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I don't give a crap anymore. We lost to the saints 
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I don't give a crap anymore. We lost to the saints
An Eagles fan, huh? Well, I feel your pain man. I'm a Panthers fan, and I saw us lose hard last week to the 49ers.
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mrrandomplayer
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Go Seahawks!!! I am a diehard Seahawks fan! We are gonna win so badly at the Super Bowl!
pole475
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That is if you don't make the refs deaf!!!
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Lucky Seahawks fan.
Seriously, though, congrats for making it to the SB... and thanks on behalf of all Panthers fans for beating the 49ers.
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How about we get back to this game
For the moment I thought I got into the wrong thread...
Whoops, my bad.
Like I said yesterday, I'll try to get a new update up soon.
pole475
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Well lets blame it on CFC
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WarringWimps
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Hey just finished reading up on your excellent story! It took me about 6 hours, but was definetly worth it. Keep up the good work!
P.S. Im a Panthers fan and went to the game where Panthers lost to 49ers
(Stupid Panthers players couldnt keep their mouth shut when they taunted the 49ers so much which is what cost them the game) Im a NC State fan too so go SeaHawks!
P.S. Im a Panthers fan and went to the game where Panthers lost to 49ers
(Stupid Panthers players couldnt keep their mouth shut when they taunted the 49ers so much which is what cost them the game) Im a NC State fan too so go SeaHawks!
pole475
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6 hours 
Good thing I read it part by part
Good thing I read it part by part
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That is a danger of finding a long story like this one late - if you find yourself liking it, be prepared to sink a bunch of time reading it. I remember reading Quintillus' Conquest of the World from the beginning - it took me days to read it all. It was worth it, though! 
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Welcome back, civvers!
Last time, the pseudo World War I heated up again (despite Germany collapsing), the barbarians continue to make their presence known in Africa by capturing Berenice (Benghazi), the Russians capture Berlin from the Dutch (and they're not at war?
), and the Turks, so dominant until now, lost their capital of Istanbul, either to instability eek or due to the independents capturing it lol. And now onto today's episode!
We start on turn 315, as turn 314 was so boring, nothing happened. I finally research Biology, and move onto medicine (take that, plague!). I also finally make peace with the Mongols (all good things must come to an end, right?) and manage to swipe a world map and over 100 gold from them. I'd have a pic of the negotiations, but I clicked OK before I could remember.
Onto the rest of the world, my world-travelling Galleon, which is currently exploring the waters north of Scandinavia, has just come across some "local lifeforms":
Next up, the Dutch take back Berlin from their "allies", the Russians:
What the heck is going on over here? Why are Russia and the Netherlands trading back and forth a rioting Berlin? I checked the foreign relations screen, and the mystery just grows deeper. The Dutch and Russians are friendly, are not at war, but they are also not allied with each other, as they each have a different enemy (Spain for Russia, Turkey and Arabia for the Dutch). Looking at the situation in central Europe, the only soldiers in the area are Dutch, Russian confused, as well as a single unit from France (who is unaligned). I wish I was playing as the Netherlands right now, so I'd have some semblance of an idea what is going on here. European politics is confusing!
Turn 316: Look who's back!
I figured something like this would happen soon, given what has been going on in the Ottoman Empire recently. Welcome back, Pericles!
Meanwhile, the Ottomans, plenty pissed off at losing all of their European territory to upstart Greece (the Ottomans seem to be drawing a lot of parallels to real-life Achaemenid Persia at the moment), they take out their anger on barbarian Berenice:
I was wondering how long it would take for them to do that.
Turn 317 (1778): The Americans finally make peace with the British. Their people promptly spend the entire IBT cheering, something about their "Independence Day" (check the year).
Great, the Turks get another city
:
Former Parsa (the one with the weird, but awesome name) flipped to the Ottomans, if you couldn't piece it together.
Turn 318: Things remain tense on my border with Mongolia. Even though we are at peace now, it is clear that they haven't given up on my part of China. They have nine units in Beijing alone (I have eight in Qingdao), and they seem to be adding more units there every turn. Who wants to bet that they will declare war again before 1850 (when I win via Historical Victory, assuming I don't lose a city before then)?
And with that, I will call this an update. Next time, we'll see if the returning nation of Greece can remain in this world (especially when they are right next to the most powerful nation on the planet), we will see if the Americans can rebound from their rather lackluster start, and we will see if the uneasy peace between Japan and Mongolia can last. Until next time, stay tuned!
Last time, the pseudo World War I heated up again (despite Germany collapsing), the barbarians continue to make their presence known in Africa by capturing Berenice (Benghazi), the Russians capture Berlin from the Dutch (and they're not at war?
), and the Turks, so dominant until now, lost their capital of Istanbul, either to instability eek or due to the independents capturing it lol. And now onto today's episode!We start on turn 315, as turn 314 was so boring, nothing happened. I finally research Biology, and move onto medicine (take that, plague!). I also finally make peace with the Mongols (all good things must come to an end, right?) and manage to swipe a world map and over 100 gold from them. I'd have a pic of the negotiations, but I clicked OK before I could remember.
Onto the rest of the world, my world-travelling Galleon, which is currently exploring the waters north of Scandinavia, has just come across some "local lifeforms":
Next up, the Dutch take back Berlin from their "allies", the Russians:
What the heck is going on over here? Why are Russia and the Netherlands trading back and forth a rioting Berlin? I checked the foreign relations screen, and the mystery just grows deeper. The Dutch and Russians are friendly, are not at war, but they are also not allied with each other, as they each have a different enemy (Spain for Russia, Turkey and Arabia for the Dutch). Looking at the situation in central Europe, the only soldiers in the area are Dutch, Russian confused, as well as a single unit from France (who is unaligned). I wish I was playing as the Netherlands right now, so I'd have some semblance of an idea what is going on here. European politics is confusing!Turn 316: Look who's back!
I figured something like this would happen soon, given what has been going on in the Ottoman Empire recently. Welcome back, Pericles!Meanwhile, the Ottomans, plenty pissed off at losing all of their European territory to upstart Greece (the Ottomans seem to be drawing a lot of parallels to real-life Achaemenid Persia at the moment), they take out their anger on barbarian Berenice:
I was wondering how long it would take for them to do that.
Turn 317 (1778): The Americans finally make peace with the British. Their people promptly spend the entire IBT cheering, something about their "Independence Day" (check the year).
Great, the Turks get another city
:
Former Parsa (the one with the weird, but awesome name) flipped to the Ottomans, if you couldn't piece it together.
Turn 318: Things remain tense on my border with Mongolia. Even though we are at peace now, it is clear that they haven't given up on my part of China. They have nine units in Beijing alone (I have eight in Qingdao), and they seem to be adding more units there every turn. Who wants to bet that they will declare war again before 1850 (when I win via Historical Victory, assuming I don't lose a city before then)?
And with that, I will call this an update. Next time, we'll see if the returning nation of Greece can remain in this world (especially when they are right next to the most powerful nation on the planet), we will see if the Americans can rebound from their rather lackluster start, and we will see if the uneasy peace between Japan and Mongolia can last. Until next time, stay tuned!
pole475
The Blinding Light
I predict Greece will last 28 turns.
BTW, last time I checked this story had exactly 26,000 views.
Congrats!
![[party]](/images/smilies/partytime.gif "Party [party]")
BTW, last time I checked this story had exactly 26,000 views.
Congrats!
Sanguivorant
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If it was the independents that captured Istanbul, we know now that they were an underground Greek civilization. Or the Turks would just call them terrorists, naturally.
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pole475
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Everyone's a terrorist somehow
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Ooh... deep.
Sanguivorant
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But aren't all freedom fighters terrorists?
I once had this substitute for social studies class who asked people to define the difference between a terrorist group and a revolution. He said these words:
"A terrorist group is a failed revolution or a revolution that has not yet been complete. When the terrorists achieve their goals, they are not looked down upon as oppressors but are instead glorified as heroes.'
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