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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #15: July 21, 2012, 06:12:36 AM »
Arcaea will probably join the team victim while GA joins the team aggressor. OW might join the team victim.
OW could go either way, really.  Probably more likely to join Kindara/Zonasa, but they might stay out of it.  I don't think it's likely that they'd join Cathay, but stranger things have happened.

Arcaea I assume will eventually join Cathay.

GA might join Kindara/Zonasa, or they might just ignore the whole thing.

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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #16: July 21, 2012, 02:31:08 PM »
I'd be surprised if OW declared for anyone other then the south considering how poorly the Northern realm's treat them. Then again, they are stuck up there so it'd be smart to play neutral for a while.

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Oh come now. That's just silly.

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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #17: July 21, 2012, 02:44:58 PM »
Considering how poorly OW treats the northern realms, we're hoping they declare for the south. Give us a reason to crush them.
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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #18: July 21, 2012, 02:55:01 PM »
At least it doesnt cut the continent right in half between those obvious blocks of support. I like having them up there to keep things interesting.

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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #19: July 21, 2012, 02:58:35 PM »
I'd be surprised if OW declared for anyone other then the south considering how poorly the Northern realm's treat them. Then again, they are stuck up there so it'd be smart to play neutral for a while.

Believe me, Ohnar gets no more than it deserves. And they'd be fools to declare for the south. They're surrounded by Sorraine and Arcaea, so the only contribution they could make would be to attack our lands directly, and from behind. They...would not survive the attempt.

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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #20: July 21, 2012, 08:28:26 PM »
That is one of the things I don't like about being a priest. You can't join in any of the fun battles. My Dwilight character stepped down from being ruler and became a priest again immediately before the Astrum/Asylon war began. I sent the troops south into Kabrinskia in the action that got Astrum involved, but can't take part in it. :(
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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #21: July 21, 2012, 10:08:14 PM »
I'd be surprised if OW declared for anyone other then the south considering how poorly the Northern realm's treat them. Then again, they are stuck up there so it'd be smart to play neutral for a while.

I would be pleasantly surprised if they declared for the north, extremely happy if they declared for the south, and weary if they declare neutral. As it were, they declared neutral and I'm now extremely alert as to what their next move will be.


Oh come now. That's just silly.

What is Kindara a victim of? Bad negotiations and tough terms? Not to mention the offending party declared war first; it is without a doubt that Cathay earns the victim title.
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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #22: July 21, 2012, 10:31:03 PM »
What is Kindara a victim of? Bad negotiations and tough terms? Not to mention the offending party declared war first; it is without a doubt that Cathay earns the victim title.

Does it really matter? We've got a war now and both sides have a decent casus belli, that's all I really care about.
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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #23: July 21, 2012, 11:34:19 PM »
Hmm. Cousin of high-ranking Lord tries to assassinate ruler of rival nation, is caught, and rather than be f*cked like a normal assassin, all sorts of shady business goes down and he ends up getting away with his head firmly attached. Pretty simple who's the aggressor and who's the victim in the situation. If it were me, I'd burn their capitol to the ground, force the assassin to watch as I bleed his family members dry one at a time, rape his wife/daughters, and crucify the entire realm's nobility, and ensure the ruler's head is embalmed and preserved in a highly visible location for all to know why you don't ever raise a dagger to my back. Then again, that's why I was born in the 20th century and not the 10th-14th.
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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #24: July 22, 2012, 12:05:14 AM »
Hmm. Cousin of high-ranking Lord tries to assassinate ruler of rival nation, is caught, and rather than be f*cked like a normal assassin, all sorts of shady business goes down and he ends up getting away with his head firmly attached. Pretty simple who's the aggressor and who's the victim in the situation. If it were me, I'd burn their capitol to the ground, force the assassin to watch as I bleed his family members dry one at a time, rape his wife/daughters, and crucify the entire realm's nobility, and ensure the ruler's head is embalmed and preserved in a highly visible location for all to know why you don't ever raise a dagger to my back. Then again, that's why I was born in the 20th century and not the 10th-14th.

That's more or less what many Cathayans (and by that I mean William) want to do.
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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #25: July 22, 2012, 12:16:15 AM »

What is Kindara a victim of? Bad negotiations and tough terms? Not to mention the offending party declared war first; it is without a doubt that Cathay earns the victim title.
No one is a victim in this war.

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Hmm. Cousin of high-ranking Lord tries to assassinate ruler of rival nation, is caught, and rather than be f*cked like a normal assassin, all sorts of shady business goes down and he ends up getting away with his head firmly attached. Pretty simple who's the aggressor and who's the victim in the situation. If it were me, I'd burn their capitol to the ground, force the assassin to watch as I bleed his family members dry one at a time, rape his wife/daughters, and crucify the entire realm's nobility, and ensure the ruler's head is embalmed and preserved in a highly visible location for all to know why you don't ever raise a dagger to my back. Then again, that's why I was born in the 20th century and not the 10th-14th.
I wouldn't say he's gotten away yet . . . he can run, but he's going to run out of places to hide soon, so unless he manages to get off island, he's a walking dead man.

Not sure exactly what 'shady' business went on, either.

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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #26: July 22, 2012, 12:24:04 AM »
Not sure exactly what 'shady' business went on, either.

I'm pretty sure the whole "not banning him while he's in Cathayan dungeons" counts as shady business, as well as the whole ducal endorsement thing.

Not a big fan of OOC propaganda though so I'll stfu about it from now on
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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #27: July 22, 2012, 04:57:49 AM »
So I win and Slapsticks loses, right?  That's all that matters, right? 8)
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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #28: July 22, 2012, 05:00:50 AM »
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What is Kindara a victim of? Bad negotiations and tough terms? Not to mention the offending party declared war first; it is without a doubt that Cathay earns the victim title.

No, what's silly is the whole Victim and Aggressor parts. I'm not saying Kindara is a victim of anything and Edmund is pretty tired of people telling him he's tried to claim that. He's just sick of Cathay being a jerk. So its just one side versus the other. No good or bad. No victim versus aggressor.

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If it were me, I'd burn their capitol to the ground, force the assassin to watch as I bleed his family members dry one at a time, rape his wife/daughters, and crucify the entire realm's nobility, and ensure the ruler's head is embalmed and preserved in a highly visible location for all to know why you don't ever raise a dagger to my back. Then again, that's why I was born in the 20th century and not the 10th-14th.

Actually I'd say that attitude would better fit an insane medieval ruler! In the 20th century that just comes across as unhinged.   ;)

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Re: Countdown to Doom
« Reply #29: July 22, 2012, 10:44:21 AM »
Oh come now. That's just silly.

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