Under Pressure
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Motion passes 25-5.
Spain then renews MPP with Hungary.
United Kingdom has proposed Canada as Natural Enemy and now it needs their Congress approval.
Motion carries overwhelming support at 25-1 with three hours to go as of the writing of this article.
Poland has proposed Canada as Natural Enemy and now it needs their Congress approval.
Motion carries overwhelming support at 26-4 with eight hours to go as of the writing of this article.
The other shoe has indeed dropped. In fact, it crashed so hard that it may have dented the hardwood.
I have no problem with the actions of Spain, Poland and the UK and neither should anybody else. A few days ago it was Canada leveraging their allies support to bring multiple NE proposals against the UK. What we have seen from the other side is controlled aggression. Battle management from a team that is unhurried and knows they hold a devastating superiority in influence.
To remind everyone, here are some hard numbers. Over the past week, the influence numbers are as follows:
Poland 145 billion.
Spain 72 billion.
UK 36 billion.
Canada 32 billion.
Canada has been the aggressor all week while the three aligned opposite us have bid their time. Meaning that we can expect all those influence numbers to go up against us if required. They already hold an 8 to 1 "edge".
Now some readers are probably thinking that I'm getting ready to say that we shouldn't have invaded the UK the way we did. On the contrary. I believe we owed it to our population to take action on the war front. Anytime you get a chance to choose the battlefield, it is a good thing. But be prepared for the consequences when the push back materializes.
No, the most important factor is not that Canada initiated this campaign... the most important is how Canada will react now that the tables have turned and we face overwhelming odds.
Make no mistake, even though our opponents waged a passive war until now, we did damage. We contracted the English economy by an estimated 35%. We enjoyed two days of increased bonuses. We collected additional income for our treasury and future war efforts.
We cemented the cooperation between ourselves and some of our allies.
We unified behind our war commanders.
All of those things are meaningful, important things.
As of this morning we have 16 regions. The truth of the matter is, with the way things stand, we will be wiped before Congress elections. Unless a few relationships change in a hurry our only way to avoid a complete wipe will be a bad peace.
Gear up for that.
But also it is time for everyone to be open to the idea that if we are serious about playing boldly and without fear... we need to consider that every move needs a counter move. The UK made a move and called in Spain and Poland (not that they needed to but it was the rigth move on their part). Now, like in chess, we need to make the right moves that are available to us.
I opened the article by reciting the recent administration proposals of our enemies. I added that Spain re-upped their MPP with Hungary. That is significant for us. Hungary is the 6th strongest military in the New World. Greece also recently signed with Spain... they are the 3rd strongest military in the New World.
The domination of TWO has not ended yet. Unless smaller nations like ours can convince bigger nations to take a different tack, to shuffle the deck... it will remain a TWO world.
The USA and Argentina, two nations that could have been aligned with us, are both involved in Russia one of our allies. These two bigger nations may come to blows but in the meantime it is one more venue that is closed to us for help. I would wager that Canada probably doesn't come up in their conversation a heck of a lot.
Bulgaria is a strong country but they are under occupation. Can we motivate China to be less isolated and take our side more?
If Canada now becomes passive, we will be occupied and the occupation will be at the whim of our opponents. We will not take initiative again until our determination gets high enough to make a difference.
So Canada should keep being bold and making moves. Demand it of your leaders. The worse case scenario is that the outcome we all know to be inevitable comes to pass. But be bold enough, be convincing enough and maybe a TWO world comes to an end and fresh dynamics govern the movements of armies over new and interesting battlefields.
Canada will never be a superpower but it doesn't mean we don't deserve a seat at the table.
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USA is not tag teaming Russia with Argentina, to the contrary it is helping Russia by intercepting Argentina and will soon engage it, once they have a common border.
Bulgaria has been helping Canada along with other allies as well. I would disagree with the "tempered" response of the other side. While Spanish NE would make sense in the logical structure you propose the Polish one does not and is either for PR purposes or the usual jumping in at the end which seems to have become a modus operandi for Poland.
Players matter, pixels don't, it's simple as that.
I will edit to reflect that.
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Poland as well eh?
Nice article, v+s
attacking the UK is a mistake . I'd suggest for congress to transfer as much fund to government org. while we can ..
It was quite stupid attacking us. We had no bad feelings toward you. Now you've just pissed me right off for no possible advantage. I really don't know how you can fix it since trust is so low right now.
You're pissed off that in a online roleplay war game, someone attacked you? How do you fit your ego, and balls into your purse?
I feel a disturbance in the force...of a child demanding its parents step in and fight its battles for it.
Steady Iain. Rylde was the brains in charge of military strategy...so don't kick them while they were already down
TheSmoke: how about in a football game, I kick the ball into my own goal. Just because the game allows you to do something, doesn't mean it's a good idea.
Senor Spielbergo: since the UK has outhit Canada throughout the war, you have received allied help to win your battles as well. Don't throw stones in glass houses. The fact we have two friends willing to help us and you have... France... Says a lot.
Hugh: they chose the war not me. We were happy to build on relations with Canada up until now.
In my post did I say it was a good idea? Check again, I said this is a war game and war is to be expected, regardless if some people think it's smart, fun, silly, whatever. I laugh at your statement "NOW YOU'VE JUST PISSED ME RIGHT OFF" It sounds like you actually take this personal, and if so, I feel bad for you 🙁
I agree with some of your premise, Iain, as the eUK has outhit Canada, 36 bil to 32 bil, as per the above article. What the article fails to mention is that the eUK has 52% more citizens than eCan (1578 to 1039 at last count), so per capita, Canada is smacking the eUK around like a red-headed stepchild. And as for allies...well, as you stated, France + Norway + Sweden do not make Spain + Poland, so kudos to you on that logical leap. I have no issue with anyone in eUK, but your country's preference to call in massive, overwhelming allied force to counter a threat that is miniscule (did you really think that Canada would be able to occupy the eUK for any length of time with the new resistance system?), makes your country a laughingstock. Any comparison to a child calling in it's parents (proverbially Spain and Poland) is 100% legit.
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lol, this comment made my day. Little boy got mad over some 1s and 0s. It's ok guys, Canada is a nation of Men, but it seems Poland is just a bunch of children who get pissed at the smallest of things. When you come to visit, I'll stock up on bibs so you won't have a shortage.
1/10 attempt to troll, failed miserably.
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lol, really, I trolled? look at you. Pissed over a webbased video game where only 1% of the people that play this spend hours. Getting pissed at this is more pathetic than a child crying for candy. But.. if you wanna call me a troll, I'd rather be a troll than some who gets pissed at this kind of game. That's just fail
Aye Keers, the whole point of my return to eCan was to try and bring the eCommonwealth together. Unfortunately the majority of eCanadians are masochists, they'd rather stay static in a fluid game. It's a shame really, we could have built something great.
eUK is filled with subhumans, so don't be too surprised when poleings and spanish come to help, theyve essentially been bought with EU bailout money.
Its just another game where a bulk of manchildren join the same side creating a huge imbalance
Despite having a larger population and damage it still cannot handle its own affairs and cries about a 3v1 war upon them because the countries they had invaded were holding resistance wars once eUK got attacked.
I saw no crying in the eUK. The only crying I see is in eCan where a 3v1 on eUK is all good, but turnabout isn't fair play. If you didn't go into this war with the expectation for this outcome, you were deluding yourself.
Leo, its not even worth it. Considering they had Norway, Sweden and France with them on the offensive and still couldn't wipe us says a lot really 🙂
gives UK the middle finger
/me
~hyuu~
I love you man, you're one of the best things about this game.
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well, that's great writing right there. v+s
Actually a nice article. Seems some of the details are disputable but good overall thought. Play the game or get out. 🙂
wonders how the UK's Treasury is doing these days...
I'm doing just fine thanks.
Ah Ethel, I find it quite amusing that you were once so opposed to Rolo for his 'theft' and yet you celebrate another theft. Hope you're enjoying Turkey.
Fight the status quo! Help our allies suffering from tyranny in Europe!
Death or glory!
Death it is then.
Then we go to the depths of hell with friends and create bonds that cannot be broken so easily by greed or power. When the new world order writes itself we will find ourselves in worthy company.
Ave Imperator.
I'm leaving for Denmark if "that which shall not be said" happens again
And no I'm not talking about Oinyo being Prez again,
although that would be another excuse 😃
Was fun, I have no issues with the result, got some TP gold, got to smack up some Brits.
It was only a matter of time before their allies stepped in to help them, and their allies are bigger than ours 😛