Stetson76 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 The clock strikes 2000 and televisions across width and breadth of SNAFU click on (Thanks to a short in the electrical grid that somehow only affects TV’s each day at this time) the powerful image of the SNAFU comes on the screen causing everyone to pause before they click the power button… The image fades to reveal a haggard visage of a middle aged man wearing a cowboy hat, pulled down low as he snubs out a Marlboro cigarette and drinks down a swallow of Diet Pepsi while shuffling papers arrayed across the desk… “Drall!” He exclaims…”what is the point of this press conference?” His second in command comes sulking into the room. “We’re announcing our various treaties? Our protectorate with Carpe Diem…no, we announced that months ago, our PIAT with Tempest…no, they announced that.” “Oh, it must be the oDoAP with The Phoenix Federation…shoot, they announced that one, I’ve got it, it’s the PIAT with Meritokrati!” “No, they announced that one too,” Stetson says to his second. “There must be something else.” Pulling out a piece of paper from the bottom of the pile “Ah, here it is! We’ve appointed a new Director of Alliance Relations. Speaking of that, who let President S O go off to Australia when we knew there was going to be a press conference tonight. What if we get inquiries from our foreign brethren.” ”And who let him have the silly title, everyone knows he should be the Minister of Foreign Affairs,” Stetson thinks to himself. ”Oh well, when we founded this alliance, they gave me Grand FUBAR as a sign of respect, so I guess I shouldn’t complain.” Interrupting the conversation between Drall and Stetson the Director of Illicit Affairs, Madam CaVi comes running in… “You’re on the air,” she attempts to inform Stetson without causing too much of a ruckus. “What,” Stetson gasps…”but the clock says 1930!” “Oh, funny thing about that,” says Silver Star as he walks into the room. “In my Department of Making Nations Rich, we turned all the clocks back so that government employees start work earlier. It’s easier to ask them to stay late than to come in early and the enormous number of tech deals we’ve been doing has caused a ton of overtime.” “Did you inform Heheurfunny about this change so that our military exercises go off on schedule,” Drall asks Silver? “Where is that idiot Silver Star,” Heheurfunny, the Director of Damage Control, yells as he storms into the office! “We were an hour early to the exercise! We overshot the target by an hours drive time and leveled that ghost town out on route 151!” “That’s true,” Silver said, “but we’ve just saved millions on the demolition we had planned for next week so we can put in that new shopping mall.” “That’s just great everyone, thanks for ruining my press conference,” Stetson sighs. Then a thought strikes him. “We passed 500,000 total nation strength!” Drall whispers in Stetson’s ear, “Sir, we broke that milestone over a month ago. Haven’t we announced it yet?” “No, our census people mistakenly counted our visitors out at the Econo Lodge when they stopped by before forming the Open Source Alliance. Remember, that's why we established the SNAFU Radar Blip's so we could keep better count,” Stetson says as he smiles and turns back towards the camera pushing his hat up so his face can be fully seen by the audience. “My fellow members of the great alliance SNAFU…” The image of the Grand FUBAR fades away mid-sentence and cuts off after quickly flashing the following graphic. As the red light clicks off the camera, Stetson hangs his head and lights another cigarette. “Typical situation, all fouled up,” he sighs. But then he brightens, ”hey, it could be worse, I could be out of smokes and soda,” he thinks smiling and taking another sip. "I know let's all head over to #SNAFU, the drinks are on me," he says to his loyal Directors. tl:dr Recap of SNAFU’s last 6 months worth of announcements and our official celebration of 500,000 NS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stetson76 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Sorry about the double post, but I wanted to make a clear distinction from, what I hope, was an entertaining OP and this more OOCish statement. I just want to take moment to thank our members who have made building this alliance an enjoyable undertaking. Our achievements both in time and total NS might be modest compared to some, but our pride in our success is undiminished by that fact. We started 6 months ago as an alliance of 10 members with a total NS of 170k, approximately 110k of which were wrapped up in our top 4 members. Since then SNAFU has not had a nation join who was over 8k, we’ve reached this goal through strong recruiting and nation building. This effort is a testimonial to the effort our new players have put into learning to grow their nations efficiently and our larger nations being generous with their money and time. Nation growth is honestly a small part of what make SNAFU a place I love to call home. Few of us knew each other prior to joining CN and yet we’ve been lucky enough to become a close, tight knit community. We may never be among the elite alliances in terms of our stats, we will always be a place for our members to enjoy this game to its fullest, both as a social exercise as well as a place for them to thrive on Planet Bob. Of course we couldn’t have done any of this without our friends, Carpe Diem, Tempest, TPF, Meritokrati and all of the other signatories of the PEACE treaty who’ve made purple a wonderful place for us to reside. On that note… Hail SNAFU! Hail her members! Hail our friends for the next 6 months and beyond! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhawk Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Good job guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe32320 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 It's been a good few months with SNAFU, enjoyed every bonkers minute with them Congrats everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
President S O Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 o/ SNAFU Glad to be a part of such a Great team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadshot Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Congrats SNAFU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septer Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 congrats on the milestones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Junky Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Congratulations guys and good job too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathcat Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Congrats Snafu and Stetson oo/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyroman Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 I'm proud of you guys. This is awesome. Congratulations on your great success and I wish you further success in the future. I'll be sure to stop by and fill up half my aid slots with SNAFU guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Glen Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Congrats! You've worked hard for the last six months and you're clearly reaping the rewards. SNAFU has been a great friend to Meri thus far, and I look forward to what the next six moths hold for our friendship, and our alliances. o/ SNAFU o/ Stetson o/ Cowboy hats and soda! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stetson76 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Thank you for your kind wishes. It's been a fun 6 months and we look forward to that much more in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Perry Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Awesome! Glad to see you guys being successful. I look forward to seeing what the future holds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Joy Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Great work SNAFU, keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narcicyst Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Woot! Congrats Snafu! /me gives SNAFU some purple love. <3 you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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