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Off Topic / Re: Has the Pope Committed Acts of Heresy?

« on: February 18, 2016, 08:55:01 PM »

The church decided in Vatican II to respect protestant denominations, so in a way they recognized that the reformation was just.

The church now actively encourages its members to use their own conscience and relationship with God over any authoritative provisional pronouncements given by the church. Of course they expect you to maintain respect for the church, but you don't need to follow a corrupt life because of corruption in the church.

...yes? but before 1960, they generally considered protestants heretical, with more zeal behind the claim the further back in time you go.


pulling the heresy card is not a good idea.

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Off Topic / Re: Has the Pope Committed Acts of Heresy?

« on: February 18, 2016, 08:44:46 PM »

because pulling the heresy card worked so well last time

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Forum Games / Re: Nation Forge — Iron Desert [1839] — « AGRICULTURAL MAPS OUT »

« on: February 18, 2016, 06:42:40 PM »

President Dubicki, seeking to foster good relations with Romekate, proposes the new organization be founded with Ruthenia and Romekate as the first two members, and asks Öln for any ideas as far as a logo and a good, central meeting city.

Säteförromek is suggested. It is well-placed for discourse between Ruthenia and New Romekate, while at the same time not out of reach for any other nations that may later be willing to join, what with the advent of rails.


A government-funded band of settlers begin to create a new town near the end of the Lehr river. Subsidies are granted to local farmers that are requested to adjust into doing commerce within this startup port-town instead of Naran, but for the most part it is hoped that they're fine with it because of the subsidies and the significantly closer proximity to the actual river.

This new village is currently being called Förhörsbås by its founders.


When the messager arrives, informing Öln of the fate of Edward Guilles, he's given a response letter containing Öln's condolences to Önecht.

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Forum Games / Re: Desert Island: xtreme edition

« on: February 18, 2016, 05:38:44 PM »

Co-survivor because you're knowledgeable.

<3

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Forum Games / Re: Nation Forge — Iron Desert [1839] — « AGRICULTURAL MAPS OUT »

« on: February 18, 2016, 05:32:02 PM »

Öln signs an open cheque of 8,000,000 Rommarks (about 6,286,837 arconian augrels), and will reward it to anyone that can bring to the table an innovation in the development of roads, rails, and/or or cbrown towns.

For every year that this cheque remains unclaimed, it is increased by 50,000 Rommarks. A condition is added to the handout, though: the claimant must make their patents public within New Romekate. This means that anyone is free to use the technology within the patents, but, of course, attempting to patent something using the already-patented tech within it is still illegal.
As farms and rails near completion, government-run industry starts to shift its focus to telegraph wire and digging cbrown towns in Sonodine and east Sunyong in order to enable further agricultural expansion.

In an effort to increase technological advancement and improve communications between nations, Ruthenia proposes a political organization dedicated to research and sharing technology for the good of mankind.

You have Öln's attention.

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Forum Games / Re: Desert Island: xtreme edition

« on: February 18, 2016, 04:48:05 PM »

I'll take a hatchet and Juncoph.

can't tell if you're trusting me as a co-survivor or if you plan to kill me for meat, bones, leather and a waterskin

and play golf with my head

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Forum Games / Re: Nation Forge — Iron Desert [1839] — « AGRICULTURAL MAPS OUT »

« on: February 18, 2016, 12:31:30 AM »

Compromise:  Construct the networks in the Sonodine-Collineville area only for now, since the primary railroads are finished and secondary railroads are not far behind?

Very well.

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Forum Games / Re: Nation Forge — Iron Desert [1839] — « AGRICULTURAL MAPS OUT »

« on: February 18, 2016, 12:25:04 AM »

Signs of heightened discontent begin to appear across Mipoli as taxes increase.
Yeah, the problem is that there's an unwritten rule that you have to settle down somewhere and have some kind of permanent settlement.
Arconian engineers might agree to that.  Budget is expanded slightly to facilitate Romekate, however.  Romekate is contacted and asked to join the telegraph network.  If they wouldn't mind funding most of it, we would be happy to bring the technology to your realm.

New Romekate is willing to fund the brunt of this project, but for the time being the nation is focused on rails and food over rows of telegraph wire.

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Forum Games / Re: Nation Forge — Iron Desert [1839] — « AGRICULTURAL MAPS OUT »

« on: February 17, 2016, 11:45:30 PM »

Ruthenia sends delegations to Romekate and Arcon in an effort to improve relations with the two powers.

guten tag

dö you hävings marble odor söme öder kind öf röck ?

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Forum Games / Re: Nation Forge — Iron Desert [1839] — « AGRICULTURAL MAPS OUT »

« on: February 17, 2016, 11:40:02 PM »

Öln signs an open cheque of 8,000,000 Rommarks (about 6,286,837 arconian augrels), and will reward it to anyone that can bring to the table an innovation in the development of roads, rails, and/or or cbrown towns.

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Off Topic / Re: How to raise lotsa money?

« on: February 17, 2016, 11:06:25 PM »

being an african warlord and starting a blood diamond mine

methamphetamine production

the upper echelons of prostitution

kidnap, murder, cut up and sell bodies

staging a coup in a weak nation, nationalizing all private assets and fleeing the country after filling your coffers

find a vein of gold using the slaves you have because you became an african warlord

monopolize something via your own business and be a cheap sociopath

join CIA and loot stuff

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Off Topic / Re: Anyone remember Shadow of Israphel?

« on: February 17, 2016, 11:02:30 PM »

Yeah, I really enjoyed Shadow of Israphel.
I've no idea why they didn't continue with it.

I've kind of fallen out of love with the yogscast though.
I still like quite a few of them, namely Sips, Sjin and Duncan. But I don't watch their stuff all that regularly.
I last regularly watched them last year, when I was watching Sips/Lewis/Turps in their DirtQuest videos. Plus the TTT and Prophunt videos were quite fun.
And I do like Hannah's videos for TellTale games. And I really enjoyed her and Kim's Alien Isolation playthrough. They were actually very interesting to listen to.

But I got bored of Simon's 'random' behaviour. And generally stopped watching Minecraft based videos.

pretty much

also, "random",

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Off Topic / Re: Anyone remember Shadow of Israphel?

« on: February 17, 2016, 10:49:24 PM »

i liked yogscast until the fat ginger SJW decided to backstab total biscuit


note that i still like some of the "outer" members like sips because they're pretty benign

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Forum Games / Re: Nation Forge — Iron Desert [1839] — « AGRICULTURAL MAPS OUT »

« on: February 17, 2016, 09:19:08 PM »

The New Romekate Army's commissars plan to swell the nation's defense force to 500,000 men by 1855.

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Forum Games / Re: Nation Forge — Iron Desert [1839] — « AGRICULTURAL MAPS OUT »

« on: February 17, 2016, 06:49:53 PM »

request to build telegraph line in following nations
Vlast
Kyrev
Fravath
Gruzia-Nec
New Romekate

accepted