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[Terenos]

Damnit..I only bought an hour of you people stopping the bickering. John, Not to be unkind, but shutting up really is a strong move for you right now.
Y'see that pit you're digging? They are handing you the shovel and pick and grinning.

[Johnfalcon99977]

Just because you have more territories and bronze does not mean you can get more units.

Temptess without you and Cript would be a pushover, it has an awful income.

I, meanwhile, have been poring money into my territories and increasing their income.

@Terenos: I am not standing behind a wall anymore. They have threatened me first. They started this.
And I not only expect it to finish, I expect to survive. I will build an army and I WILL repel your attack, even if I never reach the Island of Temptess.

[Terenos]

Yes. They did, they preyed on your belligerence and arrogance to make you seem like the bad guy.. You forget, its -not- -just- -them-. You're picking a fight with 5 players, potentially. And who precisely has got your back? The odds aren't in your favor.

I urge you to stand down, play defensively and look for an opportunity. But do not play this game by their rules.

[Johnfalcon99977]

I have repeated and repeated again. I will not attack intill I am attacked first. That is my policy on war. If they back down and do not attack, I will do the same.

[CyberGenesis]

The honor of a dead man rarely means more than nice words at the funeral.

I've been keeping an eye on the game since it started, and you have no real hope of surviving a full unloading of their combined incomes into army. As terenos and Iiteum said, defense is your only option at this point. You can keep talking an make yourself a bigger target, but the fact you continue to poke the bear puts your honor into question and the odds of a public outcry at a swift kicking down of your borders into a very slim margin.

In short: Keep talking smack, and no one will be sad you're dead - honor or not

[Taricus]

Welcome to the forums Cyber. You just hit the nail on the head on why we left that western alliance.

[CyberGenesis]

Oh ive been watching since turn 1 I've been keeping up with politics

[Johnfalcon99977]

Just do not invade me, and I will not try to invade you. Simple.

I am not the agressor, and I do not wish to paint my self as one. In fact, I plan on a good trade with Dwarim. I am trying to show my good intentions, but your constant threats toward invading me take me to the offencive.

[CyberGenesis]

A war can just as easily be started over a hot head and a big mouth than borders being violated.

[Dwarmin]

Please, don't tie me to the bow of your sinking ship JF. I'm willing to trade with you for profit, but don't count on me to leap to your defense. 

What you wrote a few pages back...

I am not too awful at diplomacy. I think I made a pretty good deal with Dwarmin.

We do the standard protection deal and we do not trade religon. We also help each other with tech and money when we need it.

None of this was official. You tried to vassal me, I refused, and I said if you needed help you would have to ask me for it on a one by one basis. The trading was one thing...this is a whole nother thing...you kinda stretched what we agreed on to make your position seem a bit stronger.

[Criptfeind]

Smart, well articulated, other synonyms for smart, WELCOME CyberGenesis! I am glad to meet you.

you kinda stretched what we agreed on to make your position seem a bit stronger.

Yeah. He does that a tad :v

Don't worry, I understand your position and do not take your trade or his bluster as a offense to me.

[Johnfalcon99977]

I do not plan to invade any of you.

And I learned a long time ago that people will not stop an invastion once they have set it. Once someone says they are going to invade me, they are going to invade me. No negotiation seems to get me out of it, but this time I may be able to defend myself.

Its also ironic that the only person who has almost given money to his people on a turnly basies is getting threatened by the guy who has so far only spent he money on warfare.

No, thats not ironic. It's just bullshit.

[Criptfeind]

No negotiation seems to get me out of it, but this time I may be able to defend myself.

It is your magnetic personality, it pulls bullets towards you.

[Terenos]

And swords. Cmon lets try to be thematically appropriate here.

[Johnfalcon99977]

Bullets haven-

No. I won't make the obvious comment.

But really, I do not think a war with me would just be a long and bloody stand-off. Can't we wait till we have some more power before we attempt to rip each other to bloody shreads?