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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Traahed the climate treaty as i hoped for a big jobs boost like last time. Got a 1% employment increase and a big decrease in poors income and state industry for my trouble.
I hate this game
Ludania, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
I am so sorry Fuhr. Might I ask hold old she was?
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'm sorry for your loss, Fuhr. That's awful.
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On another note, is anyone here willing to make a map for me?
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Yes, it's an NGT8D tram.
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%3ANGT8D-MD.jpg?wprov=sfla1
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
I finally have The Largest Trout Fishing Sector in The Confederacy of Free Nations, which actually makes sense because fishing is a bit random, at least to my knowledge.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
45 minutes and I achieve a vacation my dooooooooooooodes.
God damn I can't wait >:D
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Toby: I see. I think I'll have a word with the manager of that tramway. From the looks of it, it's one of those electric trams (and no, not all trams are electric!). I've never trusted those electric tram types; I've always preferred steam trams like myself.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyu2jAD6sdo
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
That's tram-ist.
https://youtu.be/4_nlcuKpXbc
Penguania And Antarctica, Vetriutan
Toby: Maybe so. I'm just proud of being a rare breed like steam tram, and I'm tired of people equating trams and electric. Us steam trams exist too!
https://youtu.be/xRnZjn8KnLI?t=1m55s
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
There are older trams still in operation too. I like them. They have a unique charm.
http://www.railfocus.eu/public-transport/magdeburg/photos/Strassenbahn-Magdeburg-Tram-1276-2008-07-07-Universitaetspl.jpg
And of course they offer rides on the museum trams on special occasions:
https://www.volksstimme.de/galleryimage/MA/20160831/GALLERY/829009997/PH/0/13/PH-829009997.jpg&MaxW=620&NCS_modified=3111424402002016&filename.jpg
Jaslandia, Percyton
I know, right? Reminds me a lot of all the stuff that happened in ESU, and we all remember how that turned out.
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica
Toby: That's good to hear. They're still the electric type (which I guess isn't surprising; outside of Sodor, there are only a handful of steam trams left), but at least your hometown takes pride in its railway history. And I suppose these new engines are carrying on the legacy of the tramways, even if they are electric.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Trams exist in Magdeburg since 1877, so 140 years. :)
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton
I'm starting to think that Sodor is an authoritarian rogue state that is ruled with an iron fist by Sir Topham Hatt, a man who misinforms his citizens about the outside world and forces them to work under harsh conditions.
Sodor = DPRK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTTO74Gtdkw
"Our new government is founded exactly upon the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that electric is not equal to steam; that subordination to the superior transporter is his natural and normal condition."
-Sir Topham Hatt
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Little f*ck: I still have classes tomorrow
Anywho, looks like Mugabe resigned as President: god knows who will take over.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Vetriutan
It is disgusting, but it is what Hatt genuinely believes.
I think it'll most likely be his former vice-president.
Toby: A long and proud history of trams. Good for Magdeburg! Sodor has two tramways of its own: an urban tram system (like the one Madgeburg has) in Vicarstown, and a heritage/rural tramway around Great Waterton.
Edward: So people keep telling us. That aspect of Sodor is very much exaggerated. For one thing, Sodor is democracy, with Percy as our constitutional monarch, and Sir Topham Hatt as our Prime Minister. Sir Topham Hatt (or 'the Fat Controller' as we sometimes call him) also runs the railway, but in terms of political power, his authority is limited.
Edward: And while Sodor is somewhat isolationist, we are not at the level of North Korea. Citizens still have full access to the outside world, and all the information within it. Besides the fact that we have sentient vehicles, Sodor is a very ordinary place. And no, we are not 'forced to work under harsh conditions'. We're quite literally built to do work, and most engines enjoy being useful and getting their work done. And our conditions aren't particularly harsh, since we work under the same conditions as any other railway locomotive, and we're always treated fairly. And we are given a small salary, if you must know, but that's mainly a holdover from the Engine Revolution: we engines don't really need money for the most part.
Henry: And people always misunderstand the time I was bricked up in the tunnel! I was refusing to come out of the tunnel because I was vain, and I thought the rain would spoil my paintwork. So, Sir Topham Hatt and the Supreme Council bricked me up in the tunnel as punishment for my vanity. It wasn't like they did it for no reason; it was to teach me a lesson! And considering I'm a less vain engine who doesn't mind rain now, I'd say it worked!
Thomas: And besides, it's not like Henry is the darkest story to come out of Sodor. What about Smudger, who was turned into a generator after he was naughty and frequently derailed, and then was abandoned when his railway closed (though Smudger has since been rescued and he is set to work on the Ooyre Valley Railway)? Or Godred, who was essentially cannibalized for his parts after he had a devastating crash?
http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Smudger
http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Godred
Sir Topham Hatt: I think you misunderstand my affinity for steam engines. For one thing, I have plenty of diesel engines on my line, and there's even a whole branch line of electric engines (the Peel Godred Branch Line). Technically speaking, diesel and electric engines are superior in almost every way to steam (pulling power, maximum speed, maintenance, efficiency, ease of use, etc.); you'd have to be a fool to deny that. But steam engines are a tradition on Sodor, and one we'd like to hold on to for both sentimental and tourist reasons. Plus, my engines (whether they're steam, diesel, and electric) are my family, and you don't get rid of family simply because they're inefficient or not as modern.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Possibly: he does have the backing of the military as a war vet and as a former security minister can pressure the populace into supporting him if the whole civil champion of the people act falls through
Jaslandia, Vetriutan
Meanwhile, I got frisked at the airport
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
That is not canon in the show at all, so why should I believe you regarding that?
That could very well be true, but it does not change the fact that you and your fellow trains and trams are being misinformed about the outside world, especially regarding British Rail.
"Engines on the Other Railway arent safe now. Their controllers are cruel. They dont like engines anymore. They put them on cold damp sidings, and then, Percy nearly sobbed, they . . . they c-c-cut them up.
Yes, you are made for work, but that doesn't change the fact that Henry almost died when he was bricked up for refusing to work. If that isn't harsh, then I don't know what is. You are designed for work, but you being forced to do it no matter what, which is an unacceptable way to treat sentient beings with human-level intelligence. Would it be acceptable if a human worker was punished that harshly for not wanting to work because of certain conditions? No it wouldn't, and anyone who would do that would immediately face consequences for their inhumane treatment of their workers.
Exactly! What sentient trains and trams face in Sodor is horrifying. It would be okay if we were talking about normal, non-sentient trains, but the trains in Sodor are clearly different and deserve certain rights for being sentient and intelligent beings.
If you cared about your family, then why would you let certain members of that family, such as Toby, to treat electric and diesel trams as inferior beings?
I already offered to throw them off a helicopter though
Jaslandia, Vista Major
I decided to follow Jaslandia's example, and rename my governing party to Conservative, for clarity
Jaslandia
*Chilean national anthem plays*
Yukona
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhrYY3ocQ5o
>TMW you mess up and accidentally upload an incorrect and unedited picture to IIwiki but it gives you an idea for your nations culture
TY germany
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/382559286812737537/1412382543217-1.jpg
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://imgur.com/3P9KJdb
Edward: You're right, it's not canon to the show; it's the real world. The TV series and the Railway Series do their best, but neither is fully accurate to what Percyton and Sodor is really like. If you just want to discuss the TV show, just say so and we can do that.
Edward: Yes, Percy was slightly inaccurate in describing the situation of steam engines on the Other Railway in the 50s and 60s, but a: his mistake was due to being misinformed, not deliberate misinformation or propaganda. Just like humans, sometimes we don't have all the information on hand at the moment, and without resources like the Internet (which didn't exist back then), we have to go by what we have. And b: the Reverend Awdry did correctly point out in the foreword to Stepney the 'Bluebell' Engine that some Mainland controllers were supportive of the preservation of steam locomotives, but the gist of Percy's sentiment was right: British Railways was massively cutting up and scraping steam engines and replacing them with diesels. And it's also true that Sodor was one of the few safe havens for steam engines, at least until the rise and maturity of heritage railways like the Bluebell Railway and Talyllyn Railway. I hardly see any evidence of Sir Topham Hatt purposely misleading us.
Edward: Yes, we're sentient, but we're still just machines. If we weren't working in some capacity, we'd either be a museum piece, or we wouldn't exist. And besides, human psychology is not the same as sentient vehicle psychology: what you see as being forced to work, we see as being Really Useful and fulfilling our purpose in life. Most of us aren't bothered by it, so you don't need to be outraged by it on our behalf.
Edward: As for the nature of Henry's punishment, there are different ways to punish an engine, just like there are different ways to publish a child (even I can admit that us engines can be very child-like sometimes). Personally, I think it was fair, and so does Henry: he didn't want to move out of the tunnel, so Hatt granted his wish and let him stay there. We let Henry out about a month later when we needed his help to pull the express, and Henry learned his lesson from the tunnel incident. Henry's punishment worked, and you can't argue against that.
Edward: And we do have certain rights, at least today. Back then we had many fewer rights, hence why our kind were scrapped in massive numbers during dieselisation in Britain. But now, we engines cannot be scrapped without being euthanized first, and we have many alternatives to scrap (such as transfer to another railway, joining a heritage railway, or becoming a museum piece). And while I still think what happened to Smudger and Godred was fair (Smudger was a naughty engine who needed to be taught a lesson if he wouldn't learn; and Godred was never going to be repaired by his railway anyway: his damage was too extensive, and the railway didn't have enough money), I doubt either of those punishments would be doled out today.
Edward: I should also point out that neither of those punishments were doled out by Sir Topham Hatt, whom you seem to hate so much. Smudger was punished by the manager of the Mid-Sodor Railway (which has since closed), while Godred was punished by the manager of the Culdee Fell Railway (which is still operating). I would say take your anger out on them, but they're either dead or retired by now.
Sir Topham Hatt: I think you're being much too hard on dear Toby! Toby already explained why he's biased against electric trams, but he doesn't treat anyone harshly or rudely because of their type. Toby is a very kind engine who always helps out others, and he has always treated his fellow engines (including diesel and electric trams when he sees them) with respect. Toby can be a little skeptical of electric trams when he meets them, but he is not the raging racist you make him out to be! Not by a long shot! And if he ever did do such a thing, I would reprimand him and tell him to do better, just as I would with any engine.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Good choice. Keep it simple.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
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Today is November 21 and today are:
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- National Gingerbread Cookie Day (United States)
- National Red Mitten Day (United States)
- National Stuffing Day (United States)
- World Hello Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 164 BC Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. This event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah.
- 235 Pope Anterus succeeds Pontian as the nineteenth pope. During the persecutions of emperor Maximinus Thrax he is martyred.
- 1009 Lý Công Uẩn is enthroned as emperor of Đại Cồ Việt, founding the Lý dynasty.
- 1386 Timur of Samarkand captures and sacks the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, taking King Bagrat V of Georgia captive.
- 1620 Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)
- 1676 The Danish astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
- 1783 In Paris, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes, make the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
- 1789 North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
- 1832 Wabash College is founded in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
- 1861 American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.
- 1877 Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
- 1894 Port Arthur, China falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
- 1902 The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 390, in the first ever professional American football night game.
- 1905 Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the massenergy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
- 1910 Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Geraes, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
- 1916 Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
- 1918 The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
- 1918 A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
- 1920 Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
- 1922 Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
- 1927 Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
- 1942 The completion of the Alaska Highway (also known as the Alcan Highway) is celebrated (however, the highway is not usable by standard road vehicles until 1943).
- 1945 The United Auto Workers strike 92 General Motors plants in 50 cities to back up worker demands for a 30-percent raise.
- 1950 Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
- 1953 The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
- 1959 American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.
- 1961 The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
- 1962 The Chinese People's Liberation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire in the Sino-Indian War.
- 1964 The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.
- 1964 Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.
- 1967 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
- 1969 U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
- 1969 The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
- 1970 Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
- 1971 Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
- 1972 Voters in South Korea overwhelmingly approve a new constitution, giving legitimacy to Park Chung-hee and the Fourth Republic.
- 1974 The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
- 1977 Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
- 1979 The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
- 1980 A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
- 1985 United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.
- 1986 National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the IranContra affair.
- 1992 A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.
- 1995 The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1996 Humberto Vidal explosion: Thirty-three people die when a Humberto Vidal shoe shop explodes.
- 2002 NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
- 2004 The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
- 2004 Dominica is hit by the most destructive earthquake in its history. The northern half of the island sustains the most damage, especially the town of Portsmouth. In neighboring Guadeloupe, one person is killed.
- 2004 The Paris Club agrees to write off 80% (up to $100 billion) of Iraq's external debt.
- 2006 Anti-Syrian Lebanese politician and government minister Pierre Gemayel is assassinated in suburban Beirut.
- 2009 A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.
- 2012 At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
- 2013 Fifty-four people are killed when the roof of a shopping center collapses in Riga, Latvia.
- 2013 Massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the UkraineEuropean Union Association Agreement.
- 2014 A stampede in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.
- 2015 The government of Belgium imposed a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.
- 2017 Robert Mugabe formally resign as President of Zimbabwe
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1694 Voltaire, French historian, playwright, and philosopher
- 1787 Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line
- 1854 Pope Benedict XV
- 1878 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of Justice
- 1898 René Magritte, Belgian painter
- 1902 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1944 Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1945 Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer
- 1965 Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter
- 1969 Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player and actor
- 1984 Jena Malone, American actress and singer
- 1985 Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
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Quote of the day
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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Jaslandia, Kalaron, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
Right
Jaslandia, Percyton
It wouldn't be the last Columbine massacre, unfortunately.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Goodnight my friends. Wish you a nice remaining day and pleasant dreams tonight. :)
Jaslandia, Percyton
Goodnight, Peng!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Night people
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
How awful! It's always so sad when crashes like that happen.
Goodnight, Peng!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Hey, what should I call my line of WWII tanks, and what should I call my cold war tanks?
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hey kids
Wanna seize some means of production?
Penguania And Antarctica
Top 10 for most avoided and I may be the only one on that list that is not a psychotic dictatorship
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Thats a good question.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Still thinking about that. Maybe either 'Lion' or 'Bulldog' for WWII tanks, and 'Cheetah' or 'Cobra'. And, for sh*ts and giggles, why not call one group of tanks 'Aardvark'.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
ContComm and 'the Free and Prosperous' are anarchies. It would be more accurate to say you're the only one in the Top 10 with an actually sensible form of government.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Wyoming Peoples Front
#SensibilityIsRelative
Percyton
It depends. I think we can all agree that Switzerland's form of government is more sensible government than North Korea's, for example.
Vista Major
One would assume incorrectly
You know how NS people are
Jaslandia
Greetings everyone :D
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hello! Welcome, welcome
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Latinamericana
Indeed. However, those who argue that NK > Switzerland are either brainwashed, idiots, or both.
Vista Major
I think you meant to refer to Jason Unruhe.
Vista Major, Latinamericana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jvn36OVdKs
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Latinamericana
Hmm...I might keep Aardvark, though my question was more of a designation one.
I'm thinking of keeping it pitifully simple and naming it "KT-(insert number here)" with the number being the year it was adopted.
As it stands though, it's really W/E since I still need to make my Lol-AMBT-886(?) with a 140mm thumper and dumb stuff like that. And the S/RFTS of course.
Jaslandia, Percyton
His last name literally means disorder/uncalm
Lit
#LehrnenDeutsch
Penguania And Antarctica, Latinamericana
Ah. Seems like kinda a boring and bland naming system, but it's probably more realistic, so you do you and whatnot.
Percyton
Or just new to the political scene
Rip net neutrality
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Vetriutan, Latinamericana
He is also a Maoist who supports the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Vista Major, Latinamericana
I'm still surprised you barely beat out the corporate slave state I control
Axeldonia, Percyton
Hey there...
Need a flag?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Latinamericana
FIGHT
woahwoahwoah
Subtle.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
You don't need to be a weatherman to know it's raining, and you don't need to be a political scientist to know NK is awful.
And apparently that's not his real name.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Maoist_Rebel_News
Not looking good for net neutrality, I'm afraid. So much for not being screwed over by ISPs.
Vista Major
If you want to be subtle, slip in the offer while sucking them off :p
Vista Major, Axeldonia
Yet here NK is now
FAKE NEWS
Jaslandia
He is also a Third Worldist and opposes any efforts by those in the first world to establish communism. Sounds like a great idea for spreading communism to me.
https://www.youtube.com/user/MaoistRebelNews2
Vista Major
https://media1.tenor.com/images/619a29f168c474833c05aca3424e5998/tenor.gif?itemid=4297945
less lit
Jaslandia, Percyton
Trust me, I agree honestly. I guess the problem is finding one that isn't a copy, a political thing, or something the just makes sense.
For example, we could choose to name it instead by the caliber, so KT-80 for a 80mm tank, but what happens if Kalaron doubles down on the 80mm cannon? The IS-series of naming is out too. It being shorthand for Iosif Stalin not withstanding, it's wholly political which I would much rather not do.
I could try to make the name more creative though, and go with something "KAV-45" but then it gets confusing if two armoured vehicles are adopted in the same year.
Maybe I'll have Kalaron just never use the word "Tank" in historical context and instead just refer to it as the KHAV (Kalaronian Heavy Armoured Vehicle)?
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton
I thought that a Pan-Africanist like you would like that stance, but I was wrong.
http://www.tombstonebuilder.com/generate.php?top1=CONSTIDOR&top2=1918-1921&top3=HE+WAS+WRONG&top4=&sp=
Vista Major
I do
Unruhe is an idiot. He says those in the twin towers deserved it.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
420 posts since I was last on
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
He could very well be joking, especially since he is as mature as a thirteen-year-old boy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W2s4xktS1M
Disgusting to joke about tht
Percyton
Not to a thirteen-year-old.
OwO
Do you have anything specific in mind?
Penguania And Antarctica
Time to get reading, sonny-boy
Ew
If communism is to be achieved, all people must be involved, not just those in the third world
I dislike the use of "third world" due to its perversion from the original meaning
Axeldonia, Percyton
I never read old posts.
You're now a commie? I thought you were a d e m o c r a t i c s o c i a l i s t.
Vista Major
communism doesnt and will never work
Oelesa
You should
And I am. I'm simply stating my opinion on the Communist Question
I N T E R S E C T I O N A L I T Y
Suck it ya milquetoast liberal
Jaslandia, Vista Major
[Insert Debate About the Merits of Communism That Will Not Change Anyone's Opinions on the Ideology]
Jaslandia, Auxorii, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I was more taking about why you couldn't just names (i.e. 'Sherman', 'King Tiger', 'Patton', etc.), and then maybe put a number or abbreviation in front of that name.
Percyton
Anarcho-communism = liberalism
Auxorii
*failure
Spanelsko
Not quite, but you're close
Axeldonia
Thats a good point your making. I've been attached to the "T" line. (T-34, T-90, ect) I've been thinking of designating them something like EQT-34/85, but it's still the T-34/85.
Jaslandia, Percyton
[Insert Debate About the Merits of Anarcho-Communism That Will Not Change Anyone's Opinions on the Ideology]
Jaslandia, Auxorii, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That's why I said "Milquetoast"
Don't insult Granpa Marx
Penguania And Antarctica
Anyone who isn't a tankie = milquetoast liberal
I'm not a tankie, I just have a fetish for daddy Stalin. Don't kinkshame.
Spanelsko
An anarcho communist that likes Stalin..?
But what about the Holodomor? And don't use weather conditions as an excuse.
Auxorii
*Nods*
The T-34/85 is interesting since it's really just a mod of the T-34 with a bigger turret ring. I'm also against simple designations using "T" though because it's almost too simplistic IMO. Same reason I made my MBT-90 the...well...MBT-90 :P
For my part, I was actually considering the use of the T-44 and the T-54 as the basis of mine own tanks from the period. It could change depending on if I find other tanks I like though. TBH I could just use a Post War French tank though, they really look like they belonged in it.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton
True, I could. An interesting proposition, even. Normally I keep the names separate because IIwiki is basically glue that locks you into the name you choose when you first make the page. That's my biggest regret with the Ninox, I really wanted to give it a cliche name after a Valkyrie but included Ninox in the title.
Jaslandia, Percyton
D O N ' T K I N K S H A M E
No, but in all seriousness I do not approve of Stalin. It's just that to almost everyone outside leftist circles, "Communism" is seen as uniformed men in the kremlin plotting the downfall of the US, so I think it's a little fun to just embrace the stereotype.
Jaslandia, Vetriutan
Embracing the stereotype will make people even more unaccepting of the ideology.
Auxorii
I obviously don't do it in real life, just on the internoots.
Jaslandia, Vetriutan
Good.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton
Now comerade, let us plot the demise of the burgeoise world order
Jaslandia, Spanelsko
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