punkdaddy
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I'm currently running for President there but whomever is chosen is fine by me.
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On the NS boards, not a lot of excitement for the ideas, but I'm glad you all are getting the concept behind my idea,
I actually think native registration is the better of the two because once you register natives it provides you with opportunities to do other things. I think people on the NS forums are getting hung up on the revolution and, i nearly excluded founder revolutions because I knew it would be a sticking point.
One person argued that influence is basically the same thing as this but influence is a passive power unless you're delegate. This would lead to more active participation.
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Posted on the NS Forums. Thoughts?
Aiiiyygghtt…After years of whining, I'm finally getting off my lazy behind and actually thinking of an improvement to the R/D game rather than my perfunctory “please get rid of influence” rant.
Native Registration
This would work like offsite forum gameplay citizen registration in that nations can become registered residents of a region and be the true (and only) definition of “native”. To summarize the process:
- Nation X joins Region A.
- On Nation X’s nation page there would be a button called “Apply for Native Status” or something.
- Nation X clicks the button.
- A Telegram is sent to the Founder. In the region’s administration there would be, like pending embassy apps, pending Natives applications.
- The Founder would accept or reject the application. Note: Nations would have the ability to apply again after a certain timeframe (2, 5,7 days?)
- If accepted, Nation X would have a small badge “Native” and on the regional page “Natives” would be denoted by something (“NN”[Native Nation] as an example)
Founders would not have the ability to remove Natives once accepted. Natives lose their native badge when they leave the region either by banjection or voluntarily. The former is a bit problematic but I’m not quite sure how to get around this just yet.
Ejecting a native would carry an extra influence cost above the current natives influence level, perhaps something like 1.05.
In GCR’s the sitting delegate would have the same powers as the Founder in terms of conveying native status.
A follow up idea, is the concept of a “revolution”.
Revolution
A revolution would occur when natives vote to remove a delegate from power (the game would send the delegate to TRR regardless of influence level) and when natives vote to revolt against their founder stripping the founder nation of his/her powers making the region a founderless region. Natives then would have the opportunity to select a new founder.
Potential Impacts on R/D game
Well, I have always felt that the definition of a “native” has been dubious, at best, for years. Raiders can come in raid and wreck a region, boot everybody, and refound a region saying that because they had a couple of plants there for a week or so they were 'native'. Some raiders are just looking to tag regions and that would continue but we’ve seen instances of raiders completely disrupting a community. The natives haven't had much of way to combat raiders other than unendo telegrams and requesting aide from defenders.The concept of ‘native’ gives natives a bit of efficacy in many ways. Bad founder? Give him/her the boot. Bad delegate? Adios. Raiders in your region? Gone. Obviously, founders, delegates, and raiders could banject the natives to TRR and remove some of their political opponents. However, if there is a struggle natives would have a fighting chance unlike they really have today.
Another outcome I see is raiders and defenders looking to “stack” in regions so that they control the ‘natives’ in particular regions. To me this would happen in a ‘war’ and really there would need be significant espionage to do this as any competent founder isn’t going to accept any random ol’ native application. Still – I foresee the defenders and raiders attempting to try and control/manipulate native votes.
I’m sure there are a number of other impacts good and bad, but this is just the overall concept to give non-R/D paradigm players a tool to exact change in their regions.
- Nation X joins Region A.
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Well, i think we're running under the assumption that the government is in flux and led by Yy. I do think that if there is something in particular you'd like to do you should contact him directly.
Also - this is a time of opportunity. We're not bound by stale documents and you may have an opportunity to do something in the New World that you would otherwise not under the old system.
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And the endo cap?
Elections?
You want to give control of a feeder to one person, with no checks and balances?
Hmm...you must hail from TP. *chuckles*
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ahh...the ADN...the bastion of hypocrisy...I miss thee...
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I need to get off my lazy butt and ask Uni about it...although if there is anyone here quasi close to him might work better.
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Chaos would be fun to try out. I like it.
But Powerboat, if you'll allow me, I think a follow up to your question would be, "where do I fit in the new government?" Would that be an accurate assessment?
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I would have loved to have re-opened this embassy...
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...so true TAO...so true.
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I started back in 2004, a referrall from a place called Redscape.com where I played the game of Diplomacy. I've done a lot of things, been to a number of places, but by and large I have tried to test different political ideas through this game.
My favorite memory of the game is early 2006 when I ran for Consul of the Merit against the Anti-Commi Clan. I ended up losing by a vote when we had a revote after the first vote was tied. I didn't like losing, but I liked my response to the loss which was one of the most political statements I have ever made in the game. I basically congratulated ACC and built up a lot of good will by not whining about the loss. I knew that if I took that route, whenever I ran in the future I'd win big. Sure enough a few months later I won in a landslide.
I actually believe the thing that has kept me in the game is the fact that I am banned from TSP. In RL, I'm probably one of the most diplomatic person out there. The fact that this situation remains unresolved after seven years continues to intrigue me and keeps me going in a sense. Once that is resolved, I may retire full time.
I miss the old days but am quite surprised so many people who were kicking about then are still active.
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I believe Unibot has created a script to TG new nations born in TWP. That would be a very useful tool.
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Yes, and Yy is more of an in-game player than offsite one.
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Westwind, I completely agree that more needs to be done here in TWP...completely agree. However, I think a reset here in TWP was needed to resuscitate the offsite forums and we're definitely seeing the fruit of this.
I am currently VP which is more of a ceremonial role, but I am looking to become president. I don't believe this will hamper my efforts here. I am also running for AG in TNP and hope to win that election. We'll see on both fronts, but my first priority is here in TWP but over the past few months not much day-to-day was required, Since ED's change of the Constitution, I'm not quite sure how many HoL members we have and what the max is, I'm afraid. The NSR is also working on revamping its constitution too. Many in the NSR are trying to separate TWP and the NSR since the two were synonymous at one point, but it's been months, almost a year since TWP and NSR were linked from a governmental standpoint.
I also agree that we should strive to keep our interregional relationships but what I'm struggling with is how we can maintain activity. We've got other threads for that discussion, but we do need to figure out what kind of government we're going to have & from there we can look at our alliances.
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Well, with the reset we do need to address how we wish to proceed with the NSR. It is alive an well, we have a number of committed regions and a number of committed players. Myself, Tweedy, and ED are admins on the forums and currently a member of Atriegas, People United Together, is the President.
I think as a region we should continue to remain in this alliance as I see that there are still continued benefits to be had. But, I wanted to start a discussion on this and also offer a link to the current forums which you will note are much more active than our own forums were before the reset:
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You know we had an Assembly. It did not do much.
I kinda favor a more radical approach.
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It's kinda cool to start from scratch. The old system didn't lend itself to activity really. But, it's not technically "old" unless Yy4u wishes to rule apart from it. He may, but at least the forum offers us a fresh start to try some new things.
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And we're back! Thanks Winni
18 Members?!?!?
in The Lounge
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I'm so glad Eli is back.
...and yes Fratellnoir, most of the old Farts in TWP care less about who holds the chair than having fun. The game is not that much fun to most of us and I'd say none of the old farts are all that interested in the petty games played today. We recall when there was true political intrigue and the fights were difficult and you won some and you lost some. I'd venture to guess not one of the old farts fears any of the new class and if we just wiggled a finger, the noobies would topple. The people here in TWP aren't all that interested in that but I think we stick around in the hopes that one day, one day, the game will return to something that is worth playing.
Till then...in TWP...noobies can take the ball and run as hard and as fast as they like with the people from the old folks home cheering from their rocking chairs.