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[Kloreep]

I've been slacking off on the Newz Update recently and not taking notes. Luckily, the game hasn't really moved forward, so the Seti fiasco is pretty much all that's missing. Here's my list:

Used GL (Mentuhotep) to rush Universal Suffrage
Captured cities: Brundisium from Romans, Stuttgart from Germans. Stuttgart abandoned. Heroes' Summit founded south of old Stuttgart.
Iroquois, Babylon sign embargo against us briefly.
MPPs activate; Iroquois, Greece, England, Russia, and Japan declare war on Babylon.
We capture Hannover; Greeks raze Cologne.
Greeks briefly sign peace with Rome, but are immediately dragged back in when Rome attacks us.
Another GL: Seti. Bill for Macross fails, senate meeting & twin bills; both seem to work, but court case on senate meeting bill; game about to proceed
Emancipation: Debate, polls, bills, veto, court case

Please tell me if I missed anything, have jotted down an incorrect note, etc. I will, of course, wait for the next turnchat so I can include its events. Edit: On second thought, I'll wait for the elections to be over as well, so I can report on them.

For reference, here's the last (and probably a candidate for longest ) Newz Update from 12/23:

The new government for Term 7 has been voted into office. Former FAM Arnelos is the new President, former DM E_T is our new SMC, and veterans Spiffor and ManicStarSeed are the Domestic Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister respectively.

A brief scandal broke when, during the last Term 6 chat, illegal MPPs were signed with Japan, Russia, and Greece. (Apolytonia's constitution requires the senate to approve all MPPs.) Many of those present during the signing did not realize these treaties had not been approved; but the forum was further stirred up when aggie revealed he knew the treaties had not been approved. However, most were willing to forgive and forget, and a (url=http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71101]bill(/url] has been passed retroactively granting permission for these MPPs and protecting aggie from legal action. While this bill has been (url=http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71705)taken to court(/url], no one has pressed charges against aggie himself, and neither side in the court case disputes the retroactive approval of the MPPs.

This was soon overshadowed by the fact that Caesar, who formerly was friendly, sent Riflemen across the border into Apolytonian lands, and declared war when we demanded he move his troops back. This small invasion force was quickly defeated by Apolytonian Cavalry, with the help of a large force of Cannons. The Cavalry army under the command of Khufu fought bravely, and their struggle has been immortalized in a new Heroic Epic. Our MPP allies and others have joined us in resisting the Roman Empire's aggression; the Iroquois and Russia, both neighbors of Rome, are in this new war with us, and the English, Aztecs, Japanese, Greeks, and even the remnants of Persia (our former enemy) have declared war against Caesar as well. But Babylon (a neighbor of Rome) and faraway China have sided with Caesar.

This new treachery has only made our scientists work harder, and they have discovered a new force called "Electricity". We have shared this technology - for some compensation - with our allies. This was followed by the discovery of a new system of "Replacable Parts", and the usefulness of Rubber. This, too, was shared with our allies, and even our enemy Germany; However, we have signed embargos with Greece and other nations to ensure Bismarck does not gain access to Rubber.

Nor will many nations if we do not see fit; the Great Banana has blessed us, giving us many sources of Rubber from the jungle, while Greece is the only nation that can scrape together enough Rubber to export any; and some do not have this precious resource at all.

New technology and ideas like Artillery and Infantry, and the great banana's blessing, inspire our troops as they now wage war on a second front against Germany. Our allies have joined us in this campaign: Greece, the Iroquois, England, Russia, and Japan have all declared war as well. We have already taken Hamburg; the city was shelled heavily, and destroyed beyond repair in the final battles for it, but a new city called Howitzerville has already been founded on the same site. These final battles for the city were fought fiercely, and a Great Leader called Mentuhotep emerged from the ranks of our brave soldiers. The senate has not decided on his new assignment yet, though a new bill has been proposed that would order the rush Universal Suffrage.

[civman2000]

What about the SEnate meeting and controversy surrounding it?

[Meshelic]

Looking back, this past month has been full of surprises, scandals, and the like.

[Kloreep]

Originally posted by civman2000
What about the SEnate meeting and controversy surrounding it?

I threw that in with the Seti stuff, but it probably does deserve more than a mention, what with a new court case over the bill.

This is gonna be one tough Newz Update to write; at least, if I want to keep it to the "We're having fun over here! Come join us!" PR message I've been aiming for previously. Ah well. I guess we just won't look so good this update. Our own fault.

[E_T]

I has seen the one bit about Cologne being Razed by the Greeks, but you forgot that we watched it while eating Popcorn!

That was a bit fun....

E_T

[WhiteBandit]

Well if we're going to make us look bad, we might as well go all the way!

Don't forget to direct interested readers to our Presidencial voting thread. The mud is flying.

I bet soon we'll find out that Aro has an illegitimate sister and Arnelos used illegal immigrants to brush his teeth, and Aggie is actually Aro disguised as panag!*


* note: i don't know why it matters if Aro does indeed have an illegitimate sister or not. Nor do I think it matters (or is there even a good reason) for Arnelos using illegal aliens to brush his teeth.

[Meshelic]

Originally posted by WhiteBandit
Aggie is actually Aro disguised as panag!*

Wow, now that's messed up!

[Aro]

Originally posted by WhiteBandit
Well if we're going to make us look bad, we might as well go all the way!

Don't forget to direct interested readers to our Presidencial voting thread. The mud is flying.

I bet soon we'll find out that Aro has an illegitimate sister and Arnelos used illegal immigrants to brush his teeth, and Aggie is actually Aro disguised as panag!*


* note: i don't know why it matters if Aro does indeed have an illegitimate sister or not. Nor do I think it matters (or is there even a good reason) for Arnelos using illegal aliens to brush his teeth.

But... Jeez, how did you find my sister (I thought I had buried her deep enough…)? And how did you discover about my Aggie-panag's disguise???
Hmm... "...illegal aliens to brush his teeth..." This sounds good! Arnelos, I want some of those "illegal aliens"... If not too expensive, of course!

[nz_upy]

This mud slinging is the most fun ive seen since i joined.