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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Nov 2012 at 23:23
More lies I see.  I will not negotiate in public on a forum - cease showboating or deal with the consequences.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Nov 2012 at 22:35
Originally posted by Poopnug Poopnug wrote:

offering us the choice between total destruction or a payment of 250 million gold


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Nov 2012 at 22:06
Sister Nikki Posted: Today at 15:39:
          “I do not sell or try to gain profit from the conflict but who can resist on the profit”
What evidence is there that CE were attempting to profit from the war? To prove that, you would have to have evidence of gold passing from Consone to us. And the only way to do that would be to fabricate it, because it didn’t. This is also a little rich in context as we are talking about an alliance that is offering us the choice between total destruction or a payment of 250 million gold. Hang on... that sounds a little like... profiting from the war! 

Drejan  Posted: Today at 16:48:
     “Hora do you really think H? care of 250M?
250M is not much for an alliance but might help remember not to do it again.”

KillerPoodle Posted: Today at 17:10:
         “but it might help jog their memories next time they think about it”
Both of these statements are disingenuous, the fact is, as evidenced by the chat snippet you graciously provided, our leadership were not aware that trading with our sister alliance was verboten until the 7th. The city in question was destroyed by yourselves on the 8th. The mail you sent to us clearly shows that the van was in transit for 1 day and 6 hours. So it could not have left after the point our leadership received word from EE that trading with them might be frowned upon. The upshot of this, is that CE has been fully compliant since the point we became aware of the directive.

You have created a sanction which incriminates us retroactively by 15 days. Where is it written that trading with our sister alliance is grounds for annihilation? If you want to dictate the behavior of peripheral alliances in this contest, then the onus is on you to make clear the terms of engagement, we received no communication from yourselves that we were to modify our typical behavior in any way.
It’s just too convenient to declare a Casus Belli after the fact, without warning and without proper investigation.
     
        “Then there was the lie from Spotem about it being "some new folks we took in from FF"”
The van that was intercepted was indeed from a former FF member who arrived in our alliance on the 22 of October; check your outbox. Our member was speaking of this van you referenced in your mail, there were no untruths in what he said. 
Your assertion that our leadership was supplying EE is based on a chat snippet which you have chosen to interpret in a way which incriminates us. But all that exists in that snippet is a warning from an EE member to a CE member that “those vans might get caught”. The EE member could have been referring to vans containing some herbs or books, ordered by a fledgling eagle on the open market. It does not follow that the statement equals an industrial effort to turn the course of the war. And as we have mentioned, since we were made aware, all trade with our sister alliance has ceased.
        “and it might have an impact on everyone else thinking about sneaking some help in”
A double standard? Unsurprising. It’s hard to see how an alliance which has publicly outed itself as retaining moles in other alliance (as evidenced by the obtaining of a chat snippet from EE ac) can accuse others of sneaking with a straight face .

In summary, the justifications you have attempted to make regarding “teaching us a lesson” and “making us think twice” are based on assumptions you have made about evidence that is gathering dust as we speak and furthermore are a nonsense because since the events under discussion, CE has already made itself compliant, fully 15 days in advance of your cumbersome threats. Attacking us now would be flogging a dead horse.

As for a counter offer, Chosen recognizes that our player who sent the van referred to in KillerPoodle’s mail acted outside the intentions of our leadership, albeit before CE were made aware of any possibility of recrimination. As such, to placate the beast, we are willing to offer 10 million gold pieces to make clear that despite the fact that the sending of that van was not known to us, and furthermore, happened before CE leaders put policy in place to prevent it being sent; it has never been our intention to be involved in the war, and certainly not to enrage great powers.
As an addendum to our counter-offer, we would ask that H? make it’s policy on the behavior of peripheral alliances clear and public before acting on them, rather than inventing them as they go along in the manner that most benefits their prerogative at the time. What of the alliances that just want to be left in peace, and are willing to comply with goliaths to that end?

In closing, some players have mentioned that our first post might have broken forum rules by directly quoting an in-game mail. We’d like to apologize to the Devs and community for this oversight, as we struggled to get the post together in good time. Sorry!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Nov 2012 at 21:15
FYI - CE have refused to make a counter offer despite my invitation and have decided to martyr themselves - It's nice of the leadership to show so little regard for their members - just the kid of folk you want running your alliance, liars and martyrs.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Nov 2012 at 20:23
I would like to be part of party AA :D  

And unless we look at the global pop of illy and see it drop we are all fine.  Even if all these alliances completely obliterate each other, the game will go on just lots of smaller alliances that we don't mention here will be the big players.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Nov 2012 at 20:15
Originally posted by Silverlake Silverlake wrote:

Party A does something bad to Party B
Party B asks for compensation from Party A
Party A lies publicly about involvement to mitigate damages and gain public support
Party B calls out Party A on lies
Party C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z state opinions

Did I miss anything?
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Party A does something good to Party C
Party B asks for penalty from Party A because Party B believes it is ruler of the alphabet and Party C is evil

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Nov 2012 at 20:05
Well yes, does a war declaration follow or did you only choose to provoke such a discussion here?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Nov 2012 at 19:08
Party A does something bad to Party B
Party B asks for compensation from Party A
Party A lies publicly about involvement to mitigate damages and gain public support
Party B calls out Party A on lies
Party C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z state opinions

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Nov 2012 at 17:20
People, War is not some skirmish and the consequenses are/can be more extreme. There are repercussions to actions and you (the offendee) don't get to determine what the punishment will be.

If you wish to stay neutral, don't become involved in way, shape, form, or fashion. Anyone who presumes sending aid (whether supplies or siege busters) somehow means they are not involved; 1. doesn't understand what 'involved' means much less entails and 2. doesn't have the faintest concept regarding the mechanics of the established game play during wars. 

Established as in, it has happened before and is something utilized and though not always the only option, is in fact one of the options used to help others understand the depth of their mistake. Dlord has done this very same thing in past wars and it was tried on us, once.

If they truly desire to be neutral, they can pay the price and stay out. If they, as an alliance, cannot come up with the gold, they have other EE alliances that can help keep their Eagles out of harms way. Nothing wrong with that either. 




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 Nov 2012 at 17:10
Originally posted by Hora Hora wrote:



Why demand something like that in the first place then! Write: "Please stop, if you want to stay neutral", and that's it. Simple, direct, honest.
Putting fees on it, makes that message look quite arrogant, top-down and more like a blackmailing letter than a diplomatic document.
Diplomacy is all about wording and respect, and those letters (if cited correctly) had none of that, I'm afraid.


Hora - if it was one small member doing this then maybe I'd have done it that way.  As it is it was one of their 3 leaders - which means they knew exactly what they were doing - it warrants a different level of response.

Then there was the lie from Spotem about it being "some new folks we took in from FF" - I mean, if their own diplomats are going to lie directly to me about it why on earth would I try to continue negotiating with them?

As others have stated 250mill gold is basically nothing especially for a "peaceful" alliance - but it might help jog their memories next time they think about it - and it might have an impact on everyone else thinking about sneaking some help in. Plus - haven't you guys ever heard of a counter offer?

It's also to do with poop's posturing on here and in GC - tbh honest it was kinda fun to take the wind out of his sails from "We have nothing to do with this war" and "no one has been sending stuff to EE"  down to "oh shoot, you actually have proof, now I'm gonna have to try to do some damage control because we were caught red handed".

Bottom line (and I've said it all along) - If you decide to mess with H? you better hold on to your hats because it's gonna get ugly pretty fast.

Finally, to those who are trying to drag T? into this - down that way lies your destruction.  I can categorically state that there has been zero assistance in any way shape or form from T? to H?  They are completely neutral (unlike CE) and so do not need to be commented about in this discussion.  Unlike poop and his spin team I can state that in complete honesty.
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