3 years....

[Fort Pitt]

It seems I missed my anniversary...

The following is poorly typed, probably a few small mistakes, but the history from my point of view.


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3 years ago, I was a kid playing !@#$%*, with a "region" called San Francisco Bay Area. I didn't realize it at first, but they were a bunch of neo-liberal/communist hippies (they all had pictures of them holding toy AK-47's in a fake russian uniform standing in front of the Soviet flag). Somehow I got along with all of them, which is surprising because I was the Anarchist in comparison. Perhaps they thought they could win me over due to my youth. Anyway they convinced me to try out this new game they found, Cybernations. Boy was that a big mistake. Not only did I like the game, I've delightfully wasted 3 years and 12 days of my life on it like some 35 year old level 10 troll on World of Warcraft. I've gone from spending entire days on IRC without a minute of idling, to pulling an all-nighter just to make sure my alliance got all of its hits in in a war.

Now a long bit of history. When I joined the game back in 2007, I got the usual recruitment messages. One of the funniest I thought, was from GOONS 1.0, asking me to join them in their peacemode war against the world or something like that. Now when I joined, I declined the offer from my SFBA comrades of joining ODN, because I wanted to try something else first, I chose the team color Black, and I've been here ever since. The recruitment message that stood out the most for me was from a player who I'm sure those who remember him either love him or hate him, Bobbery, for the alliance, the Armed Coalition of Disturbed Countries. What made it stand out the most was the name, followed by the incredible amount of aid given to new recruits, $1,000,000. At that time there were 3 nations in ACDC who were big enough to make over 1mil, and only one who could make 3mil. Time went on, I spent most of my days in the spam section, either arguing with a kid who went by the name of GM Kevin 1993 ("[b]Tebow starts with a T.[/b]"), being told I am a Chauvinist Pig by a delightful commie by the name of E.O.N (Empire of Nicholas), aimlessly flirting with the only girl in the alliance, trying to keep up with the ever changing and extending forum signature of Bobbery, being scarred for life by the images in improperly labeled threads by Bon or Stercus, or defending myself when Wynter picked fights. Yeah... Those were the days...

The course of my CN career continued, however one incident would change things forever. Crappygate. Some of you might remember this. The incident, Capt Crappy, our beloved leader, and a few other guys decided to pull a prank on some serious guys. one of our members posed as Bilrow and Capt Crappy played along pretending like some serious !@#$ was about to go down. Lesson learned? Don't mix alcohol and IRC. Capt Crappy was forced to resign from the leadership position, the alliance, and eventually the game. A power struggle ensued. Less than a month later there was a coup. Being the spam-master I was, I just went along with whatever the program was, and was told that CyborgBelial, Tim Tebow, and Wynter attempted to coup the alliance. Wynter abused his admin powers and screwed up the forums which really sealed their fate. I ended up finding out nearly a year later that in fact they were coup'd by the powerful duo of Zzzptm and C4talyst. Despite it being a coup, it was actually good for the alliance. Without Crappy the alliance was in a downward spiral, the coup was an attempt to fix things. It did fail, and that I blame on a poor government post-coup. Another reason for the failure, I personally blame on someone who I'm sure most of everyone has heard of. Ramirus Maximus. After the coup, there was a Triumvirate established. C4talyst got the chief spot, but delegated his responsibilities to Zzzptm who really ran the show. Maximus was supposed to have an advisory role, "to get him leadership experience" I believe was the actual job description. But from my point of view, along with the point of view of most of the alliance, he ended up working against the government of the alliance. That was the end of ACDC, but it didn't end without the future of the members being secured. That security was the foundation of the Black Defense Council.

The next chapter in my career was the foundation of the Black Defense Council. After the fall of ACDC I was given two offers. To join C4talyst, Zzzptm, and most of ACDC in a new alliance the Black Defense Council, which was the product of a merge between ACDC and the Black Peace Society. Or join HM4A1 in forming an alliance. I chose the former. I played a minuscule role in BDC before the Bubblegum war. Oh the Bubblegum war. One of the single most brilliant engineered wars of the entire history of the game. The skill and planning it took to get that war to look legitimate rivaled that of Umbrae Noctem. However it was not to find an excuse to attack an enemy, but to save a friend. For clarity, Zzzptm was the only person in BDC that knew the war was fake, and only Schattenman and a few guys in Browncoats new too. BDC was entirely in the dark, but Z managed to pull it off. The brilliance of the maneuver, and the fact it was completed without the slightest hitch, until someone leaked is just magnificent. That brilliance outweighs any wrongdoing Z committed against BDC. After the shenanigans were exposed, Z was forced to resign from the alliance to Peace Mode Island. Schatt's nation was systematically obliterated, and BDC was left without its key leader. Angryraccoon, BDC's numero dos, worked with NpO to secure protection and a voluntary viceroy, Myworld, and worked with Pmac627 on a new charter that allowed for an actual government.

The third chapter in my career began, the post-bubblegum era of BDC. Everything went well for a good stretch of time. Then we get a former government member of NPO, Blackdagger. Due to his superior FA experience compared to the members of BDC, he was quickly appointed SoFA. I believe less than a week later, we get a knock on the door from such a pleasant person, Umbrae Noctem. It appears for weeks Blackdagger has been idling in secret NPO channels despite no longer being a member. Umbrae demands that he be expelled from the alliance and is sentenced to one weeks of attacks. That's fine. Then AR let's him back in, less than 2 days later the entire alliance get's blitzed by NPO for "spying". NPO still to this day has never provided substantial evidence to support their claims. Working round the clock for a few days we discovered evidence that cannot be used due to a breach of the ToS, but support our theories that the whole war was a setup. BDC, as obscure as we were, was a powerful link for NpO to major players on Black. We publicly stood up for NpO on numerous occasions during the whole NPO/NpO issues preceding the noCB war. BDC had the ability to bring in players with major leverage and power against NPO and their allies. Players that would make life very difficult for NPO who at the time was trying to eliminate their own sister alliance. One of the unfortunate victims of this war was our viceroy, Myworld. I don't even know how, but somehow Umbrae came up with the fact that Myworld was in on the 'spying' that Umbrae set up himself. Thus Myworld was removed from NpO and attacked by NPO, I believe. BDC ended up surrendering due to brilliant negotiations by a drunk Angryraccoon with Dilber, the only NPO government member at the time with any sense of respect. AR, TyPhyter and myself were appointed to the Triumvirate of BDC, however we had no real freedom, and felt the need to put the alliance out of its misery. Thus I contacted Joey67500 and we started the talks of what would eventually be the regretful Dark Evolution.

DE, simply, was a complete waste of time. Coolgreen44 screwed the alliance as soon as he staged a takeover. End of story.

I left DE in March of 2009. I didn't know where to go. I was torn between Umbrella and The Dark Templar. I spoke to a few friends in 'ella, and to Supa_Troop3r of DT, which also was the home of the man who got screwed over by his own former government, Myworld. After a few hours of deliberation I decided DT would be my new home. No offense to 'ella but I don't really like the idea of being a part of a big alliance. I had no idea what it would be like, but I did come to very much like DT. The 2nd greatest alliance in my book, next to ACDC. DT was a still steadily growing alliance. I committed myself to retirement, and didn't want to be involved in government. However I found myself in the lower ranks of Econ and FA departments anyway. Things were good, I was part of a real functioning alliance for once. Something that I didn't have since the Bubblegum war. April 2009 rolls around and with it, Karma. Now from BDC time until now, I had found myself fond of an alliance on the rivaling side of the spectrum, She Said She Was 18 (R.I.P. Lord Jay...) Like most channels on IRC, people were giving their ideas of how the war would work out. When DT entered the war we entered against The Order Of Light. Soon after I found myself fighting 3 guys from TOOL, and a guy from SSSW18 and Avalon. A fact from that war that I will forever cherish, I kicked off the nuclear aspect of the war between TOOL and DT by launching the first offensive nuclear strike . By war's end I had achieved a 10 - 1 ratio of destroying enemy infrastructure versus losing my own, my brand new SDI had blocked 15 nukes --in a row-- on it's first use. I had fought a 2 week fully nuclear war on a pitiful warchest and come out on top, AND in the top 150 for casualties at the time. Now that was an accomplishment. Next to Valhalla, TOOL is the best alliance I have ever fought. Despite being warring nations, it was easy to get along with my enemy, which is always something I look for.

Post war rebuilding began. We took SSSW18 under our wing by negotiating a rather large set of tech deals in their surrender terms at a very reasonable rate. SSSW18 profited at a 2 - 1 ratio despite people's claims of them being "forced" into it. Things slowed down to a sane rate. I got to see something I wanted to see a long time ago, the systematic destruction of NPO. At the time I was unsure the terms were harsh enough. I was for the banishment from government of certain high level government personnel who were responsible for the countless engineered curb stomps and EZI of other former leaders of the game. However the fact that NPO is no longer the voice of power in CN is enough for me to be happy. Later on down the road of my career I found myself in the election race for HToFA, I lost to General Ozujsko, but was made Deputy where I served for 3 terms. I then won the HToFA race and served for 1 term before resigning because I caught a bad case of the Real Life syndrome. Ever since then, the highest office I have held has been part of an economic program. Sometime in the spring of 2010 I participated in what was pretty much Black vs Purple. Where I got to fight the only other alliance besides TOOL that is ever worth fighting. Valhalla.

CNamen Square Massacre/Retirement. The most fun in this game I have ever had was the CNamen Square Massacre. I'm sure I'm breaking some rule by even talking about it, but to put it simply it was a rather large display of distaste for the people who can make your nation go bye-bye (not Admin, he's cool, he fixed everything). After that I successfully retired. I had been trying to successfully be a "retired" player since the start of 2009, and I didn't achieve this until summer 2010. I have actually been so successful at being retired that my IRC nick has been deleted from inactivity twice, and my nation was nearly deleted once.


Alliance shout outs...

ACDC, greatest alliance ever, hands down

DT, second greatest alliance ever, and my home

BDC, good idea, but it should have disbanded with the departure of Zzzptm, who really was the alliance

DE, biggest mistake of my career

NPO, you're not really on either my good side or bad side, you still have some bad apples, but you're actually improving from what I can tell as a retiree

NpO, back in 2008, BDC stood up for you, publicly. You ditched us because 'big brother' came knocking, that is something I will always hold against you, and the fact that recently you've started to turn into what NPO was pre-karma

NV, you guys are great, keep it up guys

NoR, you guys might be my 2nd favorite living alliance, certainly the 2nd best black alliance

MK, you guys are pretty BA, just sayin...

Any other alliance I forgot that I care about, I apologize


People shout outs....


Thizzland, I don't know if you remember me, but you recruited me to this game, I owe you man

Bobbery, I don't know what alias you are under now, but hit me up sometime, I haven't talked to you in ages

Capt Crappy, you are the greatest leader this game has ever known, hands down, it's a shame some people just couldn't take a joke

Bon, you were an interesting character, I don't know if you still play, but take care

Stercus, you scare the hell out of me

Zzzptm, you're like the awesome father figure in this game, but like the cool dad, not the lame one

Maximus, I haven't talked to you in almost 3 years, so my opinion hasn't changed, but I doubt you care

Schattenman, wish things could have worked out back after bubblegum, but I doubt you care about that anymore

Hunter, hope you're doing well

AR, hope you're doing alright wherever you may be

Umbrae, I don't like you, I probably never will, If I ever rage-quit you're at the top of my list buddy

Dilber, I hope all is well for you, you're the only NPO member besides Mayor Tim that I could ever talk to without having to deal with incessant an ego

Myworld, you have been an amazing leader, can't thank you enough

Joey67500, despite the fact that we made the ugliest and biggest regret of an alliance of all time, you're still pretty awesome, hope you're doing well

Coolgreen44, ya ruined mah babeh!

Supa, you could possibly be the greatest leader CN has ever known

Ozujsko, Pennyslvania is definitely better than New Jersey

DT members, you guys are awesome, simple as that


GENERAL TSO!!! you're pretty awesome

Anyone else I forgot that I care about, I apologize

Edited October 30, 2010 by Fort Pitt

[General Ozujsko]

Congratulations and good times, buddy.

[Supa_Troop3r]

[quote]Supa, you could possibly be the greatest leader CN has ever known[/quote]

I'm glad you came to DT, Pitt. It wouldn't be the same without you.

[Exige]

much NoR love for Fort Pitt eventho you started a Pokémongame thread in the DT game lounge

[zzzptm]

Stercus scares me, too.

Keep on rockin' in the free world, Pitt!

[pd73bassman]

Hey we love those DT guys

[Fort Pitt]

Don't be hatin pokemon Exige, I'm gonna be Ash Ketchum in about 36 hours!

Thanks Oz and Supa. Without you guys I'd probably have quit about 18 months ago.

Z, keep living it up yourself!

bassman we love NoR more than you love us.

[general tso]

shall I assume that I am among those forgotten.

You make me a sad panda pitt. A verry sad panda

[Kevanovia]

You're right, Supa is a cool dude.

[bandnerd]

[quote name='Fort Pitt' timestamp='1288416953' post='2496998']

bassman we love NoR more than you love us.
[/quote]


I have to disagree with that. <3 me some DT.

[Kzoppistan]

Great history. Congrats and good post.

[Fort Pitt]

General TSO!!!! I knew I forgot someone with a significantly epic name!

Bandnerd you're still wrong,

[pd73bassman]

[quote]bassman we love NoR more than you love us. [/quote]



Come on now, you know this can't be right, if we didn't like you more there would be know way I would wear TiTaN's avatar and sig, even for Halloween

[Fort Pitt]

You're just madly in love with TiTaN, that's all.

[Wu Tang Clan]

I'm pissed I didn't get a shout out.

[Believland]

[quote name='Fort Pitt' timestamp='1288373183' post='2496443']
I left DE in March of 2009. I didn't know where to go. I was torn between Umbrella and The Dark Templar.
[/quote]

Fort Pitt: Dude, come with me to CB
BEazy: Dunno brah.
Fort leaves
Fort: Come join CB with me
BEazy: :/
Fort comes back after a 3 day leave


Also, did you seriously not give me or your brother a shout out? or am I just retarded?

[Monster]

Congrats on the 3 years. I think it's funny to see someone refer to Umbrella as a "big alliance" though.

[Thrash]

[quote name='Fort Pitt' timestamp='1288373183' post='2496443']
Pennyslvania is definitely better than New Jersey
[/quote]

Don't know you except I believe you bash us, but I have to fully agree with the above statement.

Anyhow, congrats, it's good to see people stick around. I'm at 1337 days today myself, actually

[Schattenmann]

Been a long time, eh? I'm glad you're still around, I was wondering about you the other day.

[quote name='Fort Pitt' timestamp='1288373183' post='2496443']
The next chapter in my career was the foundation of the Black Defense Council. After the fall of ACDC I was given two offers. To join C4talyst, Zzzptm, and most of ACDC in a new alliance the Black Defense Council, which was the product of a merge between ACDC and the Black Peace Society. Or join HM4A1 in forming an alliance. I chose the former. I played a minuscule role in BDC before the Bubblegum war. Oh the Bubblegum war. One of the single most brilliant engineered wars of the entire history of the game. The skill and planning it took to get that war to look legitimate rivaled that of Umbrae Noctem. However it was not to find an excuse to attack an enemy, but to save a friend. For clarity, Zzzptm was the only person in BDC that knew the war was fake, and only Schattenman and a few guys in Browncoats new too. BDC was entirely in the dark, but Z managed to pull it off. The brilliance of the maneuver, and the fact it was completed without the slightest hitch, until someone leaked is just magnificent. That brilliance outweighs any wrongdoing Z committed against BDC. After the shenanigans were exposed, Z was forced to resign from the alliance to Peace Mode Island. Schatt's nation was systematically obliterated, and BDC was left without its key leader. Angryraccoon, BDC's numero dos, worked with NpO to secure protection and a voluntary viceroy, Myworld, and worked with Pmac627 on a new charter that allowed for an actual government.

Schattenman, wish things could have worked out back after bubblegum, but I doubt you care about that anymore

[/quote]

My first shoutout since Feb 2007! Schattenmann has [i]arrived[/i], world!

Seriously, yeah, Bubblegum is weird. Brilliant, grand, creative. Bubblegum was two people looking at the oncoming war thinking "what the hell?" and deciding not to be part of that crap. We could have just said screw this we are not honoring our treaties, but that still wasn't the norm back then, so we came up with the best way we could to keep our members and allies out of a curbstomp.

I still get sadpanda about the effect it had on Browncoats, but honestly the only thing that still [i]bothers[/i] me about it is people that think that bringing it up is some [img]http://forums.coj-cn.co.cc/Smileys/expanded/masterstroke.gif[/img] [img]http://forums.coj-cn.co.cc/Smileys/expanded/iceburn.gif[/img], that bothers me because [i]it's not[/i] it happened so long ago that it's more like an inside joke--there are like 15 people around that care or remember without going to the wiki, but lately it's been bandied about like a magic spell against me, it's [i]funny[/i].

I'm [b]proud[/b] of Bubblegum, it was so crazy it just might work. There are people that it still bothers, but I'm not going to hang back in 2008 acting like I'm still all broke up about it just to make them happy. I've made amends with everyone that was hurt by it except Lamuella, everyone else is just some third-party muckraker. They can boohoo for another 2 years, meanwhile, I'm still playing the Hell out of Digiterran politics and that is just one crazy feather in my hat.

[Fort Pitt]

BEazy, it was more like a 24 hour leave, and to think that CB was a better alliance than DE ever was... But it is the truth.

Nice one Thrash.

Schatt, you are one of the most brilliant minds CN has ever known. That does however come with the effect you probably have no life, but who gives a poodle? Glad you're still around.

[Believland]

[quote name='Fort Pitt' timestamp='1288925419' post='2502567']
BEazy, it was more like a 24 hour leave, and to think that CB was a better alliance than DE ever was... But it is the truth.
[/quote]

It was three days, trust me. Also, DE's failures lie on the shoulders of Hormones and VI :v

[Fort Pitt]

You could say that them leaving gave CG the opportunity to take over DE, however it was CG who took it over, and then proceeded to ride it down by appointing the government from Element which was unproductive and failed pretty badly, again. Pretty much all problems are traced back to CG being the decision maker.

[Believland]

[quote name='Fort Pitt' timestamp='1288982860' post='2503057']
You could say that them leaving gave CG the opportunity to take over DE, however it was CG who took it over, and then proceeded to ride it down by appointing the government from Element which was unproductive and failed pretty badly, again. Pretty much all problems are traced back to CG being the decision maker.
[/quote]

Some would have had to join to have left. We need a DE bashing day, though. I miss #DE