Well I'm not really as I'm in Osiris, however my other nation, Gorillapigs is residing here in the West Pacific. I may swap them over at some time but remembering my passwords from over a year ago has made my head explode, so that's enough for today!
Was sorry to read on the Gameplay forum that Cere was not coming back. However, he leaves a great legacy behind. I'm sure I speak for all my colleagues here in wishing Albion all the best for the future.
** SERVER DOWNTIME AHEAD **
by [violet] » Mon Aug 29, 2016 6:20 pm
Hello all!We will be off the air for approximately 3 hours starting at 6pm PDT on August 30:
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During this time, the entire site will be unavailable, including the forums.
This scheduled maintenance is to upgrade and shift around a few servers. In particular, it is to let us move off a server that has experienced 13 hardware failures to date. Then we can bury it in the ground and salt the earth so that nothing can ever grow there, as a warning to others.
Due to operator incompetence, there may be some bugs and weirdness once we come back, which I will fix promptly. But hopefully not.
Thank you for your patience!
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I hail from The Animal World, home of dubious origin stories and horrendous flags...ehem...
Came to see what my government would be like, stayed for the hilarious marsupial-bashing message board.
Cheers!
I recent tried TAILS 2.5 OS, same OS that Julian Assange and Edward Snowden use. Anonymous and leaves no trace. Thar be a dark net out there to explore. Looks like there's a way to bypass TOR blocking (as NS does) in there. Not that I would want imply that there's a way in there around NS rules.
(This was made in July 2016; I somehow forgot to post this here.)
The appropriate discussion thread on the NSGP Forums can be found here: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=383096&hilit=Gcr+sovereignty+accords
We are a county of Democratic Socialists at present. the citizens seem quite happy, as their political freedoms and civil liberties are catered for, but I feel like the economy at present needs a boost.
What brought me here, a post on Imgur a few weeks back. Normally I like games like Civilisation or RPGs, but this gave me a chance just to see how a nation aligned with my political views would fair.
I used to like a discussion and enjoy a bit of repartee, but maybe my enthusiasm for British humour and sarcasm was not liked or understood by those in authority. BBD has the same spirit as me, but he's a much wilier person!
Hi. I'm Vapid. Don't mind me, I'm just here to make some friends. I've been through a lot of GCRs before, and I'm hoping TWP will be the one that feels like home to me.
Foreign Ministry update, July 2016:
ICTO ( Interregional Cooperation Treaty Organization)
The InterRegional Cooperation Treaty (ICT) has been signed in Emperor Island, Central Pacific Empire, between the Commonwealth of Crowns (CoC), Central Pacific Empire (CPE) and the United Empire of Islam(UEI). The Treaty shall come into effect from the first of July, 2016. The first nation to chair the treaty organization will be from the CPE. Foreign Minister of the CoC, Lord Boris Kostenko, Amir Hussein , the UEI Secretary of foreign Affairs and Dmitri Himmler , Premier of CPE has signed the treaty on behalf of the signatory regions . The Treaty shall usher in a new era of cooperation, goodwill and friendship amongst the nations of the three regions. As of now , the signatories are also trying to rope in Imperial Slavicum, the successor region of Federation of Free States into the treaty.
Dieter Himmler , of New Nationale Einheit and Prime Minister of Central Pacific Empire adressed the ICTO as such:
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Lord Boris Kostenko , foreign Minister of the Commonwealth of Crowns announced:
Secretary of Foreign Affairs Amir Hussein of the United Empire of islam said:
PICTIAN TERROR MODULE BUSTED IN THE COMMONWEALTH:
RSS troops savour their victory against the sleeper terrorists from Akmola
A sleeper cell of the dreaded terror nation, Picts was unearthed and destroyed by the elite troops of the Regional Security Service Command centre led by elite Vetegan units . The troops surrounded the embassy of Akmola , a nation which had newly entered the Commonwealth. At 01:30 A.M, RSS troops penetrated the security perimeters of Akmolan embassy and after neutralizing the Akmolan guards, arrested the Akmolan Ambassador.
In the retaliatory fire by RSS troops , nineteen Akmolan terrorists were eliminated and thirty more apprehended. A huge cache of chemical weaponry, bombs and guns were recovered alongwith detailed maps of the Crowns City and incriminating documents to destabilize the Commonwealth.
The covert operation was sanctioned by a cabinet vote after Vetega, as Commander of the RSS, called for an emergency cabinet meeting.
The Ambassador was declared persona-non-grata , arrested and deported to a prison at the rejected realms. The Ambassador was pleading innocent in his last communication to the foreign Minister of the Commonwealth.
NEW COC GOVERNMENT ASSUMES CHARGE:
The 30th CoC Government was installed in power with effect from the 15th of July'2016. Led by the much respected Lentheric, who was elected unopposed, the government hopes to usher in lots of activity in the region.
Cabinet meeting in progress
The members of the Cabinet are:
Secretary General: Lentheric
Dy. Secretary General & Secretary Defense : Vetega
Secretary of State: Osberg-Thitania
Secretary of Interior: Narnifrey
Public Protector: Wesmorland
Speaker of the Assembly:
Noorderkwartier
That's all for the month of July '2016 . See you again next month !!!
I read the statement and cannot dispute that which I cannot remember. But if my behaviour was such that it was conceived to be of a DOS nature, than it had and has to be accepted by me. It's not up to me to question the length of my banning as it's a private sight. What is, is.
Thanks for that NPS, I appreciate the help and I have learned about yet another facet of NS play. So much goes on behind the scenes that unless you are either 'in the know', or follow events in extreme detail, happenings about players are often not what they seem to be.
A time vortex opened up on The West Pacific forums due to "military exercises" at the TWP Armed Forces Headquarters. Forum administration reported some "pretty neat duplication loops" as a result of the supposed "military activities". What exactly was the TWP Armed Forces up to? What new and devious design are they implementing and planning on unleashing upon an unwitting NationStates? Stay tuned!
Very little is secret here.
This was a public convo when it happened and remains public. Though, it's pretty darned old at this point. So archiving might be appropriate.
... Now, if only I can manage it without exploding something.
Found the issue, you didn't close one of your [ nation ] tags (Servus Domini) and having the extra open tag was causing it to do some pretty neat duplication loops.
LONE WOLVES UNITED | D.E.E.R. PRESS RELEASE
"The legs feed the Wolf"
JULY 2016
Region Link - | - Forums Link
NS Gameplay Embassy Link - | - Update archive (viewable by all)
A Shenanigan Too Far
The Shining Empire
What started off as a simple training operation for new recruits took a sudden and unexpected turn when Commander Knot of The Invaders - with Benevolent Thomas hot on his heels - stormed into The Shining Empire as soon as the wolves jumped, juking the warden in the process. Realizing that he was had, Thomas endorsed the native delegate initially, but they were woefully inactive, so he opted to endorse someone else. Ultimately, he found his way to a suspiciously fascist-looking nation. He later withdrew the endorsement and resigned WA on his puppet, demanding to know who was leading the other operation in IRC.
"How to properly oppress a region" ft. Klopstock - Taco Radiation
The wolves held their position within the region overnight, managing to sneak away with the Delegacy during minor. Later that day at major, TITO invaded the region and then proceeded to show us the finer points of subjugating regions. By sending in almost four times the amount of endorsements - 6 to 22 - XKI had one goal in mind: complete control. In a last-minute satirical gambit devised by Scardino, the World Factbook Entry was changed with all mention of 'Lone Wolves United' replaced with 10000 Islands. 'Wolves' with Taco. The forum link was also changed to reflect this. In short: XKI and Klopstock were outraged and went to our Embassy in Gameplay to complain after reporting it as malicious impersonation: for good measure, of course.
Klopstock believed that he had caught us red-handed in the act on the NationStates forums, when in reality we were not even aware of his post until well after having changed it back to the original message of our own accord. However, we were essentially let go with a clear warning not to repeat this in the future. Lone Wolves United stands by the factual accuracy of the World Factbook Entry.
Klopstock upon reading the changed World Factbook Entry.
In the end, Klopstock was denied the cherry on top of his operation and the icing was clearly flavored to our liking.
Ultima Thule
Thule was a standard operation noteworthy for being the first raid in modern times where Khalif Dream Killers was point. Defenders did not try and stop us initially, conserving their strength instead for the next minor where they missed the target by milliseconds thanks to variance. They managed to take the region back at major when XKI jumped into the fray, determined to make up for the blunder in The Shining Empire. 7 banjections were counted for, and it was a good raid overall.
Coalition of Sovereign Nations
The year-long silence in the Coalition of Sovereign Nations was trampled as a voracious flock of sheep broke free from a nearby pen, causing chaos and destabilizing the region. Reports from across NationStates confirm that various regions fell victim to sightings of unsolicited sheep visits. The premier containment organization, SHEEP PEN, is dangerously understaffed and overworked. Leading experts in the field fear that this may only be the beginning of a much larger, global event affecting all sheep within the World.
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full;
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
What every region shares in common. Note the color of the curtain and the frilly bottom. This varies.
Lone Wolves United, with the support of Unknown and The Black Hawks under the cover of darkness, exploited the confusion during major to assault the Coalition of Sovereign Nations with cute and cuddly weapons of mass deception. The native delegate with over one year in office, Magonia, was conscripted to help round up the sheep but in the process left the curtain to the regional control booth open. Calamity ensued when the head sheep, Baa Baa Black, took ownership. The safety patrol scrambled to react in time but were forced to regroup and watch the shenanigans from afar. Our fun was ended prematurely when the founder decided to come back and restore order.
Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep,
and dreamt she heard them bleating;
but when she awoke, she found it a joke,
for they were still a-fleeting.
Then up she took her little crook,
determined for to find them;
she found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
for they'd left their tails behind them.
It happened one day, as Bo-peep did stray
into a meadow hard by,
there she spied their tails side by side,
all hung on a tree to dry.
She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,
and over the hillocks went rambling,
and tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,
to tack each again to its lambkin
THE MYTH. THE LEGEND. THE MININEENEE.
"She is larger than life."
This is the first installment of a new segment for our updates that revolves around interviewing individuals within Lone Wolves United. Each month we will sit down with a member of the region and talk about their history in NationStates as well as what they envision the future to be. We invite anyone interested to submit proposals for candidates to be interviewed by sending a telegram to Dream Killers in game with the name(s) of the individual you would like to know more about.
Does this look like the face of mercy?
DK: When did you start playing NationStates?
Nee: Late 2003. I am not sure if I got active in 2003 or 2004, but the nation was created in late 2003.
DK: How did you find NationStates originally?
Nee: I actually found Nationstates from using Fark. I never joined up with Farkers or anything, but that is where I originally found the link.
DK: What region(s) did you initially get involved in?
Nee: The West Pacific.
DK: Was there something specific that inspired you to get active within that region?
Nee: That's where my nation spawned, and I stuck around.
DK: So, how did you come about joining Lone Wolves United?
Nee: I was sort of not really anywhere, and Scar suggested that if I wanted, I could give LWU a try. I took him up on it, and am very glad I did.
DK: If you had to choose a title to call yourself, what would it be?
Nee: Formally speaking, one of my personas is an Empress. But in general terms, I'm just Nee. I have a list of lulzy titles put together by Dali with help from Biyah and maybe Wham. if you'd like to pick one off there :-P
Her Imperial Wickedness the Imperatrix Neenee,
Dark Queen of the Wine
Corrupter of the Innocent
Temptress of the Pure
Glitter Terrorist of the First Degree
High War Criminal
Guardian of Closets
Keeper of the Dungeon Keys
Scourge of the Unenlightened
Evil Woman
Former Tyrantess of The West Pacific and The East Pacific
Discordian Mistress
Instigator of Schemes
Dominatrix Ghetto Valleygirl
Daughter of The Wicked Witch of The West
Thief of the Lifeforce
Walking Statistical Anomally
Breaker of Spirits
DK: One of your titles is 'Glitter Terrorist of the First Degree'. I expect you to give Elindra a run for her money one of these days.
Nee: I started the glitter thing.
DK: I should sneak you into the Unknown regional chat - let you commit some acts of terror.
Nee: Hah. I've mellowed, I'm far less terrible now. Mostly. Depending on who you ask.
DK: What is your most memorable moment in NationStates so far?
Nee: Probably when we took and held The East Pacific. That was fun.
DK: Could you tell me more about that?
Nee: Myself and a small group of others I trusted entirely took the Delegacy of TEP away from Gnidrah, through a use of good planning, endorsing, an anti-endorsement campaign, Gatesville backup, and bold-faced lying. I became the delegate as Lady Phedre. We were called The Empire. The identities of the individuals involved were not known at the time, we all took false names. This was 8 years ago. Gatesville was actually so super helpful. And Gates was wonderful.
DK: Who was involved in this Empire of yours?
Nee: I'll doublecheck to see which names were officially revealed, but the generally most often noted members were me, Dali, NK, and Biyah. Those are the names still associated with it today, even though it's not active. The other names involved and who did come out, so to speak, were Evil Wolf, Nai, and Ivan.
DK: Is there a story behind the name of your main nation, Minineenee, or that of your name, Neenee?
Nee: At the time when I went to create a nation, I couldn't make Neenee, so I added a Mini in front of it, because IRL jokes about me being a mini version of my mother. The Neenee half of the main nation name is actually a RL nickname. People started calling me Neenee or Nee because Minineenee is kinda long, I guess.
DK: What is life like as an established Feederite?
Nee: Enjoyable. I always saw the feeders as the places to be, and I came up at the right time for it, I think. There was always something going on, and I knew someone everywhere. Due to me coming and going a time or two, I know fewer people now, and am not as familiar with all the feeders, but I still feel a love for them.
DK: Would you say that it was a family of sorts?
Nee: It so much was. The extent to which depended on the region. I am from TWP. That place always had a family feel to me.
DK: Does this, in your opinion, translate to UCRs? Or is it generally something more present in GCRs?
Nee: It can translate to UCRs. Equilism is the best example I can think of for that.
DK: Time for a question of utmost importance and I need it answered truthfully . . . do you have a favorite color?
Nee: Purple.
DK: If you had to choose a song that would be declared as your "theme song" what would it be?
Nee: When You're Evil, by Voltaire >_>
DK: Hahahahahaha. You know, I almost put that in the last update as the hidden video.
Nee: Hahahaha. My brother played it for me, the first time I heard it and told me "I found your song".
Nee: The other song that came to mind . . . Did you watch Galavant?
DK: That does not ring a bell. I have a major backlog of things to watch.
Nee: ...I could show you the song, but it occurs at the end of the first season.
DK: Well, for the sake of the update I am fine with you spoiling that.
Nee: This would be Empire-era Nee >_>
DK: What is your favorite part about raiding?
Nee: I'm not sure, there's something fun about taking stuff, though. I don't know that I've been doing it long enough to have a favorite part. I'm sort of just appreciating the whole thing.
DK: If you could do anything you wanted in NationStates without consequences, what would it be?
Nee: That's hard to answer, because I'll do most things even knowing the consequences. >_>
DK: If you had to guess, what do you think your future in NationStates will be? Or, alternatively - What kind of future do you want in NationStates?
Nee: For myself?
DK: Either for yourself or just in general. Whichever one appeals more to you.
Nee: May I give my answer in the form of a picture?
DK: Of course!
DK: So you are going to burn a Game of Thrones region to the ground, steal their replica Iron Throne and laugh?
Nee: That's not seriously what came across with that, is it? :-P
DK: Oh no, I am just being a smartass. It is quite clear.
Nee: Good ^ _ ^
A major thank you to NeeNee for agreeing to this interview and telling me their history. I enjoyed learning more about such a memorable NationStates player and I hope others enjoy the story too.
AROUND THE REGION
Or thereabouts . . .
New domain name
We recently acquired the domain name LoneWolvesUnited.com and as such this will directly link to our forums now! Yay! Wooooo!
Disney cameos in NationStates?
Main article link; Credit: Elindra Kshrlmnt
Suddenly Disney. You may have noticed many Gameplayers on Skype changing their display pictures or their forum avatars to that of Disney characters recently. This is in response to a post on the NationStates Gameplay forums made by Elindra Kshrlmnt of Unknown that contains a list compiled by NeeNee, Anerastreia, and Greyghost. Notable players from throughout the game were compared to various Disney characters based on a plethora of criteria considered strictly top-secret within the small development team.
TL;DR
We raided a few places, made Klopstock cry to the mods, changed our forum domain name, were turned into Disney characters, and had a pleasant interview with the legendary Glitter Terrorist of the First Degree, Dark Queen of the Wine, Instigator of Schemes - NeeNee!
"Smashing!" - Evil Wolf
This dispatch has been brought to you by the magical Department of External Established Relations
Political parties have declined in the past months, with the EPP being the only true active one. Even at that, they rarely make announcements and endorse a handful of candidates in Senate elections.
I also must note our Speaker of the House, Aexnidaral Seymour, just recently resigned. CA Representative Rand was voted in during a by-election.
EDIT: The EPP is about 20 strong. The party's members hold positions such as CA Chair (GraVandius, the party leader) and have held Ministerial positions in the past.
Hello, I'm United Vietussia, hailing from the archipelago of Europeia. I have just recently been put under Kuramia to help as an ambassador to your region. I enjoy NationStates, participating frequently in regional happenings and NSSports. I will go for a game of chess anytime.
We did just hold elections. Trinnien/HEM beat Calvin Coolidge/Kuramia by a margin of 37-28. Aditya/Zapper took 8 votes.
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