[CP] History, War, & Crystal Balls

Day 1,642, 19:53 • Published in Canada Canada • by Sperry

“Sperry takes this more seriously that his RL,” Wally cleaver writes to a new player in the IRC. And I suppose most of the time he’s right - I have all but convinced myself to spend the next few weeks absorbed in this pixelated world, so much so that I have trouble not monologuing at length to “the boy” about the geopolitical climate, my frustrations with what he mistakes for baby foods (and not CPs), and my strong urge to “tank” once I am strong enough. Tank is not a verb in the real world.



Two Weeks In

Today marks the end of week 2 of this term; 6 weeks total for Canadians to put up with me in the big comfy couch. A lot of the news items this week have been fairly similar: with our fronts calming down slightly and TEDEN and ONE both poising for new strikes, the news day is thinner on the ground and much more related to what could happen, or what will happen very shortly.

In these past two weeks, I’ve found myself more tired than I did last year, but also happier overall. I spent less time figuring out what to do, and felt more comfortable in certain rooms than some of my freshman counterparts. And while we had plenty of battles last year, this term I got to push the “attack” button in a way Acacia himself would enjoy, which was much nicer than just RWing Alberta 5 times in a row.

Does it Count as Foreshadowing?

...If it’s happened before? Last week, Glove (a former American President) produced an article suggesting we’d be heading toward another North American invasion. He’s not the first to suggest it - certainly it’s come up in this paper once or twice. But as the term moves onward, it’s getting harder for layfolk to continue to pass up on the telling signs of the European map.

Hungary’s new position in France, alongside the American colonies, has reduced the Franks to a narrow strip up the lower third of their country. Most of the French regions are the only border preventing the Americans and Huns from going into direct conflict. Serbia and Slovenia, too, have finished their galavanting journey about Italy. If you know borders, you’ll know that the Serbs are in a position to NE the French, which is an easy access route to the American colonies forming part of that straddle.

Right now I rate the odds of a North American invasion at about 26%. The Polish have relinquished their border with Canada, which would have been a capital entry point since our regions are easier to claim than the Americans’ (and fewer to take, too). While Serbia certainly can come across France, their renewed interest in Croatia’s regions is delaying any plans for that move by at least a week. only Hungary and Spain are reasonably well positioned for the move, and while the Hungarian borders are less uncertain for ONE, their mixed success in Spain are not promising signs of conquest.

So it comes down to a Cold War scenario. Will we continue to guard the Atlantic Hornberg, or will our American friends strike out in a new and unexpected direction to reduce that 26%? Stay tuned, folks, for these are interesting times - even if today is not.