Some folks got nothing better to do than to dunk on an easy target like PHP. There is some truth to what they say, but some of it is outdated. For the sake of sources:

・ http://phpsadness.com/
・ http://maettig.com/...g-a-fractal-of-bad-design
TL;DR: The problems are genuine, some of them are fixed as of 2020 or made irrelevant as a result of best practices, tools and etc.

・ https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/...tible-vs-fixing-its-flaws
TL;DR: Backwards compatibility is important for many reasons shared there. That is why the problems can not be fixed immediately.

・ https://getparthenon.com/...snt-that-like-really-bad/
TL;DR: Many of these complaints are 10-years out of date. PHP is still a good choice for building applications today.


I can help with the specs. What should the specs be? Whatever we come up with should balance the interest between groups of players.

For example:
1. Each clan can choose which clan to declare war against within Tag Admin.
2. To declare war, the clan must at least have 1/3rd the amount of members of the clan they wish to go to war with. Clan wars should be started by a clan, not by an independent country.
3. The other clan will get a war declaration notice.
4. The war will begin 48 hours since the declaration. To deal with blindsides.
5. It's not possible to attack a clan or perform spy operations without first declaring war in Tag Admin. To deal with griefing. An exception: If a clan member attacks an independent country. An independent country should be able to fight back.

I disagree. It's not PHP. Generally, it's usually technical debt or the lack of time to write code, especially for free. PHP in the past didn't have as good of an ecosystem of libraries and frameworks compared to PHP circa 2016. A few years before that, it seems that more and more developers began to care about Separation of Concerns, a list of anti-patterns to avoid, S.O.L.I.D design principles, and other design principles that one can employ to reduce technical debt and keep code testable and maintainable.

In other words, regardless of which language is used, you're going to still have problems that demotivates one to code if the code has a lot of technical debt. Yes, some languages are better for the task; PHP is still good for this very purpose.

As for games like this, my friend said it best: In general, people don't like the idea of spending weeks building up something only to have it gone in a flash.

It's expensive in terms of time, turns, and money to reclaim land and rebuild. IMO, the construction rate is too slow and too costly as a country grows. Does this not influence the policies for reparation or retaliation?

Foreign aid would be nicer to use if paying off someone can be done promptly. As I mentioned, I believe people wouldn't mind participating in a war if doing so does not deny the winner of war a chance to win the game. https://www.earthempires.com/...-alliance-51946/3#1016090

Anti-griefing measures can, for example, reduce the damage done by small countries towards a big country.

Well said, BlackHole and Doug.


Ah, yes, because that's a solid rationale to use pejoratives here. 😒

Aw, it appears that you're just jealous because you're not as cool and charismatic as they are. 😜

Teehee, I thought a fetus is a life unless he need her to abort. Example:
・ https://abcnews.go.com/...rminate/story?id=50274843

Make laws for people while expressing shock that this is a possibility:
・ https://www.nbcnews.com/...doubting-ohio-r-rcna38284

Oh my 🫢, no rimming or prostate massage? Too bad, some ladies are good at it too.

Likely for the same reason that groups such as political parties and movements have their flag or emblem. It's the bat-signal to assemble supporters. Also, in this case, it doesn't have to do with sex; it's support for non-straight relationships.

As for the posts in regards to: how our criticism should at least be constructive, the viability of other strategies, and the mentioning of what other games got compared to this game, I agree with BlackHole and DerrickICN.

BlackHole, I do not think the growth of the playerbase will improve anything. Even if we somehow get many players playing, they aren't going to stick around long because of the problems with this game that exists even during the old days.

Other issues:

1. Recovering from the attacks is too expensive, turns and resources wise.
2. There are no compensation after winning the war. Generally, participating in a clan war is an automatic lose. Even after winning, they will not be able to finish in top 10.
3. Short of forgiveness, one can't settle a dispute in the game in a timely fashion that doesn't involve war, for example, aiding cash to the other team as reparation.

See: https://www.earthempires.com/...-for-a-team-51898#1014237

The game should certainly be more than that.

I do not imagine for many people that a game like this would be fun if all it takes is a few attacks and then getting denied the chance of winning. Yes, there are games where losing is easy, but it is also easy to start a new game. At EE, one would have to wait weeks for a new round to start.


That'd be nice, so then I can bother Gerdler to speed dial qzjul up to get this bug fixed, LOL: https://www.earthempires.com/...ng-ops-51960?t=1688500158

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It is what it is, I do not see anyone complaining about your off-topic threads in Alliance Talk:

https://www.earthempires.com/...s-desk-51826?t=1682973647
https://www.earthempires.com/...ce-day-50284?t=1674777513
https://www.earthempires.com/...-d-a-y-50356?t=1629611140
https://www.earthempires.com/...sunday-50349?t=1629119477
https://www.earthempires.com/...m-kids-50333?t=1628430507
https://www.earthempires.com/...sunday-50324?t=1627822060
https://www.earthempires.com/...sunday-50303?t=1626630314
https://www.earthempires.com/...sunday-50272?t=1625349384
https://www.earthempires.com/...rs-day-50260?t=1624299605


😹 LMAO. Reminds me of an old cartoon or comic where the character expressed the same, melting upon a mere display of affection. You really nailed how some folks in this thread would react.


Is it sex life when my teacher announced her marriage and explaining why her belly is obviously bigger compared to other teachers?

They don't generally run around talking about their sex life. If children ask questions, I'd imagine it'd be similar to how anyone else would answer them: "Oh, I met this person, and we one day fell in love. Now we live together. Blah blah. Now let's get back to our math lesson."

Observing Pride Month, is that sex life? Sharing a few stories about discrimination, is that sex life? How about having a job that involves helping people and showing them that there is no shame but pride in being who they are; is that sex life?

How much of a big deal is it when parents take their children to concerts where celebrities perform in highly revealing outfits?

Cross-dressing was a thing before the United States was even a thing. Men and women would participate in Kabuki theaters, and when women got banned from performing, men ended up dressing as women to play their roles. How much of a big deal is it to dress in women's clothing to perform at a theater? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabuki

🤭 Oh my, the moral panic in this thread is strong.

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