Actually, I think you weren't fun enough once you were all dead...

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Rockman from UCN circa 2000?

Good guy :)

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Got my vote.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

It's okay, I have the oh so Canadian upward inflection on the end of my sentences... so you'd constantly think I was asking questions anyway.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Fair enough. The one I can't stand is entirely spoken, and it's the word "experiment". I've always pronounced it "eksp-AIR-iment" but there's a trend towards saying "esp-EAR-iment" which drives me nuts. Carrie on mythbusters does it and it bothers me enough that I rarely watch the show anymore.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Of these two, "inquire" is both the more correct and the one in more common usage. It's a word of latin origin, so the prefix "in-" is correct in English. The "en-" prefix is how the words evolved in French and we tend to see its use in English in areas where the word entered common usage from the French but as English has become standardized, it's tended to favour a return to the spellings associated with the latin root words.

Hence "inquire".


In written language? Where do you live? I can certainly think of dialects in which "enterview" would be a common way to pronounce the word -- I'd like to know if that had entered written language though.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Technically speaking, "u" is not an abbreviation. Or, at least not of the word "you".

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Someone that I know just wrote this on facebook, it made me laugh:

"Angry Rant... (Not directed towards anyone in particular)
by *** on Thursday, 02 September 2010 at 16:40

Common mistakes that piss me off: The improper use of there, their and they're... heres a lesson folks... you would use there when you are talking about a place. Example: I found your glasses over there. Now for their. Example: Their seems to be a problem. I wish people would mind their own business! And finally the word they're. The word They're is meant to be a combination of the words they and are together... Therefore, use They're when talking about a group of people and what they are doing. Example: I think they're trying to steal so and so's flatscreen tv.

Thanks for reading folks!"

Sometimes my friends embarrass me...

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Wake up at a decent time and we'll pass targets to you and we break them. Otherwise, we'll do it ourselves.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

They didn't admit the BP rig was leaking oil for something like a week either qz... and we all know how that turned out.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Drill baby drill.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

I doubt it will be in retribution for that war... NoN and Horizon are substandard targets for obvious reasons, and we've fought SoL several times since then -- no need for retribution there.

In all honesty though, I have no clue who iMagNum will fight next. Typically, a grand total of 2 people know who we're warring before the FS. And they only decide about 72 hours before the FS happens. Most of iMagNum's leaders have no more idea who we're going to war than anyone else in the game.

It keeps things interesting :)

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Okay, Krue probably wasn't either than. They joined pretty close together.


Well... "fair" is certainly a relative term in iMagNum. We picked an alliance which was more or less evenly matched, then took every advantage we could.

If it makes you feel better, that war came close to detroying iMagNum. Fang (our President) and Cannibal Q (hWar) both went AWOL a couple days after ICN and SoL jumped in without leaving any leadership to replace them. Zarcon and Stavros both stepped up in a big way and saved us, but without them we'd have been dead with less than a year in game and probably not even be a footnote in its history.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

I like it... but would it be possible to get click through links to the listings even during the 24 hours between votes? You know, so I can click and check on the ranking of EE if I want to...?

Also, I think a really cool bonus would be something like 3% increase in either TPT, Industrial Production, Cash, Food or Oil which is assigned at random when you vote and lasts 30 turns.

Or better yet, a rare +5 BPT which lasts 30 turns... better scramble to get acres and use it :)

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

To iMagNum?

Yes.

I do some site admin work, occasionally run a country and offer my thoughts on whatever issues iMagNum's leadership is discussing. I have no leadership function or authority though. I don't even run warchats.

Why do you ask?

-Fooglmog
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It depends who you count as being in our clan... there's quite a few with site access who were around back then. I'll break it down for you though.

Members active this reset who fought in the ICN war in 2001 (5+1):
Zarcon, Fooglmog, Want To Kill, Frost Cat, Black Seifer, *Beltshumeltz

*Beltz didn't fight during this war, but he was a member prior to this war.

Members active in the last 12 months who maintain high level site access and fought in ICN war (6):
Blitzkrieg, BloodAngel86, iMe, OhYeah!, Stavros, CrazyGuy

Members who maintain accounts onsite (logged in in last 12 months) and fought in ICN war (4+2):
Jon316, Alphaniner, Scode, Reptile, Suni*, Krue*

*I believe both Suni and Krue joined in 2001 and fought in this war, but I'm not sure of either fact. They're on the list because I think they were, but I'm adding this caveat for the sake of transparancy.

Add those numbers up any way you see appropriate to decide how many "oldies are still in [our] clan".

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

I don't need to read my sig... I've typed it, literally, thousands of times over the years. I know what it says.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

That would have been a cool change for Earth in 2001 when we were still the standard for text based games and we would have been among the first. If we did it today, we'd be jumping on a bandwagon long after everyone else was there. I also don't think we could do it as well as other games which were designed with that concept in mind.

This game's strength is its simplicity. Our market is people who want an interactive game they can play from their cell phone/facebook. Adding complicating elements won't assist in that... especially elements that exist in dozens of other games and we offer no improvement upon.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

The internet.

-Fooglmog
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Yes. Within the confines of the game's rules we've established our goals and are willing to achieve those goals at the expense of others.

This is different from netgaining, how?

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Okay, so I'm probably going to lose my access to iMagNum's site for revealing secret information... but I thought everyone deserved to know the real reason that iMagNum hit ICN this reset.

It's retribution.

You see, in the Spring of 2001 iMagNum was in a war with Horizon. We got the FS and had 35 countries to their 30. They had a solid NW advantage. We thought this was a fair fight, though after our FS, we were clearly in control of the war... in many ways, much like ICN was in their war with SoF.

Then, a few days in, ICN (70 members) and SoL (120 members) decided they needed to intrude on an otherwise fair war and both FSed us. We kept fighting but, obviously, we lost. Instead of whining though, we chose to get even.

This war is our way of doing that.

***

Okay, that's not really why we did this but that war raises a valid point. Why is ICN so worked up over iMagNum jumping into this war? Every alliance with a decent amount of history behind it (except, maybe, Omega) has done the same thing at some point in their history. I just gave an example of when ICN and iMagNum were on opposite sides of this stick.

Of course, there was a difference in the war. iMagNum didn't complain. We didn't whine. We fought the war and gave ICN the respect it deserved for a really solid performance. Because of that respect, ICN and iMagNum became solid friends for a long time.

I wish that ICN would just relax and enjoy this war. Fight it as well as you can, and win or lose on its merits. That done, respect can be given where it's due and maybe ICN and iMagNum can go another 8 years without fighting.

The alternative is to keep telling yourselves that iMagNum is horrible for not playing fair -- or whatever else makes you feel better. But I'd hope that an alliance with as great a history as you guys have wouldn't ruin its legacy with stupid fluff like that.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

It's stupid because if you targetted iMagNum's most effective countries and took them out, you'd die a lot slower and overall be able to be more effective against SoF.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

If I give you a foot rub, could I get 8 bonus turns a day pang?

-Fooglmog
Guy with no cluee.

No one has an excuse to be surprised by this move from iMagNum. iMagNum's never been subtle or surreptition in its method of operation. It's an alliance that goes to war every reset whether it has cause or not. That's a fact that's been advertised consistently over the last 9 years and ought to simply be accepted by now. If you happen to have missed this fact, I'd suggest that you have no place in the leadership of an alliance.

iMagNum is a legitimate part of this game and has been for a very long time. Everyone gets upset when iMagNum hits them, but you don't deserve any sympathy because it's happened to everyone. Besides, everyone knows that you're not a real alliance until you've been blind-sided by iMagNum.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Maybe gwagers... it's hard to know.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Depends... what's in them?

-Fooglmog
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...

Pain's suggestion is pretty much the opposite of mine. I'm looking for wars that are only LGs... his suggestion is that everything except LGs are unavailable unless you're in a war.

My suggestion is trying to change how wars work. Could be fun.

His suggestion is just giving major alliances another advantage, protecting them from suiciders. Boring.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

So... yes to an all LG round? =)

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

I don't like cookies.

Got any muffins?

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Doing my part.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

I would assume that there's none in active circulation in the sense that they're getting spent and passed from one party to another. If one were to enter circulation, I'm sure that it would quickly be removed by someone who knew its true value.

I stand by what I said originally though. I'd love to go into a McDonald's and see their faces as I try to spend a $10,000 bill.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

iMagNum's had multiple policing alliances in this past.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

What's funny is that I know which imaggers would say each of those things:

(Skwad): They're still on the lawn...
(Beltshumeltz): They want to negotiate.
(E1M1): Should we peek out the window?
(E1M1): ?
(Soviet): nah.
(WTK): Heh, lets turn on the sprinklers.
(Black Seifer): If anyone turns on the sprinklers without my permission, I'll quit!

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Why wouldn't 10k bills be usable?

I mean, truthfully, you'd be stupid to use them because their value to collectors far exceeds their face value, but every coin and bill ever issued by the US government is still legal tender.

They're certainly discontinued, which means they won't be issued by the US government, but there's still somewhere a little over 300 10k bills out there. No reason why you couldn't spend them if you really wanted to.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Maybe he has me on ICQ? You know, from when I did FA back in 2003...

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

And iMagNum does offer more boards to spam per member than just about anyone else...

Gawd... THAT's what we should put in our recruitment messages.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

One day, I want to try to spend a $10,000 bill in McDonald's... their signs say they won't take 50s or 100s... but nothing about $10,000s.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

I'm pleased that my skills and abilities have your approval.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

On the other hand, if you land killed LaF you may still get the opportunity to net again at some point in the next couple years.

Someone from iMagNum will get into contact with you shortly. Until then, relax. It's not as if waiting a few hours to deal with this will ruin your whole reset.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

It won't be put back into circulation. It will be removed from circulation and other notes will be put into circulation in their stead... as part of the UK's effort to get rid of 500 pound notes.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

-Fooglmog
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To answer your first question, iMagNum is the warring alliance.

Everyone else are panzy netters.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Uh-huh... I was thinking back to the days when GS/BR kills would glitch and not go through.

=)

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

What would be the results of getting rid of all attack types except SS and PS?

My immediate thought is the possibility that wars could actually be beneficial to netgaining... at least, for one side.

Any thoughts?

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Someone stole my name? Did he steal my sig as well?

-Fooglmog
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No I don't play vanguard... should I?

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Any attack can be considred a top feed if the defending player claims it is and the attacking player is not willing to fight to contest the definition.

Any attack you ever make on me will be a top feed. No attack I make on you will ever be a top feed.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

Fooglmog says... touch your nose.

Fooglmog says... touch your ear.

Fooglmog says... reminisce about the glory days of Earth.

Fooglmog says... complain that SoL is ranked too high.

Fooglmog says... comment on LCN being ranked 11th.

... waste time reading dumb stuff I post on AT!

Uh-uh! Fooglmog didn't say.

-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.

"38) Imaginary Numbers- the question is, can you still fight like you used to when you were first founded? "

This was only like a year and a half after iMagNum was founded :p

-Fooglmog
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What are those temperatures in a system that makes sense?

-Fooglmog
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