A Nearly Forgotten Victory

EDIT: Wiifan or some other Nacho made another post on their website claiming that the Nachos won. He basically just said “The army being challenged must attend the battle under the time the challengers gave.” Which is exactly what we did. The Nachos gave the time “7:00pm”. We came at 7:00pm PST. If they had specified 7:00pm Eastern Time, we would have come at 7:00pm Eastern Time. But they didn’t.

P.S. Someone said that the pictures on this site were from the “first” battle. If that is true, that proves that we won the first battle too. 😀

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Yes, the ACP won their battle! I know some people like, say, Zippy500 have told you otherwise, but to that I say whatever. You want to know why? Zippy wasn’t even at the battle! How would he know who won?

Now I know what you are thinking. “Oagal, you weren’t at the battle either!” True. But unlike my zesty, cheese-flavored opponent I did my research, and here is what I can tell you.

Most people, ACP and Nachos, went to the 7:00pm PST battle. The majority of the ACP soldiers and Nachos knew that 7:00pm PST was the official battle time. No one, not even the Nachos, tried to tell the ACP that Akabob meant “7:00pm Eastern Time”. The ACP won at the official battle; the one at 7:00pm PST.

Sure, the Nachos may have won their little three-hours-early battle. Congratulation Nachos! You beat (and almost tied wiht) an army that wasn’t intentionally trying to show up. Woo-hoo! Anyway, I have pictures of the real battle that I got from CP News & Stories.

These, by the way, are the only pictures of the battle I found on the entire Internet. Congrats to CP News & Stories for excellent news reporting.

Count the ACP soldiers in those pictures. Now count the Nachos. I think it is pretty clear that the ACP won.

What should we do to celebrate our victory? Set up another battle of course! Maybe we’ll even include an accurate time!

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BATTLE

This battle will be at an unpopulated server so that less civilians get hurt and so we will see the real size of the ACP and Nachos. The unpopulated server will not allow us to recruit soldiers from any other room. That is why it is particularly important that you ACP soldiers come.

• WHAT DAY: Saturday, March 8
• WHAT TIME: 1:00pm PST
  4:00pm Eastern Time
  3:00pm Central Time
  2:00pm Mountain Time
  1:00pm Pacific Time
• WHAT SERVER: Brumby, Australia
• WHAT ROOM: Dojo
• WHY: To munch on some chips.

I would like every soldier to attend, in full ACP uniform. I might be able to come, but if I can’t Fort57 will lead the battle. Fort: If you can’t: Tell me as soon as possible. If you can: take as many pictures as possible.

I will be making a post on this on Friday, discussing tactics and strategy.

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ALSO . . .

Read this, it will hopefully make some of you Americans out there a bit more grateful (this was written by some e-mailer):

I hope you will all read to the end. Jay Leno puts it into perspective and makes us think about the pathetic negativity.  That’s right, Jay Leno!!  Jay Leno wrote this; it’s the Jay Leno we don’t often see…. “The other day I was reading Newsweek magazine and came across some poll data I found rather hard to believe. It must be true, given the source, right?  

The Newsweek poll alleges that 67 percent of Americans are unhappy with the direction the country is headed, and 69 percent of the country is unhappy with the performance of the President.  In essence, 2/3’s of the citizenry just ain’t happy and want a change.So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started thinking, ”What are we so  unhappy about?”
Is it that we have electricity and running water 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?Is our unhappiness the result of having air conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter?Could it be that 95.4 percent of these unhappy folks have a job?Maybe it is the ability to walk into a grocery store at any time, and see more food in moments than Darfur has seen in the last year?

Maybe it is the ability to drive from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean without having to present identification papers as we move through each state?

Or possibly the hundreds of clean and safe motels we would find along the way that can provide temporary shelter?

I guess having thousands of restaurants with varying cuisine from around the world is just not good enough.

Or could it be that when we wreck our car, emergency workers show up and provides services to help all, and even send a helicopter to take you to the hospital.

Perhaps you are one of the 70 percent of Americans who own a home. You may be upset with knowing that in the unfortunate case of a fire, a group of trained firefighters will appear in moments and use top notch equipment to extinguish the flames thus saving you, your family and your belongings.

Or if, while at home watching one of your many flat screen TVs, a burglar or prowler intrudes, an officer equipped with a gun and a bullet-proof vest will come to defend you and your family against attack or loss.

This all in the backdrop of a neighborhood free of bombs or militias raping and pillaging the residents.  Neighborhoods where 90 percent of teenagers own cell phones and computers.

How about the complete religious, social and political freedoms we enjoy that are the envy of everyone in the world?

Maybe that is what has 67 percent of you folks unhappy.

Fact is, we are the largest group of ungrateful, spoiled brats the world has ever seen. No wonder the world loves the U.S., yet has a great disdain for its citizens . They see us for what we are. The most blessed people in the world who do nothing but complain about what we don’t have , and what we hate about the country instead of thanking the good Lord we live here.

I know, I know. What about the President who took us into war and has no  plan to get us out? The President who has a measly 31 percent approval  rating? Is this the same President who guided the nation in the dark days after 9/11? The President that cut taxes to bring an economy out of recession? Could this be the same guy who has been called every name in the book for succeeding in keeping all the spoiled ungrateful brats safe from terrorist attacks?

The Commander-In Chief of an all-volunteer army that is out there defending you and me? Did you hear how bad the President is on the news or talk show? Did this news affect you so much, make you so unhappy you couldn’t take a look around for yourself and see all the good things and be glad?

Think about it…are you upset at the President because he actually caused you personal pain OR is it because the “Media” told you he was failing to kiss your sorry ungrateful behind every day.Make no mistake about it. The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have volunteered to serve, and in many cases may have died for your freedom. There is currently no draft in this country. They didn’t have to go.They are able to refuse to go and end up with either a ”general” discharge, an ”other than honorable” discharge or, worst case scenario, a ”dishonorable” discharge after a few days in the brig.So why then the flat-out discontentment in the minds of 69 percent of  Americans?  Say what you want, but I blame it on the media. If it bleeds, it leads; and they specialize in bad news. Everybody will watch a car crash with blood and guts. How many will watch kids selling lemonade at the corner? The media knows this and media outlets are for-profit corporations. They offer what sells, and when criticized, try to defend their actions by “justifying” them in one way or another. Just ask why they tried to allow a murderer like O.J. Simpson to write a book about “how he didn’t kill his wife, but if he did he would have done it this way”…Insane!Stop buying the negativism you are fed everyday by the media. Shut off the TV, burn Newsweek, and use the New York Times for the bottom of your bird cage.  Then start being grateful  for all we have as a country. There is exponentially more good than bad.

We are among the most blessed people on Earth, and should thank God several times a day, or at least be thankful and appreciative.“With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, “Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?”Jay Leno 2007
Please keep this in circulation. There are so many people that need to read this and grasp the truth of it all.      

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-Oagalthorp

Until later,

March on!

-Comments and Suggestions Welcome-