Tweedy

Host the game in The Clubhouse - unless there are good reasons to do otherwise.

Perhaps put Forum Games into The Clubhouse.

Well I'm not a Guardian, but I have been trying to encourage activity in The Clubhouse.

Hello, Phanari....pleased to meet you!

Not at-all!

I must say that I thought Gatesville would have preferred Chippendale chairs to Chippendale dancers! Darkesia - own-up now!

It would be good to have some new bloods which have stamina. Too-often in the past the ideas and rhetoric has been laudable and follow-worthy only to fall-down on the stamina part. That's the only way we're going to survive.....I know my opinion carries little weight as I'm not in NS, but I'm specifically talking about the off-site forum. I'm sure Winni would be delighted to know that somebody new wants to take-up the challenge put some life into the forum. Graphics is ok and is worth a thousand words, but what we desperately need now is 1000 words!

Just celebrating my 200th post. I'm at that stage in my life that little things please me and become great events. "Get a life!" I hear you scream!

Typically, "Wow...these forums are dead...where is everyone?" is the most active topic! But there is the proposition that maybe TWP is on the last stages of decomposition because it has gone through a previous stage of self-neutering.

I'm in the strange position that I don't have a Delegate that I work for, or with. I suppose I work for myself now. My loyalty to NS is on a par with my loyalty to the Hitler Youth which seems to be thriving with worrying impunity in the not-so-deep recesses of Mr. Barry's game. Conversely the present set-up in TWP is more akin to the Chinese Communist Party - in a much smaller way, of-course!

The job of the off-site forum is to work with the elected Pope Delegate, and further the identity and character of the Vatican TWP within NS. However, this does not prevent a vibrant and democratic off-site forum functioning with vitality!

I shall ask TAO if he can cajole some unsuspecting member to start a forum of her/his own naming to include things of interest. I've put some stuff in The Clubhouse, but I'm sure there are members just itching to start something of their own! On second thoughts, it might be better to encourage members to put their own stuff in The Clubhouse rather than starting something completely new. We don't want to lose track of what the forum is for.... (Just pre-empting any foreseen reaction!)

I accept that democracy in-game is determined on how much time you can spend on-line endorsing others; however, the main thrust of the discussion we're having here is concerned with the activity on this forum and how to encourage the participation of more members.

We could always treat the Delegate as the British treat the Queen; that of a Head of State that is the signatory to agreements made by the Prime Minister, and treat the Guardians as advisers to the Delegate as The Privy Council advises the Queen, The Queen has no vote in reality, but the Delegate would of-course have a vote. Even Britain cannot be called a true Democracy as the role of the monarch is hereditary and the British public do not have a choice in who reigns, but we can surely involve more people under a sort of Democracy in this game? We'll have to find a role for the Delegate (and the members as a whole) which is hierarchical and involving but not dictatorial if activity is to be improved. Having a system where everyone is equal (no hierarchy/attainment etc.) just doesn't work; equal opportunity to progress in a fair society, does!

By-the-way, Intelligent Holograms, you're just the type we need in NSR....what about it?

I don't think there is much wrong with attacking and defending a position - you learn a lot from both angles; in fact in this case, both sides have valid concerns and answers.

Democracy. With the proviso that it is an attainment arrangement with status and goals to reach within specified government departments. Obviously to start with, members will be needed to staff these various areas before elections.

Well, enough is enough....

Just on a personal note. I sent this request to NS Mods a day ago: Please reinstate nation to NationStates: Deleted nation Tweedy Founded: Tue Jan 6 2004 Last activity: Sun Mar 1 2009 Population: 2.204 billion email: tweedy_no.1@hotmail.com Following my email, my IP was banned again.

That's always the case initially because people are participating in putting forward their own ideas. Things deteriorate when everything is settled. Maybe we should be in a constant state of revolution!

I feel the same way about NSR as Winni probably feels at present about TWP. Why?

Punk Daddy has been working on some new ideas this weekend, so we'll have to see what happens and if he can bring all those lost regions back - and invite new ones.

Well if you feel that deeply about the deficiencies of the present system you should gather like-minded members and fight for the system to be changed. I must agree that at present there is nothing to attain or aspire to for the ordinary member - things are a bit stagnant as a consequence; it used to be static, but now it's become stagnant! We've got the forum we're happy with now, so all we need to do is get the system we like, surely?

It would be nice to have somebody start an activity or something. It's not like they'd be overawed by the competition!

The direction of NSR was not my province. Being root admin and doing the graphics is no big-deal if you know what you're doing and you enjoy doing it. What is a great pain is the work time you have spent on the forum only for it to become a wasteland! I know that everyone that's been in that position feels the same way.