THEN DIE!!!!!!!!! of old age

Round 5 has started! Take your turns before July 21, 12:00 Interguild time.

Note: Resources are more accurate now for when people go inactive. (This only affects this round so far, no past recalibrations were made)

Everyone except Jebby, Jorster, and rocket guy may spend 12 resources.
Jebby may spend 10 resources.
Jorster may spend 20 resources.
Rocket guy may spend 23 resources.

You can capture multiple countries during one turn, correct?

yes, you can currently capture 4

I know that this is too weird to ask you but Yaya, can we form an alliance?
Instead of blocking each other's way, let's conquer Europe together!
I think I have a strategy.

Can we try to get into the habit of putting the image in spoilers that was the page doesn't get stretched?



You box Yaya in, and then immediately ask for an alliance?

If this becomes an alliance, the two countries at risk are me and Darvince. Darvince, if this alliance between Yaya and Buboy happens, want to also become an alliance? I imagine Yimmy would also help us as well.

Also, Darvince, shouldn't Yimmy, Buboy and Jazz have a different amount of resources since they started a round later?

Thanks for ignoring my additions, guys. I really appreciate it.
I actually don't care, I can re-add them easily. Just not now. Size 0 text is really useful. I can quote entire sections from Wikipedia without being noticed, like so:
Water is a chemical compound with the chemical formula H
2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at standard ambient temperature and pressure, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state (water vapor or steam). Water also exists in a liquid crystal state near hydrophilic surfaces.[1][2]

Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface,[3] and is vital for all known forms of life.[4] On Earth, 96.5% of the planet's water is found in oceans, 1.7% in groundwater, 1.7% in glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland, a small fraction in other large water bodies, and 0.001% in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of solid and liquid water particles suspended in air), and precipitation.[5][6] Only 2.5% of the Earth's water is freshwater, and 98.8% of that water is in ice and groundwater. Less than 0.3% of all freshwater is in rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere, and an even smaller amount of the Earth's freshwater (0.003%) is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products.[5]

Water on Earth moves continually through the water cycle of evaporation and transpiration (evapotranspiration), condensation, precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea. Evaporation and transpiration contribute to the precipitation over land.

Safe drinking water is essential to humans and other lifeforms even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Access to safe drinking water has improved over the last decades in almost every part of the world, but approximately one billion people still lack access to safe water and over 2.5 billion lack access to adequate sanitation.[7] There is a clear correlation between access to safe water and GDP per capita.[8] However, some observers have estimated that by 2025 more than half of the world population will be facing water-based vulnerability.[9] A recent report (November 2009) suggests that by 2030, in some developing regions of the world, water demand will exceed supply by 50%.[10] Water plays an important role in the world economy, as it functions as a solvent for a wide variety of chemical substances and facilitates industrial cooling and transportation. Approximately 70% of the fresh water used by humans goes to agriculture.[11]

Sorry, I assumed Buboy's map was accurate. Fixed.

Quirvy, want to form an alliance?

Aw. I wanted to be with you, Jorster, so we could rule the Mediterranean Sea together.

... that sounds weird.

<3

Alliance with Buboy declined. No hard feelings. Quirvy would've/could've possibly boxed me in in a similar matter if you hadn't. Though I don't think he would immediately then offer alliance, lol.

I honestly wouldn't have expanded in that direction. I was and am more concerned about securing Scandinavia. I just wanted to make sure that you guys couldn't settle in directly south of me. If I didn't move south in my last turn, I would have lost a well-sized portion of potential land. Where my borders are right now are actually right where I would have them be if Buboy didn't exist and it was just you and me competing for land. Buboy's entrance is the reason why you're in a pickle right now.

You might not believe me, but I also wasn't going to expand in the northeast. I'm more for self gain than sabotaging other players, and moving up there wouldn't be a profitable enough move, otherwise I would have done that instead of moving west in this turn. If I wasn't all about self gain, then my next move would have actually been to box Buboy in for trying to pull a fast one. So with that in mind, IMO, you should have taken some territories bordering buboy to maximize your land total. But I totally understand why you did that. Moscow is all yours, by the way.

Anyways, it'll be really interesting to see what goes down once Yaya runs out of land to grab, and Yimmy runs into Yaya in his conquest for gaining the top row. I actually feel bad for you, Yaya; you're in a terrible situation. But I don't feel too bad, because you placing your country where you did greatly reduced the amount of land I could have claimed. But if it wasn't you, it would have just been Buboy. If you're still around whenever I finish my expansion, and I'm not already at war with some other country, I'll totally act as an ally for you.

As for you, Jorster, I'm confused. You're on the other side of the map. Why do you want an alliance with me?

We can box everyone in. Eventually surround everything

Maybe later, but it's kind of early for an alliance now.

you know, i've heard all you're ideas, and their definately good.

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Hahahah, that page is genius and jazz with that mediterranean sea rocks.



Now got the bottom areas for better safety from southern people. (maybe I'll stop talking about what I do every round, it'll be better for everyone as well as for me...)
btw @Quirvy, it depends on how big the monitor is and e.g. at me the map is always small enough and I still have black bars on the sides when I'm using Interguild. I could CTRL and Plus it, but that big text happens not to be too comfortable at times and you can CTRL and minus it as well so everything is shown without any stretching.

Okay, I read through the topic to form a spreadsheet with everyone's colors and alliances. Here it is. I read through the topic to find out alliances, and since 01110000011011110110 is in an alliance with Teo, and I am in an alliance with him, by default, I have become allied to Teo, which creates an alliance bloc.

Also, I'm taking my turn.


EDIT: Only jebby, Jellsprout, soccerboy, and atomic need to go now.