Mikeswill
TNPer
Mikeswill was created on October 29, 2003 after receiving an e-mail from his second cousin who new Mike had an interest in political simulations. Beginning in The West Pacific, he adopted the Albanian flag and the motto, “The Buck Stops Here”. In the meantime Mike’s friend, Maiway joined the game and was enticed to join the NationStates Region by The Aire of McQuillan, a most pleasing player who flew the flag of Qatar. In turn Maiway asked Mikeswill to join NationStates region as the 21st Nation. At the time Imagineering (an engineer with Disney) was serving as the UN Delegate.
By the first week of November Mikeswill had created the puppet Mikes Hope to serve as his WA Nation. Mikes Hope, flying the Bosnian flag, began recruiting passionately and on November 12, 2003 he was elected UN Delegate. Quickly we grew. On November 19th we hit 105 Nations; 231 Nations on December 5th; 456 Nations on December 27th; 524 Nations on January 2, 2004; 603 Nations on January 13th; and a high of 647 Nations on January 27th. At this time NationStates was the largest Player Created Region in the Jennifer Government World. The reason Mikes Hope continued to serve the Region as Delegate is that he was the Nation most responsible for recruitment into this Region and Nations seemed to want to reward him with their Endorsement.
By September of 2004 our Region had contracted to 321 Nations in part due to the cyclical nature of the game and in part due our split into two regions to include NationStates 2. Meanwhile, Mikeswill had created numerous puppets across the game to keep tabs on potential invaders. For most of the year these puppets returned valuable information. However, on September 11, 2004, two such puppets apparently crossed the line of gamemanship in the minds of the Moderators and were thus deleted from the game along with Mikes Hope . Mikeswill was spared.
A power struggle ensued with one faction supporting Insomnia Monkeys, the newly elected Delegate, and others supporting Mikeswill. Ten days later Mikeswill became the new delegate while the dissenting faction moved to the newly created Free States of Gaia Region. On or about September 24, 2004 a computer glitch recalibrated all Delegates dates of service to zero. Nevertheless, Mikeswill’s recruitment efforts revitalized our Region anew surpassing 400 Nations on October 17th; 500 on December 18th; and 600 on February 13, 2005. Again, Mikeswill was rewarded with continued support as UN Delegate by the Nations he recruited into this Region.
Over the years much has changed and much has stated the same. Our regional population took a hit in the Fall of 2005 when Mikeswill’s career changed thereby limiting his time on line. In 2009 Mikeswill lost his mother which impacted his game play and in 2010 the cousin that set him on the game also died. Last year one of our original members who made the move to Free States of Gaia but always kept things civil, Ormrod died. These things happen as life passes.
For most years Mikeswill individually recruited every Nation that entered the game. When that changed and recruitment became automated we too had to change. At present Mikeswill spends his own money to pay for the stamps which results in approximately ½% of recruited Nations entering the region. And yet we currently rank 16th overall and 7th in player created regions. More importantly we remain the largest Founderless and Neutral player created region.
And so another year has come and gone. I want every Nation to know that I value each one of you and thank you for the efforts large or small that you undertake to choose to remain in this Region. We are different than most and not for everyone and yet I can always rely on your support when someone tries to upset our community.
Thank you,
Mike
By the first week of November Mikeswill had created the puppet Mikes Hope to serve as his WA Nation. Mikes Hope, flying the Bosnian flag, began recruiting passionately and on November 12, 2003 he was elected UN Delegate. Quickly we grew. On November 19th we hit 105 Nations; 231 Nations on December 5th; 456 Nations on December 27th; 524 Nations on January 2, 2004; 603 Nations on January 13th; and a high of 647 Nations on January 27th. At this time NationStates was the largest Player Created Region in the Jennifer Government World. The reason Mikes Hope continued to serve the Region as Delegate is that he was the Nation most responsible for recruitment into this Region and Nations seemed to want to reward him with their Endorsement.
By September of 2004 our Region had contracted to 321 Nations in part due to the cyclical nature of the game and in part due our split into two regions to include NationStates 2. Meanwhile, Mikeswill had created numerous puppets across the game to keep tabs on potential invaders. For most of the year these puppets returned valuable information. However, on September 11, 2004, two such puppets apparently crossed the line of gamemanship in the minds of the Moderators and were thus deleted from the game along with Mikes Hope . Mikeswill was spared.
A power struggle ensued with one faction supporting Insomnia Monkeys, the newly elected Delegate, and others supporting Mikeswill. Ten days later Mikeswill became the new delegate while the dissenting faction moved to the newly created Free States of Gaia Region. On or about September 24, 2004 a computer glitch recalibrated all Delegates dates of service to zero. Nevertheless, Mikeswill’s recruitment efforts revitalized our Region anew surpassing 400 Nations on October 17th; 500 on December 18th; and 600 on February 13, 2005. Again, Mikeswill was rewarded with continued support as UN Delegate by the Nations he recruited into this Region.
Over the years much has changed and much has stated the same. Our regional population took a hit in the Fall of 2005 when Mikeswill’s career changed thereby limiting his time on line. In 2009 Mikeswill lost his mother which impacted his game play and in 2010 the cousin that set him on the game also died. Last year one of our original members who made the move to Free States of Gaia but always kept things civil, Ormrod died. These things happen as life passes.
For most years Mikeswill individually recruited every Nation that entered the game. When that changed and recruitment became automated we too had to change. At present Mikeswill spends his own money to pay for the stamps which results in approximately ½% of recruited Nations entering the region. And yet we currently rank 16th overall and 7th in player created regions. More importantly we remain the largest Founderless and Neutral player created region.
And so another year has come and gone. I want every Nation to know that I value each one of you and thank you for the efforts large or small that you undertake to choose to remain in this Region. We are different than most and not for everyone and yet I can always rely on your support when someone tries to upset our community.
Thank you,
Mike
