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On the third set iMag FS'ed The Fist for FA'ing TIE during the previous set's war. War kept on going throughout the set as imag farmed FoO before LCN joined the fun, finally ending with many FoO restarts, rerestarts etc. beeing larger then the newer imag restarts. | On the third set iMag FS'ed The Fist for FA'ing TIE during the previous set's war. War kept on going throughout the set as imag farmed FoO before LCN joined the fun, finally ending with many FoO restarts, rerestarts etc. beeing larger then the newer imag restarts. | ||
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LCN declared war on iMagNum enforcing it's retaliation policies [http://forums.earthempires.com/Forum.php?threadid=1658&p=1274983149&z=lcn-declares-war]. | LCN declared war on iMagNum enforcing it's retaliation policies [http://forums.earthempires.com/Forum.php?threadid=1658&p=1274983149&z=lcn-declares-war]. | ||
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| Founders | Beltshumeltz |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 2000 |
| Origins | Original Start-Up |
| Focus | Warring |
| Mission | Earth's Most Reckless Killers |
| Motto | War is a series of disasters which result in a winner. |
| Website | http://letskillstuff.org |
| President | Soviet |
| Head of Foreign Affairs | Tavi |
| Head of Internal Affairs | BlackSeifer |
| Head of War Department | E1M1 |
The Imaginary Numbers is an alliance organized to play Earth: Empires. It was originally founded by Beltshumeltz to play Earth: 2025 during the September/October reset of 2000. The Imaginary Numbers (also known as iMagNum) are notable for their unorthodox approach to the game, which emphasizes fighting wars in preference to finishing with high scores. This preference has led to the Imaginary Numbers being, by far, the longest lived alliance that has never gone a full reset without fighting in a war.
Contents
- 1 Ideals
- 2 Name
- 3 History
- 4 Website
- 5 Notable Members
- 6 External Links
Ideals
Despite being a purely war oriented alliance, the Imaginary Numbers' ideals have changed several times throughout their history and have often caused controversy. While this controversy never involved cheating, some players have made accusations that the unorthodox retaliation policies and political manipulations that have been used by Imaginary Numbers to cause war are equally reprehensible. Despite having fought some wars to defend allies or to oppose cheating and bottom feeding; the vast majority of the wars fought by Imaginary Numbers have either been justified by intentionally provoked actions or had limited/no justification at all. Of course, some wars have also been the result of legitimate land-exchange disagreements. These ideals, which govern how and why this alliance gets into war, seem to have shifted throughout history as their leadership has shifted although individual leaders have tended to follow the same path during their time running the alliance.
Name
Despite some members' claims throughout its history that the name "Imaginary Numbers" is a mathematical joke, it would seem that the name can originally be sourced to the game Front Mission 3, released for Playstation in 1999 by Squaresoft. In this game, Imaginary Numbers are a form of genetically engineered super soldiers who are superior to the previous form of soldier known as Real Numbers.
History
Earth 2025
From its founding in the September/October reset of 2000 until the end of Earth: 2025 in December of 2009, the Imaginary Numbers have fought a war in every reset. However, as many records from this period are unavailable or have not been compiled and examined, there is no detailed reset by reset overview of the Imaginary Numbers' history from this period.
First Round of the Alliance Server
Imaginary Numbers vs LaF
Imaginary Numbers way of saying thanks to the creators of Earth Empires. Sadly, Pangs country was not killed in the FS.
Second Round of the Alliance Server
Imaginary Numbers vs The Infernal Elite
TIE went to war with Collaboration, stating iMagNum asked Collab not to pact TIE and that TIE is on iMagNum's hitlist.[1]There has been speculation that TIE was called in on the ongoing war by SoL, though this has not been confirmed. TIE attempted to get out of the Collab war mere days after they have FSed.
iMagNum FSed TIE on Tuesday March 9th 2010 perhaps only because of TIE's wardec days earlier.[2] The war was expected to be easy, as TIE seemed to be in a poor shape.
Imaginary Numbers vs The Infernal Elite and Rage
iMagNum and Rage agreed to a friendly war after iMagNum finishes TIE, but Rage couldnt wait and declared on iMag on Thursday March 11th 2010. [3].
Imaginary Numbers vs The Infernal Elite, Rage, Rogue and Elysium
Following an iMag country grabbing (RoRing) Rogue, galleri, Rogue FA, stated the country will be killed. Soon after that Rogue launched Nuclear Missiles on said country. iMagNum responded by nuking several Rogue countries. On Sunday March 14th 2010 Rogue declared war on iMag.[4]
Rogue has also called in their ally, Elysium into the fight. Ely declared war on iMag at the same time as Rogue, clearly stating they were called in. [5]
iMag was now at war with four clans, original sizes: iMagNum 32, TIE 28 (though some were killed in the Collab war), Rage 33, Rogue 7, Elysium 19.
Third Round of the Alliance Server
Imaginary Numbers vs The Fist of Odin
On the third set iMag FS'ed The Fist for FA'ing TIE during the previous set's war. War kept on going throughout the set as imag farmed FoO before LCN joined the fun, finally ending with many FoO restarts, rerestarts etc. beeing larger then the newer imag restarts.
La Cosa Nostra vs Imaginary Numbers
LCN declared war on iMagNum enforcing it's retaliation policies [6].
Fourth Round of the Alliance Server
Imaginary Numbers vs La Cosa Nostra
LCN followed up on last set by doing an early assault on imag, focusing on making their countries larger by SS and PS rather than increase the advantage in countries that they already had by a ratio somewhere close to 2:1. This left iMag as little more than an really aggressive farm for LCN to feed off throughout the set, at the cost of some LCN countries and their restarts. This was a part of the larger LCN/Fist/Omega vs ImagNum/SoL war.
Fifth Round of the Alliance Server
Imaginary Numbers vs Infernal Council of Nations
During the early mid set, ICN attacked SoF. SoF used their FDP with iMag to call iMag into the war. ICN refused to fight back, saying that they had "decided" that they had a pact with iMag, making the war rather one sided for iMag. As ICN already had lost most of their original countries, the rest was dealt with quickly, and in a few days ICN was all restarts.
Collaboration vs Imaginary Numbers
Collaboration was hungry for a war, offering a bit more of a challenge than SoF and EEVIL that they were going to FS, and decided to incorporate iMag when they were to hit these two alliances. However, before their FS was done with a CF was declared due to Collaboration being asked to stop...
Collab's dec, not including iMag who they had already CF'ed on: [8]
Imaginary Numbers and Paradigm vs Collaboration
...A few days later, iMag returned the favour to Collab, bringing in PDM, whom had their own reasons to fight Collab, into the war to make it less one sided. The FS was also aided by SoF, who were already in war with Collab using their restarts as finishers.
This war was awarded as the the war of the set: [10]
Sixth Round of the Alliance Server
Imaginary Numbers vs A bunch of leavers and ICN
iMag FS's war on The Fist of Odin and ICN, but no dec was posted. The Fist of Odin responds with a seemingly well planned "leaving the game"-cs. The Fist's announcement: [11]
The Fist of Odin's announcement: [12]
Imaginary Numbers vs A bunch of leavers, ICN and The Neofederation
The Neofederation's dec: [13] Cease Fire: [14]
Sons of Liberty vs Imaginary Numbers
Not long after having CF'ed ICN and The Neofederation, Sons of Liberty attacks. iMag's CS gets postponed, and as they hit back 2 days later, all hopes of a "real" war is gone as iMag has already lost 96% of it's networth.
Sons of Liberty's dec: [15]
Website
When originally formed, the Imaginary Numbers website was hosted by Inferno's ezclan.com service. However, after Inferno shut down Imaginary Number's site without notice, a member proposed that he could design a custom site for the alliance's use. The site was initially developed by White Guy and Frostcat. By the end of November 2000, a rudimentary but functional website was running. Within months, this website had moved to the LetsKillStuff domain that it still uses. Over the years, this website has continued to evolve, changing from a very basic log-in interface with simple forums and no aesthetic appeal to a sleek well crafted design with tools that rival (and in some cases exceed) those available on the larger alliance hosting sites.
During its life, the website has been worked on by a number of different people. Frostcat, Zarcon, White Guy, Stavros and (to a lesser extent) Fooglmog have all contributed to its growth.
Notable Members
Like any alliance, Imaginary Numbers has a large number of people who have contributed to its growth and development over the years. In some cases these players are known outside of the alliance, but in many more cases they're not. This is meant as a list of players who are strongly associated with their time playing as a member of Imaginary Numbers and are notable within the Earth community as a whole. Omission of those who do not meet these requirements should not be viewed as a diminishment of their contributions to the alliance itself.
