Welcome to class everyone. Today we are going to be talking about the basic of alliance relations and diplomacy.


The first, and most important thing to remember, is that when you have an issue with a member of an alliance, you should talk to that alliance's leadership about the issue. What you would not want to do is talk to some other alliance leadership about the issue. That would make zero sense. If you find yourself wanting to do this, take a step back and think 'am I a dumb-dumb?' If the answer is no, re-evaluate who you are about to message.


The second thing to remember when dealing with other clans is the silver rule 'DON'T OVERREACT'. In this game, attacks will occur. It is important that you don't 'see red' and instead try to channel your inner calm. If you don't have that, try to think about how foolish you are about to look. Perhaps the threat of social embarrassment will cause you to take a step back and re-consider your actions. And if none of that works, you can always go back to the 'am I a dumb-dumb?' and of course, if the answer is no, re-evaluate what you're overreacting to. Always try to react appropriately, as failing to do so may cause you to look unstable and unhinged.


The third, and most important lesson in alliance relations and diplomacy is to not fvck with black holes. They suck you in, and you never get out. You might think you're winning, but in reality you're just going to spin in circles, before eventually getting sucked in completely, having your atoms ripped to shreds in the process. It's not pleasant, but it is inevitable. Don't be a dumb-dumb!




Thank you for attending Alliance Relations and Diplomacy 101.

+1 😂😂😂

This class feels like "liberal arts" in college.
It's pretty useless and only leads to jobless hippies complaining about being poor because rich people won't hand them all their money for free.

I'll pass.

You have waayyyy to much time on your hands.....git a life

Give him a break.. he needed something to do to pass the time between attempted kill runs.

Second class... Reading Comprehension 102.

Notice she said "attempted" kill runs. bahahahaha

What are we talking about?

Pop quiz!


How many over-reactive idiots does it take to kill one small country?



I just want you all to know it makes me smile from ear to ear, knowing that the mere sight of my name sends you into rage.


I wish I could have seen the commotion and fury last night, as ya'll worked each other up over a few land grabs, arranged a kill run, and then ultimately failed. I bet a few of you cried yourselves to sleep last night at the embarrassment. Did ya'll arrange a special meeting early this morning to finish the job? "Listen everyone, this is priority level 1, WE MUST KILL THE BLACKHOLE".


Good job using... what 500+ turns? I'll see ya'll in two days and we can do it again. The more resources you throw at the black hole, the bigger I grow. That's how physics works! (Vic, I know I know, science isn't real... we don't need to hear another tirade from you).


Leto, TC. Please pat yourselves on each others backs. Ya'll did great. Well... You killed me. I wouldn't say you did great, but you stumbled your way to something resembling success. Hang your hat on this though. You should let it carry you for a few sets. Ya'll need a win every once in awhile, having failures EVERY time you do something has got to be wearing on morale over there.



TC - no worries about getting your peeps from ATSucks to send me fake relation requests so you can spy on me without having to actually use spies. That wasn't cheating sir, you're good. Don't ever let anyone call you a cheater, you're a good upstanding gentleman!




Cheers fellas!

lol..

Paging LaF leadership

Easy...all of them and still fail.

yep things had been too quiet guess that ban was only a week

Milkman playing with TC is like when someone gets busted for stealing cars and then goes to prison for 5 years. It's university for them. They come out learning all the tricks of the trade.

So ATsucks isn't declaring war against M4D?
That wasn't a FS?
BetaHole tagged up with ATS and went full r3tard suicidn' M4D?
Hoping they would "over react" and send hits at other AT members?
Your mentor Gerdler would be proud. Probably his idea anyway.
Now Beta spends the next 45 days posting about his moral victories and soaking up turns ruining the set for other peaceful players.
A cheater a liar and a loser.
What a legacy.

Gonzo, what are you talking about?


I landgrabbed a country I wasn't NAP'd to?


Have you never played this game. That's literally the point of the game. You steal land from other players, and you stop people from stealing land from you.


It amazes me how soft some people are.

If M4D didn't want to be subject to land grabs from other alliances, they should seek to negotiate NAP's with thoes alliances. That's Alliance and Diplomacy 102, I suppose.

1. No we are not
2. No it was not.

Let me tell you, folks, ATsucks is looking really weak right now. They got hit by another clan, and what did they do? Absolutely nothing. Pathetic. Everyone knows when you get hit, you hit back hard. But ATsucks? They just sat there, looking like total losers. No strength, no strategy, just weakness. They’re practically begging to be walked all over. Sad!

Generally, you reach out where there is a Foreign Affairs issue, in an attempt to resolve things amicably first.
Accidents can, and do happen.

Whether or not ATSucks leadership did so, or whether M4D leadership reached out to ATSucks, I don't know. That's between them.

Technically M4D were within their rights in the retaliatory action they took based on their standard retal policy. Doesn't always make it the correct option neccessarily, and I'm not going to comment one way or another on whether it was or not.

Sleepy Drow, always so diplomatic. Trying to play both sides like it's some kind of political chess game. But let's be honest, this isn’t about accidents—it’s about weak leadership making weak decisions. M4D’s actions were well within their rights, no question. And ATSucks? Well, they’re not exactly known for their stellar decision-making. If they didn’t reach out, that’s on them. Let’s not sugarcoat it with all this “amicable” nonsense.

AT Sucks has an ongoing rock paper scissors tournament to determine our HFA. BlackHole is the referee.

if Blackhole had been untagged, absolutely.
Generally, even if it's a spam tag, set up to fluff about, it's still considered good form to reach out to the leadership of said tag before taking drastic action such as kill running a country.