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    Hall of Nations Application

    in Citizenship

    Posted

    I, Davelands, swear that I have, to the best of my knowledge, been completely truthful in applying for citizenship in The West Pacific and that I have no other NationStates identity that has not been made known in this application. I swear my allegiance to The West Pacific and its citizens, and I swear not to engage in hostilities against The West Pacific or to violate The Manners of Governance, or any laws made pursuant to it.

    Random Poll #2

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    We are arrogant enough to think that we have even a small idea about how the universe works. I suspect that we know less than %0.00001 of the answers. Heck, we had to create the concept of Dark Matter just to make our math work right.

    I'm going with the KISS method. There was an explosion that moved everything out. Gravity will eventually pull everything back together, even if that spot is past where we are right now (which is why we think the universe is expanding forever).

    New Theme Chatter

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    I have avoided publicly commenting on these changes because I wanted to let the process play itself out organically. However...

    I understand Halo's reasons for trying a theme and I'm willing to give it a chance. As Westwind has shown, themes and ways of doing things can change over time. The Ele/Badger/Davelands/Neenee era of TWP was theme-less, maybe Halo will begin a themed era. Or not. If it doesn't work out it can easily be changed or removed.

    I agree that it is 100% Halo's decision. He could wake up tomorrow and declare that we are now "TWP In Space" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmI77ZBeJrQ ) and go forward with that theme. But it's a better thing that he is asking for all this input. Maybe, like Dark said, we are close to something really good. Maybe some flexibility is in order by all sides.

    But, one thing that I am against is the decision to add the Peers based on the whim of the Delegate. This is exactly the type of thing we created the Hall of Nations for. Honestly, if the Delegate proposed a change like this and it was debated and voted on by the Hall, there is almost no chance of it failing, so why not let them do it? It's been almost a year since the Hall did anything of substance besides run elections. If you wanted to spur activity then that would be a great way to start.

    And I agree with Badger that Westwind's graphics were an amazing look back into the past.

    I have an idea!

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Neenee said:

    The number of banjections have decreased.

    This is the complete banjection list from the past week. All were banned for name/data infractions as you can easily see. I think that we have done a really good job in stopping the reflexive banjections for minor RMB infractions that was prevalent when I joined. In fact, I was almost banjected after a couple of months on the RMB because someone felt that I was speaking out of turn.

    You are right in that the general attitude to noobs asking the basic questions is usually "Here, read it". To be honest, it is easier than saying two paragraphs of boilerplate 5 times a day. But I recognize that some people don't want to read so I made a smaller version of the RMB Rules and added it to the WFE. It should be easier to look at and read. https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1084143

    I have an idea!

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    There are a lot of ideas in here so I'm going to try to go through them carefully.

    1 hour ago, Fujai said:
    • The delegate is elected by the Hall of Nations. -snip-
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    TWP has evolved the current Mertiocracy system over years and it has resulted in a very stable region where effort is rewarded. There are plenty of other regions that run on a Parliamentary Democracy and quite frankly the system promotes corruption, and popularity over rewarded effort.

    1 hour ago, Fujai said:

    A better judicial system where people can appeal ejections and the like, where the people doing the ejecting don't sit on the jury.

    Citizens have this right already and even though the people doing the ejecting sit on the jury (along with the Delegate and Speaker of the Hall), the only time an appeal was filed the person was allowed back into the region (and then promptly left on their own accord). Seems to work as is, but I can see the case for a Judicial group (with oversight by the Delegate of course).

    1 hour ago, Fujai said:

    Have a functioning intelligence division. I've never seen or heard of any real activity in there, though perhaps they just do their jobs really well.

    If they are doing their job correctly you will never hear about it.

    1 hour ago, Fujai said:

    Brainstorm ways to make the Hall actually matter outside of elections.

    Already being done and I am all for more voices for this.

    1 hour ago, Fujai said:

    The TWP flag could use an update.

    That's a great idea. Perhaps a contest, although again, the flag is a old tradition so it would have to be in the same basic style.

    1 hour ago, Fujai said:

    Official dispatches should have a cohesive aesthetic.

    I love this idea too! I played around with this when I was Delegate (and used a Dispatch/Report template when I was MoFA). Bran did a lot of work on it too, but that stuff is mostly lost now. Your layout is nice.

    1 hour ago, Fujai said:

    We're really missing out on a vibrant part of a community by neglecting RP. We've kind of just accepted the fact that it isn't going to be popular in TWP, but it feels like we just need to collectively give it a shot.

    I admit that I am very weak when it comes to Role Play. It's just not my wheelhouse. If you want to redo the map, I'm 100% behind you. Just let me know what help you need. Same for the Darkipedia. It's a nice clean format and may be an excellent resource for people.

    1 hour ago, Fujai said:

    There are too many banjections for minor infractions. It'll take more effort to explain our rules to people, but it's certainly worth a shot.

    When I became a Guardian under Elegarth there were over 20 banjections every DAY. After Badger took over it went down and it went down even more under my leadership. At the moment we banject less than 20 in a WEEK and most of them are for name/motto/data infractions. The rest are either obvious trolls or people who are given at least 2 or 3 chances to follow the rules.

    2 hours ago, Fujai said:

    People don't like to read on the internet. Just tossing our rules at people and ejecting them when they don't read them isn't doing us any favors. That information should be offered in multiple places and different depths. There should be a very condensed form on the WFE, a more in depth form explained when people ignore what is on the WFE, and finally a dispatch with the whole list and explanations for after an RMB/telegram explanation.

    It's not too much to expect people to at least skim over the rules to a game they are playing. The RMB Etiquette dispatch is one screen in length with lots of white space. The WFE has a size limit to it. The one that is up now is literally as large as it is allowed (as in I had to remove some spaces and codes just to make it fit). I think we do a much better job than in the old days of explaining and linking to the rules and giving people chances.

    2 hours ago, Fujai said:

    Comic Sans and Papyrus should be outlawed in this region for crimes against humanity.

    I will hunt you down and fight you if you try to do that. Comic Sans is a happy accident that works wonderfully as an off-beat fun font. In fact, if you go to the Regional Forum of Karma you will see that I wrote a spirited defense of Comic Sans as part of my entry into that region.

    What to do?

    in The Lounge

    Posted

    1. Become a citizen. It's easy and it is a place to start.

    2. Reach out to Halo (Saint Mark) on the RMB or Discord. He is in charge of Recruitement and Citizenry and will help you.

    3. Think about what interests you. Being a diplomat (Foreign Affairs), creating events (Internal Affairs), writing (Newspaper), raiding and the military (TWPAF), the WA and laws (World Assembly Affairs), or something else that we can help you nurture.

    4. Be social on here, the RMB, and Discord. You never know who you might meet who will be able to help you figure out what you want to do.

    Admin Requests Part Quatre

    in Technical Forum Part Duex

    Posted

    On 7/19/2018 at 12:02 PM, Darkesia said:

    Now, you are both masked as Delegate.  If it's ok, I will leave your mask until she officially overtakes you in endorsements.

    Thanks!

    We have what will probably be the last 2 citizens of my Delegacy. :(:shooters:

    Please mask Rep. of Wenceworth and Groovy2012 as citizens.

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