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First TCALS Change Implemented - Card News, edition 7
link to stay in the know and keep up with all of the action!Not much has happened in this edition - but if you have news that I missed, news of your own, suggestions, or questions, feel free to TG me for a quick response! Also, if you want to advertise your card farms, events, etc. make sure to let me know! If you want to be added to the subscriber list, please let me know as well! Previous editions and other card resources may be found here:
Edition -1: The Auction that lasted forever
Edition 0: Market Chaos: Pergamon Crash, Leaderboard Mixup, and More!
Edition 1: Mindless Contempt Action, Card Olympics Updates, and Hunger Games!
Edition 2: Testlandia Inflation, Pumpty Dumpty, and more!
Edition 3: TEP and 10KI Pull Event, More Deflation, Hunger Games 3
Edition 4: TNP Pull Event Crashed (again), Card Olympics End, and a New Most Expensive Card!
Edition 5: Koem Kab Defeated, 9003 Commended, and Hunger Games 4
Edition 6: 10000 Bank Transfer, 200K Drop, and a Successful TNP Pull Event
Edition 7: First TCALS Change Implemented
Edition 8: The Last Card Hunger Games and an Interview With Koem Kab
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The Comprehensive Guide to NationStates Cards by Destructive Government Economic System
Containerise: Efficient Card Farming by Racoda
How to earn Cards' money fast using puppets by Queen yuno
The 6 Ws of TCALS - Part 1 by Noahs Second Country
S2 Legendary Card Rarity Changes: Downgrades by Noahs Second Country
S2 Legendary Card Rarity Changes 2: Upgrades by Noahs Second Country
TIAMA Scale by The unified missourtama states
Collecting Class Cards: Whats, Whys, Hows +LEADERBOARD by The unified missourtama states
History of NationStates Cards, How it’s Developed, and How it is Still Evolving to This Date. by Destructive Government Economic System
The Collection Collection v2 by GiovannilandCard queries by The Northern LightCard Market Watch by The Northern LightNS Trading Card Discord by The SalaxalansThe Card Gardening Society by The unified missourtama states
The Cards Guild by The Northern Light
Puppet Reporting by 9003Reported Puppet Spreadsheet maintained by 9003 and Noahs Second CountryCards Competitions
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The first ever Card Olympics by 9003 - Gold: Racoda, Feu de Glacex2. Silver: Noahs Second Country, Racoda. Bronze: SherpDaWerp, 90032nd Card Olympic Games! by 9003 - Winners: Dr Hooves, Noahs Second Country, Giovanniland, Jasminlandia, Ransium, RecuecnThe Card Olympics Game #3! The April Games by 9003 - Winner: Noahs Second Country4th monthly Olympic games Over 3,000 DV in prizes by 9003 - Winners: One Small Island, Noahs Second Country, Portsville, Fauzjhia, Mediobogdum, OoferyThe Monthly Card Collection Competition (Win a Legendary!) by Praeceps - Winners: Koskalherria, Aerilia, The Lovebirds, The Sands Casino, Kyskalherria, Rice Insunx2, Sleazy Pigeonx25th Olympic games! Now with duos and a way to triple prizes! by 9003 - Winners: Noahs Second Country/Giovanniland x3, All Wild ThingsNationstates Trading Card Hunger Games - First Run! by Harmonic Empire - Winner: Koem Kab
Nationstates Trading Card Hunger Games - Second Run! by Harmonic Empire - Winner: The Bigtopia
Nationstates Trading Card Hunger Games - Third Run! by Harmonic Empire - Winner: Reformed capitalist scotland
Nationstates Trading Card Hunger Games - Fourth Run Report by Harmonic Empire - Winner: Castelia, Reformed capitalist scotland
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last updated 6/17/2020
TCALS Change Part 1 Implemented
The finds history of Testlandia S2
Following a long discussion period and a thread full of traders pitching their thoughts on the Trading Cards Anti-Laundering Service, Ballotonia has announced the implementation of a
nerf to the strategy of “saving packs” for pull events. Packs that have been spawned more than 2 minutes in the past will no longer qualify for TCALS. Additionally, they have rather cryptically hinted at more changes coming soon: The immediate impact of this first change is clear. Nations will no longer be able to farm well before an event, and instead must answer issues and immediately open the packs received, slowing down the pace of the event. With the previous system, each puppet had potential to store 9 packs, all of which could trigger TCALS. Now, each puppet can expect to produce an average of 1 pack that has a chance to trigger TCALS, a significant nerf. With the additional time factored into the acquisition of this 1 pack per puppet, we can reasonably expect longer, less fruitful pull events in the future. Most players have reacted positively to this change, as it seems to strike a solid balance between the removal of “printing” entirely and keeping transfers from having a 100% success rate.
With the change in mind, 
Noahs Second Country immediately tested out the new system, borrowing a rubber ducky from Ballotonia and calling upon the cards discord server to see how many copies they could pull. In the end, 3 copies were pulled over the span of 2 hours or so, with inconsistent bidding and participation throughout. However, a more realistic test came about with 
The Northern Light running a pull event on Testlandia S2 a few days later, using all the same conditions as the previous pull events on the card. Despite a lack of success early on, 
Koem Kab, 
The cat and mouse game, and The Northern Light all began to find copies. Additionally, Noahs Second Country joined a little later and snagged a copy of their own. All in all, 12 copies were printed in 1.5 hours. Both TNL and NSC expressed their surprise over the number of copies that were created. While not as successful as previous events, it is clear that pull events are not “dead” like many have claimed lately.
Card defending, private pull events, hijacking transfers, and so on still remain relevant in the current state of affairs in the cards game. While clearly a large nerf, many players have already begun creating more puppets to account for it, and it appears that printing is still the ideal strategy in acquiring high value cards. We’ll have to see what changes are coming in the future, of course, but this initial change appears to be a step in the right direction, attempting to balance the motives of various groups comprising the overall player base.
Olympics 6 Continues
We are now halfway through the month of July, meaning that Olympics competitors have begun to separate themselves from the rest of the field. 
Giovanniland appears to be pulling ahead, using their abilities to find low price CTE cards and reselling them to regional collectors, along with epic flipping. As a result, they have taken a strong lead in the category. 
Smiley Bob is sitting comfortably in second place, and appears to be pursuing uncommons, though they also have the most bank available out of all the competitors. However, the participants are nowhere near achieving any of the group goals… perhaps they are just slighty too high?
A link to the leaderboard:
Nation | legendary | epic | ultra-rare | rare | uncommon | common | bank | bank and jv | DV | DV to card ratio |
0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 0 | 1.26 | 8.91 | 11.50 | 0.1533333333 | |
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 548 | 6 | 23.73 | 51.99 | 211.38 | 0.38005026930 | |
0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 29 | 1.80 | 5.84 | 10.07 | 0.14020547945 | |
0 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1587 | 35 | 23.68 | 111.68 | 199.58 | 0.1212515188 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59.01 | 59.02 | 240.20 | 240.20 | |
0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 556 | 41 | 27.55 | 61.06 | 153.33 | 0.25022940226 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
Trader Spotlight
9003 has been recently commended for their contributions to the cards community, and is also responsible for running the Card Olympics every month. They have had an undeniable impact on the cards community, bringing many newcomers to the scene. Card News was able to obtain this interview which helps to explain their intentions and perspective on cards as a whole.
Interview conducted by The unified missourtama states. Note that it is more than 2 months old, and answers are subject to change
Q: What brought you to collecting cards, and what is keeping you collecting?
Well I missed most of the April fools event, and I was only open to a few loot boxes, but when it was reintroduced I found out that I had a pretty hideous card but it was an epic so it had some value very quickly I found that I could cheese my MV extremely high, so late at night I would set up a huge sale of my own card and send it back and forth slowly gathering more of the ugly thing but also climbing the leaderboard. For an extended part of early to mid season 1 it was the 2nd or 3rd card on the leaderboard. It quickly became to expensive so I put that project to the side and hunted down Ex nations. I was impressed by DGES work in the field and always wanted to catch up. This turned quickly into collecting commons in general because I could and no one else was.
Q: How do you feel the card community is changing? is it getting better or worse?
There is no doubt that the card community is changing that is a given. The names are what I see change the most many of the people I started trading cards with at the start of season 1 no longer trade cards as actively. However in their stead I see new and fresh faces. I think it is always good to see new faces and get new ideas into the community behind the cards. My arsenal of tools has adapted as different people need different things for cards. In fact cards brought me to The North Pacific and got me back into NS other then just the occasional issue answering. All in all any part of NationStates has a high turn over rate but the old timers stick around the key is that these old timers need to make the community friendly and fun.
Q: Many small cards players like to maintain the idea of large farmers (such as you) as villains, do you agree, do you like this perception?
I think anyone who calls me, personally, a villain in the cards community is incredibly short sighted however are there others who are villains. I would say of course no part of NationStates can only have a good side. I think that there are a handful of traders who are incredible OOC people, but absolutely "villains" in the cards game. For example any one who heists another trader. This is a perfectly legal method to make a lot of money. However I would still call people who often do these things as Villains.
Q: What is your favorite card?
This is an easy one, I love my second season card. I would love my first season card but it is .... uhm... well UGLY.
Q: What is your favorite collection? Why?
This is a bit harder to say for sure because so many are worth noting. DGES's was always a source of a goal to strive for. I also find any of the times that a player can accumulate all or most of a region or rarity that is impressive.
Q: What advice do you have for others in the card community? (Both spiritually and technically)
Keep with, and don't be afraid to take a month away. Every summer due to real life obligations I take a month away from NS nearly 100% and yet I can still hold a top 20 position on the leaderboard no problem. As well as while I and many of the top players have massive armies of puppets there is no reason you need 100s of them to make it far in the cards game. Make them slowly and before you know it you will have 100s of puppets you farm on a regular basis.
Beyond all else, remember that getting a high DV isn't the only way to win cards: go collect your friends, grab those cards that you see that you think are pretty. Even if they aren't valuable or anything.
Thank you 9003 for your participation! If you would like to be interviewed or you would like to request an interview, please telegram Noahs Second Country for more information.
Collection Spotlight
By Giovanniland - forum thread
Here we go again with another collection spotlight! Check out some collections that have come to attention recently:
Epic Season 2: By 
Mediobogdum II (a puppet of 
Mediobogdum), this is the second largest collection ever to be completed! The collection contains all Epic cards from season 2, including some very difficult to find ones. Similarly, the largest collection to be completed is also an Epic cards collection, but the season 1 counterpart.
Geared Up: Collector 
Authoritaria-Imperia is really geared up to buy cards and increase their collection! Here you can find more than 100 types of gears, coming in various colors, rarities and styles.
Rubber Duckies: Although a pretty small collection, it has been talked about quite a bit recently! 
Ballotonia has acquired 18 unique rubber duckies, and the search for more continues. The love for the collection is so deep that Ballotonia has changed their flag to an animated version of a rubber duck!
Computerwelt: A collection representing the technological world we're currently living on, by 
The Cosmic Mainframe! The collection's name is a reference to German band Kraftwerk's album by the same name, meaning 'computer world'.
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