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Western fardelshufflestein wrote:......???

July 4th in a Nutshell
UK: Happy Treason Day, Traitors!
America: I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY FREEDOM. *Blows up every explosive in sight to celebrate independence from the British*
Canada: Um...our birthday was three days ago...Canadians in America, why are you still there...?
The Rest of the World: ......What is wrong with those people.

Many Americans had to migrate North because they wanted to live in the colony, no the US.

Eskvenn, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, Laamiva, and 1 otherEtre

Western fardelshufflestein wrote:I'm in.

*Yeets Aumeltopian SPIT into the harbor*

Ight, let's get some pyrotechnics.

*Summons a random American*

Random American: *Hands Melicorium some sparklers* I'll get the stuff that blows up--hang on. Here you go.

Did you say you are in need of....
Pyrotechnics?

I might have some... goods... depends who's asking though...

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and 1 otherPurple Hyacinth

Love the flag and WFE, TSP. Good work. 😂

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and 2 othersLaamiva, and Purple Hyacinth

Western fardelshufflestein wrote:

July 4th in a Nutshell
UK: Happy Treason Day, Traitors!
America: I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY FREEDOM. *Blows up every explosive in sight to celebrate independence from the British*
Canada: Um...our birthday was three days ago...Canadians in America, why are you still there...?
The Rest of the World: ......What is wrong with those people.

It scares me that this is somehow accurate :P

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and 2 othersWestern fardelshufflestein, and Purple Hyacinth

I don’t think my pretitle makes any sense.

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Purple Hyacinth, and 1 otherLallanca

Western fardelshufflestein

Fihami wrote:Did you say you are in need of....
Pyrotechnics?

I might have some... goods... depends who's asking though...

We are asking on behalf of the entire United States, though it is July 5 in Western Fardelshufflestein.

Eskvenn, Fihami, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, and 2 othersMelicorium, and Purple Hyacinth

People keep saying that this day is significant for some reason and We don’t get why

Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and Purple Hyacinth

Literally guam

*Walks in with a party popper* Happy fourth of July. Yall are sitting here celebrating America's independence, but what about mine? Guam has been US territory since the Spanish-American war!

Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, Western fardelshufflestein, and 1 otherPurple Hyacinth

OOC

Fellow United States Citizens,

As many of you are aware, the fourth of July has been known to us as independence day. We sometimes forget that after the declaration of independence was unanimously ratified by thirteen English colonies it took five years of battle and unto the siege of Yorktown to become thirteen independent American states. It took a further seven years to become united under a social contract that was ratified then by majority. Nearly nine decades needed to elapse and hundreds of thousands of lives shed before an unalienable right to liberty expressed by words written in 1776 would be granted to those in racial bondage. One-hundred and eighty-eight years needed to pass from this day two-hundred and forty-four years ago and more blood needed to be spilt before equality would be made law!

Twelve score and four years have transpired since radical men declared they had had enough of a tyrant and the effects of his severity. Since then, all people from abroad have sought these lands to pursue courses paved by dreams whose destinations lead toward intrinsic happiness. Those fortunate to be born within our political boundaries have never known the developing world's oppression. We few natives have not known systemic violence, rampant disease, public racial alienation, nor oligarchy; that is; until now.

Taxation has become unfair and favors the rich while burdening the poor. Scandal has corrupted sacred halls of democratic sovereignty. Bourgeois corporate despotism has become the status quo of executive power while legislators, public servants, are the marionettes of special interests. Public administration is now a commodity to be traded as a stock at market. Police are now the most distrusted, most despised, most ill reputed arm of justice. Our institutions of education and mental health have closed their doors to our children and to ourselves. The courts are politicized and biased by wealth or ethnicity. The prisons grow and grow and grow as an infection aided by privatization. A woman can no longer take her child to a theater, nor a store, nor an event without the fear of a mass shooting. A loaf of bread and a gallon of milk is five times the cost of acquisition over a period of 4 months. Food shortage threaten the most insecure of us with death. And racial tensions between us have caused our own citizens to fragment and form exclusive groups that alienate each other.

Fellow citizens, our country resembles more a pit in hell than a shining city upon a hill. It is no longer a desired destination nor a beacon of hope to the oppressed, hungry, and suffering of the world. Why then celebrate this day!? Why shoot your guns and fireworks merrily when all that was fought for for over two hundred years has been lost? Today, 4th of July in 2020 is not a day to party. It is a day to mourn the dying ideals of a declaration whose causes and purposes have reemerged in our midst. I am sad today, friends, because our American dream is turning into a nightmare.

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Nimphadale, Steampunk engineers, and 2 othersMelicorium, and Purple Hyacinth

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July 2020 Delegate Election - Live Updates
• Agalaesia, former Minister of Regional Affairs, has questioned Penguin on the progression of their endorsement count since joining the Council on Regional Security... (click the dispatch to read the full news)

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11 July 2020 10:51 EST
Amerion and Penguin advance to gameside round

Amerion and Penguin have advanced to the gameside round in the Delegate election, according to the official vote count released by Election Commissioner Tsunamy. With 41 ballots cast, Amerion obtained 36 votes and Penguin obtained 31 votes, enough in both cases to advance to the week-long round of gameside voting that will decide which of the two will succeed Somyrion.

According to the Elections Act, the forumside round is conducted via approval voting and only the top two candidates who have secured more than 50% of approvals will advance to the gameside round.

08 July 2020 09:04 EST
Forum voting round opens; will run through July 11

Election Commissioner Tsunamy has officially opened the forum voting round for the Delegate election, allowing legislators to cast their votes on the candidates who will advance to the gameside round in their effort to succeed Somyrion. The forum voting round is conducted through approval voting, which means that legislators may vote for one or both of the candidates, so that their vote reflects who they approve, rather than who they prefer.

Voting will extend until July 11, after which the two highest approved candidates will advance to the gameside voting round, where all Native World Assembly members will vote for their preferred candidate through a regional poll.

Click LinkHERE or LinkHERE to cast your vote

04 July 2020 13:08 EST
Penguin fields questions about their endorsement count

Agalaesia, former Minister of Regional Affairs, has questioned Penguin on the progression of their endorsement count since joining the Council on Regional Security, pointing out that they have "gained less endorsements than Jay [Coop] despite being admitted to the CRS at the same time". This was met with a response from Jay Coop and Penguin, who argued that the claim as misleading:

"I don't think that's a fair assessment because Penguin has gained roughly the same number of endorsements as me. The difference is that Penguin started with fewer endorsements than me when we were both admitted to the CRS."

Jay Coop

Penguin also responded to the question, suggesting that they had already taken all possible steps to raise their endorsement count:

"I have endorsed every WA in the region. What they do after that is on them. I can't force them to endorse me anymore than I can force the people of TSP to embrace Pie over cake - and believe me I try VERY hard on that."

Penguin

Penguin also suggested increased efforts to welcome new nations and ensure that they would receive all the necessary information to reinforce the message from the welcome telegram. They pointed out that the early days of a new nation can be confusing and that open and constant communication would be beneficial.

03 July 2020 19:57 EST
Amerion and Penguin post their campaign threads

Amerion and Penguin have posted their campaign threads, opening the campaigning phase of the race to succeed Somyrion.

Amerion is running an agenda-driven campaign, focusing on strengthening the region on issues ranging from the Office of World Assembly Legislation (OWL) to promoting the recently-created Coral Guard and bridging the gap between the gameside and offsite communities.

Penguin has admitted to lacking a specific plan but has also highlighted their years of experience in the region, both in and out of executive office, and their goal in keeping the region under a friendly but steady hand.

Click LinkHERE to read Amerion's campaign | Click LinkHERE to read Penguin's campaign

The South Pacific Independent News Network (SPINN) is an independent news organisation established in 2003 whose goal is to provide good news, insightful commentary and timely information for the citizens of the South Pacific. The opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editorial Board. Content is published anonymously, unless is the author requests otherwise. The SPINN is in no way, shape or form associated with the Government of the South Pacific.
Read dispatch

Make sure to upvote the dispatch and quote this post!

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Nimphadale, Steampunk engineers, and 2 othersMelicorium, and Purple Hyacinth

Literally guam wrote:*Walks in with a party popper* Happy fourth of July. Yall are sitting here celebrating America's independence, but what about mine? Guam has been US territory since the Spanish-American war! 

Sorry, you're more likely to become a state than an independent nation

Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and Purple Hyacinth

Demonos wrote:OOC

Fellow United States Citizens, 

As many of you are aware, the fourth of July has been known to us as independence day. We sometimes forget that after the declaration of independence was unanimously ratified by thirteen English colonies it took five years of battle and unto the siege of Yorktown to become thirteen independent American states. It took a further seven years to become united under a social contract that was ratified then by majority. Nearly nine decades needed to elapse and hundreds of thousands of lives shed before an unalienable right to liberty expressed by words written in 1776 would be granted to those in racial bondage. One-hundred and eighty-eight years needed to pass  from this day two-hundred and forty-four years ago and more blood needed to be spilt before equality would be made law! 

Twelve score and four years have transpired since radical men declared they had had enough of a tyrant and the effects of his severity. Since then, all people from abroad have sought these lands to pursue courses paved by dreams whose destinations lead toward intrinsic happiness. Those fortunate to be born within our political boundaries have never known the developing world's oppression. We few natives have not known systemic violence, rampant disease, public racial alienation, nor oligarchy; that is; until now.

Taxation has become unfair and favors the rich while burdening the poor. Scandal has corrupted sacred halls of democratic sovereignty. Bourgeois corporate despotism has become the status quo of executive power while legislators, public servants, are the marionettes of special interests. Public administration is now a commodity to be traded as a stock at market. Police are now the most distrusted, most despised, most ill reputed arm of justice. Our institutions of education and mental health have closed their doors to our children and to ourselves. The courts are politicized and biased by wealth or ethnicity. The prisons grow and grow and grow as an infection aided by privatization. A woman can no longer take her child to a theater, nor a store, nor an event without the fear of a mass shooting. A loaf of bread and a gallon of milk is five times the cost of acquisition over a period of 4 months. Food shortage threaten the most insecure of us with death. And racial tensions between us have caused our own citizens to fragment and form exclusive groups that alienate each other.

Fellow citizens, our country resembles more a pit in hell than a shining city upon a hill. It is no longer a desired destination nor a beacon of hope to the oppressed, hungry, and suffering of the world. Why then celebrate this day!? Why shoot your guns and fireworks merrily when all that was fought for for over two hundred years has been lost? Today, 4th of July in 2020 is not a day to party. It is a day to mourn the dying ideals of a declaration whose causes and purposes have reemerged in our midst. I am sad today, friends, because our American dream is turning into a nightmare.

Why celebrate anything? There is suffering all over the world. People die horrible deaths every day. Starvation kills millions each day. Malaria kills at a worrying rate, there are countries so plagued with poverty their currency is worth nothing. Why celebrate a single thing...

We celebrate not to ignore the bad in life, though I will admit many do ignore the bad in life. We instead we celebrate because we want to acknowledge the good in life and be thankful for it. America has done much good for the world. Though it has done many crimes it has also contributed greatly for the betterment of so many people. So despite the fact that I come from a family who fought against the Americans in their war for independence I will say, God bless America.

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Nimphadale, Steampunk engineers, and 4 othersIym winterless, Melicorium, Western fardelshufflestein, and Purple Hyacinth

Iym winterless

If tomorrow all the things were gone
I worked for all my life
And I had to start again
With just my children and my wife
I thank my lucky stars
To be living here today
'Cause the flag still stands for freedom
And they can't take that away
And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.
From the lakes of Minnesota
To the hills of Tennessee
Across the plains of Texas
From sea to shining sea
From Detroit down to Houston
And New York to L.A.
Where's pride in every American heart
And it's time we stand and say
That I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.
And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and 3 othersWestern fardelshufflestein, Purple Hyacinth, and Etre

Demonos wrote:OOC

Fellow United States Citizens,

As many of you are aware, the fourth of July has been known to us as independence day. We sometimes forget that after the declaration of independence was unanimously ratified by thirteen English colonies it took five years of battle and unto the siege of Yorktown to become thirteen independent American states. It took a further seven years to become united under a social contract that was ratified then by majority. Nearly nine decades needed to elapse and hundreds of thousands of lives shed before an unalienable right to liberty expressed by words written in 1776 would be granted to those in racial bondage. One-hundred and eighty-eight years needed to pass from this day two-hundred and forty-four years ago and more blood needed to be spilt before equality would be made law!

Twelve score and four years have transpired since radical men declared they had had enough of a tyrant and the effects of his severity. Since then, all people from abroad have sought these lands to pursue courses paved by dreams whose destinations lead toward intrinsic happiness. Those fortunate to be born within our political boundaries have never known the developing world's oppression. We few natives have not known systemic violence, rampant disease, public racial alienation, nor oligarchy; that is; until now.

Taxation has become unfair and favors the rich while burdening the poor. Scandal has corrupted sacred halls of democratic sovereignty. Bourgeois corporate despotism has become the status quo of executive power while legislators, public servants, are the marionettes of special interests. Public administration is now a commodity to be traded as a stock at market. Police are now the most distrusted, most despised, most ill reputed arm of justice. Our institutions of education and mental health have closed their doors to our children and to ourselves. The courts are politicized and biased by wealth or ethnicity. The prisons grow and grow and grow as an infection aided by privatization. A woman can no longer take her child to a theater, nor a store, nor an event without the fear of a mass shooting. A loaf of bread and a gallon of milk is five times the cost of acquisition over a period of 4 months. Food shortage threaten the most insecure of us with death. And racial tensions between us have caused our own citizens to fragment and form exclusive groups that alienate each other.

Fellow citizens, our country resembles more a pit in hell than a shining city upon a hill. It is no longer a desired destination nor a beacon of hope to the oppressed, hungry, and suffering of the world. Why then celebrate this day!? Why shoot your guns and fireworks merrily when all that was fought for for over two hundred years has been lost? Today, 4th of July in 2020 is not a day to party. It is a day to mourn the dying ideals of a declaration whose causes and purposes have reemerged in our midst. I am sad today, friends, because our American dream is turning into a nightmare.

'Cause some people want something to give them hope during this dying time. They want a something that can bring them together; a holiday that we all share in common to know that we are all in the same boat. They want something that they can celebrate to forget about the worry's of the world, and just enjoy life for what it is.

Sure, America is a hellhole, but it's not gonna get better by moping about it.

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and 2 othersPurple Hyacinth, and Etre

Iym winterless

Rabbitz wrote:'Cause some people want something to give them hope during this dying time. They want a something that can bring them together; a holiday that we all share in common to know that we are all in the same boat. They want something that they can celebrate to forget about the worry's of the world, and just enjoy life for what it is.

Sure, America is a hellhole, but it's not gonna get better by moping about it.

Every nation has done wrong, and America is no different. But you cannot focus exclusively on the wrong, for that is unwise. America has done a lot of good for the World, and on this day we celebrate that good and work to make more of it.

God bless the USA!

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and 3 othersWestern fardelshufflestein, Purple Hyacinth, and Etre

I'm going to say it once again.
If I would celebrate our national day like so many americans do, I would be immediately called a nazi.

Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and Purple Hyacinth

Iym winterless

Laamiva wrote:I'm going to say it once again.
If I would celebrate our national day like so many americans do, I would be immediately called a nazi.

Makes sense. You celebrating the nation that helped defeat the Nazis makes you a Nazi.

Orang man Hitler.

Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and Purple Hyacinth

Western fardelshufflestein

Laamiva wrote:I'm going to say it once again.
If I would celebrate our national day like so many americans do, I would be immediately called a nazi.

Ooooof.
When is Austria's national day?

Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Iym winterless, Melicorium, and 1 otherPurple Hyacinth

Iym winterless wrote:Makes sense. You celebrating the nation that helped defeat the Nazis makes you a Nazi.

Orang man Hitler.

I am an austrian, not an american, Iym.
I mean if I would celebrate my own national day as patriotic like you all do.

Western fardelshufflestein wrote:Ooooof.
When is Austria's national day?

26th of october.

Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Iym winterless, Melicorium, and 2 othersWestern fardelshufflestein, and Purple Hyacinth

I'm just so evil that I was forgotten in this poll, or I'm just a goober.

Fihami, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and 1 otherPurple Hyacinth

Iym winterless

Laamiva wrote:I am an austrian, not an american, Iym.
I mean if I would celebrate my own national day as patriotic like you all do.
26th of october.

Ah, my bad.

Austria is a lovely nation, you should have the right to celebrate that.

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and 2 othersWestern fardelshufflestein, and Purple Hyacinth

Western fardelshufflestein

Iym winterless wrote:Ah, my bad.

Austria is a lovely nation, you should have the right to celebrate that.

Agreed; Austria is beautiful, and they have a nice flag.
Like
Y'all literally have Mozart and the Alps.
And many other cool things, from architecture and art to great food....

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Iym winterless, and 2 othersMelicorium, and Purple Hyacinth

Iym winterless

I’m surprised my bird isn’t freaking out from the fireworks.

What a champ.

Eskvenn, Fihami, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, and 3 othersMelicorium, Western fardelshufflestein, and Purple Hyacinth

Western fardelshufflestein

How has there not been a full-blown revolution in this RMB yet?

Also, here is a glorious meme for all of the American TSPers:
https://coffeemeetsbagel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/u782mk_augkv9d.jpg

Eskvenn, Proctethia, Steampunk engineers, Melicorium, and 1 otherPurple Hyacinth

Melicorium

Demonos wrote:snip

Please use spoilers for such long posts. (RMB Rule XI)

RMB Rules and Etiquette

by The tsp local council

Hello! Welcome to the South Pacific, and its regional message board, or RMB! It is a vibrant, active place where people from all around the world can hang out and talk. It is the region's primary place of communication, and is open to all types of conversations, debates, and overall fun. However, without some form of rules, the RMB would be a wild, annoying, and downright un-enjoyable place. And so, due to this, rules must be laid down and enforced. These are important to protect everyone's safety, dignity, and sanity. So we all ask that you please take the time to read the following rules, and try your hardest to follow them. Remember, there are consequences for breaking the rules.

Note: The “Fundamental Rule” portion of each guideline is meant as a summary of the rule. The official text of the rule may be found in the “Details” spoiler.

Breaking these rules can result in consequences including warnings, post suppressions, and in the the case of repeated or serious infractions, ejection and banning from the region. The full, detailed Local Council Standard Moderation Policy, which specifies the exact consequences for various levels of rule-breaking, can be found here.

And so, after much introduction, here are your RMB Rules:

1. Say Neigh to Spam

Fundamental Rule: Don't spam. Spamming is bad. It is the first rule for a reason.

Details:
Spamming on the RMB is not allowed at all, under any circumstances. Spamming is probably best described as a post that is meaningless and/or unnecessary— for example, a post that repeats the same thing multiple times, a lone emoji or image, multiple posts of the same thing, or a series of posts that have no apparent meaning. It does not matter what your intent is— if your post(s) fits the above definition, it is considered spam and will be dealt with accordingly.

2. English is our Mane Language

Fundamental Rule: Posts on the Regional Message Board must be in English, or include an English translation.

Details:
We understand that many of you come from backgrounds where English is not your main language, as players come from all around the world. However, to avoid confusion among people who don't speak your language, we sincerely ask that you post in English only, for ease of communication.

Remember, there are tools like LinkGoogle Translate to help you. If you speak in another language, please add a translation to English in the same post. Posts with English translations will not be suppressed. For the avoidance of doubt, English means Modern English and not backwards English.

3. Keep Our Region Stable

Fundamental Rule: Don’t ask for people to endorse you on the Regional Message Board. Don’t ask for people to move to another region.

Details:
Asking for endorsements on the RMB is not allowed at all, under any circumstances. Ever. Permissions are only made if the requester is a member of the Council on Regional Security, the Coral Guard, or the Delegate seeking to increase endorsement counts for the purposes of promoting regional security.

If you want to receive and give more endorsements, get involved in the Southern World Assembly Initiative, TSP’s endorsement program.

Similarly, recruiting, or telling people to move to another region, is also not allowed. You may not ask people to join your region on the RMB, whether you are also a South Pacifican citizen yourself or not.

4. So a Horse walks into a bar ...

Fundamental Rule: Roleplay on the Regional Message Board, but do not break any other rules. If you're feeling nice or your roleplay is a bit niche or particularly nation driven, please consider taking your roleplaying to Knowhere.

Details:
It's all legal! As long as it complies with the rules. Specifically; remember to keep your roleplays appropriate (as stated in rule IX). The LC has reached a general conclusion on what is appropriate, and if your roleplay does not fit within those boundaries, it will be stopped. So, excessive display of affection, sexually-suggesting roleplay, and the like, are not allowed at all.

Similarly, do not clog the RMB with your roleplay. If you feel it has been going on for a while, either take it to a roleplay region, or cease it all together. Otherwise, it may be interfered with. When the board is dominated by roleplay, it becomes hard for everyone else to communicate with each-other, thanks to the overabundance of posts completely unrelated to what they are doing.

But other than those things, feel free to roleplay to your heart's content!

5. Hold your Horses

Fundamental Rule: Don’t post on the Regional Message Board three times or more in a row.

Details:
Triple posting, or posting three posts in a row, is considered illegal, as are any other number of posts more than two in a row. All posts after the initial two post will be suppressed. If one hour has passed without another post on the RMB a single third post will be allowed

6. Keep your nose in your own feedbag

Fundamental Rule: Don’t reveal other players’ personal information.

Details:
It is not permitted to post or otherwise share another player's personally-identifying information (i.e. social media accounts, IP addresses, postal addresses, E-mail addresses, telephone numbers, etc.), and neither is it permitted to post or share information that may not be identifying but is nonetheless of a personal nature (i.e. medical history, relationship status, etc.). The only exception is if the player in question has shared that information themselves and does not mind its dissemination (this sharing or statement of permission must be publically viewable).

Making a claim of serious out-of-character misconduct (e.g. bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, etc.) against someone else, without providing evidence to moderation/administration, is considered malicious harassment, and will be dealt with accordingly. This rule applies to the TSP forum and discord as well.

7. Get Off Your High Horse

Fundamental Rule: Trolling, baiting or flaming of others is not allowed under any circumstances.

Details:
Trolling is defined as starting quarrels or upsetting people by posting inflammatory and digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages with the intent of provoking other nations into displaying emotional responses. Baiting is similar to trolling, and is defined as posting with the aim of angering someone indirectly, directed at a specific person. Flaming is defined as posting insults or other verbal and often personal attacks on other nations. Erudite slams while maintaining a veneer of politeness can also be considered flaming. All three of these are banned under all circumstances.

This is an extension of a simple policy of respect. What may seem like good natured fun to you could be trolling to someone else, and if they tell you to stop, do so.
We can and will warn, suppress, and even ban you, as well as record the incident. In severe cases the NationStates Moderators will be contacted, and puppets will not hide your IP address from them.

8. You Canter Break Site Rules

Fundamental Rule: No matter where you are in NationStates, the rules for the game still apply.

Details:
TSP is a part of NationStates, and as such, you must follow the rules of the game as a whole at all times. Breaking the game rules will land you in trouble with both the regional officers and NationStates site moderation. See the link below for the list of rules and a quick FAQ page for more details on the game rules.

NationStates Rules

NationStates FAQ

9. Mind Your Dam Manners

Fundamental Rule: Don’t post anything that would not be allowed in a PG-13 movie.

Details:
Excessive swearing, explicit, suggestive, or excessively violent messages, sexual references, and other such things will be suppressed on sight, and the NationStates site moderators can and will be called to get involved in serious cases. Excessive displays of personal affection (e.g. suggestive roleplayed snuggling, nuzzling, kissing, licking and so on) is also considered inappropriate and will be suppressed accordingly.

Mild swearing may be tolerated, mild sexuality may be at the very most hinted, but explicit or excessive versions of either or both will result in moderation intervention, both from the Local Council and potentially from NationStates site moderators. Derogatory terms are disallowed, and all swearing must abide by all other rules, particularly those about respecting others.

10. Straight from the horse’s mouth

Fundamental Rule: Do not edit someone's post in a malicious way or repost offensive content.

Details:
It is illegal to edit what someone else has written when quoting it in order to make it seem like they expressed a view which they didn’t. Quote-editing should be avoided even for comic effect.

When you are responding to someone's post, please quote their post (by pressing the "quote" button), as it makes it less confusing and will alert them to your post.

When quoting an offensive post, delete the content of the post and replace it with "-snip-". Doing so makes the administrators’ jobs much easier.

When quoting long posts, please cut the post down to the particular parts you are responding to, or replace the extraneous material with "-snip-".

11. Crop Your Post

Fundamental Rule: Use spoilers when making or quoting a very long post.

Details:
The [spoiler] tag is your friend. When making or quoting a very long post, or one which not everyone might want to read, please add spoilers, so as to avoid taking up a large amount of the page.

If you are giving a spoiler of a recently released book or film, put it in a spoiler tag, to give people who haven't read/watched it a chance. As a general rule of thumb, give a month for films post-release (as release dates may be different in different areas) and two months for book releases.

12. Rein In Rudeness

Fundamental Rule: The golden rule: treat others how you want to be treated.

Details:
Remember, there are other, real people behind the nations on the RMB. Everyone here is a human being with emotions and the right to be respected.

While dissent with regional officers (LC, Delegate, CRS, and Ministers) is perfectly acceptable, remember that they are people too, and worthy of basic human decency. The regional officers should be respected at all times just as any other member of the region should.

When debating, always remember to attack the argument rather than the person making it. If you find yourself getting heated, try to take a step back. Personal insults, insults to intelligence, etc. will not be tolerated. The only form of debate banned on the RMB is that over a particular suppression. For more information, see the Help Section at the end of this document.

13. Don't Ride on Foals

Fundamental Rule: Single word or similarly short posts are not appreciated on the RMB.

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Single word posts that do not advance conversation are not allowed. If you find yourself wondering if a post is both unsubstantial and too short, it likely is. This rule does not mean you have to post several paragraphs of content every time you want to post. Single sentence posts, single word greetings, and single-word replies quoting other posts are still allowed under this rule.

However, at the discretion of the Local Council, posts deemed to be insubstantial and not contributing to the regional discourse will be suppressed. An excellent way to avoid this is to add thought to your posts.

Thank you for reading, and remember to follow these guidelines!

Now sit back, relax, and enjoy your stay here in TSP!

~~~HELP!~~~

If you believe a post breaks the rules and should be suppressed, wish to appeal to have a post unsuppressed, wish to appeal a formal warning, or have any questions about the laws of the RMB, you can contact your current Local Councillors through telegrams:

TescoPepsi
Petea
Evinea

OR

Lodge complaints or comments with the following nation:

The tsp local council

This nation is controlled by the LC, ensuring all Local Councillors can see your complaints or comments. Remember, the rules of respect apply to telegrams as well as the RMB.

Official moderation appeals must follow the process laid out in the Standard Moderation Policy dispatch.



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I do agree that there needs to be change, though.

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