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Indostontris wrote:*Distraction Dance Plays In The Distance*

Hey, I saw you post the same thing in TWP. And elsewhere. Usually that's considered spamming. But ya know at the moment, I'm amused by it.

Valiraisia wrote:Hi :D

Howdy!

Badasstasticalia wrote:Y'all have been here too long.

Yes. Most definitely. I planned to play NS no more than a year.

But now NS 20th anniversary is coming up, so I still can't leave yet.

Badasstasticalia wrote:Y'all have been here too long.

But that just means they have the best stories!

I feel like the story of Equilism should be laid out in the form of an epic poem, set to dactylic hexameter.

"Equility—sing to me, oh Muse, of the many storied founder,
Whose region liberated the Pacific's Northern climes,
And cast cruel Francos from lofty heights.
Sing to me of the delegate, whose Westerly Winds launched a thousand defenders to the shores of Ireland,
And led a germanic empire to hide behind its treacherous walls!"

Goobergunchia, Westwind, Naivetry, and Hyper hippies

Welcome to Equilism, House brentwood and Hydradoria!

Alexanderian Macedonia wrote:

"Equility—sing to me, oh Muse, of the many storied founder,
Whose region liberated the Pacific's Northern climes,
And cast cruel Francos from lofty heights.
Sing to me of the delegate, whose Westerly Winds launched a thousand defenders to the shores of Ireland,
And led a germanic empire to hide behind its treacherous walls!"

Awesome. Just awesome.

There was a question on the TWP RMB yesterday, asking about whether or not there have been wars among the Feeders. I explained that it is an almost 20 year story that won't fit on the RMB. ;)

Hyper hippies

Westwind wrote:Slander?

100% true. I'm not going to waste my time hunting down the link for you to the forum thread where he said it.

DYP was alright during my time in Lazarus for what it's worth.

Karkados wrote:DYP was alright during my time in Lazarus for what it's worth.

Oh, I always enjoyed working with DYP way back when too.

Westwind wrote:Welcome to Equilism, House brentwood and Hydradoria!

Awesome. Just awesome.

There was a question on the TWP RMB yesterday, asking about whether or not there have been wars among the Feeders. I explained that it is an almost 20 year story that won't fit on the RMB. ;)

Perhaps it can be told in the form of a 14,000 line poem?

Westwind and Hyper hippies

Alexanderian Macedonia wrote:Perhaps it can be told in the form of a 14,000 line poem?

We could sponsor an epic poetry contest! Maybe just a few dactylic hexameters at a time, with themes/events drawn from NS history and assigned to contestants at random. And then a final round where people get to choose their theme.

Also, completely unrelated, but I have an announcement/introduction to make.

*points to The Sultanate of Mininai I*

:)

Goobergunchia, Westwind, Hyper hippies, and Small Huts

Naivetry wrote:We could sponsor an epic poetry contest!

I can honestly say that I didn't anticipate you saying this.

Hyper hippies

Chaucerin wrote:I can honestly say that I didn't anticipate you saying this.

I'm not hearing a "No?"

Hyper hippies

Westwind wrote:I planned to play NS no more than a year.

But now NS 20th anniversary is coming up, so I still can't leave yet.

*waves frantically* Hey Westwind!!!!! Do you remember me?

Hyper hippies wrote:*waves frantically* Hey Westwind!!!!! Do you remember me?

*chuckles* Hey there, good to see ya. How could I forget you? It's about time you dropped in. I keep wondering when you're going to show up. :P

Hope life's been treating you well!

Naivetry wrote:*points to The Sultanate of Mininai I*

:)

Really just too cute for words, Lady Nai. ;)

Hyper hippies

I actually just quit teaching this year, which was mentally good for me, but bittersweet at the same time because I really did love doing it. I've been playing Diablo Immortal a lot, and joined a clan that is like a family. We started a discord, and it just reminds me a lot of Equilism's forum, so I just had to come back and see how everyone was doing!

Hyper hippies

I see we have moved to Discord. When did that happen? I keep joking with people that Discord is merely the child of old-school forums and ventrilo...

Hyper hippies wrote:I see we have moved to Discord. When did that happen? I keep joking with people that Discord is merely the child of old-school forums and ventrilo...

And I just realized we don't have the forum anymore. :o Figured it wouldn't be around forever (West was covering it all by himself for years, which wasn't sustainable), but thought I had time to still remember my password and go scoop up all my favorite debate threads (hi Chaucerin!) and foreign affairs memories.

I'd guess it went offline sometime in late 2020 or 2021 given that the executive orders in the dispatches still link to the forum.

Do you have an archive somewhere, Westwind?

If not, I guess the loss of my favorite bits of internet history is what I get for gallivanting off to TRR, then Greece, then getting a real job, graduating, getting married, etc. If so, then (thanks to said real job), I'd be happy to find a place to host it for the collective memories.

Naivetry wrote:...I'd be happy to find a place to host it for the collective memories.

I would be delighted to help out with this.

Naivetry, Hyper hippies, and Small Huts

Naivetry wrote:Do you have an archive somewhere, Westwind?

There are some backups, but....you may recall how our database was so large when we had forum problems in '06, that it was almost unrestorable? Well, it grew quite a lot in the following decade plus, and no server will allow me to upload any backup. So it is impossible to restore a forum database this size, as far as I can tell. The backups are not that recent though. I've been through a few hard drive and computer crashes through the years.

In '06, I found a program that would break the database into smaller bits to upload it and restore it, and that worked. It didn't work this time, it's still too big. I'd already been having to go in and delete tons of old things for years, trying to keep up with our data limits. I'd get warnings every six months we were over limit. I used to be able to break the database down into individual tables and restore them one at a time (a long tedious process) but again, that didn't work. So, here we are.

You all outdid yourselves with all that forum posting Equilism. *chuckles* I blame it on the Equilism Underground in '05 and all that spamming to increase post counts.
:P

Hyper hippies wrote:I see we have moved to Discord. When did that happen? I keep joking with people that Discord is merely the child of old-school forums and ventrilo...

I don't recall when it happened, Isaris has managed Discord for us. Though Discord started spreading in NS about the time I was TWP Delegate in '14. Someone in TEP was insisting on creating a Discord server for us in TWP. I wasn't going to have someone from another region run an offsite property, so it was a few more Delegacies in TWP before Discord arrived there. It's since then pretty much killed off offsite forum activity.

Hello everybody,

Just wanted to introduce my nation which has just moved to this region.

Seems like an interesting place to be in.

Regards,
Riomadjole

Riomadjole wrote:Hello everybody,

Just wanted to introduce my nation which has just moved to this region.

Seems like an interesting place to be in.

Regards,
Riomadjole

Welcome to Equilism, make yourself at home!

Riomadjole

Are you ready for N-Day?

OVERVIEW

N-Day is an opportunity for nations to come together and exchange nuclear weapons in a fiery Armageddon of mutually assured destruction.

To Participate

  1. Once registration opens, you can create or join a Faction. Nations outside a Faction can't attack or be attacked. You can join a Faction when you're ready and leave when you're not (to stay safe).

  2. When the event begins, nations will be assigned a random Specialty and begin to accumulate Production. You will now be able to spend Production, fire nukes and deploy shields.

  3. Watch your nation automatically generate Production at a rate of 1 every 2 minutes. Use it to build Nukes and Shield.

  4. Launch Nukes at other nations and use Shield to shoot down Nukes that are launched at you.

Tactics

The simplest way to play N-Day is to join whichever Faction seems most fun and start targeting Nukes at its enemies while shooting down anything incoming. Your Faction page's icon bar shows everything you need to know, including who's targeting anyone in your Faction, and who your fellow Faction members are targeting.

Attacking: Step by Step

  1. On your Production screen, spend some of your Production to build Nukes. These go into your Stockpile.

  2. On another nation's Nuke page, click/tap the TARGET button and select the number of Nukes to use.

  3. Once Targeted, it takes 10 minutes for your Nukes to reach a READY state (3 for Intel Specialists). Note that your Targeted page is public: All nations can see who is targeting whom.

  4. When your Targeted Nukes are ready, click/tap LAUNCH.

  5. Your Nukes are now categorized as Launches for you and Incoming for your target. Launched Nukes take 3-5 minutes to reach their target. When they do, they earn Strikes for you and inflict Radiation on the target, which reduces their rate of Production. This also earns Score for your Faction and reduces the enemy Faction's Score.

Defending: Step by Step

  1. On the Production screen, spend Production to build Shield.

  2. Find Launched Nukes to destroy. Your top priority is any Incoming Nukes launched at you. Secondarily, you may wish to target Incoming Nukes on anyone in your Faction (see your Faction's Incoming page), and also keep an eye on Targeted Nukes that may threaten you or your Faction in the near future.

  3. Click/tap DESTROY to deploy 1 Shield per Nuke.

Strategy

Strategically, it may be wise to avoid attacks on nations or Factions until you are confident of obliterating them, since this eliminates the possibility of counter-attack. Smaller-scale attacks, which damage but don't destroy an enemy, can lead to an escalating series of grudge-related nuclear exchanges.

On the other hand, targeting an enemy can be an effective warning. And it takes Nukes 10 minutes to be ready to launch, so you can't leave it too late.

Scoring

Each Nuke that reaches a target causes Radiation damage, which reduces the target's rate of Production generation and counts as a Strike for the attacker.

A Faction's Score is Strikes minus Radiation.

Duration

N-Day lasts for 24 hours, after which point, an Arms Control Agreement means that no Nukes can be launched. (In-flight nukes can still land, however.)

The "winner" is the Faction with the highest score; if, that is, nuclear war can be said to have a winner. Which we say it can. It's the Faction with the highest score.

FACTIONS

Once registration opens, Factions can be founded by a Regional Officer of any region. Any and all Regional Officers of that region can update the Faction's official text to issue instructions to Faction members.

Factions can be made open to all members, or restricted to the region's members only.

You can leave your Faction, which is a good way to stay safe if you're signing off for the night. However, you can only do this if you're not engaged with the enemy! That means:

  • You must not have any nukes targeted or launched at another nation; and

  • No nukes can be targeted or incoming on you.

Note that in practice, this can make it challenging to leave a Faction, since you may be frequently targeted.

While outside a Faction, you cannot be targeted, and do not generate any Production.

Before joining, it's worth making sure a Faction isn't currently under mass bombardment.

SPECIALTIES

Nations are randomly assigned a specialty.

Military Specialists build Nukes faster: They receive 50% more Nukes when converting Production.

Strategic Specialists build Shield faster: They receive 50% more Shield when converting Production.

Economic Specialists can accumulate more Production: Their production cap is four times larger than the other specialties.

Intel Specialists can finalize targets faster: Their targetted nukes reach READY in 3 minutes instead of 10. They have no Production advantages.

Cost of Nukes/Shield in Production Points

Military Specialist

Strategic Specialist

Economic Specialist

Intel Specialist

1 Nuke

0.67

1

1

1

1 Shield

2

1.33

2

2

PRODUCTION
Non-WA nations automatically generate Production at a rate of 1 Production per 2 minutes, up to a maximum of 50 (200 for Econ Specialists).
WA nations automatically generate Production at a rate of 10 Production per 2 minutes, up to a maximum of 150 (600 for Econ Specialists).

Production can be spent on Nukes or Shield.

WA NATIONS
World Assembly members will accumulate Production 10x faster than non-WA members, and have their Production limits increased by 3x.
It is allowed to switch WA membership to receive this benefit for different nations, but (as per regular site rules) you are only allowed to have one nation in the WA at a time.
Keep in mind that if your Production is over the non-WA limit when you resign membership on a nation, the Production on that nation will decrease down to the limit (i.e. if you resign with 75 Production on a non-Econ nation, the Production will drop to 50).

We ask that you refrain from switching WA for N-Day purposes more than once every two minutes. You will not be punished for this, but it is against the spirit of this change to the event mechanics.

NUKES

Nukes are purchased with Production, kept in stockpile until ready, then targeted and launched at an enemy nation.

Launched Nukes take 3-5 minutes to reach their target. While in-flight, they can be shot down by any nation using Shield. If they're not, each Nuke generates 1% of Radiation in the target and earns 1 Strike for the attacker.

SHIELD

Shield can be used to knock out Launched Nukes. You can shoot down any in-flight Nukes regardless of who they are aimed at.

Locate in-flight Nukes under Launches or Incoming, and use the DESTROY button to eliminate them at a rate of 1 Shield per Nuke.

It is possible to waste Shield if multiple nations deploy Shield simultaneously to knock out the same Nukes.

TARGETING

Target a nation by viewing their Nuke page and clicking/tapping TARGET. You may then select how many Nukes to target from your Stockpile.

It takes a short time for a Targeted Nuke to reach a READY state, after which it may be launched. This is normally 10 minutes, but Intel Specialists are faster, finalizing targets in only 3 minutes.

If not launched after 1 hour, Targeted Nukes automatically return to your Stockpile.

RADIATION

Radiation is generated in a nation when it is struck by a Nuke.

Radiation proportionately reduces a nation's Production generation rate. For example, 20% Radiation reduces Production generation by 20%.

When a nation is 100% Radiated, it is destroyed and no longer able to launch any Nukes nor use any Shield.

Radiation is irreversible.

You can leave a Faction when irradiated, but this does not affect your Faction's score.

SCORE

A Faction's score measures strikes and radiation that occurred while those nations were a member. It is unaffected by nations joining or leaving the Faction.

GLOSSARY

Term

Explanation

Production

Used to buy Nukes and Shield. Automatically generated by all non-destroyed nations in a Faction.

Nuke

Unholy instrument of death and destruction.

Stockpiled Nuke

A Nuke that has been purchased with Production and is sitting idle, awaiting a target.

Targeted Nuke

A Nuke that has been targeted at a nation. A targeted Nuke takes 10 minutes to achieve a READY state, after which it may be launched.

Launched/Incoming/In-Flight Nuke

A Nuke that has been launched at a nation and is currently chewing up 3-5 minutes of in-flight time.

Shield

A unit of defensive technology. Possibly involves lasers or satellites or something.

Strike

A record of how many Nukes have successfully landed on targets.

Radiation

A record of how many Nukes have struck the nation. Reduces Production generation.

Faction

A group of nations sharing a common interest in survival and/or bloodlust.

Score

Strikes minus Radiation.

Read dispatch

Westwind wrote:There are some backups, but....you may recall how our database was so large when we had forum problems in '06, that it was almost unrestorable? Well, it grew quite a lot in the following decade plus, and no server will allow me to upload any backup. So it is impossible to restore a forum database this size, as far as I can tell.

Sadness. :( Given that I basically checked out in ca. 2012, I'm not personally as interested in recent files as in the older stuff. Do the backup files make it possible to view offline on a computer if downloaded? I've got 2 TB of Dropbox space to store it, even if that would mean it's not navigable online.

Westwind wrote:You all outdid yourselves with all that forum posting Equilism. *chuckles*

If I'd realized that the spam forum was jeopardizing our ability to retain our history, I might've suggested we stop at one round through 1000 bottles of beer on the wall. :P

Naivetry wrote:Sadness. :( Given that I basically checked out in ca. 2012, I'm not personally as interested in recent files as in the older stuff. Do the backup files make it possible to view offline on a computer if downloaded? I've got 2 TB of Dropbox space to store it, even if that would mean it's not navigable online.

You could look through data, but it's disconnected. The data of an individual post itself, will not tell you who made the post, when it was posted, and you cannot follow a thread. It's just tables of data.

I have looked through the original Equilism (2004) forum this way via a Spreadsheet program and it uses up a lot of memory to load just that year. Sometimes crash the PC. You can at least search a table column for search words to try to find a subject you're interested in. But it's the forum software that makes it useful data.

I've played with a few ideas for offsite. There was a software I was testing out last year that is a sort of scaled down version of Facebook.

Westwind wrote:Are you ready for N-Day?

As Equilism's most advanced Defense Force and a staunch opponent of nuclear disarmament, I am prepared to DO DAMAGE.

N-Day faction registration is now open.

I'm going to suggest we join our TWP and TNP and Europeia allies in CARD, unless there are objections or another Faction you'd prefer.

I was thinking Card myself

Sold.

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