Alliance text

[sparrowhawk]

OK, let's get something out there. How about:

The admiral abused him for his want of gallantry. He defended himself; though professing that he would never willingly admit any ladies on board a ship of his, excepting for a ball, or a visit, which a few hours might comprehend.

[sparrowhawk]

Or possibly, more seriously:

Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis

- Not for you, not for me, but for us -

[Natmus]

There is pleasure in warfare, yes. We would never deny that. For good or ill, we feel most alive in the presence of death. We need danger, comradeship, pride of mastery. The chance to win honor, glory, even fortune - all of which matter in this world, if not in Jad's Paradise of Souls.

And surely, surely, if we are not simply animals that live to fight, there must be a reason for bloodshed.

Perhaps Jad's Paradise of Souls should be substituted for some different, but generally I like it.

[sparrowhawk]

Valerius III ?

[Natmus]

"The Lions of Al-Rassan" by Guy Gavriel Kay. It's a modification of what a character called Roderigo Belmonte says in defence of his working as a mercenary.

[sparrowhawk]

Ah, I though it was in his Lord of Emperors. Must re-read Lions someday soon.



I rather like my latin text though...

[soiram]

thecreator said:

Or possibly, more seriously:

Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis

- Not for you, not for me, but for us -

Nice! No LOM spice at all?

[sparrowhawk]

soiram said:

Nice! No LOM spice at all?

Non mihi, non tibi, sed Luxor?

[inyati]

thecreator said:

Or possibly, more seriously:

Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis

- Not for you, not for me, but for us -

Nice! (I´ll give you some karma)

[inyati]

Alliance, n.: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third. Bierce, Ambrose

[Natmus]

inyati said:

Alliance, n.: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third. Bierce, Ambrose

Good one.

Alliance text created. Now we really will get popular.

[ashimar]

Although having missed this discussion, I am quite happy with what you've all come up with and what we therefore currently got on our page, but it is interesting what one of my contacts commented after having looked at our alliance page.

Colmfinito of [.:VI:.] was supposed to look at *my* page but misunderstood and evaluated our alliancepage instead:

your alliance page is quite nice, the devil's dictionary quote was funny, and some simple latin. but it isnt very informative. true, it tells people what kind of an alliance you are, that you arent a "dnt fck wid us" type of alliance, but its a bit too articulate for most people, you might like to "dumb it down" a bit. after all, that page isnt for your benefit but for other people's.

I do not desire any change, our page is fine as it is, but still; he might have a point somewhere, most likely at the end of his sentence. ;D

[Freiegeister]

ashimar said:

I do not desire any change, our page is fine as it is, but still; he might have a point somewhere, most likely at the end of his sentence. ;D

He does, and our text is perfect. We only want to associate with those who can appreciate it. [A~M] and [Sohei] deal with us because we are more articulate.

[inyati]

May I suggest we just add some lines to seperate the three texts:

Alliance, n.: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third.
Ambrose Bierce

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Non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis

- Not for you, not for me, but for us -

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There is pleasure in warfare, yes. We would never deny that. For good or ill, we feel most alive in the presence of death. We need danger, comradeship, pride of mastery. The chance to win honor, glory, even fortune - all of which matter in this world, if not in Jad's Paradise of Souls.
And surely, surely, if we are not simply animals that live to fight, there must be a reason for bloodshed.

If its Ok with everyone!

[Perun]

I can't see no reason for it, it's all the same to me.