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Canton Empire
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Postby Canton Empire » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:06 am

I love how we're talking about the threat of "defender subversion" when the real threats are the reactionaries in these independent and imperialist regions.
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Common-Sense Politics
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Postby Common-Sense Politics » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:09 am

Canton Empire wrote:I love how we're talking about the threat of "defender subversion" when the real threats are the reactionaries in these independent and imperialist regions.

What did I tell you? Don't make me repeat myself.
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Warden Roavin
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Postby Warden Roavin » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:12 am

Common-Sense Politics wrote:TSP has been infiltrated and subverted by TGW interests, full stop. Anyone who can't see it doesn't have the chops to comment on it and anyone who denies it is a liar.


Please, do enlighten us with your chops, since I'm apparently too dumb to see it outright. I assume that since you can claim this with such conviction, you should be able to make a case for it. You know, demonstrate probable cause, and all that.
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Postby Consular » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:13 am

Belschaft wrote:Can I just say that I'm bamused to be considered part of a "defender elite" again.

This is soooo 2012.

I've been accused of being a defender subversive countless times lately. Despite the fact that, as any Warden could attest, I'm immensely lazy and haven't defended much at all.

It's great fun huh
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Postby Unibot III » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:52 am

Common-Sense Politics wrote:TSP has been infiltrated and subverted by TGW interests, full stop. Anyone who can't see it doesn't have the chops to comment on it and anyone who denies it is a liar. The UDL's strategy of dominating GCR communities to advance defenderist interests is back and actionable. It has been Europeia's historical prerogative to be in active opposition to such efforts to dominate the GCR world and I hope that will continue to be the case.


I see the politics, but not the common sense.

Euro hasn't been in "active opposition to" GCR domination, rather its conventional MO is to stick to favourable GCRs like bees to honey and slap the wrists of GCRs that don't share their worldview, wagging its finger disapprovingly.

If you recall the precise text of the Euro-TSP treaty, you'll note it was specifically designed as an anti-FRA, anti-MPA treaty. This shouldn't be surprising, Europeia went as far as to drop treaty negotiations with TRR during Sopo's administration in and around the same time as TSP-Euro treaty was drafted because TNI/LKE was at war with the FRA. Europeia's concern was not the "independence" or sovereign autonomy of game-created regions, it was the strategic containment of perceived political opposition (defenderdom, NPO.)

That geopolitical strategy still remains at play for Europeia. This isn't about what's good for the South Pacific or any other GCR, this is about what is good for Europeia. Which perhaps shouldn't be surprising since that's the guiding principle of independentism.
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Postby Kylia Quilor » Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:30 am

Europeia dropped the treaty with TRR because being allied with two regions that are at war with eachother is silly at best, all but criminally reckless at worst./
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Postby The NAtion OF Froggy » Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:44 am

TGW controls everyone.

because we say it, show no real evidence to any one more than you dislike TGW.

I an neutral in this and I laugh at the craziness you imply. Show me something more then, "if you cant see it.." are we in 2nd grade again.

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Postby The Noble Thatcherites » Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:18 am

The NAtion OF Froggy wrote:TGW controls everyone.

because we say it, show no real evidence to any one more than you dislike TGW.

I an neutral in this and I laugh at the craziness you imply. Show me something more then, "if you cant see it.." are we in 2nd grade again.

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Postby Tim-Opolis » Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:44 am

Common-Sense Politics wrote:TSP has been infiltrated and subverted by TGW interests, full stop. Anyone who can't see it doesn't have the chops to comment on it and anyone who denies it is a liar.

Emphasis mine.

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You really need to go back to debate classes, CSP, and maybe let go of all those straws you're clutching.
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Postby Deladara » Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:47 am

How quaint everyone calling CSPs post ridiculous is a Defender :?
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Postby The NAtion OF Froggy » Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:54 am

Deladara wrote:How quaint everyone calling CSPs post ridiculous is a Defender :?


not everyone. I dont raid or defend, I would say the same saying TBH is the raider equivalent in a reversed case. I mean, a puppet coming out and making crazy theories are crazy. If its defender raider or Rahl or GCR and UCR.

Crazy is crazy, by another name it goes by.
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Postby Kylia Quilor » Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:49 pm

The NAtion OF Froggy wrote:
Deladara wrote:How quaint everyone calling CSPs post ridiculous is a Defender :?


not everyone. I dont raid or defend, I would say the same saying TBH is the raider equivalent in a reversed case. I mean, a puppet coming out and making crazy theories are crazy. If its defender raider or Rahl or GCR and UCR.

Crazy is crazy, by another name it goes by.

CSP isn't a puppet.
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Postby Thalheim » Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:17 pm

Deladara wrote:How quaint everyone calling CSPs post ridiculous is a Defender :?
The offended party is defending itself. Colour me surprised.

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Postby Kylia Quilor » Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:28 pm

Thalheim wrote:
Deladara wrote:How quaint everyone calling CSPs post ridiculous is a Defender :?
The offended party is defending itself. Colour me surprised.

:eek:
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Postby Solorni » Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:30 pm

It seems like TGW is the new UDL; warts and all.
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Postby Benevolent Thomas » Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:43 pm

I feel as if though the paranoia of TGW is actually being used to manipulate more regions than the amount I even hold sway in.
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Postby The NAtion OF Froggy » Tue Sep 05, 2017 1:50 pm

Kylia Quilor wrote:
The NAtion OF Froggy wrote:
not everyone. I dont raid or defend, I would say the same saying TBH is the raider equivalent in a reversed case. I mean, a puppet coming out and making crazy theories are crazy. If its defender raider or Rahl or GCR and UCR.

Crazy is crazy, by another name it goes by.

CSP isn't a puppet.


we are all puppets of something or someone... Don';t try and deny this!

(my apologies then to the non puppet I called a puppet)
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I ain't saying I'm the best but I should be in the top ten, give me a list of names, I'm-ma top them
I'm just playing with ya, I don't care where the top is
Leave me at the bottom, let me work for it, you ain't never gonna find another rapper in the game
And tell me that he works more, tell me that he works more, nah!

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Postby Glen-Rhodes » Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:11 pm

Deladara wrote:How quaint everyone calling CSPs post ridiculous is a Defender :?

Or, rather, a couple TSPers are calling CSP's post nonsense, and they'd know better than someone who hasn't step foot in TSP in years, if ever.

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Postby Common-Sense Politics » Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:21 pm

I see the politics, but not the common sense.

You're better than that. :p

If you recall the precise text of the Euro-TSP treaty, you'll note it was specifically designed as an anti-FRA, anti-MPA treaty. This shouldn't be surprising, Europeia went as far as to drop treaty negotiations with TRR during Sopo's administration in and around the same time as TSP-Euro treaty was drafted because TNI/LKE was at war with the FRA. Europeia's concern was not the "independence" or sovereign autonomy of game-created regions, it was the strategic containment of perceived political opposition (defenderdom, NPO.)

Of course I recall it. One of the central pillars of Europeia's worldview is the idea that strong bilateral relationships enrich communities and supra-regional alliances and organizations diminish them so, in a way, you're absolutely correct in asserting that it isn't surprising that we would put language like that in a treaty, especially when you consider that you and your associates have been so intent on turning TSP and other game-created communities into your personal play things for so many years. The "perceived political opposition" was surely that but was and is a direct, tangible threat to the "sovereign autonomy of game-created regions". That's a fact, Jack.

That geopolitical strategy still remains at play for Europeia. This isn't about what's good for the South Pacific or any other GCR, this is about what is good for Europeia. Which perhaps shouldn't be surprising since that's the guiding principle of independentism.

What's good for the game community as a whole is good for Europeia. You don't have to believe it, and you assuredly won't, but strong and sovereign GCRs are something we who've paid attention for the last several years care very much about. You, your associates, and your successors however have again and again done your damnedest to undermine it. The guiding principle of INDEPENDENCE is to act in the interests of your community and your friends, rather than in the interest of pseudo-moralistic bullshit.
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Postby Canton Empire » Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:25 pm

Common-Sense Politics wrote:
Canton Empire wrote:I love how we're talking about the threat of "defender subversion" when the real threats are the reactionaries in these independent and imperialist regions.

What did I tell you? Don't make me repeat myself.

Considering the crazy statements you just made, I probably took what you said with a grain of salt.
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Postby An Amphibious Equation » Tue Sep 05, 2017 2:47 pm

Canton Empire wrote:
Common-Sense Politics wrote:What did I tell you? Don't make me repeat myself.

Considering the crazy statements you just made, I probably took what you said with a grain of salt.

Disagree with him, think his views are skewed, but he makes far more sense than anything you say Constie.


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Postby Canton Empire » Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:30 pm

An Amphibious Equation wrote:
Canton Empire wrote:Considering the crazy statements you just made, I probably took what you said with a grain of salt.

Disagree with him, think his views are skewed, but he makes far more sense than anything you say Constie.

I know for a fact that the dumbest things I say make more sense than CSP's McCarthy style rants.
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Postby Deladara » Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:32 pm

Canton Empire wrote:
An Amphibious Equation wrote:Disagree with him, think his views are skewed, but he makes far more sense than anything you say Constie.

I know for a fact that the dumbest things I say make more sense than CSP's McCarthy style rants.

If irony were a weapon, Constie would be dead.
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Postby Kylia Quilor » Tue Sep 05, 2017 3:57 pm

Canton Empire wrote:
An Amphibious Equation wrote:Disagree with him, think his views are skewed, but he makes far more sense than anything you say Constie.

I know for a fact that the dumbest things I say make more sense than CSP's McCarthy style rants.

With brilliant skills like that, no wonder you went so far in Europeia, Constie!
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Postby Canton Empire » Tue Sep 05, 2017 4:16 pm

At least paranoia doesn't stop their snark.
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