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[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Again, how on earth can this game have an attorney general who goes around hacking people's accounts? I've never understood the personal hatred against Constine, but quit hacking the kid's account. All of us know good and well that Xahar is the one behind this thing. Is it against the ToS to hack accounts?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Dude, I really don't give a f**k what the ToS says. Quit hacking into people's personal accounts. Are you really that lonely and have that much time on your hands in which you can sit at home and hack people's accounts? It's ridiculous that you are in a position of power in this silly game. I can't help but say I warned the Senate before they confirmed you.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Good news.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

OP-ED: It was a Long Time Coming for Mr. Xahar
by Governor Duke of the Dirty South

Atlasia finally knows what the RPP and its members have known for months: Mr. Xahar has been involved in a string of hacking events on servers of Mr. Liep and Mr. Brandon H, beginning in September. His activities have finally been revealed after months of denial by the disgraced Attorney General.

Many of us know Ben has had his share of idiotic moves too, but the kid has been manipulated and intimidated by Mr. Xahar for months and the forum has given him the benefit of the doubt. From his sockpuppet accounts like Cookies and Milk, which voted in the Dirty South elections in August 2008, to the first RPP forum hacking incident when he manipulated DC_United into getting her parents to hack, his string of illegal acts have grown more and more risky. It was all in the name of jealously which drove him to such measures, and he manipulated his party and members of Atlasia as well into thinking he was the good guy when all along, he knew what he was doing.

Today is a good day. Today is a good day for Atlasia. It is my hope that we can move forward and take care of Mr. Xahar, secure Mr. Constine's account, and move on. I do  hope Mr. Liep and Mr. Brandon do the right thing to make sure these acts do not reoccur somewhere down the road. I applaud Mr. bgwah's actions to put an end to this before Mr. Xahar was allowed to prosecute Mr. Constine in the court of law. If that had occurred, the integrity of Atlasia's justice system would have been seriously put into question.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Quote of the Month
by South Park Conservative

One day before the AG was caught red-handed hacking into Ben's account:

The Attorney General continues to retain my confidence.

Cheap and nasty.

Says the man who just called my governor a rapist...

He would know cheap and nasty, considering he's the king of comments. If Al wants to continue childish attacks, that's fine but I would appreciate it if be quit cut out the personal attacks. It's uncalled for and as a moderator, he should know better.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I kind of miss the thrill of campaigning. I haven't faced any real opposition at all since becoming Governor, and Xahar's sockpuppet doesn't count.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Xahar Missing, Possibly Dead
by South Park Conservative

   Disgraced former Attorney General Xahar has been missing since yesterday afternoon. He had been exposed for hacking disgraced former Governor Ben Constine's account a couple days earlier. It is possible that the former plaintiff of Atlasia vs. Ben and would-be defendant of Atlasia vs. Xahar died yesterday afternoon, but it is still uncertain. If a mod or Dave Leip were to confirm this, it would be appreciated.

Al said that the moderators had not been notified that he had been banned, and that they were still going through the evidence, although "it was pretty clear what had been going on."

Xahar told me a while ago he was going to Houston for the Christmas holiday, so it's possible he left. However, he made no mention of it on the forums, and DWTL pointed out that Xahar's last activity coincided with Dave Liep's last activity. I'm waiting for Cookies and Milk to become active once again. Maybe it will challenge me in the race for Governor again!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I'll probably be starting up the ''kingofthebenchpress for President" write-in campaign soon.

Has he been allowed back onto this forum? I wish Mr. Liep would consider allowing him back.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Well, I strongly endorse AndrewCT then.

I will not endorse Duke for reasons that are oblivous. If the SDP endorse him, I will resign. The SDP will endorse somebody before the election.

Do you mean AndrewCT and obvious?

I mean obvious and Duke. That is clear than I will not endorse Duke since all opposes us. For now, you can see that like an AndrewCT endorsement. If other candidates enter in the race I may change my choice.

BaconKing/Duke would have an higher preference than Duke/BaconKing, for me.

First I want to say that I will neither confirm nor deny this report, but I will hint it may be a bit too presumptuous.

As for the SDP, I never said I oppose the party. On the contrary, I've said that I'd like to work with the SDP in the future. I did oppose the party when Mr. Xahar was around hacking into personal property of Mr. Constine and Mr. Brandon H. It bothered me that the party stood by him until the bitter end without listening to any advice.

For the record, I dislike Mr. Xahar and his actions, not the SDP. You said yourself that Xahar =/ the SDP. I'm sorry you feel that way. If you do oppose me, please do it on accurate grounds and not false ones like the one you listed.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Well, I strongly endorse AndrewCT then.

I will not endorse Duke for reasons that are oblivous. If the SDP endorse him, I will resign. The SDP will endorse somebody before the election.

Do you mean AndrewCT and obvious?

I mean obvious and Duke. That is clear than I will not endorse Duke since all opposes us. For now, you can see that like an AndrewCT endorsement. If other candidates enter in the race I may change my choice.

BaconKing/Duke would have an higher preference than Duke/BaconKing, for me.

As for the SDP, I never said I oppose the party. On the contrary, I've said that I'd like to work with the SDP in the future. I did oppose the party when Mr. Xahar was around hacking into personal property of Mr. Constine and Mr. Brandon H. It bothered me that the party stood by him until the bitter end without listening to any advice.

For the record, I dislike Mr. Xahar and his actions, not the SDP. You said yourself that Xahar =/ the SDP. I'm sorry you feel that way. If you do oppose me, please do it on accurate grounds and not false ones like the one you listed.

And I would like to work with the RPP party in the future. I don't oppose the party, I oppose some policies. I am sure than we will be able, all parties together, a compromise on regional issues. You are a party for regional rights, regardless of the left-right position and we are a party for left people, regardless of their position on regional rights.

For Xahar, all was said. I say again than everybody is not guilty until proven guilty. We believed Xahar, that was an error. I had confiance in Xahar and I was deceived.

I retire my opposition, but I still a difficulty to support your policies. It would depend of the campaign.

That's all I ask.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Interesting strategy, it seems like Andrew is making a statement that he can without the support of the RPP.  A calculated risk, will it pay off?

My question is that will the RPP split its vote between Andrew and Bgwah? Right now I am slightly leaning towards the later but there is absolutely nothing wrong with the former. From what you have said and what I have gathered both a pretty good on regional rights. Of course there is a chance that someone might run that is a member of the RPP and that would change everything. Has Gov Duke ruled out a run yet, I have heard his name mentioned?

Duke has pledged that he wouldn't run if Bgwah ran. I doubt the RPP will split its vote now.

I had thought so I just wanted to make sure. As I said I am leaning towards Bgwah right now.

I was looking at running when it appeared as if bgwah may not run for reelection. When he announced his intentions to seek reelection, it was clear that I would play spoiler in the race for someone, so I decided not to give it a go.

I like Andrew and I was impressed with his judgement during the Xahar appointment. I was also eager to lend him my support during the race, but, like DWTL said, his choice of VP bothers me. Anyone who openly slanders my party for whatever reason isn't someone I can be gung ho about supporting. If it was anyone but Afleitch, I'd have no problem. However, because he chose him, I will have to rethink my options.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

If it was anyone but Afleitch, I'd have no problem. However, because he chose him, I will have to rethink my options.

You've never explained why. I would be intrigued to know

Check out two days ago when you sympathized with Ogis when we told him to get out of our party. I'm sorry, but we have never treated anyone unfairly. You and other's hatred of our party is purely based on our so called ideological differences.

If I need to quote the post for you, I certainly will.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

If it was anyone but Afleitch, I'd have no problem. However, because he chose him, I will have to rethink my options.

You've never explained why. I would be intrigued to know

Check out two days ago when you sympathized with Ogis when we told him to get out of our party. I'm sorry, but we have never treated anyone unfairly. You and other's hatred of our party is purely based on our so called ideological differences.

If I need to quote the post for you, I certainly will.

one flaw with the party thing is. You can't kick someone out of your party. If they sign up for the party and want to stay in it, there is nothing you can do. Othewise your post would be completly right.

We can if he has already been banned from this website before. The issue was he claimed we offered him support and then took it back and chastised him. He also demanded we give him a chairmanship in a region. We are not required to give him anything nor give him support in any election, especially if its a guy like Ogis.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Wait, where has BK been?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Attorney General Identified in Hacking Ring
by Governor Duke of the Dirty South

The web of corruption that has plagued Atlasia in recent months got a little bit thicker, when sources within the Atlas moderator team and RPP forum team confirmed that IP addresses matching those of Attorney General Franzl were logged illegally accessing an account on the forum. This news come on the heels of former Attorney General Xahar's one year ban from the game for being indicted in the same activities. It is unknown whether Mr. Franzl is working with Mr. Xahar in receiving account information, but sources tell us that he and several others are involved and continue to engage in the unauthorized access of both RPP and Atlas forum accounts. It is unclear whether this will effect Mr. Franzl's senate run or not. More on this story as we receive more information.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Just to clarify, this was not a sting operation. We just found out about it last night. Needless to say, I am pretty disappointed because I really thought you were one of the good guys, Franzl. I also find it extremely hypocritical that you took the AG job to uphold the law and then conspired with the criminal you just put away.

Honestly, why is it so hard for people to be honest in this game? The RPP forum is not anyone's right to view it. If so, then I ask you all send me your Atlas account information so I can read through some of your PMs. I'm just curious, after all.

You aren't the only one involved. I'm just sorry that a 20-something year old is falling under the influence of some 15 year old maniac with no life, friends, or sense of direction. You are better than that, Franzl. Don't get all defensive now that you have been found out and start pointing the fingers at Jedi. Accessing the website is a breach of Brandon's personal property. He owns and runs the server. If he didn't give you the account information, stay out. Not EVERYTHING is yours to access. If it was, then there would be no reason to have passwords.

Again, I'm sorry this turned out this way. There are more people yet to be identified and it becomes more and more painful for me to do so. A lot of these people I trusted and I feel pretty betrayed by them. There's a reason Atlasia is dying, and you and others' actions are not helping the cause.


I apologize if it meant to sound like you accessed another Atlas forum members account. There has been a breach, but it was Mr. Xahar flaunting this and I am having a hard time believing anyone else's word who claims otherwise. Paint it as witch hunt all you want, but we need to clean this game up or it will die off. No one wants to risk having their accounts accessed without their permission if they get involved here.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Honestly, why is it so hard for people to be honest in this game?

Considering that you're the ones who run a private forum for plotting, perhaps you could tell us?
If you run such a place, people opposed to you here will, obviously, want to take a look inside it. That is how it has always been here (the RPP forum is hardly the first of its type). You can't demand honesty while you keep such a place. You also can't demand honesty or decent conduct when the security of your plotting forum is provided by a moderator blatently and disgracefully abusing his authority and his position here.

Oh save it.

Parties in the past have had their own forms and no one cared. We do not plot anything malicious, but we do use  it for planning and party organization for upcoming elections. I have nothing to hide. I have never plotted against someone. This is an issue of privacy. As I've said, please provide me with your password and email so I can just take a look around if it is okay to invade someone else's account because you disagree with what they are doing. I want to make sure you aren't plotting anything in your PMs...... sound ridiculous?

I realize you dislike me and a lot of other people in my party, but as I've said before, do your job and for God sakes don't sit there and defend the other side on this. If hacking becomes alright because its someone you don't like, then we are in a whole heap of trouble. But, if that's the image you want to portray, go right ahead. Let's see your account get hacked and then maybe we'll see some action.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Why is a RPP forum provided? That seems to both favor one party over others while reducing transparency in Atlasia. What is the history behind this?

The RPP has their own forum on Brandon's personal server off this site. We use it for party organization. We do not use it for malicious plotting to overthrow anything. These rumors have been started by Xahar, among others, and have a lot to do with our avatar colors. It has become Xahar's life to hack into it. This practice is not new, however. Parties in the past have had their own forums. Some may dislike it, but it gives them absolutely no right to hack into it. There is nothing forbidding such things in Atlasia.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

We would not have to try to get IP confirmations if people would just respect privacy and stay out of things that are not theirs. The obsession levels shown by Mr. Xahar in this game is downright disturbing. I agree that it isn't right, but hacking and unauthorized access to someone's personal server isn't right either, and is a crime.

I will say Fraznl has handled it very well and I thank him for his conduct. It's going to be a long road to get things back to a respectable base here, but I hope people will join us in that fight. No one here needs to live in fear that their account will be hacked. Franzl was not involved in Atlas hacking, but it is still going on. It needs to be stopped.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Don't resign.

Secondly, I was notified that there were some concerns over game security and the potential hacking of this site (to do with Atlasia, rather than the forum in general) which was of my utmost concern as a moderator. I was keen on that information being gathered, publicised and dealt with.

However, it transpires that the only hacking was of another forum. If there were any genuine concerns over security issues here they should have been reported privately to moderators. When Jedi was told he should have alerted the other moderators in the Mod's Corner to investigate wha was happening here. It seems nothing did happen, therefore it is an external matter.

I agree, but Marokai told me that Xahar showed him a screenshot of his personal PM box as a way to intimidate him (meaning Xahar had gained access to Marokai's Atlas account). I advised him to report it to the moderating team, which he apparently has done.

If that is indeed still going on, then it is the business of people here. This would be the second account Xahar has hacked in the forum. However, there is no way to know for sure unless Dave were to go look at logs, which isn't likely to happen.

However, I have no reason to believe Marokai is being dishonest now, as everything else he's provided us with has been accurate. If Xahar indeed showed him a screenshot of his own PM box, then its likely he's hacked his account as well.

Just be on the lookout. Xahar has already shown he isn't afraid to do anything possible to get an edge in this game. We all have to fight him every step of the way. Brandon and I can't be the only ones who are doing it, or he'll believe what he is doing is alright with the masses.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Don't resign.

Secondly, I was notified that there were some concerns over game security and the potential hacking of this site (to do with Atlasia, rather than the forum in general) which was of my utmost concern as a moderator. I was keen on that information being gathered, publicised and dealt with.

However, it transpires that the only hacking was of another forum. If there were any genuine concerns over security issues here they should have been reported privately to moderators. When Jedi was told he should have alerted the other moderators in the Mod's Corner to investigate wha was happening here. It seems nothing did happen, therefore it is an external matter.

I agree, but Marokai told me that Xahar showed him a screenshot of his personal PM box as a way to intimidate him (meaning Xahar had gained access to Marokai's Atlas account). I advised him to report it to the moderating team, which he apparently has done.

If that is indeed still going on, then it is the business of people here. This would be the second account Xahar has hacked in the forum. However, there is no way to know for sure unless Dave were to go look at logs, which isn't likely to happen.

However, I have no reason to believe Marokai is being dishonest now, as everything else he's provided us with has been accurate. If Xahar indeed showed him a screenshot of his own PM box, then its likely he's hacked his account as well.

Just be on the lookout. Xahar has already shown he isn't afraid to do anything possible to get an edge in this game. We all have to fight him every step of the way. Brandon and I can't be the only ones who are doing it, or he'll believe what he is doing is alright with the masses.

Xahar is being dealt with and any breaches recorded. What has probably annoyed most people is the 'outing' of Franzl. He has forced access to another forum (and admitted it), but has done nothing wrong here. I'd rather, as a moderator keep tabs on Xahar

Which is why I oppose any resignation on his part. I'm happy that he's helped us to this point learn more about what Xahar is doing behind the scenes. I do believe his story, as he has only breached security a few times and then stopped. It was pretty clear that he wasn't in it for any malicious reasons.

Please understand that I did not know what was going on. We had been told that he was under the influence of Xahar (by Xahar himself), so initially I felt like we had to begin to air this out in order to create some noise of what is going on, especially before Xahar comes off ban in a week.

I didn't happily do it, because, as I said, I do like Franzl quite a bit on the forum. It was/is upsetting to see some of the people who you thought you trusted in on this. Franzl is probably a one time thing, but there are more that are even more upsetting. Of course, we didn't know who is accessing Mr. Marokai's account. Perhaps it was wrong to assume others outside of Xahar was doing it, but as much deception as I've experienced recently, it's hard to know who to trust outside of my inner circle (DWTL, Brandon, Smid, BK, fezzy etc...).

I do reiterate that I hope Franzl will reconsider his resignation of the AG now that we've spoken in private. There is no need for that. I do also repeat Brandon's warning of those who may be in contact with Xahar right now. He is not healthy for this game, nor should he be allowed to return to it and begin some sort of uprising.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I'm happy that he's helped us to this point learn more about what Xahar is doing behind the scenes.

But bear in mind he had no requirement to help you at all, as it was a matter for your forum not ours (and he is not a member of your forum. I also hope no pressure was placed on him). Nor did he have to apologise in anyway to anyone but Brandon in private as a matter of courtesy. This did not have to be brought to this forum and publically embarass the guy - and not in the Atlas or Moderators forum either, but in the fantasy forum.

People do have off forum friendships with Xahar - and he is a skilled manipulator (he made you think for a moment that he had Franzl under his influence) If anything you're in danger of doing that work for him. Please - any concerns about Atlas Forum security please alert to your friendly neighbourhood moderators.

Which is why I am grateful that he offered. I'm not manipulating anyone. I'm concerned for this game, but if no one wants to resist this kid, then go ahead and allow him to take over the government as he is planning on doing once he returns. I certainly won't be a part of it, but I guess that doesn't much matter to anyone. The game itself is nearly dead and is a joke, so if the kid gains control, it will just come full circle.


As we speak, he is still claiming Franzl is with him now and he's promised the Prime Minister job if he's successful as his takeover..... I don't know what on earth is wrong with him, but he's got something up his sleeve (but if no one is with him, he won't make it far). Keep an eye out on your accounts is all I am saying.

The moderators tools on this site only go so far. It's obvious Dave is busy with other matters and won't keep an eye on anyone's Atlas account's security.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Did Xahar promise you a position in his new government too?

You sound ridiculous.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I have to agree with PS. The polls taken mean absolutely nothing. I think and hope you know that. I wouldn't rest of their results. You still have an uphill battle, but I know you know that.

The JCP is notorious for under polling. If they were accurate by any stretch of the imagination, we would have had President AndrewCT, followed by President PiT.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I'm going go out on a limb and say that Marokai, Fritz, Franzl, SPC and Rowan get in. My campaign will rev it's engines up midway through but sputter to the finish line. Such is life, I suppose.