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[Marmaduke]

Arcane Nexus is one of the traditional declare-war-on-the-world globals. If you cast it, you can generally expect more-or-less global pushback; everything anyone does to make themself stronger makes you stronger as well. So yeah, it's not good to cast if you care about your diplomatic standing...

You are right in general, but I don't think it will happen very fast, if I can generalize from the lack of reaction when Oceania got 4 globals including ANexus and GoNBounty. What I expect is pretty much the same thing, with somebody stepping up with a dispel. Making a military move is risky (I lose, you lose, he wins), though everyone is gearing for that.
I was not going to cast Arcane Nexus, but then the second cast by Oceania happened, and I did not want to just cast another ~100 gem Dispel (did not write it down, iirc it was either 89 gems or base+89... Oceania might have been bluffing about the overcast but I had no way to know). Now somebody else gets to waste their gems.
My perception is that there is a double race: to finish Ermor and to finish Bandar Log. The coalition or loose alliance that finishes first will have an advantage for the next step.

[ThtblovesDF]

In the global race Arco is 420+ Gems ahead of me - and ahead on provinces as well.

I see it differently - none of us care about the guys we are fighting (well, the apes did a lot of globals just to annoy and harm me), but the remaining nations are big enough to choose the possible winner with there choices - or try to sneak one in by thrones.

[E. Albright]

My perception is that there is a double race: to finish Ermor and to finish Bandar Log. The coalition or loose alliance that finishes first will have an advantage for the next step.

Hmm, would it be tactless to point out how little like a race the race to kill Ermor seems to be? At least on Arco's part? I mean, Ermor proper has been sitting with its fort razed and the largely-undefended Sepulchre and a temple exposed for... 6-8 turns next to Arco's well-garrisoned mountain fort to its south, and Arco has been content to let Ermor keep raking in those 17 gems a turn gems and remaining a "threat" to the aforementioned alliance...

[Marmaduke]

*** DRUMS ***

(the sound of old silence)
(a couple of flies getting lost on the stage)

Who is that, sliding through the darkness, walking in the shadow, stepping into the light, for all of you lords of power to see! Who else but I, Hero Joe, back from the land of the dead!
Praise be Peacenik, who ordered me out of the coldest and deepest of sleeps in order to keep carrying the good news of its blessings and overtures of peace.
Indeed, Arcoscephale, Ulm and Marignon, the crusaders of the living, have defeated the evil empire. Do not heed the rumors! The demise of the undead mother queen is a known fact! It is not inconceivable that a few stranded skeletal insurgents are still roaming remote parts of the Ermorian mountains, but those are negligible quantity. Our ichtyid police force will arrest those few rogue individuals anytime.

Have confidence, noble scions of civilization! Peacenik has your back and stands ready to fight off any undead resurgence!

(Hero Joe bows, part of his nose falls off, he grabs it quickly and swirls back into the shadows.)

[Marmaduke]

35!

[ThtblovesDF]

Only Bandar Log left, I hope he is prepared for his "last stand"~

[Il Palazzo]

Pfft, last stand? In your dreams, love.

(aww, I had such great things ready for you)

[ThtblovesDF]

Ja, ok, that's a lot.

Glad I did a trash assault first- Whats your upkeep at?

How about you come out and play with me before that eats you up : )? You got a fair chance. (mass flight scary btw)

[Il Palazzo]

Thanks to the many generous-yet-anonymous sponsors, present and past, Bandar Log may very well just sit inside and watch the world crumble.

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How about you come out and play with me before that eats you up : )?

YOU MADE ME DO IT!!

[ThtblovesDF]

Will do a little recap here soon for the others to enjoy my

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Good Fight, feel free to retake your territory, C'tis is also attacking me now (well he has for a while), so go nuts.

I'm suprised how I got so far, seeing how I lost every single battle with more then 100 units in it.

[Marmaduke]

Impressive!

What are the units that look like a sheep mated with a lady duck?

[ThtblovesDF]

Cave Cows or something from caves. They eat armor

[E. Albright]

No, Cave Cows look like a naked mole rat mated with a moth. Cave Grubs look like a sheep mated with a duck.

[Il Palazzo]

A careful observer will also spot a cave crab. It looks like a crab mated with a crab. It is constantly jealous of the sex life its cohabitants are having.

[Marmaduke]

By the way, E. Albright, thanks for holding up for so long (as a player, not as a nation...).