Make Bonaire Great Again

[Most Lee Harmless]

I think Danik needs a snickers...

Horrible snack-bar.. like eating gravel dipped in syrup..

I'm just saying it like it is : we can all dress up our actions in fancy notions of 'making the game better' but really, we just mean 'making the game better for ourselves' : port control is limited to the whims and ambitions of a few dozen folk : the change of flags over any a particular port is usually nothing more than one of those few dozen changing their flag. I know of what I speak because thats how Mexico came into being : We left Spain and took 3 ports but reality was, we already owned them as individuals and would have done so regardless of what flag we flew. Egypt grew exponentially when Midway joined en-masse bringing their ports : St Kitts exists as a port owning nation because individuals in Egypt and IoM already owned ports and if they move their flags, the ports will go with them again and SKN will cease to be, the same way Egypt no longer exists.
Its just musical chairs and masks the fact that very few 'new' players, in whatever combination, will ever be able to join the dance in their own right and from their own efforts, for they will be crushed and why, cos 'its better for the game'? No, it is what it is : we dont want to give up our own ports except on our own terms, thus Karkar was crushed, mack was crushed : but when we see another nation facing such upstarts, we say how bad that is, 'for the good of the game' they should let them be! Thus I speak of hypocrisy. Changing the flags dont change the base reality that its the same folk every-time. So, when a bunch of ambitious upstart newcomers take an SKN port, lets see you not just applaud their efforts while crushing them back into obscurity : Lets see you leave them there. Then you can speak fine words and lofty sentiment. And, just maybe, you might have made the game better too.

[Banger]

I think Danik needs a snickers...

Horrible snack-bar.. like eating gravel dipped in syrup..

I'm just saying it like it is : we can all dress up our actions in fancy notions of 'making the game better' but really, we just mean 'making the game better for ourselves' : port control is limited to the whims and ambitions of a few dozen folk : the change of flags over any a particular port is usually nothing more than one of those few dozen changing their flag. I know of what I speak because thats how Mexico came into being : We left Spain and took 3 ports but reality was, we already owned them as individuals and would have done so regardless of what flag we flew. Egypt grew exponentially when Midway joined en-masse bringing their ports : St Kitts exists as a port owning nation because individuals in Egypt and IoM already owned ports and if they move their flags, the ports will go with them again and SKN will cease to be, the same way Egypt no longer exists.
Its just musical chairs and masks the fact that very few 'new' players, in whatever combination, will ever be able to join the dance in their own right and from their own efforts, for they will be crushed and why, cos 'its better for the game'? No, it is what it is : we dont want to give up our own ports except on our own terms, thus Karkar was crushed, mack was crushed : but when we see another nation facing such upstarts, we say how bad that is, 'for the good of the game' they should let them be! Thus I speak of hypocrisy. Changing the flags dont change the base reality that its the same folk every-time. So, when a bunch of ambitious upstart newcomers take an SKN port, lets see you not just applaud their efforts while crushing them back into obscurity : Lets see you leave them there. Then you can speak fine words and lofty sentiment. And, just maybe, you might have made the game better too.

We agree on something! Snickers are trash!

[sXs]

I think Danik needs a snickers...

Horrible snack-bar.. like eating gravel dipped in syrup..

I'm just saying it like it is : we can all dress up our actions in fancy notions of 'making the game better' but really, we just mean 'making the game better for ourselves' : port control is limited to the whims and ambitions of a few dozen folk : the change of flags over any a particular port is usually nothing more than one of those few dozen changing their flag. I know of what I speak because thats how Mexico came into being : We left Spain and took 3 ports but reality was, we already owned them as individuals and would have done so regardless of what flag we flew. Egypt grew exponentially when Midway joined en-masse bringing their ports : St Kitts exists as a port owning nation because individuals in Egypt and IoM already owned ports and if they move their flags, the ports will go with them again and SKN will cease to be, the same way Egypt no longer exists.
Its just musical chairs and masks the fact that very few 'new' players, in whatever combination, will ever be able to join the dance in their own right and from their own efforts, for they will be crushed and why, cos 'its better for the game'? No, it is what it is : we dont want to give up our own ports except on our own terms, thus Karkar was crushed, mack was crushed : but when we see another nation facing such upstarts, we say how bad that is, 'for the good of the game' they should let them be! Thus I speak of hypocrisy. Changing the flags dont change the base reality that its the same folk every-time. So, when a bunch of ambitious upstart newcomers take an SKN port, lets see you not just applaud their efforts while crushing them back into obscurity : Lets see you leave them there. Then you can speak fine words and lofty sentiment. And, just maybe, you might have made the game better too.

Personally I agree with Kart. I think premiums should be place on ports. Premium actions should require premium costs. Mugi and the conglomerate of Grenada came together. New flag. Montenegro.... new flag. UK new flag. Groups come together willing to make their focus in game port play. Just because we have heard the words before, should stand as a testament to the validity of the argument. Maybe the failures of the past weren't really failures. They forced action.

Should we all just sit back and be happy with the map as it is? Yes the last three ports were gifted... USA ports were bought. but whether it is taken by force, bought, gifted or whatever, this is an aspect of game play that will become more of a premium very soon.

I personally see nation play and port upgrades as being a completely under focused area. It is taken for granted by some.

Bravo Kart

[Prostor]

And Spain captured Hannes again

[Mack]

port control is limited to the whims and ambitions of a few dozen folk : the change of flags over any a particular port is usually nothing more than one of those few dozen changing their flag. I know of what I speak because thats how Mexico came into being : We left Spain and took 3 ports but reality was, we already owned them as individuals and would have done so regardless of what flag we flew. Egypt grew exponentially when Midway joined en-masse bringing their ports : St Kitts exists as a port owning nation because individuals in Egypt and IoM already owned ports and if they move their flags, the ports will go with them again and SKN will cease to be, the same way Egypt no longer exists.
Its just musical chairs and masks the fact that very few 'new' players, in whatever combination, will ever be able to join the dance in their own right and from their own efforts, for they will be crushed and why, cos 'its better for the game'? No, it is what it is : we dont want to give up our own ports except on our own terms, thus Karkar was crushed, mack was crushed : but when we see another nation facing such upstarts, we say how bad that is, 'for the good of the game' they should let them be! Thus I speak of hypocrisy. Changing the flags dont change the base reality that its the same folk every-time. So, when a bunch of ambitious upstart newcomers take an SKN port, lets see you not just applaud their efforts while crushing them back into obscurity : Lets see you leave them there. Then you can speak fine words and lofty sentiment. And, just maybe, you might have made the game better too.

This is my feelings about the ports in a nutshell