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Greetings. I am Magicman657, Princess Regnant of United Equestria. It has come to my attention that a few individuals took it upon themselves to try and harm our wonderful little alliance. It is true that the alliance has struggled lately due to several unfortunate personnel losses and it's been difficult to try to plan around that. However, UE is not dead and we do not tolerate attempts to violate the sovreignty of the alliance.
What you need to know is the following:
#1, I am still the rightful leader of the alliance and I will continue to act in such capacity until such a time as I see fit to appoint a replacement (which if or when that would happen would be accompanied by an official public statement here).
#2, Shimanaka (IRC - Benzene) is no longer a member of United Equestria. For all intents and purposes, Benzene is now considered an enemy of United Equestria for treasonous acts against the alliance. His actions are to be considered as that of a rogue.
#3, Herooftime55 (IRC - Celly) has not been a member of United Equestria for quite some time. He was removed many weeks ago due to a completely different set of circumstances relating solely to the operation and security of the alliance. Herooftime55 is NOT a member and is certainly not Princess of UE despite any claim made otherwise. For all intents and purposes, Herooftime55 is now considered an enemy of United Equestria for violating the sovreignty of the alliance.
Due to the widespread implications of their actions, it should be noted that UE, along with Argent, TPF, and GATO have reserved the rights to lay waste to the nations owned by both Shimanaka and Herooftime55.
I do not know what the future of UE holds. I wish very much for the spirit of our alliance to remain alive and well, and I will enact whatever plans given our circumstances will help us in that regard. Other than that, I make no promises. All I can say is that I will continue to do my best to act in the best interests of both our alliance and our allies, whom have all been wonderfully supportive during these difficult times.
Sincerely,
Magicman657
Princess Regnant of United Equestria -
Dragons and ponies: The two most awesome creatures to ever exist. A more deadly yet friendly combination there exists not.
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An Official Announcement from United Equestria[/center]
United Equestria prides itself on providing tech deals to all of our friends and allies, so it has been our policy to try and restrict tech dealing to a very specific list of alliances so that there are enough deals for everyone and as such, our members are discouraged from sending or accepting aid offers to or from anyone who is not a member of an alliance on our whitelist. Such outside deals are viewed as "under the table" and therefore no compensation for failure to complete the deal is guaranteed by UE. While this has been an internal practice for a while now, we feel it would be appropriate to formally codify this practice and announce it to the world.
By the Royal Authority of the Princess Regnant, United Equestria enacts the [url=http://cybernations.64digits.com/ponies/index.php?topic=1393.0]following new policy[/url]:
[quote]Any member of a non-approved alliance who sends unsolicited financial aid offers to member states of United Equestria, with the intent to initiate a tech deal or other financial transaction, will be considered to have made a donation to United Equestria. Each nation fitting the above description, and who makes unsolicited donations to member states of United Equestria, agrees and consents that they are making a charitable donation to said member states of United Equestria, regardless of any statements filed in the "Foreign Aid Reason" field or any preceding or subsequent unsolicited private messages, and that they neither expect nor demand any return of technology for their generous donations.
This alliance policy overrides any unsolicited contracts offered by donor states, regardless of the agreement, explicit or otherwise, of United Equestria member states.
A list of alliances approved for tech dealing may be found [url=http://cybernations.64digits.com/ponies/index.php?topic=467.0][HERE][/url]. Parties wishing to be added to the list of approved alliances may contact the Government of United Equestria with their application.
Any accepted aid offers falling under this policy may be eligible for a refund at the discretion of United Equestria; Concerned individuals may post an application for review on our forums [url=http://cybernations.64digits.com/ponies/index.php?board=121.0][HERE][/url]
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United Equestria takes no responsibility in informing every individual state outside of our borders, and trusts that interested foreign governments will perform the due diligence to inform their member states of our new policy.
We apologize for any inconvenience, with the notice that United Equestria asserts that unsolicited offers of the pertinent nature are violations of our sovereignty, due to the noted impact they have on our normative economic functionality, and that we will not inhibit the operation of our financial actions and interactions to address wide-scale violations of our sovereignty.
Thank you for your time.
[i]Signed,
Magicman657, Princess Regnant
HeroofTime55, Chancellor
Legatus Equus, Minister of Love and Tolerance
Corah Il Cappo, Minister of Foreign Affairs
chachonimrod, Minister of Internal Affairs
Chezik, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs
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[quote name='Roxas' timestamp='1329671220' post='2924083']
Magic has a pretty lame avatar >_> Needs more Ponies
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Magus has been my avatar for longer than I can remember. However, I am inclined to agree. Your wish has been granted. -
I'll keep this as short and sweet as I can. It is my great honor to preside over the wonderful alliance that is United Equestria. Never in my CN career have I ever encountered such wonderful and caring people as I have here, and since August of last year I've done my best to help it grow. Herooftime has done amazing things for this alliance and we simply cannot thank him enough for his hard work. I will do my best to uphold the ideals that UE was founded on and bring our unique perspectives to all of CN so that one day everyone may come to know and love all things pony.
With that, our current government is as follows:
Princess Regnant: Magicman657
Princess Consort: Bacon God
Chancellor: HeroofTime55
Royal Advisors: Kitsune, HeroofTime55, Amonisis
Minister of Defense: Legatus Equus
Deputy Minister of Defense: Zephyr Lite
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Corah Il Cappo
Minister of Internal Affairs: Chachonimrod
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs: Chezik
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[quote name='Azaghul' timestamp='1327983609' post='2911291']
I'll do 9 mill (one slot for 3 cycles, 2 if they have an FAC) to the nation of your choice if United Equestria donates more, the same to the nation of my choice if MK donates more.
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I will gladly throw up 9 mil of my own nation's cash in addition to whatever deal you strike with Herooftime if anyone would like to match me. -
[quote name='bros2' timestamp='1327975609' post='2911143']
As to which alliance raises more?
200 is a rather low bet.
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Our Glorious Leader (o7) is actually funding that bet entirely out of his own nation's pocket. Perhaps their leaders could do the same? -
Now that the war is over, Sparta is welcome to have some of our actual baked goods; no more baked bads, we promise!
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I've been seeing this little message come up when I attempt to visit a bunch of the topics in the Boiler Room. I'm using Google Chrome. Is this a legitimate concern / do we have any idea why that might be coming up?
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[quote name='Pingu' timestamp='1323750134' post='2876139']
I'm not sure anyone thinks you will easily be driven from the planet.
It's just that much of the international community wants to hurt you.
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That's ok, we still wub them. -
I'm not sure I understand why everyone seems to think that someone attacking us would automatically make us leave CN. You can't make our alliance disappear because our alliance is made of friends that like ponies, not infrastructure.
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[quote name='Roxas' timestamp='1323582594' post='2873345']
Should of been called Epic Cupcake Time >_>
Anyways go get them
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You're lucky I think of everything.
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[quote name='Locke' timestamp='1316208931' post='2801767']
If you've been on the same network even once the flag stays. Using the same phone network doesn't guarantee a flag, but the pool of IP's handed out is probably smaller than that of an ISP's, making getting the same one more likely. If you have reason to believe that you've been flagged at any point, don't risk trading as a second offense may be met with deletion instead of just a canceled trade.
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Is it really reasonable for us to be expected to know every single place we've ever logged into for 4+ years? I know I don't and I have the same concerns as the OP- I think I might have once been on the same network as my friend who is out of state at college and I really don't remember if that actually happened. Yet I'd like to be able to trade with him for reasons of convenience and security to my alliance.
It would be really helpful if we could see some kind of indicator BEFOREHAND that says "Do not trade or aid with this nation", which shouldn't be difficult if all of the ips are actually logged. -
[quote name='Cager' timestamp='1316239060' post='2802081']
is this a serious alliance I hope it isn't.
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It has been for a month now. Where were you? Also come join our party! -
[quote name='Ashoka the Great' timestamp='1316225010' post='2801900']
Each day I pray for your death. Every goddamn one of you.
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We love you too.
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[quote name='Bob Ilyani' timestamp='1316148105' post='2801339']
Basically this. Get HoT out and I don't really care what you guys do.
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Has it ever occurred to you that's why we WANT Hero to be our leader?
Hero has been working tirelessly to make sure this alliance grows internally and externally. In fact, we all have. What you should realize by this point is that we are here to stay and you can either embrace it or be sickened by it. We'll love you either way. -
You are entirely correct- the biggest issue with the game is that seniority is key. With the resource problem finally addressed, we will need to start looking at ways to address the seniority based problems. The two biggest ones are wonders and tech.
Just to collect all the wonders, it would take a new nation a MINIMUM of 2 and a half years, and that's assuming that they buy one every 30 days starting on the day they create their nation. 2.5 years just to be on the same collection level as me. Now, this is balanced by the fact that most wonders take a long time to pay for themselves, but still, the fact that I have that much more of a boost than any new nation is terrifying. It's not quite as bad as tech though since it's rare that new wonders are introduced, so the goal is actually reachable even if it takes years to do it. An easy way to reduce that 2.5 years to something more reasonable like maybe 1 year would be to just remove the 30 day period and just let nations be limited by their daily taxes.
Tech is probably our biggest problem though. It is literally impossible for a new nation to ever get anywhere NEAR bridging the gap that separates our highest NS nations from them because there is no limit to how much tech you can import. The thing is, because [toasters] function equally as well as [highly developed space telescopes] in terms of CN technology, tech can be bought at a flat rate all the time and there is no theoretical cap that prevents old nations from acquiring more tech. Imagine if everyone had to buy his or her own tech (or that importing [toasters] was less effective than importing or buying [highly developed space telescopes]). There would be at least some point at which nation would cease buying technology, because it wouldn't be worth the money spent on it, thus effectively capping it and making it at least POSSIBLE for a new nation to catch up (even if it took years).
As it stands, the older CN gets, the harder it is for a new player to ever become relevant because on average, more CN players progress to higher NS's than fight & lose NS. That's a large part of why we lose people- they see it as futile and pointless to even try to develop to be the best, and the scary thing is they're actually correct, it is impossible for them to reach the shifting goalposts created due to these seniority based issues. -
[quote name='Dexios' timestamp='1314161279' post='2787503']
Thanks for the input, Magicman657.
The major problem with my current resources is [b][Pig][/b] as it won't fit nicely into a 5BR, 7BR, or 8BR set.
That inflexibility would confine my nation into a 3BR trade circle or set up.
Although 3BR is arguably the best balanced trade set up in the game, with the best balance between high income boost and high infrastructure buying and upkeep power, also with good wildcard flexibility; I consider confining my nation to a 3BR set-up to the exclusion of other popular set-ups as unacceptable.
Even if I end up with worse resource combinations such as [Fur] and [Rubber], I'm willing to re-roll again and again and again until the random number generator gives Uranium + a 3BR/5BR/7BR/8BR resource combination.
However, the evidence suggests that having ideal trade resources perhaps is irrelevant to a nation's long-term success.
Contrary to one's expectations, many of CN's top nations have less than ideal resources:
#1 Hime Themis of Dulra | 350k NS | Order of the Black Rose | [Fur] and [Silver]
#3 FISHGUTS of FISHGUTS | 261k NS | World Task Force | [Wine] and [Gold]
#12 Asa Phillips of Malto | 218k NS | World Task Force | [Fish] and [Rubber]
At the end, Magicman, I agree with you that the resource random distribution is seriously flawed as you pointed out in your signature's link. I like Option 1 better as it provides an interesting dynamic to the resource system, which I consider to be the most boring, unfair, and frustrating part of the game under the current set up.
But unless this deeply flawed resource system gets fixed within 10 days or so, it seems very likely that I'll be heading off to delete my current nation and re-roll. Ugh
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You'll be more than fine with a 3BR, trust me. Having a good set of resources over along period of time is better than having the best for a few weeks and losing trades for another few weeks.
Also, I would highly encourage you to take what you said there and post it in the thread with my suggestion. I know there are many people who want to see the system changed asap and that can only happen if we concentrate our attention on it. -
[quote name='HK47' timestamp='1313885792' post='2785370']
This thread is not about Mogar's sexual preferences. You meatbags are disgusting. Knock it off and get back on topic.
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Check.
[quote name='jerdge' timestamp='1314015317' post='2786132']
To the OP: this thread is an accurate picture of every day life on CN. I hope you like it (it's actually fun).
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This.
[quote name='Ejayrazz' timestamp='1314073753' post='2786635']
$%&@, if mogar looks good in a skirt I'll hit on him too bro.
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Also check.
[quote name='Ashoka the Great' timestamp='1314097461' post='2786766']
Some of us celebrate Scotchtoberfest. The booze is still amber-hued, but much more economical in terms of input/effect.
Also, since many of our members have seen naked females in person without paying for the privilege or relying on the internet, we're less likely to obsess about the presence of someone possessing double-x chromosomes.
At least that's what I tell women. Once they sign up I'm all "Show me your boobs! PM pics to me! You can trust me!"
Wait....did I just say that out loud?
Aw, crap.
I should certainly hope so. The place hasn't been the same since Normal Hale Gareth departed.
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Yep. Also, miss those days too.
[quote name='Wargarden' timestamp='1314108056' post='2786812']
Jesus, someone raid her before she gets in an alliance.
Have you $%&@wits totally forgotten how to play this game?
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Ah, the system at work, a classic. Drive away any new players who dare to even speak! Flawless!
[quote name='HeroofTime55' timestamp='1314116096' post='2786876']
Hello! Do you like Ponies?
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[quote name='Thorgrum' timestamp='1314133785' post='2787109']
This, delete and look elsewhere. You will never recoup the time you waste here and you will never forgive yourself for wasting it. However if you enjoy watching 50-75 people repeat the same things for years, then by all means expend your time resources into CN, you'll love it.
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I've invested far too much time at this point to even consider that anymore.
[quote name='Ironfist' timestamp='1314164117' post='2787527']
Good job CN, that was close.
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[quote name='jerdge' timestamp='1314175097' post='2787579']
We're not learning, are we?
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You'd think after what, 5 years at least, we might but nope.
[quote name='Mr flubb' timestamp='1314192797' post='2787639']
No, we already learned. Obviously we just dont like cowards who say this game looks awesome and then retreat after someone raids or insults them. We want players who will start giant flame wars and create drama.... or at least act as a punching bag for everyone elses drama.
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So... you'd rather have 1 Walford rather than 1,000 new recruits that might behave like normal people? -
Honestly those are both pretty good resources, I'd be happy with that. It's much more likely you'd reroll into something worse.
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Team: Any (White is preferred but really I don't care about color)
Nation Name: Magi Nation
National Leader: Magicman657
Link to Nation: http://www.cybernations.net/nation_drill_display.asp?Nation_ID=112689
Your Resources: Rubber and Silver
I'd love to get into a trading circle, PM me if interested. -
[quote name='IYIyTh' timestamp='1313750879' post='2784500']
Are you kidding?
I think the most fun I've ever had is watching huge alliances like GOONS grow in the old days and having shark week around.
These alliances are good for the game. Look what its mere existence did to rile up the old farts in this joint. There's been more banter about an alliance based on ponies than anything else relevant in the game. What this game needs is MORE huge PONY alliances. Ones that piss you off enough to make you want to roll them/befriend them, but are crazy enough to do things that get your attention and liven up the community.
I personally joined MHA because it was generally more tame in theme than some over the past years BECAUSE of the ridiculousness of most alliance themes when you first enter the game.
This game literally needs more crazy alliances.
More FAN, more Ponies, more GOONS, more Pacifica's, more TOP's.
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I support this proposition of more ponies.
Also, since at least one or two people voiced concern, you need not worry about the CN forum being flooded with pony pics. That's why Ponychan exists, and we have our own forums for that as well. Ponies on CN will be (at least for the most part) limited to annoucements & propaganda. That said, we have a lot of stuff we're just dieing to use
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[quote name='Solaris' timestamp='1313484567' post='2782100']
An invasion of Friendship and Magic?
Oh boy, HoT, seems like you've got your house under order only to an effect of a half-measure. Friendship sure is power, there's no denying that, but acquiring friends who like sissy things like ponies isn't going to get you into a position of power.
I'm sure you're not even considering to reach such things, like power, talking about silly stuff like magic, like the delusional purveyor of pink ponies you are. Your tricks wont work on this planet, and I'm sure your future is bleak. But hey, good luck regardless, as I'm sure, that all the citizens under the banner of pony are deep down pretty sweet a bunch of people, as well as very cute.
Hmm. On a second thought, disregard the wish for good luck - even if it might turn interesting, to perceive the results of your crazy experiment.
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I don't think you quite understand that we're much more interested in things like sharing love and kindness than power. -
[quote name='Roadie' timestamp='1313464300' post='2781955']
They're out of range. You're NS is too high.
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Magi Nation isn't out of range.
Official Announcement from United Equestria
in Alliance Announcements (IC)
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[quote name='Aeros' timestamp='1353008628' post='3052924']
I'm not buying this. I can't speak for TPF, but I seriously doubt they would let an MDP level ally get rolled because one of their members is pissed at who is actually in charge and starts causing problems for his alliance. So the only alliances who would roll all of UE the moment HoT launched his little crusade would be ones who seriously want to trigger a massive war over what is honestly a pretty silly affair. Doubly silly since GATO is also an MDP ally of TPF. Which is why I find the chest thumping a little schizophrenic.
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I will not elaborate, but rest assured that TPF would be well, well justified in any action they chose to take under those circumstances and I would not blame them.one bit.