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Re: "Let's take this outside!"-A Politics/ICC Challenge

Xeno, no problem with you setting up an additional family.  However, remember that the point of the contest is to have ideologically driven families.

If you could define the ideology that the Piranhas support (perhaps a name change to reflect such), it would really help the game define itself as a true politics sub-game within the ICC, and not just a bunch of families who decided they hate each other.

In addition, I have one other warning: Under the current family needs, we would need to find 12 politics community members to join the game.  This is already probably a challenge in itself.  Adding one more family would increase our family needs to 18 members.  As you could imagine, that would be much more difficult.  Although it's not ideal, if you don't find enough members, it may be necessary for you to compromise your ideals and align with whatever you consider to be the lesser of two evils, if for no other reason than to beat the crap out of someone you really really hate.  Otherwise, we may end up having problems placing enough people in all 3 families, undermining the whole system.

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I wouldn't fit in anywhere. But I have no time anyway. Its a nice idea tough. GL with it.

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This would have been interesting once, before Noir made the game forever personal and hurtful.

I could see the line up already. On the left Noir, Primo, Decimus, You_fool, WFS, and skoe.

On the right, myself, if he could be enticed to ruin his life then Chris, V. Kemp, Biefs (sorry no copy paste on phone, lol), a convinced to help the under dog team Zarf, and some no name as finisher (or little paul if he admits his conservatism).

Strategy wise equals, activity to lefties, pure ability to righties, nap break for lefties and thus the win.

I would of course change IC gaming with some magnificent plan and method, which endless others will try to claim they made first.

The only bonus: my team would actually defer to my skill in strategy making it possible for a Grandiose plan to actually work.

Everything bad in the economy is now Obama's fault. Every job lost, all the debt, all the lost retirement funds. All Obama. Are you happy now? We all get to blame Obama!
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*makes obvious comments about flints ego and other relationships, inverse of course*

*continues post with references to times when been in a 'flint fam'and his apparent 'strategy'*

*laughs that flint things that the 'right' team is better in terms of pure ability*

*goes off to find Primo and Skoe for the left wing freedom fighters*

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What about the firmly in the middle peoples?!

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Re: "Let's take this outside!"-A Politics/ICC Challenge

@Key

I've said this a few times.  For the sake of both functionality of the game and ensuring full teams, I had to limit the number of initial families created.  I don't like it (you know I don't like political labels), but pragmatism takes precedence over ideology in this case.

That being said, you could do one of a couple things:
A: Fight for the ideology you like more, or against the ideology you hate more.
B: Help recruit for this event, so we can possibly get a third family of moderates in here.
C: If xeno's family is approved (I am questioning the family's validity), they might be an interesting option.
D: Look at the participants in each family more, and at the ideologies of each family less... perhaps you are in the middle, but the people represented as the "right" in IC are just way too extreme even for the conventional "right."

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So far, we have two, and possibly a third, people in the Left family, and none on the right.

Come on, Republicans!  Are you seriously going to let the liberals win right out of the starting gate?

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Re: "Let's take this outside!"-A Politics/ICC Challenge

piff, like they stood a chance anyway.... stay at home and cry into your mothers aprons little boys!

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Re: "Let's take this outside!"-A Politics/ICC Challenge

In what way would Deci be on the left?

I'm not playing, no time tongue

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Re: "Let's take this outside!"-A Politics/ICC Challenge

I'm game, put me in the Right camp. Can't really guarantee mucho activity though. By the way, don't we need VIP accounts for arranged fams?

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For this galaxy, we don't need a VIP.  smile

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Things have changed much since I quit playing then. tongue

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Kittah firmly is on the side that castrates two legged mammals. =^^=

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Re: "Let's take this outside!"-A Politics/ICC Challenge

Okay, it seems we haven't been able to find more than a few people willing to join.

Would everyone be interested in joining what we do have and just forming a single Politics family?

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Re: "Let's take this outside!"-A Politics/ICC Challenge

What would be the theme?

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Re: "Let's take this outside!"-A Politics/ICC Challenge

Just general politics community

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If I had more time, they could hire me to take a seat in the opposite party of the one hiring me. Now you all have to play fair.

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Has it started yet? I got the email on my blackberry, but deleted it, cause I haven't played in a couple years. But I've always supported this idea. tongue I WANNA NAIL ME SOME PINKO COMMIES! wink

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Gun toting hillbilly redneck!

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I can't stand rednecks/hillbillies. Their lack of education and inability to speak plain old English is annoying. If that's the best you got for me, I win! I want to play on the IC team for the REGRESSIVE party. Think wild west! Oh yeah.

And because new gun laws violating the 2nd Amendment to our Constitution are surely coming, I ASSURE YOU, for the record, that I do not own ANY FIREARMS. Honest. *wink wink*

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Texas chili is considered a loaded and dangerous weapon after being consumed.  Ever hear of the texas chili gas attacks?  It was bad.

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Oh. Then consider me armed and dangerous!

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=^^=

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Re: "Let's take this outside!"-A Politics/ICC Challenge

It's a shame we didn't have a politics galaxy years back when the politics forum was more active. The idea was proposed several times, but I don't think the game administrators cared, because the game was more active back then as well and they had enough going on. tongue

There are plenty of politics posters I wanted to snatch 50 planets from in 1 tick (no fleet readiness back then either.... ahhhh, the good old days of IC). Lizzy was a ***** on the forums sometimes so we'd just gank the crap out of her in game and make her tiny. Now THAT's how you win a political debate!

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Re: "Let's take this outside!"-A Politics/ICC Challenge

> Blind Guardian wrote:

> It's a shame we didn't have a politics galaxy years back when the politics forum was more active. The idea was proposed several times, but I don't think the game administrators cared, because the game was more active back then as well and they had enough going on. tongue<

That's like wondering how come Gotham City Council don't throw a street fair for the Arkham Asylum inmates

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