The Black Riders - The Elite Cavalry of NationStates

[TBR Gradea]

Gradea reporting for raiding duty! On the recommendation of Cora, I have decided to join the Black Riders. There goes my 'defending days'.

[Zaolat]

Gradea reporting for raiding duty! On the recommendation of Cora, I have decided to join the Black Riders. There goes my 'defending days'.

Were you even actually a fenda?

[Baghdad Bob]

A black rider trainee learning rudimentaries of our raiding business

Major Update, March 18th

Huzzah! The Black Riders made a Cavalry training mission for a basics of raiding for tags. Riders had fun.

Into the basic raid training rode the following riders:

Corvus Corax
Victor Savage
NoblePhnx
Kemintiri of Kemet
Did you just cough at me

Hits: 29

Adrastos
Central Democracy Conglomerate
Christmas
Fat People
Green Protection Agency
Hells Gate
Imperial Federation
Kzinti
Isolationist
Lirandy
Mortifera
Omega Synopolis Two
Royal Catholic Alliance
Scrubtopia
Suck Boiz United
Texan Republican bloc
The Coalition to Invade the Black Riders
The Darkesian Syndicate
The Darklands of Armchair Activist
The Global Syndicate
The Great British Dominions
The Iron Isles
The NeoPagan Empire
The Three Broomsticks
The Ultimatum
The Unwanted Realms
Traten
Union of Associated Dictatorships
Union of the North Pacific islands

[Baghdad Bob]

A black rider triumphing over his opponent, as he glides towards victory


Minor Update, March 18th

In the early hours of the morning, while all was calm across the land, an elite team of riders assembled to bring recuperation to the people. Acting swiftly and with precision, they exercised a superior level of excellence on all who crossed their path.
The armies of the infamous Defenders, outnumbering the riders 5 to 3, attempted to stop the might of the elite cavalry, however were ultimately crushed in their feat, as the superior skill and organization of the riders would prove their triumph.


Those who answered the call:

Corvus Corax
Hired Contractor
Getti


Pillaged Lands (23 hits):

Creon
Hannofopoulous
Hells Gate
Imperial Federation
Libertarian Utopia
Lord Vals domain
Lothlorian
National Guard Order
Nesal Suarubia
Northeastern Atlantic (1 endorsement 25 days)
Oo0oO
Sturmland
The Black Raven Empire
The Frigatebird Islands
The Land of Milk and Honey
The Onion Pact
The Remnants of Omega
The Templaric Trinity
The United Empire of All Souls Kingdoms
The United Pacific States
therepublicchernogorsk
Union of Colbertian Liberalist Nations
Urban Hive of Successors of Eye Tyrant

[Gradea]

Gradea reporting for raiding duty! On the recommendation of Cora, I have decided to join the Black Riders. There goes my 'defending days'.

Were you even actually a fenda?

No, it's a joke that Cora was said that I had defenderist morals.

[Gradea]

Can someone unban my TBR forum account?

[Getti]

Can someone unban my TBR forum account?

For whatever reason you were banned from the TBR offsite forum, asking publicly to be unbanned is probably the worst way to go about getting unbanned.

[Kknight]

You are a defender who has publicly attacked our organization. Why should we let you in? You may tg me with your answer.

[Baghdad Bob]

March 19th, 2015, Major Update

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Riders:
Corvus Corax
Kknight
Victor Savage
Hired Contractor
Haafingar and Hjaalmarch
Albioney
Ringomori

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Regions:

Hits: 24

Acheron
Autonomous Research Institute
Caius Cornelius
Democratic Social Union
Falkreath
Fort Whitehorse
Isles of Socialism
MLG FAZE CLAN 420
National Socialist Republics
Philippine Empire
The Bungle Brigade
The Burning Aisles
The Disappointment Isles
The Fatherlands of Allemannir
The Federation of Anarchic Governments
The Free
The Isle Of Arsonistical Infusment
The NationStates Community
The Taft School
The Transitive Property of Equality
The Unholy Region of Tupiland
United Socialists Republics
Ye Olde Virgine
Ziggibofolopimiganigusootipitopia

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Delegates hit: 24

Acheron | 3 endorsements 22 days
Autonomous Research Institute | 2 endorsements N days
Caius Cornelius | 4 endorsements 9 days
Democratic Social Union | 3 endorsements 53 days
Falkreath | 1 endorsements N days
Fort Whitehorse | 2 endorsements 118 days
Isles of Socialism | 1 endorsement 51 days
MLG FAZE CLAN 420 | 3 endorsements 16 days
National Socialist Republics | 2 endorsements 12 days
Philippine Empire | 2 endorsements N days
The Bungle Brigade | 4 endorsements 112 days
The Burning Aisles | 2 endorsements 9 days
The Disappointment Isles | 4 endorsements 30 days
The Fatherlands of Allemannir | 3 endorsements 35 days
The Federation of Anarchic Governments | 1 endorsements 2 days
The Free | 3 endorsements 17 days
The Isle Of Arsonistical Infusment | 1 endorsements 26 days
The NationStates Community | 4 endorsements 53 days
The Taft School | 2 endorsements 35 days
The Transitive Property of Equality | 1 endorsements 3 days
The Unholy Region of Tupiland | 2 endorsements 20 days
United Socialists Republics | 1 endorsements 17 days
Ye Olde Virgine | 1 endorsements 9 days
Ziggibofolopimiganigusootipitopia | 3 endorsements 134 days

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[RiderSyl]

100% delegate hit percentage. Awesome job, everyone.

"Quality over quantity" can have its day in the sun. Just not too often. Love them ridiculously enormous tag raid hit totals too.

[Dante Reath]

I cant believe Ap didnt lock his regional delegate @ Acheron

[Corvus Corax]

Does that make any difference if tags are not done in time?

*Angry TBR Secretary*

I get contacted about the Acheron issue after the update, and answered that:

[8:45:10 AM] Corvus Corax "Cora":
Put delegate access temporary Non-exec if you want avoid tag.
it's our protocol which works here in these matters, nothing personal.

Of course, if tags are not done by pointmen, there are no point to do that at all. Over 11 hours after the update MUST be enough for tagging duties.

People whom cannot do / do not make their tags in time correctly cannot get promotions beyond Private First Class in tag raiding activities.

[Victor Savage]

People who do not tag their regions, do not need to be point.

[Baghdad Bob]

The black riders performing their charge


Minor Update, March 19 2015


With no other riders to answer the raiding call, led by Corvus Corax, Corvus Corax and Hired Contractor decided to only target regions that have no delegates or founders.


The riders:


Corvus Corax
Hired Contractor


Hits: 39


All Hail Bible Man
Arialis
Bangin Booty Club BBC
Callidous States
Central Europe Superpowers
Confederacy of New Sen
Crusaders of the Matriarch
Fox News
Gallows Pole
Guardians of Destiny
Lesbia
Mane six mansion
Methodist
My Little Pony
Oquen
Orthodox
Pirate warriors
Planet of the Apes
Punjab
SHN
Southern Europe
State Empire Union
Stoners
The Cannabis Communists
The Continent of Broken Chains
The Delegates of Food
The Endless Summer
The Floating Islands of Australasia
The Island Of Hawaii
The Isle of The United Nations
The Lexis
The Mushroom Field
The Republic Of Fast Food
The Zonians
Union of the Free Totalitarian States
United Militants of WMAA
Western Caribbean
World Roleplay
Your World

[Albioney]

(Image)
The black riders performing their charge


Minor Update, March 19 2015


With no other riders to answer the raiding call, led by Corvus Corax, Corvus Corax and Hired Contractor decided to only target regions that have no delegates or founders.


The riders:


Corvus Corax
Hired Contractor


Hits: 39


All Hail Bible Man
Arialis
Bangin Booty Club BBC
Callidous States
Central Europe Superpowers
Confederacy of New Sen
Crusaders of the Matriarch
Fox News
Gallows Pole
Guardians of Destiny
Lesbia
Mane six mansion
Methodist
My Little Pony
Oquen
Orthodox
Pirate warriors
Planet of the Apes
Punjab
SHN
Southern Europe
State Empire Union
Stoners
The Cannabis Communists
The Continent of Broken Chains
The Delegates of Food
The Endless Summer
The Floating Islands of Australasia
The Island Of Hawaii
The Isle of The United Nations
The Lexis
The Mushroom Field
The Republic Of Fast Food
The Zonians
Union of the Free Totalitarian States
United Militants of WMAA
Western Caribbean
World Roleplay
Your World

39 hits with two Riders! HUZZAH! We're the fucking bomb. Great job guys.

[Corvus Corax]

Kleo and Fastest Switcher could probably make 60+ hits during minor update and possibly break the record of 75 hits during major update.

It is not that good achievement that it may look at first glance. Anyway, we had fun, once again... and because there were no Fendas against us, we didn't have to be accurate in our jumps, just gallop across updating taglands with minimal effort.

Two raiders is minimum requirement for any kind raiding. The Ultimate Core of our business. A Delegate candidate and who gives one endorsement. Reason why there will always exist "raiders" in NationStates. We are good in a profession of electing delegates.

[Starvation Is Fun]

Hello yes I have a minor complaint.

Every time I see The Black Riders invade a region it's always the same copy/paste stuff in the WFE for that region, and it gets boring. Can y'all spice it up a bit or something? Get some variety going! Put some love into it!

[Corvus Corax]

Hello yes I have a minor complaint.

Every time I see The Black Riders invade a region it's always the same copy/paste stuff in the WFE for that region, and it gets boring. Can y'all spice it up a bit or something? Get some variety going! Put some love into it!

In principle The Black Riders tagging protocol doesn't prevent individual pointmen from customizing every single tag they have, following certain, general guidelines when doing so. However, standard tag format is designed to minimize non-essential work and make tagging duties faster to do. It is also our 'brand'.

Tags are important part of our recruitment methodology, and in that sense improvements could be wise to do... Maybe. But, why change functional and successful concept? At least not because some random native considers it as an eye sore!

[Starvation Is Fun]

Maybe. But, why change functional and successful concept? At least not because some random native considers it as an eye sore!

I've been around to see plenty of regions my home has embassies with get raided and it just seemed to me like "Oh the Black Riders raided X again." While having an instantly recognizable "brand" is good, if I were raiding I'd want to inject a little style into it, own it a bit more, you know? Anyway that's just my two cents, thank you for bothering to read my opinions.

[RiderSyl]

Maybe. But, why change functional and successful concept? At least not because some random native considers it as an eye sore!

I've been around to see plenty of regions my home has embassies with get raided and it just seemed to me like "Oh the Black Riders raided X again." While having an instantly recognizable "brand" is good, if I were raiding I'd want to inject a little style into it, own it a bit more, you know? Anyway that's just my two cents, thank you for bothering to read my opinions.

We're the guys with the "boring" standard WFE's, it's our thing. Our allies, the Black Hawks, are the ones that "inject style" into it. So, if you ever wanna join the dark side of NS, just know ya have options.

[Getti]

Maybe. But, why change functional and successful concept? At least not because some random native considers it as an eye sore!

I've been around to see plenty of regions my home has embassies with get raided and it just seemed to me like "Oh the Black Riders raided X again." While having an instantly recognizable "brand" is good, if I were raiding I'd want to inject a little style into it, own it a bit more, you know? Anyway that's just my two cents, thank you for bothering to read my opinions.

The whole point of having a raiding group with a hierarchy and defined things such as WFE's is to promote organization and unity.
I will admit though, sometimes when I am feeling a little spicy myself, I don't use the regular TBR flag on regions, but instead a similar flag with a slightly grayer/lighter saturation!

[Marelius]

Maybe. But, why change functional and successful concept? At least not because some random native considers it as an eye sore!

I've been around to see plenty of regions my home has embassies with get raided and it just seemed to me like "Oh the Black Riders raided X again." While having an instantly recognizable "brand" is good, if I were raiding I'd want to inject a little style into it, own it a bit more, you know? Anyway that's just my two cents, thank you for bothering to read my opinions.

It is probably something to be encouraged, to a point. But try seeing it from our shoes, would you really want to make custom tags for a big number of regions after a longass raid?

[Corvus Corax]

Yeah, Kleo. We hit for example 50 regions in an update, 35 of them have active founders (relatively). 25 of those 35 tags at targets with alive founder are gone after few days. Some of those 15 founderless regions are detagged too, shortly after (again relatively).

We do this day after day, week after week, month after month, thousands of tags (some about 15000+ so far in history of TBR Second Era). Where are that people who really would want put their time for customizing quantities of tags, that won't necessarily stay too long on WFEs?

Then there are also other reasons why we have relatively strict tagging protocol. TBR cannot take openly stances on it's WFEs as a purist gameplaying raider organisation open for all folks interested about The Art of Raiding. That limits and also requires certain self-discipline from TBR pointmen who may do some customizations here and there.

TBR is not army who fights or represents other then it itself. That is basic norm also in our tagging protocol.

[Albioney]

Everything said above, and plus it looks badass. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Also, when its 2 am, the raid just ended and you've got a bunch of regions to tag, copy/paste is wonderful.

[Marelius]

Yeah, Kleo. We hit for example 50 regions in an update, 35 of them have active founders (relatively). 25 of those 35 tags at targets with alive founder are gone after few days. Some of those 15 founderless regions are detagged too, shortly after (again relatively).

We do this day after day, week after week, month after month, thousands of tags (some about 15000+ so far in history of TBR Second Era). Where are that people who really would want put their time for customizing quantities of tags, that won't necessarily stay too long on WFEs?

Then there are also other reasons why we have relatively strict tagging protocol. TBR cannot take openly stances on it's WFEs as a purist gameplaying raider organisation open for all folks interested about The Art of Raiding. That limits and also requires certain self-discipline from TBR pointmen who may do some customizations here and there.

TBR is not army who fights or represents other then it itself. That is basic norm also in our tagging protocol.

Pretty much this. TBR is military discipline incarnate, and standard tags do good in confirming that.