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Sniping Progress

Farfle the smelly

Farfle the smelly

Well-Known Member
I taught my neighbor how to snipe today. We are both new players in the same hood for the first time, and technically she’s my competition. But I kept seeing her FPs floating around and it was making me sad that she’d most likely lose them. So taught her the timing and math and let her keep two buildings (they were ripe for sniping, I’m so generous, lol) but the rest are open season. Gimmegimme.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve almost sniped and thought ‘wait, what guild are they in again? Oh crap, mine!’ and then slowly, and sadly, walked away. Some of these guilds are large and it can be difficult to keep folks straight.

Lastly, I’m pretty sure sniping is my favorite part of the game. /-:
 
ahsay

ahsay

Active Member
Salsuero said:
I'm an American too and maybe it's time we stop saying that as if we have something to be proud of. We're not as exceptional as we keep telling ourselves.
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We *should* be proud of that. It has nothing to do with being "exceptional". We simply embrace a model that works. The entire world is adapting that model. China is barely holding on to it's antiquated communist theories. If it hasn't already happened they'll soon be committed to capitalism. They love McDonalds and KFC.
 
Salsuero

Salsuero

Well-Known Member
ahsay said:
We *should* be proud of that.
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Your opinion, not mine.

ahsay said:
It has nothing to do with being "exceptional".
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It has everything to do with it. We think we're the best at everything when we're terrible at many things... certainly not as good at many things as other countries. An obsession with profit isn't something I think makes us great.

ahsay said:
We simply embrace a model that works.
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Meh. Does it though? Again... your opinion, not mine.

ahsay said:
The entire world is adapting that model.
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Not true. Many have a more balanced model and it arguably works much better.

ahsay said:
China is barely holding on to it's antiquated communist theories.
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Capitalism is also an antiquated theory. It's been around for ages.

ahsay said:
If it hasn't already happened they'll soon be committed to capitalism.
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I wouldn't hold my breath on that one if I were you. Sure, they have embraced some elements of capitalism, but they won't be going full Murica anytime soon.
 
ahsay

ahsay

Active Member
Salsuero said:
It has everything to do with it. We think we're the best at everything when we're terrible at many things... certainly not as good at many things as other countries. An obsession with profit isn't something I think makes us great.
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Who said "great"...there is nothing wrong with profit. Profit does not mean greed. Profit means ice cream cones.
 
Salsuero

Salsuero

Well-Known Member
ahsay said:
there is nothing wrong with profit.
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Depends on how that profit is accumulated... at whose expense... and to what disparity. Nothing? I disagree.

ahsay said:
Profit does not mean greed.
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Like I said... it depends. Because some profit can definitely be linked to greed.

ahsay said:
Profit means ice cream cones.
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As long as there are enough ice cream cones to go around, I don't mind you profiting. There just aren't in America. In New York alone, there are more than 100 billionaires -- with a B -- and they've cumulatively profited to the tune of over 500 billion dollars since this pandemic began. Yet there is a massive unemployment problem now and we can't seem to find enough money to help average folks who are used daily to achieve those profits pay rent or buy groceries. Sure could find money for tax cuts, corporate bailouts, and stock market infusions so those billionaires could keep more of those profits, though. Profit is fine... in moderation. But Americans do pretty much nothing in moderation.

Enjoy your ice cream.
 
Graviton

Graviton

Well-Known Member
How'd we go from sniping GBs to sniping at capitalism?

The profit motive is human nature and is what allows an economy, and people, to thrive. Tax cuts are being "allowed" to keep more of your own money, and corporate bailouts and stock market infusions aren't capitalism. Let's at least be clear about what we're railing against.
 

G0T U

New Member
Message on one of my cities reads:

"I will attack you, I will plunder you, I will snipe your GB's if there is profit to be made, please send any childish complaints to Santa Claus."

I'm on the naughty list ...
 
Salsuero

Salsuero

Well-Known Member
ahsay said:
Well let's try for 4. Your life is profit. Without it you couldn't print your drivel here.
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ahsay

ahsay

Active Member
We all profit. We all greed...I've said the former many times; the latter...this would be the first.
 

DeletedUser27301

Farfle the smelly said:
I taught my neighbor how to snipe today. We are both new players in the same hood for the first time, and technically she’s my competition. But I kept seeing her FPs floating around and it was making me sad that she’d most likely lose them. So taught her the timing and math and let her keep two buildings (they were ripe for sniping, I’m so generous, lol) but the rest are open season. Gimmegimme.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve almost sniped and thought ‘wait, what guild are they in again? Oh crap, mine!’ and then slowly, and sadly, walked away. Some of these guilds are large and it can be difficult to keep folks straight.

Lastly, I’m pretty sure sniping is my favorite part of the game. /-:
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Honestly that's not a bad idea. I love it when I have a fellow sniper in the hood, I'll key them in on some hits, usually that compels the owner to level faster (not always though lol) since they see their GB as being most of the way there.

Best is when a fellow sniper is a guildmate though, sadly no one loves TE as much as me so it's been a while since I've had that.
 
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