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Cantors Paradise wrote:

I do not mean to be rude, but I see no reason to reveal everything about myself at this time. If this disqualifies me from staying here to find out whether I'd like to be here more permanently, I hope the residents will let me know, and I will leave. Some bits of information that I will give you, however. I have been playing NationStates for 12 years. I am not a raider, and I have a strong dislike of the whole raiding business. I loved life in my current region. Then the founder wiped out the region for unknown reasons. It has since been refounded, but it is a shadow of itself, and the new founder seems to have very little interest in it. All that made the old version of the region so much fun has been destroyed.

I note that there was no reason, if I was here for nefarious purposes, for me to introduce myself. I certainly could have impersonated an innocent newbie, or even hidden in the shadows to see if anyone noticed me. Further, I have told no lies, though I don't suppose there is any way for you to verify that. I ask that you treat this nation as you would any newcomer, and allow me my present anonymity.

Oh, jeez, that's exactly what happened to me and landed me in TRR. :( Sorry to hear that. Bad Founders are very hard to deal with. It's hard to have someone awful in charge of something that you love.
I will warn you that we do raid here. We don't consider ourselves raiders per se, because we have goals that are non-destructive. Tl;dr on my long rant regarding the good or evil of raiding - some UCRs are simply bad. They suck the life out of their players and leave them to die when those players could be prospering in a region that actually invests in the success of their people. Those regions should not be allowed to keep their doors open. But that's just how we feel about it, and we understand if you prioritize the existence of regions over the players inside of them as humans, as many defender-leaning folks do. No hard feelings. :)

The Litterbox wrote:

Welcome to Karma. Would you like to see our newbie guide? XD Sowwy. Had to. Anyway, we're good company as long as you're good company. Karma right?! Welcome! *sets out the tea and pasteries*

nabs the tea

The Litterbox wrote:

Welcome to Karma. Would you like to see our newbie guide? XD Sowwy. Had to. Anyway, we're good company as long as you're good company. Karma right?! Welcome! *sets out the tea and pasteries*

Thank you. Pastries are always welcome.

Yeh. Fash bashing is a popular sport in the NS R/D game. There's a shocking number of fascist regions in the game. o.o It's a whole thing.

Cantors Paradise wrote:

I do not mean to be rude, but I see no reason to reveal everything about myself at this time. If this disqualifies me from staying here to find out whether I'd like to be here more permanently, I hope the residents will let me know, and I will leave. Some bits of information that I will give you, however. I have been playing NationStates for 12 years. I am not a raider, and I have a strong dislike of the whole raiding business. I loved life in my current region. Then the founder wiped out the region for unknown reasons. It has since been refounded, but it is a shadow of itself, and the new founder seems to have very little interest in it. All that made the old version of the region so much fun has been destroyed.

I note that there was no reason, if I was here for nefarious purposes, for me to introduce myself. I certainly could have impersonated an innocent newbie, or even hidden in the shadows to see if anyone noticed me. Further, I have told no lies, though I don't suppose there is any way for you to verify that. I ask that you treat this nation as you would any newcomer, and allow me my present anonymity.

That's already making us more at ease dont worry. Just not knowing anything at all makes one unsure if the person comes from a problematic region (which there are some) or not, and if they bring potential problems from said region with them.
And yes you could've passed for a newbie but sometimes, people who intend to cause problems don't take that approach (and mostly those that come from regions who are again problematic as a whole).

But that said you don't actually need to reveal every little detail about yourself if you don't want to, don't worry. Again that was already enough to turn off most of the alarms, thank you =)

Good morning y'all! <3. Hope your weekend was grand!

Here is the question of the day!

How do you think your future self will remember your current self?

For me, my future self would probably look at my past self and think: "This version of me will always be remembered as the one who broke the cycle."

Fuzzbuckets wrote:

Good morning y'all! <3. Hope your weekend was grand!

Here is the question of the day!

How do you think your future self will remember your current self?

For me, my future self would probably look at my past self and think: "This version of me will always be remembered as the one who broke the cycle."

How the heck did I get thru that pandemic without killing anyone?

Fuzzbuckets wrote:

Good morning y'all! <3. Hope your weekend was grand!

Here is the question of the day!

How do you think your future self will remember your current self?

For me, my future self would probably look at my past self and think: "This version of me will always be remembered as the one who broke the cycle."

Wow, that's a great question and a really uplifting answer.

For me, it depends on how far in the future you're talking about. If I look back a couple years or even a few months back I tend to cringe a bit as all my failings/regrets/missed opportunities are still relatively fresh in my head, whereas if I think back to when I was just a kid it's mostly fond nostalgia. I suppose I'd look back upon my 2020 self in the future as being a bit too self-indulgent and lazy, but well, this too shall pass.

Fuzzbuckets wrote:

Good morning y'all! <3. Hope your weekend was grand!

Here is the question of the day!

How do you think your future self will remember your current self?

For me, my future self would probably look at my past self and think: "This version of me will always be remembered as the one who broke the cycle."

Well there are two options, either I will think "Wow, I haven't changed at all since those times" or I will look back at my current self with "These kid had some issues, but thankfully the worst ones are now sorted".

It's interesting how everything looks in the retrospect. For example when I was around 10, I was a real habitual liar. I'm glad this didn't stick with me (although if it did, I wouldn't admit to it now, would I?). I've used to be a lot more shy, a lot less confident, and I could be really cringy at times (especially at 15-ish mark). I honestly tend to overlook the positive changes I underwent, so I should appreciate them a bit more. I wish to change more stuff and grow as a person. But I don't know if I'll be successful at it, so that's why I answered like this.

That was an interesting question.

Nova vandalia wrote:

I tend to be very critical of my past self, and probably will continue to be so. As my morality evolves, I look back think how could I have ever not seen it earlier and judge my actions. I mean even now I know areas where I haven't caught up with my own personal beliefs and struggle to do so.

Honestly, same here.