The South PacificBoard

Goodnight TSP, hope you all had a Merry Christmas!
:D
*gives everyone one last gingerbread cookie then goes to sleep*
*wonders whatever happened to East Sakhlin giving me brownies*

073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121 wrote:

oH nO SwEaRiNG, cOvER yoUr eARs CHIlDrEN

Okay, okay, okay, god that was a terrible way to open cause now I'm just thinking of nalina, aNyWayS, did you seriously think that this was a good way to try to get me to listen to this who'sit/what'sit/whatever, like, god, I get that you haven't talked to me much but this is just goddamn misguided it is, like, if you constantly talked about ariana grande, and I knew you just loved her and freaking (I'm not sure even with that spoiler how okay y'all would be with tons of f bombs so I'll cut them) idolize her, and want more than anything for her to be successful and happy cause I think she's the freaking best, do you think I would then try to get you into Loona by opening with 'every member of Loona is better than ariana grande', I mean, they are, and, I would, but that's just because I don't really care about other people actually liking Loona or not, which, I guess, sorta makes me a bad stan, I need to advertise them better and more effectively, cause as I said I want their success more than anything, but generally I'm content in loving Loona more than anything else and also in other people almost never liking them that much, not because I'd like it to be that way, but just because I'm used to not many people liking them, and even just being a k-pop fan you generally learn to not really care what other people think of your tastes, because they're just plain not gonna like k-pop as much as you do, and they'll probably look down on you for it, and they probably think it's all terrible without knowing a goddamn thing about it, but it's all okay cause you get used to it, you move on, I'm the same with Loona, but on a bigger scale cause even within the K-pop community not a ton of people like Loona and a ton of people hate them without actually knowing anything about them, all this to say, unless you actually don't care about me checking out this questionable person who's person-hood I question as questionable, then you shouldn't have immediately gone for the Loona comparison, cause now there's no way I'm looking it up, like goddamn, also even if I do, I'll be predisposed to dislike her now, regardless of whether I actually would without your comparison, anyway, thou hath crossed a sacred barrier and now thine opinion shall be naught in mine eyes, begone with ye, foul BeASttttttt, also obviously I'm not actually this mad at you lol, I'm just pretend super mad, but there is no way I'm liking this Nora Jones fellow anymore, nobody dares cross Loona >_<

If you'll notice, I did immediately then say but it was like comparing two completely different things, and right now I'm in a sort of calm, meditative mood, so obviously Nora Jones is better than Loona to listen to right now, because Nora Jones excels at calm, meditative music, and that's just what she does; at the same time, there is no way she could compare to Loona for many other categories, like coming up with absolute bops, because they are literally amazing and obviously I love them; so really it's just how you think about the two at any given moment that gives cause for comparison; it's sort of how you can love chocolate and vanilla so much, but they sate different cravings, so some days you'll want something chocolate and other times you'll want something vanilla, so you'll choose one over the other depending on your mood; so what I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't judge Nora harshly because it (yeah, basically) sounded like I was bashing Loona, because I wasn't (because they're beautiful and great and I'm not Orbit but I've cruised around their solar system a bit) and really, I had heard such nice things about you and how nice and open you are and what a sweet person you usually can be, but I was warned that you're a rabid fan of Loona (I'm the same way with Reese Witherspoon, because she can do no wrong) and so that's mostly on me for not heeding the advice of my elders; also I feel like I've had ten different "so I guess the point of this" moments, but it just seemed right because you seem great and Loona is great and Nora Jones is great and it never hurts to try broadening your musical horizons!

073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121 wrote:

Oh-kay, I'll hold back cause you're nice, but one does not simply walk into a comparison of loona and literally anything else in front of an orbit :p To your chocolate and vanilla analogy I'd say that I have never wanted vanilla anything when chocolate was an option, and I would eat a loaf of freshly baked sourdough bread with butter over most other meals 9 times out of 10, but ye-ah I wasn't actually mad or anything I was just being playful, I'll back off now :p

Um, as to your 'I've heard such good things about you' thread, I'll say that the people here are far too nice for their own good, though many pretend not to be, and they've blathered with me long enough that who knows what foggy notions of me they've made through their niceness glasses, great analogy, I know, hold your applause for later, the real sweet people here are probably more whatever scalawags told you such things about me, but yes, I do try to give people the kindness they deserve cause everyone's deserving of love and all, and in general people are just a lot more amazing than they give themselves credit for, so you have to bang them over the head with it until they're too dizzy to contradict your compliments ^-^ Wow, I'm feeling motivated already! *prances off with a baseball bat to go give some people a few more concussions*

Oh, also yeah, I'll listen to a few songs from her if you want me to, though it'd probably be best to give me recommendations instead of leaving me to find her worse songs as I stumble around a quick google search of her >~>

Okay, so:

1. Not even chocolate ice cream? Blasphemy! And yeah, you had best back off! I'm riding high on bath salts and Nora Jones, so I'm ready to go, but in the sense that the baths salts really relaxed my muscles and I'm sorta sleepy now, but not enough to sleep, but just feel really nice.

2. She is really nice, to be fair, if a bit scary if you get her talking. She also managed to work in a musical reference into like every conversation, and if you don't catch it you'll just get this disappointed look and she'll go on about the plot and why it was such an apt comparison or whatever. So no, bad people can speak kindly of you.

3. I totally bash people over the head with compliments too, but mostly in person, because people just don't know how pretty they are and I don't think you can hear it too much, because the world can be cruel with things like that, and people need to know when they look great because I don't even know and everyone is so pretty compared to me and I want to wear their faces!

4. Okay, so, her very best song is what I mentioned before, Don't Know Why. Pure brilliance. I hate it when people inundate me with songs to listen to, and this should give you a good idea of who she is as an artist. Actually, it may not be her best, but it's very representative. If you don't like it, you probably won't like much else of that kind of her music. If you don't like her voice, your ears surely must be broken, because it is impossible to not think she's a talented singer. Impossible, I say!

SWAN Update

Look at these lovely new WA nations....

Posciystein, Stronk russian states, Chunrraka, The 501st battalion, Tiransia, Arowanaaa, Eton quarry, Nouvelle australie, Kalonworth

Let's welcome them all by endorsing them..... and Aumeltopia.

The Southern World Assembly Initiative

by The Regional Government Program of Southern World Assembly Initiative

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Tl;dr

This is a way for you to easily get more endorsements and influence on your nation and contribute to the South Pacifc's security and activity.

Please give a warm welcome to our newest World Assembly nations by endorsing them!

Trevbridge, New Sovereign Funnel Cake, Ten10, We are What Remains, Unitech, Thosharach

Status summary

• Number of WA nations: 776

• Number of SWAN Knights: 377

• SPCG's average endorsement count: 516.29

• Total number of endorsements: 93051

• Cross-endorsement rate: 15.47 %
  

What is this?

The Southern World Assembly iNitiative (SWAN) is an initiative organized by the regional government of the South Pacific to promote the participation of nations in the World Assembly (WA) and to encourage them to endorse everyone in the South Pacific. The purpose of this initiative is to help nations in this region have voting power on the WA, more endorsements, and more influence which in turn will make the region more secure and active!

What are the World Assembly, Delegates, endorsements, and influence?

• The World Assembly is an equivalent of the real-life United Nations. Although it doesn't impact your nation as much as the real-life UN it does impact regions such as this one a lot.

• Endorsements are something you can give or receive from other nations. They are a little bit similar to likes on social media websites except they are far more important to a region and nation because they create the thing below.

• Influence is something your nation will gain by having endorsements. Influence is very important to the security of a region as it decides how hard it is to remove or ban a nation from a region.

• A Delegate or WA Delegate is a nation that has the most endorsements in a region and holds all administrative powers such as moderating the message board, banning/ejecting nations, changing the World Factbook Entry,... In the South Pacific, the Delegate is elected every 6 months by member nations of this region.
  

How do I participate?

Step 1: Join the World Assembly. Click here if you don't know how.

Step 2: Endorse all of these nations. To endorse a nation, click a nation name to open its page, scroll down then click the Endorse button.

WA Delegate
Ebonhand
Member nations of the South Pacific Coral Guard (SPCG)
Aidenfieeld	Amerion	Ebonhand	Land Without Shrimp	Sporaltryus
Tepertopia	Tsunamy

Step 3: Endorse all other nations in this region. Click here to know how to do this quickly and to find nations to endorse.

Why should I participate?

Participating in SWAN will give your nation benefits that you can't otherwise get:

• Your nation will be able to vote on WA resolutions

• This is the easiest way to get a lot of endorsements from other nations and gain influence which will help your own nation and the region in the future.

• Your nation will receive awards to commend your effort of participating in this initiative! (Click here to learn more about awards)

• Your nation will have a stronger voting power on the WA. (Read this for how)
  

Click here if you want to learn more about the benefits.

How can I do more?

You can go above and beyond and do more by:

• Upvoting this dispatch.

• Sending a link to this dispatch to new nations that haven't participated or encouraging them directly to do what this initiative wants via telegram.

• Doing the same as above but via our Regional Message Board.

• Sharing your ideas about how to improve this initiative. (How to do that here)
  

How do I know how well I am and the region are doing?

You can do that by looking at our censuses (Click here to view them) and our statistics page (Click here to view it). We also recommend you to check out this awesome "portrait" of our region (Click here to view it) to get a look at how large and dynamic our region is.

Where can I find more information?

Take a look at our dispatch index.

We hope you will enjoy this initiative and that you find NationStates and our community a more cheerful place because of it.

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SWAN Fact of the Day*

SWANs are an American experimental rock band formed in 1982 by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira.  Their biggest hit is the endorsement button.

_{^{*May or may not be true}}

073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121 wrote:

Um 1. Ew, chocolate is always better you vanilla plebian >_<
2. Who is this she? >~>
3. Reading this was sweet until it got really creepy <~<
4. I'll check it out! ^-^ _{when I wake up cause I'm getting off now :p}
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Goodnight Everyone, Love You~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. You just can't appreciate the subtle complexities in the flavor profile of vanilla!
2. My aunt (or I guess great aunt, but who has time for all of those silly syllables). She's got bronchitis (again) and hasn't been feeling well, so I've been taking care of her online stuff while she convalesces or whatever it is to make sure she doesn't die here.
3. That's usually how it goes with me, if I'm being honest.
4. Ah, nothing like Nora in the mornin'.

Steampunk engineers wrote:

*wakes up at 2am because Florida weather sucks*
I guess I didn’t sleep well
:T

Aw no! That sucks..
Wait, don't you live in Germany? o.O

Beepee wrote:

SWAN Update

Look at these lovely new WA nations....

Posciystein, Stronk russian states, Chunrraka, The 501st battalion, Tiransia, Arowanaaa, Eton quarry, Nouvelle australie, Kalonworth

Let's welcome them all by endorsing them..... and Aumeltopia.

The Southern World Assembly Initiative

by The Regional Government Program of Southern World Assembly Initiative

.

.

.
Home | Guide | Endotarting | SWAN Knights | Coral Guard | Awards | Track your progress | Endo cap | FAQ
.

Tl;dr

This is a way for you to easily get more endorsements and influence on your nation and contribute to the South Pacifc's security and activity.

Please give a warm welcome to our newest World Assembly nations by endorsing them!

Trevbridge, New Sovereign Funnel Cake, Ten10, We are What Remains, Unitech, Thosharach

Status summary

• Number of WA nations: 776

• Number of SWAN Knights: 377

• SPCG's average endorsement count: 516.29

• Total number of endorsements: 93051

• Cross-endorsement rate: 15.47 %
  

What is this?

The Southern World Assembly iNitiative (SWAN) is an initiative organized by the regional government of the South Pacific to promote the participation of nations in the World Assembly (WA) and to encourage them to endorse everyone in the South Pacific. The purpose of this initiative is to help nations in this region have voting power on the WA, more endorsements, and more influence which in turn will make the region more secure and active!

What are the World Assembly, Delegates, endorsements, and influence?

• The World Assembly is an equivalent of the real-life United Nations. Although it doesn't impact your nation as much as the real-life UN it does impact regions such as this one a lot.

• Endorsements are something you can give or receive from other nations. They are a little bit similar to likes on social media websites except they are far more important to a region and nation because they create the thing below.

• Influence is something your nation will gain by having endorsements. Influence is very important to the security of a region as it decides how hard it is to remove or ban a nation from a region.

• A Delegate or WA Delegate is a nation that has the most endorsements in a region and holds all administrative powers such as moderating the message board, banning/ejecting nations, changing the World Factbook Entry,... In the South Pacific, the Delegate is elected every 6 months by member nations of this region.
  

How do I participate?

Step 1: Join the World Assembly. Click here if you don't know how.

Step 2: Endorse all of these nations. To endorse a nation, click a nation name to open its page, scroll down then click the Endorse button.

WA Delegate
Ebonhand
Member nations of the South Pacific Coral Guard (SPCG)
Aidenfieeld	Amerion	Ebonhand	Land Without Shrimp	Sporaltryus
Tepertopia	Tsunamy

Step 3: Endorse all other nations in this region. Click here to know how to do this quickly and to find nations to endorse.

Why should I participate?

Participating in SWAN will give your nation benefits that you can't otherwise get:

• Your nation will be able to vote on WA resolutions

• This is the easiest way to get a lot of endorsements from other nations and gain influence which will help your own nation and the region in the future.

• Your nation will receive awards to commend your effort of participating in this initiative! (Click here to learn more about awards)

• Your nation will have a stronger voting power on the WA. (Read this for how)
  

Click here if you want to learn more about the benefits.

How can I do more?

You can go above and beyond and do more by:

• Upvoting this dispatch.

• Sending a link to this dispatch to new nations that haven't participated or encouraging them directly to do what this initiative wants via telegram.

• Doing the same as above but via our Regional Message Board.

• Sharing your ideas about how to improve this initiative. (How to do that here)
  

How do I know how well I am and the region are doing?

You can do that by looking at our censuses (Click here to view them) and our statistics page (Click here to view it). We also recommend you to check out this awesome "portrait" of our region (Click here to view it) to get a look at how large and dynamic our region is.

Where can I find more information?

Take a look at our dispatch index.

We hope you will enjoy this initiative and that you find NationStates and our community a more cheerful place because of it.

·

·
——
·
·

Read dispatch

SWAN Fact of the Day*

SWANs are an American experimental rock band formed in 1982 by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira.  Their biggest hit is the endorsement button.

_{^{*May or may not be true}}

Appreciated the welcoming :D

The Filippinas wrote:

*eats gingerbread cookie you gave meh*
I see... Are you gonna plan to stay up all night or try to go back to nappin?

Honestly, I’ll try to stay up as long as I can.
:P
So is your day been better than mine is currently being?

Beepee wrote:

As you should.... we're very welcoming.... *hands a glass of warming SPIT*

Oh, thanks. It's uh, warm...

Steampunk engineers wrote:

Could I have some SPIT? I’ll trade you for a lebkuchen cookie

Of course.....

Amerion wrote:

Warm SPIT is the second best kind of spit :P

What is the best then?