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  2. UCR Declaration of War

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    On 6/2/2023 at 7:02 PM, firingline said:


    NATO wouldn’t delay in approving your membership.

    That's not what Sweden says... 

     

    Also, there is ancient saying, that still holds truth: "kill a Commie for Mommy". 

     

    Reagan for President in 2024, he's tanned, rested, and ready. 😉

     

    On 6/4/2023 at 4:53 PM, Thrash said:

    Well, at least something's going on. Have fun.

    Is fun allowed any more?  Asking for a friend.

  8. An Acknowledgement of Doom

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    12 hours ago, jerdge said:

    There's a difference between experiencing an healthily challenging experience and fighting an hopeless battle against unchecked cheaters, but you wouldn't know because at the time you were firmly on the cheaters' side - that's what you call survival on your own terms.

    There are no fake tears involved, sure people leave any game for a variety of reasons, but in this specific case: when the multies scandals emerged, years ago, there were clean players openly saying that they were leaving - or they would have left if things hadn't been properly addressed - and which since actually left, and you were personally there, replying to them and trying to convince everyone that it was just petty stuff that had happened totally by chance, etc, the kind of stupid defence we're again reading in this thread. Spare me your absurd stories about anecdotes of people leaving for this or that reason, it's not what we're talking of.

    Talking of why we're still on the subject, I don't know why you people still think that is a good way of defending this crap. It's not that I or anyone else spends their days posting about it, it's just a yearly post, at most, when I stumble upon someone admiring Steeldor's "greatness". Just look the other way, avoid quoting my posts, ignore me and stop making this relevant, nobody actually cares anymore.

     

     

    It's not baseless speculation, Steeldor had around 64k tech levels erased overnight in a period in which some mod had found/been presented with damning evidence about his tech. His tech having been erased is recorded. It's fact.

    It makes no sense to report it again as the mods already acted upon it.

     

     

    It's cringe worthy that some people gets overly agitated about this stuff, go around taking of "insinuations", "suggestions", "speculations", try absurd defences of totally unacceptable unfair play. We're talking of established facts, just say that you're OK with all that or, even better, don't post at all on the subject and let it be forgotten again.

     

    I've already spoken my piece on this issue many moons ago.  

     

    FYI: I've seen the evidence of cheating back then.  Some of it was deemed not actionable even though it should have been.  If tech/nations got deleted, there was slam dunk evidence and anyone who still thinks that anyone got a raw deal makes me chuckle.  If anything, as I say, the mods and admin erred on the side leniency. 

     

    Anyone left here now and is still active has decided to accept what went on, that the punishment was what it was, and that a proper fix for Bob would have involved doing things that Admin was unprepared to do.  I'm not sure what else to say at this point.  Ya'll (what's left of you) still seem to be having fun most of the time, or maybe old habits die hard and good friends (and frenemies) are hard to find.

     

    --Your Humble Museum Curator

  11. CN pilgrimage

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    On 11/21/2021 at 9:07 PM, Suyash Adhikari said:

    Go Away

    Please do not invite him to PnW.

     

    I wouldn't invite anyone to that POS.  🙂

     

    Don't get me wrong, it had its time, but the individual who owns the rights to it should have had the moral courage to reset it at one point, but instead did something else. 

  12. CN pilgrimage

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    Seems unlikely that the remaining members of the old guard of The Orders would be willing to let bygones be bygones. 

     

    As a museum curator, and therefore a mostly dispassionate observer, I could give rat's arse, but perhaps if you went out and rallied a bunch of people to Orbis and stirred up trouble (your specialty), it'd actually be welcomed.

  16. 15 Years

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    On 5/12/2021 at 8:54 PM, Buds The Man said:

    You said you wouldnt ever show that pic Hal.  Hope you are well.  

    Never better, thanks.  🙂

     

    Valhalla had an amazing run first time around.  Second run wasn't terrible until it was.  Still, I prefer to keep the good memories.  A third run...nah, Orbis couldn't handle that level of operational tempo now.  Probably why GATO is the perfect alliance for this era.  Lays around like a harbor seal mostly.

  17. 15 Years

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    20 hours ago, Buds The Man said:

    Mjolnir is in my safe and will never come back.  GATO never really seen you do much but exist so happy 15 years of existence.  Now i go back too my porch

    fat-thor-e1588472004226.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

     

    To be honest dude, at your age, you need to start watching your carbs.

  18. Wait, I thought he already deleted...

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    Nope.  Don't plan on deleting either, but I'll be going pretty much totally inactive soon, save for logging in periodically to make sure friends don't lose trades.  With the dwindling number of people here, keeping a full trade set will become increasingly problematic for the remainder of the game. 

     

    This is being one of the last times I'll ever post here (total posts around 7,500 over 11+ years), some thoughts as I exit.

     

    1. This was on balance...fun and I'm glad I played.  Oh sure it had its highs and lows, all games do.  Would I change anything?  One or two things of course, but I leave with no regrets.  My list of accomplishment is long and I'm happy with them.

     

    2. Some of you people unfortunately forgot at times how to be not only good at a game, but also a good member of a gaming community.  The game suffered because of it.  I'll not mention specific incidences, but I'd like to hope that you have matured and recognize the mistakes you made for what they were.

     

    3. I learned things here.  Things that made me a better person, a better leader, and more technically proficient, and I carry those lessons forward not only to other games I play but to other things I do IRL.

     

    4. I've  come to the conclusion that the game was destined to die the moment for four things happened:  

    • technology was made something that was a commodity that could be bought and sold...or simply given away
    • technology could be stolen through warfare (which is itself is a patently silly idea, sorry Kevin, since through the history warfare societies would copy the technology of their enemies, perhaps even improve upon it, but societies almost never lost a technology through theft)
    • technology was made something that mattered in virtually every aspect of the mechanics
    • the players became aware of all of this

    Tech being a commodity lead to wide spread cheating and abuse that got worse as the game ground on.  The stealing of tech became a primary motivation early on for "tech raiding" (and remained so), which had the side effect of the driving of newer players from the game in frustration as we went from raiding inactives, to people who stepped away for a week, to people who didn't step away at all but looked weak.  But you say, "ChairmanHal, all the things you mentioned were true almost from the beginning!"  That's right, they were.  Yet for an extended period of time, there were enough active players, and enough political drama, to keep the game interesting for most for several years in spite of the flaws.  

     

    5. Shout outs (way, way too many to mention individually): To all those who remain from LIH, \m/, Browncoats, Ragnarok, Valhalla, Anarchy Inc., and PPO, may your lives be a journey filled with wonder or at least good coffee and pleasant companionship.  I will be speaking to some of you "on another network" soon.  To all the other friends I made along the way, you will hold a special place in my heart.  As for the rest of you...be good to each other.  Time is short.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  19. To those guys who keep changing their AA whilst attacking us....

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    On 8/6/2018 at 10:27 AM, LJ Scott said:

    Actually we're AA-fluid. I wouldn't expect a piece a cis-AA scum like ccc to be recognising or accepting of this. 

     

    Seems like Bob is still stuck in the 90's. We're here. We're AA-fluid. Get over it. 

     

    Yeah, or he'll go crying to Cuba.  Actually he'll go crying to Cuba over a whole list of things because competitive gaming is for a-holes.  Right, LJ?

  20. Hoist the mainsail!

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    Wipes sleep out of eyes

     

    Wait, people are still doing this?

     

    Whatever.  Retirement announcement forthcoming once this is over I guess.  I kept my nation on the mantle as sort of a memory of old times, never expecting I'd have to fight with her again, so not really prepared and not really interested in fighting to be honest.  Hell, I've forgot more tactics and rules than I remember at this point.  I suppose the customary thing to do is to try to fight back, but after being sucker punched multiple times, not much to fight back with.  Kids, it's just not fun and I can't get excited enough to make it fun for you.  I'm sorry.  Go play with your Xbox friends.

  24. Imperial Decree - New Polar Order

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    10 hours ago, Mogar said:

    Certainly looks like being a raider works out long term.

     

    I don't think there is any question under the right circumstances raiding is very profitable.  I have raided in the past, would change nothing.

     

    Raiding is a business venture.  For raiders at all levels, you are hoping that the money invested (including any potential damages) is more than your losses.  In the past in higher tier raiding, raiders like bones could count on an almost limitless resupply of tech and even cash, along with the ability to fill the defensive slots of the target at a moment's notice.  Risk was minimal if you were smart about your target selection, as was the skill level required (threatening to throw tech 50-60+ EMP nukes if someone resists isn't a complex task). 

     

    Resistance to a high tier raid isn't a black or white decision.  There's lots of gray and people to think about beyond yourself.  In the past I have resisted and in the past I've ate my shait sandwich.  People like Hitchcock will never be in the upper tier, so it's impossible for them to relate to the calculus that goes on.  I use a math analogy here but really it's poker.  Hitchcock is the guy sitting in a recliner at home watching a Texas Hold 'Em tournament on ESPN telling his wife between sips of PBR how he would have played that hand differently.  He's never been to Vegas, he's never played poker in Vegas, he's never played for more than $50 with his friends, let alone hundreds of thousands or millions.  Oh but he's an expert. 

    <_<

     

     

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