II. Voodoo War of 1486

[Shadowood]

I agree that there is a difference between loses and willing expenses. Sometimes you must be willing to put forth an expense to prove a point, win a conflict, etc...

[Maha]

a willing expense is imo still a loss when it is a provoked expense willingly made. you can win a battle and lose a war. you can uphold your pride and live impoverished because of that.

you were not planning to retaliate, it was forced on you. your reasoning to do so is not in question. but the expenses made in the retaliation do count in net loss.

yet another factor comes to play how much did you safe? your rep as a ferocious retaliator went up. that is a deterrent that has monetary value as well. how much, how long? hard to say.

[ChaIbaud]

Lol, I would hardly call him the queen of voodoo. Maybe a princess. There are certain others that have thrown much bigger tantrums and continue to do so when they get mad as if to boost their dangerously testosterone levels.

[Vane]

Additional info added at the request of a few. May as well leave a history.

Recorded Losses:
(Updated daily)


Charles Vane

Losses:
- 41m Influence (Initial unprovoked attack, unless you count a skirmish....)
- 39m Influence (After the Fact)
- 30 Turns

Cards used: (known)
Serenity - 9
Mindbar - 3
Countercurse - 6
Flood - 3
Time Spiral - 19
Spynet - 2
Levi - 20
HN - 3
FoJ - 6
Taxation - 1
Confuse - 2
Human Rights - 1
Hands of Gold - 1
SoW - 1
Expensive Tools -7
Crystal Ball -1
Trade Master -1
Official List of Demands - 22
Thieving Magpie - 41
Assassin - 4
Pirate Tales - 24
Propaganda - 16

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Ziggfried

Losses:
- 2x SotL (sunk)
- 4,500,000m gc
- 460,300 warehouse goods
- 6.4m Fame
- 3.4m Influence
- 32 LMM's Joined Sea Bottom
- 330 Turns
- 2 Captains
- 8 Merchants
- 1 Admiral
- Sold off the remainder of his ships (About 311, that will take some time to bring back up..)
- 1,640 Credits for 82 Voodoo Packs ($50.00 USD worth approx.)

Noteworthy Cards Lost:
Generosity - 1
Levi - 1
Serenity - 2
Pouch of Gold - 1
Tobacco - 1
Taxation - 1
Purify - 1
Ravage - 2
Assassin - 2
Confuse - 1
Time Spiral - 1
Hideout - 2
Official List of Demands - 1
Charity Donation - 1
SoW - 1

Cards used: (known)
Mindbar - 3
FoJ - 4
HN - 3
Serenity - 9 (Known, more not accounted for to clear curses, or his guild did..)
Purify - 28 (Known, more not accounted for to clear curses, or his guild did..)
Propaganda - 64
Spynet -3
Official List of Demands - 1
Time Spiral - 6
Pirate Tales - 25
Crystal Ball - 1



I wonder what he'll do when my influence stays down for a while....

[Vane]

Hmm, within a day Zigg has opted to buy 82 card packs increasing his overall voodoo chest by 1230 cards.. 1,640 credits worth.. I'd say that was a good $50.00 loss as well. From the looks of it, not many good cards arrived.

[Maha]

1 ziggfried (#50467) 500,000 per Voodoo Curse Confuse 5,000,000 13d 22h 22m
2 irrelevant bounty offer
3 ziggfried (#50467) 240,000 per Voodoo Curse Time Spiral 12,000,000 13d 22h 20m
4 an even more irrelevant and ridiculous bounty offer

Maha is smart, Maha beliefs he knows who put bounty on ziggfried

[Admiral Nelson]

Reminds me of someone... Who would hire Mercs to do there own business, when Spain had most of the ports taken...

[Vane]

Reminds me of someone... Who would hire Mercs to do there own business, when Spain had most of the ports taken...

So only one lad has ever used the bounty system then?

[Sebena]

Reminds me of someone... Who would hire Mercs to do there own business, when Spain had most of the ports taken...

Same as someone who didn't have guts to fight alone aggainst poor merchant named Wolfie

[Vane]

48 Purifies just to remove my MB...