Hello there! Name's Dimitri, though if you wanted you could choose to refer to me as "The Frisk of Dreema." Or don't. That sounds stupid.
I discovered NationStates through a friend, and one thought stuck in my mind. "What would it be like to play NationStates, semi-roleplaying as Frisk from Undertale being the ambassador to humans and monsters?" And, well, I decided to play with the idea. I'm honestly a lot like Frisk anyways, so it's certainly going to be interesting.
In the 45 minutes or so I've been active, however, I've received 10 different telegrams, all from regions wanting new nations to join. And, while one in particular that mentioned upholding the value of self-determination caught my eye for obvious reasons, it seems that it would be best to stay in the west pacific until my inner child and I can wrap our heads around running a nation. So, here I am.
Thanks for having me, I suppose. I hope to have some fun here.
You know, I never though I'd come to this region, but I haven't regretted it yet..!
Hi, my name's Cadmus, and I thought I'd never come here because my path in NS would never take me here. Well due to the fact that I just recently became Esquire (Deputy Foreign Affairs) in Albion and we're seriously running short on emissaries, my job led me to here! First impression I thought was, "What a nice forum", and so far it's very nice and sleek to me, and I just simply have to drop off foreign news without going through applications!
I hope you'll be gentle with me! :3 I don't know why I didn't really bother heading to TWP once before, because the West Pacific is where Japan is!
Equinox is turning 8! Join us on the 21th of June or on the following day to celebrate it's birthday with us!
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I'm here to replace our previous ambassador, who has unfortunately fallen inactive. This is my first assignment, quite exciting. I'm very happy to be here and look forward to getting to know your community and region better.
I noticed that no special applications or maskings are required, but I thought to introduce myself nonetheless.
"Can't Remember to Forget You" by Shakira was played for Mission Specialist Laschon-White and both crews woke up. Mission Specialists Laschon-White and Lyndon suited up for a spacewalk. Mission Specialist Navarro and Pilot Stanton floated around seeing if anyone needed help. Mission Specialists Lescaulier and Neeraghan went to the astronomy lab. Mission Specialist Boyce and Sheridan went to the biology lab to continue their experiment. Mission Specialists Davison and Spearman sang a duet together. Mission Specialist Montes and Pilot Raschonberger went to the physics lab to continue on their experiment. Mission Specialists Gonzales and Shapiro went to the computer and educated about space. The Commanders supervised the mission specialists.
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.
Looks like you got it! ^-^
This has been very popular in most regions, so there will probably be another puzzle in the next month or so. Be on the lookout!
SPOILER ALERT - Don't look down if you want to decode it on your own
greetings,
if you are reading this then that means your region has an embassy with wintreath and you have decoded our message. we are trying something new in order to give our embassies more purpose.
to that end, we have sent you a coded message to explain this new initiative. we are hoping you will enjoy this as we challenge your minds and stimulate your thoughts. this first one is kind of a freeby, something not quite so complex. however once every month we will be posting another puzzle for you. the methods used will not always be the same as what you see before you. more than that, they will also be more complex or containing multiple steps. we did not wish to overwhelm or discourage anyone from participating in this by making it extremely difficult before you have become accustomed to what will be ahead. this message may simply be coded, but as the months go on there will be more than just coded text and you will have to think harder, be more creative and possibly push past your preconceived notions of what you are capable of. do have fun and work together as a region in order to move forward!
Ah Fetuccine. The last time you were here you were applying to join our Senate. I managed a one man hatchet job on you which not only caused you to withdraw your candidacy, but also sent you scurrying out of TWP with your tail between your legs.
Your returning presence here is not welcome as far as I'm concerned, but then I have a long and very unforgiving memory.
Years ago, I had a presence here and it is from here that I joined the Order of Gryphons. If you remember them, you may remember me as Fantoccini or Fedele or Scardino.
Few regions host as many familiar, friendly faces for me as this one so I'm happy to make a home here once again.
I'm pretty new to TWP. My nation here, Amicaster, has shown up on the RMB a couple of times, but I've never really gotten involved with the community here (which is clearly a mistake, given the existence of Karaoke Friday and Bad Pun Monday). I figured signing up on the forums might help me warm up to the region more quickly, and so I'm here.
I've got a few nations in other regions, too, most notably Werpdrarg (my oldest, and technically my main) and Nuclerase (The Rejected Realms' current Outreach Officer).
I saw this on a NS forum entitled: NS History - You've Got Questions, We've Got Answers which might be the basis of an article:
by Ananke II » January 14th, 2012, 11:58 am
"I think it's kinda hard to come up with something game-play related, which everyone would find funny. You often need a bit of familiarity with either the region or situation in question to see what's amusing about it. Here goes though.
I liked the time the Pacific submitted an application to join ADN. It was just after Mammothistan became delegate. From what I remember he mostly did it on a whim, expecting a quick rejection. ADN didn't feel like playing along though, so started the application process, thinking that Mammothistan would quickly admit that his application wasn't serious. Having gotten caught up in a situation noone had actually thought through, neither side were willing to back down and lose face though. So we spent a month or so, posting cordial/snide replies back and forth, acting towards the rest of NS as if we all might actually be interested in seeing the Pacific become a part of ADN. What was really amusing though was the fact that the ADN leadership got to explain to the rest of ADN why having the NPO join ADN wouldn't be a total disaster, while the NPO senate found themselves having to pacify a bunch of irate district governors and Pacific citizens, who were pissed that Mammothistan had submitted the application without consulting them.
At that point in time the NPO and ADN really disliked and distrusted each other, but neither side were willing to back down, even though the application process was leading everyone closer to an outcome no-one actually wanted. It never did come to the NPO actually joining, but I think we reached the point of ADN getting the application vote going before someone decided to call it quits."
Population increase in NationStates! For a while, our population has hovered around 5,000, however, it has recently jumped to literally over 9,000, while somehow still staying at 5th place. The North Pacific remains the most populous region at over 11,000 nations. This is pushing the stability of the delegates’ power, causing Elegarth to send a mass telegram a few weeks ago to all TWP nations. Though the cause is uncertain, Elegarth seems to be stable with around 450 endorsements.
TWP World Summit This March, the TWP Summit was hosted in Carson Village, Benjamin Mark, in which, the leaders of Zogradia, Hariko, Antahbrantahstan and Malviet all met for a couple days, though the discussion topic was not completely clear. Either way, the RP summit went on for about 10 days before the nations departed one-by-one.
Zogradi Company Looking to Colonize the Solar System A Yakadu-based development firm known as Inostran, known for developing the Yin Yang Artificial Island Resort, has been developing everything from commercial districts to permanent Antarctic bases since 1988. However, Inostran CEO Kim Seung Jo has decided to partner her $13.6 billion (T7.3 billion) company with the government-operated ASAP Zogradia, the Zogradi space program, to jumpstart bases on the moon and Mars, hoping to also soon reach out to the moons of Jupiter.
Underneath it's all the same hardware these days, so when you buy an Apple you're paying for the design and name as well. Personally I am still a Windows guy for my workstations/laptops, but most of my servers when I have a choice are Linux (usually Ubuntu Server these days).
If you're going for an HP, I would have a look at their Business lineup rather than their consumer if you can...the HP ProBooks (yeah, I know, basically rifting off the Mac Book name) are quite good...we brought in about 400 of them last year at my office and I've only had to do warranty on maybe 4 of them... and so far only one kid has managed to actually damage the case so bad that we had to order new parts, so they seem fairly durable. And they're light weight.
Personally I'm a sucker for the Dell XPS 15 that they showed off this year, but I'm not in the market for a new laptop for a while...plus I don't think the School Board is going to buy me a top end model like that without some questions....... lol
As you already know, we recently completed our first Autism Awareness Week and had previously collaborated with another region's DIABETES AWARENESS DAY.
In a vote for the region, the majority of voters considered this is a thing we should continue doing, as a manner of taking advantage of the thousands of persons we reach in the game.
I've created this thread to open a long term discussion and perhaps even to create a small committee that could work on researching and creating our future awareness day / week / weekend whatever.
There are some I'd like us to for sure (like October's International Breast Cancer Awareness, as well as November's Men Movember Awareness for Prostate Cancer. We don't NEED to do them monthly so we may still have 5 months before the two I'd like us to make sure we keep in sight.
I've sent a TG to all those who voted for the option about wishin to be involved with the planning, but ANYONE seing this is more than welcome to propose, comment and even offer their help
Let's do something nice for the world together
North Pacific Spy reacted to Dimitri in Hello from the oppressed peoples of Dreema.
North Pacific Spy got a reaction from Elegarth in FUTURE AWARENESS PROJECTS