[The GOP merges into VE]

Best of luck, GOP!

[Top 20 alliances Analysis]

 

Only if they don't care about a little thing called alliance sovereignty being violated by doom sphere and their eager minions.

NPO isn't the world police. They don't have to intervene to protect other alliances' sovereignty unless required by treaty.

[I am OK, thanks (Before I say goodbye)]

Good luck, Jerdge!

/o Jerdge

/o GPA

/o RL

[The topic you've all been waiting for]

At this point I would speculate there isn't a need for war with GPA, being as they are the true neutral and WTF isn't. This was a major factor in our decision as well.

How is WTF not a "true neutral"?

[The Amazing Sanction Race]

Back in the top 12. :D

[Ambition]

 

It is a highly individualist goal that clashes strongly with collective goals. In other words, the only way it contributes to any sort of community is if that community is comprised of individuals having the same kinds of goals (like bandit gangs or barbarian holds). It leaves no room for the productive unless producers band together for collective defensive (as with Polaris). Traditionally Order has always trumped Chaos, which is why such a strong atmosphere of civilization developed (OOC)strong IC environment(/OOC). But with DBDC suddenly Chaos has an opportunity to defeat Order (at least in the upper tiers for now), thus degenerating civilization. Worse, many alliances align with this powerful chaotic influence in opposition to their own long term interests for short-sighted, short term gains.

 

Now, I think there are some in DBDC who realize this is a problem and are attempting to resolve this. I think Polaris welcomes all intelligent DBDC members to our forums to discuss how to resolve this problem. But until Order (and Order-based philosophy) can be imposed within DBDC I don't know if there will be a long-term resolution of the core problem even if there is a peace agreement.

 

Wasn't that the same oppressive Order that led to the destruction of independents and microalliances that Walford described? Order has always been accompanied by 'might makes right'. And it is not right to claim that DBDC is destroying Order. Yes, they were once unaligned "rogues" (another term coined by those who controlled Order to marginalise independents), but that is certainly no longer the case, given their current diplomatic links to the treaty web.

[A UCR Announcement]

Can't DL and UCR get around the eternity clause by having the former expel the latter?

[Pax Corvus Turns Four]

Thanks for the wonderful alliance, fellow Corvids!

 

Here's to another quadrennium: .

[An Announcement from GOONS & MI6]

Where are the PGP signatures?

[Looking to join black 3BR TC]

IGM sent.

[The Amazing Sanction Race]

Hurray!

[Need one trader for black 3BR+U circle]

The trade circle I am part of needs one more trader so that it is complete. The trade circle consists of the following resources when complete:

Sugar, Spice, Water, Wood, Wheat, Cattle, Pigs, Fish, Marble, Aluminium, Iron, Uranium

Construction, Beer, Fast Food (bonus resources).

 

This is a balanced circle that gives bonuses to infrastructure, cash, etc. It is widely considered to be the best trade circle for economic growth.

 

In order to join the circle as the sixth trader, you must be on the black sphere (or be willing to change to it), and must either have two of the following resources:

 

Aluminium, Fish, Iron, Marble, Sugar, Spice

 

or be able to change resources (if you can, do not do this yet). If you are interested, please reply here, or message me in the game, as soon as possible.

 

EDIT: This trade circle is now complete.