Lone Wolves United - For Your Protection

[Great Algerstonia]

just as I think it would be entertaining if there was diplomatic between moralist and non-moralist defenders.

What the fuck are you talking about?

Apologies, I have this weird thing going on lately where I either forget to type a word or type a different word than I was intending. I intended to say "diplomatic conflict between moralist and non-moralist defenders".

[Dakota Vytherov]

Actually I think Quebec has a decent point, though I wouldn't go as far as he did with blaming the state of raiding on this.

Raider unity isn't a concept that much exists anymore for multiple reasons -- raider regions being blacklisted on a nearly year basis for the last five years, regions blocking other orgs from working with each other over wounded egos, and then just the lack of decently built up raider orgs. Despite being a defender now for four months, from the perspective of someone who spent years trying to build up raiding org I'm a bit sad to see that raider unity is so dead a concept that one of the few remaining established raider orgs is fine smacking down another raider occupation and saying "If they have a problem with it, they can reach out to us."

[Haganham]

What embarrassment?

Declaring victory and ordering a retreat, only to fail to actually effect a withdrawal and getting spanked anyway.

[Comfed]

What embarrassment?

Declaring victory and ordering a retreat, only to fail to actually effect a withdrawal and getting spanked anyway.

So… they left, and then defenders detagged it, and that counts as them getting spanked?

[WayNeacTia]

Declaring victory and ordering a retreat, only to fail to actually effect a withdrawal and getting spanked anyway.

So… they left, and then defenders detagged it, and that counts as them getting spanked?

Manufactured victory.

[Haganham]

Declaring victory and ordering a retreat, only to fail to actually effect a withdrawal and getting spanked anyway.

So… they left, and then defenders detagged it, and that counts as them getting spanked?

Did you really leave if you have to be forcibly removed? And if so, what is the functional difference between a liberation and a withdrawal?

So… they left, and then defenders detagged it, and that counts as them getting spanked?

Manufactured victory.

Forcing your enemies to flee from the field before you is a victory unto itself, running them down before they can do so, even more.

[Wascoitan]

So… they left, and then defenders detagged it, and that counts as them getting spanked?

Did you really leave if you have to be forcibly removed? And if so, what is the functional difference between a liberation and a withdrawal?

Manufactured victory.

Forcing your enemies to flee from the field before is a victory unto itself, running them down before they can do so, even more.

"forcing your enemy to flee" is an interesting way to say the op had ended and they were already withdrawing, just because they weren't withdrawing fast enough for your taste doesn't mean they weren't withdrawing.

[Les Claypool]

Whatever irrelevant raider group they replaced can hardly be considered relevant to the “raider faction”.

Look no further than right here, forum lurkers, to see why the raider faction has performed like absolute ass in the last 6-7 months.

At least you're not making any decisions for raiderdom, Comfed, because this type of attitude is a terrible one to have in terms of organization and faction health. Back in February, Libcord could've easily dismissed the LDF (at the time LCNAF) as irrelevant and useless, though unlike raiderdom, defenderdom knows how to accept new regions, regardless of perceived strength, into the faction. Which is why I'm super optimistic for what we might see out of Alvarez and Celtia one day!

Feel free to keep kicking noob/inexperienced raiders while they're down, though, raiders. You're only hurting your own faction.

You're only hurting your own arguments, with silly stuff like this.

[Haganham]

Did you really leave if you have to be forcibly removed? And if so, what is the functional difference between a liberation and a withdrawal?


Forcing your enemies to flee from the field before is a victory unto itself, running them down before they can do so, even more.

"forcing your enemy to flee" is an interesting way to say the op had ended and they were already withdrawing, just because they weren't withdrawing fast enough for your taste doesn't mean they weren't withdrawing.

Announcing you're withdrawing(in response to an upcoming liberation) isn't withdrawing. At the time we took control of the region. LWU still had their officers in power and present in the region, along with 40 pilers. That's basically the entire occupation force not withdrawn. It's not that the withdrawal was not fast enough, it had not even begun. Clearly because it was a last minute PR move to pretend the region had not been libbed.

[A Bloodred Moon]

Announcing your withdrawing(in response to an upcoming liberation) isn't withdrawing. At the time we took control of the region. LWU still had their officers in power and present in the region, along with 40 pilers. That's basically the entire occupation force no withdrawn.
The "withdrawal" was entirely last minute PR, as they knew the region was about to be libbed.

What reality do you live in? The bulk of our 90 pilers had withdrawn after we’d occupied the region for a comfortable 10 days, after which we issued a withdrawal order. There was no delegate in the region, and almost all Regional Officers had resigned from WA. Defenders took the region with 34 verified endorsements, whereas our occupation had reached 93.

Defenders stopped trying to liberate after the first three updates, during which they came close but failed. There was no “incoming liberation” at the time of withdrawal - not even an attrition attempt was seen after the first three updates. Just a detag, 4 days after we’d given the order to withdraw. Not even other defenders attempted to claim we ran away, are you by chance an XKIer?

[Wascoitan]

"forcing your enemy to flee" is an interesting way to say the op had ended and they were already withdrawing, just because they weren't withdrawing fast enough for your taste doesn't mean they weren't withdrawing.

Announcing you're withdrawing(in response to an upcoming liberation) isn't withdrawing. At the time we took control of the region. LWU still had their officers in power and present in the region, along with 40 pilers. That's basically the entire occupation force not withdrawn. It's not that the withdrawal was not fast enough, it had not even begun. Clearly because it was a last minute PR move to pretend the region had not been libbed.

last minute pr move to protect against what? yall gave up after like what 2 maybe 3 updates? what happened to us being the ones that lacked stamina? LWU had no reason to try to make a last minute PR move because yall had failed miserably at trying to lib it, by the time the withdrawal happened you were still miles behind us in terms of endos, and those of you that did have a lot of endos on you were starting to be banjected with no extra lib attempts coming to give you reinforcements. if LWU and their allies wanted to they could've held onto that place for weeks to come, they had literally no reason to fake a withdrawal for pr purposes.

[Drop Your Pants]

Not even other defenders attempted to claim we ran away, are you by chance an XKIer?

Now now, there's no need for that jab. Why you felt the need to take a pot shot at random defender groups is beyond me. Enjoy the victory, don't mess it up with silly insults (although not sure being called a XKIer is an insult for most outside raiders).

[Unibot III]

Has invading declined to the point where it has to rely on 90+ pilers again? That strikes me as the real story here. I would presume the 30+ troops being dispatched into the region were a part of a siege/attrition strategy to burn the lead’s influence while the bigger liberation was being organized. I’ve never seen an invader group pile 90 folks onto a lead then cut and run before the weekend. That’s a new one for me.

[Lord Dominator]

Has invading declined to the point where it has to rely on 90+ pilers again?

90 pilers hardly sounds like a decline to me - particularly when it’s defenders that set the terms (so to speak) on how many pilers are needed to prevent liberations. Given Jo indicated the 3 attempts towards occupation beginning nearly succeeded despite those numbers, they rather were necessary I think.

[A Bloodred Moon]

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Treaty of the Pirates' Den

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The West Pacific and Lone Wolves United are proud to announce the Treaty of the Pirates' Den following diplomatic discussions between the leadership of both regions, formalising long-standing historic, cultural and military ties between our two respective regions.

The full text of the treaty may be found here.

[Andusre]

Congrats to TWP & LWU

[Twobagger]

Congratulations to both regions. It will be fun seeing where this leads in the future.

[A Bloodred Moon]

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It is often said that democracy is the best system of government, and Lone Wolves United, the Black Hawks and Kantrias completely agree, certainly on that it beats fascism. Despite a fascist regime having taken power in the region days previously, a host of strangely new citizens took to the streets to protest the new regime, resulting in its successful overthrow at the hands of this interregional coalition. The operation involved some 17 updaters from all three operations, including several new recruits, and was a collaborative effort with TBH in terms of organisation.

By the following major update, 44 endorsements were counted, and the region remains under LWU control as we clear out the last fascist remnants.

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Participating Protestors:

Lone Wolves United:
Khan A Bloodred Moon (Trigger)
Khalif General Kawaii
Kheshig Yoshizawa Kasumi (Point)
Wolf Bobfred
Wolf Mirecek
Wolf Kherty
Wolf Ostehovel

The Black Hawks:
LTN Miravana (Trigger/Backup point)
LTN Aleena Connolly
LTN twobagger
SGT devi
CPL Lucklife
CPL Holoratus
PVT Siuaria

Kantrias:
Grand General Caldemar Quilor
Private August Scitii
Private Saldagon

[Dankistan Reborn Reborn]

Unrelated to the previous post, but may I ask why LWU chose to close it's long-existing embassy with The Invaders? No rudeness intended, just curious.

[Tamiel]

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On the major of the 28th of November, Lone Wolves United updated its Terms of Service in regards to the region The New Order Last Days of Europe, a 50 something nation region with a non-executive founder. As such, alongside our partners in The Black Hawks, the West Pacific Armed Forces, Kantrias, Caer Sidi and Lily, we decided to notify them of this significant shift in policies. Great success was achieved at update, as some 30 updaters came to join us. Following the successful delegacy switch, we decided to stick around for a while. So, we made ourselves at home, sent out a ping and TG and waited for minor.

By minor update, 64 endorsements had been gathered on the point nation, with at least 20 hailing from LWU. While a solid showing, defenders and some independent friends had pulled whatever they could, leading to an imposing 80+ endorsements before update. Many organisations would have despaired in the face of such odds, yet not LWU. Banhammer in hand, we valiantly stood up to the hordes of defenderdom, daring them to come at us, and so they did. We would be happy to report that we held the delegacy and continue to do so after minor, having beaten the odds and defenders alike...

...and that would be half true. Defenders did take the delegacy on the minor update, and as such we did not hold it all the time throughout minor. However, the blessings of the game were upon us, for we were returned the delegacy about 10 seconds later. Some* claim this is due to a glitch, but we have decided, based entirely on scientific observation, that the game has agreed that we are simply that lovable. Especially considering defenders missed a liberation entirely due to the game glitching out last year, we cannot help but conclude we are the game's favourite organisation. Not even we knew we were that good.

Inconvenient details aside, though, the important and factually accurate takeaway is that raiders held the delegacy against a horde of more than 80 defenders, and more context than that is absolutely unnecessary. Trust us. On a separate note, while we do not have the room to thank them on the WFE, we'd also like to thank TITO and the SPSF for their endorsements of our delegate. It seems they too decided to update their policies.

11/28/2021, 6:15:51 PM GMT+1: Vengeance up on those who invades endorsed Tamiel.
11/28/2021, 6:12:45 PM GMT+1: HumanDroid endorsed Tamiel.

*literally everyone.

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Updaters present:

Lone Wolves United:
Khan A Bloodred Moon (trigger/point)
Khalif Sidoneia
Khalif, General Kawaii (trigger)
Alpha Emeritus Green (trigger)
Kheshig, Yoshizawa Kasumi
Wolf Rose Weisberg-Talleyrand (trigger)
Wolf Izhar
Wolf Jasper

The Black Hawks:
Major Miravana (Backup Point)
Major Bjourn
LTN Drexlore
LTN Aleena Connolly
LTN twobagger
SGT Phoenix the Empress of Fire
CPL Technolopolis
CPL Lucklife
CPL Emunickle Society
PFC Siuaria
PFC Newer Lunar
PFC The Albali Republic

The West Pacific Armed Forces:
First Mate Teralyon
Gunner Nagaraningrad
Gunner United Adaikes
PowderMonkey Fhaeng

Kantrias:
Grand General, Caldemar
Lance Corporal Zoygaria
Private August Scitii

Lily:
Supreme Commander, Frenchy II
Boysbian Kit

Caer Sidi:
Fénnid Evil Mother

[Great Algerstonia]

Not a single TNO reference in there. I know a lot about the mod and am close to being a developer so I can unironically help you make a better report that relates to the mod because that report is completely horrible and bland.

Offer also stands to defenders

[Great Algerstonia]

Never mind

[A Bloodred Moon]

Passwords. Passwords are a key part of regional security on NS. So we have always told the natives, and some, it seems, actually listened to that advice. So it was with A Liberal Haven, an old, historical region of some 20 nations, apparently founded in 2003. Last raided in 2016, its delegacy stood undisturbed for some 1974 days, an impressive record indeed. However, we, the ever-so-benevolent raiders, noticed that the region had been falling into stagnation for a while. Fortunately, we were there to help - our very own Vandoosa had been one of these 20 nations that persisted within the region, having resided within the region since 2016. The sleeper had accumulated a lot of influence over the years, and we finally decided to put it to good use.

So, having decided upon our course of action, and noting that the password was freely visible to all residents, Lone Wolves United and The Black Hawks gathered together a crew to help the man with the munchies to the delegacy seat. This was planned quietly, and on the major of 01/01/2022, as we entered the new year, A Liberal Haven entered a new era of prosperity too. Our new delegate, high and mighty as he was, swiftly recognised the potential security flaw in the regional defences, and so he set to work. An ingenious password, that we are certain no one would have guessed and was most definitely not a selection of numbers, was installed, and the regional recruitment office set about to revive the region. Now you might be thinking, "a password to restrict freedom of movement, that sounds like 1984." We're certain it's more like 1816 than that, though. Unfortunately, it seems the Security Council disagreed.

It was at this point that defenders took notice of us, and realising that our security was putting theirs to shame, they got jealous. You, dear reader, may have noticed that this raid was happening thanks to the current Security Council liberation in quorum. Apparently, they thought we were raiding the place and had caught us with a smoking gun. While there was something smoked indeed, we're certain they're mistaken, but despite the close and nailbiting vote it seems the proposal may pass. While we appreciate the publicity, we've decided that waiting for the Security Council to come kick in our door is a not-so-tactical idea. As such, we have decided to open up our doors in a peaceful manner to all our beloved raider friends. We appreciate the support Caer Sidi, Karma, Osiris and everyone else who has come so far in support of the cause.

We look forward to seeing the liberator forces attempt to liberate the liberated liberals. Once they figure out the password, of course.

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The Updating Cast:
Wolf Vandoosa, the man of munchies and smoking sleepers.
Lieutenant Miravana, trigger from TBH
Khan A Bloodred Moon - LWU
Alpha Emeritus Elysium Station II - LWU
Khalif General Kawaii - LWU
General Reventus Koth - TBH
Sergeant The Gilded Flame - TBH

[Reventus Koth]

A true privilege to be involved in the initial jump into ALH. 6 year sleepers don't come around very often, so hats off to Vandy and his legendary munchies for providing the cleanest entry into a region I've seen in quite some time. A broken streak and an SC liberation on the way is a great way to start the year

[A Bloodred Moon]

Update on the update: Pressured into posting as I was, I am here to accurately* report** the event*** that was major update and what led up to it for those who weren't around. When we wrote the last report, the endorsement count for the smoking joint op was at 70ish endorsements, which, in a roughly 3-hour timespan is not a bad number. We set the goal at 90 endorsements by major, a decently high bar but we thought it was doable, and very much necessary considering the operation currently has the attention of the entire World Assembly. With the aid of The Land of Kings and Emperors, Karma, Osiris and Caer Sidi, as well as a significant number of helpful mercs, the operation crossed into the triple digits within 6 hours after the password was given to our pilers. When major update rolled around, Got The Munchies Real Bad Man stood at an impressive 138 endorsements, pulled from all across the raider world - for comparison, this display of Raider Unity, in just 12 hours, dwarfed even the largest raids of 2020 and 2019.

However, we were correct about the need for this urgency - defenders mustered an impressive force of their own, also numbering into the triple digits. This imposing force, while not big enough to unseat our operation, would have been a significant threat to it, as over a hundred cross-endorsed defenders would have made a significant breach in our influence. The stage was set for a clash of these forces, but we had all overlooked the fact that a third party would be involved: the site itself. Determined to match the number of people involved with seconds it took to update, the server hamsters valiantly slowed down their pace to speeds we previously thought they couldn't sink to. Defenders' reasonable triggers were warped into a full minute, raider pageloads were converted to several seconds worth of anxiously wondering "where did my tab go?", and the whole thing was generally fairly painful. Triggers were wide, pageloads were bad, defenders were mad, and I ran out of things to rhyme and as such will stop stalling and get to the summary of how things went this time.

In summary, update had issues, 63 defenders were weeded out at major update despite the awful pageloads, and raiding assembled 138 endorsements almost entirely within a 12 hour timespan. We look forward to raising both of those numbers by minor update, to go along with our fancy new liberation badge that will be arriving around that time. We will update the update on the events of that update as appropriate.

*Subjectively.
**Ramble about.
***Clusterfuck.