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  1. May 31st, 2016 | Volume #6, Issue #4 Current Regional Population: 821 (+344) | Current Delegate Endorsements: 140 (+51) Forum Posts: 263,652 (+4,035) | Forum Members: 1,305 (+170) Reporters: Asylum, BeoTheGreat, Ceapoyce, A Kaskadian | Editors: Asylum, Viisbyax Hierarch: Asylum Chancellor: Ceapoyce Deputy With No Portfolio: Terrabuena Special Adviser: Quinncunx Secretary of Equinomics: Boy101 Secretary of Roleplay: BeoTheGreat Secretary of Welcoming: A Kaskadian World Assembly Delegate: KevinWasserman Speaker: To Be Elected Deputy Speaker: Lower Coleland Founder: Falconias Region | Forums | EquiTweets (Twitter) | Discord (Chat) Farewell Address from Chancellor Ceapoyce Greetings to all of you out there reading this EQT! For those of you who may not know me; I'm Cea, Equinox's craziest floofy raccoon loving citizen! This has been my third term as Chancellor, and as of right now I do not intend to run in this election. That being said, I want to thank each and every member of Equinox who has served in my cabinet as a Secretary, Deputy, or Special Adviser. Equinox is home to a plethora of diverse and wonderful people, each and every one of you has helped shape me into the leader I have become. I find myself thinking of when I first joined Equinox, I was only seeking a small community of people on the internet to talk to. I thought if perhaps I could get past my anxieties and talk to you all then maybe I'd be able to work up the courage to post in r/writingprompts. Who knew that instead I'd find a steady group of friends, advisers, and even family! (I never did work up the courage to post a story in r/writingprompts by the way.) I've never felt more at home somewhere than I do within the NationStates community, and for that I'd like to thank you all. Stay classy NationStates Chancellor Ceapoyce was interviewed in the first "Equinox Interview Telegram (EIT)", where she addresses her term as Chancellor and the future of Equinox! Reporter: Ceapoyce Summer Kickoff Pool Party -- Equinox celebrated the signing of "The Shaded Swimming Pool Treaty" alongside The Universal Allegiance in style. The celebration, entitled EQTV's Summer Kickoff Pool Party, boasted a myriad of games and contests! The event was very well attended by members of The Universal Allegiance as well as a few members of other regions. Participants tried to oust the Gary Busey in a game of Celebrity Werewolves, won neat prizes from random shots of liquor, sang karaoke, and enjoyed mingling by the pool. Equinox was thoroughly trounced in the regional trivia competition with The UA but managed to regain some of their lost dignity when The Hatter's Society claimed first prize in the Volleyball Tournament. Link to Invitation. The Florists, a new Guild! -- We are proud to announce we've seen the creation of yet another Guild! The Guild Confederacy of Equinox is proud to welcome The Florists! This Guild is geared toward those of our members who enjoy creative creation! Roleplay guides this Guild, and its founder, Terrabuena, has already introduced a new RP entitled "The Forest of Glim". We look forward to all the wonderful stories this Guild is sure to create! Imgur Influx, Equinox Breaks 1,000! -- During the massive influx of new nations from Imgur, Equinox reached the momentous milestone of 1,000 nations on April 29th! Current Hierarch and long time member, Asylum, noted the event with a touching speech brimming with pride. "My goals back then for Equinox were to have a semi-active board and region that is a decent size of 100-300 nations," he said, speaking of Equinox's early 2015 revival. "Instead we now sit at 1,000 nations, and that is an outstanding accomplishment in NationStates." While not all of those nations stuck around, Equinox is still going strong as a region and as a community. Asylum encouraged the region to continue to grow and prosper in his speech, saying, "Do we still have work to do? Absolutely. But I am confident in the direct that Equinox is taking, and I cannot wait and see where we are 6 months from now." Link to Announcement. Reporter: Asylum Equinox's New Friends from around the World! -- Equinox is happy to announce that the following regions have opened embassies on our offsite forums; The Allied States, Grand Central, Sapientia, Lazarus, Portugal, Eientei Gensokyo, and Osiris. We look forward to continued friendly relations with all regions, and look forward to expanding our friendship with more regions! The Conclave Update -- The Conclave (formerly known as The Citizen's Assembly/Council) was very busy since the last Equinox Quick Telegram, having passed 15 Acts; 13 of them were signed into law by Chancellor Ceapoyce, while 2 were vetoed. They are listed below; Passed Laws The Amendments Act was passed with a 3-0-1 Vote (For-Against-Abstain), which establishes Amendments to the Charter or passed law. Banning of Delete on Sight Players Act was passed with a 10-0-0 Vote, bans any DOS player from the Equinox forums. The Bill of Rights Act was passed with a 5-0-0 Vote, grants rights and protections to citizens, nations and players of Equinox. The Citizenship and Census Act was passed with a 4-2-0 Vote, establishes requirements for citizenry and a yearly census of citizens. The Criminal Code of the Hierarch's Court was passed with a 7-0-0 Vote, establishes sentences and lengths of punishment in the courts. Embassy Row Act was passed 5-0-1 Vote, establishes the embassy policy of Equinox. The Equinomics Act was passed 3-0-1 Vote, officially sets up Equinomics as a key function of Equinox. Foreign Recruitment Act was passed 6-0-0, bans any formal relations with regions who actively recruit from anything but the Feeders and Sinkers of NationStates. Guild Recruitment Restrictions Act was passed with a 6-1-0 Vote, limits the amount of posts a guild can advertise itself with on the NS RMB. The Holiday Act was passed with a 8-0-0 Vote, establishes Founding Day, Revival Day and Doopmas as Equinox holidays! The Militia Act was passed with a 5-2-0 Vote, grants the Hierarch or Chancellor to create a military to protect allied regions and fulfill military treaties. Remove Role Play from Government Act was passed with a 5-1-0 Vote, bans mention of any Equinox Role Plays in Government Areas. World Assembly Act was passed with a 2-1-0 Vote, establishes the Delegate elections and the Guardians. Vetoed Proposals The Sentences of the Hierarch's Court was vetoed and sent back to the Conclave for edits; it eventually was signed into law as the "The Criminal Code of the Hierarch's Court". Amendment to the "Guilds of Equinox Act" was vetoed due to no compromising over key items; it has since been tabled by the proposer. Royal Solstice College Renovation -- Hierarch Asylum has taken on a personal project for Equinox by organizing the long-time standing "Royal Solstice College" which is a historical archive of all things Equinox. While it is already home to the Hall of Fame and the Telegram Vault (every single EQT, EWT, and EMT published), there will be additions such as historical regional flags, government and staff records, and possibly yearly summaries of Equinox. This is a massive project done in the background that will be completed in several months. Equinox's Statement on Osiris -- In an effort to get Equinox out on the world scale, Chancellor Ceapoyce issued a statement in regards to the Osiris situation where Cormac V Jesus Whale dominated the world news cycle. The Statement was made on the Osiris topic on the NationStates Forums. This is the first statement that Equinox issued, and it will not the be the last as we strive to make our name, and our thoughts on a world scale. Forum Staff Shakeup -- On May 19th the Forum Staff said goodbye to one of its moderators. Katalina was officially replaced as a Global Moderator on the Equinox forums, replaced with former Jr. Admin Quinncunx. We wish Katalina well and hope she returns to full activity, but welcome and congratulate Quinn back to the staff! Government Hirings & Dismissal -- On May 30th, Hierarch Asylum offered the position of Deputy of the Conclave to Lower Coleland, who quickly accepted and moved on from being a Deputy for Chancellor Ceapoyce. Chancellor Ceapoyce created the Secretary of Welcoming position and gave it to a promising new member, A Kaskadian. Since his appointment, the integration of new nations to Equinox has been quite successful with a much needed jump start to the region Mentor program. With this creation, Deputy of Government Welcoming Katalina was dismissed due to inactivity. A Kaskadian's appointment was also historical as it is the first time since 2011 that the Government of Equinox had a member from every guild in its ranks. Chancellor Ceapoyce also saw fit to create a Special Adviser role for the returning Quinncunx, to add to Ceapoyce's wealth of experience in her cabinet. Hall of Fame Addition -- Asylum had the pleasure of announcing the latest addition to the Equinox Hall of Fame. Congratulations to Silmeria on her selection, who had an amazing career in Equinox from 2009 to 2011. We wish her continued success and happiness in her retirement from NationStates. Executive Order #001; Creation of the Speaker -- Chancellor Ceapoyce issued the first Executive Order under the current Charter of Equinox on May 23rd. EO #001 establishes the offices of Speaker and Deputy Speaker, which will now run the legislative body of Equinox, the Conclave. This is a major step in giving more responsibility to the region and frees up more time for the Hierarch, who was previously running the Conclave. The changes are now going into effect, and the Speaker will be elected alongside the upcoming elections for Chancellor. Hierarch Asylum endorsed the Executive Order immediately after its issuing, voicing his own hand in making the Order and highlighting the efforts being made to grant more democratic control over the Conclave, which consists of any legal citizen of the region. Reporter: A Kaskadian Equinox's Growing Role Plays -- Your subordinate puts a big stack of folders on your desk. From all the flags on the first page you only recognize the central one, which is depicted as slightly larger than the other ones; it is of course the flag of Equinox. You look at the first page of the report. EINS News Round-Up #001: Even though things seemed to have improved since the fiasco at the Palace of Littsvin and the resulting annexation of nearby country Brasilistan by the Littsvin Armed Forces, they have taken a turn to the worse in the last few weeks, when the State Council of Kaskada declared the Sun - celestial object and center of the solar system, occasionally known under the pseudonym "Sol" - a dangerous and wanted criminal. The Scarlet Cross Assembly of the neighbouring Vyrtus did not take this declaration very well, resulting in armed conflicts on the Vyrtussian-Kaskadian border between Vyrtus and the nations encompassed by the Secret Police Alliance, notably Vneshniy Nebo, Kaskada and Lower Coleland. After threats regarding orbital mass annihilation weapons, the conflict appears to have cooled down. Hersir Wulfstan (Vyrtus) and State Secretary Peters (Kaskada) were last seen shaking hands on the salt lake between their respective nations while reports of evil laughter emanating from Kaskada's Parliament in City One have quadrupled in the last few weeks. Following the success of our comedy drama soap opera RP "As Equinox Turns", Equinoxian Secretary of RP Beo has been working on another short RP which will be introduced in the next few weeks. The current title of this new RP, which by the way will be canon in regards to our Nation RP as summarized above, is "As Equinox Burns". Expect explosions, one-liners, cliffhangers and doomsday devices. Additionally, the Equinox Role Play Rewards are now a thing! RP on our forums and earn cute little animals that are even better than the Post Reward Pokémon you could already get! Equinox Adopts Discord -- Another thing worth mentioning is our Discord Channel which has really really lifted off since its introduction earlier this year and has replaced Skype as the official way of communication outside of our Forums. We invite you to join us there as it is an excellent place to chat without the formality or quality requirement (hah!) of posting on our forums. It is also the place where we hold our Chat-RPs and we would love to have others participate. Scheduling information can be found here. A Regional Anthem in the Making? -- After round one of Equinox's search for a regional anthem has passed, the National Anthem of Aruba has been chosen as Equinox's version of the imperial march theme song. Or something. That leaves us with round two! Right now at this very moment, poetic Equinoxians are working on lyrics and trying their best to capture all of Equinox' gloriousness in a few lines of nice-sounding nonsense. If you have any ideas for a stanza or two or would like to visit our hard-working poets who are writing these lines with tears, blood and... other things, click here! Reporter: BeoTheGreat Old Faces Stop By --Not long ago, legendary veterans of Equinox, such as ex-King Falconias, visited the forum. It was a pleasant surprise to see vets like Falconias, Silmeria, Mekhet (M'aeq), Griff, DYP (Drop Your Pants) and Kunin return to pay the region a visit. A lovely exchange occurred between the members, old and new, where they introduced themselves, updated each other on real life as well as NS life, and generally had some fun. uDecide Equinox; Re-brands the Forums --With the renewal of Equinox, it was decided we needed fresh new names and new banners too! uDecide Equinox, a series of threads where multiple names for different subforums were suggested and then voted on, fulfilled this. 'BJ's Bar and Grill', which is part of 'Equinox Lifestyle and Gaming', did not get a name change. 'Completely Irrelevant, Useless & Ridiculous Happenings', the spam section, also did not get a name change. 'Lifestyle Central', home to culture, activities, and minor events became 'The Plaza of Personality'. 'Everything Gaming', the gaming forum, became 'Game On!'. The 'Arena of Role Play', AKA the roleplay section, turned into 'Illusory Lane'. Finally, The 'Citizen's Assembly', the region-wide version of the World Assembly, was renamed to 'The Conclave'. The Guild Cup Starts --To add a sense of friendly competition and rivalry between the guilds and give their members incentive to be active, the Guild Cup was created. The concept of the Guild Cup is that the staff and government award the guilds points for doing certain things (e.g. guild members posting in the spam section, discussing proposals in the Conclave, etc.) and whichever guild has the most points by the end of the term wins the Guild Cup! The Guild Cup winner receives several advantages the next term, such as receiving a tax exemption, the ability to sponsor a second PPoTW (Pointless Poll of The Week) and a cool trophy to display on their banner and in their headquarters! This term's Guild Cup winner was the Hatter's Society. Congrats, Hatters! Stay loony! Editor's Note We understand that this Equinox Quick Telegram, is anything but Quick. This is our first region update since March 31st, and alot has happened since then. We have already taken steps to ensure that the Equinox Quick Telegram will return to a fast read, and a more frequent one.
  2. March 31th, 2016| Issue #7 Current Regional Population: 477 (+90) | Current Delegate Endorsements: 89 (+5) Forum Posts: 259,617 (+4,675) | Forum Members: 1,135 (+63) Hierarch: Asylum Chancellor: Ceapoyce Deputy of Legislative Process: Lower Coleland Deputy of Government Welcoming: Katalina Deputy With No Portfolio: Terrabuena Secretary of Equinomics: Boy101 Secretary of Roleplay: BeoTheGreat World Assembly Delegate: KevinWasserman Founder: Falconias QUICK REGIONAL NEWS -Equinox has had quite and exciting time since our last telegram went out in January! We hope your time has been spent joyously and I apologize ahead of time for the length this post might acquire. -Our changes began with the launch of our fist ever Guild's Fair on January 27th, 2016. Equinox has long been known for its stance as a Guild Confederacy and, while the Guilds are still an integeral part of Equinoxian life, we felt it necessary to shake things up a bit. The Fair was a rousing success and was attended by members of several regions. We acquired three amazing new Guilds, which you'll see short tidbits from at the end of this telegram, and have since acquired a fourth. Link to Fair invitation -Time honored member Quinncunx was inducted into the Hall of Fame on January 19th and then became a Junior Admin on February 12th. He also served a brief stint as Chancellor of Equinox from March 9th until he officially announced his resignation and retirement from Nationstates on March 22nd. We adore Quinn and wish him a happy retirement. Secretary Ceapoyce then won the position in a landslide victory over citizen CookieSurvival on March 27th. - Slimeria, an amazing member of Equinox during 2009 - 2011, was also inducted into the hall of fame recently! Silmeria served as Minister of Culture, twice, and as Senator, twice. She was a very successful and creative Minister of Culture. She was successful in creating a competitive nature between the guilds, in the Guild Point system.Very much as it sounds, it is kind of based off the Harry Potter Hogwart House Points. Guilds would do things to earn points, the guild with the most points won the competition. She is rumored to be the last member from 'old' Equinox to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Link to Hall of Fame topic. -Prior to Quinncunx's retirement, the government went through a massive shake-up. In the Chancelor's elections prior to the ones ending on March 9th, both potential candidates dropped out of the race a day before its end. Candidates cited regional apathy in their reasons for the protest and, with no viable Chancellor, a state of government emergency was declared on March 1st. -Our ever calm and collected Hierarch, Asylum, dealt with the situation admirably. He kept our various government departments running smoothly as he proposed the dissolution of the Equinox Constitution and the implementing of our current Charter. The Charter is very simplified when compared to the old Constitution and was passed with a vast amount of popular support. -After a quick rename the Citizen's Assembly has had several debates regarding Equinox policy since the Charter came into effect. Elections was a big debate as it really helped define the role of the Charter itself, and the Assembly debated if it was necessary to further define elections in Equinox, or if the Hierarch already held the power over them. The very popular Foreign Recruiting bill was re-passed without an opposing vote. With in now in effect, Equinox will no longer hold diplomatic relations with any region that actively recruits from Equinox. And in a somewhat fitting act, the first proposal passed by the then Citizen's Council, The Guilds of Equinox, which passed and was signed by then Chancellor Quinncunx. -Equinox has continued to grow and change by updating our offsite forums! Forums have new, fresher images and many are being re-named. Citizens may propose new names and then whichever names garner the most support are being put to a vote. Although some cherished areas have kept their names by popular vote. Such as BJ's Bar and Grill, home to our ever popular Spam Game section. The forum was quoted as being "The one little piece of Falc that never left us."-- Viisbyax -Another new addition to Equinox was the return of NationStates families! Though Equinox has been home to the Corleone family for some time, a new family began with the Marriage of Chancellor Ceapoyce (Cea Cerulean) and Captain Mordor (Captain Angus Mordor). The wedding took place on February 10th in The Alliance of Queens. Though both members are Equinox natives, they are active in the AoQ and found it to be a delightful wedding venue. They adopted Equinoxian citizen Approximate Psychosis as their son shortly thereafter. Link to Announcement -Continuing to move forward into the future Equinox has begun to move away from Skype for chatting with members and on to Discord! Discord, is a messaging service that is very much like Skype, without the lag and terrible desktop software, is free when compared to TeamSpeak (mobile applications), and is a modern service when compared to the old IRC Chat we never used. -In more new and exciting news Equinox has officially signed The Shaded Swimming Pool Treaty with The Universal Allegiance! We are very excited about this new venture in our regional friendship and hope to see many good things come of it. -In step with all the changes taking place Equinox hosted The New Socks Festival. The festival centered around games that changed or made things new again. A popular hit was The Maze! The Maze is a text based RPG style game in which participants are trapped in a daunting maze that continually changes. Having been such a big hit it was continued after the festival's closing and is still open for participation. -Equinomics turned Academic, as new member and now Deputy Chancellor, Lower Coleland opened the doors to University of Equinox, and classes began! For a small equin sum, citizens could attend classes on Hippie Sciences, School of History, and Engineering Sciences. So far the University has seen a steady attendance, with high hopes of growing. -In a stunning Heist, Director P of the Agency (Asylum), and his agents successfully stole the Head Hatter's Hat! Continuing their streak against their rival guilds they sunk the battleship of Yarr! and then took up refuge in the Agency's Blacksite: Red Room of Pain for a final show down with their remaining guild rivals. Only for the Hat, to have been sold on the Black Market?! Only time will tell if the other guilds will seek out revenge! -Our Embassy Row grew by 4 since our past update, and we are pleased to have welcomed representatives from Cynosure, The Communist Bloc, Vanet, and Terrene! All 4 who opened embassies on the Equinox forums. We are always looking for new friends from across NationStates! News From the Guilds! Our newly formed Guilds of Equinox have compiled some wonderful tidbits to let you know about them, and what they've been up to! The Agency The Agency has gone through a quiet mode as agents are completing their missions. During that time, we successfully stole the Hatter's Hat, which drove them into further insanity. We got a nice face lift, with a redesigned guild banner. We lost Director D, Quinncunx, as he left the region, but we will continue to take steps forward The Secret Police Hello, Citizen. Yes, you. No. Not you. The other one. Yes, you. You. We have watched you for a long time, Citizen. We have observed and we have listened. We have seen. We even have smelled. This is why we know that You are the right one for this job. This job of secrecy and mysteriousness. Of weirdness and paperwork. Especially weirdness, but also paperwork. A lot of paperwork. Come join the Secret Police, the only Guild in Equinox where you are not forced to wear a silly hat but still feel very silly. You are also allowed to wear the hat, if you want to. Contact us by opening a window and shouting "Secret Police" into the darkness. We know that you know that we are there. You could also just click on that link. The Hatter's Society We here at the Hatter's Society have been wondrously preoccupied with our hat making. Our hats are lovingly made with mercury! We offer several styles and- [small] What? No I will not play majong with you right now you silly pelican. Can't you see I'm drafting important jibber-jab here?[/small] As I was saying, our spaghetti is just top notch! Perfect for candle lit dinners in your driveway or for tossing at the neighbor's dog! Stop by the Cinnamon Bun Lampost today for your free trial Sham-Wow and alpaca rides! Yarr! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRG MATEYS! Set sail with Yarr! as we drink and fight our way to glory and honor! Grab yer sword, yer peg leg, and yer eye patch and climb aboard!
  3. January 22nd, 2015 | Issue #6 Current Regional Population: 388 (-12) | Current Delegate Endorsements: 84 (+7) Forum Posts: 254,942 (+4,028) | Forum Members: 1,072 (+15) Hierarch: Asylum Chancellor: Ceapoyce Secretary of Engagement: Dr.Killjoy Secretary of Equinomics: Boy101 Secretary of Lifestyle: BeoTheGreat World Assembly Delegate: KevinWasserman Founder: Falconias QUICK REGIONAL NEWS -- Equinox experience a brief lull over the holiday season. The holidays were greatly enjoyed here in Equinox, as we hope they were enjoyed by all of you! -- Elections for the new term were held in January and we're very excited about our new cabinet! It was a tight race this term with two positions being won by a mere two vote margin! Newcomer Dr.Killjoy secured the position of Secretary of Engagement with an 8-6 vote against Cookiesurvival. Dr.Killjoy also ran for the position of Secretary of Lifestyle, but lost to BeoTheGreat in a 10-4 vote race. Former Secretary of Lifestyle Ceapoyce climbed the government ladder this term, winning the position of Chancellor by two votes over her opponent WA Delegate KevinWasserman; the final vote was 10-8. -- The deadline for the nominations of residents to the Secretary of Equinomics passed before any viable nominees came forth, leaving the position vacant after the elections. It fell to the new Chancellor, Ceapoyce, to select a candidate. Long time citizen Boy101 was selected for the position, via Executive Order #007, and is preforming admirably. -- Asylum served as Chancellor for all of 2015, and in his most recent term he issued a grand total of six Executive Orders. The most expansive of which was Executive Order #005 The order made several changes to Equinox's constitution, one of which was the addition of a new position entitled, Hierarch. The Hierarch's responsibilities are to ensure the region's survival and maintain the activity of the forums, the region, the Government, the guilds, and all of Equinox. Asylum secured the position himself, running unopposed in the recent election. -- The changes to the constitution also included the addition of a Citizen's Council. The Citizen's Council allows all members of Equinox to engage in government through the proposal of new legislation and the sharing of ideas. Currently, the council is discussing a proposal for a mentorship program that would assign new members a mentor to help them acclimate to their entertaining new lives on the Equinox forums. -- Each term the new cabinet convenes to select one member of the forum to enter the hallowed halls of The Hall of Fame. This terms selected member is Quinnicunx! A long time member, Quinn has made many notable contributions to Equinox. Most notably Quinncunx has rescued and redesigned Equinox's economic system several times, serving as Head of Equinomics on numerous occasions. Congratulations Quinn, we love you. -- Due to a brief CTEing of our Founder, Falconias, a World Assembly Guardian Crew was created. The World Assembly Guardian Crew, comprised of veteran and established players only, actively seek out endorsements of Equinox WA Members. An endorsement cap for the region was also established, any citizen who is not the WA Delegate or part of the WA Guardian Crew may now receive no more than fifty endorsements. Link to announcement -- Equinox hosted a medieval themed Grand Tourney in November, the event was well attended and considered a rousing success! Events included; a game of werewolves that came down to a standoff between a rouge vigilante and the bloodthirsty werewolf, a forum where anyone and everyone could alter another's posts entitled The Jester's Mods, hilarity and spam games in The Silver Shotglass Tavern, and The Grand Melee, in which participants utilized a system of fight mechanics and ruthless strategy to beat out opponents. Citizen Cookiesurvival claimed the win in the Grand Melee. We look forward to hosting more events like this in the future! -- Embassy Row grew by welcoming our friends from Auralia and DEN We also welcomed back old friends in, The Alliance of Queens! -- As role play has seen a slight dip in activity, an RP Crisis Conference was held. Members of the role play community met to discuss the current state of the Arena of Roleplay. Spearheaded by new Secretary of Lifestyle BeoTheGreat, the conference addressed many important issues and much progress was made. Currently the RP department is hosting an "easy to play" RP entitled; 1939-1945 the story is set in Nazi Germany and has already attracted several participants. -- Contests and games continue to be a favorite in Equinox! Recently held contests and games included, a paper hand-turkey creation contest, a Christmas tree decorating contest, and a game of Driedel. Most contests included Steam games as prizes! Currently we're hosting a Map Creation Contest in which participants are creating maps of Equinox! -- The Guild of Doom is now hosting games of Cards Against Humanity, where forum members meet in an online version of the game to play and laugh together. The game is enjoyed by many in the region. Link to Announcement
  4. November 4th, 2015 | Issue #5 Current Regional Population: 400 (+30) | Current Delegate Endorsements: 77 (+5) Forum Posts: 250,914 (+6,224) | Forum Members: 1,007 (+52) Chancellor: Asylum Founder: Falconias Secretary of Engagement: Katalina Secretary of Equinomics: Quinncunx Secretary of Lifestyle: Ceapoyce World Assembly Delegate: KevinWasserman QUICK REGIONAL NEWS -- The Forum Staff expanded recently with the addition of long-time Equinoxian Mekhet to the Moderator position, and a promotion of Moderator Viisbyax to Junior Admin. Link to Announcement -- The Region held a Flag Contest to replace the old flag that was originally designed around the "Gaming and Lifestyle" forum that Founder Falconias intended this Equinox revival to be. After rounds of submissions, Chancellor Asylum's proposal was adopted as the new flag of the region. (See below) -- One of the first acts as an elected Cabinet is to select a new member of the Equinox Hall of Fame. This time was different as the cabinet agreed to vote in one member/nation as well as one guild of Equinox's past. We were pleased to welcome Akrine and The Lords Guild into the Hall of Fame! Link to Announcement -- A month after election the cabinet suffered a loss by wave of Secretary of Equinomics Cookiesurvival's resignation. In the election for cookie's replacement only one candidate was running at the end of the nomination period. Instead of dragging out the time for Quinncunx to take power, Chancellor Asylum issued Executive Order #002 to place Quinncunx into power without election. Cookiesurvival's Resignation -- Executive Order #002 -- The cabinet's woes continued on for a few weeks with inactivity plaguing Secretary of Lifestyle The Church of Satan, and the sudden disappearance of Secretary of Engagement yumyum36. Finally Chancellor Asylum acted and issued Executive Order #003. Effectly removing The Church of Satan and yumyum36 from their respective Secretary duties. Including with EO #003, it promoted past Secretary of Lifestyle and current Deputy Ceapoyce into the Secretary position. Executive Order #003 -- Executive Order #003 left the Secretary of Engagement position open for election. Veteran Hospitlar faced off with relatively new comer Katalina, both from the Guild of Doom. After the Guild Electoral College voted, Katalina secured the election 2-1, by having Guild of Doom and The Mafia back her candidacy, with Hospitlar securing the Artisan vote. Guild Leader Voting Center for Secretary of Engagement -- Embassy Row grew by welcoming our friends from The Kingdom of Great Britain, ACA and Asgard! -- An Equinox Tradition was revived with a small twist! Deputy Chancellor Quinncunx was tasked with bringing back the "Quadannual Silver Spork Awards", with a new name and a new award Quinncunx played host to the "Triannual Silver Shot Glass Awards!" Equinoxians were able to nominate and vote for their fellow Equinoxians on a host of awards, including "Member of the Term", "Guild of the Term", "Funniest Quote" and "Couple That Should Happen" Final List of the Winners! -- For the month of September Equinox experience a sudden surge in activity and posts. September experienced over 5100 posts, which was the highest posts in one month since October 2010. The following month of October returned to the average posts of 1500-2000 per month since the revival occurred. -- In order to drive up Equinomics importance and simplicity potential Residents are asked if they would like an account when they apply for Residency. Equinomics members have increased significantly since the policy went into place. -- Role Play Pro, Captain Mordor, is creating a whole new world for Equinoxian Role Players to partake in. Currently under construction "Tales of Urdun" is expected soon! While fellow RPer BeoWulf (The Merry Gentleman) introduced a Post-Appoc RP that is called "Simple to play", "Downfall: The Plague" -- Equinox celebrated the annual NationStates "Z-Day" by letting each nation decide what "Faction" to join. The Church of Zombie Overlords (COTZO), Equinox United for the Cure (EUC), and Zombie Eradication and Ravager Operation (ZERO). COTZO easily destroyed the other factions in route to a blowout victory for the zombies. Infection Rate: 99.4% (66.8 billion infected, 376 million survivors) was the finally tally, and further underlines the importance of coordination and forum joining as majority of the Equinox forum users were for COTZO. We look forward to next zombie day! -- To somewhat capitalize on the activity that Z-Day presents, the cabinet threw together a Halloween Mini-Party where attendees answered quizzes about their survival in a zombie world, voted for their favorite costumes and what their favorite horror movie is. -- In order to take the financial burden off just an individual or two for recruiting efforts, the Cabinet and Staff joined forces to increase the potential of NS Store donations by offering an Equin reward and placing more links around the forum to increase the likihood of donations. Donate Telegram Stamps! -- Chancellor Asylum addressed the region's lack of motivation in his Midterm Address, trying to motivate residents into action for the benefit of Equinox. In the address he introduced two key policies that will be outlined below. Midterm Address -- The Guild Tax is officially a thing after the Midterm Address. Guilds will automatically get a Equinomics account and will now be taxed a total of 250 Equins per month. If a guild fails to make a payment they will be closed. In order for the Guilds to combat this high tax, Tax Credits are given for certain requirements being met by forcing the guilds to provide activities and make a cultural impact on the region. In addition to Tax Credits, guilds can face fines from the Government, however no such fines have yet to be determined. List of Guild Tax Credits & Fines -- Also in the Midterm Address was Executive Order #004. Which alters the Constitution into creating a Mid-term Approval Poll. Since terms of Government are 4 month periods of time, this Midterm Approval Poll will be started by the Forum Staff. If an elected official fails to meet a 50% approval or higher, they will be removed from office and the election process begins. Officials removed by these polls are barred from participating in the replacement election. The Constitutional Amendment is currently being voted on by the Guilds, needing 2 out of the 3 to approve of. The Mafia has voted in Favor of this Amendment, while Artisans and Guild of Doom have yet to vote. Amendment Guild Vote GUILD POWER RANKINGS 1. Leaders: Hospitlar, Ceapoyce & Mekhet Members: 13 (+1) -- By winning the Guild of the Term at the Triannual Awards, and having Ceapoyce and Katalina secure the open Secretary spots were huge for Guild of Doom. Out of the 12 Government and Staff positions, Guild of Doom holds 6 of them. 2. Leader: Asylum Members: 13 (+2) -- With a renewed vigor Chancellor Asylum and newly elected Secretary of Equinomics Quinncunx lead the guild enough to claim the 2nd spot in the rankings. However their lack of raiding and disappearance of military leader Talidania has made The Mafia into a very shaky 2nd place. 3. Leader: Cookiesurvival Members: 7 (+1) -- While the Artisans claimed all the Secretary positions in the election they quickly lost all 3 spots by the end of October. This coupled with silence on the guild front has lead the guild to drop from 1st place to last. Hopefully guild leader Cookiesurvival and constant BeoWulf (The Merry Gentleman) can pull something out of the magic hat!
  5. June 23rd, 2015 | Issue #2 Current Regional Population: 434 (+15) | Current Delegate Endorsements: 108 (-8) Forum Posts: 238,524 (+2,986) | Forum Members: 913 (+17) Chancellor: Asylum Founder: Falconias Secretary of Engagement: approximate psychosis Secretary of Equinomics: yumyum36 Secretary of Lifestyle: Ceapoyce Speaker of the Senate: To Be Elected Guild Senators: The Aurors Senator | The Equinox Avengers Senator | Supreme Leader| Captian Mordor | RGarrettGamer | Scooby Gang Senator | Suicide Squad Senator World Assembly Delegate: Asylum QUICK NEWS --Chancellor Asylum raised the guild requirements to have 3 Active Members, putting The Lords Guild & Industrialists on official warning of closure. At the last second, the Industrialist's leader; Supreme Leader returned and approved a pending member saving it from closure. Sadly, the historical Lords Guild was closed. --Using recently returned Falconias' idea, Chancellor Asylum introduce a Probationary Period for new Guilds. Any guild can be created with just 1 member, and they must have 3 members by the end of a 14 day period. As such 3 new guilds were created. The Aurors, bases off the Harry Potter universe. The Equinox Avengers, based off the Marvel characters. And lastly the Suicide Squad, based off the DC Comics characters. Each guild has until June 30th to gain the needed requirement of members. --Historically speaking Equinox has not been one to Role Play, however under the guidance of Secretary of Lifestyle Ceapoyce, Role Play is slowly becoming a common activity in Equinox. Currently a war wages over an assassination, and a text adventure has kept popular, as well as the month of June's themed role play of steampunk! --Contests have been a mainstay as well. A Photo Caption contest was held and the winner received Steam's Weekly Bundle, and a nice chunk of Equins (Equinomics currency), as well as residents could participate in an Emoticontest for new emoticons on the boards! --The Senate had a bit of activity has The Mafia's appointed Senator, RGarrettGamer lead the charge with 3 separate proposals about Amending the Electoral Guild College periods, to the Impeachment process. Chancellor Asylum also propose the Arnhlem Treaty for the Senate's consideration. All proposals were met with a general approval of the Senate and were awaiting processing by the Speaker to be voted upon. --Speaker of the Senate Hospitlar was forced to resign his position, opening an emergency holding of the Guild Electoral College. With the polls opening on June 24th and closing on June 26th the new Speaker will be tasked with calling for votes on 4 different proposals. --The Admin Team recently re-hauled the forum making it smaller and harder to navigate by eliminating unnecessary sub-forums and re-sizing of the forum banners to a smaller size in hopes of making it easier and more new-member friendly. Also going smaller? The amount of account colors. Account colors are now only subjected to those who join guilds. Up until recently Residents, Admins, Moderators and foreign Ambassadors a special color to make them easier to identify. --Chancellor Asylum and his cabinet are in the process of making a series of dispatches on NationStates to help educate and get nations more familiar with participating in Equinox. The general hope is that these will be completed by the end of the month. --The Cabinet recently polled the region asking nations what they are looking for specifically on the Equinox forums, a large chunk are looking for more Online Gaming, Role Plays, and Activities to do. --The Mafia recently created raiding military wing, named The Cronies, have been recently seen in founderless regions as Consigliere Talidania (known as Carnation in Equinox) lead them into battle with help from DEN and others. --The Official Government and Staffing Records are now published, displaying any government or staff member since March of 2015. The Guilds of Equinox, A Quick Power Ranking & Information: 1. The Mafia, 13 Members, Leader: Asylum/Island Union 2. Guild of Doom, 9 Members, Leader: Hospitlar 3. Industrialists, 3 Members, Leader: Supreme Leader 4. Suicide Squad: 2 Members, Leader: Falconias 5. Scooby Gang: 3 Members, Leader: Wopruthien 6 (TIE). The Equinox Avengers, 1 Member, Leader: Geekyfox 6 (TIE). The Aurors, 1 Member, Leader: Lord Khan
  6. June 2nd, 2015 | Issue #1 Current Regional Population: 419 | Current Delegate Endorsements: 117 Forum Posts: 235,538 | Forum Members: 896 Chancellor: Asylum Founder: Falconias Secretary of Engagement: approximate psychosis Secretary of Equinomics: yumyum36 Secretary of Lifestyle: Ceapoyce Speaker of the Senate: Hospitlar Guild Senators: Industrialists Senator| Captian Mordor | RGarrettGamer | Lords Senator | Scooby Gang Senator World Assembly Delegate: Asylum QUICK NEWS: - The New Constitution was ratified on May 30th, 2015 - The first election under the Guild Electoral College was a success, with candidate Asylum/Island Union winning the Chancellor election with a 3-0 vote, and Equinox Hall of Fame candidate Hospitlar defeating new comer RGarrettGamer for the Speaker of the Senate with a 2-1 vote. - RGarrettGamer went on to be named The Mafia's appointed Senator, while Captain Mordor was named the Guild of Doom's Senator. Senators for Scooby Gang, The Lords Guild and Industrialists are still waiting to be announced. - Chancellor Asylum's selections for Secretary of Engagement, Equinomics and Lifestyle were all approved with a 2-0 vote from active Senators. - Secy of Lifestyle Ceapoyce begins a Role Play section of the forum and takes notes and suggestions from Residents who are interested in playing. - Secy of Equinomics yumyum36 beings to engage with those residents who are interested in what the regional forum economy can do and provide for them. - The Mafia's raiding military wing begins construction, expect The Cronies to hit a region near you soon! - Sr. Admin Asylum begins to unveil new forum images, starting off with the new guild images. - The Foreign Index is expanded and organized, now accepting applicants to visit foreign regions and make new friends around the world! Current Guild Membership Levels: Guild of Doom: 11 The Mafia: 9 Scooby Gang: 3 Lords & Industrialists: 2
  7. The region of Equinox formally requests an Embassy exchange, please and thank you You can find our forums here
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