[CP] Balkancentrics and a Turkey Baster
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“Wake up in the morning feelin’ like P-Diddy” - No. This does not happen in Sperryland. I woke up this morning bent around like a pretzel. Apparently I haven’t quite learned my lesson about falling asleep in this chair. My family has all but given up trying to fix this - mostly they just shut off the lights around me and hope that I don’t step in the cat vomit when I wake up. But no worries! Today my discovery was “oh good, it’s dry this time!” Another staggering new low to share with the Internet.
Some Thoughts on Money
It’s been a surprisingly long time since Congress talked about finances. I won’t go into why that’s odd. Of late, Congress has noticed that Plato is evil and finances aren’t what they used to be. And so they consider: what expenses (if any) can we cut, and what should we do to boost income? Cabinet - namely Mac and I - are chatting about financial options, and fortunately some outside friends are willing to lend a hand to the Canadian system. It’s promising to see former contributors come back to the table for helpful reasons.
MPPs are one of the items on the financial table. They’re our second largest expense, but then, we only actually have three expenses. MUs, MPPs, and Capital Investment. The game doesn’t have the complexity for anything else. Funding MUs remains the main priority. We throw all of our extra money here in hopes of boosting Canada’s influence on the world stage - not to mention keeping our players alive.
So can MPPs save us money? Tl;dr, yes. Not every MPP is essential and not every MPP is actually worth 10,000 CC. Some are glorified Facebook Friend Requests. I think most CPs will readily admit that they don’t benefit from every MPP on the battlefield. But how much can Congress expect to save on MPPs at current? Tl;dr, not much. Right now we carry 30 MPPs - that’s $300,000 CC. At best you could skim 10 of those before you started to eat into countries that would cause us problems to avoid MPPing. When (not if - if was 200
😎Canada gets a war, cutting more than 10 MPPs enters into the middle power range. Ya don’t cut middle power country MPPs, because those are the ones who will prioritize you when their borders are clean (see: Canada right now).
If Congress is looking to push our MU funding up to another donation level ($400,000), then MPPs alone will not cut it. Taxation - particularly against the dead and dying - is the only way Congress can influence income on that large a scale. That or pay for ads on Facebook. Which, frankly, I support. ‘Cuz I like Facebook.
EDEN in Chatter
It’s a staple of some presidential months for certain fronts to be silent. Last July, it was a rare day when I saw any real conversation in any EDEN channel. All of the action was in Terra nations, and so most of the conversations happened there. This term is a little different - EDEN is a very chatty bunch, uncharacteristic of any large group of people (if you’ve ever sat in any IRC, you know that the rule “the larger, the quieter” applies with shocking consistency).
Not all of this conversation is positive, however. There’s a lot of tension building up inside EDEN, and it’s no breach of security for me to mention that in public. Anybody who puts any eye to the international media can easily see the same things I have: this spring, at least 2 EDEN nations have left “ultimatums” for pro-TEDEN states. This isn’t a hallmark sign of unity, collaboration, or strong leadership. An ultimatum is code for “I really, really want to beat the living crap out of you, but I have to send this to at least appear as though I am reasonable.”
And the trouble is, it doesn’t appear reasonable at all. There’s nothing honourable about threatening the TEDEN dynamic for regional bonuses, or invading TEDEN states under the pretext of “helping.” ONE isn’t a great alliance. If it’s possible, they’re more Balkancentric than EDEN is. But EDEN certainly isn’t helping itself by spending half their time torching each other’s lawns. It’s embarrassing.
Well, at Least Britain Likes Them
The tl;dr of this section: Ireland, what gives?
Ireland and Canada have a long history. Both governments regularly “share” players - some of the biggest names in Ireland have served in Canada, and vice versa. Canadian VP Eric Last has served the Irish Cabinet. Former Canadian Roger Griswald has a major following there. Fritzhill, another former Canuck, is extremely close to the Irish. And the Irish frontrunner for CP next month is Ethel Rosenberg, who has spent more months in Canadian Cabinet than I have.
So you’ve got to wonder: what would it take for me, the Canadian President, to ask Ireland when it will get it together? What could possibly be happening that Canada - who was an alliance embarrassment for most of 2012 - is wondering when Ireland will stop derping about?
It’s not the Irish peace treaty with Britain. I get that. Ireland is just as tired of stupid wars as I am. The treaty with Britain wasn’t clearly communicated (sorry Acacia), but I get why you want Scotland. It makes sense.
My issue is more with everything that has happened since then. Ireland has, for lack of a better phrase, pulled about a dozen Canadas. Attacking Denmark is fine, if the German-Denmark Union signs off on it. Which they didn’t. Invading Sweden is swell, if TEDEN didn’t have a dozen fronts already. Which they do. Smacking rogue Congressmen for playing CP is fine, but it’s probably not the best idea to have your CP openly declare that they probably won’t sign an MPP with a fellow EDEN state. ‘Not even on the best of terms’ is a brave phrase.
It’s not my place to decide who leads Ireland or how they lead it. I don’t pretend that Canada has a clean history or a perfect batch of citizens - we don’t. But in a climate where TEDEN is not in the best of states and players on both sides are itching for a change, it’s probably just a little bit stupid to jump into a basting pan and stick an apple in your mouth.
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The only time that should be said is if there are girls with short skirts wearing pom pom's
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Looks like you got yourself some cheerleaders Sperry😉
Interesting thoughts Sperry. You make some points on Ireland that have made me think a bit, though I suppose it all hinges on how EDEN does worldwide.
The truth of the matter is, is that Ireland is run by the ICA. Its very much like communist russia, if you arent in the ICA, you arent going anywhere in Ireland.
Ireland needs to figure who it's allies are quickly before it gets burned.
ICA? Irish Canadian Alliance? So we are the C in ICA? Seems to be a lot of Canadians who are I's
Do these free cheerleaders come with tiny miniskirts?
All this spam..
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lovely cheers
I'm not happy with the Irish at the current moment. I wouldn't count on them helping us in the near future. As far as I care they are neutral players to my eyes not our friends.
come on declare war on UK \o/ it's only 350 golds now gogogogo
^why worsen the mood MUFC? no need for that 😑
Who likes Canaderp anyway? Why should we always be the ones who stand by and watch others in the alliance blaze their way through Europe?
USA and Canada never respected Ireland, you always saw yourselves as white knights saving poor little Ireland, but when it comes to even loaning us an Aluminium region, which you have lots of bordering us, you shit bricks.
If you want to take that stance, there was no need for this article at all klop123, was there?
^lol'd weren't you British at one point...
I know Canada respected Ireland, we wiped the UK WITH them and coordinated WITH them, so idk why you're complaining. plus loaning an Aluminum region would mean an NE, which would mean losing MPP's making it expensive...
**I lol'd at your first post haughenator ^__^ sorry = P
Weren't half of your current population ONE in the not so distant past, supplying armies to fight directly against you? Yea, your point is invalid.
I'm aware of the game mechanics involved, with currency so cheap would it really matter that much? No. The production bonus would have the money recouped in no time.
well the question is now: Did Ireland ever ask for a region?
well the answer is now: Yes.
and how do you know that? how long ago? when the currency wasn't so cheap and we were focused on other things?
No Irish Cabinet member has spoken to this administration about any regions in North America. Ever.
Well, I like you Canada.
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I don't see any Canadians in the ICA, Druid.
they tend to be secretive about it Captain
Can't you tell by the accent's Captain? Sure if you put enough whisky in a Canadian, it is hard to tell.
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Go Sweden slap around them arrogant Irish
lol, Ireland is a bit of a joke atm, but Canada was a bit of a joke recently as well. Can't we just call it a wash and be friends again?
ICA is also the eIrish junta.
Leo, but we haven't even seen the punchline yet. Watershed moment first, soap, lather, sing happy birthday three times, then shake on it.
Heh, maybe that's the issue, we're so sauced we have no idea what we're doing
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Wooo, the Irish!~
The ICA cheerleaders are missing a little something: a flashmob in #eCan then I'll be very impressed!
^I want screenshots of that.
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