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Lendenburgh wrote:Florida is nice for tourists in the same way that Honduras is nice for American kids going on 'mission trips'

I mean, aside from the disregard for human rights, the weather (enough said), the urban planning (enough said x2), the tourist-based economy, and the refusal to even think about trying to protect itself from climate change, Florida is a pretty good state.

Floridians, however, are another matter entirely.

Lendenburgh wrote:Unironically podcasts make me sorta believe in the conservative theory of social degeneration but it has nothing to do with 'being gay' or 'loose morals' or 'communism' its just thinking you have the right to speak about stupid sh*t for hours on end and people actually paying attention to it

Hasan Piker and (I really can't remember the guys name he was like a human trafficker in Romania and I wanna say Andrew Cuomo but he's a CNN host) and the minecraft youtuber Dream and Dasha and Call her Daddy are all part of the same disease

Clearly you haven't enjoyed the height of center-left podcasting, the Adam Friedland show.

Lendenburgh wrote:I have the same issues- a stack of 5 20width infantry divs with a rediculous amount of defense are just paved over by a German inf. division- there has to be some sort of hard coded bonus to the Germans against the Soviets?

Everything feels like its going so well at the beginning of 41- tons of civs and mils, no supply issues, trained divs with my preferred template, etc. but it never matters

If I build tanks, I have to decide on mediums (my normal build that works against Germany on other fronts) or heavies. I can't produce both, because otherwise there aren't enough mils to produce artillery to upgrade my infantry divisions or air. My medium designs that never fail in Italy, the Balkans, the Pacific, China, and D-Day.... fail, on the Eastern front. I have no clue why. I still haven't perfected a heavy tank design, more research and experimenting is needed.

Anxiety Cafe wrote:I mean, aside from the disregard for human rights, the weather (enough said), the urban planning (enough said x2), the tourist-based economy, and the refusal to even think about trying to protect itself from climate change, Florida is a pretty good state.

Floridians, however, are another matter entirely.

the weather was great. Really enjoyed the rain, cool temperatures in the evenings, and of course.... Disney world.

Lendenburgh wrote:Unironically podcasts make me sorta believe in the conservative theory of social degeneration but it has nothing to do with 'being gay' or 'loose morals' or 'communism' its just thinking you have the right to speak about stupid sh*t for hours on end and people actually paying attention to it

Hasan Piker and (I really can't remember the guys name he was like a human trafficker in Romania and I wanna say Andrew Cuomo but he's a CNN host) and the minecraft youtuber Dream and Dasha and Call her Daddy are all part of the same disease

listen to The Emerald

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5OpoIw1W9VuLddeum7v8l2?si=NZ1kVt3SR76N4WsLKpn_bA

FOREVER WAR

WHERES THE FIGHTING?

SOMEWHERE

THE MIDDLE EAST , UKRAINE , OCEANIA WILL OVERCOME EURASIA

UNTIL THE ENEMY IS EASTASIA

Shelling a city is bad enough. Flooding a city is bad enough. Shelling aid workers and civilians is bad enough.

Shelling civilians and aid workers in a city you flooded is nauseating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmkZBXgN3hY

New Metropolitan France wrote:Shelling a city is bad enough. Flooding a city is bad enough. Shelling aid workers and civilians is bad enough.

Shelling civilians and aid workers in a city you flooded is nauseating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmkZBXgN3hY

I'm sorry to make light of this but I immediately thought of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjKQquyX47w

Honestly, it has been monumentally impressive to see how the Ukrainian nation came together overnight, breaking years and years of political quagmire in order to facilitate the defence of their nation, but I can't help but be scared for the Ukrainian people afterwards. We're already seeing people who just barely survived WWII as children going through this horror again... when will politicians understand that wars do not end wars? Putin has to realize at this point that even if by some miracle he were able to occupy the entirety of Ukraine tomorrow, he would never be able to control it... and similarly, the Ukrainians must realize that joining NATO will only lead to further Russian provocations and the development of a Korea-esque militarization along the border.... Though I'm not sure if there's any politically possible solution it reminds me of the quote:

"But heroism is less glorious in peacetime than in war, and thus rarer, and it is easier for a man to die with honor than to think in an orderly way. Exalted and unanimous sentiments are more readily governed than the diverging, arrogant, alien, and ambitious ideas that emerge when the battle is over..."

-Jose Marti

Lendenburgh wrote:Honestly, it has been monumentally impressive to see how the Ukrainian nation came together overnight, breaking years and years of political quagmire in order to facilitate the defence of their nation, but I can't help but be scared for the Ukrainian people afterwards. We're already seeing people who just barely survived WWII as children going through this horror again... when will politicians understand that wars do not end wars? Putin has to realize at this point that even if by some miracle he were able to occupy the entirety of Ukraine tomorrow, he would never be able to control it... and similarly, the Ukrainians must realize that joining NATO will only lead to further Russian provocations and the development of a Korea-esque militarization along the border.... Though I'm not sure if there's any politically possible solution it reminds me of the quote:

"But heroism is less glorious in peacetime than in war, and thus rarer, and it is easier for a man to die with honor than to think in an orderly way. Exalted and unanimous sentiments are more readily governed than the diverging, arrogant, alien, and ambitious ideas that emerge when the battle is over..."

-Jose Marti

If Ukraine joined NATO post war, it would mean an end to military provocation. Economic coercion and cyber threats, state sponsored terrorism and so on, sure. But the mass suffering would have been ended and prevented from repeating.

New Metropolitan France wrote:If Ukraine joined NATO post war, it would mean an end to military provocation. Economic coercion and cyber threats, state sponsored terrorism and so on, sure. But the mass suffering would have been ended and prevented from repeating.

You don't think this would lead to Russian retaliation, e.g., in the Caucasus?

It's still my opinion that Russia wants to restore itself into a 'superpower' and won't take strategic isolation lightly- that it would cause them to grow closer to Iran especially and take more help from the Chinese (who I don't think are really geopolitically swayed by Putin, but will support him insofar as he helps Chinese ambitions) and encroach more into C. Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and possibly even Africa

i.e. Ukraine is better off 'playing both sides' than being a NATO member

The pacific federation

Lendenburgh wrote:You don't think this would lead to Russian retaliation, e.g., in the Caucasus?

It's still my opinion that Russia wants to restore itself into a 'superpower' and won't take strategic isolation lightly- that it would cause them to grow closer to Iran especially and take more help from the Chinese (who I don't think are really geopolitically swayed by Putin, but will support him insofar as he helps Chinese ambitions) and encroach more into C. Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and possibly even Africa

i.e. Ukraine is better off 'playing both sides' than being a NATO member

If Russia loses this war Russia as a state will start to collapse and the 'member nations' of the Federation will likley attempt to break off with the Russian military severely limited and discredited. Further, China will likley support these movements since they want domain over all of Asia and see Russia as a falling power rather then a staunch ally.

For both nations this war will now decided if they continue to exists in the modern world.

Favorite film depicting Ancient Rome?

The pacific federation wrote:If Russia loses this war Russia as a state will start to collapse and the 'member nations' of the Federation will likley attempt to break off with the Russian military severely limited and discredited. Further, China will likley support these movements since they want domain over all of Asia and see Russia as a falling power rather then a staunch ally.

I’m sorry what

The pacific federation wrote:If Russia loses this war Russia as a state will start to collapse and the 'member nations' of the Federation will likley attempt to break off with the Russian military severely limited and discredited. Further, China will likley support these movements since they want domain over all of Asia and see Russia as a falling power rather then a staunch ally.

For both nations this war will now decided if they continue to exists in the modern world.

I don't agree with this view. Russia could leave Ukraine tomorrow, and provided the military was given concessions internally the regime would be fine. Putin would still be humiliated and maybe replaced, but nothing else changes.

Lendenburgh wrote:You don't think this would lead to Russian retaliation, e.g., in the Caucasus?

It's still my opinion that Russia wants to restore itself into a 'superpower' and won't take strategic isolation lightly- that it would cause them to grow closer to Iran especially and take more help from the Chinese (who I don't think are really geopolitically swayed by Putin, but will support him insofar as he helps Chinese ambitions) and encroach more into C. Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and possibly even Africa

i.e. Ukraine is better off 'playing both sides' than being a NATO member

Sorry, perhaps I misunderstood, but I don't see any of those potential events being of greater concern to Ukraine than NATO security guarantees?

The pacific federation wrote:If Russia loses this war Russia as a state will start to collapse and the 'member nations' of the Federation will likley attempt to break off with the Russian military severely limited and discredited. Further, China will likley support these movements since they want domain over all of Asia and see Russia as a falling power rather then a staunch ally.

For both nations this war will now decided if they continue to exists in the modern world.

we arent that lucky

What frustrates me is that this offensive could have had F-16 support, and more experienced and prepared tank crews, if they had been provided once it was clear Kyiv had survived and that Russia could not advance out of Donbas post Kharkiv counteroffensive. They would not have been ready to help during the liberation of Kherson, but would absolutely be making a difference right now.

New Metropolitan France wrote:I don't agree with this view. Russia could leave Ukraine tomorrow, and provided the military was given concessions internally the regime would be fine. Putin would still be humiliated and maybe replaced, but nothing else changes.Sorry, perhaps I misunderstood, but I don't see any of those potential events being of greater concern to Ukraine than NATO security guarantees?

Short term, in the next 10-20 years, perhaps it is better for Ukraine to join NATO for the pure security benefits

In the long term, if we assume the Russian state doesn't collapse and we see US military power maintain or decline abroad, they become a Fulda Gap for a second Cold War

My honest hope is that there's a truly democratic government in Moscow in the next 50 years

And I think we do have to start seriously considering the collapse of the Russian state

When has there been this much internal conflict in Russia so close to Moscow? I'd argue not since the Russian Revolution- the Russian army and state have always been in lock-step (even post-soviet era, especially with Putin's takeover) now, serious fractures are starting to show and the oligarchic leadership's capital interests are still tied to the West

Either all the money moves out and Russia's economy collapses, or the state breaks under sheer stress when Putin dies

Lendenburgh wrote:Short term, in the next 10-20 years, perhaps it is better for Ukraine to join NATO for the pure security benefits

In the long term, if we assume the Russian state doesn't collapse and we see US military power maintain or decline abroad, they become a Fulda Gap for a second Cold War

My honest hope is that there's a truly democratic government in Moscow in the next 50 years

The current war is lunacy, but I no longer believe Russia at present or future will contemplate nuclear escalation. Nor a conventional confrontation with NATO. This war has proven them impotent compared to NATO professionalism and technology. Even if the US abandoned NATO, the Eastern European members of Poland and the Baltic states would take immediate action. And as we have seen, Russia cannot even subjugate Ukraine alone.

New Metropolitan France wrote:The current war is lunacy, but I no longer believe Russia at present or future will contemplate nuclear escalation. Nor a conventional confrontation with NATO. This war has proven them impotent compared to NATO professionalism and technology. Even if the US abandoned NATO, the Eastern European members of Poland and the Baltic states would take immediate action. And as we have seen, Russia cannot even subjugate Ukraine alone.

it's funny how the world used to tremble at Russia's supposed military might and their status as the second strongest army in the world not long ago

looking for a single TG in my inbox and I am very quickly reminded that this thing is a grossly disorganized mess

Georgian Kingdom wrote:it's funny how the world used to tremble at Russia's supposed military might and their status as the second strongest army in the world not long ago

Tbh I think that the pendulum has swung on the other extreme, and people underestimate Russia far too much nowadays.

The early war was truly disastrous for Russia and outright memeable, but I feel this masks the fact that the Russian military has greatly increased its proficiency.

New Metropolitan France wrote:You and Losco are welcome to post this coming week, if you have any plans or details of your own to share.

The same for anyone else, too.

Otherwise, I will post a summary of action to date and express a few thoughts of my own in around 7 days. Thereafter, we will be needing to decide on time frames and specific next steps.

I will try to pump this out tonight

I think its already mostly something I have previously mentioned but I just want it fully ironed out and approved

Actually I am gonna do it now, because I am tired and I dont feel like waiting for Arela's TG

United Democratic Christian States wrote:1)Yes and No. I’d like to be the delegate of the Frontier if I’m running it. But I like being set up at the #2 position

2)Autocratic/Appointed? For now. It’s the only system that has ever worked for this community. Now I would like some people to help pick up the slack a bit and 3 people (with Lascos consent but it has been a while) have been asked about potential spots in the new government. (Unfortunately with Lusophones retirement that number is now 2)

But for the most part IMO this is Lascos show we just helping

3)Going back to the point prior the 3 positions inquired about where Co-RP ministers to Lenden and Luso and MoFA to AC

I do think we could expand on this but my focus was mainly finding people who could be NPC controllers and my replacement first off since those are the main positions we have had in the past or currently have that would likely be left unfilled

Anyway I'd like to kind of go ahead and propose a "cabinet" of sorts. Which I know we kind of agreed to have but never really discussed who will fill those roles

I would also like to open up other jobs to volunteers should they want them, whatever they may be. (So long as the wider community accepts as well)

Obviously I expect this to be discussed so please share any thoughts, comments, objections, concerns, etc

Now for the nominations-

Anxiety Cafe for Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lendenburgh for RP Minister
Fregantes Empire for RP Minister (should he still want it)
Arela for (RP Minister?)

Now a couple things. Personally I would like Lenden to be the lead RP Minister if all 3 players want to be RP Ministers. Simply because if we ask all 3 of them to do a task it will take a while for them to discuss it and have that discussion then be passed on to the community

This way we would hopefully bypass the bureaucracy by giving whatever needs done to Lenden and having it delegate to a single individual (or 2 individuals) from there.

We could also potentially split the map into thirds and have them run a third and only come together for the big stuff. Obviously whatever third they do run needs to be as removed from their claim as possible, but with this I do think we could run into more conflict of interests. So IMO I do lean towards the first route

Granted all of this gets tossed out the window if any of the 3 decline as just 2 CO-RP Ministers, as it being overly bureaucratic isnt really a problem we can deal with without cutting it down to just 1 RP Minister

Secondly I have Fregantes and Arela on here because of things they have said on the RMB. Where as Lenden I had previously discussed his interest in potentially being an RP Minister in the future region. So I would still like for them to confirm their interest (or in the case of Arela more clarify that he wants to be apart of the new govt even if its not as RP Minister)

Arela wrote:tfw you're not invited to the autocrat high council :(

*^context-was in reply to my rmb post in the previous spoiler*

Fregantes Empire wrote:

2) Autocratic and participatory. The positions of UDCS and Losco should remain until stability is achieved. More specialised officers for NS games or RP Director(s) should be elected positions. I would like to put myself forward as an RP Director (though I would also nominate Lusophone if he wants to. His RP is usually exquisite, and if there's no quota I would be honoured to work with him).

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