Lord Swampy

The Tiger pounces. Za Sibir! o/

Glad to see this come through. Hello again, Altheus. It's a pleasure to be allied with you and yours once more.

Huh. This really is a totally different game now. Back in my day, this kind of thing never would have happened! But these are two completely separate alliances from the ODN and Legion of my time, in everything but name. Still, a little sad.

And so ends one of the longest and the most significant terms of top alliance leadership Digiterra has seen. Good luck, Cortath. You've got work to do.

I'm so glad this finally got posted. We've been yearning to proclaim publicly our renewed love and adoration, not to mention unyielding commitment, for one another. o/ Purple Haze

On behalf of Invicta, we wish you all the best, FK. Let it be known that Invicta will be protecting the Fallen Knights alliance affiliation for 30 days as members find new homes. If you are thinking thoughts that bode ill for former members of our dissolving protectorate, you can cut that crap out right now.

Historical gold ITT. Very nice collection.

Next stop, 4 million NS!

Hurray for IAA. Three more years, this time uninterrupted!

And thus, the last dollop of justice was served in the Karma War. May these last few months and next few months serve as a reminder eternal of what happens when too little humanity is show by the dominant power toward the smaller powers for too long.

No, the relationship sure changed. But I can bear witness that King Will's policy was always Orrple first. And WalkerNinja, I'd vote for you on that platform.

I approve of this treaty. /s/ Lord Swampy, Overlord of The Untouchables, Toucher of King Will

Guys, I think I know what 890765's talking about. Clearly he means the Xel'Naga have returned.

Hey Cataduanes. I always enjoy seeing you around, ominous avatar and all.

When I cried for this announcement and called it abhorrent, that was an emotional reaction I by no means retract. As for the reasons though, that's more complicated, darlin. Things finally got to the point where ODN canceled Orrple and Legion couldn't bring itself to accept anything less than a defensive treaty as a place to work from. That tears at my heart. The particular long series of events that pockmark the ineffably vast wheels which turned circumstances to this point--that's what deeply saddens and disgusts, what breaks my heart. And speaking of the long series of events, it's Pingu right on cue with one of the exact unhappy historical references I was making! (Thanks, man.) With enough certainty I can say Purplegate was the moment Orrple was no longer ODN's primary concern, true enough. Pingu, never doubt for a moment that I recognize my role in the unraveling of the relationship. The damage Purplegate did to Orrple is perhaps the effect that saddens me most to this day. As for the other references, the in the almost 2 years since (my, how time flies!) that relationship has grown more and more strained. Legion likes to bring up the Universalis/Vangaurd conflict where ODN tried to honor two commitments at once, but Legion's own conduct in that war was arguably appalling. (Others can make that argument far more cogently than I, so I'll let them do it in my stead if some Legionnaire really feels like contesting this ) I think parts of ODN never really understood why Legion felt such commitment to NPO, and somehow the communication for that disjoint was never effective enough (I'm not stating that one as fact, but as a theory I'm hoping someone more informed might either confirm or discredit helpfully.) Admin Almighty knows that just about the entire Cyberverse disagrees with Legion on the nature of that relationship. When the Karma War buildup came around, ODN knew what side it wanted to be on for reasons that aren't the point of this thread or post, and Legion knew where it wanted to be. You guys chose different sides, and it's that simple. You both had your reasons, but Orrple actively broke from its well-established policy of never fighting on opposite sides in a war. When the chips fell, NPO was attacked for a war they started and this time Legion upheld the treaty they should have three years prior. When Legion, IRON, and GGA were attacked, ODN did nothing, as they already stated where they'd be this war. There are other things I won't bother or bore people with, but that's more what upsets me so much: the bigger picture. It really is true. I continue to wish Legion all the best in the future. A harder decision has never before been made than this. You got me there Sunstar. I can't argue with me on that one. Doesn't make it all that much easier to deal with though. And @ Akasha: seeing you post things I was thinking exactly made me realize how much I miss you and what we had back in the day.

I cry for this abhorrent announcement and decision. What brought this about deeply saddens and disgusts me.

Welcome to the family.

Ugh. That is a version of the incident. Until I get my laptop working again (where my logs are) I think we'll just agree to disagree on one or two of the finer points there.

Oh you guys just scored more points with me.

Congrats on the 60th edition! And hey, they say no news is good news, right? Onward to 20k avg ns! Za Sibir!

Earth Directorate? You mean to tell me you came all the way out here from Earth?

Cool beans for GGA. Good luck to them in forging a new and wiser path.

Well, this is one ballin' announcement from the Purple Sphere. A heartfelt congrats to you guys on this merger, as it seems like you're all really happy about it. Also, that is one of the sexiest flags in CN you go there. I should note my observation that your alliance will not need any treaties for defense. You've clearly already got Protection From Everything. Lucky &*($%.

Second time is a charm.

Eh. Not all of /b/ is bad and not all folks on /b/ are bad. I spent a lot of time on /b/ just finding funny pictures and enjoying very high-level analytical scientific arguments about who'd win in a fight between the Death Star and the Borg Cube. And folks who'd argue about that might be the kind of folks who'd fit in with the masses here, actually. It's getting a bunch of /b/tards together in a group that tries to bring the larger /b/ mentality to CN when they get pissed off... that's what caused problems last time. Folks forget that for much of /b/'s life on CN they were really a relatively unobtrusive and nondramatic neutral alliance on green. Might have had some sort of tension with another green alliance or two, but who on green never has had that issue--honestly?