OOC: FCL/Azan Discussion Thread

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Rasputin
Not true at all... the numbers i use in my spreadsheet for calculating military size are from the US numbers so they are as relaistic as they are..

While your work on the military calculator is appreciated, you admitted that it is a work in progress. Thus, it does not reflect reality all that well.

Originally posted by Rasputin
this is irrelevant as it is only my size that matters not my share of the world.. My econmy is Frightening and we have more money left over each year than a lot of nations have totla production

Certainly it matters. The sheer number of population in our region alone tells that this is not a real world, therefore, absolute numbers are meaningless. You have to use relative strength. And don't get me started on the economy model of NationStates. It is both overly simplistic and flawed.

Originally posted by Rasputin
as i stated , the USA sent approx 1/3 of their military half way round the world i can easily send 1/6 of mine . as for centralis he isnt there to conquer to the place , but i am !!!!!!

You have failed to address the most important salient point, which is the comparision between your army and the Hive's. If you insist that 1/6 of your army is 2million, and that you can support them indefinitely, the only conclusion we can reasonably draw will be Hive got 4 million men there. In this case, I am outta there, and you will be crushed. I mean CRUSHED.

Originally posted by Rasputin
sorry cant provide this figures as i not a transportation person i would have no idea where to even look for these figures, i base all my RP on real life activitys that have occured in our world. if this amount of detail is needed everytime people make posts then will remove all fun..

No Ras. The whole point of asking you to provide some backup argument, instead of just BAM'ing away, is this is not D&D. You don't get a demon working for you by casting a spell. We need some realism.

Originally posted by Rasputin
but to answer a question with a question , how can a nation with an imploded econmy with its main industry LEomonade sales make any military intervention across the oceans far from home. seems whilst at least i use my nation states numbers to make my RP some just totaly ignore them.

Which answer do you want? How about this one? How is it possible for a country to have a Frightening economy and a 100% tax rate at the same time? How is it possible for a government to be both pro-business and looking to stamp out teenagers selling lemonade? How is it possible for a government to be both small and efficient and omnipresent? How is it possible for Earth to support 60 if not 600 billion people?

[Rasputin]

So you are saying it ok for countries to have a few hundred thousand strong army regardless of nationstates results , but i cant possibly have a larger army ..

AS i said, i quite willing to reduce my numbers, but the proportional decrease must be same for all nations. I can update the calculator to do that if that is what people want .

[Frankychan]

Just popping in and signing into Apolyton to give a heads up on my situation.

I know I said that I would be able to post something later today, but I've been called into work at my other job. I probably won't be able to post on Thursday cause I have to pull a doubleshift, which means I can't post until Friday. I know this'll get some people pi**ed off at me, but hey, RL work calls and I must answer like the drone I am.

Apologies from me guys, my bad.

[Rasputin]

i can play your turn if yuo want !!!

[joncha]

I think we'll still be busy arguing by the time you get back, Frankychan. Take your time.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Rasputin
So you are saying it ok for countries to have a few hundred thousand strong army regardless of nationstates results , but i cant possibly have a larger army ..

No, you can't support such a huge army abroad. Your country just does not have the logistic capabilities for this.

[joncha]

Time to lock this thread, UR... I'll start up a new one.

The new OOC thread is here.