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Suikodan
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Psychotic Dictatorship

Cheating, abuse of power

Postby Suikodan » Sat Oct 31, 2020 3:16 pm

So... The owner of the website had nothing better to do than to screw people, force decision(s) upon them, and act in an overall childish way unfit of someone in such a position of power(over us) ?
If you start a game of chess, you don't just pout and flip the board because things aren't going the way you would have ''preferred them to go''.
:!:
I'm here to voice my disapproval of his actions.
I, for one, have certainly lost a bit of respect for Max Barry. Simply shameful.
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The Great Imperator Jeffrey
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Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby The Great Imperator Jeffrey » Sat Oct 31, 2020 4:06 pm

He is just making a joke about people who are denying the fact that COVID is dangerous. He is insisting that quarantining and looking for a cure to the zombie virus is an overreaction, just as many irl are saying that we should end lockdowns.
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Postby Ankuran » Sat Oct 31, 2020 4:27 pm

The Great Imperator Jeffrey wrote:He is just making a joke about people who are denying the fact that COVID is dangerous. He is insisting that quarantining and looking for a cure to the zombie virus is an overreaction, just as many irl are saying that we should end lockdowns.


And as a person living in such a country, I find Max's updates hilarious. They actually remind me a bit of Juan of the Dead, in fact.
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Ex-Nation

Postby Albrenia » Sat Oct 31, 2020 4:29 pm

Suikodan wrote:I, for one, have certainly lost a bit of respect for Max Barry. Simply shameful.


I'm sure Max will recover.

It's a silly minigame. Take it easy, and cure/kill some zombies!

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Postby The Gold Mines » Sat Oct 31, 2020 4:34 pm

Suikodan wrote:So... The owner of the website had nothing better to do than to screw people, force decision(s) upon them, and act in an overall childish way unfit of someone in such a position of power(over us) ?
If you start a game of chess, you don't just pout and flip the board because things aren't going the way you would have ''preferred them to go''.
:!:
I'm here to voice my disapproval of his actions.
I, for one, have certainly lost a bit of respect for Max Barry. Simply shameful.

You really don’t like max barry, then

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Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby Concordant Opposition » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:02 pm

The Great Imperator Jeffrey wrote:He is just making a joke about people who are denying the fact that COVID is dangerous. He is insisting that quarantining and looking for a cure to the zombie virus is an overreaction, just as many irl are saying that we should end lockdowns.


That's a good sell and I guess you're a Barry zealot, but he's just being childish.

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Postby Albrenia » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:04 pm

Concordant Opposition wrote:
The Great Imperator Jeffrey wrote:He is just making a joke about people who are denying the fact that COVID is dangerous. He is insisting that quarantining and looking for a cure to the zombie virus is an overreaction, just as many irl are saying that we should end lockdowns.


That's a good sell and I guess you're a Barry zealot, but he's just being childish.


I mean, yeah it's childish, but Z Day isn't exactly serious business, is it?

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Postby Noahs Second Country » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:04 pm

Concordant Opposition wrote:
The Great Imperator Jeffrey wrote:He is just making a joke about people who are denying the fact that COVID is dangerous. He is insisting that quarantining and looking for a cure to the zombie virus is an overreaction, just as many irl are saying that we should end lockdowns.


That's a good sell and I guess you're a Barry zealot, but he's just being childish.

I think you're missing the point.
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Postby Gandoor » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:04 pm

it's a fuckin minigame that has no effect on your nation whatsoever after the event ends

literally who cares.
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Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Cedoria » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:05 pm

Suikodan wrote:So... The owner of the website had nothing better to do than to screw people, force decision(s) upon them, and act in an overall childish way unfit of someone in such a position of power(over us) ?
If you start a game of chess, you don't just pout and flip the board because things aren't going the way you would have ''preferred them to go''.
:!:
I'm here to voice my disapproval of his actions.
I, for one, have certainly lost a bit of respect for Max Barry. Simply shameful.


He’s joking about the idiocy of certain decisions taken in response to the pandemic, nothing more.
Like it or don’t, simple as that. You don’t have to play.
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Postby Salcanceacy » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:07 pm

This Zday is sponsored by Max: Barry Legends.
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Lord Britannia
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Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Lord Britannia » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:12 pm

As many others have already stated, please don't take this too seriously. It's just a little event, even if you don't participate, it doesn't affect your nation the moment it ends.
So relax, and happy halloween!

Sincerely

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Postby The New California Republic » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:14 pm

Is this parody or...?
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Postby Reploid Productions » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:17 pm

Suikodan wrote:I, for one, have certainly lost a bit of respect for Max Barry. Simply shameful.

You had any to begin with? :blink:

(Psst.... Max's recent works have been more heavily into science-fiction, but he was originally big into writing satire. And taking the piss out of IRL stuff.)
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Ex-Nation

Postby Zatalunya » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:23 pm

Suikodan wrote:So... The owner of the website had nothing better to do than to screw people, force decision(s) upon them, and act in an overall childish way unfit of someone in such a position of power(over us) ?
If you start a game of chess, you don't just pout and flip the board because things aren't going the way you would have ''preferred them to go''.
:!:
I'm here to voice my disapproval of his actions.
I, for one, have certainly lost a bit of respect for Max Barry. Simply shameful.


I for one, throughly enjoyed the opportunities today. ;^)

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Postby Kashimura » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:33 pm

Well we didn’t exactly elect him into administration. Not much to do about that. :lol2:
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Ex-Nation

Postby Radiatia » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:37 pm

I'll admit it was a bit of a dick move, but it still made me laugh. It was good, proper satire there.

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Postby Kandorith » Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:40 pm

As a person who is feeling really down because of the limits in this country right now, these news posts made me laugh really hard. It was one of the only bright points in the past 48 hours for me to be fair. The lightheartedness and basically just having a poke at everything happening in the world. We need more like this.
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Postby Deterria » Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:16 pm

Lord Britannia wrote:As many others have already stated, please don't take this too seriously. It's just a little event, even if you don't participate, it doesn't affect your nation the moment it ends.
So relax, and happy halloween!

Sincerely

Jonas Levor
Lord Secretary of the Foreign Ministry of the Imperial Federation of Great Redanien


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Ex-Nation

Postby Honeydewistania » Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:18 pm

Everyone should vote in the upcoming election! No more 4 more years of Max Barry’s tyranny!
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Postby QF 2-Pounder Naval Gun » Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:20 pm

Well, it sure was a surprise waking up to my main curing nation being half infected after Max had hit the OFF switch on the cure whilst I was asleep, but honestly, it just made things more interesting. Lots of fighting, both alongside and against the infected, and not to mention the absolute pain and suffering I got to cause against horde embracers using this puppet of mine. 400 million infected dead in one attack from a 2 billion nation? Fun times is what I would call that.
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Postby Deterria » Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:41 pm

QF 2-Pounder Naval Gun wrote:Well, it sure was a surprise waking up to my main curing nation being half infected after Max had hit the OFF switch on the cure whilst I was asleep, but honestly, it just made things more interesting. Lots of fighting, both alongside and against the infected, and not to mention the absolute pain and suffering I got to cause against horde embracers using this puppet of mine. 400 million infected dead in one attack from a 2 billion nation? Fun times is what I would call that.


Unfortunately the region this guy comes from is full of nancy prudes with exception to myself and like one other person.

Fun is illegal there, just check out their RMB to find out.

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Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby Suikodan » Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:52 pm

Deterria wrote:Unfortunately the region this guy comes from is full of nancy prudes with exception to myself and like one other person.
Fun is illegal there, just check out their RMB to find out.

And, I would personally advise people to disregard your petty personal ''schoolyard'' attack on me. Behave, if you can at least do that.

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In the end, the point/argument of my initial message boils down to a mix of dislike and apprehension of someone 'In a clear and definite position of power' abusing said power for ''lolz''.
That, in itself, especially considering real-world political stuff of recent years (*cough*) is reason enough to worry a little... when someone starts ''doing things not in our best interest(s), because *lol, I can do whatever I want*''.

Not important, here ? In the grand scheme of things, sure.
In a relative ''Do I still 100% trust that guy'' sense, it plays a big part.
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Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Kingdoms of Cal » Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:07 pm

Deterria wrote:
QF 2-Pounder Naval Gun wrote:Well, it sure was a surprise waking up to my main curing nation being half infected after Max had hit the OFF switch on the cure whilst I was asleep, but honestly, it just made things more interesting. Lots of fighting, both alongside and against the infected, and not to mention the absolute pain and suffering I got to cause against horde embracers using this puppet of mine. 400 million infected dead in one attack from a 2 billion nation? Fun times is what I would call that.


Unfortunately the region this guy comes from is full of nancy prudes with exception to myself and like one other person.

Fun is illegal there, just check out their RMB to find out.


One the region is kinda fun and two...well if that is how you view the region, best find a better one, your gone!

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Ex-Nation

Postby Zatalunya » Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:10 pm

*grabs popcorn and enjoys the show*

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