Grealind

[quote name='andrew734' timestamp='1322291729' post='2852073'] better than damsky's 1200ns alliance attacking both IRON and Polar [/quote] true.. very very true

This should be fun.. Good luck, I look forward to seeing your performance against such a formidable opponent.

This should be fun.. Good luck, I look forward to seeing your performance against such a formidable opponent.

Thanks Baldr! And some updates on our Empire: I have a new title, Regent. Also our forum theme was changed up a bit. We have a new Adler, and we have a new Official Announcement graphic. Purdy...

(02:07:28) (%supercheese[mcxa]) btw (02:07:31) (%supercheese[mcxa]) that smurf thing (02:07:33) (Anson|Around) hmm? (02:07:37) (%supercheese[mcxa]) is legion declaring support (02:07:43) (%supercheese[mcxa]) for NpO (02:07:45) (Anson|Around) you have got to be kidding me (02:07:57) (%supercheese[mcxa]) thats what im getting from it (02:07:58) (Anson|Around) a) Legion supporting anything is pathetic (02:08:18) (Anson|Around) b) Legion posting that means they should just disband. Now (02:08:25) (Anson|Around) or at least fire their Announcements guy (02:08:32) (Anson|Around) Or their whole gov, and disband EDIT: This was much easier than retyping what I was going to say.

[quote name='Saniiro Matsudaira' timestamp='1322272545' post='2851285'] Didn't see this one coming. Either way, congrats to OMFG and TIO. [/quote] This, exactly this. Seriously though, Congrats!

[img]http://tgecn.com/images/thisiswhatisee.png[/img] [url="http://www.cybernations.net/nation_drill_display.asp?Nation_ID=451242"]http://www.cybernati...ation_ID=451242[/url] When I first saw this I thought I was going blind. 26 days.. is this even possible? Must be a bug. So here I am, posting.

[quote name='Samsara' timestamp='1322200772' post='2850835'] So. TGE is just ok. Just ok. I suppose. [/quote] LOL! Hey Samsara

Happy Thanksgiving, folks!

I had a nice little chat with Gandalf and irule on IRC a few minutes ago. While I'm not entirely sure they know what they're getting themselves into, power to them! Good luck and God speed, irule, Gandalf, and the Dark Empire government!

[quote name='mrwuss' timestamp='1322023709' post='2849550'] DH had a CB. Stop trying to be Schat 2.0. [/quote] What was their CB? NPO was just too powerful? Isn't that kinda what's been said here?

[quote name='Gofastleft' timestamp='1322002605' post='2849299'] I know what it means, and yet I still find my self asking what is this? [/quote] Could you please tell me?

[quote name='kriekfreak' timestamp='1321955744' post='2848891'] The problem you have is with the misconception that these wars were not justified. Both UPN and SOS were attacked by legitimate reasons, even our most vocal opponents have said as much. You declaring on us, is completely cooked up out of thin air. You are too dense to see this. You can keep on trying to twist your own words, but that doesn't gonna make it true suddenly. Besides, this war won't prove anything in the long run. Yeah you are able to get beaten down and pester our lower range for a while. What does that prove? Literally nothing. I'm not even sure why I keep on responding to you since you crave for attention. See you on the flip side. [/quote] You believe in your heart of hearts, and your alliances actions backed you up, that NG's wars against UPN and SOS were justified, correct? I'm just going to pretend you said yes, so that I can get on with my post. Okay, so then what makes you so gosh darned exceptional that you get to determine what are in other peoples' hearts, and what they believe are justified? Declaration of Existence = Alliance. Ta dah! It's really not that hard for just about everyone else involved to grasp this concept, so why aren't you able to?

So.. what exactly is this? edit: I'm the second who wants to know

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Gotta say that OP actually had me thinking. If that's really how Olympus works then I don't see why anyone would join anyone other than GOONS..

Looks like he succeeded: His bio: [quote]Secretary-General of the Global Protection Force... http://cn-gpf.info/index.php [/quote]

[quote name='Silent Blood Line' timestamp='1321856046' post='2847905'] You shall have my sword. [/quote] I would much rather have your membership, but since you run your own alliance, that's not possible, so I'll settle for friendship, which I already have.

[font="Book Antiqua"][size="3"][i]On a cool evening in the winter of 2011, February actually, Prince Albert lowered the flag of The German Empire, believing it to be the end of an era, and it was. On July 15, 2011, basking in a warm rays of sun, The German Empire's flag was raised, where it waves to the Cyberverse. This is The German Empire. This is your Empire.[/i] [/size][/font][center][font="Book Antiqua"][size="3"][img]http://images.tgecn.com/Graphics/officialannouncement.png[/img] [/size][/font][left][font="Book Antiqua"][size="3"][u][i]Some selected snippets from our Constitution[/i][/u] [/size][/font][/left][/center][font="Book Antiqua"][size="3"] [b]Article 1a: Proclamation of Existence [/b] The German Empire, founded on the principles of monarchy, national unity and order, hereby sets forth these beliefs in the form of this Constitution. It is the duty of the people of the German Empire to maintain and protect the Constitution, although we recognize that it may be necessary to modify it from time to time and after due consideration, in order to maintain it as a living reflection of the life and needs of the Empire. The German Empire is a constitutional monarchy. [b]Article 2: Imperial Citizenship[/b] Any sovereign state wishing to join the German Empire must fulfill certain requirements to determine eligibility for entry into the German Empire. These requirements may include, but are not limited to, a general reference and background check, enumeration of previous alliances, and an overall assessment of maturity, dedication and loyalty. Once the sovereign state becomes a citizen of the German Empire, such a citizen may not join or apply to join any other alliance, unless that citizen officially resigns from the German Empire. [b]Article 4a: The German Regent[/b] The Regent is the Head of State of The German Empire, and is responsible for directing the Imperial German Government in accordance with the Laws and Customs of The German Empire. The Regent, being a member of the Empire with a nation residing on an official alliance affiliation of the Empire, serves for life, or until he abdicates the Imperial Crown or leaves the game. In all affairs involving The German Empire, the Regent holds the final authority. [b]Article 8a: Military Service[/b] Every German citizen is subject to military duty, and in the discharge of this duty no substitute can be accepted. The total land force of the German Empire shall form one Army, which, in war and in peace, shall be under the ultimate command of the German Regent. [b]Article 9b: Ghost Status[/b] Ghost status is defined as a person wearing an alliance affiliation that belongs to the Empire who does not have an account registered on the official forums. In circumstances where forums are changed, a period of thirty days leniency will be extended before ghost status is awarded. [b]Article 11a: Raids against the Empire[/b] The German Empire neither has time nor consideration to inquire to a host alliance when an Imperial Citizen is raided. In this instance, the full force of the German Military will be dispatched to deal with the threat. [/size][/font][font="Book Antiqua"][size="3"][i][u]and some Snippets from our Citizens Code[/u][/i][/size][/font][font="Book Antiqua"][size="3"] [b]Article 2: Tech Raiding[/b] The German Empire does neither endorse nor condone the practice of Tech Raiding by its citizenry. However, understanding that the practice is deeply rooted in the beliefs of some of our members, the Empire does not forbid the action. [...] [b]Article 3b: Alliance Tech Dealing Rate[/b] The German Empire's Alliance Accepted Tech Dealing Rate (ATD Rate) is defined as three million (3,000,000) currency for one hundred (100) technology. In short: 3m/100t. It is the prerogative of the dealers to negotiate their own price, however. [...] [/size][/font][center][font="Book Antiqua"][size="3"][img]http://images.tgecn.com/HRE%20Adler/rs%20200.png[/img] [/size][/font][/center][font="Book Antiqua"][size="3"] We are The German Empire, a strong team of Citizens, bound together by our common enjoyment of Germanic Culture. When our alliance was re-founded in July by President Orff, Wilhelm I, and Wilhelm von Berlin, we were in uncertain waters. We had Nordreich, our former adversary, to help us, but we still didn't know if we'd make it. Now, we know. We are here to stay. When you hear the horror stories, when you have the nightmares, know and remember, that was the old Empire, and upon our flag shines a bright light, our Future. 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Okay, here's the deal. You don't know me, I don't know you. And to be honest, the way you off-the-cut attacked the whole concept initially on the premise of my choice of avatar is, in my personal opinion, pathetic. If I wanted to, I could weigh in with my personal beliefs regarding your avatar, but what would that accomplish? Nothing. Avatars are made to simply have a face of sorts. if someone has an Avatar of a chocolate bar, for example, should I automatically demean him for everything he says because he's a tubby? I don't even know if he is he even a tubby? Yes, my avatar is of Rick Perry, and it has been since January 2011. I am the Cybernations Ruler of Texas, and, don't look now, but he's the Governor of Texas! There is a legitimate connection to my having him as an avatar. Now, if you honestly don't like Rick Perry, that sounds like a personal problem. I was under the distinct impression that this section was for Gameplay discussion, and not about who hates who of the real world. Now, onto the content that you presented that directly relates to this topic. Your suggestion is that we should examine and find a mathematical equation, and then suggest that we make it better? I didn't realize this was the suggestions section of the forums. I personally love this game just the way it is. What this game does need, in my opinion, and apparently Alexander's opinion as well, is more players. So, I said "hey, I think this game needs more players, how do I make that happen" since I always hated the consistent complain and do nothing threads. So, I did something, and Alexander did the thread. If you want this game to die, you are more than allowed to want that; just like I'm more than allowed to want to try and work to retain more of the players we currently have joining. The problem that I see is not that we don't have people signing up for the game, because people do sign up for this game. It's keeping them here. I remember when I joined for the very first time back a few years ago. I was completely lost, and wanted to do things on my own. I would have been so grateful for just a bit of friendly, no strings attached, advice. My first few nations I ended up deleting due to inactivity because I couldn't figure the game out, or I was raided so I lost my self confidence. I remember what that felt like, so if I can help new players so that they don't feel that way, when they finally do join that alliance, it will be because they're ready.

Congratulations from The German Empire! That is an incredible feat for any alliance, and you pulling it off just shows how great ya'll are at coordination, and of course your tenacity to prove the naysayers wrong. Personally I don't see a CN without Pacifica Prevailing.

[quote name='Maverick87' timestamp='1318681899' post='2825594'] What exactly is killing the game? All this talk about the game dying. I mean its a real turn off when someone comes in and sees 4-5 threads about how we can save the game or why the games dying and everyones just pointing fingers at each other. Instead of writing a wall-o-text about how the game is dying more and more every day why don't you spend the time you made writing this (This goes for some of y'all replies as well) to actually do something to try and bring new members into the community from other worlds, RL, school, friends, Facebook. Which btw using FB would probably be the most advertisement you'll get free. So instead of just talking about whats killing the game lets talk about what we can do to bring this to a stop and bring in new players. [/quote] I've written up a few rather effective methods for individuals to be part of the solution. Read about it here: http://ansontx.info/cybernations.aspx Also, and this may be a bit of an exploit of sorts, but if you start to create an advertisement on Facebook, and then cancel out of it, about a week or two later Facebook will send you some free advertising credits. You could always use that to promote Cybernations. Just a thought.

[quote name='nippy' timestamp='1320854111' post='2842196'] Nope. We'd slap the TGE AA into a banner on our forums and then ring the dinner bell. Our boys are always hungry. [/quote] Not sure exactly what that means. Probably should, but I don't. Would you (or someone who knows) mind explaining/elaborating?

[quote name='Jtkode' timestamp='1320623653' post='2840696'] Whenever I see you post, my brain feels like its going to explode, because I can hardly understand how someone can be such a troll like yourself. Just shut your mouth, and let people post things. To TGE: Seems reasonable, what was it before? [/quote] When we first reformed, we dealt with anyone who raided us by either crying to our protector or moaning to the raider's alliance. On September 9th we said we don't care why they are raiding us, we'll just return fire. Us returning fire does not have to be 3 people, if one will suffice. For example, after closer examination, Samsara seems to have the rogue under wraps. Plus, the rogue overextended himself, so in this particular case, we dont [u]have[/u] to send in more Citizens to attack. Of course we're encouraging it within our barracks, but it's not a requirement. On October 15th thereabouts we formalized our Tech Raiding Policy for our members. This was just to let everyone know about our policy, since we will be enforcing it more vigorously.

[quote name='Emperor Marx' timestamp='1320610003' post='2840415'] This is a significant foreign policy decision to make. For your alliance anyway. You [i]should[/i] have had something to do with it. Namely something to do with it not being done at all, rather a more realistic approach that better fits your alliance instead of blindly endorsing a policy that will effectively be exploited [s]should[/s] when the time comes. And your alliance [i]will[/i] suffer for it. [/quote] He wasn't around in our alliance at the time our Charter was revised to include that article.