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[Draignean]

v a g u e r a c e
Side: The one that was mentioned first.

The core is here.

This is an arms race. You are a team. Each phase you will need to decide on options. You can vote on these options. You can not vote on these options. The options will be select like I expect. You do not expect what I expect.

You will win when the victory condition is met. The victory condition is not met. You are not close to victory.

You control a small amount of territory. It is your home territory. It is defended like it needs to be.
You are winning the battle for coolness. Everyone thinks you are cooler than the enemy.
You have nominal control over the space above the air.

It is currently the design phase.

Spoiler: Starting Equipment (click to show/hide)

You have basic starting equipment. There are a few surprises. Most are not good surprises. One thing is nice. It is very nice. It is emblematic of your faction. Due to insufficient amounts of resource, it is very expensive.

Spoiler: Designed Items (click to show/hide)

The designed items are all here as you expect. Your expectations might be flawed.

Advanced Equipment
You do your basic equipment but you advance it by making it better. Good job! This makes it better like you expect. The expenses are also advanced too. Your coolest people are sad because they can't afford to use their coolest stuff. Most people are happy with their advanced stuff. Most people are not the coolest people.

Enemy Tax
The people love your tax! The people are not the enemy! They are cool. The enemy is ultimately uncool.

The problem is that the enemy refuses to pay their taxes! This is sad. Your very smart and cool people have a solution! They make tax collectors who go to the enemy and take their stuff. Some call them muggers. These people are uncool. They are government officials!

Who mug people.

Because Taxes.

Tax Officials will join the fight! They will tax the enemy in battle and give their stuff to the good guys. This will go like you think it will.

Super Cool Upgrades Deluxe
You make super cool upgrades to your arsenal like you want. Great work! The changes made are all super cool. Not everyone can have them. The enemy is uncool to the max. There are no people in your side who are uncool to the max. There are people in your empire who are less cool than others. They use their money to buy cool soda and cool shoes and learn cool things to say. They want to be cooler. They want to be the coolest. Not everyone can be the coolest. You are becoming a coolocracy. Coolness is becoming stratified like you expect. Bloodline matters less than coolness. Facts matter less than coolness. Experience matters less than coolness. Designers are cool to the max.

Your tax collectors are very cool. They take stuff from the enemy. The enemy is uncool to the max. That makes people want the stuff the tax collectors make a lot less. The people do not want uncool stuff. 

[andrea]

We have basic equipment. It covers our basics.

But we need to advance. Therefore, we start doing advanced design.

Advanced starting equipment: It is like our basic equipment, but is made better by doing it better.

Advanced starting equipment: 1 vote, me.

[helmacon]

Design proposal: Cheaper equipment

Our best equipment is the one that is ours. This is expensive, but this is for it not to be. Having equipment gives us experience in this design, because we are redesigning the equipment we have.

Cheaper Equipment: Helmscon
Better Equipment: Andrea

[andrea]

better of more is better than more of better.

basic equipment is more stuff, we can do more better by making it better.
best equipment is one, we can make more of one, not as good.

[helmacon]

I disagree on a personal level, and am willing to write several thousands of words if provoked further.

[Happerry]

In my quest to be useless, I will vote for both of these good ideas.

Cheaper Equipment: Helmscon, Happerry
Better Equipment: Andrea, Happerry

[andrea]

I shall use words too.
My words intend to convince you.
better starting equivalent is better, therefore it is a good thing to do and we can expect gains.
Gains are good, therefore advanced equipment is good.

[helmacon]

I shall use words too.
My words intend to convince you.
better starting equivalent is better, therefore it is a good thing to do and we can expect gains.
Gains are good, therefore advanced equipment is good.

I'm not sure what you are trying to say here, but given we have disagreed once already I'm fairly sure I disagree here as well. I will now bitterly oppose this line of thinking moving forward.

[Draignean]

The great enemy has reached consensus.

[Madman198237]

Cheaper Equipment: Helmscon, Happerry
Better Equipment: Andrea, Happerry, Madman

I flipped a mental coin and decided that better is better whereas cheap is only indirectly better, and therefore could not be betterer than better, obviously.

[Powder Miner]

Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen... you haven't considered the PARADIGMS. You have to consider the PARADIGMS, guys. Cheap equipment is incremental and doesn't change the PARADIGMS. But better equipment changes the paradigms and requires a paradigm change from our enemies otherwise our paradigms will be paradigms that they didn't expect and their paradigms will be sad paradigms.

Cheaper Equipment: Helmscon, Happerry
Better Equipment: Andrea, Happerry, Madman, Powder Miner

[TricMagic]

Cheaper Equipment: Helmscon, Happerry
Better Equipment: Andrea, Happerry, Madman, Powder Miner
Quality Equipment: TricMagic

I am arbitrary. I wish for Quality Equipment. Wishes are dreams, as is Quality. Quality Equipment is Quality, therefore being Better for a Similar Price. Let us make Quality Equipment.

[Draignean]

Design Results

We have basic equipment. It covers our basics.

But we need to advance. Therefore, we start doing advanced design.

Advanced starting equipment: It is like our basic equipment, but is made better by doing it better.

You do your basic equipment but you advance it by making it better. Good job! This makes it better like you expect. The expenses are also advanced too. Your coolest people are sad because they can't afford to use their coolest stuff. Most people are happy with their advanced stuff. Most people are not the coolest people.

It is Now the Taxation Phase
You are going to do a tax. What tax are you doing?

[TricMagic]

Military Tax Draft. All People must do at least 3 Months of Military Duty per year. More may be assigned if you do well and wish to join the Military Full Time.

Note this does not include Veterans and those who can't fight.

[helmacon]

Enemy Tax

We tax the other side. This is a good plan because it works in two ways;

We will receive the benefits of collecting a tax.
But also,
The event will suffer from having to pay extra tax.

This could potentially have inderect benefits as well, because we are not teaching out own people, and the event is getting used to us being able to tax them.