WP-08-Diplo [GW Hayduke]: Hello!
Date:Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:29:10 +0000

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How-de-do, everyone. Sorry that I have been so uncommunicative of late--I was moving and so missed a couple turns in there. Anyway, to all of those who were expecting something from me, I apologize. I'm here and happy to chat now. 

I wrote a note explaining my actions, but it was pretty boring, so I decided to forget that. In fact, that's kind of the whole point. I have been around these things before and have gotten pretty bored with the standard way of things: make truces with all of your neighbors, when somebody fights give empty speeches about "honor" regardless of how it actually applies to you (kind of like GWB's recent speeches on Georgia, now that I think about it), with eventual victory going to whoever a) waits the longest and cleans up the pieces (the Hobbit strategy, god love him), or b) gets lucky and has people on their border retire so they can take land while remaining "honorable", or c) gets even luckier and has someone dishonorably invade their nation so they can organize a posse to clean that person's clock. So, here it is: straight-talk express coming at you. Things were getting really dull, Lovat, who seems like a good guy, had some fun planned and an argument for why it was the honorable thing to do, and I decided to join him. Now it looks like we're outnumbered, depending upon how you count "rogue armies", but that's cool--I made my bed and it's a comfy bed. 

Anyone who wants to join the side of right, where I am cynically equating right with honesty and fun, come join me and Lovat in battle. We'll do our best engaging these guys, and then come up with some fun plan to fight for final glory. I can promise only that you won't spend any more time wondering whether to bother submitting another move that just involves shuttling around armies.

For the Earth,

G.W. Hayduke