You know you've played CN too long when...

[RePePe]

...you see real life acronyms and think of CN alliances.

Thread rules are fairly obvious. Let's see what people can come up with.

[Teddyyo]

Non Profit Organization is the most common one for me.

[Ael Aluciz]

You're in your third period freshman Honors Geography class and you ask about infrastructure purchases when covering politics.

[Teddyyo]

I have caught myself saying infra occasionally.

[Ael Aluciz]

[quote name='Teddyyo' timestamp='1327864840' post='2909637']
I have caught myself saying infra occasionally.
[/quote]
I do that too, along with saying tech and I have asked before if buying more tech would make the peole happier.

[enderland]

GPA.

Hah.

[Chaoshawk]

I used Complaints and Grievances as apart of an essay involving comedians during my midterms while the huge war in December was raging.

[Aeros]

I applied the case study of IRON/TOP and the New Polar Order to a Finals IR Theory test question on whether or not it is wise for the US to forsake alliances with weaker nations because it is the hegemony in the current world system.

[Lord GVChamp]

Amateurs

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=90914237936

You know you play too much CN when…
by GVChamp (who really just compiled this from a big thread)


Bolded the ones I actually did

[b]1. You're at a club dancing with a rather attractive girl, and you're texting your military commander for updates on the current situation.[/b]

[b]2. You actually change your sleep habits once or twice for a war that of course didn't happen.[/b]

3. You write scholarship essays about alliance politics

[b]4. You realize you posted IC in an OOC thread

5. You read all the posts in a 20+ page thread

6. You are talking about politics that do not involve any country that actually exists for hours on end with people you don't even know.[/b]

7. You have a \m/ thong

8. You tell a cute girl in your class that she has to join MHA and sell you tech when she says she will do “anything ” for a higher grade

[b]9. You make an argument in your AP Government class using examples from CN.[/b]

10. You make a fictional political party for a class election based on Mushroom Kingdom. And you WIN!

11. When people start posting inb4(your name).

[b]12. You stop thinking of CN as schoolyard politics and start thinking of schoolyard politics as CN.[/b]

13. You track down an alliance-mate's home phone number and spend an hour and a half on the phone with him talking him into not quitting CN

14. Every conversation with a RL friend inevitably concludes with a CN reference.

[b]15. You find yourself saying 'brilliant political move' whenever something political appears on the news[/b].

16. you sign a legal document as "Reyne Mordigan"

[b]17. You're discussing regional business promotional plans and you mention “infrajumping” to your city council.

18. A girl comes over to your place at 11:30 and you tell her to get lost because NpO is getting rolled[/b]

19. You're walking down the street and you see a license-plate with an acronym of your Ruler Name... so you stop to take a photo of it

[b]20. You sign an IRL official work related email with your CN name and send it off to your boss[/b]

21. One of your best friends breaks up with his girlfriend of two years because she cheated on him, and all you could think of to say at first was "yeah it's sad, but it's necessary dude".

22. Your choice of hotels while on vacation is entirely determined by whether or not they have internet access and don't block IRC.

23. On a buisness trip in a hotel bar, you find yourself drinking alone and using your phones interweb to log into your alliance forums over a pint, rather than talking to the pretty hooker at the end of the bar

24. You meet someone over CN and end up marrying them.

[b]25. You think it’s odd people aren’t calling you by your CN name
[/b]
26. You buy 50 donations for your alliance after a nuclear war instead of going to Vegas

[b]27. You start have recurring dreams of Sponge trying to kill you[/b] (Close enough)

28. You start up an internet radio station that broadcasts talk shows revolving entirely around game politics

[b]29. You are relieved that Admin cares enough about the game to cancel his wedding anniversary plans

30. You choose to stay at home to see the “DoWs” instead of going to prom[/b] (again, close enough!)

31. You think about Global Warming in terms of adding stars to the environment

32. You drive to the library daily for 3 months in order to pay bills, because your brother is already using your IP address

33. You write papers about the rise and fall of Ivan Moldavi

34. You compare the “Greats” (Alexander, Peter, etc.) to Ivan Moldavi

35. You use your time as Minister of Foreign Affairs as “experience” for the State Department’s FSO test.

[b]36. You think “infra jump” whenever Obama talks about rebuilding infrastructure[/b]

37. You accidentally refer to the USSR as the Soviet LUEnion

[b]38. You create elaborate backstories for your close CN friends in hopes of persuading your RL friends that you are NOT a nerd and actually KNOW the people you’ve been skyping with for the past 3 hours.[/b]

39. You order a pair of dice with threes on every side

[b]40. Your friends really know you aren’t going to bed early, you’re ditching them because something is going on in CN
[/b]
[b]41. You accidentally refer to God as “Admin” in religion class

42. You refer to America’s foreign policy as “ascending via the unjust path”[/b]

[b]43. You refer to administrators, teams, and entire nations as “WAE”[/b]

44. You bring your laptop into the bathroom with you because, after all, YOU NEED TO DOUBLE TAP

45. You threaten to ZI people when challenged to a fight

46. Your screensaver is a RSS feed of OWF announcements

47. You think it’s a good thing that a person who told another player to “go suck a shotgun” returns

48. You refer to geopolitical process after World War II as “lines being drawn”

49. All the skills you learned in management class are pretty much only useful for running your alliance

50. You buy a flag of your CN alliance.

[b]51. You pull out your phone for CN updates at your Wedding reception[/b]

[b]52. You write OpSec instead of OPEC
[/b]
53. You run government affairs over Skype only so there can be no log dumps

54. You turn down a date so you can make target lists

55. You make your friends join CN so they can sell tech to you

[b]56. You care about your reputation enough not to change your game name[/b]

[b]57. You have more IRC friends than RL friends[/b]

[b]58. You think of “PC” as a tech raiding alliance
[/b]
59. You think drawing a MDP web for RL relationships is a damn good idea

60. Your twitter is “still waiting for the Cybernations war”

[b]61. You have more Cybernatons propaganda on your computer than family pictures[/b]

62. You refer to all fission and fusion devices as “nooks”

63. You know that Christ’s REAL name was Walford

[b]64. You accidentally sing “Just Sign” whenever you hear Lady Gaga[/b]

65. You refer to someone as “Orange” when they act cowardly

[b]66. You refer to your life savings as a warchest
[/b]
67. You know the real phrase for the Iraq War is INSTANT ANARCHY!

68. Your arch-rival is Bilrow

69. You’ve nuked Bilrow multiple times. With different nations!

70. You believe the fastest way to get rich is to run around punching random people in the while screaming “TECH RAID!”

71. Your favorite sex act is GGAngbang

[b]72. “Rolling a Hard Six” has replaced “throw a Hail Mary” in your daily euphemisms [/b]

73. You say “TOOL is losing by 2” when someone asks what the score of the game is

74. You know Iceland has the most dominant economy in the world because they have lots of fish and water.

[b]75. You find out that there is actually a limit to how many “clicks” you can have on a given day![/b]

76. A mate of yours says "I hate my friends sometimes, they're so mean to me" and you reply "well, cancel your treaties with them and declare"

77. You skip out on cuddling to sneak in a quad attack

78. You can’t leave your house because you are afraid. Of tech raiders.

79. You consider moving to a town named “Pacifica.”

80. You cry because your nation was attacked by a nuclear weapon

[b]81. You know the actual meaning behind the name of more than three of the following: RAD, LOUD, FACE, ACF, TDSM8, SSSW18[/b]

82. You spent all week dreaming about the inevitable Motu vs. Matt Miller throw-down.

[b]83. You are really pissed because those lazy ass uranium whores aren’t online at 3 AM.[/b]

84. Your girlfriends FB status is “he loves his cybernation more than he loves me”

85. You really DO love your cybernations more than you love her.

[b]86. This is evidenced by the fact that YOUR status says you are “glowing.”

87. You no longer pray to God, but to GOD[/b]

88. You use pornography addiction as a cover for your CN activities

[b]89. You write the word “top” in ALL CAPS

90. You think of your checking account in terms of “days of bills”[/b]

91. You wonder why the tax rate for everyone isn’t at 30%

92. You give a long diatribe about the evil Chinese and North Korean menace at the Model UN conference, and everyone looks at you funny because you keep saying “New Pacific Order.”

93. You make a onesie emblazoned with the R&R Flag for your son to wear, and start calling him "Mini-yourCNnamehere"

[b]94. You think your .gov position qualifies as “experience” for your job resume[/b]

95. You refer to all boots as “jackboots,” cause that sounds cooler.

96. You get a tattoo of a CN flag on you arm.

97. You refer to the California wildfires as “God ZIing the Kommiefornians”

98. You plan a IRL get-together of your alliance. At your house.

[b]99. You haven’t gone to bed before 3 AM for the past two weeks, because you’re too busy looking at real-time growth stats of Karma POW[/b]

100. You wonder how the hell the US isn’t bill-locked

[b]101. You read through this whole list and thought “I’ve done that!” more than 10 times.[/b]

Edited January 31, 2012 by Lord GVChamp

[Dementual]

[quote]59. You think drawing a MDP web for RL relationships is a damn good idea[/quote]

You have no idea how bad of an idea this was

Edited January 31, 2012 by Dementual

[enderland]

Hm. "Only" 16 of those?

Most were from years ago though, not as much recently.

[quote]2. You actually change your sleep habits once or twice for a war that of course didn't happen.
4. You realize you posted IC in an OOC thread
5. You read all the posts in a 20+ page thread
6. You are talking about politics that do not involve any country that actually exists for hours on end with people you don't even know.
12. You stop thinking of CN as schoolyard politics and start thinking of schoolyard politics as CN.
15. You find yourself saying 'brilliant political move' whenever something political appears on the news
40. Your friends really know you aren’t going to bed early, you’re ditching them because something is going on in CN (this has definitely happened before )
48. You refer to geopolitical process after World War II as “lines being drawn” (LOL this was more the pre-WWI tbh)
55. You make your friends join CN so they can sell tech to you (LOL, done this many years ago)
66. You refer to your life savings as a warchest (to be fair I think the concept of a warchest - in CN, before I had any real money IRL - probably helped me understand the importance of savings. #isJustifyingCN
72. “Rolling a Hard Six” has replaced “throw a Hail Mary” in your daily euphemisms
75. You find out that there is actually a limit to how many “clicks” you can have on a given day!
82. You spent all week dreaming about the inevitable Motu vs. Matt Miller throw-down. (I was in Grämlins, and a previous member of IRON... what could I do! )
83. You are really pissed because those lazy ass uranium whores aren’t online at 3 AM. (or rubber/coal)
94. You think your .gov position qualifies as “experience” for your job resume (I did think this before, now, not so much...)
101. You read through this whole list and thought “I’ve done that!” more than 10 times.[/quote]

[Hereno]

[quote name='Lord GVChamp' timestamp='1327972918' post='2911094']
2. You actually change your sleep habits once or twice for a war that of course didn't happen.

5. You read all the posts in a 20+ page thread

21. One of your best friends breaks up with his girlfriend of two years because she cheated on him, and all you could think of to say at first was "yeah it's sad, but it's necessary dude".

36. You think “infra jump” whenever Obama talks about rebuilding infrastructure

38. You create elaborate backstories for your close CN friends in hopes of persuading your RL friends that you are NOT a nerd and actually KNOW the people you’ve been skyping with for the past 3 hours.

56. You care about your reputation enough not to change your game name - This one not so much reputation as much as "people know me by this name and I don't feel like having to go around "HEY ITS ME" to everybody I talk to

58. You think of “PC” as a tech raiding alliance

61. You have more Cybernatons propaganda on your computer than family pictures

75. You find out that there is actually a limit to how many “clicks” you can have on a given day!

81. You know the actual meaning behind the name of more than three of the following: RAD, LOUD, FACE, ACF, TDSM8, SSSW18[/quote]

Interesting. Exactly 10.

[Mongol Federation]

2. You actually change your sleep habits once or twice for a war that of course didn't happen.

4. You realize you posted IC in an OOC thread.

5. You read all the posts in a 20+ page thread.

12. You stop thinking of CN as schoolyard politics and start thinking of schoolyard politics as CN.[b]
[/b]
27. You start have recurring dreams of Sponge trying to kill you.

29. You are relieved that Admin cares enough about the game to cancel his wedding anniversary plans.[b]
[/b]
31. You think about Global Warming in terms of adding stars to the environment.

34. You compare the “Greats” (Alexander, Peter, etc.) to Ivan Moldavi.

36. You think “infra jump” whenever Obama talks about rebuilding infrastructure.

48. You refer to geopolitical process after World War II as “lines being drawn”.[b]
[/b]
62. You refer to all fission and fusion devices as “nooks”.

66. You refer to your life savings as a warchest.

67. You know the real phrase for the Iraq War is INSTANT ANARCHY!

72. “Rolling a Hard Six” has replaced “throw a Hail Mary” in your daily euphemisms.[b]
[/b]
91. You wonder why the tax rate for everyone isn’t at 30%.

99. You haven’t gone to bed before 3 AM for the past two weeks, because you’re too busy looking at real-time growth stats of Karma POW.

100. You wonder how the hell the US isn’t bill-locked

101. You read through this whole list and thought “I’ve done that!” more than 10 times.

[Boyle]

[quote]5. You read all the posts in a 20+ page thread
6. You are talking about politics that do not involve any country that actually exists for hours on end with people you don't even know.
11. When people start posting inb4(your name).
12. You stop thinking of CN as schoolyard politics and start thinking of schoolyard politics as CN.
15. You find yourself saying 'brilliant political move' whenever something political appears on the news
21. One of your best friends breaks up with his girlfriend of two years because she cheated on him, and all you could think of to say at first was "yeah it's sad, but it's necessary dude".
25. You think it’s odd people aren’t calling you by your CN name
31. You think about Global Warming in terms of adding stars to the environment
38. You create elaborate backstories for your close CN friends in hopes of persuading your RL friends that you are NOT a nerd and actually KNOW the people you’ve been skyping with for the past 3 hours.
42. You refer to America’s foreign policy as “ascending via the unjust path"
47. You think it’s a good thing that a person who told another player to “go suck a shotgun” returns
50. You buy a flag of your CN alliance.
56. You care about your reputation enough not to change your game name
63. You know that Christ’s REAL name was Walford
75. You find out that there is actually a limit to how many “clicks” you can have on a given day!
79. You consider moving to a town named “Pacifica.”
81. You know the actual meaning behind the name of more than three of the following: RAD, LOUD, FACE, ACF, TDSM8, SSSW18
90. You think of your checking account in terms of “days of bills"
91. You wonder why the tax rate for everyone isn’t at 30%
94. You think your .gov position qualifies as “experience” for your job resume
95. You refer to all boots as “jackboots,” cause that sounds cooler.
101. You read through this whole list and thought “I’ve done that!” more than 10 times.
[/quote]
Yep. Plus I joined five years ago.

[janax]

Only 5.

[Harry Dresden]

I moved this to OWRP as it details how CN and RL intersect.

And I have a contribution: You know you've played CN too long when you watch a political debate and think that someone should warn the candidates for flaming.

[Kzoppistan]

...Every time you talk about great historical wars with your pals you preface your analogies with "Remember that forum game I was telling you about?"

You think telling someone you're about to "roll tanks" is a great warning for them to get out of your face.

You have bought a library of books on "leadership" simply to enhance your CN ability.

You put more hours into your alliance than your real job.


You've envisioned the three-way break-off flanking maneuver.

Edited February 4, 2012 by Kzoppistan

[Melancholy Culkin]

When studying for a final I accidentally said Ordinance of Order instead of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinances_of_Justice"]Ordinances of Justice[/url] to the group and got some confused looks.

[carvalholucas]

[Proxian Empire]

When someone says "Great War", I think of Tyga nuking Duffman.

[Ernesto Che Guevara]

The Dow Jones average...Every time I see "Dow is up" I think "They posted a DoW without my approval?"

Sad life.

[King Wally]

Kinda off topic but it reminded me of this one...

[img]http://i53.tinypic.com/2wozn03.jpg[/img]

[Banksy]

i've called someone a fine gentleman irl but that's more of an MK thing. otherwise it's just the acronyms.

[IYIyTh]

[quote name='Banksy' timestamp='1328333436' post='2914308']
i've called someone a fine gentleman irl but that's more of an MK thing. otherwise it's just the acronyms.
[/quote]

I've done it at work. They smile and just think I'm kidding...

Also, when watching the stock market I sometimes think of gains/losses. Acronyms for wonders in Corp Finance etc.

NPO just because it's not a common acronym so when you hear it you're like "huh?"

Edited February 4, 2012 by IYIyTh

[Ernesto Che Guevara]

[quote name='Banksy' timestamp='1328333436' post='2914308']
i've called someone a fine gentleman irl but that's more of an MK thing. otherwise it's just the acronyms.
[/quote]

Heh, I was browsing the MK forums in class the other day, and it's apparent in my notes, as one historical figure is listed as a "fine gentleman".