Denial

I forgot to mention, we're also moving to Aqua

It's an honour to become a signatory of a bloc filled with such a vast quantity of fine gentlemen.

Congratulations to our friends in Fark and iFOK

Ah, it's great to hear that our allies in STA are doing so well

I knew I shouldn't have posted in our embassy the other day. I could have been free by Sunday!

It's all about lulling Hoo, Soccerbum and Bob into a false sense of security, then bam! :jihad:

Congratulations to RIA and Nemesis! Great to see.

Congratulations to GOD and Nemesis

A classy new alliance with three of my close friends at the helm. What more could I ask for? I wish Nemesis the very best of luck.

Congratulations, Mushroom Kingdom.

No, don't abandon the cause now! We'll split the profits 50/50

Well, that's just depressing. Sad to see TDSM8 go, and I hope your members can feel at home wherever they end up.

This is a very welcome development. It is great to see our allies free from their surrender terms at last. The New Pacific Order has made a great decision here and should be commended.

Congratulations to The Dark Templar and its new government

Damnit, I giggled.

It's part of my charm

I thought it was just an excuse for UPN and Invicta to sign their 17th redundant treaty with one another.

I demand you change that to 100%. With special mention of my superiority over Gunner.

Indeed, the average strength of an alliance's nations and their prowess with nuclear warfare plays a large role in military capability, but I am a little confused as to why you are using this as an excuse for The Legion's poor performance. It is the equivalent of saying "We performed poorly because we're just plain terrible at the preparation for, and execution of, large-scale warfare." Which was largely my point when writing up the statistics in response to jackyseto123's abhorrent comments, so uh, I'm glad we've reached an agreement. Might I suggest a more efficient use of The Legion's aid slots to promote faster growth for its nations? The current statistic is that, on average, each member of The Legion is utilising only 1 of its aid slots. Granted, many of The Legion's aid transactions involve two Legion nations, but even if we generously double the active transactions, the average would still only reach an average of 2 aid slots utilised per nation. You may also want to organise a program that facilitates the purchase of additional Manhattan Projects, also. The damage was averaged out between Vanguard, Universalis and PAIN? So, if we take that as fact, the combined forces of The Legion and its allies only managed to inflict approximately 120,000 in total to the Vanguard/Universalis/PAIN coalition, despite the vast numbers and total strength in your favour? This number does not even come close to reaching half of the damage that was inflicted on The Legion alone. As for our alliances primarily targetting The Legion, that is not accurate. The alliances of the Universalis coalition were largely on the defensive due to being vastly outnumbered, and engaged our opponents equally, regardless of alliance affiliation. How The Legion and its allies chose to deploy themselves is none of our concern. I use the word 'deploy' there very loosely, as the "Purple Tsunami" declaration only brought approximately 10 new wars within half an hour of update time, with at least one of those new Legion coalition nations, my opponent, placing himself in anarchy before I could even counter-attack. Unfortunately, no, but I would imagine the high number that was likely received by The Legion was partly due to the lack of SDIs. You do not care about a terrible military performance, nor an awful reconstruction effort afterward? Just who are you referring to when you say "beat up kinds with glasses"? Considering the line of quotes you were responding to, should I be taking that as another petty insult towards one or more of my members?

Of course, Vanguard was not the only alliance at war with The Legion, but nor were The Legion alone in attacking Vanguard, so these statistics do provide an insight into the military performance of both alliances. Somehow, I think it would only be more embarrassing for The Legion if I was to include the fact that the involved alliances in the full conflict were Vanguard/Universalis/PAIN vs The Legion/UPN/Invicta/Elysium. It would highlight the amusing reality that a coalition of under 100 nations entered the battlefield against The Legion, who had the support of allied nations numbering in the hundreds, and still came out on top. Further, how would including the amount of nuclear weapons you took lead to a more accurate result? I am not sure how it works within The Legion, but out here in the rest of the Cyberverse, statistics are not adjusted to offset your incompetence and complete lack of preparation for nuclear warfare. I could have also included the part where Vanguard paid for part of your reconstruction, and it still took The Legion months longer to return to its pre-war strength, while Vanguard built on its pre-war strength by over 30%.

Yes, because that was clearly a humorous criticism of GOD and not of NATO How dare you, GOD?! How could you be so vain? Nice attempt at spin there, though.

A crisis situation, you say? Also, for the love of all that is good and holy, will you people come up with something other than "peanut gallery" to label commentators with? It pops up as often as magicninja in a Vanguard thread. Certainly, but GOD no longer being connected to an alliance that leaks nation strength and members like a sieve is surely a cause for celebration.

For no longer being connected to NATO, I imagine.

Ah, still classy as ever. You know, there have been zero problems between Vanguard and The Legion since the conclusion of the war, but since you have brought it up for discussion, I thought I may as well provide you with some enlightenment. Let us examine some statistics, shall we? The day prior to the outbreak of the Vanguard/Legion conflict, the 15th August: Total strength. Vanguard: 1,514,650 The Legion: 3,038,090 The day the peace settlement came into effect, the 22nd August: Total strength. Vanguard: 1,476,191 The Legion: 2,627,294 Losses between 15th August and 22nd August: Total strength. Vanguard: -38,459 (-2.54%) The Legion: -410,796 (-13.52%) Bit of a difference there, wouldn't you say? Now that we've examined the damage done during the war, let's take a look at how long both alliances took to recover following it. The relevant statistics can be found here and here. Keeping in mind the standings on the day prior to the war, the 15th of August: The day prior to the outbreak of the Vanguard/Legion conflict, the 15th August: Total strength. Vanguard: 1,514,650 The Legion: 3,038,090 The date Vanguard and The Legion regained their pre-war strength: Vanguard: 4th September (13 days after peace was reached) The Legion: 12th November (82 days after peace was reached) So, between the 15th of August and 12th of November, let's take a look at the gains by each alliance: Difference in strength between 15th of August and 12th of November: Total strength. Vanguard: +495,036 The Legion: +2,439 So, if you would like another round, jackyseto123, come and get it.

I'm not entirely sure how this became about Vanguard and Greenland Republic, but hey, don't hate us just because we're beautiful.