Recent content by Kandarin

To provide an East Pacifican perspective on this: Yes, we have less adspam than TNP because our RMB is more active. However, there are considerable obstacles to a similar solution in TNP. For one, not to brag, but TEP is considerably more active than TNP. This is the result of a great deal of...

Not a chance in Fel. JAL?

I still have some Hollerith cards in the basement from the early days.

The OP is a common misconception. I get a lot of "Won't you bring yourself and all your endorsers to my region?" telegrams. This isn't truly possible. As others have pointed out more eloquently, relatively few endorsers of feeder delegates are genuinely loyal to or interested in their delegates...

Back in 2005, IF deleted everything posted since the start of the year in s1 boards. That's TEP, TSP and Wysteria (plus some others) on NS. No explanations, no apologies, just a massive purge. When they finally got around to explaining themselves, months of silence later, they claimed that a...

I agree...somewhat. The government shouldn't regulate "mechanical" aspects of collaborative writing efforts. Some regions that do NS-based group writing place stiff limitations on things like nation size, technological level, rigid adherance to NS calculators for economies, and so forth. This...

In practice, I find that this poll makes sense when considered a measure of publicity, not influence. Quientessence of Dust is the most influential Wysterian, but we've all heard more about the Bruce. Todd may not historically be the moving'est and shaking'est of feeder delegates, but he's...

Kandarin The Rejected Realms/The East Pacific February 2003

I play this and Nexus War. It's a fun little game and the people there are a lot like NSers, although it takes a while to get a good character going. I also used to play Runescape until my friends stopped playing.

I sometimes wonder why that sort of thing is called Roleplay at all when it couldn't be further from roleplaying. Mostly it seems to come down to long-standing tradition. Still, there doesn't seem to be an accepted alternative term and I have to admit that the IC/OOC distinctions are really...

The thing to remember about the Jolt forums is that they're not a monoculture. Sure, they get along better with each other than with non-Jolt peopl, but International Incidents, Nationstates, WA, and General forums all have very different people using them and crossovers are a minority.

It generally makes more sense once one realizes that most of what we call roleplay is not roleplaying at all.

Whichever architect designed those dorms is set for life.

I guess the unspoken question in my previous post is: "What does TNP think of when it thinks 'RP'?" Since the term alone doesn't say much, some sort of further clarification is needed. Are you interested in the more serious narrative-style stuff like they do in TEP? Would you rather do...

I was going to reply to the previous assessment of the EP's RP vs. TNP RP, but this request provides a much better opportunity. What qualifies as a RP region depends on what your definition of RP is. Many (indeed, most active) regions refer to themselves as "RPers" on some level but I think...