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DU-UKH, UUK – Keiserholde, Fujai – Hey folks, Berit here coming to you from DU-UKH, Den Duker. Four games have been played in the newly organized WPCAA university gridiron competition. The two Fujaian teams in the conference are acquitting themselves quite well. Fujai’s home field advantage has been well at play after a cold snap brought highs down to 3° Celcius across Stadenland and Sudvalla the past week—three quarters of all games in the country have been wins for the Fujaian side.
UKeiserholde’s Sólrúner are at the top of the Auran Conference, with four wins, no losses, and the second highest point differential in the entire league. Their games so far have been against Encrissa Capital University (25-7), Karl Marx University (44-0), National University of Velyka Èthnos (43-0), and Badgerrot State (25-15). Next week the Sólrúner are on bye for a much needed rest and to catch up on their studies.
Sundet’s Fjolett is sitting at third in the Polarii Conference behind Universität Zimmerich and Tamaric University of Clarendon. So far they’ve racked up two wins against the University of Ozorus (54-12) and the University of Saint Andreisburg (19-7), and only one loss against the conference leader, Universität Zimmerich (10-27). Zimmerich also has the highest PD in the entire league. Sundet still has plenty of work left, but they’re doing Sudvalla proud!
That’s all for today’s gridiron recap, stay tuned for the latest university curling results after this quick instrumental break.
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It should be noted that you don't have to limit yourself to the borders of previous nations (the tan bits) when requesting a place on the map.
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You can find a one page travel guide for Fujai here.
American Football in Fujai
American football is played only at the largest universities in Fujai, with association football (soccer) and hockey being much more widely played. Because of this, most American football teams play in stadiums built for association football. The cold climate of Fujai necessitates that these stadiums use artificial grass and are often covered or have retractable roofs. Fujai has a sporting culture that prefers standing to sitting (Fujaian winters can get very cold when sitting), so most stadiums include a large amount of standing room. Collegiate sports in Fujai are mostly attended by students and are usually much smaller than professional stadiums.
Universitetet i Keiserholde
About the University
Universitetet i Keiserholde, commonly called UKeiserholde, is the largest, oldest, and most prestigious university in Fujai, with a student population of nearly 47,000. Its main campus is located in the capital city of Keiserholde, centered around Brugnedalen (Fern Valley) on the edge of the city center. While UKeiserholde is the oldest university in Fujai, it is far from stuck in the past as other ancient universities are; it takes great pains to remain a leader in Fujaian research and culture, keeping a positive image among Fujaians.
UKeiserholde’s sports teams are referred to as the Sólrúner, named after one of the two founding queens of Fujai, Sólrún. The Sólrúner tend to play rather defensively across sports. The university’s main stadium is Brugnedalen Stadion, with a normal capacity of 29,000, and 16,000 when in all-seater format.
Players to watch
- Fourth year wide receiver Jorun Soland, who has been first captain the past two years.
- Third year linebacker Kjartan Bek, who recently transferred from Frøsskrånings Universitet in Fujai’s northern tundra.
- Second year star kicker Sjarna Krogstad, who can, allegedly, kick a football clear across the Tretønna Bridge in Keiserholde.
Roster
Position Name Pronouns Number Year Offense Halfback Tormod Solin He/him 30 First Fullback Valrun Hovda She/her 31 Fourth Quarterback Signe Asagård She/her 32 Third Wide Receiver Ngozi Uche She/her 33 Fourth Jorun Soland They/them 34 Fourth Tackle Kolur Arsten He/him 35 Second Eline Offerdal She/her 36 Fourth Guard Kaya Kirkeby They/them 37 Fourth Taye Brodbelt He/him 38 Third Center Hedda Bakker She/her 39 Fourth Tight End Tore Espe He/him 40 Third Defense Cornerback Bjørg Asser She/her 80 Fourth Eko Susanti They/them 81 Fourth Outside Lineback Kjartan Bek He/him 82 Third Isa Sagen She/her 83 First Tight End Tián Xinyi She/her 84 First Lis Fretheim They/them 85 Fourth Tackle Axel Lehne He/him 86 Fourth Enika Åvik She/her 87 Fourth Middle Lineback Thore Nesset He/him 88 Fourth Safety Rite Nordrum They/them 89 Fourth Vince Sortie He/him 90 Third Special Teams Kicker Sjarna Krogstad She/her 60 Second Kick Returner Rasmus Stai He/him 61 Fourth Punter Arvid Rudi They/them 62 First Punt Returner Kirsten Grinde She/her 63 Fourth Universitetet avf Sundet
About the University
Universitetet avf Sundet, commonly called Sundet, is the second largest, second oldest, and second most prestigious university in Fujai, but you wouldn’t hear anyone at Sundet say that. Sundet and UKeiserholde have a long and storied rivalry, as they represent the two largest regions of Fujai. Sundet is located in Strafsund, Fujai’s second largest city, and is a major institution of the Sudvalla region. The university’s campus, housing nearly 40,000 students, is on the shores of Gråsundet, from which the university received its name. Sundet is a symbol of the strong regional identity of Sudvalla.
Sundet’s sports teams are known as the Fjolett, after Sudvalla’s symbol, the violet. Contrary to UKeiserholde, Sundet tends to play an offensive game. The Fjolett play their games in Tolasson Stadion, with a normal capacity of 22,000, and 13,000 when in all-seater format.
Players to Watch
- Fourth year star quarterback Kjersti Tanberg, one of the best players, amateur or professional in all of Fujai.
- Eirin Hammer, fourth year tackle and first captain.
- Sigmund Wolff, fourth year wide receiver, a Reçueçian going to school in Fujai, with the fastest feet in the land.
Roster
Position Name Pronouns Number Year Offense Halfback Sigrid Oyen She/her 10 First Fullback Andreas Hallum They/them 11 Fourth Quarterback Kjersti Tanberg She/her 12 Third Wide Receiver Sigmund Wolff They/them 13 Fourth Reidun Brustad She/her 14 Fourth Tackle Steffen Rokhaug He/him 15 Second Imari Tokiwa She/her 16 Fourth Guard Håkon Forde He/him 17 Fourth Mads Sparre He/him 18 Third Center Fang Wuhan She/her 19 Fourth Tight End Armey Varnes She/her 20 Third Defense Cornerback Adeline Gaubert She/her 40 Fourth Synne Kvam She/her 41 Fourth Outside Lineback Jabari Cheboi They/them 42 Third Leif Stigen He/him 43 First Tight End Briet Sandvik She/her 44 First Abasin Bhullar He/him 45 Fourth Tackle Eirin Hammer She/her 46 Fourth Kai Norheim They/them 47 Fourth Middle Lineback Naawakamigookwe She/her 48 Fourth Safety Marit Kinn They/them 49 Fourth Arnar Haugerud He/him 50 Third Special Teams Kicker Inger Dammen They/them 70 Second Kick Returner Roald Femrite He/him 71 Fourth Punter Tuva Harstad She/her 72 First Punt Returner Birgitte Tande She/her 73 Fourth RP Permissions
I know very little about American football, so go for whatever you want.
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33 minutes ago, Elegarth said:
Hey Fujai, Are you still taking requests?
I most certainly am! You can send me a TG/PM/DM if you want to discuss something.
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As we're working on rosters—is the WPCAA co-ed or is there still gender separation in sports?
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Fujai — FJ — FJA — .fj
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Nation: Fujai
Trigram: FJA
School name: Universitetet i Keiserholde (colloquially: UKeiserholde)
Team name: Sólrúner
Style modifier: -3.2
Stadium: Brugnedal Stadion (29,000; 16,000 seated)
School name: Universitetet avf Sundet (colloquially: Sundet)
Team name: Fjolett
Style modifier: +2.1
Stadium: Tolasson Stadion (20,000; 13,000 seated)
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I agree with Ele that Paypal and Patreon are probably the best options. The only thing is that with Paypal we keep all our money, whereas with Patreon, 5% goes to them, plus about 5% for transaction fees. Patreon's upside is that it makes recurring donations very easy (unless Paypal has a monthly payment option I don't know about).
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The Celestial Empire of The West Pacific
A couple minutes late, but here's the most of it.
Flags:
I didn't separate out flags for TWP/TWPAF because they can be used for either or.
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Emblem:
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Wordmarks:
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WFE and Dispatch Style:
Here is the Proposed WFE; I've tested it and made sure it fits. The exact wording is hinged on a complete overhaul of our regional dispatches. Most of the ones we use are written by half a dozen different people and can be difficult to find. There's no cohesive look and half of them aren't properly updated. It would fall to the Ministry of Education to create a nation to write TWP dispatches, keep a master dispatch, dispatch index, and all the dispatches a functioning region needs. Please see my earlier post for designs. I didn't have enough time to make new templates, but it would be the same or similar to those ones with the new emblem.Newspaper:
I propose renaming "The West Pacifican" to "The Western Dragon," and revamping it with a new theme.
SpoilerGovernment Structure:
Here is the more practical area of changes. The government would be reworked to be similar to the system of Three Departments and Six Ministries used many times in the history of Imperial China. The Delegate would be renamed the Emperor, and would keep executive authority, and the Three Departments would report to them. The Imperial Court would act as the peerage system, with no powers and assorted titles based on merit. The Hall of Nations would be renamed the Secretariat, headed by the Grand Secretary. The Guardians would be renamed the Chancellors, together making up the Chancellery and tentatively headed by a Grand Chancellor. The Ministries would be grouped under the Department of State Affairs, headed by the Grand Minister.
The current ministries would be consolidated into four:
- Ministry of Interior - Ministries of Internal Affairs and World Assembly Affairs
- Ministry of Education - Ministries of Education and Recruitment and Citizenry
- Ministry of Diplomacy - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of War - Ministry of Military Affairs (TWPAF renamed the Imperial Navy or something similar)
This consolidation would help streamline the government and make it easier to organize. Each Ministry's activity would continue as usual, just under a different name.
PS: There's probably a big image of the emblem at the end of this post. I didn't put it there and I can't get it off no matter how many times I delete it, so here we are.
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38 minutes ago, Saint Mark said:
You are right, Fujai. This is all about activity. After having listened to the discussion, and before voting had started, I had started to plan out how we would implement the theme change. I wanted the implementation itself to generate activity and I wanted it to be as inclusive as possible, so I had decided to hold a contest open to all of the residents of TWP. Teams would be tasked with developing ideas on how to implement whatever theme is chosen. They would be given certain guidelines, one of which would be to be respectful of TWP's character.
That's definitely a step in the right direction, though I have two questions about it.
First, why not just do this in the first place and skip the part where we vote on three options? Kawaii, OT, and Ark could certainly head their own teams and if one of their themes was chosen then more power to them. That seems like a really good compromise between more community involvement and keeping it centralized to me, and could have avoided a lot of this drama.
Second, if you had the beginning of this plan before voting started, why wasn't there more transparency? Again a lot of this drama could've been at least soothed by more fluid communication (not that I claim to be good at communication myself).
38 minutes ago, Saint Mark said:This isn't the only program that we are going to put forth to try to generate activity. We have a lot that we're working on.
Can you tell us what they are and how to get involved, should we desire?
I've noticed it a lot in past and present Delegacies that changes and new programs are very much a "guardians and ministers only" club. Right now those two groups overlap a lot, which doesn't help the situation. We always complain to ourselves that the regional government isn't very active, and yet we have regional governments that aren't inclusive in the activity that's happening.
People keep saying something we as a region need to think more about: if there's no ownership, then what incentive does the community have to interact with it?
The answer is, of course: none. We can try to make incentives like the peerage and point systems, but if the community doesn't feel like something is genuinely theirs—like the're not intrinsically a part of something—then there's no reason to be involved. That's one reason some of us don't like the three themes presented. They don't feel like TWP—they don't feel like something the community can rally behind and say "this is who we are."
There's a discussion to be had on whether a theme should do that. I argue that if a theme doesn't inspire long-term feelings of regional spirit and belonging, then what good is it? A real theme should be a tool to enhance regional identity, not just as a change of clothes to throw off every so often.
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23 minutes ago, Big Bad Badger said:
Honestly this entire process has left a really bad taste in my mouth for the way our region is governed. Perhaps it is time to discuss a second forum government to give the residents a voice. As WW has pointed out, it has happened in the past.
We need change, not replacement. While I love me a good ol' fashioned revolution, an honest discussion about present (and past) governments not being very responsive to the people is going to get the region further than suggesting a second government. This topic doesn't need any more discussion; it will only create needless divisiveness.
Bottom line: this is about activity, or rather the lack of it. The new theme is an attempt to inspire some new activity, and it's certainly a good idea, the execution is not as inclusive as it could be. Since the theme itself is trying to create activity, it makes sense to involve the community to actively shape it.
While well-intentioned and functional on paper, the Manners, the Hall, and the Delegacy have not acquitted themselves well in fostering activity. in the past few months there've been a couple threads about change, and that's a good start, but there has to be more discussion how to change the way we do things so we can get out of this cycle of regional stagnation.
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9 hours ago, Altino said:
I feel like an onsite vote is a little on "too little too late" territory at this point.
Seeing as the whole process is up to the delegate's discretion, the only "too late" point is when the new theme is in place.
9 hours ago, Altino said:Kind of having a hard time processing the disparity between "I respect the delegate's decisions" and "but the delegate should do things by my methods."
Respecting the delegate's decisions and wanting more community input are not mutually exclusive. It's not "my methods are better," it's more "we think there hasn't been enough community input in this process and that may jeopardize the success of a theme change."
9 hours ago, Altino said:What the delegate has chosen to do is give TWP a theme. He's also chosen to give citizens of the region a say in the direction of that theme.
Yes, but the extent of that say has been voting in the nice and neat poll that includes only the options presented to us by the cabinet. There hasn't been, and I hazard that there never was intended to be, community involvement in the actual drafting process.
There's no reason the delegate couldn't have come to the community, or just the Hall, and said "We're going to have a theme change. How do you feel about that? What do you think of these preliminary options we've come up with so far, and do you have any suggestions of your own?" That would've spawned discussion similar to this one, but without people being miffed by an exclusionary process.
9 hours ago, Altino said:And wise, to make sure that those involved in making long term decisions for TWP are people who understand the place and will not CTE a few weeks from now, unaffected by what their randomly chosen vote brings us. Or vote stackers. Or trolly people from different regions
As WW pointed out, there are poll options gameside to make it fairly secure. Opening the vote to all residents over 1B will certainly get a better response than the couple dozen in the Hall.
Better yet, if we actually put effort into promoting and advertising the Hall, perhaps we wouldn't have that problem.
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From what I'm seeing, there's three main opinions: those in favor of one of the three presented themes, those in favor of a change, but not one of the themes presented, and those not in favor of a change.
While it's Halo's perogative and I understand the reasoning, adding either a "Different Theme" and/or a "No Change" option would have soothed people's opinions and made them feel more included and valued. As we've seen here and other places, a community involved process doesn't mean all thousands of nations are involved, this thread alone has less than twenty different posters in it. Just because it may be a little more contentious and complicated doesn't make community involvement in decision making a bad idea.
Regardless of what happens, I have faith that Halo will make it work and we'll have a successful theme, even though the one that wins won't be everyone's first choice.
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1 hour ago, Saint Mark said:
As much as I like the pirate theme for TWPAF, I don't like it for the region as a whole. It makes us seem like a military organization and we're more than that
For pirates, I was thinking more of a Pirates of the Caribbean style, nevermind that it's wildly historically inaccurate. The delegate could have the position of Pirate King/Queen/what have you, the guardians being their immediate officers, and the ministers being captains of their respective ministries. I agree that we don't want to go for a militaristic feel, but a more whimsical one. That being said, I do feel like the theme options are a bit too regimented, though well put together, in their current states.
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One of the reasons TWPAF benefited from its pirate theme was because that theme is well suited to West Pacifican culture. I'm all for a rebranding of TWP, as I've made plenty clear before, but making something it other than TWP doesn't make any sense. There's no reason we should be taking things from RL cultures that aren't ours when we have a perfectly good one right here in TWP. The theme should reflect TWP, not the other way around.
One can say that a new theme won't affect our culture, except it undoubtedly will. If done correctly, all mentions of TWP in government, documentation, and conversation would include the new language, and of the active members it will please some, do nothing to others, and irritate others. New nations will feel its influence even more strongly, as they wouldn't know anything else. Not to mention, if a theme either doesn't change or doesn't reflect the culture, then what's the point? People could just ignore it and all of this effort and discussion would be for naught.
To that extent, I'm not in favor of any of the themes presented, and I think we have a lot more to gain from expanding TWPAF's pirate theme for the rest of the region. It's unique, easy to understand, and meshes well with TWP's culture. On the whole I prefer when things are discussed as a region and not presented to us after closed door discussions.
Were I forced to choose from the three, however, Kawaii's Shogunate Japan theme seemed the best. Being open ended and more in favor of a reskin as opposed to something larger makes it easier to adapt to our needs. Plus it includes the only flag of the bunch that was interesting to me.
Overall, a TWP theme is the best theme.
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On 12/11/2018 at 10:17 AM, Elegarth said:
I like it a lot Fujai. And it seems to me you used some of the concepts of what I used to have during my delegacy? Or was that accidental?
If this is formally adopted by TWP, let me know so I can edit the current Dispatch with the list of Delegates to show proper branding.I really liked the simplicity and TWPness of your design, so I had it in the back of my head as I was working on it. I tend to go overboard with detail so that helped tone it down a little.
2 hours ago, Westwind said:I designed a TWP ambassador credentials page a few years back.
Oh I remember those! Were you the one who made that FA logo? It looks really nice.
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Hey there folks. I've put together some ideas for unified regional branding here, as I think we could use a shake up in our look. There've been attempts before at making a theme for official dispatches, but none have ever stuck past a delegate change. For the time being, I have an emblem, wordmark, dispatch theme, WFE, and a potential new flag.
Why have consistent regional branding, you ask? A cohesive look not only makes the region easier to navigate, but it asserts and enhances regional identity. As far as I know, only TWP and Lazarus have no dispatch theme (although they do have some pretty jazzin' graphics kicking around). Without it, we have a harder time displaying who we are both to ourselves and to the rest of the NSverse. My goal for the redesign was to keep everything in line with TWP's identity. Central to that is a sense of playfulness and not taking ourselves too seriously, which is why I tried to went for simplicity, recognizably, and vibrancy. As Dark once said, I believe, TWP runs a tight ship, but we do it wearing a tutu and a propeller hat.
The colors I'm using I have [tentatively] titled The West Pacific Scarlet (#CC0000) and The West Pacific Violet (#481C5E), with white as a third color, when needed.
SpoilerFor the emblem, I wanted to do something that was simple and round, so It could be used in a wide variety of places. Another thought I had was taking the favicon (the blue one here) and using that for the emblem after swapping the colors. The main reason I didn't go with that is because it didn't incorporate the flag and would've been less recognizable, but the option is still there.
SpoilerFor the wordmark, I really wanted to keep it simple so that it could be typed out and still have the same look. To that effect I used Verdana for the font, because it's widely available both on and off line, with just a simple bold, italic, and color.
SpoilerNext are a couple options for a dispatch theme. I took my last attempt and incorporated some of the feedback from Dark's idea thread. The three versions each have a different header. The first is has only the words "The West Pacific", the second has the wordmark, and the third has only the words, with the symbol floated to either side. Edit: I added an example for an FA exclusive template, as an example of something that could be tailored to our ministries.
Should we decide to use these, I think the opportunity should be taken to migrate our official dispatches onto a regional nation. They're very scattered and in some cases duplicated right now. I'm willing to do the legwork for the migration once finals are over in a week and a half (I'll also finish the rest of my backlog then). After that, I can keep it updated when updates and new dispatches are needed. It should be noted that this would apply only to official dispatches, such as the RMB rules, code of conduct, ministry posts, etc, but not to personal projects like Yy's Survival Guide.
For the WFE, I kept 90% of what it has now, changed a couple things around, and swapped colors. I didn't link Halo or the Guardians because I didn't want to bother them with a useless ping. I did test it to make sure that it fits inside the length limit, so there's no concern there. The only thing I really took out was the "No RMB recruiting" section, because no region really allows it anyway, so there's not much use in keeping it around.
Lastly, and probably most contentiously, is the flag. I am in no way opposed to just keeping our original flag (this being the oldest version I know of), although the current version isn't vertically symmetrical (although the old version is technically a bit off as well, I found). Overall, I'm not ecstatic about the flag I did with the new colors, something about it, perhaps the colors themselves, just looks off to me; I'd like to see what you folks think about it. I have a bunch of other redesigns sitting around here if those look better to anyone.
Edit: I added a second flag that I'm happier with. It captures more of the depth on our current flag while keeping the new color scheme intact.
SpoilerNote: I posted smaller versions of everything so it wouldn't be overwhelming and take three years to load. Later I can post the full size ones and put the svgs up on google drive or something so they're publicly available.
- Saint Mark, Crazy Slots and Denieria
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I made a couple updates to the Darkipedia mockup with your suggestions. Emphasizing the FWA style factbook is a great idea to get people in the door. I removed the "required" language surrounding the header, footer, and sidebar text, and added a bit to make it more user friendly.
I was also thinking that we could move the Darkipedia main page to a dedicated Darkipedia Index Foundation nation so it isn't tied to just one person and updating is easier, and so it's easier to recognize. Darkipedia-specific guides and more information could be posted there later as well, and it could be used as a repository for TWP role play, perhaps.
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The article fails to mention the one use of Comic Sans: that it is fairly legible to those with dyslexia, although other fonts like Dyslexie and OpenDyslexic are better designed and even more readable.
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24 minutes ago, Davelands said:
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.
For the most part, in Hall elections, the most capable candidate has been chosen. In many cases that candidate happened to also be the most popular. I feel like it would increase participation and interest, and it would be a fairly simple change overall, the most jarring part of it would be ideological. We already have a strong meritocracy, and there's no reason that electing the Delegate would change that.
28 minutes ago, Davelands said:Seems to work as is, but I can see the case for a Judicial group (with oversight by the Delegate of course).
I agree that it isn't much used, but it also isn't much advertised. My real gripe with it is that one of the people your appeal is heard by is the one who ejected you. Selecting jurors ad hoc would limit the bias of potential appeals and trials.
33 minutes ago, Davelands said: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.
I'd argue that ones in the dispatch are in a similar design, but a different style. The design is good, it's the execution that I feel is problematic and counter to accepted flag design, mainly with the gradient. A lot of flags on NS aren't so much flags for a nation or region as banners for a personality, which isn't bad, but perhaps not appropriate for a region.
37 minutes ago, Davelands said: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.
I can get a map made up this weekend, I think. I like the style Bran did it in, but a larger scale would be better. I can make a thread for it over in RP if you're into it and make an announcement on the RMB and Discord to start taking requests. Medio is the caretaker for Darkipedia right now, so it'd be up to him, but I'm glad you're into a redesign!
41 minutes ago, Davelands said: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.
You're right that it's not too much to ask, but in some cases it's just too much for people to do. At that point I don't think there's much to do apart from making it as accessible as possible. The RMB Etiquette dispatch might be one page, but there's just a lot of information there and it's not very user friendly. A little formatting could go a long way on that one in particular, though you're right that we're doing better than a couple years ago.
I didn't know that the WFE had a size limit, is that determined by the amount of code or the amount of text displayed?
46 minutes ago, Davelands said: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.
Those numbers sound right, and if so that's a lot of progress. The most prevalent loss of population is probably less on banjections and more on people just leaving for their multitude of reasons.
47 minutes ago, Davelands said: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.
Comic Sans is overused and badly designed. Far be it from me to outlaw your fun, but there are plenty of fonts out there that can be upbeat and warm while keeping good design standards. I suggest looking at Google Fonts for others that may be better designed.
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I love the spirit of this thread, and with that being said, here goes nothing!
Government reforms - parliamentary system
- The delegate is elected by the Hall of Nations. This encourages participation in forum government, and keeps the delegate responsive to the people.
- The Hall would probably function as it does, although the Delegate could assume the Speaker's function. I don't have much thought on that at the moment.
- Ministers would continue to be elected or appointed as normal. Guardians would either stay as normal, or would have their positions assumed by the Ministers. Alternatively, a Minister of Security could be created that heads the Guardians.
- A vote of no confidence by the Hall can trigger a special election, with the victor serving until the end of the next term. No confidence votes can be used to either replace a single Minister or Delegate, or to remove and replace the whole Government.
- A better judicial system where people can appeal ejections and the like, where the people doing the ejecting don't sit on the jury.
- 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.
- Brainstorm ways to make the Hall actually matter outside of elections.
Other assorted gripes
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The TWP flag could use an update.
- Since the last change, it's bothered me that the rays aren't symmetrical. Also gradients just aren't good for flags. An update should be something simple and instantly recognizable as TWP's flag. I have some variations that I've made over time here.
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Official dispatches should have a cohesive aesthetic.
- Everything looks so much better when there's a contiguous theme between dispatches. Think of us as an RL university. You would want the websites for the colleges and departments to follow the theme of the main university page so that people know they're on a university website.
- TWP colors would need to be solidified. I recommend #CC0000 for the red, #481C5E for the purple, and white.
- In dispatch terms, there should be a single header style, with a graphic and title that makes it obvious it's an official TWP dispatch. One menu below that would be for the main pages that should always be a click away. A second menu could be located either below that or to the side, that lists a table of contents or quick links specific to that dispatches needs. Here is an example of what I'm thinking of.
- A single body style would control the font and size used, as well as the way headings and subsections look and are divided.
- The footer style would be mainly aesthetic, containing a small section of quick links that includes the umbrella dispatch.
- @Neenee, how do you feel about these flag and theme ideas?
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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.
- This can be in a ton of ways, there can be a lot more than just story RP and the like. It seems to me that there's a good possibility of using our nations for this, what with the map and factbook success we've had in the past.
- On that note, I'd be willing to put together a new map and keep it updated and try revamping Darkipedia, there's a whole lot of potential there. Here is a mockup for Darkipedia's main page. @Mediobogdum and @Davelands, I'm curious as to what you think of these.
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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.
- 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.
- Newbies might be smelly at first but they tend to get better with age if we just give them a shot in the beginning, metaphorical or otherwise.
- Edit: Comic Sans and Papyrus should be outlawed in this region for crimes against humanity.
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Fujaian version:
English version:
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Just found how to search by group, here's a partial list of those who need mask removal:
- Adytus
- Alistia
- Andre
- Ark
- Arthur K. Vasentius (not Arthur Draig Kirkland Vasentius, I assume this is Art's original account?)
- Colonge
- Denizen Kane
- FedoraDan-Skymoot
- Fellos
- Frourraw Gregund
- Ghurka
- Granite Heights
- Imbergamostan
- Iron Harbinger the Faithless
- Iskapsia
- Jeekwigges
- Kade W. Vasentius
- Malvacka
- Marilyn Manson Freaks
- MaxSuchar
- Olgritch
- Polandonia2
- Poterrae
- quietdad
- Royal Chaos
- Rylipphinesia
- Small Huts
- That Called the Vlagh
- The Garfieldites
- TunApocalypse
- Tyrranim
- tyty111
- West Aton Secand
- Willinois
- Xerox Prime
However, it appears that this is not a full list. I used the member search and filtered for the Hall of Nations group. The problem is it seems it lists people who are only in the Hall of Nations group, and when another group is added, it searches for "Hall of Nations" or "other group," not "Hall of Nations" and "other group," so I can't seem to get a full list. I'm not sure if the admin panel would have anything more complete or not?
Of course I only realized this after I went through the whole thing, so I figured I'd leave out those that needed to get new masking for when we get a full list.
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Absence/Inactivity Thread Redux
in The Lounge
Posted
Since the old absence notification thread got archived a while back, here's a brand new one!
If you're going to be gone for a couple days or a couple months, let everyone know here so we don't worry too much