Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 2:05 pm
Interesting article, good work.
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Bhang Bhang Duc wrote:Will TL;DR News be making a reappearance at any time? Along with Miniluv it was one of my favourite reads.
Klaus Devestatorie wrote:Oh hey, I was involved in some of those things
Glen-Rhodes wrote:Also, the thawing of the "Cold War" pretty much coincided with the dissolution of the UIAF. The whole thing revolved around the rise and spread of imperialism, so when the root cause of that no longer existed, there wasn't any reason for the Cold War to go on.
But I wouldn't say GCRs have reverted to "non-ideological mutual respect and cooperation." If imperialism rises again, we'll see more diplomatic conflict. Ideology still plays a significant role in GCR relations. It's just that the ideological gap between GCRs isn't as wide anymore.
Consular wrote:I'd probably rank the death of TBR a bit lower, since all they really did was change name, but I can understand its placement.
Ridersyl wrote:Must be special to be reminded of the disaster you inherited as NPO's Emperor.
Pierconium wrote:Ridersyl wrote:Must be special to be reminded of the disaster you inherited as NPO's Emperor.
One can hardly consider taking the helm of the most stable feeder in the game a disaster, regardless of possible errors made by departed members of our government in other regions.
Regardless of what may or may not have resulted diplomatically from the blunders in Lazarus, the Pacific and the NPO remained stalwart throughout.
Pierconium wrote:Ridersyl wrote:Must be special to be reminded of the disaster you inherited as NPO's Emperor.
One can hardly consider taking the helm of the most stable feeder in the game a disaster, regardless of possible errors made by departed members of our government in other regions.
Regardless of what may or may not have resulted diplomatically from the blunders in Lazarus, the Pacific and the NPO remained stalwart throughout.
The Silver Sentinel wrote:Pierconium wrote:One can hardly consider taking the helm of the most stable feeder in the game a disaster, regardless of possible errors made by departed members of our government in other regions.
Regardless of what may or may not have resulted diplomatically from the blunders in Lazarus, the Pacific and the NPO remained stalwart throughout.
Stable feeder? Can I have some of that kool-aid as well? The Pacifc has been in decline for years. The only people that stick around are the loyalists or the ones who don't know how to join a new region. I would hardly consider that "stable".
Cormac Stark wrote:To say that UIAF dissolution has played a role in the thaw is accurate, but to call that the major factor is an inaccurate oversimplification. Changes within and between the Feeders and Sinkers, and the dissolution of both competing blocs, have led to the thaw. You can't deny that a once powerful defender-leaning bloc of four GCRs has largely ceased to exist, leaving Lazarus and The Rejected Realms as, once again, the only two defender GCRs and the only two even remotely leaning in that direction. That's the other side of the coin, which you failed to note, and the collapse of the defender-leaning GCR bloc has been at least as important as dissolution of the UIAF in thawing the cold war.
Solorni wrote:Yet, you have the audacity to claim that Imperialism was the greater threat.
Cormac Stark wrote:I think it's interesting that you're openly acknowledging that you and Unibot were driving TSP's foreign affairs to meet defender goals. I really don't have much to say other than that, because that pretty much says it all. Who are the imperialists, again?
The Silver Sentinel wrote:Cormac Stark wrote:I think it's interesting that you're openly acknowledging that you and Unibot were driving TSP's foreign affairs to meet defender goals. I really don't have much to say other than that, because that pretty much says it all. Who are the imperialists, again?
Really no different from Misley driving The Internationales foreign affairs to meet leftist goals, and The Internationale claims to fight against imperialism.