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[A Very Super Market]

My countries will be the grand headquarters of SMERSH and such! I will create havoc for the government and provide women for James Bond to run off with! Super fun!

[Beefy187]

In that case,

Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand and Mongol from most wanted to the least

[Captain Blackadder]

Australia,East Germany,Poland,France,

[Greyblades]

How much are we going to follow history and the alliances in place at that time? I am aware that once the game starts we will be changing the course of history, but will we basing ourselves on all the previous events during the Cold War and the current crisises and wars in 1980?

Having majored in history and minored in international relations, I am very interested in this.

The main 4 alliances will be Nato, the countries that have been persuaded not to becomne communist or being supported by a nato faction, Warsaw pact and other russian allies and their supporters.
The main game will be each side trying to convert undecided nations and destroy or cripple any active supporters of the other side while using espionage, sabotage, assassination, coup attempts and generaly terror to make the enemy weak enough so that you can win should Defcom 2 ever be declared. But that will be if neither side is willing to go on allout warfare over europe and alaska staright away and risk nuclear holocaust.

My countries will be the grand headquarters of SMERSH and such! I will create havoc for the government and provide women for James Bond to run off with! Super fun!

I'm giving you somolia and you will like it.

alright, I will go with Israel, I can live with that. go IDF!!!!

You can still try for the other factions if you want.

Japan, Iran, Cuba, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Give me back my avatar!

[Beskar]

This is not your avatar, it is a different face, position and hood colour!

[Greyblades]

Hmph, my blooming replacement computer has a monitor thats dark enough to make Beevis and the buthead look bright and refined.

[Beskar]

Yes, you got green (possibly my favourite colour) while I got grey.

[Greyblades]

Hmm, well this was pretty odd timing; the day I sent off my computer to have a video card installed and tested (After making a multicore processor into a small drinks mat I leave the installing of new parts to the pro's) the entire forum goes haywire. Just a reminder that I will need about 3 more players and maybe one more guy who is good at writeups.

[Greyblades]

OP Updated

I would like some ideas on how to make players able to fight it out without them holding back on the premise of "if we start to win too much they will nuke us and its game over".

[Askthepizzaguy]

The idea could be something along the lines of real life... there were plenty of conflicts where nukes weren't used but certain nations still engaged in warfare. The idea might be to obtain the alliance of one of the nuke-carrying nations so you can battle with approval of one of the nuclear club. The alliance can be made public, so if someone uses nukes on that nation, the allied nation uses their nukes on them.

If 2 nuke nations are at war, it must be assumed that if nukes are launched to obliterate that one nation, an automatic return volley will be sent and that will wipe out the nuking power as well.

[Greyblades]

Well at the time there was alot of guerilla warfare going on in afew countries between the USA/USSR sponsered states and rebels/freedomfighters. Maybe I could have it so that if the sides dont help their side win the civil wars they could lose main resources with consequences. For example if Venesuala becomes communist, Nato loses an oil supply and take longer to mobilise for war.

I think I will implement one or two mercenary nations like somolia that if supplied and armed by, lets say, Russia, they will raid nato's shipping and make transportation around the indian ocean area allmost imposisible and the only way to stop it is to invade.

[A Very Super Market]

Huh, so I am Somalia now? Dawh.

[Greyblades]

Lighten up, you wanted to be a pain in the arse so I gave you the pirate faction.

[White_eyes:D]

If I was the U.S.S.R I would launch the nukes.....(I was always the first one to do it in DEFCON:everybody loses....)

I would always win......what's left...

[Greyblades]

Hmm, another one off the "likely to be responsible with nukes list". Still, there's about 200 other countries to play if your interested.

[White_eyes:D]

Hmm, another one off the "likely to be responsible with nukes list".

This made me laugh for about 5 mins.... most players online hate me.......I ALWAYs whip out the WMD's on any game.....

Rise of Nations:I nuked many of my allies in diplomacy.....(can't have them turn on me)

Starcraft: I used nukes many times in diplomacy.....yet again.....

Star wars: Empire at war: I would the Death Star more then a little more was needed...... nobody wants to play 1v1 in that campaign map anymore

[pevergreen]

I'll go Sweden, so Ichi can have Italy and CB can have Aus.

[White_eyes:D]

I would like Pakistan......(it has nukes)
First one to get nuked is Somalia

[Iskander 3.1]

Not during the cold war, it didn't.

[Beefy187]

I'll withdraw from Indonesia and Vietnam

Instead I'll claim Taiwan and South Korea.

Who ever is Japan is going to have a nightmare..

[White_eyes:D]

Not during the cold war, it didn't.

Don't worry.....I well research it.....like I did in Hearts of Iron....

[Greyblades]

You could yes but I doubt that you would be able to mass produce WMD's without someone catching on. The large test Explosions on remote pacific islands are kinda hard to miss.

[White_eyes:D]

Don't worry.....I will only nuke the ANNOYING guys....Somalia pirates are on the top of that list...

[Greyblades]

I am starting to think I will have to make upholding the geneva convention compulsory for player countries. Or at least the USA and European ones.

[White_eyes:D]

Well.....nobody really listens to it.......I don't have any idea why it would stop me from nuking someone....

[Greyblades]

Well if I remember correctly, nuking, or otherwise killing, civillians, is considered unsporting.

[Beefy187]

Well if I remember correctly, nuking, or otherwise killing, civillians, is considered unsporting.

So as creating a explosive chemicals in a medievil times

I have a question. Do some countries start as allies? Eg, America and Canada? Or is alliance totally up to the players?

[Askthepizzaguy]

given those alliances can change on turn one, I dont think it matters.

[Greyblades]

I have allready said that there will be 2 starting alliances: Nato and Warsaw pact, and though you may leave a your leisure it is encouraged that you all stay in an alliance with a superpower at all times because I can easily see any defectors being pounced on by their enemies. You can do as you wish but remember no one country can beat one of the superpowers without aid.

So as creating a explosive chemicals in a medievil times
There have been explosive chemicals for aeons, its just it was only recently that humans figured out how to synthesise some..

[A Very Super Market]

SOMALIANS, WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?

I will have fun with this. Whee!