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John Demonsbane
Unorganized Ninja Infantry Tactics
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Posted - 2013.12.16 23:01:00 -
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Copied this from another thread:
I always wish I could edit those descriptions, even if only to add the following TL;DR's to relate to the real world;
1) Amarr: I'll go with the above part about Rome, etc. (In another post of the original thread they mentioned how the Amarr were like ancient rome who assimlated other cultures into their own and tried to bring them up to "roman" standards)
2) Gallente: Herp derp freeeeeedom. Think George W. Bush's America with even more drug cartels, torture and paternalist imperialism, but less religion. (Maybe calling it DIckCheney's america would be even better, lol)
3) Caldari: Pure unabashed capitalism, rebelled from the Gallente because they were treated like second class citizens or even illegal immigrants
4) Minmatar: A brutish race ruled by tribal customs forced to work as indentured servants by the Amarr in a heavy-handed attempt to "civilize" them.
"The line between disorder and order lies in logistics" -Sun Tzu
Amarr victor!
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John Demonsbane
Unorganized Ninja Infantry Tactics
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Posted - 2013.12.17 02:21:00 -
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Yeah, I think the American south is a much worse parallel to the Amarr than say, Ancient Rome and their assimilation of other races and "romanizing" them. Although, the best analogy is probably the misguided but non-malevolent "white man's burden" of the Victorian-era British empire.
"The line between disorder and order lies in logistics" -Sun Tzu
Amarr victor!
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John Demonsbane
Unorganized Ninja Infantry Tactics
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Posted - 2013.12.17 21:17:00 -
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Vrain Matari wrote:DeadlyAztec11 wrote:Logi Bro wrote:Why are you here? Go to the Intergalactic Summit.
Nobody but other RP'ers care, everyone else is just going to use the race that has the best equipment. (Minmatar, at the moment, that's why we win all the FW matches.) They are convinced that the Amarr and Caldari have a harder time winning in FW because of the way CCP markets the factions. To be honest it should be backward, more hardcore players should be more prone to pick Caldari and Amarr. So this all circles back to the fact that most people want to be Gallante and Minmatar while Caldari are third popular and Amarr are the least popular. My theory is that there's something fundamental in the attraction the Ammarian race has for players who don't have the heart for a real fight. Whereas on the Minmatar side, we're just getting warmed up.
That makes little sense considering those of us serious about it are getting beat pretty soundly in a lot of matches due to the blueberries and awox but keep coming and keep trying to recruit more soldiers.
You're the one using ez mode, I'm afraid. If I were you, I wouldn't pat myself on the back too hard... unless of course you happened to be the person funding all the awox/griefing, like Kirk and his suicide squads. Even then, best not to claim it's due solely to the skill of the actual soldiers involved!
"The line between disorder and order lies in logistics" -Sun Tzu
Amarr victor!
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John Demonsbane
Unorganized Ninja Infantry Tactics
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Posted - 2013.12.17 21:41:00 -
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Aero Yassavi wrote:John Demonsbane wrote:Yeah, I think the American south is a much worse parallel to the Amarr than say, Ancient Rome and their assimilation of other races and "romanizing" them. Although, the best analogy is probably the misguided but non-malevolent "white man's burden" of the Victorian-era British empire. You probably shouldn't use terms such as "white man" when describing the Amarr as such terms are mostly used when discussing racism, which the Amarr are certainly not. In fact, the Amarr Empire is very ethnically diverse, second only to the Gallente Federation. Contrary to popular belief, the Amarr are very accepting of other races and culture practices, of course the catch is they are strict on religious views.
Let history be your guide, Aero:
Many 19th century european imperialists felt they had a "Divine Burden to reign God's Empire on Earth."
The White Man's Burden by Rudyard Kipling
Take up the White Man's burden--
Send forth the best ye breed--
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild--
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.
Take up the White Man's burden--
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride;
By open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain
To seek another's profit,
And work another's gain.
Take up the White Man's burden--
The savage wars of peace--
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.
Take up the White Man's burden--
No tawdry rule of kings,
But toil of serf and sweeper--
The tale of common things.
The ports ye shall not enter,
The roads ye shall not tread,
Go mark them with your living,
And mark them with your dead.
Take up the White Man's burden--
And reap his old reward:
The blame of those ye better,
The hate of those ye guard--
The cry of hosts ye humour
(Ah, slowly!) toward the light:--
"Why brought he us from bondage,
Our loved Egyptian night?"
Take up the White Man's burden--
Ye dare not stoop to less--
Nor call too loud on Freedom
To cloke your weariness;
By all ye cry or whisper,
By all ye leave or do,
The silent, sullen peoples
Shall weigh your gods and you.
Take up the White Man's burden--
Have done with childish days--
The lightly proferred laurel,
The easy, ungrudged praise.
Comes now, to search your manhood
Through all the thankless years
Cold, edged with dear-bought wisdom,
The judgment of your peers!
"The line between disorder and order lies in logistics" -Sun Tzu
Amarr victor!
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