Emperor Whimsical

Delta1212 was the single person I knew in CN when i was first recruited in 2007. He was and is patient, outgoing, thoughtful, and calm. Delta never lost sight of his alliance, and despite his success, renown, and other accolades, he never considered himself better than anyone else. He was my alliance leader, one of my first mentors, and above all, my friend. RIA has been blessed with someone to provide a counterbalance to their wackiness and hijinks, and I know he'll continue to serve them. Best of luck to im317, you've got some big shoes to fill.

CTRL-F: Emperor Whimsical Not found. Also fun fact, Shadow have never changed his avatar.

Can't be the only one expecting a merger. Grats to you two! DAT FLAG

A better measure would be graph the amount of butthurt peace mode has generated.

I think we can just let the several million NS you've lost across these rounds speak for itself.

VladimirLenin (lucky !@#$%^&) of Int been tremendously fun to fight. I'm enjoying Gateborg of the NPO banter as well.

In the words of Chief Savage Man, This is going to be [i]that [/i]front, isn't it?

Congratulations. Also, flag?

[quote name='Daimos' timestamp='1341533451' post='3004354'] So to save RIA from a fast burn vice a slow burn you add GoD and VE into the mix. Now they are all burning. How does that favor your coalition? [/quote] I'm not exactly understanding what's so hard about this. We watched out for our friends after they were attacked, and activated our mutual defense pacts and declared war on it Was it smart? In a purely tactical sense, Not particularly, now we're fighting alliances more than double our size. Was it [b] necessary [/b] for us? Well yeah, that's what treaties are for. Your strategy of having everyone declare war on MK in hopes of what? Keeping IRON and NPO neutral? Please. No one touched any IRON allies (until we hit NG and NPO), and they ultimately still entered anyway. !@#$ happens. At the end of it,your friends attacked us first, and you're defending them, just as we are defending ours. What is so difficult about understanding that we don't leave our allies behind, just like NPO doesn't? <&Gibsonator21> also <&Gibsonator21> if you wanna back up the "taking pressure off RIA" thing <&Gibsonator21> they're down to like.. 35 defensive wars

[quote name='Daimos' timestamp='1341525238' post='3004160'] They also have a MDP level with CSN. Attacking MK would have kept VE out of harms way. [/quote] Viridia declared war on NPO at own their discretion. And yes, considering Non Grata has four alliances up in its lower tiers rather than one around a third of it's size, i'd say that it's taken some pressure off RIA. I can understand that GOD and ultimately VE are "prolonging this conflict" and that ultimately it would've been "pragmatic" to dogpile MK to avoid direct damage to ourselves and VE, but uh, that'd be ignoring the biggest alliance in your coalition at the cost of our blocmate. Didn't sit well with us.

[quote name='VolarisX' timestamp='1341315643' post='3002471'] Epic blitz GOD. [/quote] Ghost Declaration. [quote name='Sardonic' timestamp='1341324684' post='3002511'] I'm going to take a wild guess and say that this is a pathetic attempt by SF to punish INT for not being with R&R on this conflict. [/quote] No, this is a Ghost Declaration. [quote name='Aeros' timestamp='1341325318' post='3002517'] Very principled, moral, and honorable stand GOD. Though I should point out that neither of those three factors play into the wisdom or practicality of the act. With Non Grata and NPO banging down your door, what good does adding INT do? Also, you have not launched one offensive attack that I can see with my cursory check of the war declare screens. This whole thread just screams "drunken rage" to me. Much like Unknown Smurfs declaration of intent for Aurora Borealis. I hope Xiph at least touched base with his alliance before declaring a war he clearly has no ability to prosecute. [/quote] [i]Ghost Declaration.[/i] Also, give us a little credit here. We're doing fine internally, thank you very much [quote name='Aeros' timestamp='1341325895' post='3002521'] If NPL wanted to tango, they did not need GOD to give them a veneer of legality. I should point out this strict adherence to "the rules" is partly why GOD is burning brightly right now. [/quote] The only one reason why GOD is "burning" right now, and it is because GOD honored RIA's MDP to attack Non Grata, and were subsequently attacked by the New Pacific Order in defense of their ally, as is their right to per their treaty. NPL asked us to and we did. Not much else to it.

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[quote name='Maelstrom Vortex' timestamp='1341099006' post='3000816'] I appreciate the sentiment Baltum, but seriously you don't need to do this for us. You could always just capitulate. [/quote] Or we could copulate

Elorian for tri

Props for being the first on the ground. Gotta go with Big Green though.

Situational. I agree with Hereno. Blanket policies only serve to limit movement politically.

VE/GOD:1 NPO:0 is the record, btw.

This is the closest to clobbering legacy that i'm going to get, so it will have to do.

[quote name='Maelstrom Vortex' timestamp='1340697197' post='2997026'] The problem is we already comprehend the idea, therefore the utility in its review is simply not there. Have your friends hit more appropriate targets Whimsical.. and you won't have to worry about your ideas being bullet proof, because making use of brains avoids the use of bullets at all. [/quote] Have your friends not pre-empt my allies and we wouldn't be having this discussion in the first place. PS: Not that pre-empting is "bad." We've done more than once in the past.

[quote name='Mack Truck' timestamp='1340696909' post='2997024'] I can't help but feel that the NPO has heard this once before. [/quote] What with the schattenmann and the populi and the reyne's greatest hits. Also, I paraphrased that more than a bit, Quiz.

Realize it is not you we have an issue with, Pacifica. It is your friends that pushed, and pushed and pushed us. Yesterday, we pushed back. and we were well aware of the consequences of what would come of it. We don't expect mercy, sympathy, or anything less than your very best. We will stand together. You claim to want to take off the head. But behind this head is more than pixels. Beneath this head there is an idea, Mr.Brehon, and ideas are bulletproof. [img]http://i.imgur.com/D7MCC.jpg[/img]

[quote name='Bordiga' timestamp='1340674844' post='2996357'] Obviously this isn't clear to you. The past actions of Xiphosis and GOD are not erased by them losing a small war to us. That might mean we don't seek revenge anymore. But what it doesn't mean is that GOD is suddenly not an alliance of machiavellian tech-raiders. The only way that GOD will change my opinion of them as scum is not losing a war but actually acting like they are different. But here we are again, still seeing GOD defend alliance disbandment on the basis of a CB with similar worth to "lol, Dave". GOD has not changed. [/quote] The last time we demanded terms was in Karma. I'd like to point out our "machiavellan tech-raiders" haven't done serious raiding in literally years. Point at GOONS, NG, and MK for that. We are different, and if you got to know us, you'd see. But you won't. But thank you for proving my point. It is easier for you to hold a grudge than to resolve it. This is my last post here with you, it's pointless to argue with someone who doesn't understand the irony of calling someone stubborn while at the same time referring to a grudge from a DoW from four years ago.

[quote name='Bordiga' timestamp='1340673168' post='2996345'] I guess a GOD member wouldn't be able to tell the difference between calling out hypocrisy and declaring war. [/quote] I guess its easier to look at his AA tag and nurse a grudge than it is to let the past go. You gave GOD terms. You had your attempt at justice. If it was not enough for you, then why did you did not demand more?

[quote name='Bordiga' timestamp='1340672794' post='2996342'] It's the best example, and it's what is relevant to me. And besides, here you are defending it. So... obviously still pertinent to any claims by Xiphosis to the moral high ground. [/quote] I thought you and yours got your piece (and peace) last war.

Take your stinkin paws of my sphere, you damn dirty apes. Save some for me, GOD. I'll be there soon.