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Drop Your Pants
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Postby Drop Your Pants » Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:54 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:Could you have been trusted?

Dunno, depends what I was doing at the time in Laz :P Probably not.
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Mallorea and Riva
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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:00 pm

Drop Your Pants wrote:
Mallorea and Riva wrote:Could you have been trusted?

Dunno, depends what I was doing at the time in Laz :P Probably not.

>_> Well there you go.

Milograd brought me in, then I suggested we bring in Durk due to his expertise. From there we branched out and begged for support from friends.
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Drop Your Pants
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Postby Drop Your Pants » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:09 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:>_> Well there you go.

Milograd brought me in, then I suggested we bring in Durk due to his expertise. From there we branched out and begged for support from friends.

Could have asked at least ;) Never been part of a coup (beyond mild threats to wake people up), been on the receiving end a few times.
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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:11 pm

Drop Your Pants wrote:
Mallorea and Riva wrote:>_> Well there you go.

Milograd brought me in, then I suggested we bring in Durk due to his expertise. From there we branched out and begged for support from friends.

Could have asked at least ;) Never been part of a coup (beyond mild threats to wake people up), been on the receiving end a few times.

I'd recommend it if you get the chance. Only thing is that it's quite time consuming.
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Postby Kaboomlandia » Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:25 pm

I just triggered a raid that was early, but would have hit...had I actually remembered to join the WA with the point. :lol:

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Postby Drop Your Pants » Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:12 pm

Kaboomlandia wrote:I just triggered a raid that was early, but would have hit...had I actually remembered to join the WA with the point. :lol:

#RaiderOfTheYear

For making the job of many defenders easier by being completely useless at raiding, I present you with this cookie medal.
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Postby Benevolent Thomas » Sun Apr 23, 2017 10:13 am

That coup probably lead to one of the greatest trolls on gameplay, if not the best, that I've ever witnessed. When those roleplayers took to the GP forum alongside every boob that created a thread about the unfolding events, Defender and Invader alike were annoyed beyond comprehension. Now that I have a few more years under my belt, I have much more respect for those that pulled the coup off and generated all that activity/madness.
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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Sun Apr 23, 2017 10:47 am

Benevolent Thomas wrote:That coup probably lead to one of the greatest trolls on gameplay, if not the best, that I've ever witnessed. When those roleplayers took to the GP forum alongside every boob that created a thread about the unfolding events, Defender and Invader alike were annoyed beyond comprehension. Now that I have a few more years under my belt, I have much more respect for those that pulled the coup off and generated all that activity/madness.

It was a well-oiled machine.
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:39 am

Mallorea and Riva wrote:
Benevolent Thomas wrote:That coup probably lead to one of the greatest trolls on gameplay, if not the best, that I've ever witnessed. When those roleplayers took to the GP forum alongside every boob that created a thread about the unfolding events, Defender and Invader alike were annoyed beyond comprehension. Now that I have a few more years under my belt, I have much more respect for those that pulled the coup off and generated all that activity/madness.

It was a well-oiled machine.


So was the titanic.
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Postby G-Tech Corporation » Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:41 am

Mallorea and Riva wrote:It was on this very night 4 years ago that I was informed by my colleagues that dozens of RP'ers would be willing to help out the coup of TSP which had started on the 20th. Over the next few days around 200 supporters of the cause entered the region. It would last until the minor update of the 30th, when the imperialist jaywalking airgangsters took the region by force, relying on outside forces to seize the region and re-institute the oligarchy which presides to this very day. Legend has it that on quiet nights in TSP you can still hear the echoes of the singing of the minnows in the alleys of the once great cities that dotted TSP during the Glorious Revolution.


Ah yes. The Eternal Revolution lives on in our hearts. The amount of propaganda and glorious Juche mobilization I did for that was a grand old time.
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Mallorea and Riva
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Postby Mallorea and Riva » Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:51 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Mallorea and Riva wrote:It was a well-oiled machine.


So was the titanic.

As with the Titanic it was a tragedy when it went down. There is a drunk captain joke to be made here somewhere.
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Mallorea and Riva wrote:It was on this very night 4 years ago that I was informed by my colleagues that dozens of RP'ers would be willing to help out the coup of TSP which had started on the 20th. Over the next few days around 200 supporters of the cause entered the region. It would last until the minor update of the 30th, when the imperialist jaywalking airgangsters took the region by force, relying on outside forces to seize the region and re-institute the oligarchy which presides to this very day. Legend has it that on quiet nights in TSP you can still hear the echoes of the singing of the minnows in the alleys of the once great cities that dotted TSP during the Glorious Revolution.


Ah yes. The Eternal Revolution lives on in our hearts. The amount of propaganda and glorious Juche mobilization I did for that was a grand old time.

All those who supported the struggle of the minnows will forever have a place in the spirit of the Revolution.
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Postby New Rogernomics » Sun Apr 23, 2017 3:33 pm

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Mallorea and Riva wrote:It was a well-oiled machine.


So was the titanic.
Heh. :lol:

It wasn't the titanic at fault, but poor company culture*, and general human error.

If anyone can sink a ship, it is human beings.

*Didn't help that they offended the wireless operators of the closest ship, so they turned off for the night, and that they didn't take serious notice of the iceberg warnings.
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Benevolent Thomas
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Postby Benevolent Thomas » Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:47 pm

Mallorea and Riva wrote:There is a drunk captain joke to be made here somewhere.

"A Liquor Captain never abandons a sinking shit ship"

- Jim Lahey a.k.a. the Liquor

please come back to me, Skydip...
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Postby Stalker Queen » Sun Apr 23, 2017 6:03 pm

Benevolent Thomas wrote:please come back to me, Skydip...

SkyDip will be pleasantly surprised one of his brothers has come back and said brother has gotten a new daughter. :P
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Postby The Bruce » Mon Apr 24, 2017 12:46 am

Roavin wrote:
Drop Your Pants wrote:I could only get decent Wifi on my laptop outside for some weird reason. Updates under an umbrella were an experience.


Had a lib right when I had a dentists appointment. I crossed up and everything on my phone (ugh fuck cross-endorsing on a phone) while I was in the waiting room, then I got called into the office and was told to lie down on that chair thing. The 2-minute warning came, I got my thumb ready, and about a minute or so later the dentist walked in. I considered saying "hold on" but my better senses prevailed >_> - I just pressed move kamikaze-style and put the phone away. Got my teeth drilled up a bit while wondering whether we got it or not. Turns out my lucky jump was just a few seconds before the actual trigger, and we got it \o/


And I thought it was bad trying to log in while on vacation without a smart phone, traveling to a neighbouring ranch that had the interwebs feels kind of absurd looking back a few years at it. But to be clear, I'm not an NS addict...

Also, the main factor of the Titanic sinking was embrittlement of the steel, because the high sulphur content from the foundry process, causing it to be severely weakened by the cold Atlantic waters. That's why they were surprised when the iceberg cut the side of the ship like butter, because it wouldn't have if the steel had been done right (been reading a lot of books on material science lately).

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Postby SYG » Mon Apr 24, 2017 2:23 pm

The Bruce wrote:Also, the main factor of the Titanic sinking was embrittlement of the steel, because the high sulphur content from the foundry process, causing it to be severely weakened by the cold Atlantic waters. That's why they were surprised when the iceberg cut the side of the ship like butter, because it wouldn't have if the steel had been done right (been reading a lot of books on material science lately).

You learn something new every day :blush:
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Postby USS Monitor » Mon Apr 24, 2017 2:31 pm

SYG wrote:
The Bruce wrote:Also, the main factor of the Titanic sinking was embrittlement of the steel, because the high sulphur content from the foundry process, causing it to be severely weakened by the cold Atlantic waters. That's why they were surprised when the iceberg cut the side of the ship like butter, because it wouldn't have if the steel had been done right (been reading a lot of books on material science lately).

You learn something new every day :blush:


Bad metallurgy was also one of my big problems, and one of the reasons why ironclads in general had such a problem with the weight of our armor.
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Mon Apr 24, 2017 2:32 pm

USS Monitor wrote:
SYG wrote:You learn something new every day :blush:


Bad metallurgy was also one of my big problems, and one of the reasons why ironclads in general had such a problem with the weight of our armor.


Having a heart of gold does not help either :p
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Postby Lord Dominator » Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:08 pm

The Blaatschapen wrote:
USS Monitor wrote:
Bad metallurgy was also one of my big problems, and one of the reasons why ironclads in general had such a problem with the weight of our armor.


Having a heart of gold does not help either :p

Is bribing the team with gold how Moniter became a mod? :p
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Postby SYG » Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:30 pm

USS Monitor wrote:
SYG wrote:You learn something new every day :blush:


Bad metallurgy was also one of my big problems, and one of the reasons why ironclads in general had such a problem with the weight of our armor.

Well I hope you get things SHIPuated so you don't sink..

haha get it... puns..
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Postby RiderSyl » Tue Apr 25, 2017 2:17 am

SYG wrote:
USS Monitor wrote:
Bad metallurgy was also one of my big problems, and one of the reasons why ironclads in general had such a problem with the weight of our armor.

Well I hope you get things SHIPuated so you don't sink..

haha get it... puns..


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Postby Sotasky » Tue Apr 25, 2017 5:57 am

SYG wrote:
USS Monitor wrote:
Bad metallurgy was also one of my big problems, and one of the reasons why ironclads in general had such a problem with the weight of our armor.

Well I hope you get things SHIPuated so you don't sink..

haha get it... puns..

I'm starting to understand why people apparently don't like you :unsure:
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Postby Lord Dominator » Tue Apr 25, 2017 6:45 am

Ridersyl wrote:
SYG wrote:Well I hope you get things SHIPuated so you don't sink..

haha get it... puns..


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I would be sure to do so if I could find a good gif or image to do so with :p

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Postby Drasnia » Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:27 am

Lord Dominator wrote:
Ridersyl wrote:
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I would be sure to do so if I could find a good gif or image to do so with :p

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Postby SYG » Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:33 am

Sotasky wrote:
SYG wrote:Well I hope you get things SHIPuated so you don't sink..

haha get it... puns..

I'm starting to understand why people apparently don't like you :unsure:

Who are you and thanks
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