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asleepathewheel is offline asleepathewheel
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We are probably going to have to say something about Sun Tzu, if not as a thread (too arrogant?) then at least as a post someplace. Maybe some nice pics, there was one here already. Maybe a joke or two from Vel. And could someone, myself perhaps, use fat boy ramses as an avatar, or would that be too over the top?

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Just type "F7" in the trash talk thread.

I know we are all trying to be nice and self-deprecating and humble, but c'mon.... one of us should be a designated trash-talker.

We could keep it light. A series of posts:

"F7"
"A4"
"G7"
"C8"
"E7"
"Awwww, you sunk my battleship!!"

Arrian is offline Arrian
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I was thinking more along the lines of thanking the generous people Vox Controli and Glory of War, for having taught us so much about warfare.

In our desperation to learn about the intricacies of warfare so that we could defend our people from the Voxian hordes, we searched far and wide for an appropriate teacher.

As it turned out, a member of the elite Mad King Donegeal Horse who survived the destruction of that unit by our War Chariots, was convinced to stay on and instruct our people in the Art of War.

His name, I'm told, is Sun Tzu...

-Arrian

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Arrian: I love it, but I'm voting against it. It's a little bit too much on the gloating side.
Edit: if we remove the bit about thanking Vox and GoW for giving us experience in warfare, I'd be fine with it.

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I would simply let it pass, although I too like Arrian's approach. We're a bit late anyway, hopefully the next turn will reach us soon...

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Right... a response to the redelnep fellow...

"Dear redelnep,
We're sorry we can't disclose any sensitive information, but rest assured this war is real. We enjoy talking about bananas and chickens, and don't want to brag about victories, or create false hopes for other teams *cough*GoW*cough* that our forces are weak.

Without screenshots, you could of course believe us at our word of honor, something we of Gathering Storm strongly believe in. But, there is a better method... we released earlier that we gained a leader 2 turns ago, dismissing what Comical Ali aptly called "Voxian decoys", albeit in form of a story for you to read. Since then, we have used this leader to build a wonder, that we could not have gained in any other way as it would be too expensive to camouflage with a palace prebuild. You can check this information on your F7 screen, if you wish to verify our claims.

Now, can we please get back to hurling bananas at those alleged immortals? It's a lot more fun, or at least, it is intended like that "

Okay, probably somebody has to rewrite this, but you get the idea

DeepO

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DeepO is offline DeepO

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Before you fall of your chair laughing, that was not my invention, the good people at Fark were first

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Whoa FP, I'm surprised you didn't know he was renamed as such officially

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And I want to release to the public that we don't hold any grudges against GoW, but that, due to war unweariness, we can imagine they don't want to accept our peace offers.

DeepO

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@ DeepO's suggestion.
Let's post it!

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How's this? (Edit: Massive cross-post)

quote:
As Ramses was driven home from the battle, his group was joined by wagons carrying the highest-ranking survivors from Mad King Donegeal's valiant company. Never one to pass up an opportunity to show off his chef's cooking, he invited them to dinner.

As the days went on, so did Ramses' dinners with his new guests. He found their warrior culture almost as fascinating as he did his chef's latest pastries, and came to respect their understanding of strategy. One of the Glorious Warriors proved especially brilliant, and by the time the wagons reached Eye of the Storm, Ramses had an idea.

Two weeks later, everything was settled. Several of the new arrivals still held grudges regarding the Voxian incursion onto Bob, and could be persuaded (for a price) to help Ramses in developing strategies to use against them. A new academy would be built, a place where future military leaders could come to learn the Art of War. And chief among the instructors would be brilliant strategist Sun Tsu.

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Nathan, I really like the idea of giving something to GoW to work with, however it wouldn't be a good response to rendelnep...

What about posting both things, yours as a story, and mine as a cold response to rendelnep?

DeepO

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Oh heck, I'll go ahead and post mine. Nathan, I would suggest you post yours after mine, makes it look less of a group effort

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And I want to release to the public that we don't hold any grudges against GoW, but that, due to war unweariness, we can imagine they don't want to accept our peace offers.


BTW, I still believe we should post this too. It gives GoW a reason to not accept peace, and give us a way of washing our hands in innocence...

DeepO

Arrian is offline Arrian
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Damn, I really liked mine.

But the others are good too

-Arrian

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Arrian, there is no reason why you wouldn't post yours... as said, my response was cold, a good story could help for comic relief. I fear my post was a bit of a discussion stopper (I have that more often)

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One thing, though, we gained our leader against Vox, right? Or did I remember that one incorrectly?

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Yeah it was against Vox.

Arrian is offline Arrian
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Yeah, but I was using the MKD elite horsie because Sun Tzu was Chinese, and GoW is playing as China. I never said that the leader rose from that battle.

Anyway, we've already given two fairly factual accounts of what's gone on (nathan's post regarding the state of the war, which was pretty open & informative, and DeepO's explanation of SunTzu), so I'll leave things be.

By the way, the wonder doesn't actually complete until the beginning of next turn, right? So it actually isn't done yet, and won't be on the F7 screen.

-Arrian

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Arrian, I thought it already completed...

checking screenies now...

we're currently building a settler in Cyclone, so it should be on the F7 screen.

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And still... I liked the story too much, either in your version or in Nathan's adaptation. I see no problem in posting that too. Nathan's version has the added advantage of referring to the pastries, though

DeepO

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Posted the chickariot shot.

Arrian is offline Arrian
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My bad, it did complete. Sorry.

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Did the story (either version) get posted? It should be.

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Nope, Theseus.. neither of the writers feels like it, I think

The thread has evolved seriously, though, if you only have less then an hour, check the Vox war report on the public forum... it may be too late to post a story now.

DeepO

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WOW!!

Great work guys... our PR management has certainly gotten better... first humor, and then the most open discussion of game events in a while. Excellent, excellent.

Where oh were is our little doggie, Betahound?lol:

Gotta run.. willl try to check in over the weekend... am still trying to think of more advanced strats to deploy.

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Actually, has anyone noticed how quiet the Vox report has become, and how many views the last page received? When I posted my response to Rendelnep, I noticed the thread was little over 3300 views, now it is nearly 3900, and we're some 15 posts further. It seems this turned into required reading with nearly all teams

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As we've discussed things regarding the Vox war report thread here, I'm posting this here.

The last messages from Hot_enemal we're worrying, but we learned one thing, and perhaps we've given others some ideas too. Nathan, you mentioned somewhere that ND-GoW could be reopening their war with Vox, without mentioning RP was in the deal too. H_E reacted that they had no plans starting a war with Vox, but he didn't deny the closeness of GoW and ND... and no other team did.

The way your post was made, I read into us thinking ND and GoW were close, and far from starting a war between themselves. Maybe this was because of the last discussions here, but maybe others see it like that too. If so, we can assume that your statement is true, as nobody objected even in the slightest to that comment...

This thread is great for getting Legoland up to date, though, if I had been around yesterday, I would certainly have reacted to Rendelnep's new post too. But going back 3 pages for a quote isn't exactly making it look casual conversation

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