Queen Tiffany
TNPer
Hi, I'm New...I'm not familar with this game yet.. I come from the CN Community (Cybernations).Can someone help me out in understand all of this???
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Hi, I'm New...I'm not familar with this game yet.. I come from the CN Community (Cybernations).Can someone help me out in understand all of this???
Hi!
I also play Cybernations (only for a few months though - but then, CN itself isn't particularly old). In the following post I'm assuming you've already made a nation at NS, right? Just asking because I couldn't find a nation named Queen Tiffany. The following is quite lengthy, and it only barely touches on the mystery that is NS, but it's an attempt to cram it in a nutshell.
The game mechanics of NationStates are a lot simpler than those of CN, leaving much more room for roleplaying and improvising. The game consists only of answering issues and - for members of the United Nations - of voting in UN resolutions.NS nations are grouped into "Regions" which have their own small "message boards" on the site. Regions can have anywhere from a single to several thousands of members. They can also have a "UN delegate", who is elected from the UN nations in the region. Each UN nation can vote for any number of other UN nations, and the UN nation with the most votes becomes delegates (the votes are recounted daily). These votes are called "endorsements"; a term you'll see flying around quite often.
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The North Pacific is one of five "Feeder" regions, named because newly registered nations are placed there ("feeding" other, player-created nations). While your location in CN is by choice, here you are dropped by random into one of these five regions. These are the North Pacific, the South Pacific, the East Pacific, the West Pacific, and the Pacific. By their nature, they are the five largest regions (because the bulk of players just registers and then hangs around there instead of moving).
Player-created regions rely on new members leaving these regions and joining theirs - that is why you will see the regional message board on NS filled with advertisements for other regions. In fact, the Feeder regions are the only place where such ads are allowed, so we more or less have to put up with them. There's one advantage though: Since we get a fifth of all new members by default, we are never in danger of dying out.
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There are many different ways to play this game. By posting on this forum, you are already beyond the basic part, which is just logging in every day and answering the issues and seeing your population grow.
Another part is the waging of "war". Since war isn't a part of NS, this is another bit that must be improvised. Nations can't wage war on another, but regions can: A group of UN nations moves into a region and concentrates all its endorsements on one among them, hoping to overwhelm the support for the native delegate, and taking the power of the delegacy. This is an "invasion" - there are many regions and alliances dedicated to invading regions ("invaders"), and many others dedicated to preventing just that ("defenders").
Yet another part is roleplaying on the forum. The NS forum is huge. At any point, there are several dozen "story" roleplays being played, which are really only loosely connected to the game itself. If you like writing stories, you might look into that. (I do, but I've never felt up to it - too hectic for me).
The part this forum is involved in is "government roleplaying". We form a virtual government for our region: We draft and ratify a constitution, elect delegates and ministers, send ambassadors and envoys to other regions, and do all other kinds of crazy stuff we imagine real-world governments do.
These parts aren't mutually exclusive, but you'd have to lead three lives to keep up with them all at the same time. The best idea is usually to pick one style of playing and more or less ignore the rest.
I also play Cybernations (only for a few months though - but then, CN itself isn't particularly old). In the following post I'm assuming you've already made a nation at NS, right? Just asking because I couldn't find a nation named Queen Tiffany. The following is quite lengthy, and it only barely touches on the mystery that is NS, but it's an attempt to cram it in a nutshell.
The game mechanics of NationStates are a lot simpler than those of CN, leaving much more room for roleplaying and improvising. The game consists only of answering issues and - for members of the United Nations - of voting in UN resolutions.NS nations are grouped into "Regions" which have their own small "message boards" on the site. Regions can have anywhere from a single to several thousands of members. They can also have a "UN delegate", who is elected from the UN nations in the region. Each UN nation can vote for any number of other UN nations, and the UN nation with the most votes becomes delegates (the votes are recounted daily). These votes are called "endorsements"; a term you'll see flying around quite often.
---
The North Pacific is one of five "Feeder" regions, named because newly registered nations are placed there ("feeding" other, player-created nations). While your location in CN is by choice, here you are dropped by random into one of these five regions. These are the North Pacific, the South Pacific, the East Pacific, the West Pacific, and the Pacific. By their nature, they are the five largest regions (because the bulk of players just registers and then hangs around there instead of moving).
Player-created regions rely on new members leaving these regions and joining theirs - that is why you will see the regional message board on NS filled with advertisements for other regions. In fact, the Feeder regions are the only place where such ads are allowed, so we more or less have to put up with them. There's one advantage though: Since we get a fifth of all new members by default, we are never in danger of dying out.
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There are many different ways to play this game. By posting on this forum, you are already beyond the basic part, which is just logging in every day and answering the issues and seeing your population grow.
Another part is the waging of "war". Since war isn't a part of NS, this is another bit that must be improvised. Nations can't wage war on another, but regions can: A group of UN nations moves into a region and concentrates all its endorsements on one among them, hoping to overwhelm the support for the native delegate, and taking the power of the delegacy. This is an "invasion" - there are many regions and alliances dedicated to invading regions ("invaders"), and many others dedicated to preventing just that ("defenders").
Yet another part is roleplaying on the forum. The NS forum is huge. At any point, there are several dozen "story" roleplays being played, which are really only loosely connected to the game itself. If you like writing stories, you might look into that. (I do, but I've never felt up to it - too hectic for me).
The part this forum is involved in is "government roleplaying". We form a virtual government for our region: We draft and ratify a constitution, elect delegates and ministers, send ambassadors and envoys to other regions, and do all other kinds of crazy stuff we imagine real-world governments do.
These parts aren't mutually exclusive, but you'd have to lead three lives to keep up with them all at the same time. The best idea is usually to pick one style of playing and more or less ignore the rest.
Sarcodina
TNPer
Welcome!
NSwiki is a nice, unfortunately not better site with NS info. The best part is it easy to search as opposed to the jolt forums at times.
http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
NSwiki is a nice, unfortunately not better site with NS info. The best part is it easy to search as opposed to the jolt forums at times.
http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Daimiaena
TNPer
Hiya.... 
I think ermarian has started you off in the right directions.....
Jump into the OOC forum is the best advice I can give you then see where the game leads you.....
Always feel okay to ask questions...people are really helpful and unless they are in the middle of something will usually answer fairly quickly....
Some of the In character players are hard asses....get used to it....but out of character we're all just people.....some are quite nice....
I think ermarian has started you off in the right directions.....
Jump into the OOC forum is the best advice I can give you then see where the game leads you.....
Always feel okay to ask questions...people are really helpful and unless they are in the middle of something will usually answer fairly quickly....
Some of the In character players are hard asses....get used to it....but out of character we're all just people.....some are quite nice....
NSWiki... how could I forget that?
It also is yet another part of the NS game: Some players prefer to explore the background of their nation in incredible detail: Its forms of government, geography, flora and fauna, its history and even its languages. This is somewhat connected to the roleplaying, but it doesn't have to be - I wrote a lot of content on NSwiki, but never roleplayed.
It also is yet another part of the NS game: Some players prefer to explore the background of their nation in incredible detail: Its forms of government, geography, flora and fauna, its history and even its languages. This is somewhat connected to the roleplaying, but it doesn't have to be - I wrote a lot of content on NSwiki, but never roleplayed.
dont pick it up
TNPer
Welcome! Make yourself at home
Hersfold
TNPer
If NSWiki is acting REALLY SLOW (as it tends to do sometimes), just mentally visualize you kicking the server. That usually gets it to work for me. 
Welcome to TNP. If you have any questions, let me know, and I'll be happy to help.
The United Federation of Hersfold
Prime Minister (for the next two days)
Forum Administrator
Welcome to TNP. If you have any questions, let me know, and I'll be happy to help.
The United Federation of Hersfold
Prime Minister (for the next two days)
Forum Administrator
OPArsenal
TNPer
BTW, if you need aid on CN, let me know, although it may take a few days so I can collect me some taxes.
Can someone help me out in understand all of this???
Unterwasserseestaat
TNPer
Welcome to the game, Queen Tiffany!
(I also have a nation of the same name on CN, btw)
(I also have a nation of the same name on CN, btw)
The problem with NSwiki is that its hosting isn't up to the demand. Jolt has the 54th last forum online, and half of it (by posts) is NationStates.
NS is monolithic, and even though only a tiny percentage of its players use NSwiki, it would have to get a dedicated server to really work well. The problem with that of course, is the financing.
Edit: Gah, I dropped in the CN ranking again. My record was 1850 something, now it's down to 1920. I'm this close to the top 10%.
NS is monolithic, and even though only a tiny percentage of its players use NSwiki, it would have to get a dedicated server to really work well. The problem with that of course, is the financing.
Edit: Gah, I dropped in the CN ranking again. My record was 1850 something, now it's down to 1920. I'm this close to the top 10%.
#1819! Oh, and now that I started to look out for them, I realize there are NationStaters everywhere on CN. Just saw someone called "Flibbleites" for example. I don't remember where I recognized that name from, but I checked and confirmed they also had an NS nation.
(unless Flibbleites is a common name copied from somewhere...)
(unless Flibbleites is a common name copied from somewhere...)
I don't know, I make me pretty hot.Nobody likes a braggart.
Monte Ozarka
TNPer
Wow, crazy to see someone from CN migrating to NS! It's usually the other way around. 
Hi and welcome aboard. Explore and asks questions. We won't bite.
*Monte Ozarka is Monte Ozarka from CN, btw.
*Monte Ozarka also hasn't logged onto CN for months.
Hi and welcome aboard. Explore and asks questions. We won't bite.
*Monte Ozarka is Monte Ozarka from CN, btw.
*Monte Ozarka also hasn't logged onto CN for months.
Your nation gets the chop after two weeks, iirc. That's crazy.Wow, crazy to see someone from CN migrating to NS! It's usually the other way around.
Hi and welcome aboard. Explore and asks questions. We won't bite.
*Monte Ozarka is Monte Ozarka from CN, btw.
*Monte Ozarka also hasn't logged onto CN for months.
Well at least multis are forbidden (or something like that), so I won't have to juggle 20 nations through a 2-week cycle.