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[quote name='chefjoe' timestamp='1344370644' post='3019641'] [img]http://www.nationalgeographicstock.com/comp/04/626/1367408.jpg[/img] Sorry but zoning laws prohibit such behavior on this preserve [/quote] We'll abide by their zoning laws when they come and take our guns. If they can, that is. [quote name='The Corporal' timestamp='1344435491' post='3019826'] Did someone say they needed gun porn? [img]http://www.summerthunder.net/images/posts/340-072med.JPG[/img] [img]http://willyloman.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/ar-15-guy-4.jpg[/img] [img]http://olegvolk.net/gallery/d/39217-2/KSG_3329web.jpg[/img] Here's to another five years and more! [img]http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/smileys-and-emoticons/beer/smileys-beer-817053.gif[/img] [/quote] Beautiful.

Very cool treaty. o/ AI Needs more gun porn.

Impressive grouping, welcome to the world Anarchy Inc.

[quote name='Zoomzoomzoom' timestamp='1340632521' post='2995815'] Well luckily for Umbrella you will be following Greek tradition and bankrupting yourself very soon. [/quote] This made me chuckle. Very well played sir.

[quote name='Simon De Montfort' timestamp='1340620577' post='2995700'] At least Legion isn't hiding behind the hippy shield like Sparta is. [/quote] Romans are so much cooler than Spartans anyway. Good luck to you purple fellows, you will most certainly need it.

[quote name='Scandalous Rumour' timestamp='1340621575' post='2995712'] Just gotta wade through the liquid goo that is RIA and TTK at this point and I'll get right on it. [/quote] I'd wish you luck but you really won't need it. Have fun tearing them apart Scandalous.

Absolutely pathetic. [i]Please[/i] demolish this lot, Non Grata.

[quote name='D34th' timestamp='1340542400' post='2994389'] I'm saying that if attack an alliance that was uninvolved was more profitable they would have done it, but since attack GOD would trigger the VE treaty all of you are ignoring them despise all the GOD's hate. [/quote] Of course they aren't attacking GOD. It's a strategically sound move because they know full well that such an attack would have a considerable chance to pull VE in, which would put an immense strain on certain relationships. It's like you're deriding the opposition for being smart. Edit: Completely forgot to hail TOP. Have fun gentlemen, at least, what little fun you can get until Sparta relinquishes their peace shields. o/

I'm more of an apple juice kind of guy but I can support orange too. Have fun ripping them up IRON.

Pleasing to see this, I am eager to see a display of NG military power. Good luck of course to RIA.

Power is a means to ends and this is one end I heartily agree with. Bring them Hell.

Please depart peace mode.

[quote name='Omniscient1' timestamp='1338813120' post='2976860'] I honestly doubt TPF cares. They've always had a "we don't give a $%&@" attitude when it comes to war. The point though was that NG doesn't want to have INT, TFD, TPF, all of SF, and XX !@#$%*ing at them all at the same time. They certainly won't risk all of that to raid someone who thinks they're important enough to start a one man alliance. The argument is pretty much moot though. [/quote] It would take a lot of work and zero containment for all these alliances to become involved (and doubtless there would be treaty conflicts somewhere) but as the case may be...my counter-point was that INT/TFD/TPF/SF/XX don't necessarily want to go to war with NG presently, not just because of NG's immense military power but also because of their treaties to other similarly powerful alliances.

[quote name='Rotavele' timestamp='1338684255' post='2976295'] Exactly. This. Those micros have large friends. [/quote] I don't think those "large friends" really want to take on NG right now. I mean, we're looking at one of the most raw military-powered alliances in the world.

What's with the third-person? Good luck anyhow.

[quote name='Rotavele' timestamp='1338244473' post='2973709'] Ragnarok has more respect for itself than to give you a position.[/quote] I'm sure Ragnarok could benefit from a person with such experience as this guy has, if they put him at the helm. I don't know who's heading RoK at the moment but if you take a look at both alliances in terms of political and military power, it can't be a bad idea to have an NGer in charge. [quote]Anyways, NPO/IRON needs to stop white knighting NG. Let them fight they're own battles.[/quote] They do fight their own battles. It's not a crime to have allies, although I'm sure you already knew that and you were simply making a weak attempt at convincing NPO/IRON to consider dropping NG. [quote]Also, how would NG vs. MCXA even be fair? I get it, NG has never had a fair fight but 4.1M NS vs. 13.6m? Thats not a fair fight.[/quote] Why does the fight have to be fair? NG is not at fault for being many times stronger than MCXA. If you want to make it a "fair fight", you're going to have to either close the gap or obtain similarly powerful allies. [quote]Oh and the slot efficiency is ok due to your amount of members? In that case, MHA must be extremely active too.[/quote] NG is a large alliance, thus a lower aid slot efficiency isn't necessarily bad. Yes the number could be improved but the same goes for every alliance, not just NG.

Seems less like muscle flexing and more like attention grabbing. Rarely is there a need to punish the whole for the mistake of the one, but I suppose it'll make for a good war training exercise if nothing else.

[quote name='Systemfailure' timestamp='1337693571' post='2970617'] the best part of this thread has been the hate for NPL Thanks guys its real nice knowing we matter so much to all of you [/quote] To be honest, the hate seems minimal. NPL appears to have manoeuvred into a position that suits both themselves and their enemies, so everybody wins. Anyway, congrats to the League on joining SF, quite an accomplishment.

I'm curious as to the reasoning behind why you've created an alliance mere days after making clear your opinion on micros, which is that they are generally worthless. The originality of the name is questionable too. Regardless, good luck.

Welcome aboard Olympus!

I too have been here about a week now and I can't stress how important it is that newbies read the information index. I do understand what you're saying about how the information might be compressed into something shorter and easier to read but the fact of the matter is, this game has a particular set of mechanics and you can't just shutter all of that information into one or two paragraphs. However, new players do receive an in-game message at the beginning giving them tips on what to do, so I'm not sure why you haven't mentioned that. Also, the recruitment messages I received had URLs in them as well, so I did receive "phishing" alerts but this didn't put me off it just made me wary. Those warnings are an unfortunate necessity because they act as alerts to those who might be gullible or otherwise unwary of malicious links. Reading the rules is the FIRST thing a new player should do. Every single time, in any online game, the rules are the very first document you should read. Don't leave it until you're three or four days into the bloody thing. Again, I can't stress how much that index is your new best friend. I have only been here eight days and yet I already know the basics on nation-building, like tech dealing and resource trading. Fair enough, we all learn at different paces, but given the resources available to us (CN wiki, CN forums, Information Index, alliance help, etc.) we can at least grasp the basics inside a week.

This is an interesting little bloc. The dynamic of collective security is a powerful driving force behind bloc creation and it's certainly valuable to be in one for many reasons, so congratulations to UCoN on this accomplishment and of course congrats to Arizona on the addition of a new signatory.