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Nacothan wrote:

Hello where can you find the actual game

Hello. Since you are such a new nation, I am going to assume that you mean the "game" for this website, NationStates? Apologies if I am incorrect in this assumption.

There really isn't a "game" to be found, however, in the sense you are likely thinking of. I was slightly confused by this, myself, upon first joining the site. You really just answer issues as they periodically arrive, examine the effects they have on your populace, and watch your nation evolve over time. Most everything on this site is text-based.

However, there are numerous "sub-games" to be found, as well. You can get involved with regional politics by joining a region such as this and becoming active with the government and community. You can join the World Assembly and get involved with debating and writing proposals in the General Assembly and Security Council. There is a wide variety of Roleplay to be found on the site, anything from character-based to global warfare. Then there is a kind of "meta-game" within the Gameplay, often referred to as "Raiding/Defending" or simply "Gameplay," wherein nations contest control of regions. And we mustn't forget Trading Cards!

A handy guide for your convenience.

Northern wood wrote:

Hello. Since you are such a new nation, I am going to assume that you mean the "game" for this website, NationStates? Apologies if I am incorrect in this assumption.

There really isn't a "game" to be found, however, in the sense you are likely thinking of. I was slightly confused by this, myself, upon first joining the site. You really just answer issues as they periodically arrive, examine the effects they have on your populace, and watch your nation evolve over time. Most everything on this site is text-based.

However, there are numerous "sub-games" to be found, as well. You can get involved with regional politics by joining a region such as this and becoming active with the government and community. You can join the World Assembly and get involved with debating and writing proposals in the General Assembly and Security Council. There is a wide variety of Roleplay to be found on the site, anything from character-based to global warfare. Then there is a kind of "meta-game" within the Gameplay, often referred to as "Raiding/Defending" or simply "Gameplay," wherein nations contest control of regions. And we mustn't forget Trading Cards!

A handy guide for your convenience.

Thank you! that is very helpful

While I feel bad for Trump, and more so his family, I do feel to some extent he had it coming.

I mean he was not very safe at all. He only in last month or to started to really wear masks, and even now pretty much all of his events are mask-optional, and so of course very few people wear them. Plus, he has been far more active doing in-person events than the likes of Biden. Finally, he’s never been the healthiest guy: his diet consists of fast food (and lots of it), he never exercises, he only gets 3-4 hours of sleep per night, and he is quite old (not his fault, but he should always try to be safer considering his age).

In addition, the amount of damage he’s caused, both COVID-related and otherwise, leads to a feeling that “this is karma”. Of course it’s sad what’s happening to him, but I find the amount of damage and pain he’s caused even sadder.

And while obviously I don’t want him, or anyone else, to suffer with the virus, at the same time I have my hopes that this can increase Biden’s chances. I don’t want to sound like a mean person who wants trump to die so that Biden does well, but at the same time we have to remember that just because he got the virus doesn’t excuse him from any of his other bad things that he’s done.

In short, I feel bad for him and his family, but I feel like he had it coming, and this doesn’t excuse his other bad deeds.

Middle Barael wrote:

SNIP

I think that, as others have brought up, Trump has so much wealth, and such access to state of the art technology, that he will not be hurt, or even in pain. This will look to the section of his followers who deify as though “Even the Covid can’t keep him down.” Having nearly the opposite effect of what you hypothesized.

The young ur wrote:

I think that, as others have brought up, Trump has so much wealth, and such access to state of the art technology, that he will not be hurt, or even in pain. This will look to the section of his followers who deify as though “Even the Covid can’t keep him down.” Having nearly the opposite effect of what you hypothesized.

This is the correct take on the situation.

Honeydewistania wrote:

😮

Yeah, you would notice the line about the WA :P

You're a far way from home. Welcome to the region.

Effazio wrote:

I also doubt Trump will experience major symptoms. It's hard to know of course, since we still don't really know a whole lot about the illness; some seemingly healthy people have died while people with all the risk factors have been fine, but the POTUS is different than your average person who contracts it. On the other hand, the significantly younger and similarly privileged Boris Johnson did fall very ill, so who knows.

Apologies if this is insensitive (I think), but he would probably not even notice if he lost his ability to taste things given his diet of overcooked fast foods.

Also, Herman Cain died from COVID-19, so I am not sure how much good healthcare matters when somebody is geriatric. I am hoping the Trumps recover and Donald learns a lesson in the process.

Octopus islands wrote:

I see a lot of people celebrating. Regardless of whether this is morally acceptable or not, I think most can agree that him dying would be a loss for America. Pence is Trump, but more cunning.

Pence actually believes in the conservative "Christian" agenda as well. He scares me even more for that reason!

Effazio wrote:

I also doubt Trump will experience major symptoms. It's hard to know of course, since we still don't really know a whole lot about the illness; some seemingly healthy people have died while people with all the risk factors have been fine, but the POTUS is different than your average person who contracts it. On the other hand, the significantly younger and similarly privileged Boris Johnson did fall very ill, so who knows.

Well he's now going to Walter Reed Hospital, so it could be more serious than they're letting on.

~ Official Government Post ~

Dear friends,

We have an embassy request from the region of St Abbaddon! Their WFE reads: "Our region was originally founded by a group of roleplayers in 2003, and as a result we have a rich and vibrant history and lore. We are a founderless User-Created Region, putting us in a very unique minority of regions." I did not know that such regions existed, actually (how does a founderless region come to exist?).

I have also received the following telegram from Allangoria, their Chief Elder.

"Dear Ruinenlust;

St Abbaddon is a very historical region, who recently has become active again. I was looking over your region, and I really like the overall break down of it. The reason why I am contacting you about an embassy is because St Abby is a RP first kind of region. We are looking for more regions to join our interegional RP Community called Dream World. So far The Free Nations Region, and Thalassia are currently members. I believe St Abby, and Forest will get along well because we are mostly peaceful region who stays out of the spotlight. I hope you will consider having embassies with us! I look forward to hearing back from you.

Allangoria"

So now it's over to you, esteemed Forestians. Please take a look at St Abbaddon, have a discussion on the RMB, and vote! :-)

Your indefinitely long-suffering Foreign Affairs Branch (and WAD spring chicken),
Ruinenlust

I wanted to do the official business first, but if you could overlook a double post on account of it being a totally different nature...

Re: Trump + Covid

In the end, Trump and his daily associates coming down with the virus should not be seen as something intrinsically extraordinary or anything. We have known since February and March that the virus is very contagious, and it soon became clear that close contact, exchange of exhaled particles, touching contaminated surfaces, etc. puts one at risk of getting the virus. I guess the "shock" is that you'd hope that such people as the president would have better systems in place to address the circumstances, but as soon as you realize it's Trump and think of what his approach has been, this was all rather predictable, in the end.

It's obviously a terrible thing for the country, the superpower, to have its leader fall victim to something that was almost entirely within their control to mitigate. And for my own part, I don't wish evil on the jackass or his family. I wish he had been a better leader; I wish he had been a more thinking and rational person, and had better used the resources available to the executives of the federal government. COVID is not like getting cancer or dementia; they could and should have prioritized the precautions a lot more than they did. It not only could have saved us from this debacle and whatever chaos comes of it, but a different, more serious and practical approach to the pandemic could have saved literally hundreds of thousands of Americans lives in the first seven months of ordeal alone.

On the other hand, you reap what you sow, and this unfortunate turn for the president personally does not exonerate or excuse his absolutely batshit presidency of the past four years, and nor does it suddenly make him a sympathetic figure. By his own standards, he's now a weak loser for getting sick, and he has relished in chewing people out for problems that are out of their control. Yet this was both proximately and ultimately a self-inflicted wound, since having been a more rational leader would have probably mitigated the pandemic to the extent that by now, this kind of personal event for him would have been much less likely. He's fallen victim to the very problem that he refused to adequately address; the one issue in a worldwide "event of the century" that demanded an extraordinary person of leadership, skill, and intelligence to deal with. And the country had the apparatus to do so; it only lacked the actual agency at the top to execute what needed to happen.

I also have absolutely no doubt that had the shoe been on the other foot, and had Biden been the one to come down with the virus, Trump would be the ass that he always is, and he would gleefully smear Biden for getting the virus despite all of his precautions and mask-wearing and everything, and it would have been desperately seized upon as incontrovertible proof that Biden was far too old and frail to make the morning coffee, let alone run the country. But now, despite four years of nasty nonsense, Trump supporters will no doubt be entirely outraged by whatever extent to which liberals, the media, and regular people are "mean" and "making it all about the election" and being "godless, evil, so-and-sos."

Hopefully this is indeed a learning experience for Trump, but there's nothing at all to suggest that it will, since learning and adapting is not exactly his forte. Spurn reality and reality might spurn you back.

Verdant Haven wrote:

Greetings, emissary of the ancient and esteemed region of St Abaddon. For my own part, I recognize your name very well. Thank you for coming by.

Forest is not an RP region in any meaningful way, preferring to maintain our core around our real-world environmental ideologies despite what would appear, in game, to be dramatic differences. We do, however, like to see environmental interests in the regions with whom we form embassies, and certainly do not turn a blind eye when those interests are RP in nature. We also, as you clearly noted, share your inclination towards peaceful resolution to conflict.

In the interest of satisfying a question that is usually top on the mind of our citizenry when an embassy vote is presented, would you be willing to describe, in whatever manner you feel most fitting, the general sensibilities of your region with regard to environmental concerns, eco-policies, and the like? We would be quite interested to hear a bit about how St. Abbaddon approaches this critical matter of sustainability and survival!

Well to best answer your question, I have always been in favor of preserving our earth, and it's most beautiful precious resources. I've done a lot of traveling over the years to say that the current energy consumption rate is rather alarming, and pro fossil fuel community forgets how it destroys our future, and children's future. We have the ways, and means to shift towards alternate resources like wind power, solar power, and other systems. With us drilling of all this natural gas, we see that more earthquakes. With more fossil fuel consumption, our atmosphere's core temperature gets hotter, and we will continue to see unpredictable weather patterns. I think we should have addressed this way sooner back in the 80's, and 90's when technology was exploding. It's not to late to address, but we need to fix it now. I hope this answers your question.

i'm purfectly fine with chump living happily ever after, as long as its some place far away from the oval office, or any other sphere of public influence.
same for the rest of his psycho fans, hangers on and enablers. because its not about him. its about the world we all have to live in,
and what he's been doing to it.