LuckNES2: The Fatal Balance

That makes things worse - four different political traditions, hard to integrate properly, likely regionalism after the first wave of enthusiasm and success recedes. Not to say that it can't work - it will simply be very difficult to sustain for the first few turns, or should be, anyway.

Oh I can account for that....

Its too early to speak about success; the war is only beginning, and you don't even control all of India, with some of the richest regions still in British hands.

They won't hold those for long...nor will their soldiers remain alive for long...not after they have to deal with millions of enraged Indian soldiers...
 
That makes things worse - four different political traditions, hard to integrate properly, likely regionalism after the first wave of enthusiasm and success recedes. Not to say that it can't work - it will simply be very difficult to sustain for the first few turns, or should be, anyway.

And instant egalitarianism and religious freedom can't go over well with his traditional powerbase.
 
Proclamation of Jihad against Britain

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“ Allah is on our side.” said Fateh Haider to the congregation at the Great Mosque in Delhi for Friday prayers and held up the large a large Koran, and a silver vial the crowd gasped gazing up at him in fervor as if he was Muhammad himself “Allah has sent this gift to us to motivate us and tell us that we are his chosen people. We are blessed by Allah, in this vial is the Hair of Prophet Muhammad. The vial has long been held in an underground chamber Hazratbal Mosque in Sringar,recently is was rediscovered” he then opened the Koran and began to read the beautiful Arabic script in a deep voice that rebervated across the entire plaza capturing the ears of all present.

“Those who reject Faith and belief Our Signs, they shall be companions of the Fire; they shall abide therein. Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority: their abode will be the Fire: And evil is the home of the wrong-doers! But those who disobey Allah and His Messenger and transgress His limits will be admitted to a Fire, to abide therein: And they shall have a humiliating punishment.” Fateh Haider continued

“Let those fight in the cause of Allah. Who sell the life of this world for the hereafter. To him who fighteth in the cause of Allah, - whether he is slain or gets victory - Soon shall We give him a reward of great value. Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah, and those who reject Faith Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the friends of Satan: feeble indeed is the cunning of Satan.”

“The Unbelievers are unto you open enemies. The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter;” The crowd was getting riled up, members of the audience began shouting and stamping.

“If the people of the towns had but believed and feared Allah, We should indeed have opened out to them All kinds of blessings from heaven and earth; but they rejected the truth, and We brought them to book for their misdeeds. Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our wrath by night while they were asleep? . Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight while they played about care-free? Remember thy Lord inspired the angels with the message: "I am with you: give firmness to the Believers: I will instil terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them." This because they contended against Allah and His Messenger. If any contend against Allah and His Messenger, Allah is strict in punishment. Thus (will it be said): "Taste ye then of the punishment: for those who resist Allah, is the penalty of the Fire."

“O ye who believe! when ye meet the Unbelievers in hostile array, never turn your backs to them. If any do turn his back to them on such a day - unless it be in a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop of his own- he draws on himself the wrath of Allah, and his abode is Hell,- an evil refuge indeed! It is not ye who slew them; it was Allah. When thou threwest (a handful of dust), it was not thy act, but Allah's: in order that He might test the Believers by a gracious trial from Himself: for Allah is He Who heareth and knoweth all things. That, and also because Allah is He Who makes feeble the plans and stratagem of the Unbelievers.” The recruitment tables which he had set up nearby were getting mobbed now as the crowd surged forward in their fervor.
“The Unbelievers spend their wealth to hinder man from the path of Allah, and so will they continue to spend; but in the end they will have only regrets and sighs; at length they will be overcome: and the Unbelievers will be gathered together to Hell;- And know that out of all the booty that ye may acquire in war, a fifth share is assigned to Allah,- and to the Messenger, and to near relatives, orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer,- if ye do believe in Allah and in the revelation We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Testing,- the Day of the meeting of the two forces. For Allah hath power over all things.”

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Brave Ghazni's slaughtering the British

“Fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war; Truly, if the Hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, and those who stir up sedition in the City, desist not, We shall certainly stir thee up against them: Then will they not be able to stay in it as thy neighbors for any length of time: They shall have a curse on them: whenever they are found, they shall be seized and slain without mercy.” The crowd began calling for the blood of the infidel, screaming at the top of their lungs.

“Such was the practice approved of Allah among those who lived aforetime: No change wilt thou find in the practice approved of Allah. Verily Allah has cursed the Unbelievers and prepared for them a Blazing Fire,- To dwell therein for ever: no protector will they find, nor helper. With the result that Allah has to punish the Hypocrites, men and women, and the Unbelievers, men and women, and Allah turns in Mercy to the Believers, men and women: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

“O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not, after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque. Fight those who believe neither in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, even if they are of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. O ye who believe! Fear Allah and be with those who are true in word and deed. O ye who believe! Fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.”

“Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers in fight, smite at their necks; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly on them: thereafter is the time for either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens. Thus are ye commanded: but if it had been Allah.s Will, He could certainly have exacted retribution from them Himself; but He lets you fight in order to test you, some with others. But those who are slain in the Way of Allah,- He will never let their deeds be lost. Muhammad is the apostle of Allah. And those who are with him are strong against Unbelievers, but compassionate amongst each other... there has arisen, between us and you, enmity and hatred for ever,- unless ye believe in Allah and Him alone. "Unless I proclaim what I receive from Allah and His Messages: for any that disobey Allah and His Messenger,- for them is Hell: they shall dwell therein for ever." Those who reject Truth, among the People of the Book and among the Polytheists, will be in Hell-Fire, to dwell therein for aye. They are the worst of creatures.” The crowd stamped, it’s feet, screamed, called out wept, so overcome with emotion were they. They for one glorious instant say the image of Allah as Muhammad himself had seen it rear up before them shining in all it’s glory and majesty. They would never forget it for the rest of their lives.
 
:( Well I guess I will be uber strike and not allow anything fun to happen. Not to mention those forts were apart of a project.
 
The forts through the Himalayas? They were the turn before I started the project. It cost me one eco, and a year of time, to fortify the highest mountain range in the world.

I ain't saying that's a bad thing, I love it. I very much enjoy lurking this NES, and I'd join up again, if I didn't have a crippling paranoia and fear that I'd be invaded as soon as I did.
 
OOC: I'd actually have to agree fortifying the Himalayas would be simple, since you wouldn't actually have to do very much. Fortifying a giant flat plain would be more difficult.

The unrealistic portions of this NES are things like Germany magically conjuring up a million man, elite army out of its populous while Peru just kind of rolls over, dies, and lets Britain outright annex over half of it despite it being the only free country in South America. :p Then again, I eradicated slavery in the South in under a year, so I can't really complain. :)
 
I'm sorry, but my computer has just died and so I must withdraw from this NES. Britain is open if anyone wants it. Pity. I was really looking forward to fighting India.
I'm actually curious to see how this turns out, Perfectionist is a lot more single minded about these things.
Out of curiosity, what do you mean by that?
 
Well damn it. You are a great player. No one will be able to take your place since most of the good NESers have no time to participate.
 
Damn, someone good better take Britain.

Nice sig btw Lucky, MIA. Avenged Sevenfold rocks :rockon:
 
Proclamation of Jihad against Britain

“Fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war;

Weren't you courting the "pagans" in your own country not one turn ago?
 
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