Cadmus

Hey there guys and gals! We know it's been a while since you've heard from us, but we've been quite busy rebuilding our forum to better suit what we want out of our region. In the meantime, you may have heard that Raider Vision 2017 will soon be upon us. Last year, Albion managed to clinch a win with this beautiful parody of Let it Go entitled Post it All! 
Well, now we're hosting this year's Raider Vision on the Raider Con Forums and we're more than eager to see what you can bring to the table. What can you submit? To quote the handbook, "You can submit any sort of song you like. It can be a cover of a real song (e.g. you can sing something by Lil’ Dicky, Death Cab for Cutie, or The Killers), you can write an original work, or it can be related to your nation. Writing lyrics related to NS is another fun option. It's your choice, and long as it involves your own work in some way!" 
You can read more rules and see dates in the official 2017 Raider Vision Event Handbook located here!
For now though, know that submissions are being accepted June 16th through June 30th, with voting taking place during Raider Con. 
If you have questions, please add me as a friend on Discord at Seven Deaths#7248 as I will definitely not have the time to check back to this post.
 Good luck everyone! And may the Lord of Song grace all your efforts!
 

It's been a very crazy year, not just on the forum, but in the real world too. However, I have a great deal of hope that things will get back on track and that the region will get out of the hole and be ever greater than it was before. With a little bit of work from everyone, there's nothing we can't accomplish.

Careful with the glue, you'll become Siamese twins.  And Neenee's glitter will never come off.

A familiar face. Thank muffins. 
K, I'm just gonna glue myself to you now so I don't get lost in here. 

For Those Who Know

[12/17/16]

[7-5, Deputy Esquire]
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-Former Warden Palatine of Brightwall, Lynneiah, has resigned her position in a formal topic. She stated her citizenship as forfeit as well and that she was moving to greener pastures. We all wish ol’ Lynn the best and god speed!

-The Chief & Vice Knight Elections have concluded. And with only the two original candidates having been nominated, there wasn’t so much an election as there was an appointment! Congratulations to Cad & Olde Delaware.
Here’s to you making Albion great again!

-Local guy-who-never-changes-his-avatar-anymore 7-5 has called for a revolution in the Albion City-State of Brightwall. No plans or initiatives were spoken on in his call to arms for revolution and so no one is quite certain what he’s shooting for. But, given that it’s the guy who made this (https://soundcloud.com/user-422594675) it’s sure to be interesting!

-Queen MagentaFairy has appointed power-player Seven Deaths as King of Albion after some months of them being married. He accepted the position with gusto and many a discussion has been had about how we can make Albion the best region ever!
Our congratulations to the new king! And our anticipation goes out to his new ideas that he’ll tell us about whenever he tells us about them!
-The Grand Council Elections have concluded! Notable Albion Citizens Vaclav Vinograd, Satya Romefeller, Mysty Saxton and Those_Idiots were lifted to the prominent positions of Grand Councilmen/women. Congrats to all who won!
-Speaking of the newly elected GC; Those_Idiots has begun crowdsourcing plans to up recruitment and RMB activity. So far, no real proposals have come up. But, seeing as how Those_Idioits began crowdsourcing just this evening, that's not really surprising. What big initiatives and plans will come up? Only time (and the crowd) will tell.
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cleans up quiet embassy
 
Excuse the lack of activity, we have some updates coming soon.

I wasted a couple mins for that.

cleans up quiet embassy
 
Excuse the lack of activity, we have some updates coming soon.

I see the board has changed a bit. It looks very nice.

Hello,
 
My name is Alex, known as Nordinseln in Osiris, and I have been made Ambassador to TWP. I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving.
I look forward to maintain your relationship and improving it in anyway that is in my power. You may see me around here or on Discord, so feel free to say hello!
Any queries can be relayed to me here or at my nations, which are Nordinseln (main) and NordinselnTWP (Ambassador Nation)
 
Thank you, and happy holidays!

Celebrate TWP Festival Oct 14-16
 
The Delegate and Guardians of
The West Pacific
Request the honor of your presence at a Weekend-Long Celebration,
Given in thanks for the many nations and regions that have supported TWP.
The festivities begin on the RMB, our forum and our Discord server on Friday, October 14th. Join us first thing in the morning for our Friday Karaoke tradition. The official celebration begins at 19:00 (USA EDT) with formal introductions, and will continue throughout Friday into Sunday. There will be games, music, an open chat party, amusing stories about The West Pacific and a panel discussion on the history of TWP. A highlight of the celebration will be a State of the Region address offered by Big Bad Badger at 20:00 (USA EDT) on Saturday. TWP will also hold joint military operations in recognition of the event. All nations or regions that would like to participate should contact our new Commander of TWPAF The West Pacific ANIME Force of Yuno owl.
Feel free to join us for any or all of the celebration, as your schedule permits. Whenever you arrive, you may describe your entrance and announce yourself, if you wish.
Residents of TWP and others are encouraged to change their flags to the one at the top of this invitation for this event.
No RSVP requested.
Should you have any questions about the party, please contact The Magical Cookie Queendom of Neenee

Glad to have you here!  Its been a pleasure to get to know you!

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A Personal Notice from the Knight Foreign
 
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Greetings friends, allies, partners, and acquaintances of Albion,
 
I know it has been about a month since I was appointed my role, but I believe a proper and formal introduction is finally needed, and to relay you some important information on the road ahead. My name is Sir Cadmus Delphi Areleous Saxton, current Knight Foreign (KF) of Albion, but these titles don't really matter much so you can call me Cadmus or Caddy. Before I became KF I was Esquire (Deputy) under my predecessor, the lovely Olivia. Due to various RL reasons and general busyness she had no choice but to give the reins to another, and I was the best choice she had in mind. Without her though, we would not have such renewed vigor in our foreign relations, Olivia having been integral in securing some of our most important alliances and being apart of the most intriguing new directions in our foreign policy as to date. Her efforts have been honoured greatly by the Crown and I hope to achieve the same amount of fortitude in foreign affairs as my predecessors before me.
 
That being said, it is important I need to highlight you these very important happenings in my department and what you can expect from us in our embassies moving forward. It has been informed to me sometime ago that our last official update was created January 2016; it has been eight months since the last update. To me, that is unacceptable and I formally apologize to all our embassies for our oversight on this matter. Technically, our little event invites would count as an update of sorts, but it is not our usual official updates that we have compiled together.
 
Of course, no one is truly at fault here. Olivia had been fairly busy with RL business as mentioned previously and as you know unfortunately RL must come first. On top of that, the assent to my position was around the exact time when summer was beginning to die down and people had to return to regular school/work/etc hours, and so I had limited help in my department myself. I had to release a few inactive/unwilling FA staff from my office which made my staff numbers far less than it was before, with more and more embassies becoming devoid of emissaries to fill them, and so the dominoes began to fall where they may...
 

(and now for your scheduled cat gif break)
This epiphany finally happened when recently one of our embassies was to be closed due to said inactivity, and coming from a region who had not seen an emissary from us in a very long time, even before I was appointed to be Esquire. I realised this problem had to be rectified immediately; I made way too many promises when I entered into this role as KF and I am not willing to break them now so easily. I personally thank Olivia, 7-5 (my new Esquire), Moly, Chief Knight Bert, Edward Leben, H_I, Christopher Bishop, Seven Deaths, Stefan, and even our own Queen MagentaFairy for stepping up and helping me out as FA staff, although even all their help is still not enough and there are still plenty of empty embassies while I have taken the bulk of the embassy load at the same time.
Granted the lack of emissaries is not all that needs to be rectified, that is all in due time. There are still many hiccups during my first month as KF, and there is still the matter of our latest official update, which will be coming very, very soon. it will be a hefty one, but will not be so stuffed that it becomes unnecessarily lengthy, and will be covering at least four months worth of missed Albion content. However, after this last update there will be some renewed changes to the way our content gets delivered.
With the support of the Crown, I will be reforming our updates; no more will there be such lengthy updates like these. Under my purview the next updates in the future will appear more often but with less content. They will still at least contain the same quality you expect of all our updates, but there will just be less to see, but you'll be hearing more from us if this proves successful. Of course there will be some hiccups going forward, and I cannot expect that RL won't surprise me with a few struggles of my own, but we will find a way; Albion ALWAYS finds its way. From all of us in Albion, we thank you for hosting us and our embassy.
 
As Knight Foreign of Albion, I personally thank you for reading this.
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In regards,

Citizens, Guests, Buttery Nibblets All,
 
I wish to announce that a festival starting next week for citizens of Albion as well as our visitors!
 
Do you like scavenging, forging, and crafting? Do you like building structures and shaping your environment? Do you have a distaste for dirty dirty creepers? Then please join Bert and Freddie and the many citizens on Thursday the 23rd for Albion's latest, greatest, and most sensational undertaking!
 
 

 
(Thank you Evanei for making this image) :flail:
 
 
Schedule:
Day 1 (23rd, Thursday): Welcome Day! We're going to focus on just making sure inter-regional guests have made it into the region, greet everybody, have some interaction threads, etc.
 
Day 2 (24th): THE COMPETITION BEGINS! Day 1 will be the Crafting Competition! People will log on to our server during a set period of time and whoever can create the most different items will win! This one will be set in Survival Mode so you have to actually go get materials and find stuff. At the end of the time, or when you need to log off, please deposit all of your items in a chest or as many chests as you need with your name next to it and provide Bert with the coordinates.
 
Day 3 (25th): THE HUNGER GAMES! Bert will have a preloaded arena map on the server filled with weapons! IT SHALL BE THE ULTIMATE BLOODSPORT. As in the actual Hunger Games, the last man standing will win! This will be in Adventure Mode.
 
Day 3 (26th): Mini Games! Bert has a collection of mini-game competitions to inflict...um, experiment with...uh, challenge our competitors with! :evilgrin: :;;:
 
Day 4 (27th): Mob Kills! During a set period of time, the person with the most mob kills will win! We will have a kill counter incorporated into the map. This will be Survival mode so you will need to craft/make your own weapons and whatnot.
 
Day 5 (28th): Structures! Can you build the grandest, most creative structure in all Albion? This day will be in Creative mode so that people can really get out and shine! Also, all structures should be medieval or fantasy themed to match the region.
 
Day 6: (29th) Closing and Awards! Can you become
Competitions will start at 4 pm EST/9pm GMT each day as Bert and Freddie decided that was the most fair for our users in both the US and Europe. Events will be graded on points: 20 for 1st, 15 for 2nd, 10 for 3rd, and 5 for participating. There will be event ribbons as well as a grand champion set! Each event will also have a bonus ribbon that will be announced that day as a surprise :;;: :;;: :;;:
 
In addition to spam and general interaction, we have a creative writing opportunity. Freddie wants each competition to be framed by a Newscaster group! If you like writing, satire or just general creative writing, please sign up to be a journalist for the Freddie. We can have multiple and journalists can work together or do independent editorials. I'm looking forward to this part the best :;;:
 
So please come join us at the Minecraft Tournament Festival!
 
 
 
 
Below is Freddie's face :flail:


The Server I.P. is 84.30.185.196, and it will be officially up on Wednesday 10PM GMT.
 

Was sorry to read on the Gameplay forum that Cere was not coming back. However, he leaves a great legacy behind. I'm sure I speak for all my colleagues here in wishing Albion all the best for the future.

[The Return of the Departure of the King by Seven Deaths]
 
It is with heavy heart that I make this official. Our beloved King Charles Cerebella has decided not to return to NationStates and Albion. Originally he went on a leave to complete his PhD, however now he feels that he shouldn't and can't return. He wants everyone to know that he says hello and thinks about us all. Any announcement of mine wouldn't be complete without a little emotional rollercoaster. Charles Cerebella has been one of my closest friends, greatest mentor and dedicated teachers. He was patient and kind. A true leader who inspired people to discover their strengths and work around their weaknesses. The loyalty and love he felt for Albion has always been genuine. Working tirelessly, he ensured we survived and thrived.
 
With his leaving, I become the sole monarch of Albion. Of course I still have the wonderful support from you all, so I'm not alone in taking care of the region. I've always adored this region and the people in it. I'd like to give a big thank you to SD for writing the wonderful and emotional story. I still tear up reading it. The word 'faith' has a whole new meaning to it.
 
As we mourn his leaving, remember and celebrate his hard work. Let's make Albion thrive, just like Cere did for us.
 
 

I'm not fond of Minecraft
But good luck with it!

Personally, I am appalled at the fact that the tournament doesn't include any Grand Theft Auto games, but hey ho.

You know, I never though I'd come to this region, but I haven't regretted it yet..!
 
Hi, my name's Cadmus, and I thought I'd never come here because my path in NS would never take me here. Well due to the fact that I just recently became Esquire (Deputy Foreign Affairs) in Albion and we're seriously running short on emissaries, my job led me to here! First impression I thought was, "What a nice forum", and so far it's very nice and sleek to me, and I just simply have to drop off foreign news without going through applications!
 
I hope you'll be gentle with me! :3 I don't know why I didn't really bother heading to TWP once before, because the West Pacific is where Japan is!

You know, I never though I'd come to this region, but I haven't regretted it yet..!
 
Hi, my name's Cadmus, and I thought I'd never come here because my path in NS would never take me here. Well due to the fact that I just recently became Esquire (Deputy Foreign Affairs) in Albion and we're seriously running short on emissaries, my job led me to here! First impression I thought was, "What a nice forum", and so far it's very nice and sleek to me, and I just simply have to drop off foreign news without going through applications!
 
I hope you'll be gentle with me! :3 I don't know why I didn't really bother heading to TWP once before, because the West Pacific is where Japan is!