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Money Incorporated is Saving the World! (Little Upsilon)

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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)

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08 Jun 2011 15:28Link
Money Incorporated is saving the world, one FMU corp at a time. If you want to help Money Incorporated save the world, post the name of your country here so I can build an FMU corp in it!
Remember, when you choose Money Inc, you choose profits.
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Lou Cyphre (Little Upsilon)

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08 Jun 2011 17:35Link
clearly you need countries to build in. Why dont you see if you can find some free workers in:

Astoria
Mahakala
Painless death
Angel of Light (lots of workers)
Unholy Trinity (Lots of workers)
All Eternity (Lots of workers)

Different CEO are all ready building so the availability of workers is swinging a bit.

0 Tax and 120-130 welfare
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King Quinton (Little Upsilon)

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08 Jun 2011 21:35Link
THE AMERICAN KINGDOM
THE REVIVED KINGDOM OF QUINTON
THE HOLY KINGDOM OF CHRIST

All zero tax, good welfare and rising, i'll bring in as many workers as needed but alot should be availible or coming soon

Someone defintly needs to save the world
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NiAi (Little Upsilon)

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08 Jun 2011 22:51Link
All NiAi Starrepublic nations are always looking for new CEOs. Feel free to take a look.

High welfare and low taxes and a 100% hiring policy. Lots of state corps so its easy to get 100% hiring even if there are not a huge unemployment (social-democracy ftw).
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J. Skullz (Little Upsilon)

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08 Jun 2011 23:02Link
The Realm of Skullz, and TRoS2. You'll notice not that much room, in the way of workers. But, I will lower my salaries, that way you get the employees. 0% tax, and always hovering at 130 welfare. It won't take that long to get all hiring back to normal. And when it's good in the Realm, It's real good. Build away!
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)

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10 Jun 2011 02:13Link
I'll be sending out build orders to these countries within 3-4 game months (waiting for my current build schedule to finish). Expect some corporation requests from my newest enterprise, Accordion Amatil, as well.

In the meantime, all you people that haven't responded should! Don't you want to save the world too? :P
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rep (Little Upsilon)

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10 Jun 2011 04:37Link
Accordian,

I like your style! Don't have a country to offer you a home in at the moment, but had to say that I enjoy people who can get into the spirit of the game. It's just dull when everybody takes it seriously.

President rep and the people of JulMar salute you!
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)

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10 Jun 2011 08:25Link
Thanking you kindly, rep :)

Good job on that save LU campaign post, by the way.
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rep (Little Upsilon)

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10 Jun 2011 08:41Link
Back at ya, mate. :)

Just a little something to fill the "tweener" time while the game made it's second pass through the month.

One of the things I believe people don't really pay attention to is the utilization chart. It really can tell you a lot about the econ situation.

But don't let me get started! As you can tell I tend to write some LONG posts! Comes from my job, or what used to be my job before the extended bad economy here in the U.S.,and I got paid basically by the word, so if it can be said in five I'll take ten. :P

Used to freelance for magazines, etc. focusing on history, international relations, and travel. Unfortunately that no longer pays the bills so I have a mundane job until (if?) the economy picks back up.

'Nuff said.

BTW, what part of "down under" do you hail from? I&#
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)

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12 Jun 2011 06:17Link
Bring some shrimp, we'll throw that on the barbie too :P Don't worry - hardly any of us actually speak like Crocodile Dundee :P

I'm actually residing around Sydney at the moment, I used to live in the Blue Mountains (which is near Sydney). The Mountains are a beautiful place - look up "Echo Point Katoomba" or "Three Sisters" on google images :P
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Crafty

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12 Jun 2011 20:29Link
One of my favourite coffees of the moment comes from the Toby Estate there. Wooloomooloo.
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rep (Little Upsilon)

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12 Jun 2011 20:51Link
Accordian,

I know you guys don't REALLY talk like Croc Dundee, but had to "yank" your chain a little bit.

We Americans tend to fall easily for stereotypes. Many people here think all Brits talk wth a cockney accent, and all Aussies dress in shorts and strange hats, running around having barbecues and drinking Foster's while calling everyone "mate".

The Three Sisters is(are?) awesome! My brother worked for Viator (travel company headquartered in Australia)and lived in Sydney for a couple years. He took me out there when I visited him.

Crafty, I'm going to have to see if I can get some of that coffee. Always on the lookout for new blends. As long as it's not the stuff that marsupials eat! Anything which has passed through an animals' digestive system is not for me!

Have to run, thunderstorms just started and it's a guarantee in my area I'll lose electric.
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)

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13 Jun 2011 03:03Link
Wait, Crafty, you've been to Wooloomooloo? Intriguing - I thought you were either a Brit or a Yank.

Rep, stop taking the piss. Next you're going to tell me that you guys don't all speak like hardcore Texans! :P

The Three Sisters are awesome indeed. Did you know there's a rainforest up here? It's cool to think that there's a rainforest in this area where the temperature ranges from -5 to 15 Celsius in winter :P

Toby Estate for the good coffee, eh? I'll have to visit it sometime. Mental note written.

There must be thunderstorms in Little Upsilon, too - I've been losing electric for years.
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rep (Little Upsilon)

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13 Jun 2011 05:10Link
Actually we DO all talk like hardcore Texans!:P

At least when there's a Republican in the White House.

Today was a good day, power "only" went out for 4 hours. Keep telling myself I'm going to buy a generator but never get around to it.

Rainforests are cool, but I prefer to see them on the nature channel. Large carnivorous animals, equally large snakes, and enough creepy crawlies to last five lifetimes are not my "cuppa". Had enough of those adventures when I wore Uncle Sam's camos. :P

Thought you'd get me with the celsius instead of "real" temps, huh? Actually the -5 for a low surprised me a little, figured you might see single digits; didn't expect below freezing.

Crafty isn't going to be thrilled at being accused of being a Yank!

And I checked my local gourmet coffee shop and they don't stock the Wooloomooloo brand, darn it.

T-storms on LU.
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)

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14 Jun 2011 04:31Link
Our rainforest has all the nice nature with none of the massive animals...except maybe deadly spiders and snakes. But that's Australia for you!

Were you saying you were in the army? In the jungle...are you a veteran of one of the wars in Asia?

Crafty's the British one, then? Excellent. Let's pretend I never suggested he might have been one of the Yanks :P

You say you keep losing power - whereabouts in the US are you? Are you in one of those states that's been getting ripped up by tornados/hurricanes/whatever this year?
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rep (Little Upsilon)

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14 Jun 2011 06:17Link
Australia does have some nasty spiders. I forget the name of it, but I think there's one whose venom is deadlier than the cobra. And also one of the world's deadliest snakes call Australia home.

But it's still a kick butt country. Especially the girls! 'Nuff said.

I was indeed in the Army, back in the dark ages of the '70s and '80s. After I graduated college I just got this wild hair and volunteered. Overall the experience was a positive.

My jungle experience comes from a one week survival training course I took. We were given a map, a compass, a combat knife, a full canteen of water, water decontamination pills, and three meals worth of rations. They then dropped us in the middle of WTF ville and told us the coordinates they would meet us at in 7 days. Let me just say it was an adventure. No neat toys like GPS in those days, and they did a full inspection of our gear before dropping us to be sure we didn&
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)

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16 Jun 2011 04:03Link
Many of the world's deadliest snakes, spiders, and other things call Australia home :P
We have the Sydney Funnelweb Spider (one of the deadliest, found one in my room the other day). We have the Taipan, the King Brown, the Brown, the Tiger, and the Red-Bellied Black snakes (and all but the Taipan I have seen near my house). We have the box jellyfish, the bull shark, and the great white shark - you can even find bull sharks up in the Parramatta River near Sydney.

Any significance to the game name? Ah, my name must be fascinating, because I always get asked this question. Long story short, I joined Kingdom of Loathing and, at the character selection screen, I saw a class named "Accordion Thief". I then saw a class called "Disco Bandit" which I decided was better. So I jokingly said to myself, "Accordion Thief? Accordion THIS!" before clicking on the Disco Bandit class :P And thence comes the name.
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)

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16 Jun 2011 04:05Link
What else are you curious about? :P
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rep

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16 Jun 2011 04:23Link
How about the reference to the wooden horse? Gotta check on your FMUs.
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rep (Little Upsilon)

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16 Jun 2011 06:04Link
I know about Troy and all that, but I have a sneaky feeling that's not what your reference is.

It's either an Aussie thing or an Anglo thing isn't it?

It was the funnelweb I was thinking of. Do you any of the Momba species of snake?

And I sincerely hope a "Disco Bandit" was one who removed disco from existence, rather than dancing to disco tunes while robbing the King's messengers! (battle cry of my generation, at least the sane ones: "disco sux!")

I figured the "this" segment, I just had some crazy image of you and an evil accordion, so I had to ask!
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)

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16 Jun 2011 10:08Link
"Under the wooden horse" is kind of...well...I don't think I know precisely how to explain it, but it's sexual.

No Mambas here, but we do have the Taipan :P

Disco Bandits are totally into disco, and they dance, moxying to and fro, casting their disco hither and thither, beguiling, pickpocketing, and out-dancing their enemies :P

And for the record, disco rocks :P Stayin' Alive is mankind's greatest achievement.
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Gothamloki (Little Upsilon)

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16 Jun 2011 13:44Link
All Hail the Bee Gees!

But Funkytown by Lipps, Inc. was mankind's greatest achievement.

Dance off! :)
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Accordion_This (Little Upsilon)

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16 Jun 2011 15:00Link
Funkytown as in "Won't you take me to, (sweet riff), funkytown!"? Because I think an Aussie band did it first, sorry :P
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Gothamloki (Little Upsilon)

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16 Jun 2011 15:11Link
Yes, that funkytown. Which Aussie band? But the Lipps, Inc version is still sweet.
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rep (Little Upsilon)

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16 Jun 2011 18:21Link
You both would get along famously with my girlfriend! One reason you'll never meet her! :)

Disney World has an adults only section called Pleasure Island. Has nightclubs of every persuasion, and often live bands in several of them. EVERY time we go down to Florida I am required to accompany her into the disco club and dance at least one.

How can you compare "stayin alive" or "funkytown" to "Stairway to Heaven" or "Misty Mountain Hop" by Led Zeppelin? Pah. :D

Especially if you're into the fantasy thing, "Misty Mountain" is a cool song. One line goes (see if either of you two crazies can catch the reference) "In the darkest depths of Mordor there lived a girl so fair".

And I've been forced to watch "Saturday Night Fever" so often I can probably give you the dialogue by heart.