An open letter to Spain from the Grimm Brothers.

Any nation can take a port if they have the resources to do so. They can then keep the port if they have the resources and determination to defend that port. It is when a nation decides it does not need to use those resources to defend that port and says "It is my port, because it is my port" that the Grimm Brothers say "no". No nation should be able to keep a port simply by saying "it is mine" without being willing to defend that port.

Spain has been guilty of this. They believe themselves to be so mighty that they can keep ports and enjoy the taxes from them without spending the resources to maintain that port.

When a nation is bringing in 35 million a day from taxes and is only willing to increase their influence by 1 or 2 million to secure their port over a challenger, they simply do not deserve to keep that port. The Grimm Brothers had a small lead in influence over Spain in Hannes and Spain responded by taking a less than 1 million influence lead. This smugness lead the Grimms to invest more in the port to take the lead back. To be perfectly honest, the Grimms are not even interested in owning a port. Two people should not be able to own a port. Spain has a history of believing one or two people can hold a port as long as it is Spanish people. And on top of this they believe they should be able to maintain the port with such a small amount of influence that anyone could take the port for a day by themselves. Spain wants to put on a party and enjoy all the festivities, but they do not want to pay for putting on the party. There is an old expression that is applicable, "If you want to dance you have to pay the fiddler."

We accuse Spain of arrogance. We accuse Spain of thinking they are better than others. We accuse Spain of believing they deserve ports simply because they are Spain. We accuse Spain of being too stingy with their gold to spend it on keeping their ports safe. Think about it, Spain recently had 4.5 billion gold and only wants to spend 10 - 20 million gold to defend a port and say "that is enough". When they advance themselves so little that another nation can spend another 10 million gold to take the port back it is encouraging the other nation to respond.

Spain, we are giving you a chance to keep this port without a fight. Simply put in a respectable amount of gold into Hannes to show dominance in that port. If you show resolve to keep this port we, the Grimm Brothers, will go away. However, if you do not step up to the plate we will step up. At that point any actions to take the port away from us will be considered hostile actions and we will respond as such to any or all of Spain.

Spain, I encourage you to put on your big boy pants and say "this is my port and I am want it enough to pay to own it". Anything less shows a lack of resolve and you will be challenged. You will be opening the door to others challenging your ports not just us.

How Grimm spends it's money is none of Spain's business. How Spain spends its money is none of Grimm's business.
If you are counting on Spain to roll over because it is afraid to spend it's coin, that's your call.
You pay your money and take your chances.

The Grimm Brothers would like to congratulate Spain on taking Hannes back from us. They have finally put their "big boy" pants on and invested in their port, I hate that it took ending some long held friendships for this to happen, but that is the way things go.

"Dark" Wolfie and I apologize for nothing. We don't care if it was right or if it was wrong. We did what we did and we had fun doing it. Let this be a warning to any nation who thinks they are safe, we are waiting around the corner. If we feel wronged we will make things Grimm for you.

This is you in the middle, Jeanne?

Kart wrote:The Grimm Brothers would like to congratulate Spain on taking Hannes back from us. They have finally put their "big boy" pants on and invested in their port, I hate that it took ending some long held friendships for this to happen, but that is the way things go.

"Dark" Wolfie and I apologize for nothing. We don't care if it was right or if it was wrong. We did what we did and we had fun doing it. Let this be a warning to any nation who thinks they are safe, we are waiting around the corner. If we feel wronged we will make things Grimm for you.

Glad you enjoyed it but the final price tag might make you 'grimace' in the end. Not too many roads that are not traveled both ways so be careful when you are hiding around a corner.

Stan, the Grimm Brothers like threats. We enjoy threats. We laugh at threats. We eat threats for dinner.
We are not hard to find, only hard to get rid of.
We view this as being over. If you feel this is not over, all you have to do is pick up the hammer and start swinging.
Please note, we do not look over our shoulders for shadows or ghosts from the past.
We deal with situations as they comes up, when they come up, or when it is convenient for us to deal with them.
We attack people at our convenience not theirs.
The Grimm Brothers are equal opportunity harassers. All applicants for harassment are welcomed and considered equally..

I'm not really a hammer kind of guy. More of a 'Death by a Thousand Cuts' style.
Of course it is over.
You would be foolish to keep spending your reserves and have to go back to trading for a living.

The big problem I now see is, your style only works one time only and is not sustainable in the long term.
A one trick pony in the big Avonmoran circus.

Like you, I like to take advantage of situations of my choosing, at my leisure, for my own fun. I cannot always pick the time unfortunately and must watch for it to present itself.
Unlike you, there are some lines I will not cross which gives me the advantage in longevity and sustainability.
Feast away today for tomorrow, who know's ?

Stan Rogers wrote:I'm not really a hammer kind of guy. More of a 'Death by a Thousand Cuts' style.
Of course it is over.
You would be foolish to keep spending your reserves and have to go back to trading for a living.

The big problem I now see is, your style only works one time only and is not sustainable in the long term.
A one trick pony in the big Avonmoran circus.

Like you, I like to take advantage of situations of my choosing, at my leisure, for my own fun. I cannot always pick the time unfortunately and must watch for it to present itself.
Unlike you, there are some lines I will not cross which gives me the advantage in longevity and sustainability.
Feast away today for tomorrow, who know's ?

Toot toot la la im better than you so ha, you cant phase me your deeds mean nothing muhahaha