Das Girl

[quote name='Facade' timestamp='1295930823' post='2598378'] Alas, the age of honor and politics are gone. This world has descended into the likes of a few alliances whose ego's are so large that they may collapse under their own weight, while in the dark recesses of their minds, they know that they will never attain the greatness or superiority of their most hated arch-rivals. It must be hard to realize that while your enemy was and will be seen with the greatness of political maneuvering and will be remembered as the greatest alliance of the game, you will fall into obscurity and will not be remembered for anything you do. Your own inferiority complex has led you to do whatever necessary to cleanse the game of that which overshadows your petty and insignificant accomplishments. Congratulations Doomhouse, for accomplishing that everyone will remember that at the end of the world, the famous alliance that won the game kept fighting with their dignity and honor, against an opponent whose name will fade from the annals of history. [/quote] Nicely said. Becoming what you hate is not very becoming. This is quite sad. Best of luck NPO, I am sure you will have yourselves plumped back up after this in no time.

[quote name='TrotskysRevenge' timestamp='1281151070' post='2403403'] Your history is a bit off; I was not Emperor during GWI so had no authority to end the war on behalf of NPO. [/quote] No, you were not emperor of the NPO, but no one was acting on the behalf of the NpO and an end for the war was desired. You were attempting to facilitate that. It was a simple matter of how/who/what was going to be posted on behalf of the NpO with Tyga awol. I believe the story was that Tyga was in the hospital. After so many painful surrender statement revisions of dotting "I's" and crossing "T's" everyone was getting tired of it. No one knew where Tyga was or when he was returning at this point and there was some level of panic on how the war was going to end. I could be incorrect on who I discussed this with but I remember this conversation occurring quite clearly.

You know what I find the most hilarious part of all is that the war was never legally ended. Somehow, due to a rush on Moo's part, and absence on Tyga's part and other various conflicts I accepted the final terms of surrender. I do not remember my legal role at the time (I do not believe I had a role at all but an extremely active member at the time) but I certainly never had the qualifications to accept such. So.. technically if you wish to carry on your bickering.. GWI is still an active war. Sincerely, Das Girl

[quote name='Omniscient1' timestamp='1280290953' post='2392125'] Hey there Das Yea interesting protector choice, but I like a good bit of the folks over there so congrats on a good protectorate UPN. [/quote] Greetings Omniscient1. A hard working alliance does not need a protectorate for any significant duration anyway, I have no doubt they will work hard for their success.

Congratulations and welcome back old friend. I look forward to seeing your face around these parts once more. You have a good group around you already, keep up the good work! Namaste.

Perhaps it is time for you to let go Francesca dear. Much love to MCXA, I am very pleased to see this come about. I look forward to seeing bridges built between our alliances. O/ Gopher! O/ Fresh! O/ MrD! O/ KingEd! Frankly the whole lot of you are mighty fine!

Congratulations everyone, I know it must have been a lot of work getting this all completed. Best of luck, though I am sure you won't need it.

I am very sorry to hear about the destruction to your communication center. I wish you the best of luck in settling the matter, getting your forums in order again and sorting out your membership. I know how devastating these attacks can be. There are no circumstances that make this sort of thing okay, ever.

I am very pleased to see this go down. Here's to a bright future between our alliances!

Very cool, congratulations!

Very well written AlmightyGrub. My already great respect for you has doubled. I only hope your words do not lay on deaf ears.

That made my day Sir Paul. Can I have your autograph?

Of course, a hug would be wonderful from one old-timer to another. There is a certain bond between those who have survived all odds, I fully agree. It is a pleasure to see you as well, you really should come out and visit much more often. I do still stand firm that I have only seen the utmost integrity in all of the pieces you have written in regards to Digiterra. The truth seems quite apparent and my lenses certainly are not rose-colored.

2006 is the new... 70's? Bust me off a piece of that orange, it looks positively delish! A toast to friendships new, old and rediscovered!

This is quite entertaining but that aside, I have never known Experimentum to be anything but honest. I wish you the best of luck in resolving this matter.

Thank you very much for this honor. It is reward enough to have returned as a member and to serve GATO further. Congrats also to Laserwolf, Cataduanes and Chimaera!

Good luck Mary, this is a challenging time to be at the helm but perhaps a little estrogen is just what the throne neeeds. [ooc]I am very sorry to hear of your illness, best of luck Moo on a quick recovery. Be sure to rest and take the time needed and not rush yourself coming back too soon.[/ooc]

Very well put KingZog. To Mhawk and TPF, I have nothing but admiration for the dedication that you have shown to your allies. You have proven yourselves as true allies good to your word. I will not fault you for the dedication that you have shown, but I do question at this point what you feel that you are accomplishing this far into the war. I do not mean this as an insult, so please do not take it as such. Those who wish to attack NPO, will attack the NPO. I truly believe that you are simply being beat at this point without really taking any substantial pressure from your ally. I have seen you fight, I have seen your numbers drop and have seen the courage you have shown, there is a time however to realize that you are simply not effective any longer except to grind yourselves further to dust. You have fought and you have fought well at incredible odds and for what it is worth I praise you for that strength which few others have. I know a suggestion to you to surrender at this point would be a fruitless effort, so I will not do so. Instead, I do hope that the New Pacific Order will encourage you to step away and take your wounded from the field and let them heal and bury your dead. TPF, you have suffered far too much. Das Girl bows her head and recognizes a moment of silence for those who have lost their lives in this war.

Yes, there are reasons that I waited for my return to GATO. They are not for this thread however. If you have questions on that, I would be glad to answer them privately or in a thread more relevant to the subject. Yes, a part of it had to do with NPO's obvious ill-feelings that they had for me in the past in GATO. Now having spent quite some time out of GATO I would hope that they realize (as a former ally of them) I am not the evil NPO hating person that they thought I was and the past grudges would be just that... past. This thread is about the NPO refusing terms and I don't blame them for doing so.

The majority of what I have seen is not an unwillingness to accept making the requested payments, only a refusal to accept what seems a near impossible feat. I understand, this is an amazingly busy time of year for a lot of folks and would present a huge challenge. To be forced to war for two weeks, not so bad. To be put at war indefinitely until that 90% is reached could(and likely would) be a disastrous mistake. I would not rush to judge this as a poor decision on the part of the NPO. I believe I have a grasp on what Karma is trying to do, but I don't believe this is the way. A more reasonable number of warmode members being offered perhaps, or a consequence for those who do not pull out of peace mode? 90% at those strength limits is quite unreasonable, I think few alliances would be able to achieve that level of activity. I sincerely wish the best of luck for all parties involved to bring this matter to a close.

I could certainly name many very nice people that I have met in my time. To pick one however I would have to say Virillus. I have always known him to be very kind, and to recognize the good out of the worst of us. If Virillus has a mean side at all.. I certainly have not witnessed it.

So, you are saying that simply letting that part of your game play fade into existence. Not putting your identity in the Vox thread. None of that could have been done? Had you simply not exposed yourself there would have been absolutely nothing for you to explain. You did not need to do a thing Fran but move on. What is pathetic is your attempts to deny this. What else is really pathetic is that a certain MCXA member was trying very hard to get others to stop speaking ill of you only to have this thrown in his face. I hope you have since apologized to him for the utter embarrassment you caused him. Perhaps you had good intentions, the world will never really know. I hope that you can show truthful and honest loyalties to VE, they are a good group of folks and I would hate to see them manipulated.

Very respectful approach to handling these matters and preventing unneeded drama.

Happy Birthday! I put my best bakers to work for the occasion. I hear you don't require any candles.

Yes, you are funny. Not the "you are just faaabulous kind of funny", "needs deodorant kind of(smells) funny," balloon animal making kind of funny" or "creepy uncle" kind of funny. More like, "I can't decide if he needs the white coat with the buckles in the back but what the hell you make me laugh" kind of funny. So yes, I guess you are "here to make me laugh and to !@#$@#$ amuse me?" Also: Thanks Mpol777, I have always enjoyed your postings.