Denial

[quote name='Seerow' timestamp='1316046345' post='2800636'] <snip> [/quote] Someone get this man a promotion.

We're also behind Fark's Captain America syndrome towards Nordreich. You people really thought we'd get [i]our[/i] hands dirty when it's time for Nordreich to be rolled? Amateurs.

[quote name='EpsilonPhoenix' timestamp='1313271229' post='2779938'] God help us if MK and NPO settle their differences and merge. [/quote] Well, they [i]are[/i] our most highly regarded ODP partner. Who knows what the future holds!

[quote name='Omniscient1' timestamp='1313283362' post='2780148'] Pretty sure the other side is working. They're just either not as good at it or their moves aren't as out in the open. [/quote] I hear God moves in mysterious ways.

[quote name='Bob Janova' timestamp='1313268545' post='2779877'] All I'm confused about is why you bothered signing that ODP. If your objective was to create a binding tie, then why not just go straight for this in the first place? I can't believe that anything significant has changed between the two treaties.[/quote] A great deal has indeed changed within the last few weeks. Just because you aren't privy to something doesn't mean it hasn't happened.

This is timely. I was just about to forget!

[quote name='Haflinger' timestamp='1313199495' post='2779002'] TOP and Polar are the two obvious choices, when going down the list of alliances that put you in power in Karma. [/quote] Everyone, Haflinger is right. The game is up - it's time to admit it. You see, to hunt down and kill TOP and Polar, we orchestrated a brilliant plan whereby we mind-manipulated Polar into a moral crusade that we simultaneously warned them against, and then jedi mind-tricked TOP into 'pre-emptively' attacking our entire bloc. But only after persuading Polar to give TOP their word that such an attack would be feasible and face little to no backlash. You think that's the extent of our underhanded plotting? Oh no, think again! We didn't stop there. Part way through the war, we managed to once again take hold of Polar's puppet strings and have them throw themselves against our enemies. Our treachery knows no bounds! [quote name='Omniscient1' timestamp='1313199705' post='2779006'] You guys pretty much used Polar and then threw them away like a dirty tampon.[/quote] While I don't object to the comparison between Polar and a dirty tampon, to suggest that we somehow 'used' Polar is hilarious. I would love to hear you elaborate on this. [quote] I'm so un-informed I know about secret posts in FOK private areas. You got me there. [/quote] So, you're on par with every other pleb that scours CNTel for insight. Good job.

[quote name='Merrie Melodies' timestamp='1313193000' post='2778946'] And so, now, MK has truly attained NPO's former roll, shall their fate be the same? [/quote] Hey, we've acquired none of NPO's baked goods. I am quite shocked you'd make such an accusation.

[quote name='ShadowDragon' timestamp='1312437202' post='2771572'] As information gets passed around, it gets twisted and spun by small degrees. Each person conveys it with their own emphasis, their own interpretations and colored by their own set of personal beliefs. [/quote] That's probably the best summation of Super Friends' foreign policy I've seen in a while.

I'm not a huge fan of pulling a LoSS, but damn, you've got to admire the style in which this was executed. Well done.

This is a fine treaty. Congratulations.

Congratulations, gentlemen. Very happy to have an ally amongst the membership of a bloc with such potential.

I feel stupider for having actually read several clauses in your charter. The fact that CSN is protecting this abomination is skirting dangerously close to a valid [i]casus belli[/i].

[quote name='Ardus' timestamp='1309647957' post='2747173'] But our transparency is apparently a terrible precedent which will lead to the downfall of civilization. It behooves them to resist. [/quote] Did you hear the sky is falling?

[quote name='Fallen Fool' timestamp='1309306040' post='2743749'] [b]Of course you're going to counter by pointing out that you only railed against "meaningless" content[/b] and probably throw in a barb about my ineffectualness. [/quote] Yes, because that's kind of the point.

[quote name='Fallen Fool' timestamp='1309293319' post='2743595'] Says the man who wants the game to be more forum-based. [/quote] How is this at all a counter to what I said?

[quote name='Dajobo' timestamp='1309243455' post='2743299'] I don't see anyone upset by it except maybe some people who trusted MK. For their allies or former allies though it's an ugly precedent. They now know that anything they say, or have ever said to MK is not private if they ever find themselves in a different political position. The curious part of me now wishes I was a member of MK in one regard, because it would be fascinating to see if it has an effect on what people say to them in their embassies. The option for private diplomacy for MK has probably gone out the window now as well, as this isn't a forum leak but a decision by their Government. All in all a job well done [/quote] If it stops alliances sending over morons who post emoticon-riddled !@#$%^&* within self-initiated Q&As we have no desire to participate in, this will all have been worth it.

Mjolnir, quite convincingly.

[quote name='Ardus' timestamp='1309065390' post='2741680'] The rest of the summer will be spent trying to figure out just what the hell MK is doing and trying to predict how treaties work. Have fun, kids. [/quote] It's time to consult the Global Information Market™.

[quote name='Ruler with Plan X' timestamp='1308810450' post='2739162'] I'm sorry that we do not roll alliances for OOC reasons, but the topic of discussion here is our shuttering of consulates. If you want to have a discussion about the use of OOC CBs as being legitimate I'd do that elsewhere. [/quote] Yes, you just stick to piss-poor jokes and pressuring other alliances to drop their ties with Nordreich for 'OOC reasons'.

[quote name='Cornelius' timestamp='1308810210' post='2739156'] Really? You make a joke like that, and wonder about some of the perceptions others have about your alliance? [/quote] Levity is hereby outlawed by the Cornelius Act of 2011.

!@#$, sorry, I guess I'm not as clever and subtle as everyone else.

Okay, let me try. Fark takes issue with Nordreich yet is too politically inept to do a damn thing about it.

[quote name='Mathias' timestamp='1308809678' post='2739142'] Where you keep your secrets. [/quote] Okay, best post yet.

[quote name='Zoomzoomzoom' timestamp='1308806072' post='2739034'] I'm pleased to see this treaty. I only hope it sees an upgrade in the near future. [/quote] You're not the only one.