Obi-Wan, you are getting too serious here. 
We have good rapport with many GROSSers. Notice two out of three of the Fellowship's honorary members are from GROSS.
All this talk about war and such are just bantering and part of the friendly competition. Does it mean that just because the Fellowship and GROSS are vying for the top spot that we don't talk to each other?
Just last night (for me), Wombat, EBZ, Blue, Cotal, Matthew Downie and myself were enjoying ourselves at a galactic ball at the chat room.
Edit- And I will never presume to speak for the Jedis.
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Same goes between Fellowship and MWC. We used to cross swords quite a bit vying for spots 1 to 3.
But I've joined the MWC forum and have posted there. Have also gotten to know a few of those fine folks over there. Had discussions on strategy and role-playing with them.
In fact, Gerakken, Idleprocess and myself are working now at launching a fiction website for all.
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Hmmmm, that was EXACTLY what I was thinking too. Just didn't wanna say it because it might cause more tension between me and them.
     
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Yep - that's cool with me too. In a sense, we are all "at war" with each other all the time, striving for Metaverse points and superiority. Each side, in turn, cheers when it hits the top, or passes another empire in the standings - it's the way it was meant to be.
In any community, there will be situations where individuals feel differently and disagreements occur. My hope regarding those situations is that honest expression is the order of the day and after tempers cool, everyone moves on with no lasting breaks in communication.
GROSS has always had a fierce pirate ethic - striving to reach the top, taking booty, kicking a***; it's an exciting reason to be part of the crew. Social factionalism - "we dont talk to them cause we dont like them" - at the board or chat level is counter productive to the development of a healthy, thriving gaming community. I, too, enjoyed last night's chat. As Voltaire said: "I may not agree with what you say, but I defend to the death your right to say it." (Hope that's right - Hurley, where are you when I need you?)
I luv ya Obi - and when are you going to come round and godparent one of my nippers?
  
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I'm in trouble. The breaking event (and Frogboy's post a minute ago on his views) is so enthralling that I've no mood to work!
Must stop reading forum posts .... arghhhh...
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OK, maybe I've been taking the whole "declaration of war" thing too seriously. Anybody watch South Park? Had somebody at work tell me that I'm acting like "Tweek" the coffee kid lately. TOO MUCH CRAP going on at work and home, where I can't explode, and this game and forum are a nice break - ironically, I probably blow up too easy when I'm in here because of it all.
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I thought they were all grown up at this point. Gerakken and Kit saddled me with Jar-Jar as an apprentice already. Want me to use him as a target dummy for the munchkin? Need a name that isn't "Wombat" oriented just to set him apart a bit...how about "Darth?"
 
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Don't take it out on us! We're your buddies.
Oh wait, I guess that's what buddies are for.
Ray casts Anti-matter shell.
Ok, go ahead.
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by Veteran TheQuack - 8/25/2003 10:21:05 PM
Quack bashed the table repeatedly as he made his speech.
"We will not sit idly by and let the heathens take over the Metaverse! Fellowship, MWC, ANZACs, you all suck monkeys balls! Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war! You are either with us, or against us. Let there be WAR!"
Quack cut off the transmission and turned to his generals.
"Okay, that's done, let's get this show on the road. Fuel the anti-matter missiles - I want them launched before any of those guys login."
"Um, sir, this isn't a MMORPG. It doesn't work like that."
"Fine, let's schedule a war. Call their secretary. How's Thursday at 9? Can we get both teams on-line by then?"
The generals looked uneasily at each other.
"Well, what am I supposed to do?" demanded the duck. "Look, I'm sick of this. We've got a massive battle fleet, and we can see where the other empires are on the galactic map! Deploy the fleet, and wipe them out! Now!"
"We don't know how to get there." one of the generals sheepishly replied.
"Just follow the bloody map!"
"Um, they don't teach inter-galactic navigation at schools nowadays. No-one remembers how it works."
"So what now?"
"You could get back on the comm-link and call them some more names."
"Is that all? What the hell do I pay you guys for, anyway?"
One of the generals pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket.
"Here's a list of names I prepared earlier, sir!"
The duck looked at the list, and sighed.
"You're fired."
Quack made a mental note to call Hurley. The diplomat would have to write up a lot of peace treaties tonight...
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Forgot that Quack was also at the Ball swimming in the punch! Sorry Quack.
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Have not been following up with the stories in the POSSE thread if that's what you mean. I was hoping that those stories (which I'm sure were great) could be reproduced in our Galciv story site so that it would be easier to follow but I agree with Wombat that it is probably too much work. 
So... yeah, I don't mind.
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You talking about the PBEM role-playing idea, Cotal?
I emailed JordanVmp yesterday and she replied. She said she's too tied up already as the Gamemaster of three concurrent games so she can't run one for us. She was saying that she would be interested to join as a player if anyone else wants to run it.
So I asked her if she knew any other PBEM GMs. I also suggested that maybe I could post an OT post in this forum to ask if anyone is willing to be the GM for a group of players from this forum.
I'm quite excited about role-playing with you all. But we need a GM to do most of the work for us lazies. 
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I think I will make a few posts here on the mechanics of PBEM role-playing just so that everyone is on the same page.
The drama unfolds in the P*ssed thread minute by minute. Gripping stuff.
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I'm a Diplomat! Thanks Stardock! 
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Congrats to Ray for becoming a Diplomat! 
I check back in after a week and all heck's breaking loose around here. Crazy...
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Ray, congrats on your well-earned promotion.
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You offer me a suicide mission, Quack?
The maelstrom of the Times of Troubles have once again returned to the shores of our Metaverse.
Even my considerable powers of magic will not be enough to quell this.
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We'll ride this out, as we did the first. Interesting to see how the landscape will change after this, though.
And I missed Cotal heading back to the ANZACs, too. Good for you Cotal, home is where the heart is. 
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And how the heck did I jump up 12000 points without playing for 2 weeks? Funny are the ways of the Metaverse.
Tomorrow is a new beta, I will play another game then.
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There was a Meta-wide ageing recalc a short while ago. IceMole spotted it when we were discussing about oldies' scores getting aged. You probably grew another month block.
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Aggghhh!
