this a bribe to stop us and OV from stomping them? Of course they had the TOP protectorate which complicated things a little bit. But I'll leave that in the hands of the Hegemony-era CN philosophers to debate. Of course after TSO took the side of Karma, there wasn't much anyone could do, except for the invisible hand of CN inactivity itself. At the time, I was the Minister of Finance for the MCXA, voting against the aid package. Sam and Celt had reiterated that it was a small package, being the size of each of their nations' war chests. Nonetheless, the MCXA High Council were keen to accept it and I was keen to take my time in making sure it targeted the right nations. (Only made more difficult among forum hacks, the withdrawl of Berzerkerweb and members leaving left right and centre). A couple of TSO financiers pressured me for 'lists' threatening to send the aid without specified targets. One even thought the draft list I copypasta'd into an IRC query with SleepiB was the final and complained that it wasn't formatted neatly. The TSO bluff was called in the end and the aid continued to flow in past my term as Minister of Finance. I think that's it. I'm sure somebody will remind me of something else and I welcome them in doing so. But I think that it is appropriate that I post my thoughts. I think that somewhere in there, TOP were embarrassed with the behaviour of TSO during their declaration of existence, especially with an inconsiderate rickroll. Perhaps deep within they thought twice about their decision to protect TSO after the controversy of their creation, which was only mentioned on the Continuum leadership forum a few days prior to the DoE. In fact, Moo and Electron Sponge discussed it on the CN Talkshow, both showing sympathy towards the MCXA left behind, but their comments reassured me: Gopherbashi and Dr. Fresh would take good care of the MCXA. And that, they did. These days, I am Chancellor of the MCXA. I understand that TSO too has a new government and that new government wishes to seek ties with MCXA. We can always be friends, we could always fight on the same side of a major war. But I'm not interested in a treaty. Whilst every now and then, there's a small mention of MCXA being boring in the modern scope, I don't care. We're not out here to troll and/or comment on every OWF thread, we're here to be the best we can be.

Yeah, I'd agree CN probably sucks out a bit of real life from all of us. Nonetheless, have a good one, Chimera.

It's spelled [i]enemies[/i] and [i]spies[/i]. EDIT: Yeah, I know FOK don't speak English, but I've seen better spelling than that from them in the past.

[quote name='d3filed' timestamp='1282146819' post='2421642'] We spoke to PC in what we believed to be confidence, and one of their government members decided it was a good idea to dump. (WELP) Our intention was to ensure that in the long term, \m/ would once again be worthy of having allies of such quality, with a downgrade acting as an incredibly nessasary wakeup call for our incompetent trium. Lezrahi/Goby weren't included or knowledgable as to what was going on with the FA, and as it seems, their expulsion is nothing more than an attempt to retain governmental power in a powerless alliance. [/quote] So what are you going to do now?

Misleading thread titles is like crack. Sure it feels good at first, but when everyone does it, you get one $%&@ed up community. Planet Bob...

It's just one bit of misfortune after another for \m/...

[center][img]http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc214/eduardo1231/Mask%20Images/chancellor1.png[/img][/center] Hello everyone, It's nice to see MeCXiAns past and present here. For over two and a half years I have been a part of this alliance and now it is a great pleasure to be given the honour to serve as one of its leaders. I also congratulate Neural Link and mcp13 for being awarded with MCXA's highest honour. I have known both of you for a long time and believe that both of you deserve it. After all, Dr. Fresh was getting a bit lonely being the sole member of the Heroes Council. It is an exciting time for the MCXA. Our three Chancellors have all risen to fame in the post-TSO era and are ready to look to the future. Already, the Ministers are just finalising their parts in the [i]Steven Slater Beer-Loving Customer-Hating Kickass Plan of Awesome[/i]. But we cannot forget those allies who, over the years have played a part in shaping who we are today. To them, I say thank you to your continued faith in us. I'll wrap it up there. Planet Bob, I look forward to leading my alliance with my great team in your vast cyber-goodness. [i]Rex.[/i]

Not joining earlier.

[i]Brilliant[/i] political move.

You've been around for too long. GTFO.

Good diagram Dahl, pretty accurate and made me laugh.

I believe that as allies, one would be itching to go to war whenever they feel they should. However, this may lead to an escalation in the number of alliances involved, leading to a large scale war that erupted out of nothing. This is not an ideal outcome. A case study to consider is that of the Gopher Roll. Protected by the MCXA, we all wanted to help Gopher. However the offers for help were repeatedly denied, as were offers of aid. Gopherbashi was on a mission to fight for his cause and show the power of his single nation and the MCXA would have dishonoured him greatly if we had stepped in. So in short, I think you should always ask before getting involved with your allies' war.

Boooo. I expected drama.

I find that tech raiding keeps the game interesting, it gives us something to debate and provides an incentive to join an alliance. However, I don't particularly condone it because it can be a bit irritating at times (one of your alliance members gets owned etc.) We've always got TE if we feel like doing a bit of military training.

I for one, welcome our new blue text overlord.

[quote name='Letum' timestamp='1280736933' post='2398164'] A piece of paper is a piece of paper. A relationship is what truly matters, and all this arguing about what one letter justifies and the other forbids is ultimately meaningless. [/quote] You remind me of IRON.