Planet MafiaScum - ALL HAIL DARK LORD INSPIRATIELOOS

izakthegoomba · Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Sun May 01, 2011 9:09 pm

Mod: izakthegoomba
Co-mod: theamatuer
Ex co-mod: David Xanatos
Another ex co-mod: SleepyKrew
Reviewer: Meransiel
Cartographer: Robotnick2

Welcome to Planet MafiaScum, the game tha let's you control your very own country! You can lead it however you want - as a hippie trying to forge alliances and bring about peace and harmony, or as a homicidal maniac intent on world domination.

The game is now over. Post here or PM me to get info on the sequel when I make it.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #1 (isolation #1) » Sun May 01, 2011 9:10 pm

Alliances

United Nations:

Magrathea, Fallen Angels, Draconia, Chesstopia, Zimbabwean Republic, N, Caledonia

Spoiler: UN Rules

Wu and N

Caledonia and Calamity Isles

Intibo and Chesstopia

Calamity Isles and N

Calamity Isles and Melodica

Magrathea and Calamity Isles

Magrathea and Melodica

Magrathea and Arnor

Magrathea and Fallen Angels

Magrathea and Intibo

Melodica and The Alterian Republic

Calamity Isles and The Alterian Republic

Wu and Chesstopia

Nonaggression treaties

Magrathea and The Alterian Republic

The Alterian Republic and Chesstopia

Caledonia and Chesstopia

Chesstopia and The Suvonian Union

Wars

Black is an ongoing conflict.

Red

denotes a loser,

green

is a winner, and

orange

means either left the war, or agreed to stop fighting.

First Mistotopian War

Mistotopia

VS

Ethernia

,

Caledonia

,

Fallen Angels

,

Land of Ninja

,

Wu

Fallen Angels War

Fallen Angels

,

Wu

,

Cerberus

VS

Chesstopia

,

Flying Kiwi

,

Alterian Republic

Ethernian War

Ethernia

,

Chesstopia

VS

Arnor

,

Wu

,

Flying Kiwi

,

N

Ethernia

VS

Chesstopia

Chesstopia fought with Ethernia to defeat Arnor and it's allies, but attacked Ethernia as soon as they had won. Chesstopia reduced Ethernia to ruins, and took control of it.

Constallations War

The Constallations

VS

Caledonia

Caledonia peacefully took control of The Constallations after defeating the army, and installed a new government.

Second Mistotopian War

Mistotopia

VS

Republic of Kiwani

Chesstopian War

Chesstopia

,

Wei

,

Republic of Kiwani

VS

Cerberus

Republic of Kiwani initially pretended to fight against Chesstopia. This conflict gave rise to the Cerberus war.

Cerberus War

Cerberus

VS

Arnor

,

Republic of Kiwani

,

Chesstopia

Arnor, Republic of Kiwani, and Chesstopia took control of Cerberus, splitting it three ways. It eventually re-formed as a part of the Suvonian Union

Magrathean War

Magrathea

,

Republic of Kiwani

VS

Wu

,

Mistotopia

VS

Wu

Republic of Kiwani bombed Magrathea before switching sides. When on the brink of defeat, Wu turned on Mistotopia, crushing it's army.

Third Mistotopian War

Mistotopia

VS

Wu

,

Republic of Kiwani

,

Intibo

,

Draconia

,

Chesstopia

,

Arnor

Fourth Mistotopian War

Mistotopian Rebels

,

Republic of Kiwani

VS

Chesstopia

,

Fallen Angels

,

Wu

,

N

After rebels fought and defeated a small Chesstopia force, Chesstopia sent in huge amounts of bombers and missiles, killing the majority of the population.

Massacre of N

N

VS

Chesstopia

Over 10,000,000 were killed when Chesstopia launched all it's missiles and deployed all it's planes to crush N.

Wu War

Wu

VS

Republic of Kiwani

War of Kiwani

Kiwieagle Loyalists

VS

Revolutionaries

,

Fallen Angels

,

Wu

,

Calamity Isles

,

Magrathea

,

Intibo

Revolutionaries

,

Fallen Angels

,

Wei

,

Calamity Isles

,

Magrathea

,

Intibo

VS

Chesstopia

After the Kiwieagle Loyalists were defeated, Chesstopia bombarded the country (now in enemy hands) with missiles.

Caledonian War

Caledonia

VS

MYSTERIOUS HIDDEN SEEEEEECRET ENEMY (which was probably Fallen Angels) (and some missiles)

Caledonia VS Intibo, Fallen Angels, Wu

Up to date as of post #6088

izakthegoomba · Post Post #2 (isolation #2) » Sun May 01, 2011 9:10 pm

Spoiler: I'll fix this up later...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #3 (isolation #3) » Sun May 01, 2011 9:10 pm

Regions

Korikai

Space: Small
Resource: Natural Gas (High value)

Korikai is the northernmost region, and the coldest. It is fairly small, and often subject to heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures. However, enemy armies will find invasion difficult, and the natural resource is valuable.

Gurinland

Space: Medium
Resource: Metal (Medium value)

Gurinland is easy to manage. It's undeveloped space consists of green hills and forests, and it has an average climate. There is a reasonable amount of space for development, and the resource is fairly valuable.

Suvonia

Space: Large
Resource: Chemicals (Medium value)

Suvonia is by far the largest area, and is almost entirely covered by desert. It is a difficult place to manage, due to the searing heat and sheer expanse of the area. However, a nation managed well here could do very well, taking advantage of the enormous amounts of free space. The resource is fairly valuable.

The Beleza

Space: Very Small
Resource: Oil (High value)

The Beleza is a beautiful collection of islands in the warm area of Planet MafiaScum. It has a tropical climate, and prominently features pure, white beaches and clear, sparkling seas. There almost no space for extra development, but the resource is valuable, and the area could become a huge tourist attraction.

Deimoska

Space: Medium
Resource: Minerals (Low value)

Deimoska is a quiet mountainous area in the far east of Planet MafiaScum. It does not have a large amount of space; nor does it yield valuable resources. Nations in Deimoska do, however, enjoy a degree of secrecy and seclusion which is not possible elsewhere. It is also a very difficult place to invade.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #4 (isolation #4) » Sun May 01, 2011 9:11 pm

How it all works

Money

Each Monday, each nation gets a standard rate of £10 Billion. It could be more if a nation has some method of gaining extra income, or less. You can spend that on just about anything, from making your nation a better place, to building yourself an army. To spend money, just make sure I know about it. You can announce it in the thread if you like, or let me know by PM. Prices are realistic. Don't underspend, or bad stuff might happen. You can also give money to other players. Again, make sure I know about it.

If you spend more money than you have, you will just spend what ever you have left. No more spending will be counted. If you spend on multiple items in the same post, those listed first will take precedence.

When you receive money I will specifically announce it. Because things can modify the money you get, it is not automatic.

Population

Each nation starts off with 20 Million people. This can change throughout the game. Your people could die, for example. Or you could get a population increase for some reason.

Alliances

You may enter alliances with other nations. Just agree it with them, and let me know.

War

You can go to war against other nations. Make sure you spend some money on building an army, and announce that you are going to war. Please make sure you can justify your actions. To attack, just make sure I know what forces you are sending, and I'll announce what damage is done.

If you wish, you may launch sneaky, secret attacks. To do this, just PM me the details as usual, but specify that you want to stay hidden. Works best if you're using terrorists, bombs, etc.

Starting point

When you start:

You have cars, trains, boats, and a few aeroplanes.

You have phones, radio, television, and an early form of the internet.

You

do not

have any weapons.

You

do not

have nuclear power.

You

do not

have any form of space travel.

Space travel, nukes, and stuff

Those, and more, are allowed. But developing things like that takes a lot of money. I also suggest that you take some time to develop this type of thing, or it might go horribly wrong.

However, you must keep things realistic. I

will not

let you build a Death Star.

Intelligence

Whenever something is happening in your country that you should know about, I'll send you a PM. You can do what you want with the information. You may announce the info publicly, but

don't

quote the PM. Use your own words.

Events

Over the course of the game, various things will happen. They could be good or bad. No telling what they might be :P

Updates

When anything meaningful happens, I'll post an update, detailing what happened.

Losing

You can lose the game. This happens when your nation is wrecked beyond repair. Depending on what caused it, the land could be given to another nation, or just be left there. If you're people riot, your government is overthrown, etc.,

it does not necessarily mean you lose

. It just means that you have very little control over what happens until some form of leadership can be established.

Other stuff

I may be god, but I'm not infallible. If I make a mistake, feel free to complain about it in high-pitched whining voices.

The game will run for as long as you, the players, keep it going for.

It is permitted - and encouraged - that you talk to other players using PMs.

Do not quote any correspondence from the mod, whether real or faked.

Red

is my colour. Don't use it.

I expect there will be arguments, but insult the nation, not the user.

The first prod will be sent after 5 days without posting. The secon will be sent after 8 days. Players will be godkilled after 10 days. Players will be godkilled if they would require 3 first prods, or 2 second prods.

You can leave the game at any time. Just tell me.

My timezone is BST.

And, of course, I reserve the right to change any of this. I will notify you if I do.

Enjoy!

izakthegoomba · Post Post #5 (isolation #5) » Sun May 01, 2011 9:11 pm

izakthegoomba · Post Post #8 (isolation #6) » Sun May 01, 2011 11:22 pm

Added those... Ooh, looks like I have unexpected modding powers

izakthegoomba · Post Post #20 (isolation #7) » Mon May 02, 2011 5:23 am

Signups added.

No alliances (or other gameplay) just yet, chesskid. I don't have regular internet access until Saturday.

Attack me if you like, but I don't recommend it. Firstly, Castelia will be the main way I keep things working. Secondly, I am god.

And I'll say this now: you're not getting dragons.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #30 (isolation #8) » Mon May 02, 2011 9:48 am

Ok, this is much more than I bargained for

Due to the unexpected rush for spaces, I've added an extra space in every region except The Beleza, for a total of 18 spaces.

animorpherv1, what was it you told me about playerlists?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #54 (isolation #9) » Tue May 03, 2011 2:21 am

kiwieagle needs to add his "politics" choice.

Nice to see those extra spaces filling up. Now set in stone: game starts on the 9th. You all start with £10B.

And yes, you can invade.

Robotnick2 wrote:Firstly, at what point technologically are we? Do we have trains? Boats? Cars? Planes? Spaceships even? And what about telecommunication? Wires, radio, television, the Internet, Skynet.... you see my point?

You have cars, trains, boats, and planes. However they, particularly the boats and planes, are not weaponised. You will have to do that yourselves. You don't have spaceships, but you could try making them.

You have phones, radio, television, and the internet (in an early-ish form).

Robotnick2 wrote:Secondly, can we and/or should we research specific technologies, or just a technological goal? For example, if I wanted to create a spaceship, would I need to specify that I wanted to research rockets, fuel, spacesuits etc? Or does that all come under the banner of "spaceship"?

You could just say you were making a spaceship, and all that would be implied. However, if the spaceship was going to be/do anything special, then you should be more specific. For example, you could create an "unmanned space shuttle" or a "rocket-launching sattelite".

Robotnick2 wrote:Thirdly, and leading on from my last question, if we research something, in whole or in part, to what extent is the technology transferrable between projects? For instance, if I had a spaceship, could I then assume that I had rocket technology, so I also had, by default, missile capability?

It is semi-transferrable. In the example you gave, you would have the rocket technology, but you would still need to develop the explosives, ballistic/guiding systems, etc.

Robotnick2 wrote:Fourthly, what kind of timeframes/prices are we looking at for technologies?

For prices, you can spend any amount - the more you spend, the quicker it will be finished, and the more reliable your technology will be. For any major new technology (e.g. space travel, nukes, GM, etc.), you should be spending billions, at least. As a guideline, a successful unmanned spaceship project might need about £10B, or about £15B for a manned one.

For timeframes, it depends on a number of things; spending more money could get it done faster. You could say you will be rushing the development (though this will raise the chances of it going wrong). In general though, major new technologies should take several weeks. Something really huge, like space travel, would take even longer. Smaller developments could be done in a week or two.

But just let me know how much you will spend, and I'll tell you you when it will be ready.

Robotnick2 wrote:And lastly, are we constrained by current beliefs of the laws of physics/chemistry/biology? Could I, for instance, create a spacecraft that uses gone-off cheese to propel itself, provided I gave a good scientific reason why it should do so?

You would need a

very

good reason for that one. In general, you should be realistic, but there is

some

room for imagination.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #82 (isolation #10) » Thu May 05, 2011 10:04 pm

Iceguy is out. Chevre is in. kiwieagle's politics have been added.

To anyone talking about "facist" "right-wing", etc., you can change your politics if you like. Say so in a new post.

I will shortly be adding a section on the currant state of technology to the "How it all works" post.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #85 (isolation #11) » Thu May 05, 2011 10:53 pm

When I have the time, I will add any extra comments, such as "facist", to the "politics" section.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #99 (isolation #12) » Sat May 07, 2011 8:50 am

17/18 spaces filled is great! I may start the game early.

There was indeed a space in the Beleza. The signup will be added shortly, once I've checked the games I'm playing.

Try magicking an atom bomb out of thin air once we start. Do it. I dare you.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #101 (isolation #13) » Sat May 07, 2011 9:34 am

... ... ... We haven't started yet?

If you

really

want me to punish you for something you didn't do...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #104 (isolation #14) » Sat May 07, 2011 3:35 pm

Yes, please do.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #113 (isolation #15) » Sat May 07, 2011 7:37 pm

Yes, I know. It shall be done.

@T-Bone Hmm... I don't think I can let you research things, but if you want to spend some of your initial £10B, or even just detail your nation more, that's fine. So mer's idea is fine.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #116 (isolation #16) » Sat May 07, 2011 7:59 pm

Well... I'm not all that familiar with Civ V. Maybe. It should be fairly realistic. Could you elaborate on what you meant?

Thanks for sigging this Trag! <3

Wow, look how far ahead of ourselves we've got. To stop this all falling apart, and to satisfy your apparent needs...

THE GAME STARTS NOW!

I'm around for 1.5 hours to answer your questions. Update coming tonight!

izakthegoomba · Post Post #119 (isolation #17) » Sat May 07, 2011 8:40 pm

Good good, mining systems confirmed. You can interact freely with all other nations. You have telephones, etc., so anything else would be pointless. However, if you are sending anything physical to another nation (eg. resources) it will take ime to get there, longer to get to another region.

Castelia spends:

£3B on development of better aircraft, mostly for commercial purposes
£1B on general upkeep of and improvements to the nation

izakthegoomba · Post Post #121 (isolation #18) » Sat May 07, 2011 9:15 pm

Yes, it does. It make your nation a bit better in general, so stuff you do is more likely to work, and bad stuff is slightly less likely to happen.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #131 (isolation #19) » Sun May 08, 2011 2:03 am

I presume that £6B includes the research into rocket technology? That's going to take a while.

The sudden decision to build an electric fence was a surprise to many, but it's construction is going ahead well. It is expeected to be completed soon.

Chesskid's weapon factories are expected to get off to a slow start, but eventually gain momentum if developments are made in weaponry.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #153 (isolation #20) » Sun May 08, 2011 9:20 am

Update coming soonish. And yes, citizens could riot, but it wouldn't happen instantly, and this may or may not be enough.

And no "seraphims".

izakthegoomba · Post Post #157 (isolation #21) » Sun May 08, 2011 9:33 am

Flavour will come in a proper update.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #159 (isolation #22) » Sun May 08, 2011 10:43 am

Castelia International News

As many new nations make their way onto the international stage, the world of politics is buzzing with alliances, controversy, and threats. In the latest headlines:

In a sudden move, two pairs of nations have formed hurried alliances;

Chesstopia

and

The Zimbabwean Republic

have come together, whilst

N

and

Mistotopia

have joined forces in what could be a potential opposition.

N

has proposed several more alliances; so far, none have been accepted.

---

The

Chesstopian

government has passed orders for several weapon factories to begin construction. Many people are concerned by this news, and there is a distinct feeling of unrest amongst the Chesstopian people.

---

The

Mistotopian

government has begun forming an army; it is estimated to be formed of about 18,000 troops. Opinion is split on this topic; some say it is essential for the nation's protection, whilst others have labeled it "tyrannic".

Other nations have joined in the war theme;

Terroristopia

is known to be investing large sums of money in terrorism, whilst

N

is apparently working on something named a "void cannon". Both of these have caused considerable concern.

The Zimbabwean Republic

is also known to be developing it's armed forces.

---

In a bizarre move,

Zyrconium

has announced plans to create commercially viable jetpacks; quite how or when they will achieve this - if they

do

succeed - is unknown.

---

A lone

Ethernian

woman, completely unarmed and heavily pregnant, was sent in an apparent attempt to attack

The Zimbabwean Republic

. She appeared to be very devoted, but entirely failed to breach the border.

The woman sustained several minor injuries during the attack, but nobody was killed.

Many polititions have expressed their disgust at this movement.

---

In

Caledonia

, an order has been given to research "Arcane Magic"; whilst this research will apparently go ahead, Castelian journalists have speculated that the leader is "loosing his marbles".

Furthermore, rumors are circulating that the

Ethernian

leader is in fact a Seraph. So far, nothing of this has been confirmed.

---

Many nations have begun mining for natural resources; it promises to become a lucrative industry for those who move fast.

---

Finally, in

Ethernia

, a 10 foot tall electric fence is being constructed around the border. There has been surprisingly little criticism of this choice. Analysts suggest that any negative effect has been overshadowed by the disgraceful "attack" on

The Zimbabwean Republic

.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #166 (isolation #23) » Sun May 08, 2011 11:12 am

fix'd

izakthegoomba · Post Post #170 (isolation #24) » Sun May 08, 2011 11:23 am

No, you're not getting magic. I suggest you stop funding it. I'll put it into the updates, but don't expect to benifit from it.

@Mist7676 yup. Cold war for now though; I need details of the attack before it can go ahead.

BTW, I will post in red when I'm talking as the host, black when I'm Castelia.

---

Castelia is disturbed by these events. We are spending £3B on a small but very strong armed force to defend our borders. This covers the manufacturing of weapons.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #206 (isolation #25) » Sun May 08, 2011 7:41 pm

As the world-renowned centre of diplomacy, Castelia will enter the United Nations. We invest £1B on the UN, and propose that the UN building is built in Castelia.

Also, construction has begun on an international court to deal with the most dangerous of criminals.

Explosive monkeys not allowed. Unless you change your mind and it's just regular explosive. I will assume that is the case unless you say otherwise.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #207 (isolation #26) » Sun May 08, 2011 7:56 pm

Shock spreads through the world as a war begins already. Both

Terroristotopia

and

Chesstopia

have launched attacks on

Mistotopia

.

A Mistotopian ambassador travelled to Chesstopia under a flag of peace. His goal was to forge an alliance between the two nations. But little did he know that, when he arrived at the border, he would be arrested and sentenced to death without trial...

For Mistotopia, 1 died

But that was only the beginning. Another of

Mistotopia's

ambassadors, who had been sent to

Caledonia

returned, but with a crate full of dead monkeys. She unwittingly bought them into her nation, and arranged for them to be buried...

As the worker burying them dug the hole, he saw a bit of circuitry poking out of one of the monkeys! He bent down for a closer look, and the monkey began frantically beeping. It exploded, taking the rest of the monkeys and half of the cemetery with it. Of course, the worker was killed in the blast. Several members of the public were also hit.

For Mistotopia, 4 died, 7 injured.

But even now, rumors are flying about a third attack...

---

The electric fence in

Ethernia

is complete. It is expected to deter any casual, small attacks, but a full-scale assault would probably breach it.

The International Court in

Castelia

is progressing well in it's construction. It is expected to be finished fairly soon.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #210 (isolation #27) » Sun May 08, 2011 10:24 pm

For general upkeep, about £1B in a week should do it. More for improvements.

GTG now, more coming later

izakthegoomba · Post Post #217 (isolation #28) » Mon May 09, 2011 12:20 am

Mist, you're out of money. none of that latest stuff counts. To clarify:

The £10B that you all got when you started was

supposed

to be the same £10B you get on Monday; as I started the game a day early, you just got your £10B one day earlier than expected.

Info on your developments will, in most cases, be given to you privately when the time is right. If you want everyone to know, you can announce it.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #236 (isolation #29) » Mon May 09, 2011 1:44 am

Congrats on the quad post Mist. To confirm, you all got todays money yesterday. You

do not

get money today.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #241 (isolation #30) » Mon May 09, 2011 2:48 am

robotnick, you still have £3B. £2B after spending that.

Also, there seems to be some confusion, so:

If you do not spend all your money, it won't go anywhere. There is no need to put it in "reserves" or a "treasury"

izakthegoomba · Post Post #246 (isolation #31) » Mon May 09, 2011 4:02 am

@chesskid3 the numbers are codes. They allow me to determine when stuff happens, incorporating a small degree of luck.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #263 (isolation #32) » Mon May 09, 2011 9:01 am

@ T-Bone I can't tell you that. That's why they are in code. If you were supposed to know, it would be in plain text.

Updating fairly soon.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #281 (isolation #33) » Mon May 09, 2011 11:16 am

I messed it up? Oops. I'll fix it when I have access to a real computer. I will also list amounts of money in the OP. Of course, any secret spending will not show up on there. Also, I know the alliances section needs an update. Again, it'll get done when possible.

Now updating.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #285 (isolation #34) » Mon May 09, 2011 11:50 am

Breaking News

The war has begun in

Mistotopia

. Toaday, multiple suicide bombers from an unknown nation attacked, posing as tourists. Nine simultaneous attacks occurred, seven of which were successful.

Four of the bombers targeted major hospitals. The bombs killed many instantly, leaving many more as good as dead when vital medical equipment was wrecked.

293 died, 61 injured.

Three bombers targeted large schools in the capital. In one of these cases, targeting an expensive private school, the terrorist was discovered before he detonated the bomb.

He is currently on the run in Mistotopia.

The remaining two bombs were successful.

88 died, 19 injured.

The final two bombs targeted politicians. One bomb succeeded in killing it's target.

7 died, included one prominent MP.

In the other case, the terrorist was shot by the police who were scouting the area before the politician, a high-ranking diplomat, arrived. So far, no information has been released about him.

For the nation that ordered the attacks, 7 died.

---

In

Ethernia

, the pregnant woman who had been sent on a solitary attack has been executed. She was given no trial, and no reasoning. There is growing unrest about this matter...

1 died.

---

As even more weapon factories are planned in

Chesstopia

, many are exhibiting serious concerns...

---

The plans for the construction of a UN building in

Castelia

have been put on hold due to the potential threat. The Castelian government have no desire to bring the fight to their doorstep.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #291 (isolation #35) » Mon May 09, 2011 12:19 pm

I was referring to the

proposed

UN building in Castelia. Anything that

might

have happened will probably not. The threat is from the rather indignant facist over there...

I know the OPs are screwed. I'll fix them tomorrow.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #293 (isolation #36) » Mon May 09, 2011 12:49 pm

Ooh, let me think...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #301 (isolation #37) » Mon May 09, 2011 11:52 pm

New rule:

If you spend more money than you have, you will just spend what ever you have left. No more spending will be counted. If you spend on multiple items in the same post, those listed first will take precedence.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #305 (isolation #38) » Tue May 10, 2011 12:17 am

Tragedy, you REALLY need to spend MUCH more than £1M on an atomic bomb. I let it through, but its more likely to kill you than it is your enemies unless you spend A LOT more on it.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #315 (isolation #39) » Tue May 10, 2011 12:56 am

An alliance? Great!

That?

Umm...

Castelia

spends £100M on an enormous hammer

with which to godkill people if they misbehave.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #318 (isolation #40) » Tue May 10, 2011 1:01 am

Actually, I was referring to the rather suggestive notion that one of you leader's wives will "do anything". But no matter.

Drench, kudos for giving me another problem

izakthegoomba · Post Post #322 (isolation #41) » Tue May 10, 2011 1:17 am

*attempts to escape from hug, has modding to do*

Who said it would be done tomorrow? It's a couple of days out.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #324 (isolation #42) » Tue May 10, 2011 1:21 am

Did you think you'd figured out the code or something?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #330 (isolation #43) » Tue May 10, 2011 1:26 am

@Drench Yes, it would. But more to the point - as I already explained -

you only get £10B

.

Do I need to put "you must read what the mod says" in the rules?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #340 (isolation #44) » Tue May 10, 2011 3:35 am

Bullying and unveiled threats? Really, Mer? You barely have an army yourself. Castelia recommends that these two nations do not follow Ethernia. It will not benefit them. In fact, we recommend that they defend themselves sooner rather than later.

---

News update not far away.

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A couple of notes, which will be added to the OP.

Money

Each Monday, each nation gets £10 Billion. It could be more if a nation has some method of gaining extra income. You can spend that on just about anything, from making your nation a better place, to building yourself an army. To spend money, just make sure I know about it. You can announce it in the thread if you like, or let me know by PM. Prices are realistic. Don't underspend, or bad stuff might happen. You can also give money to other players. Again, make sure I know about it.

If you spend more money than you have, you will just spend what ever you have left. No more spending will be counted. If you spend on multiple items in the same post, those listed first will take precedence.

When you receive money I will specifically announce it. Because things can modify the money you get, it is not automatic.

Losing

You can lose the game. This happens when your nation is wrecked beyond repair. Depending on what caused it, the land could be given to another nation, or just be left there. If you're people riot, your government is overthrown, etc.,

it does not necessarily mean you lose

. It just means that you have very little control over what happens until some form of leadership can be established.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #343 (isolation #45) » Tue May 10, 2011 4:24 am

As chesskid3 highlighted, you launched a blatant attack via exploding monkeys, killing several people. You could cease hostilities and apologize.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #352 (isolation #46) » Tue May 10, 2011 5:36 am

Castelia International News

Tension is rising in

Ethernia

. The recent announcement that half of all money received will be spent on the armed forces has cause a great dispute amongst the people. Also, many distrust the promise of protection issued to the other

Korikai

nations. The ban on building armies that Ethernia has placed on the other nations is particularly alarming.

The people of

Chesstopia

are also less-than happy with the currant state of things. However, they are not at the same level of tension.

Caledonia's

research into biological warfare has also caused controversy.

As an unexpected bonus, the giant middle finger statue in

Chesstopia

is being built on a rotating platform, such that the Chesstopian leader can point it at whichever nation he chooses.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #357 (isolation #47) » Tue May 10, 2011 6:18 am

@Empking It happened.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #362 (isolation #48) » Tue May 10, 2011 8:57 am

Mini-Update

N

has recently spent a total of £11M on nuclear weapons. Analysts speculate that the leader is feeling suicidal.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #364 (isolation #49) » Tue May 10, 2011 9:03 am

That could well happen, Zyrc

izakthegoomba · Post Post #367 (isolation #50) » Tue May 10, 2011 9:37 am

Admittedly, there is no such thing; however, an enormous amount of lead might help. But it would cost more than that.

OP wrote:Don't underspend, or bad stuff might happen

izakthegoomba · Post Post #374 (isolation #51) » Tue May 10, 2011 10:50 pm

Oops, must have missed those kiwi, they've been added.

I know the UN isn't an alliance, but it needs to be listed.

Everything has been updated.

I strongly recommend that any alliance involving three or more nations is given a name.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #375 (isolation #52) » Tue May 10, 2011 11:16 pm

Breaking News

Terror has struck again in

Mistotopia

. Five seperate attacks have occurred within the last hour, targeting a number of science facilities across the nation. Two government science facilities have been burned to the ground, most likely with napalm or a similar flammable substance. Another laboratory, privately owned by a large pharmaceutical company, has been wrecked as multiple bombs were detonate inside. Finally, the two largest Research and Development facilities, one of which was controlled by the government, have also been bombed. They were working on the new "green products" that had recently been announced.

Across these attacks, 85 died, 104 injured. The development of green products has been wrecked beyond repair.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #377 (isolation #53) » Wed May 11, 2011 12:21 am

Actually, you should have one. I'll go fix it.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #380 (isolation #54) » Wed May 11, 2011 12:49 am

Any non-fascist nation is allowed to join.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #382 (isolation #55) » Wed May 11, 2011 1:21 am

I didn't make the rules.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #386 (isolation #56) » Wed May 11, 2011 3:27 am

There wasn't anything I felt you needed one for... I guess the "encouraging larger families" bit warrants one.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #393 (isolation #57) » Wed May 11, 2011 5:55 am

@Zyrc left-wing=socialist. Simple as that.

@animorpherv1 since when did you get to dictate what I do with the OP? I'll put them in a spoiler tag in the alliances section.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #402 (isolation #58) » Wed May 11, 2011 9:32 am

Castelia believes those terms are reasonable, so long as Ethernia also shares it's work. The nations should also be allowed to build armies for defence.

Castelia also believes Mistotopia has made the right decision by initiating the lockdown.

Our enormous hammer has been made. Now we need someone to test it on...

izakthegoomba · Post Post #411 (isolation #59) » Wed May 11, 2011 11:00 am

Castelia is seriously concerned by the statement by Ethernia.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #417 (isolation #60) » Wed May 11, 2011 11:43 am

@SharkFinn the way they feel they are superior to everyone else.

@Robotnick2 10,000-ish with a decent level of training. And it wasn't that long ago really.

@kiwieagle they're codes for my purposes.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #421 (isolation #61) » Wed May 11, 2011 12:21 pm

@Drench you will be notified as your projects are completed, and possibly at certain points along the way if necessary.

A note: I've had 62 PMs in the last two days, just from you lot. That's great and all - it means the games going ahead well - but please try to condense what you have to say into one or two at a time, rather than nine. The culprit knows who s/he is.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #442 (isolation #62) » Wed May 11, 2011 8:27 pm

Actually, chesskid, you've sent me more like 12. Updating in a short while.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #444 (isolation #63) » Wed May 11, 2011 9:39 pm

It depends. If your country was completely wrecked, burned to the ground, etc., then the technology would go to waste. If they were more careful, then they could well take control of your technology.

As for getting it back, you would probably have to fight them for it - not a good idea when you're a new nation. They shouldn't just give it to you because it used to be yours, since you're a completely new country when you respawn.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #446 (isolation #64) » Wed May 11, 2011 10:52 pm

Terroristotopia, are you admitting it was you behind the attacks?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #450 (isolation #65) » Thu May 12, 2011 1:47 am

Important Announcement

Some nations are already building huge armies, whilst others have overlooked the idea entirely. Because of this,

all nations get 1,000 lightly equipped troops for free

. You may not use them to attack, but they should provide some degree of defence. They will not hold out against a full scale war, but they will even the playing field. This does not effect your population.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #452 (isolation #66) » Thu May 12, 2011 2:57 am

Mer, you overspent. You actually only spent £3B on them. That does mean they are pretty good, but it doesn't make them better than Mist's.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #472 (isolation #67) » Thu May 12, 2011 6:46 am

Sigh... As I have said several times, you all just got the money one day early.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #477 (isolation #68) » Thu May 12, 2011 7:23 am

Official Votecount 1.0

SharkFinn (1)

- chesskid3

Not voting

- JDGA, Meransiel, mallowgeno, animorpherv1, Occult, SharkFinn, Mist7676, Robotnick2, kiwieagle, Chevre, Drench, Zyrconium, Hoppster, Empking, Tragedy, T-Bone

With 17 alive, it takes 9 to lynch. Deadline is some undefined point in the future.

Just fulfilling my modly duties

izakthegoomba · Post Post #479 (isolation #69) » Thu May 12, 2011 8:14 am

chesskid3 voted. I may as well satisfy him.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #487 (isolation #70) » Thu May 12, 2011 8:43 am

Just as it looked as if it was all going to decent into an argument, with accusations flying everywhere, Meransiel stepped forward, drew his pistol, and shot SharkFinn three times in the chest.

SharkFinn was a Vanilla Townie

Night 1 starts now. Those with night actions have until 21:00 on 15/05/2011 to submit them. The topic will not be locked, in the hope that we can stop fucking around and play the damn game.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #491 (isolation #71) » Thu May 12, 2011 2:00 pm

@kiwieagle oddly enough, I was already typing this up before you posted that. Don't worry though, your cities are safe...

For now...

Hopefully some nicer events can come along soonish. Anyway...

Breaking News

In

Mistotopia

, all was quiet. A small group of soldiers moved away down the road, having completed their duties. It would not be long before the next patrol arrived. But there was enough time. The terrorists, hiding in an abandoned warehouse, moved out across the road. They headed straight for a construction site; the site of the government's next big project. A large, modern hospital, costing billions. Of course, in the lockdown, the site was abandoned...

The terrorists worked quickly and efficiently, placing napalm bombs around the building site. They ran a safe distance, and set the place alight.

No-one died. The planned hospital has been wrecked. It is estimated to cost at least £4B to set the project back on track.

But the terrorist's luck had run out; as they tried to make their escape, they ran straight into a separate patrol, sent to investigate the flames. After a shoot-out, the terrorists were overpowered.

One terrorist died. Two Mistotopian soldiers died. The remaining three terrorists were arrested, and are now in police custody, awaiting judgement from the highest level.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #542 (isolation #72) » Thu May 12, 2011 7:37 pm

Great! I'll add those details later. Cybele, there is no specific spending period. You get £10B on each Monday, and you can spend it however and whenever you like. It is allowed (and advised) that you save up some money. And someone is still researching magic, but don't expect them to do very well out of it.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #555 (isolation #73) » Thu May 12, 2011 10:25 pm

Castelia also

accepts

the offer from Upper Dorsica, provided we may review your plans before they go ahead.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #562 (isolation #74) » Fri May 13, 2011 2:06 am

Breaking News

In

Cephalopodland

, the promised attack from

Terroristotopia

has come to pass. Mass shootings occurred in six different highly populated areas, killing many innocent citizens. Suicide bombers then attacked several buildings, causing millions of pounds worth of damage, and even more deaths.

For Cephalopodland, 214 died, 62 injured. For Terroristotopia, 9 died.

Very similar attacks occurred in

N

. Here, the attacks were not quite as successful, but still killed many. Again, a lot of damage was done to buildings around N.

For N, 143 died, 70 injured. For Terroristotopia, 8 died.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #563 (isolation #75) » Fri May 13, 2011 2:10 am

As Mistotopia, Terroristotopia, and Caledonia have not shown any further signs of open aggression, should the Mistotopia war be considered over?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #568 (isolation #76) » Fri May 13, 2011 5:35 am

Because the Mistotopia war came to nothing, it will be removed from the record.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #570 (isolation #77) » Fri May 13, 2011 6:18 am

Due to technical issues I may be unable to acres the Internet tomorrow. Updates may have to way until Sunday.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #593 (isolation #78) » Fri May 13, 2011 11:10 am

Cybale, as the mod I will require a link to the QT. I won't post in it, but I need to know what's going on.

Oh you've already sent it, thanks.

Also, it would be appreciated of any PMs you send to each other concerning the game are also sent to me.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #617 (isolation #79) » Sun May 15, 2011 9:01 pm

Don't worry, I haven't abandoned you or anything. Updating everything today.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #618 (isolation #80) » Mon May 16, 2011 12:09 am

Topic locked because I'm writing the weekly mega-update. It'll take a bit of time, so you may want to go away for a couple of hours.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #619 (isolation #81) » Mon May 16, 2011 1:33 am

Just a note before I start, since this is the first mega update: if you think you should have got more money than you did - for example, if you are mining resources, and didn't get extra money - don't panic. You will probably get more money next week instead.

Weekly Mega-Update - Week 1

Castelia

Receives £10B
Population grows by 5,000

Draconia

Receives £11.5B
Population grows by 5,000

Ethernia

Receives £10.5B
Population grows by 6,000

Would have received £11.5B; £1B automatically goes to the army

Dinotopia

Receives £10B
Population grows by 5,000

Fallen Angels

Receives £11B
Population grows by 5,000

Pherv-A-Whirl

Receives £11B
Population grows by 5,000

Cephalopodland

Receives £10B
Population grows by 4,950

Mistotopia

Receives £6B
Population grows by 3,000

Low figures due to martial law

Chesstopia

Receives £11.5B
Population grows by 8,000

High population growth due to legalization of polygamy and banning of condoms

Astariel

Receives £10B
Population grows by 5,000

Flying Kiwi

Receives £10B
Population grows by 5,000

Olynnia

Receives £10B
Population grows by 5,000

Upper Darsica

Receives £10B
Population grows by 5,000

Greater Walesia

Receives £10B
Population grows by 5,000

Land of Ninja

Receives £11.5B
Population grows by 5,000

Zimbabwean Republic

Receives £10.5B
Population grows by 5,000

Terroristotopia

Receives £10B
Population grows by 5,000

N

Receives £10.2B
Population grows by 5,000

Caledonia

Receives £10.05B
Population grows by 5,000

izakthegoomba · Post Post #623 (isolation #82) » Mon May 16, 2011 2:47 am

Robotnick2 wrote:Wow, thank you Izak.

Did I do something particularly impressive?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #632 (isolation #83) » Mon May 16, 2011 6:06 am

Breaking News

It was a dark day for

Olynnia

. An enormous hammer loomed over the nation, blocking out the sun. The residents knew they were doomed. It came crashing down upon Olynnia. Nothing could survive it's might.

20,005,000 died.

Olynnia has been destroyed.

The space is not freed. I have someone lined up to take it when their account is approved.

And T-Bone, didn't I say arcane magic wouldn't do you any favors?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #636 (isolation #84) » Mon May 16, 2011 6:20 am

T-Bone wrote:Magic will do me good because...

Revive those 20 million people for a new yet to be named government to take control of the former Olynnia.

No. Just, no.

chesskid3 wrote:
rotate middle finger to point at Castelia to speak for the 20 million people who can't speak for themselves

T-Bone wrote:Send a photographer to take a picture of this monument, and then take said picture and hang it all over the capital city of Caledonia, Oasis. Fuck Castelia.

It's called a godkill. She even asked to leave!

izakthegoomba · Post Post #643 (isolation #85) » Mon May 16, 2011 9:25 am

@inspiratieloos no-one is /in before you, you're top of the list. The space that's just been freed is reserved for someone I know and who is waiting for mith to approve their account. You might get the place if they don't turn up.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #645 (isolation #86) » Mon May 16, 2011 9:50 am

It's not favouritism. This guy said he wanted the space before that /in, so he gets the spot. If it takes too long I'll have to give it away to someone else.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #658 (isolation #87) » Mon May 16, 2011 9:07 pm

@kiwieagle Developing medicine, or improving health services, etc., will reduce death rates, speeding up population growth.

Since it's a "modern army", presumably with more powerful weaponry and stuff, it will be about 10,000. I'll update it later.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #659 (isolation #88) » Mon May 16, 2011 10:17 pm

Breaking News

The terrorists that had been arrested in

Mistotopia

vanished from their prison cells today. Apparently, no-one saw them leave. They are believed to still be at large in Mistotopia. It is very likely that they had outside help.

One guard was found dead, killed by a sniper bullet, outside the prison gates.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #666 (isolation #89) » Tue May 17, 2011 6:24 am

May as well go with the flow.

Passes law: new, age-concerning headline:

Age required to vote: 18, must show sufficient intelligence
Age of consensual intercourse: 16
Age of marriage: 20
Age required for driving: 19 to learn, 20 to take exam, exam must be retaken every 5 years
Age required for consuming legal drugs: Tobacco is illegal. Must be 20 to drink alcohol, and no more than 8 units per week. Caffeine is legal, but it is advised that people take it sparingly.
Age required for joining the army: 16 for training, 20 to be sent to war.
Age required for occupying a political position: Any, must show reasonably high intelligence.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #668 (isolation #90) » Tue May 17, 2011 6:39 am

So, to clarify, you would prefer Korikai or Deimoska (which is coldish), but won't take The Beleza or Suvonia? I'll put that down unless you say otherwise.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #683 (isolation #91) » Tue May 17, 2011 11:01 am

@T-Bone those things are short-term operations. You will not continuously get money every week from them without spending a bit more; however, now you have set the wheels into motion, it is not necessary to spend as much as before. It may be worth investing in a more long-term method of extracting resources.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #688 (isolation #92) » Tue May 17, 2011 11:06 pm

New rules regarding inactivity: First prod will be issued after 5 days without posting. Second prod will be issued after 8 days. Player will be godkilled after 10 days. Players will be godkilled if they would require 3 first prods, or 2 second prods.

Mist, I recommend you actually react to the fact that there several terrorists running around your nation.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #693 (isolation #93) » Wed May 18, 2011 3:53 am

Castelia is deeply concerned by this. A person should not be executed simply because they, for example, left a cooker on.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #697 (isolation #94) » Wed May 18, 2011 4:04 am

Tell me ONE country where you get executed for ACCIDENTALLY starting a fire.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #709 (isolation #95) » Wed May 18, 2011 7:19 am

@inspiratieloos My friend hasn't got back to me about it yet. I'll give him a few more days, then offer you the place.

I expect the population could be capped by encouraging the use of birth control, and passing laws against having more than two children.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #725 (isolation #96) » Wed May 18, 2011 9:19 am

30% of what?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #727 (isolation #97) » Wed May 18, 2011 9:30 am

30% increase, right?

izakthegoomba · Post Post #749 (isolation #98) » Thu May 19, 2011 4:39 am

You can talk all you want about tax rates, it doesn't bother me. I just need to know if you are specifically raising or lowering taxes. In that case, you should just straight-out give me a percentage change, in comparison to the original tax. To start with, £4B of your weekly money comes from taxes.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #751 (isolation #99) » Thu May 19, 2011 4:52 am

Making it overcomplicated = screwups on everyone's part = rubbish game. So yes, I am serious.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #754 (isolation #100) » Thu May 19, 2011 7:12 am

That may not be realistic, but I'm no politician (thank god). Leaving it at that won't cause any negative effects.

izakthegoomba · Thu May 19, 2011 10:35 pm

Oh, and note that the game doesn't run in realtime. That would be boring. So £4B really isn't that bad at all.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #757 (isolation #102) » Fri May 20, 2011 3:56 am

inspiratieloos has been offered a space.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #760 (isolation #103) » Fri May 20, 2011 4:59 am

Inspiratieloos takes the fifth space in Suvonia. Anything he starts developing within the next 48 hours will receive progress as if it had been started when Chevre dropped out.

izakthegoomba · Fri May 20, 2011 10:51 am

The latest stuff will go into the OP tommorrow. I can't do it right now.

@T-Bone I have been talking to CSL. Expect a proper word on this tomorrow.

Castelia International News

A new nation has made itself known to the wider world today;

Arnor

has stepped up to the world stage. Arnor has made early plans to make investments in their education system; this idea has generally been praised by critics.

---

In

Mistotopia

, the people are still severely rattled after the terrorist attacks. Although all schools and businesses have now reopened, many citizens are wary of further attacks.

Taking advantage of this,

Pherv-A-Whirl

has launched a campaign of vicious propaganda against

Mistotopia

, reminding the citizens that they can take refuge in Pherv-A-Whirl, and claiming that it is unsafe for them to remain in Mistotopia.

---

In a shocking move,

Greater Walesia

has announced that they will be dramatically increasing the prices of oil to gain extra money. As they are the world's only major supplier of oil at the currant time, many nations will have no choice but to comply.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #792 (isolation #105) » Sat May 21, 2011 5:46 am

You haven't asked to join yet...?

izakthegoomba · Sat May 21, 2011 10:29 am

Very well. "Stuff" shall be done. BTW, this wasn't my doing...

Breaking News

In

Fallen Angels

, all hell has broken loose. Muliple attacks have been made on government facilities across the nation.

The advance weaponry development facility has been particularly badly hit, completely wrecked in the dead of the night. Explosives were detonated in strategic locations, after all the guards had been killed or incapacitated. The military response was swift, and several firefight ensued, but the building was severly damaged, and several of the major projects were wrecked. Eventually, the military of Fallen Angels secured the building, but it was too late.

The factories producing weaponised vehicles have also been attacked. Several production lines have been damaged. This is expected to seriously set back the development.

Finally, the military training compounds have sustained moderate damage. Bombs destroyed several major weapon lockups, and killed a few major military figure.

For Fallen Angels, 204 died. The advanced weapons facility, the weaponised vehicle factory, and the military development have all suffered considerable setbacks.

For the unknown attacking nation, 171 died.

But there was something even more important about these attacks... As Fallen Angels officials gathered up the bodies of the dead attackers, they noticed that they all had one thing in common.

None of them were adults.

Not a single one of the soldiers was aged over 17.

izakthegoomba · Sat May 21, 2011 10:31 am

Also, I'm scrapping the idea of me having a nation. It won't work. I'm keeping my hammer, though.

Godkills and updates happen tomorrow.

izakthegoomba · Sat May 21, 2011 10:49 am

[sarcasm]Wow chesskid, you sure are doing a good job of keeping your plans secret.[/sarcasm]

izakthegoomba · Sat May 21, 2011 11:03 am

To be fair, they were making vicious attacks. The Fallen Angels military couldn't just stand by and watch it happen.

Would anyone else like to predict the game? Anyone who gets it right wins a cookie.

izakthegoomba · Sat May 21, 2011 11:07 am

About making another space in Korikai? I guess so, but I'll delete the one in Suvonia.

And is

the thing

we spoke about still on?

izakthegoomba · Sat May 21, 2011 11:43 am

@insp simple; they're kids. No-one suspected them for a second. The culprit took advantage of this early-game state.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #853 (isolation #112) » Sat May 21, 2011 1:22 pm

Mini-Update

A dead boatman has been washed up on the shores of

Land of Ninja

. it is suspected that he is of Caledonian origin.

izakthegoomba · Sat May 21, 2011 10:41 pm

Breaking News

The mighty hammer descended twice more.

Upper Darsica and Cephalopodland have been destroyed.

izakthegoomba · Sun May 22, 2011 10:27 am

Mini-update

One naked, pregnant, and rather disgruntled woman has returned home to

Ethernia

after discovering that Castelia had simply vanished off the map.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #901 (isolation #115) » Mon May 23, 2011 2:17 am

Empking has been prodded. Again.

izakthegoomba · Post Post #902 (isolation #116) » Mon May 23, 2011 3:33 am

Weekly Mega-update - Week 2

Draconia

Gains £10B
Population grows by 6,000

Ethernia

Gains £9B
Population grows by 5,500

Would have received £10B; £1B automatically goes to the army

Dinotopia

Gains £13B
Population grows by 6,000

Melodica

Gains £10B
Population grows by 5,000

Fallen Angels

Gains £10B
Population grows by 5,900

Pherv-A-Whirl

Gains £12.5B
Population grows by 6,000

Mistotopia

Gains £8B
Population grows by 4,500

Would have received £9B; £1B automatically goes to the army

Chesstopia

Gains £12B
Population grows by 5,500

Astariel

Gains £11B
Population grows by 6,200

Flying Kiwi

Gains £11B
Population grows by 5,500

Arnor

Gains £14B
Population grows by 3,000
High taxrate make people very unhappy

Greater Walesia

Gains £15.5B
Population grows by 3,000
High taxrate make people very unhappy

Land of Ninja

Gains £10B
Population grows by 6,000

Zimbabwean Republic

Gains £11.5B
Population grows by 6,000

Terroristotopia

Gains £10B
Population grows by 6,500

N

Gains £10.5B
Population grows by 5,000

Caledonia

Gains £10.2B
Population grows by 5,500

Of course, if there are any problems, feel free to barrage me with an incessant string of PMs that could have been summarized in two words. Have fun!

izakthegoomba · Mon May 23, 2011 10:39 am

Hilarious. I'm sorely tempted.

But here's a fact for you: you are

nowhere near

being able to make a super soldier.

Beside, it would be a stupid endeavour.

CSL wrote:BOOM, HEADSHOT

izakthegoomba · Mon May 23, 2011 11:31 pm

Welcome to the game, Panzerjager!

To celebrate 1,000 posts, all nations receive £1B. Enjoy!

izakthegoomba · Tue May 24, 2011 12:07 am

Mistotopia does, of course, have some supplies of oil, so the effect will not be immediate. Hence the fact that it has not yet made impact. But rest assured, it will.

Any attacks planned will occur once the nation under attack has some chance to retaliate. After all, in real life, an army wouldn't arrive instantaneously.

izakthegoomba · Tue May 24, 2011 12:18 am

Of course. Which is why you can launch sneak attacks by PMing me. But sending 45,000 soldier to kick down the door would hardly go unnoticed.

And no, it's fine to attack now. Mistotopia just needs to have the chance to mobilize it's army against you. Or not, as the case may be.

izakthegoomba · Tue May 24, 2011 2:10 am

Yeah, it will be hard once the RTD gets going properly. But I think I can do it.

And yes, a notable majority is needed for a successful attack. The exact number depends on the circumstances.

izakthegoomba · Tue May 24, 2011 2:49 am

Breaking News

In

Fallen Angels

, many people have suddenly fallen ill, with no explanation. This has happened only in the capital. Scientist suspect poisoning, but they are getting nowhere. Hundreds of people, including some in very privileged positions, are now in hospital, with little hope of being saved.

izakthegoomba · Tue May 24, 2011 3:20 am

Playerlist wrote:
CSL

Name: Melodica
Politics: Right-wing
Population: 20,005,000
Money: £2,000,000,000

izakthegoomba · Tue May 24, 2011 9:05 am

>CSL used one Pokeball.

*pokeball shakes, three times*

>CHESSKID has been caught!

>CHESSKID's data has been added to the pokedex.

>Give a nickname to the caught CHESSKID?

izakthegoomba · Tue May 24, 2011 9:13 am

Not so. Ancient wardrobe-type moves are super effective against chess-type pokemon.

T-Bone, read your PMs.

For general, averagely-trained troops, £1B = 10,000. But if you specify how many you want (within reason) you will get that number, but better/worse trained.

I imagine it is time to solve our first "mystery", then.

Mysteries wrote:Who was behind the sabotage in Fallen Angels?

Answer: Chesstopia

But if you hadn't figured it out already...

izakthegoomba · Tue May 24, 2011 9:19 am

Dramatic stuff will happen tomorrow, when I have the time to write an update. I have a lot to get through

Chesskid himself will probably have acid, being in Suvonia. For extra lulz, you could dissolve him in his own acid.

izakthegoomba · Tue May 24, 2011 9:28 am

Actually, she'd be marked as a murderer and a tyrant.

Tyrantess?

Oh, and something I forgot to mention: signups are closed. A new nation trying to join now just wouldn't be able to catch up.

izakthegoomba · Wed May 25, 2011 12:24 am

@kiwieagle you will indeed get 10,000 very well-trained and -equipped soldiers. An elite force.

Breaking News

The armies sent to attack

Mistotopia

are nearing the border. The armies are ready to attack, at a moment's notice...

---

The weapon inspectors have arrived in

N

...

---

In

Ethernia

, three of the four people force-drafted into the army have publicly protested against it, claiming that it is "unfair discrimination". The people of Ethernia are unhappy with this cruel experiment.

---

In

Fallen Angels

, even more people have fallen ill, and many have died. Scientists have discovered that the cause of death is Cyanide poisoning.

So far, 412 people have died. Many more are fatally ill.

A lone plane swooped low over Fallen Angels, and dropped a single package, right in front of the Houses of Parliament. A voice boomed out of it...

N SHALL CONQUER FALLEN ANGELS!

izakthegoomba · Wed May 25, 2011 5:17 am

That must've been a mistake. It was probably supposed to come off the money.

izakthegoomba · Wed May 25, 2011 5:44 am

He's already been prodded. He's due the second-level prod in 20 hours. If he doesn't post, he will be godkilled in 2 days 20 hours.

izakthegoomba · Thu May 26, 2011 1:19 am

Mer and Animorph, your attacks will go ahead unless you say otherwise.

Breaking News

In

Fallen Angels

, even more people have become fatally ill. Hospitals are working extreme overtime, but have had almost no success at all, due to the speed of Cyanide poisoning.

A further 609 people have died.

Forensic teams are utterly clueless about the incident. Aside from the cause of death, nothing seems to connect the victims. They range all the way from homeless people, all the way up to rich businessmen.

---

Furthermore, an unknown individual has been wrecking havoc in the borders of

Fallen Angels

. After knocking out several guards, this person proceeded to make their way to a control room and shut down several of the vital systems.

Nobody died. The border defense systems across the south of Fallen Angels are offline.

---

In

Mistotopia

, snipers have attacked innocent citizens across the nation. In a number of attacks over the last 12 hours,

29 people have been killed.

All of the victims have been moderately rich, or influential in some way.

---

In

Melodica

, Emperor CSL has been taken to a hospital with apparent mental illness. According to a source close to him, he came staggering out out of his private chambers earlier today, screaming and talking gibberish about ghosts and wardrobes. For now, the Emperor's son if controlling Melodica in his absence, but the people are uneasy with the state of affairs.

izakthegoomba · Thu May 26, 2011 4:29 am

Note that the cures would have to be given very quickly in the case of high-concentration poisoning. for a major effect, everyone in the capital would need to have the cures.

izakthegoomba · Fri May 27, 2011 12:11 am

It's WAR!

The

Ethernian

troops arrived at the borders of

Mistotopia

, ready for battle. A huge army, 45,000 of Ethernia's troops, advanced on the borders, but they were met by thousands of Mistotopia's own forces. As the battle began, Ethernia seemed to have the upper hand, in terms of numbers, and land. They ploughed through the Mistotopian defenses, killing many. It seemed, for a while, that the battle might be won after all - but before too long, they began to tire. It was clear that they could not last much longer in battle. The Mistotopian troops took advantage of their surrounding, slowly picking off the opposing army.

For Ethernia, ~9,600 died, all armed forces.

For Mistotopia, ~7,100 died, ~7,000 armed forces. Billions of pounds worth of damages have been caused.

izakthegoomba · Fri May 27, 2011 12:13 am

Note that that is just the beginning. The war will continue unless Mist surrenders, Mer pulls out, or they agree to stop.

izakthegoomba · Fri May 27, 2011 5:29 am

Not necessarily true. While Mist's troops have taken a battering, it is their home turf, and they are by no means all used up. I will say one thing though; this is the initial, war-crazed rush in. The death tolls won't be that high every time. Unless more troops are sent in or something.

izakthegoomba · Fri May 27, 2011 10:41 pm

Note that the game doesn't run on real time, so this might not be totally realistic.

It's WAR! Again!

The war rages on in

Mistotopia

. Many more have died, but both sides are beginning to tire. The Ethernians are struggling to keep up a full powered assault, whilst the Mistotopians are quickly running out of defensive options. On several occasions, a few Ethernian soldiers have managed to cross the border, and proceeded to wreck havoc with whatever they found. The death tolls have fallen, but there are still many dead.

For Ethernia, ~5,100 died.

For Mistotopia, ~2,200 died. Even more damage has been caused, particularly to the border defenses.

---

In

Fallen Angels

, the poisoning seems to be over. A few more people have died, bit there are almost no new casualties.

For Fallen Angels, 61 died.

In the north of

Fallen Angels

, in an international car factory, the orphan soldiers struck again. This time, however, Fallen Angels was better prepared. The orphans did cause some damage, but special forces were able to secure the factory and detain most of the orphans with minimum casualties before any major damage was caused.

For Chesstopia, 22 died. 39 orphans have been taken into police custody.

For Fallen Angels, 20 died.

But this was just a taster of what was to come. While the officials of

Fallen Angels

had been occupied by the poisoning and the attacks, two nations had planned a war. The armies of

Chesstopia

and

Flying Kiwi

advanced upon the borders of

Fallen Angels

, ready to attack...

To be continued!

izakthegoomba · Fri May 27, 2011 10:59 pm

I was late giving Empking his second prod, so he will have a bit of extra time before I godkill him. However, he has read his first prod and not posted, so I won't be too lenient.

izakthegoomba · Sat May 28, 2011 7:25 am

Ok, this is my fault for not saying this in the first place. From now on:

Do not quote any correspondence from the mod, whether real or faked.

This will go in the OP.

izakthegoomba · Sat May 28, 2011 8:59 am

Updates will mostly be done in the mornings from now on (BST).

izakthegoomba · Sat May 28, 2011 9:12 am

Maybe. Maybe not. I might be able to do it sooner. What's the time where you are?

izakthegoomba · Sat May 28, 2011 9:19 pm

Oh look, more war

The order came as a shock to everyone. Suddenly, the

Ethernian

troops were ordered to pull back from

Mistotopia

. the Mistotopian soldiers took shots at them as they retreated and the Ethernians were forced to shoot back, but they were mostly just glad to get away.

For Ethernia, 301 died.

For Mistotopia, 177 died.

---

But in

Fallen Angels

, another war had begun. A huge 40,000 troops had been sent from

Chesstopia

, outnumbering Fallen Angels' meagre 10,000 by far. With them came about 100 early tanks, and a number of bombers. 2,000 specially trained troops came from

Flying Kiwi

, along with a whole load of long-range artillery. Fallen Angels had bolstered their defences, but it could only do so much.

The results were devastating. The sheer numbers of the Chesstopian forces ploughed through the opposing army. The tanks blasted away at the defences, while the planes dropped bombs on them and the artillery blasted away. And through the chaos, the 2,000 elite troops made their way straight to the border...

For Chesstopia, ~4,100 died. Several tanks have been destroyed.

For Flying Kiwi, ~300 died.

For Fallen Angels, ~4,300 died. The border defences have been essentially annihilated.

izakthegoomba · Sun May 29, 2011 8:32 pm

My friend, you are doomed... DOOMED!

The defence system was back online in

Fallen Angels

. The enemies were still slowly pushing through, but the small army of Fallen Angels was managing to slow them down. But then, another army arrived. 35,000 soldiers, from

The Zimbabwean Republic

. They never stood a chance.

For Chesstopia, ~2,000 died.

For Flying Kiwi, ~250 died.

For The Zimbabwean Republic, ~1,800 died.

For Fallen Angels, ~4,100 died. The defences have been almost totally destroyed, and the army is in disarray.

---

Terroristotopia has been squashed by my mighty hammer.

Pherv-A-Whirl, too.

izakthegoomba · Sun May 29, 2011 10:56 pm

Weekly Mega-update - Week 3

Sorry about the wait, everyone. My router crashed just after I locked it.

Draconia

Gains: £10B
Population grows by: 5,000

Ethernia

Gains: £8.5B
Population grows by: 4,500

Would have received £9.5B; £1B goes to the army

Dinotopia

Gains: £12B
Population grows by: 5,000

Melodica

Gains: £10.8B
Population grows by: 5,000

Fallen Angels

Gains: £7B
Population grows by: 3,000

Economy damaged by war

Mistotopia

Gains: £6B
Population grows by: 3,000

Economy damaged by war and lack of oil.

The Constallations

Gains: £10B
Population grows by: 5,000

Chesstopia

Gains: £12B
Population grows by: 8,000

Astariel

Gains: £11B
Population grows by: 5,200

Flying Kiwi

Gains: £13B
Population grows by: 5,000

Arnor

Gains: £15B
Population grows by: 5,000

People are unhappy with the tax

Greater Walesia

Gains: £15B
Population grows by: 5,000

Land of Ninja

Gains: £10B
Population grows by: 5,000

Zimbabwean Republic

Gains: £11B
Population grows by: 5,000

N

Gains: £10.5
Population grows by: 5,500

T-Bone

Gains: £11B
Population grows by: 5,000

As always, if you notice a problem, don't hesitate to come and moan about it.

izakthegoomba · Mon May 30, 2011 6:43 am

@Zyrc those are still being worked on. I probably just forgot to put them in the OP.

@Hopp:

Hoppster wrote:£2.5bn into further ehancement of Elite Ninja Snipers

OP wrote:Training a large number of super-duper really really great ultra-powerful mega-whammy elite ninja snipers with fake sounding Russian accents

Happy?

izakthegoomba · Mon May 30, 2011 9:30 pm

IMPORTANT: WHEN SOMEONE IS MODKILLED, THEIR NATION JUST DISSAPPEARS. YOU

CANNOT

TAKE THEIR LAND.

So, kiwi, you'll have to buy some land off of someone else.

izakthegoomba · Tue May 31, 2011 12:12 am

izakthegoomba · Tue May 31, 2011 1:43 am

Of course. Though, since £6B was probably overspending anyway, do consider buying some land from someone else.

izakthegoomba · Tue May 31, 2011 3:13 am

Disaster and Un-disaster

The Beleza

has just suffered it's biggest earthquake in over a year. Many people have been killed, massive waves have hit the coasts, and billions of pounds worth of damages have been caused.

Greater Walesia

was particularly badly hit.

For Greater Walesia, ~2,000 died. The earthquake caused billions of pounds worth of damages.

For Land of Ninja, ~1,100 died. The earthquake caused billions of pounds worth of damages.

Note that money

is not

automatically spent on reparations; you must allocate money yourselves.

---

In

Fallen Angels

, all hope had been lost. As the soldiers prepared for battle once more, they knew they had no hope. There were a mere 1,600 of them against sprawling armies from three different nations. The government was training more troops, but it would take too long...

But as they headed into battle, help arrived. 20,000 soldiers, launching an all-out assault on the attackers.

Melodica

had joined the war. They took the attackers by surprise, and the combined forces of Fallen Angels and Melodica held the enemy back from the border. At the very least, they had bought some time.

But even with reinforcements, they could only last so long. Even now, more attackers advance towards Fallen Angels...

For Chesstopia, ~7,200 died.

For Flying Kiwi, ~1,000 died.

For The Zimbabwean Republic, ~4,400 died.

For Fallen Angels, ~900 died.

For Melodica, ~2,800 died.

izakthegoomba · Tue May 31, 2011 5:28 am

Robotnick2 wrote:
Astariel
have their own colouring system.

izakthegoomba · Tue May 31, 2011 6:22 am

@chesskid firstly, balance. Secondly, CSL's reinforcements were less in numbers, and therefor easier to organize, transport, etc.,but when your troops will arrive they will go in strong. Obviously.

@Hopp yes, all troops sent so far are due to arrive next update.

izakthegoomba · Tue May 31, 2011 8:57 am

It is nice if you bold your actions. I will count it either way, but I am slightly more likely to miss stuff if it's unbolded.

izakthegoomba · Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:07 am

Everyone, please note that anything nuclear needs Uranium.

All change!

In

Fallen Angels

, the war has just stepped up a notch.

Chesstopia

and

Flying Kiwi

are both sending in many more troops, and even starting to utilize chemicals.

Astariel

has sent in an impressive air force, sparking a huge battle in the sky against

Chesstopia

, whilst

Melodica

has ordered it's troops to pull out. But most importantly,

Fallen Angels

is fighting back. They are conscripting new troops all the time, and bolstering their defenses, while getting their Gatling turrets up and running.

For Chesstopia, ~5,200 died. Thousands of planes have been shot down.
For Flying Kiwi, ~1,100 died.
For The Zimbabwean Republic, ~3,900 died.

For Melodica, ~500 died. The rest have safely left Fallen Angels.
For Astariel, ~3,400 died. Thousands of planes have been shot down.
For Fallen Angels, ~4,000 died.

---

The air force of

Melodica

headed straight for

Dinotopia

. Hundreds of planes dropped their bombs, straight onto the glass dome over the capital. The toughened glass held out for a while, but it was only so long before it began to crack...

The small army of

Dinotopia

shot at the planes, but with little success. The glass rained down, as the enormous dome fell away, chunk by chunk. Many, many people were severely injured by this most inhumane attack.

For Dinotopia, ~1,700 died, almost all of them civilians. Well over a thousand are injured, and hundreds have lost limbs, organs, or even their sight. The glass dome is almost entirely destroyed.

For Melodica, 18 died.

---

Greter Walesia

and

Land of Ninja

are both in turmoil after the earthquake, though the money from

Astariel

has certainly helped.

izakthegoomba · Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:32 am

Oops, that must have been deleted by accident. Yes, the Grand University of MafiaScum is located in Arnor, and is more than capable of carrying out nuclear research.

I'll fix the OP when I get to a computer.

izakthegoomba · Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:12 am

Chesskid, this is entirely fair. The sudden attack from Astariel occupied most of your forces this update, and he still had a number of unharmed turrets. But you are right, civilians aren't nearly as much use as real soldiers, and that will show.

izakthegoomba · Thu Jun 02, 2011 3:09 am

Tragedy wrote:
Pay 50 Million to train all civilians to use weapons in case of territorial invasion. Of course, children shouldn't know.

Denied. As kiwi and chesskid said, ~£3 per citizen is

nowhere near

enough.

izakthegoomba · Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:07 am

THE PEOPLE WILL FIGHT! In theory.

The war rages on in

Fallen Angels

. More civilians are being sent to the front lines all the time, but are nothing compared to the well-trained troops attacking. The air force of

Astariel

has made a gallant effort, but can't hold out against the combination of

Chesstopia's

airforce and

Flying Kiwi's

artillery. They are fighting a losing battle. Meanwhile, the attacking armies moved to take out the Gatling turrets around the border -

Fallen Angels'

greatest asset. Many of them were destroyed.

For Chesstopia, ~4,300 died.
For Flying Kiwi, ~1,100 died.
For the Zimbabwean Republic, ~3,700 died.

For Fallen Angels, ~10,100 died.
For Astariel, ~4,100 died. Many planes have been shot down.

---

In a shock move, the general of the army of

Fallen Angels

has been assassinated at an army compound. The killer is nowhere to be found.

1 died, the most important military officer of Fallen Angels.

izakthegoomba · Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:00 am

Update will likely be in a few hours.

izakthegoomba · Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:09 am

An unexpected surprise

The sole missile streaked through the air, heading straight for

Chesstopia

, it's onboard computers lining it up perfectly. It soared straight towards the hospital. The biggest in the nation. It smashed into the building, it's momentum carrying it through two floors before...

Nothing. No explosion. No fire. It was a dud. Bomb disposal teams have been called to the scene, and that area of the hospital has been evacuated. Nobody is sure where the missile came from.

The hospital sustained some damage, and 4 people died.

---

The war was taking a bad turn for

Fallen Angels

. The new army recruits were not getting nearly enough training before they were being shoved to the front line. They were dead as soon as they were drafted. Most of the Gatling turrets were gone now, and though the air force of

Astariel

did everything they could, they were hopelessly outmatched, and the borders ha almost been breached man times. It was only a matter of time... But troops on all sides were tiring. This was a war that would end badly for everyone.

For Chesstopia, ~2,100 died.
For Flying Kiwi, ~900 died.
For the Zimbabwean Republic, ~1,700 died.

For Fallen Angels, ~11,200 died. The border defences are in tatters, and almost no properly trained soldiers survive.
For Astariel, ~3,500 died.

But

Fallen Angels

had even more problems. The announcement that 200,000 citizens would be conscripted had the public rattled. Many were protesting in the streets. It was mostly peaceful, for now, but it could easily turn bad...

---

For reasons beyond my control (cliché, I know), the update tomorrow will be late-ish night (BST), and the OP might not be updated until Sunday.

izakthegoomba · Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:37 pm

@CSL you know, of course, that the Earth actually travels around the sun, and the sun does not rotate? And that in fact, a rotation of the sun would mean very little for us? The sun does, however,

orbit

the centre of this galaxy's mass (most likely a black hole), which in turn moves away from the point of the big bang, with exponentially decaying speed.

But yeah, he and Drench will be prodded.

@Trag the update said nothing about a nuke. It just mentioned a "missile".

And honestly, you can't spend too much when going nuclear. So much can go wrong.

izakthegoomba · Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:39 pm

Really? Oh. Damn bloody sub-standard teachers. But I am right in saying that the sun's rotation has nothing to do with our days... Right?

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:28 am

Sorry about the lack of an update yesterday. Both technical and logistical problems - simply put, there was no way in hell I was gonna get it done. Notifications and fixing the OP will be done with the mega-update.

Sneakiness. We has it.

As the war continues, more and more sudden moves are made.

Flying Kiwi's

troops have been called back, and returned home to a hero's welcome.

Melodica

piled in again to aid

Fallen Angels

, this time with their air force, whilst

Astariel

continued in it's valiant defence. But mot importantly,

Ethernia

joined the war. 40,000 troops, all newly prepared for battle, charged in to help the attackers. The results were devastating.

For Chesstopia, ~4,600 died. The combined air forces of Astariel and Melodica caused big damage.
For Flying Kiwi, ~100 died.
For the Zimbabwean Republic, ~3,400 died.
For Ethernia, ~2,100 died.

For Fallen Angels, ~11,000 died.
For Astariel, ~2,800 died.
For Melodica, ~1,900 died.

THE BORDER OF FALLEN ANGELS HAS BEEN BREACHED! TROOPS FLOOD IN. THE ARMY CAN BARELY HOLD THE ENEMY BACK.

---

Meanwhile, far north of the ongoing battle, a new conflict arose... If it can be called a conflict. While

Ethernia's

armies were heading thousands of miles away from their home,

Arnor

had carefully planned an attack. The full works. A full-scale assault on the borders, bombings on the capital, special forces sneaking inside. Tens of thousands of troops.

Ethernia

was left all but defenceless after sending it's entire army to

Fallen Angels

. Many civilians died, but more importantly, the attacking forces are pushing forwards, past the border...

For Ethernia, ~2,000 died, including many civilians.

For Arnor, ~100 died.

Arnor's soldiers occupy a large chunk of Ethernia's land. They are quickly heading for the capital.

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:57 am

@kiwi and T-B they will happen next update.

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 05, 2011 1:39 pm

Tragedy, as I said, £1B = 10,000 average troops.

So 100,000 awesome troops would cost >£20M.

With what you spent, they will be pretty rubbish.

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 05, 2011 2:53 pm

The "NN" code means that that particular invention is about to turn evil, destroy you, your family, and everything you care about, burn your whole bloody nation to the ground, while singing in a disturbingly human voice. The only way to prevent this

fabulous

tragic event is to bind the liver of a cat around your throat, gouge your own eyes out, stand naked in a tank of piranhas, and pray to Satan.

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 05, 2011 3:53 pm

kiwieagle wrote:Thats not the point. My sexual habits are off topic.

So izak what does that NN mean?

izakthegoomba wrote:
The "NN" code means that that particular invention is about to turn evil, destroy you, your family, and everything you care about, burn your whole bloody nation to the ground, while singing in a disturbingly human voice. The only way to prevent this
fabulous
tragic event is to bind the liver of a cat around your throat, gouge your own eyes out, stand naked in a tank of piranhas, and pray to Satan.

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:37 am

Weekly Mega-Update - Week 4 (I think)

Draconia

Receives: £10B
Population grows by: 5,000

Ethernia

Receives: £0B
Population grows by: 3,000

All money was spent on the war effort.

Dinotopia

Receives: £14B
Population grows by: 5,000

Melodica

Receives: £10.8B
Population grows by: 5,000

Fallen Angels

Receives: £7B
Population grows by: 2,000

Economy and population growth damaged by war

Mistotopia

Receives: £6B
Population grows by: 4,000

Industry crippled by embargo from Greater Walesia. The government is being forced to pay through the nose for the limited oil supplies elsewhere. But that will get better now; scroll down.

The Constallations

Receives: £14B
Population grows by: 4,500

People are unhappy with the tax rate

Chesstopia

Receives: £13B
Population grows by: 9,000

Astariel

Receives: £11B
Population grows by: 5,500

Flying Kiwi

Receives: £11B
Population grows by: 5,000

Arnor

Receives: £13B
Population grows by: 5,000

Drench has been modkilled for inactivity.

Land of Ninja

Receives: £14B
Population grows by: 5,000

The Zimbabwean Republic

Receives: £10.5B
Population grows by: 5,000

N

Receives: £10.7B
Population grows by: 5,500

Caledonia

Receives: £10.5B
Population grows by: 5,000

Various prods and other PMs will go out tomorrow. Let me know about any problems.

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 06, 2011 9:36 pm

It is assumed that you all just get the oil required to keep your nation running. You

cannot

profit from a dead player.

And yes ani, you now have planes.

izakthegoomba · Tue Jun 07, 2011 2:52 am

Lasers have very little use as an offensive weapon, and I have not allowed them to be researched as such. Their main use is to prevent missile attacks, etc., with a high-powered beam. Of course, it's not 100% reliable and, as inspir's wikipedia article said, there are countermeasures against them.

Update incoming, stand by. After this, the update schedule will go back to normal.

izakthegoomba · Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:56 am

Before I start...

This post is a testament to rule-breaking. You're not even supposed to edit them once.

Oh, and you can blame chesskid for how long this took.

Expect the unexpected...

In

Fallen Angels

, th unexpected has happened.

Chesstopia

, th biggest attackers, have almost entirely pulled out! Only about 1,000 of their troops stay in Fallen Angels. The other enemy troops have poured into the border, and are gaining ground all the time, but the total lack of an attacking air force means that

Astariel

and

Melodica

are much more successful. The troops being drafted in to help are still next to useless, but the sheer numbers of them hold the enemy back whilst the other armies do the real fighting.

Ethernia

partially pulling out has helped even more. There is, at last, hope.

For Chesstopia, ~800 died. The rest, apart from 1,000, have pulled out.
For the Zimbabwean Republic, ~4,700 died.
For Ethernia, ~1,200 died.

For Fallen Angels, ~6,400 died.
For Astariel, ~500 died.
For Melodica, ~2,800 died.

---

Ethernia

seems to be doomed. By the time the 15,000 troops arrived,

Arnor's

army had a strong stance in Ethernia. The effort to draft in more troops was a complete failure. The citizens were fleeing the country, and no attempt to gather them was successful. Many of them surrendered, or ran away. Meanwhile, thousands of troops came in from

Melodica

. They came from closer to

Ethernia

, and stopped the oncoming army of

Ethernia

on neutral ground, a few miles from the

Ethernian

border. It bought

Arnor

even more time. The army of

Arnor

is still hunting down the government of

Ethernia

. Rumors are flying about who may have been caught, but no-one knows for sure...

For Arnor, ~200 died, killed by a small group who managed to pass the Melodican defense line.
For Melodica, ~2,800 died
For Ethernia, ~3,200 died

About 1/3 of Ethernia is in the hands of Arnor and Melodica, between them, including about half of the capital.

M=17.2+p
E=11.8

izakthegoomba · Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:15 am

Of course, kiwieagle, you are entirely right. The point is, if I don't see the post before the edit, how do I know which type of edit it was?

kiwieagle wrote:who doesnt love izak ?

Are you trying to win sneaky brownie points?

izakthegoomba · Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:41 am

The Battle for Ethernia

The fight rages on. As more of

Ethernia's

troops piled in to help, they were subdued by the arrival of heavy artillery from

Flying Kiwi

, and the air force of

Arnor

. Meanwhile, the air force of

Melodica

proceeded to bomb the few parts of the capital that are still controlled by

Ethernia

. And the infantry of

Arnor

continues to sweep across the nation. Thousands of citizens still flee the nation, ignoring the warnings from their leaders, and even more are cooperating with the invaders. The forces of

Arnor

are letting the civilians live, but the word is out that the several major politicians have been captured by

Arnor

. Apparently many more, including Lord Meransiel himself, are hiding in a bunker somewhere...

For Arnor, ~900 died, as only the air force was involved in a major battle.
For Melodica, ~2,100 died.
For Flying Kiwi, ~300 died.

For Ethernia, ~3,300 died.

M=15.1+p E=8.5

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The last troops left

Fallen Angels

at last. The war was over.

izakthegoomba · Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:31 am

Umm... Why do you ask? There is some, in lakes and stuff, and you all have a bit of a coast.

izakthegoomba · Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:19 am

As I said, snipers make very little difference in a warzone. People are dying left, right, and centre - even if it was possible to coordinate an attack, it would be almost unnoticed.

As for the acid bombers, yes. You can easily get acid in Suvonia, so it's just a matter of sticking the bombs onto your planes.

izakthegoomba · Thu Jun 09, 2011 2:45 am

@Staeg thanks

The Battle for Ethernia, Part 2

Ethernia

is on the brink of collapse. The armies against them are just too powerful. Thousands more of troops have died, and the entire capital is secured by the invaders, while

Melodica

and

Flying Kiwi

are doing a great job of keeping the armies busy. The end of Ethernia is near.

For Arnor, ~500 died, as only the air force was involved in a major battle.
For Melodica, ~1,600 died.
For Flying Kiwi, ~200 died.

For Ethernia, ~4,600 died.

izakthegoomba · Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:34 am

Given the sudden lack of activity, I'm sure we can squeeze staeg in, if he wants. It'll have to be the Beleza though.

izakthegoomba · Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:26 am

I must have missed that. I will recover your country. You will probably have to re-make alliances though.

IF YOU HAD AN ALLIANCE WITH GREATER WALESIA, PLEASE SAY SO NOW.

izakthegoomba · Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:51 am

Drench, you're back. Sorry about that. You have £17B.

Did I say anything about them

not

being virtual holograms? Did

anyone

?

Updating soon.

izakthegoomba · Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:10 am

And you shall know my name is

Lord

CHESSKID when I lay may vengeance upon you.

The war had been going so well for the attacking forces.

Flying Kiwi

sent 5,000 of it's elite force, and despite

Melodica

deciding to pull out, the

Ethernian

forces were being mashed. Victory seemed all the more certain when

N

sent planes armed with gas bombs to help.

But it would not last. Today,

Chesstopia

made it's move. Thousands upon thousands of troops, with a massive air force, headed up by a solid row of tanks. They obliterated everything in their path. They slaughtered thousands of enemy troops. They bombed

Flying Kiwi's

artillery into oblivion

For Arnor, 11,600 died.
For Melodica, 800 died. They could not get away in time.
For Flying Kiwi, 4,200 died. The artillery has been completely destroyed.

For Ethernia, 3,000 died.
For Chesstopia, 8,000 died, mostly killed by Flying Kiwi's soldiers.

A=18.3+2p M=23.5+p C=180+t+p

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Happy Birthday, Tragedy! Have 1,000 citizens!

If staeg joins now, he will receive a boost of money, and will be un-war-able for a short period.

OP updating later.

izakthegoomba · Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:30 am

I did see that, and account for it.

izakthegoomba · Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:28 am

Insp, you intrigue me... I have the plaintext, but I'm curious to figure out the key to it.

T-Bone, what do you mean by "scramble the jets"?

Notifications and a prod have gone out. Update incoming.

izakthegoomba · Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:50 am

Time to get nasty

As

Chesstopia

continues it's brutal attack on the invaders of Ethernia, armies are becoming desperate.

Arnor's

troops have broken off into small squads and engaged in guerrilla warfare, whilst publically executing any

Ethernian

politicians they can find.

Flying Kiwi

renewed it's efforts, pouring in around 30,000 troops and planes, and sending in their so-called "war robots" - large tanks with sophisticated weaponry. In the chaos brought by

Chesstopia's

intervention,

Ethernia's

soldiers have pulled together, forming a stronghold in the capital, and are fighting valiantly for their nation.

For Arnor, 3,800 died.
For Flying Kiwi, 7,200 died.

For Ethernia, 2,100 died.
For Chesstopia, 5,700 died.

A=2.9+p FK=31+wr+p

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In

Fallen Angels

, the worst jailbreak in the nation's history has just occured. Across seven different prisons, over 50 high-security prisoners have escaped, clearly with a huge amount of outside help. The jailbreak seems to have focused on serial killers, high-profile murderers, and even an assassin. They are known to be at large in

Fallen Angels

, and they pose a huge danger to the public. During the jailbreaks,

31 people have been killed, including several potential civilian witnesses.

izakthegoomba · Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:46 am

kiwieagle wrote:Also,
My war robots > his primitive tanks
My bombers > his bombers

And his numbers > your numbers.

izakthegoomba · Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:39 pm

No, I did mean Ethernian troops. Whilst chesskid's attack sent you and kiwi into disarray, they recaptured a small part of it.

And yes, if this plan of yours works (not sure I read the PM about it yet, or need to find it again), I will say so.

izakthegoomba · Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:28 pm

Meransiel wrote:Why the hell did you tell kiwi's spies I was planning to destroy him when I wasn't?

Did I?

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:54 am

No, you have 490,000,000. I think I mucked it up when reviving Drench.

Now updating. Thread won't be locked, but no further actions happen until tomorrow.

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 12, 2011 6:50 am

Sorry kiwieagle, same mistake I made with CSL. You have £7.5B. Do you want to spend it on 75,000 troops?

The shortest war in history

In

Ethernia

, the war continues in the same direction. After

Flying Kiwi

pulled out, no major threat to

Ethernia

remained.

Arnorian

troops have begun to blow up government buildings and factories, seemingly just to cause as much damage as possible, but they are losing, fast, with under 1,000 troops left in the war.

Ethernia

is regaining it's hold on the capital, while

Chesstopia

continues to hunt down and kill the

Arnorian

troops.

For Flying Kiwi, 300 died. The rest have left the country.
For Arnor, 2,100 died. A few also joined Ethernia. Arnor now has less than 1,000 troops in Ethernia.

For Ethernia, 800 died.
For Chesstopia, 1,200 died.

A=0.7

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In

Fallen Angels

, the escaped criminals are running riot. None of them have yet been recaptured, and multiple murders and armed robberies have occurred across the nation. In one particular attack, two coach loads of Draconian tourists were bombed.

For Fallen Angels, 94 died.
For Draconia, 60 died.

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Update on the Constallations war coming in a few hours.

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:33 am

Inspiratieloos lay face down in the road. CSL stood over him, shotgun in hand...

Inspiratieloos - Omnipotent Lynch-immune NK-immune Anti-miller rolecop double-killing daykilling double-voting godfather who makes the town win if he dies

The town win!

Roles:

Izakthegoomba - Un-daykillable Townie
CSL - Daykilling serial killer
Everyone else - Mafia Goon

...

Izakthegoomba wins!

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:47 am

The shortest war in history (cont.)

The

Caledonian

army - 30,000 troops - piled into

The Constallations

. It was an incredibly one-sided fight. The defense forces were small and poorly organised. Once

Caledonia

had quickl defeated almost all of those troops, the march into the capital was easy, and no civilians were killed - though one was injured after attacking a soldier with a pickaxe.

For Caledonia, 300 died.

For The Constallations, 1,000 died.

T-Bone wins the war. /war.

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:27 am

When someone is V/LA, I will modcontrol them to defend themselves.

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:39 am

inspiratieloos wrote:How come T-Bone wins in 1 turn against an army of 1000 while I take 3 turns against an army of 0 and then still have only taken 1/3rd of the country?

You moved in quickly, but Meransiel quickly brought back the troops to stop you. And T-Bone doesn't yet occupy all of The Constallations, but wins the war because there is no opposition left. The same was not true for you.

Oh, and mock mafia is just that...

mock

mafia

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 12, 2011 12:50 pm

CSL, I can't just take your word for it. A /out can only be counted if it's posted in this thread, or PM'd directly to me. Unless someone can demonstrate that one of those occurred, then the update stands and Caledonian forces occupy The Constallations.

Also, what do you mean by "he outed in the facebook chat"?

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:00 pm

I wasn't aware of any facebook group. I have no idea why he would /out on there. He can't have thought I would see it; why not just /out here?

Since T-Bone is trying to get a replacement to take the nation anyway (and I'll start looking for one), I'll leave things how they are.

Now excuse me, while I go ask Panzerjager what the heck is going on.

izakthegoomba · Sun Jun 12, 2011 9:29 pm

My mish-mash blacklist. Never seen you in a mafia game.

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:33 am

Yeah, update will be coming along fairly soon.

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:27 am

Sorry this is late. Real life got in the way of things. Events update soon.

Weekly Mega-Update - Week 5

Draconia

Gains: £10B
Population grows by: 5,000

Ethernia

Gains: £2B
Population grows by: 500

Extremely low figures due to the fact that Ethernia is in utter chaos.

Dinotopia

Gains: £13B
Population grows by: 5,000

Melodica

Gains: £10.8B
Population grows by:

Fallen Angels

Gains: £8B
Population grows by: 4,000

Fallen Angels is still recovering from the war.

Mistotopia

Gains: £13B
Population grows by: 5,000

Chesstopia

Gains: £13B
Population grows by: 8,000

Astariel

Gains: £11B
Population grows by: 5,000

Flying Kiwi

Gains: £13B
Population grows by: 5,000

Arnor

Gains: £14B
Population grows by: 5,000

Greater Walesia

Gains: £15B
Population grows by: 5,000

Zimbabwean Republic

Gains: £11B
Population grows by: 5,000

N

Gains: £10.7B
Population grows by: 5,000

Caledonia

Gains: £10.5B
Population grows by: 5,000

Also, Caledonia gets £35B from The Constallations.

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:41 am

The update will have to be put on hold. insp and CSL both sent troops to "help secure" the Constallations. Was the intention to peacefully work with T-Bone to control the nation, or attack him?

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:46 am

@1joe60 I say if T-Bone is still willing to give you that nation, I have no problem with it. You will be made unwarable for a week.

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:18 pm

kiwi, you overspent in #1924. You actually spent £2.5B on the army expansion, getting you 25,000 soldiers.

PersonalIdiot04, Drench is busy taking over the entire Beleza right now. There's plenty of space in Gurinland, and you can have your inland nation.

Two more wars

Flying Kiwi

sent 10,000 troops straight to

Mistotopia

, alongside it's bombers. They were expecting major support to arrive from

Melodica

, but none came. The

Mistotopian

army outnumbered the attackers three to one. Barely any citizens took up the offer of moving away.

For Flying Kiwi, 5,700 died.

For Mistotopia, 1,300 died.

FK=4.3

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The

Arnorian

troops were running for their lives. Fleeing

Ethernia

, alongside it's citizens. They stood no chance against the massive force from

Chesstopia

. The nation was in ruins, but it was over... or not. The

Chesstopian

troops were welcomed as heroes when the enemies had been driven away, but they were not interested in gratitude, or reward. Only victory. They turned on their former allies, taking them by surprise and killing thousands on the spot, before powering through military bases and strategically taking out the

Ethernian

army.

Chesstopia

has gone to war with

Ethernia

.

For Arnor, 300 died.

For Chesstopia, 1,100 died.

For Ethernia, 8,700 died. The nation is in ruins, and many military bases have been destroyed.

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In

The Constallations

, the Arnorian army has arrived to offer it's service. It waits at the border.

However, the situation is fairly peaceful without them; the population resented the old government, who had done nothing for them, and the invasion from

Caledonia

promises to make their lives much better.

---

The situation in

Fallen Angels

is bad. Despite heightened security, several more jailbreaks occurred last night. The escaped criminals have clearly been rallied by someone, and they are targeting the weakest areas.

Draconia

has sent in 20,000 men to help find them, but have had little success, and the foreign army piling in has instilled a sense of panic in the population.

For Fallen Angels, 107 died.

izakthegoomba · Mon Jun 13, 2011 10:38 pm

Robotnick2 wrote:I think izak is a pretty cool guy. eh updates threads and doesnt afraid of anything,

inspiratieloos wrote:How many Chesstopian troops are in Ethernia anyway?

All that are fully trained. So well over 100,000.