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  • Thoughts on 'that thread'

    Hmmm. Very interesting.

    What point does that thread serve? Vox already has the sympathies of most of the other players, and most likely of each official team. So why post the thread?

    Simple, to allow a forum for prominent members of the other teams to address us in an attempt to weaken our resolve and attempt to cow us into allowing Vox to remain as a small presense at the expense of our power. Togas, that figures. MasterZen, no surprise. vondrack? Threatening? This is an interesting turn of events. Curiously, in this thread GFarb appears as a foil to lessen the impact of GoW's position. Perhaps they do not wish to risk too much in antagonising us as the fourth power of Bob.

    What's that? Fourth power of Bob? You bet your buns on it. If Vox goes down, we will be one tile from GoW, and a short, Lighthouse assisted cruise from RP. For all intents and purposes, we will be as Bobian as the British are European. Seperated by snips of water easily navigated by us, but which serve as our ramparts to guarantee the security of our island realm. This upsets the equations mightily, and thus the efforts to undermine our resolve to finish Vox now, before any of Bob could be in a position to stop us.

    The most curious bit, to me, is the stake of Lego. Where do they sit, and why would they care? Are vondrack's efforts made out of some sense of loyalty to a civ who is dying as a consequence of carrying out Lego's bidding? Or would an official with Lego go so far as to threaten us, even if he disclaims official status, simply to keep a trading partner around? A trading partner who is now crippled beyond any ability to recover. What does Lego gain if Vox remains on our land?

    Hmmm, this is all very curious. Truely, in this game we live in interesting times.
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    • Excellent alva... yes, this is in fact the game we have been, unbeknownst, playing.

      Too bad then, that when we take that last Voxian hp, the *game* will be lessened.

      The greatest delight for man is to inflict defeat on his enemies, to drive them before him, to see those dear to them with their faces bathed in tears, to bestride their horses, to crush in his arms their daughters and wives.

      Duas uncias in puncta mortalis est.

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      • Excellent post on the public thread, btw, MSS.

        EDIT: MSS, ignore the next paragrpah (duh, you are the FAM after all), but I'm leaving it for everyone else.

        But, although I am advocating a somewhat riotous and seemingly uncontrolled approach, we need group consensus on where we go from here, and until we get to that point I agree with the general sentiment that we are getting our diplo ass KICKED... I suggest we all shut the heck up for a bit, play the turn, and figure out what to do / what approach to take next.
        Last edited by Theseus; June 13, 2003, 19:53.
        The greatest delight for man is to inflict defeat on his enemies, to drive them before him, to see those dear to them with their faces bathed in tears, to bestride their horses, to crush in his arms their daughters and wives.

        Duas uncias in puncta mortalis est.

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        • You've been doing alot of work lately.

          There's no way I could have kept up.

          I think we did a good job on the thread- we seemed to have peeled the onion- attention is no longer drawn to Beta's false accusation, but towards the real problem: GS is becoming (too)strong. The fact that we made others say they wish to see us weakend, is a step in our effort to tear the veil of hypocrisy. I think that when conducting honest diplomacy, we do quite well.


          Also, the fact that we got our butts kicked diplomatically could not have been helped by a great deal. In the end, it comes down to interests, and I'm sure Vox made a good work of showing what a monstrosity (in terms of power) we're becoming, that's not that hard, given the fact that we really are that powerful.

          You just can't look at the strongest kid in the block with envy, and still like him, no matter how fair and just he is.

          Perhaps a good analogy will be the two ladies gossiping about that really attractive woman, but saying: "sure she's pretty, but I bet she's dumb as hell". Since everyone bullies on us on the diplomatic front, and since we also didn't play the diplomatic game quite as good as we should have, it's easy to say that we conduct "horrible diplomacy".
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          • Originally posted by Theseus
            Excellent post on the public thread, btw, MSS.

            EDIT: MSS, ignore the next paragrpah (duh, you are the FAM after all), but I'm leaving it for everyone else.
            Gee thank you very much, I was pretty active today.. any post specificly?. I am keeping mental track on our "impressions" on what we did out there today. I know NYE wasn't entirely pleased that I beat the dead horse, but that was the "offical stance" one. I just whish we all waited and compiled a sinlge monumentus FU post...

            I feel pretty whooped right now 1.5 hrs of sleep and a draining day in the forum and work and a GoW chat in 45 mins.

            I really am trying to guage what works and what dosent....
            Thanks again.

            It helps to here it..

            I actually think it was a relativly decent exchange. Better than befor, but lots of room for improvement..


            Mss
            Remember.... pillage first then burn.

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            • Zeit,

              You know, the public chatter in this game does indeed sound like a bunch of spiteful women.

              My girlfriend's comment on this whole thing, btw, was "what a bunch of b!tches. How stupid."

              -Arrian
              grog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!

              The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.

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              • MSS, about the gun, the bat, and the steamroller. Very disarming, I thought.

                Take a power nap (15 min), dream of dead Immortals.
                The greatest delight for man is to inflict defeat on his enemies, to drive them before him, to see those dear to them with their faces bathed in tears, to bestride their horses, to crush in his arms their daughters and wives.

                Duas uncias in puncta mortalis est.

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                • Does anybody remember when Little Nicky (Kruschev) banged his shoe on the UN table?

                  Everybody knows about the picture that shows him with both shoes on, and an assistant shoeless?

                  Can you imagine the moral outrage at the time? Such blatant and obvious falsehood, in the UN, no less?

                  And the general castigation of Russia among western / NATO nations?!

                  LMAO!!

                  Beta = Nikita

                  Goddamnit, the more I think about this propanda nonsense, the more amused I get, and the more I see how vulnerable Vox and EVERYBODY else is, as long as we play it right.
                  The greatest delight for man is to inflict defeat on his enemies, to drive them before him, to see those dear to them with their faces bathed in tears, to bestride their horses, to crush in his arms their daughters and wives.

                  Duas uncias in puncta mortalis est.

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                  • I felt quite out on a limb there so thanks for the support...
                    Thats the New Yorker in me
                    Nap...Good idea..

                    Ill be in the chat room with GoW in a half hour or so....
                    Bye..
                    mss
                    Remember.... pillage first then burn.

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                    • MSS, are you here in NYC??

                      (to be answered after the nap)
                      The greatest delight for man is to inflict defeat on his enemies, to drive them before him, to see those dear to them with their faces bathed in tears, to bestride their horses, to crush in his arms their daughters and wives.

                      Duas uncias in puncta mortalis est.

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                      • You're doing fine, MSS. Don't worry about me being pleased on every point. Worry about getting the job done.
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                        • :b for MSS
                          The greatest delight for man is to inflict defeat on his enemies, to drive them before him, to see those dear to them with their faces bathed in tears, to bestride their horses, to crush in his arms their daughters and wives.

                          Duas uncias in puncta mortalis est.

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                          • Originally posted by Theseus
                            MSS, are you here in NYC??

                            (to be answered after the nap)
                            From, I have lived in Oregon for 10 years now...
                            mss
                            Remember.... pillage first then burn.

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                            • Now I'm watching 'Dances with Wolves' for the umpteenth time.

                              Sioux versus the Pawnee... anybody know this story? Of the Plains Indians, the Sioux enlisted 5 other tribes, to create the Sioux Nation.

                              The Pawnee got left out.

                              The analogy breaks down because of the introduction of the whites, but believe me the Pawnee were screwed.

                              We need friends... that is how I see it.
                              The greatest delight for man is to inflict defeat on his enemies, to drive them before him, to see those dear to them with their faces bathed in tears, to bestride their horses, to crush in his arms their daughters and wives.

                              Duas uncias in puncta mortalis est.

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                              • Ah, Tatonka (which is not the correct word I later read/heard somewhere
                                Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
                                Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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