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[quote name='berbers' timestamp='1354331090' post='3058794'] If I was about to get shot with any pistol I'd be a whole lot less cocky. [/quote] I'm far beyond the point of being afraid about losing my dying pixels. It's actually a popular view among certain alliances.

That is a very high-quality WZC model. Quite possibly the most interesting thing you've ever posted, my congratulations. And of course my best wishes to Ap in the hopes that they find everlasting protection in the arms of the Last Holy Bastion of Morality.

[quote name='The Big Bad' timestamp='1354312473' post='3058680'] Well you have been living that exact scenerio since Karma, how have you enjoyed it? [/quote] I'll give you credit for an excellent baiting question. [quote name='Mogar' timestamp='1354313717' post='3058694'] it isnt like your alliance has contributed to the stagnation at all... oh wait. [/quote] Comes with the stat-hugging and obeying MK's every command. [quote name='Commander shepard' timestamp='1354315154' post='3058706'] Seen as you're giving your opinion, I hope the winning side will get in 3 rollings before they cross that bridge. [/quote] I compare this winning side to an 18th century pistol: Time-consuming to prepare, has a good chance of missing, and even if it does hit it becomes a useless paperweight for just long enough to your quite-possibly not-dead opponent to wrench it out of your clammy hands and cave your head in with it. I might actually clap myself on the back for coming up with that one. My thanks for the inspirational post.

[quote name='pd73bassman' timestamp='1354311083' post='3058668'] That's assuming this so called new Heg even gets power, time will tell [/quote] I almost hope they do, simply because the ensuing backstabbing and drama would provide more entertainment in a six month period than I've seen in the last year.

Nothing against the others, but you all were by far my favorite of the PF alliances. Best of luck to you all, especially Max.

[quote name='andyt2k' timestamp='1353582416' post='3056176'] To take from an NpO war name Friends > Infra STA see their friends being attacked and they help them, they don't think, "hummm I wonder who else will get dragged into this, it could get bigger, there could be conflicts, I'm not sure about the CB, i think polar could have done X......." and so on. They think, "Someone attack our friends, let's get em" As a former member of the NpO I can tell you that STA would Z3 for a month to protect their friends. You might call it poor FA, I call it being an honorable friend [/quote] It is possible to be an honorable and genuine friend. However, next to that is a line, on the other side of which begins "too stupid to ditch a !@#$%* friend" territory. About fifty miles past the line is what STA did for npo.

[quote name='Schattenmann' timestamp='1353470808' post='3055398'] Someone tell us what the goal, vision, or purpose of PF was: [/quote] To eventually disband due to inactivity for the sole purpose of providing you with ammunition for your GiveMeAttention gun. We also envisioned a wonderful dissolution announcement topic filled with rampant, drooling assumptions and speculation. Looks like we accomplished both far better than we could have ever hoped.

I'd like to congratulate those of you salivating over this announcement for providing more drama and entertainment in this thread than we, the relevant alliances (that being, to review, IRON (erm, NPO ) and TOP (ahem, MK) delivered by parting ways and cancelling (one of?) the longest-held treaty(ies) to ever exist. I remember joining TOP in another life, three years ago, and seeing an incredibly close bond that I as well as many others assumed would last for eternity. I wish you all the best of luck, and hope we can reconnect in the future.

[quote name='Schattenmann' timestamp='1350776297' post='3043464'] I'd send condolences to Umbrella, but they picked their fate. Act fast, Neo Heg, and claim your get out of war free card while supplies last. [/quote] I'm thoroughly vexed that this this one has already been used, but you truly are the Glenn Beck of CN. For most, equating the currently dominant sphere with the Hegemony of old is a combination of delusion, parroting, and short memory. For you, it's a tired record that's been playing for years. The only things that change are the names in the script. What's coming is nothing new, either. It's just different bodies orbiting the same core conflict that's been raging for the past five years.

[quote name='Starfox101' timestamp='1349497519' post='3037821'] It has never paid off to underestimate FAN. An alliance that prospered through, and after three years of warfare can hardly be considered a failing alliance at any stage. [/quote] Hiding in peace mode and staging largely psychological guerrilla strikes with reroll nations for three years before coming out with a decimated (actually, quite beyond, if you take the original meaning of the term) membership level in reaction to a massive group of alliances achieving what FAN never could. I've always admired the FAN of old. I really wish they had won against NPO, and I fully believe NPO has effectively paid pennies on the dollar for what they've orchestrated during the years, but let's call a spade a spade.

[quote name='Princess Doomee' timestamp='1349030256' post='3036022'] If that were truly the case, where is it when Planet bob most needs it? [/quote] Bob doesn't need Vox Populi. Bob needs a maelstrom to rise up, crush Pacifica permanently, and salt the Red Sphere as the appetizer to the wanton obliteration of anything and everything mortal. The screams and tears of the self-congratulatory pretentious moralists would, of course, act as dessert in this wonderful meal.

I will be greatly disappointed if the target is not a TOP ally.

I'm f'rever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air... GSE! Get 'em, gents.

Your T-72 is missing one of its armor skirts. Best of luck!

Give them hell.

Let the tears begin.

[quote name='Krack' timestamp='1339961476' post='2986574'] Nobody believes that. Nobody. When they attacked, they [i]believed[/i] they had finally had overwhelming odds in their favor. They were wrong, but that doesn't mean they were courageous. It just means their leadership blew it. There was nothing "ballsy" about it. [/quote] Wrong. I was the most vocal of several who were concerned about our odds. No one had ever launched a preemptive strike against a new front of war, especially not against an entire bloc. Our success was dependent upon a largely incompetent group of alliances under the leadership of someone we had a mutual dislike with. Some of us believed that we would be absolutely victorious and leave our opposition in ruin. Most of us were expecting a loss, though admittedly what ended up happening was entirely unexpected. [quote]And nobody believes MK "respects" TOP - they are nothing more than this week's useful idiot. And honestly, they need you far more than you need them - and they know it - the one time in their history they made a decision for themselves and took a proactive stance, it resulted in a rapid descent down the Alliance rankings [u]for absolutely no reason[/u]. If MK's leadership was that inept, you'd play Igor to some other alliance's Professor Frankenstein too.[/quote] MK/DH vs. TOP/PF with our allies split down the middle? I'd take my chances, and I'm certain most in TOP would too. As would MK, seeing as it would be the first war in years to feature high levels of competency and enjoyment by both sides. Hell, it would be more fun than watching SF/XX cower in peace mode, though I'll be the first to admit that if threatening words were the only way to destroy infra, SF/XX would have won the world long ago. [quote]EDIT: But this thread is about Umbrella ... and apparently, FARK (I'm not even sure they know or care). So let's get back on topic and discuss TOP's unich history at a later date and in a more appropriate venue. [/quote] Now there's an idea. Still, it's not nearly as fun as watching multiple threads about alliances involved in this war be hijacked by you and yours. The last time we were taking this much flak on the OWF, we turned this game on it's head with an unprecedented action. We. Did. Something. Continue venting your impotent rage all you like. I'm not going to repeat the tired "Do something about it" line, because it no longer matters if any of our opponents do anything or not. It's not our political decisions that make us who we are, or our infra, our tech. It's our community, and even if you could take away all of our allies, tech, and infra, you'll still be sitting in jealousy of that.

Once MK vs TOP starts, it can only end with the Apocalypse. Everything must die.

[quote name='Mogar' timestamp='1339813920' post='2985471'] keep playing cutesy, but we all know SF is the sideshow, watching your allies blow each other up is the main stage. [/quote] SF is the preview, but it's so popular we have to keep showing it until people stop buying tickets. Then we can move onto the TOP vs MK feature presentation. We'll be nice and throw all the irrelevant peanut gallery members in the credits, though.

[quote name='Mogar' timestamp='1339811270' post='2985434'] as an alliance? sure, you're quite skilled at decimating the upper tiers of alliances when you have the numbers advantage, if you'd like to duel though, I'm sure we can arrange something while I'm on the way down, unlike yourself I enjoy war, win or lose, not simply jumping onto the winning side or staying out. [/quote] You're the second person in the past two pages to call out our entire AA and when we say "Sure, bring it" you backpedal to duel offers. I'm in PM because if TOP were to get involved, my presence in combat would be nothing more than a waste of the aid my alliance mates have offered. Still, I'll be glad to keep you in mind for the day when I embark on a sojourn in the name of the great Vladimir Stukov, blessed be he.

[quote name='Mogar' timestamp='1339810468' post='2985417'] must have been difficult to fight all those ghost decelerations and curbstomps for years. [/quote] I guess we're just tougher at putting up a fight than the average 12 year old, which means we won't have anything to fear from you.

[quote name='WorldConqueror' timestamp='1339810638' post='2985422'] What could be more honourable than defending Dave93 from CSN's heinous crimes? [/quote] There could be none greater. Blessed champions of the weak, your names shall be carved in stone!

[quote name='Vladimir Stukov II' timestamp='1339810331' post='2985412'] SF sucks at war and TOP is good at war. You can't criticize any of our tactics. [/quote] Hey, just because you took on an entire SF alliance solo and walked away on top doesn't give you bragging rights.

[quote name='Vladimir Stukov II' timestamp='1339809987' post='2985399'] Why are you guys arguing with an irrelevant alliance? [/quote] I was hoping to goad them into doing something relevant. I figured maybe they wanted to, but they just needed that little push. I'm trying to help them, Vlad, because unlike you I care about the irrelevant, useless alliances.

meh