Congrats meat on winning the purple pawn! We had a blast and we are going to post the video up here soon so stay tuned!

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Hey uhmm Head and Cas wanted to have a banner on our site for tomyellowcentral.wordpress.com in exchange for our banner on their site and permission to use their cheats, for example: When the catalogue comes out we can copy what is on that post and put it into one of ours. They wanted me to make a post because the offered it to Nachos? Sooo yeah. I’m guessing they need all 5 leader’s to say yes so just edit. I myself am still deciding.

*~*Saint1119 ACP 3rd in Command*~*

Shab: Sure I approve

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Reminder: Don’t forget about the MASSIVE raffle today, hosted by ACPTV!!

My apologies for the delay in posting about this, but the war was ended two days ago, and I didn’t find out until yesterday.  I then proceeded to forget to post about it…

So anyway, the war with the Nachos is over.  I think it can be agreed that it was pretty much even for most of the war.  Hopefully you enjoyed yourself at some point, although I know it got to be tiring the longer it went on.  So thank you to the Nachos for a good fight, and I hope all of you learned a good deal from your first true war.

Next on the agenda, is the long awaited Promo Day!!

I’ll start by saying, if you did not get a promo and you would like one, comment on this post with:

1. Your CP name (the one on the ranks)
2. Your current rank
3. Why you feel you deserve a promo

Please feel free to do this, because I am bound to miss people with the number of soldiers we have (I will hopefully be clearing out the ranks of inactive soldiers soon).

Without further ado, here are this month’s promos!

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Today is the Day, the day ONE lucky soldier will stand out from the rest. ONE will be the richest, ONE will be the rarest, and ONE will be a winner. This day has come, the PURPLE PAWN RAFFLE DAY!!!! WE ARE SETTING UP EVERYTHING AT THE ACPTV STATION AND WE ARE GETTING ALL THE VIDEOS AND PRIZES READY. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A PROMISE, NOT ONE PERSON THAT COMES OUT OF THE RAFFLE WILL BE UNSUBSCRIBED. EVERYONE THAT LEAVES WILL HAVE AT LEAST 2 DAYS. MEANING THAT EVERYONE WILL GET THINGS. THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST RAFFLE EVENT IN CLUB PENGUIN HISTORY. AND WE ARE LUCKY TO BE PRESENT AND WITNESSING. THIS PRIZE IS WORTH $130 AND THAT’S A LOT OF MONEY! HERE ARE THE OPTIONS THIS PERSON HAS IF HE WINS:

1. SELL IT AND GET 25,000 XATS
2. SELL IT AND GET 2,500 DAYS
3. KEEP IT AND BE THE RAREST ACP MEMBER OUT THERE
4. SELL IT AND THEN BUY ALL POWERS AND STILL HAVE 17,000 XATS LEFT FOR YOURSELF

THIS PRIZE IS WORTH 25,000 XATS AND MUST BE SOLD FOR THAT AMOUNT, IF YOU STUPID, THEN YOU CAN SELL IT FOR 500, BUT THAT WOULD BE A WASTE! :-/

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE! HERE IS THE VAULT:

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I found this on google XD

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Jedi’s edit: I have a picture that certain people may be interested in. It is Apoclyapse, ST Leader, confessing to being “acprula22”, and to, more or less hacking the Nacho Armed Forces site. Here:  

Edit: I changed my mind, I think it is the same guy that has been hacking polls trying to frame various armies for different things…

Someone named “Acprula22” supposedly “hacked” the Nacho site.  I have a few problems believing it, however:

• ACP has never had any soldiers by that name
• If you search it on Google, only the Nachos post comes up, meaning the name was probably created for this purpose
• The number in the name is the same as Aka’s (known hater of ACP) 😐
• If the site was truly hacked, in order for this person to have posted under their own name (as opposed to someone who is already on the site), they would have had to hack Person’s account and then add themselves to the site.  My issue with that is, if you hacked Person’s account, you would just post as Person instead of going through all that extra trouble.  The fact that it was posted as a new user means it was probably an inside job by someone trying to cover it up.
• Nothing on the site besides the post was affected.  If a hacker who hated the Nachos as much as this “person” had access to their site, I can pretty much guarantee all their pages would be gone.  Assuming that it was an inside job, it makes sense that a Nacho would not want to delete their own information just to make it more believeable…
• Why haven’t they been removed yet?  See how they are a separate account, that means that the Main Admin (probably Person) can remove them whether they are an Admin themselves or not.  Also, why hasn’t the hacker removed any of the other Authors?

My conclusion:

The fact that the site is virtually untouched means one of two things:

• Someone from the Nachos is pretending that we hacked them so their soldiers will want to keep fighting us now that they have a good reason.
• If it truly is a hacker, the fact that your pages are still intact means the hacker was looking for attention, not to make things difficult for you.  Sometimes hackers just hack things so people know what they are capable of, and this could be their way of getting attention.

My advice to the Nachos:

• Change your passwords
• Make all your passwords to your WordPresses at least 8 characters, using symbols and numbers
• I’m not sure how many Admins you have, but limiting it to 1 or 2 might be a good idea
• Don’t let anyone on the site (as an Editor) that you don’t completely trust

I’m sorry for what happened, minor or not, but I can assure you that it wasn’t us.  If it truly was a hacker, my guess is that it’s the same guy that hacked the polls on Paintboy’s site and other sites, and it is probably another attempt to cause chaos among Club Penguin armies.

~Boomer

Aber: Hey guys, I’m so sorry I haven’t been able to post on here. WordPress was screwing up for me. But im lucky to even post this! Btw, I am not retiring in a month, i really dont know when i am ! So don’t listen to the lies Nachos have been saying.

Soulraida: Well it looks to me as if some people are getting desperate…

Confession

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“Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you
Is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’.”

The first and probably last time I quote Bob Dylan, but I felt it to be relevant for what I am about to say.

What happened to war?  It was what Club Penguin armies were founded upon, the lack of which caused the Dark Ages of Club Penguin armies, and what everyone seemed to want as recent as last week.  So why has it become so tedious and downright boring to some?  Recently, I have been hearing that people are getting tired of this war.  So I ask, “What happened?”

When I joined ACP, the era of major wars was already nearing an end.  All armies were at peace (most of the time), though not to say that we were all allies.

The ACP had tense relations with both UMA and the Nachos, both of them enemies of the past.  ACP and UMA’s rivalry went way back to when they were the two largest armies in Club Penguin.  ACP hated UMA, and UMA hated ACP, and both Oagalthorp and Pink Mafias were fine with that.  When a group of rebels were tired of how things were done in UMA, the Rebel Penguin Federation was created, founded by ex-UMA soldiers all the way up the ranks ladder.  Their leader, Commando717 went with war with UMA, and ACP sided with RPF.  Since that point, ACP was close allies with RPF, but tension with UMA only grew.

Like I said, by the time I joined, there really were not any wars.  However, every day when I came home from school, there was a battle.  Same server, same room, same armies.  ACP, UMA, Nachos, and RPF, every single day in the Dojo on Mammoth.  Back then, Mammoth belonged to ACP, and it had quickly become the center for nearly all army activity.  Despite the fact that there were no official declarations of war, there was always fighting.  UMA would invade Mammoth on a regular basis, along with the Nachos, to the point where all major armies were using the server in some way.

Back then, wars were fun.  You would pick a side of the Dojo, stand there, and fire snowballs.  Occasional chants of “ACP ACP ACP” would break out, along with similar ones from the other armies.  Back then, I am not even sure if “charges” had been invented yet, and if they had, they were almost never used.  At the time, Oagalthorp had pretty much written the book on army tactics, being that they seem outdated now, they are still the fundamentals of army fighting.

Stay out in the open. Make sure the enemy sees you.

Look as big as possible. Stay in a group, but don’t over-lap each other. Stand shoulder-to shoulder to create a giant, solid mass of soldiers.

Make the enemy look as small as possible. When charging or standing near the other army, hold the “Tab” key and click right below the enemies’ feet. You should cover them up and make them appear smaller.

Attack from below. This way the other army can’t cover you with their chat bubbles or emotes, but you can cover them with yours.

If you have never heard about the “Tab” and click method, it is probably because Club Penguin fixed the glitch, so it is now obsolete.  As for more modern tactics, I give most of the credit to Dialga80, the former leader of the Watex Warriors, whom I served under for about 5 months.  He is credited with the invention of the “Emote Bomb”, along with many other spam-related charges.  Though not often used in major battles, a glitch called “nubbing” was used to give your army the advantage of being lower on the battle field by hiding under the chat bar, thus enabling you to cove up your opponent.  This tactic was made popular by Mazachster, the former leader of SSACP.  Though he did invent this tactic, he, along with SSACP, made this a common method of fighting for small armies.  This glitch was also fixed by Club Penguin during their improvement project.

Battles back then, however, were much less about tactics, or even the size of your army.  Battles were won through dedication of perseverance.  The army with the most patience won the most often, and although size helped, the army that stood there and threw snowballs the longest, won.  I remember battles between two armies, neither topping 15 soldiers, that lasted for 3 or more hours.  The only advantage you could gain other than having the most endurance was size, which was utilized through recruiting (making sure that your army picked up the most soldiers who were just stopping by to join the battle).  Battles were always manageable because you could have a 4-way war in which none of the armies topped 15 soldiers.  That meant you could have 40 soldiers from 4 armies in one room at the same time.

As I recall fondly my memories from my early days, I wonder “What happened?”  The difference maker now is quite obvious to me.  The size of the armies has grown significantly, at least among ACP and the Nachos.  Each army can fill a room almost single-handedly.  This makes having allies obsolete, because you cannot even squeeze them into the room with you.  It pretty much makes fighting at all obsolete, because Club Penguin has room limits of 80 people, and ACP and the Nachos can easily combine for 120.  This means one of the two armies is only going to be able to get about a quarter of their army into a room with the other army, in which case that side is destroyed.

How did ACP and the Nachos get so big?  You could attribute it to two intelligent leaders with above average senses of work ethic, always striving to be the best.  Though I cannot speak for Person, I can speak for myself when I say I was never satisfied with being good, or even being the best army.  I have always striven to make ACP the best it can be.  It may sound the same, but it is quite different.  ACP has been arguably the best (or at least the largest) army in Club Penguin since around December, and even during our period of rebellions, we had been considered the strongest for so long before that, it was as if we were still at the top despite a humiliating defeat at the Battle of Mammoth in November 2008.  After winning the Christmas Tournament, I could have said, “cool, we’re the best” and been satisfied.  Instead, I chose to continue to lead as if we had something left to prove.  My philosophy was always to strive for perfection.  Even if you don’t make it, you’ll still be the best you can be, which is all you can ask for.

So what is the lesson here?  Could you say that Person and I are responsible for this because we are just too good as leaders?  Flattering, yes, but inaccurate as well.  I believe that what has happened was caused in part by one major event.  It has become a scapegoat for just about every Club Penguin problem you can think of, but in this case, it is undeniable the effect that it has caused.

When Disney bought Club Penguin, they introduced millions of kids to Club Penguin that would have probably never come across it.  The number of people using Club Penguin grew so much, that in mid-2008, Club Penguin had to develop better servers to hold them all, in order to prevent the constant crashing.  When I joined Club Penguin in March 2007, there were, in reflection, much fewer people using the game than there are now.  The servers were neatly organized by country, and almost everyone had a server that they used daily.  There, you would find your friends, and just hang out.  If you happened to come across a snowball fight, it was just that, a snowball fight.  You did not know the armies, the politics, the connections behind everything, it was just for fun.  For those who happened to come across true “armies”, you were almost assuredly on Mammoth, the center of all army activity.  Battles happened there daily, and everyone who used Mammoth regularly knew all the armies.  The majority of those who fought in the biggest battles did not even know that armies had sites outside of the game, they were just there for the battle.  They would come on after school and go to the Dojo, and just get a battle going.  Think of a warm, summer day, and you and your friends felt like having a pickup game on the sandlot.  That is what I always thought of it as.

What Club Penguin did by allowing themselves to be bought out by Disney, was introduce tons of new users.  Shortly after, they overhauled all the servers, breaking up the “nations”, so that each time you logged on, you had 5 random servers to choose from.  This nearly eliminated the “home” server situation.  Club Penguin users stopped using just one server, and switched to using whatever server they had friends on, or just picking a random server from the list.  Because of this, armies took a big hit.  They lost their “nations”, their way of organizing their servers based on country.  In addition to that, it was much harder to get your name out there, because those who knew who you were were no longer on your home server or your “capital”.  The new Club Penguin users, affectionately dubbed “n00bs” by the veterans, bounced from server to server.  If you came across an army, it was nothing special.  It may be a rare occurrence, and chances are, you will not see them again any time soon.  Back when armies all used Mammoth, everyone knew the armies.  They were used to them being there every day, and they were all raised in the “army” culture.

Back then, the term “citizen” was thrown around, used to mean someone who used your server.  This word has been rendered meaningless since the server reconstruction period.  You can spend a month trying to convince your citizens of something, then come back the next day to find that still no one knows who you are or what your purpose is.  The only server left that still holds on to the army culture is Mammoth.  Other armies were always jealous that ACP owned the server that personified the Club Penguin armies, as observed through countless invasions.  The moment that the other army leaders decided to make Mammoth neutral, everything went downhill…

Since ACP lost Mammoth to neutrality, it has been taken over by small armies, who have no knowledge of any of the major armies that used to reside there.  Mammoth has, in essence, become the Iraq of Club Penguin.  It has been taking over by gangs, ninjas, n00b armies, you name it.  No one invades it, because you might as well take on all the annoying little armies who think they rock in a never-ending fight for what Mammoth used to mean.  Just like Iraq, it is an unwinnable fight for even less of a purpose (if that is even possible).  Now that Club Penguin armies’ greatest server has fallen victim to the n00b invasion (just like everything else), there is really nothing left for us.  All we can do is recruit like crazy, building up our armies like nuclear stockpiles between the U.S. and Russia during the Cold War, hold meaningless battles with ourselves, attempt to create “fun” battles, and fight wars with no end.

Enough with the generalities, it is time to focus on the situation at hand.  The ACP and the Nachos are locked in a battle of the super-powers.  The term “major army” has pretty much become irrelavant, because everyone knows only two armies really matter at this point.  A quarter of ACP could conquer the entire USRPF, and the Nachos’ Air Force could take out IW and UMA at the same time.  I have been pondering the question of why Club Penguin armies are in a “Dark Age” when ACP and the Nachos are the biggest armies Club Penguin has ever seen.  Why do ACP and the Nachos grow while everyone else falls?  The answer started out simple: you need to keep your army active to be successful, and Person and I were the best at doing that.  When Commando came back, RPF made a huge comeback.  Since his retirement, they have fallen to the level they were trapped at months before.  Everyone else just dug themselves a hole, and ACP and the Nachos ran away with it.  Since then, it has become more extreme.  The strategy behind recruiting is that the more recruits you get, the more recruits you get, which sounds really pointless and repetitive.  When you think about it though, it makes sense.  If you have a 5-man army, and you get them to do some recruiting, and each recruits a soldier, you now have 10.  Your 10-man army recruits another 10.  Now you have 20, and they recruit another 20.  Now your 40-man army keeps with that pace, and suddenly you have 80.  Etcetera, etcetera…

I saw an interesting statement by Furbur of RPF saying that this war would be good because it will make ACPsmall enough so that people can fight us.  Because of that, Club Penguin armies will be saved.  The problem with that is that a war makes your army more active than they can be at any other time.  Although you are competing with your opponent for the recruits, you are still getting more recruits than you did before.  Because this is a game, and unlike real war, you cannot die, you will not lose any soldiers, instead, you will gain them.  Think of this war as a black hole, because that is what I would compare it too.  It is dark and infinite, and everything is sucked into it.  For a soldier in either the ACP or the Nachos, it may be sucking the fun out of fighting.  For a crumbling major army, it may be your worst nightmare and you have not even realized it yet.  The problem with this war, is that it is contrary to what many people believed would happen.  Instead of making Club Penguin armies more active, thus making everyone grow, it has only made the decent of these armies more severe.  Soldiers of these major armies in decline are sitting around watching this war and saying, “When are we going to see some action?”  The majority of the major armies have chosen to remain neutral.  Although it seems boring, it is the best decision.  Instead of entering a war in which they have no chance of recruiting anyone, due to the fact that ACP and the Nachos and their black hole of a war, are stealing all the recruits from the other armies.  By remaining neutral, they have allowed themselves the chance to recruit away from this war, giving them the opportunity to gain soldiers without being overshadowed by the two super-powers.  The problem is, while they pick up new recruits, their veterans are gravitating towards either the ACP or the Nachos.  If this war continues much longer, ACP and the Nachos will likely smother all the other major armies.  Then we come to the tragic end, because how much fun is it for there to be only two armies with any significance?

To tie this back together, times have really changed.  We cannot look at war the same way anymore.  Everything else about Club Penguin armies has changed, so something has to give.  Has war really become pointless?  How much fun is it to come home from school every day to yet another battle, a battle that you know will last as many as 4 hours, in which neither side will accomplish anything?

“Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown”

No matter what army you are in, you cannot deny that ACP and the Nachos have grown to a dangerous size.  Yes, our waters have grown.  Never has anyone had more soldiers.  Pretty soon, we will all drown under the sheer numbers of our armies.

“And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone”

See, both ACP and the Nachos have enough soldiers to fight endlessly for hours.  The way you win a battle is when you have eliminated the other side from server, essentially, they have given up, or just run out of soldiers.  The problem is, we are both too large.  We will never run out of soldiers, nor will we give in.  I know Person is the same way.  I play to win.  There may be no shame in defeat, but if you give up, you might as well get out.  Thus, each day is ended with a cease fire.  Because no one wants to surrender, but no one is mentally able to fight any longer.  We are trapped in an endless cycle, a meaningless existence, an infinite black hole.  You know, black holes have enough gravitational pull that even light cannot escape.  I cannot find the light, and thus, I do not see a way out.

“If your time to you
Is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’.”

Are Club Penguin armies worth saving?  If they are, we need to do something fast, or we are all going under.  Times have changed.  Now we must change too.

~Boomer

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Hello all, i am dragonninja0, also known as mat, or gir. and i am here to say hello, and my final goodbye. shab has allowed me on a spare account, so that i may tell my tail.

It all started in WW3, i started out as a simple noob. without realizing, i joined all 3 major war powers of the time; ACP, RPF, and UMA. eventually i ended up telling one army i was spying ont he other, and i sold out info to whoever i could get the farthest in.

from this it is quite clear, fromt he very beggining, i lied. I am here to expose my many lies i have told, and the absolute truths.

LIES;

that im 14, i am infact only 13, i lied because i thought it would get me farther in the whole experience.

that i can hack, i cannot, i do indeed have a modem processor, i just dont know how to hack. (i never did hack once, nor did i say i did it, yet everyone believed me! go figure.)

ABSOLUTE TRUTHS;

that i am infact a guy

that i smoke pot and drink vodka

that whenever i told a girl on here i loved her, i meant it. its a very simple reason i broke there hearts though…. i have an unbelievably large fear of commitment. whenever things got serious, i bailed.

these are truths, either way, wether u believe me or not, those things i said are true.

I have hurt many people while im here, and im sorry for all of those, because of this i have been told i will not be missed…. weather i am or not, i dearly hope those who hate me now, will forgive me… in time.

I would also like to say goodbye to a few… special people who have changed my time here;

Frere: cya ginger boy

Clip: cya, have fun with your reapers

Hattrick: cya wolf, cupcake, cc, whatever, have fun lookin in jas’s window everynight.

Commando: i know at this point u basically hate me, but whatever, we had some great times.

Fluffy the destroyer of worlds; *gives bacon bites* here ya go fluffy, please dont kill me now.

Kyle Cease: Weve had our times off and on, and in the end u think im a complete creaper… in the end… i really hope u burn in hell.

Shab: cya bro, have fun underneith those tables at the mall.

Boomer: we never really talked to much, but u were a ultimately cool guy.

Fort & Kg: have fun in those cornfields boys, im gonna laugh when the aliens come out and scare you half to death.

Aber & Saint: u guys were maddd chill, ill see you later on ladies.

Sarah/Hinata: pce out, tell may i said…. hi?

Luc: save the illegal immagrent termites, or whatever the hell it was bro, pce out.

Fox: have fun sweat cheeks, im sorry that i always made you mad with that one.

Missy and spacey: sorry guys, i guess youll be seeing me on americas most wanted.

Wii: hope you have good look wit your girl problems.

Ziehen:

These are all the people i could think of, and too all of them goodbye, ill be leaving fairly soon, though not permanetly for a couple days. if you wish to contact me, ask shab for my aim (shab use your brain on who you choose to give it to) or my email which is demondragonkid95@aol.com

– Mat

Wiedersehen alter FreundSanta: goodbye doctor

furbur27: have fun my very diplomatic, yet nieve friend.

Omega: in the end, i have a feeling you have an urge for anarchy.

tone: if you need any more “help” contact me.

Reaperdrone: goodbye my apprentice, lol.

niel: goodluck with gitter.

John Borne: goodluck with all those girls who want u to be like edward cullen.

Sergie; as we say in hawaii, may your palm tree always stay high, and ur coconuts never fall to the ground, cya my russian bro, have fun with your beefcake.

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ACP Penguin Television Studios is having it’s THIRD!!!!!! PC ME! Raffle Series on ACPTV! the purple pawn contest will NOT be held on any other chat but the PC ME! chat. We will have requirements for this contest. In order for the purple pawn to be given away, we will need your help. The purple pawn has been locked in the PC ME! Raffle vault and we need to get it out! For you to be counted in the raffle, you MUST be in the ACP Studios Crew. Once the site reaches 5,000 hits, the vault we be unlocked. When the vault opens, it will show the date, time, and place of the purple pawn raffle. This prize is the rarest xat item ever. There is only ONE purple pawn in all of ACP. And it’s this one. So Let’s get this vault open and good luck to everyone in the raffle!

Vault Meter: 100%

MAKE SURE TO BE AT THE PCME CHAT MAY 8TH AT 4 PST!!!

SO FAR WE HAVE: 5,265 HITS!

In order to enter the contest, you MUST be at the chat it will be held in at the time it starts! Anyone can come!

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              I haven’t posted on this site for quite some time. However, I find it to be my duty to inform people of some things, and perhaps give some advice, supposing you want it.

I’ve been on chat lately, not regularly, but at least a few times a day, and I’m seeing ACP getting humiliated. ACP, is unquestionably the largest army in all of CP armies. Its well known. Size matters. However, it is an open secret that size isn’t always the thing winning wars. Yes, if you outnumber the enemy 5-1, you do have some advantage. I acknowledge that. Yet, the enemy that we are fighting is perhaps 2/3 of our size? Maybe we can outnumber them at 50% of the battles, but that isn’t enough. Having more soldiers gives us a strategic  advantage, but only if its used.  You can have an infinite number of arrows, yet if you’ve no knowledge of archery, how do you expect to defeat an enemy, who may have a limited amount of arrows, yet knows how to use them? This, is the problem ACP is facing. 

ACP has overcome all adversity that has crossed our path.  We’ve fought our way through. We made it through The Battle for Mammoth, The UMA vs. ACP war, and most recently, The Great Confusion. We didn’t win all of our battles, but we pushed through. You want to know why we made it through? In TGC, all of ACP banded together. Former leaders, current leaders, old soldiers, veterans, new soldiers. We worked together. We, in general, followed the Leader’s “lead”.  However, this time, we have no unity. Maybe on the surface we do, but once you look closer, you find a dismembered body. We, the ACP, are undoubtedly at the acme of our power. We’ve got countless soldiers,a well run site, strong, capable leaders. However, we don’t know how to work together.  When fighting a battle, the moderators (Maj. General-up), instead of following whoever is leading, argue about who’s in charge.  If a Major General sees the battle, gets troops there, and begins leading, please, (if you’re above or equivilant to our anonymous Major General), don’t try to take charge. This confuses the general population, and merely leads to disray.  A common process for ripping something apart, such as an organization is: Disarray, Demoralization, Destruction.  The first two can go in any order, either way, they lead to unquestionable destruction. 

What I do see on chat, in the instances I am logged on, are the symptoms of this formula. No, I’m not obsessive about armies  anymore, (and glad of it), nor do I take this as more than a simple game. No, what I see, are Senior Officers (Major General up) fighting for control, and in the instances when this isn’t happening, soldiers shouting orders in caps, confusing other soldiers, not listening, and in general, being ineffective. ACP, in order to win this tiresome war must work as a well oiled machine. Senior Officers should put the betterment of ACP ahead of their own ambitions. Yes, I understand that everyone is constantly striving to reach a higher rank, more prestige, and perhaps the highest office itself. However, to be noticed, I find that if you focus on the moment, and perform well,and not think just about a promotion, you distinguish yourself more, in both the eyes of your superiors and comrades, but also in the eyes of your subordinates. 

For lower ranked soldiers, I understand you are fighting constantly to get a promotion. Many of you are new, and seek respect; in all ways an forms, such as being excepted from the “n00b” title.  You believe your suggestions to be good, and while I’m sure most of them are great ones, working together as a team, and following the battle Leader’s ‘lead’ will help you achieve your goals far more quickly than just shouting out suggestions, being a barrier to the sucess of the mission, and hampering ACP. I respect that you want to help, but if you are new, it helps to watch, and follow until you are comfortable with ACP.  The senior officers of ACP have been a part of ACP for many months, perhaps years, and have seen more battles. They, being veterans, have more experience, and are better suited to lead. I ask you give them your full support and obedience, and I assure you, if this particular piece of advice is followed, I’m sure you, yourself will be among the moderators sooner than later. If you think this to be propaganda, I know a particular general, who I will call “W.”. “W” joined perhaps in Janruary? He started as a corporal, a rank that many of you consider to be lame, and one that hardly gets its fair amount of recognition.  This is not the case.  Boomer and I, and the other leaders all noticed “W”‘s high attendance and loyalty. We found him to be a sensible, and dedicated soldier. He quickly rose to Major in a month, the next to Colonel, and so on. . . This continued, and this “W”, found himself to be a Major General in a mere few months of his arrival.  In the sad case you do not understand the point of my retelling of this story, I will reiterate it for you. The leaders will notice you, if you do your duty, and serve with distingtion.

     Finally, I ask the higher ranking officers and I request the leaders to be patient with newer people. The leaders are doing a wonderful job of it so far, however the same is not the case for the higher ranking, officers. I understand that they are naive, and more often than not, extremely annoying. However, we all were at that stage at one time, and I ask that you be patient, and try to give them a shot before being biased. If they over use caps , for example, ask them to stop, and then proceed to kick, and ban. Explain to them why not to use caps. I do believe that this way is more succesful in getting disorderly conduct to stop.

In summary:
1) Higher ranking officers, work together. Don’t fight over who is leading the battle.

2) Also for HRO’s, try to be patient, and somewhat polite to the newbs.

3) For the lower rankers, respect the leaders of the battle. Avoid using caps, and please don’t shout out suggestions. Follow orders, and in return, get rewarded.

4) Respect your leaders. They work very hard to maintain this army, and I, once being one myself understand. If they don’t respond to your pc’s, be patient. Please, excercise your right to free speech, but avoid being too critical of the leaders when you don’t know all the facts.

ACP Former President (Co-Leader)

~Jedimaster17

Saint: Exactly, thank-you Ankita

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