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Hapia godororland, Beepee, Concrete Slab, 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121, and 2 othersAgalaesia, and Radicalville

Cue wrote:How

hey look another peasent that astoria can annex. :)

How wonderful

Commonwealth Of Astoria wrote:
It was either that or throw the bums in the army or better yet some pseudo communist community.

But astoria is a Dictatorial Monarchy, we dont do communism.

>we don't do communism

>we

H m m m m

Oh, Lily pad nation, if you want more than my opinion, if you're talking about the Japanese-made manga, it just covers a couple things that aren't shown in the show, and it's probably best not to read it, as it's only dubiously canonical, as the makers of the show have said if anything contradicts canon in the manga, then that part is not canon. If you're talking about the DC collaboration, then that's the story of the show.

Hapia godororland

Myttles wrote:>we don't do communism

>we

H m m m m

Mega Thonk

Hapia godororland wrote:

Mega Thonk

*Extreme mega-brain expanding*

We! The power to the people!

Merry rather early Christmas everyone! Today is a week for festivity, gluttony, greed, and, most importantly, Christmas K-pop, which I will be recommending every single day of Christmas, since it's so good! (also formulaic and repetitive, but hey, you can't win 'em all)

I missed yesterday so I have two recommendations for you to ignore, first, to start out, by my fav band Loona, and also my fav Christmas song ever: The Carol (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX-lpEnIQQk) Also, by Exo: 12 Miracles in December (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVLxRXoLaas)

Concrete Slab wrote:Hello everyone!

Omg, hi Concrete, it seems like ages since I've properly talked to you, how you been doing? ^-^

Cue wrote:How

I often ask myself this every day *camera cuts to introspective pose* but at the low, low price of free you can get answers from me and others on this board!
If you have any questions now, or ever for that matter, please feel free to ask us all here on the Regional Message Board (or RMB for short), or even ping me directly about them and I'll make 100% sure they get answered (to ping me about it just press the quote button that appears while hovering over my post in the righthand corner and then type your own message beneath)

We also have some weird traditional greetings here so... *gives you an obligatory TSSS hug, hands you a glass of diet cherry SPIT, and puts a lampshade hat on you*
Also here's some guides if you want them, though bear in mind guides can usually be a bit confusing and less helpful then just plain trying it out yourself or asking someone else about it as a backup:

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Guides
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Welcome to the South Pacific!

HOLD IT! This dispatch is really long. What’s the TL;DR, please?

Well, the game pretty much plays itself, but if you’re looking to get involved in the region beyond the basics, then there are a variety of things you can do:

  • First, join the World Assembly on the left, and endorse Beepee. This is the simplest way you can help strengthen our region against attack. Read this dispatch to learn more about why this important!

  • Once you're a member, consider visiting our LinkOffice of World Assembly Legislation (OWL) to debate resolutions and get recommendations on how to vote, as well as learning how to write your own WA resolutions.

  • Want to talk to all of us in real time, to get all your questions answered, to debate what there is to debate, or just to chill and have a drink of South Pacific Iced Tea? LinkJoin us on our Discord server.

  • Are you interested in writing and debating laws, and getting involved in the nitty-gritty of regional politics? Join our regional forum and Linksign up to be a legislator here.

  • Interested in helping to craft festivals, events, news articles, and graphics to keep everyone entertained and involved for a long time to come. Join us on LinkDiscord

  • Interested in the military? Do you want to go out into the wide world of NationStates to protect regions from attackers, and take the fight to them if necessary? The South Pacific Special Forces is just the thing for you. LinkJump on Discord to sign up.


Okay, I want more detail, but start with the basics, please!

So, you’ve just started playing NationStates and you’ve been randomly assigned to the South Pacific region. What now?

There’s already a great FAQ on the site that’s worth reading, but I’ll do my best to give you a basic run through here as well.

Firstly, you will want to get to know your nation and get a feel for how you can mould it to your will. This is done by answering issues, which pop up every six hours or so. [Pro-tip - you can change the frequency that you receive issues in your settings] Each issue has a number of possible decisions to choose from. These will usually cover a range of positions on the political spectrum, but they will also tend to be rather extreme - that’s part of the fun! When you’ve chosen which decision you want to take, you’ll get a screen showing you its effect on your nation, as your stats go up or down in various ways, as well as a humorous tagline which will usually make it sound like you made a bad decision (don’t worry, it’s just being funny).

Answering issues is the only way you can directly change your nation’s stats (except population, which just increases steadily over time as a measure of how long you’ve been playing - population milestones will unlock some new customisation features for your nation, like naming your capital city), and it is, basically the whole of the base game. Anything else NationStates has to offer is kinda added-on.

Indeed, the only other part of the game that connects directly to your nation is the World Assembly. It’s kinda like NationStates’ version of the UN, and if you join it you can vote on resolutions created by other nations, the outcome of which will affect your nation’s stats. You can only have one WA nation. Don’t try and have more than one - it’s a serious offence!

There’s more to being in the WA, but that’s the only part of it that affects your nation’s general stats and is, therefore, part of the basics of the game. We’ll look at the other features of being in the WA later.

Okay, so you said I’d been assigned to a region. What is a region anyway and can I change which region I’m in?

Well, regions in NationStates are communities which your nation can be part of. Each nation can only belong to one region at a time, but you are free to move your nation as much as you like, or you can create multiple nations to experience several regions at once.

The South Pacific is a Game-Created Region (GCR), meaning that it was not founded by an individual player and, as one of the five Pacifics, it serves the purpose of being a ‘feeder’ region, meaning it is where new nations are randomly assigned once they are created, because everybody has to start somewhere.

As such, there are a lot of nations in the South Pacific at any one time and nations come and go quite quickly, but this also means that the region is very diverse and inclusive and this is reflected in the aims of the regional government.

Wait, what? The region has a government?

Yes, but there’s more to tell you about regions first!

Okay…

You can find other regions by searching for them on ‘The World’ page and you can change your nation’s region by visiting the World Factbook Entry (WFE - here’s the South Pacific’s) of another region and then scrolling until you see a button labeled ‘Move [nation name] to [region name]’. Click it and you’re off!

Right. Are you going to tell me about the regional government, now? Is that, like, a roleplaying thing?

Yes, okay.

Firstly, the regional government of the South Pacific (known as the Coalition of the South Pacific) is not a roleplaying government, at least, not exactly. It is made up of individuals within the South Pacific who have been elected to office by others in the South Pacific and, once in office, they have real power over the community and what happens there. In that sense, at least, this is not roleplaying. They are not ‘in character’. It is, however, a kind of gameplay, as it allows people to ‘play’ at politics and enjoy another aspect of being part of this community.

So, how does it work?

Well, regional governments sprang up not long after the game was first created back in 2003. They grew up out of the delegate system, which is where nations which are members of the WA can endorse each other and the nation with the most endorsements in the region becomes the regional WA delegate, with increased voting power in the WA itself. That automatically creates a kind of democracy and, since the regional WA delegate has certain powers (like banning nations and editing the WFE), it became a desirable position and one that people wanted to make sure was used wisely.

The limitations of what is possible on regional message boards made regions begin to form the structures of government on off-site forums and, over time and through the work and effort of many ‘generations’ of players, those structures have evolved into fully-functioning governments.

The Coalition of the South Pacific (found Linkon these forums) is one of the oldest democracies in the game. It has Linka charter from which all our laws are derived, an Assembly which serves as the legislature of the coalition, creating and voting on laws and presided over by the Chair; a Cabinet consisting of a Prime Minister and the Ministers, respectively, of Regional Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Military Affairs, who serve as our executive; and a local government on the game website consisting of the Delegate and three Local Council members. All of these positions are elected at regular intervals, allowing players frequent opportunity to run for them.

That sounds interesting. How do I get involved?

The best thing to do is to join the forums here and Linkregister as a legislator, which will allow you to vote on laws. Then you should probably lurk a little while and look through old threads to see what people actually do in government and how it affects the community.

I’d also recommend joining Linkour Discord chat server. It’s great fun and a lot happens on there which is relevant to the forum-based government. Indeed, in many ways, it’s more active than the forums, with the latter serving as the place to store and action all our laws, debates and votes.

What else is there to do?

There is roleplaying on both the TSP forum and the NationStates forum. Most regions have their own journalism reporting on regional events and are keen to have new writers get involved. Our journalism is run by the Ministry of Regional Affairs, who also organise festivals and events and write guides like this to help welcome new players. You can join us Linkon our Discord server

There is military gameplay, which takes the form of using WA membership and delegate endorsement to ‘raid’ regions, taking over their in-game power-structure to make changes or just say that you’ve done it. Other’s ‘defend’ regions from attacks by raiders who seek to damage a region’s membership or culture. There are also independents, who raid or defend just for fun and don’t seek to cause any damage. (the South Pacific has it’s own independent army - the South Pacific Special Forces, which you can join Linkhere, or Linkon their Discord server. There are even special GCRs called Warzones designed just for this purpose.

And of course there’s the usual banter and word games, karaoke competitions, inter-regional festivals - all sorts of things really. There’s always something going on in NationStates!

But don’t be overwhelmed. Take your time, get involved in whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it and don’t stress. Above all, have fun and play nicely with other players!

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Please Note: This version has been replaced with the current dispatch

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Local Council
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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: [link to come shortly!]

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

I. Thou Shalt Not 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, 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.

II. Thou Shalt Type No Other Languages Before English

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.


III. Thou Shalt Not Ask for Endorsements nor Recruit on the RMB

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 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.

IV. Thou May Roleplay Here

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 or Psomewhere.

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!

Roleplaying on the South Pacific’s main RMB is permitted for 5 posts on the topic before it must be taken elsewhere. If you wish to roleplay freely, there are two regions run by the South Pacific whose Regional Message Boards you can post on to roleplay freely: Knowhere and Psomewhere.

Organizing, recruiting, and making announcements about roleplays taking place in The South Pacific, Knowhere, or Psomewhere is permitted for 5 posts on the topic before it must be taken off the main TSP RMB.

A chain of posts connected by quotes of the previous poster is considered a single topic for the purposes of this rule, unless it is clear that the portion of the previous post being responded to is the beginning of a new subject (e.g. if a quoted post is both the second response to one subject and the first response to another, and it is quoted in its entirety but it is clear the quoter intends to respond to only the latter subject, the quoting post will not be suppressed for violating the RP limit). Note that you may not avoid violating the RP limit by simply not quoting the person you are responding to, even if you are still discussing the same subject matter— see Rule XI, “when you are responding to someone's post, please quote their post”. A post clearly dealing with the same subject as a current topic will be considered part of that topic.

Note also that a topic does not “reset” if it has not been discussed in a while or if new posters join the conversation. A switch of roleplay topic after 5 posts does count as a “reset”, but to be considered a switch of topic, the change must be considerable— going from roleplaying eating a snack to roleplaying taking a post-snack nap does not count (as it clearly still takes place in the same “world”), while going from roleplaying eating a snack to roleplaying as a news announcer does count.

Knowhere is the place for roleplays involving interactions between nations, and other more serious styles. Psomewhere is for “silly plotless roleplaying”, often involving players acting as characters. Any nation in The South Pacific can post in these regions without having to move to them or leave The South Pacific.

V. Thou Shalt Not Multi-Post

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

Details: Double posting, or posting two posts in a row, is considered illegal, as are any other number of posts more than one in a row.

VI. Thou Shalt Not Violate Others’ Privacy

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.


VII. Thou Shalt Not Troll, Bait, or Flame

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.


VIII. Thou Shalt Obey the Rules of NationStates

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

IX. Thou Shalt Not Post Inappropriate Things

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.


X. Thou Shalt Quote as the Quotee Intended

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-".


XI. Thou Shalt Use Spoilers

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.


XII. Thou Shalt Respect Everyone

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 (Local Council, 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.


XIII. Thou Shalt Not Post Images

Fundamental Rule: If you post is simply an emoticon or the equivalent, it's going to be suppressed.

Details:
A picture is not worth a thousand words. While posting images is generally acceptable in the RMB, they cannot be the sole contents of a post. This includes both computer generated images like the yellow faces and text-based images, like the following:

(:

(0w0)

(?-?)

>:

[;

Attempts to circumvent this rule on a technicality, such as the utilisation of a single word in addition to the image, will still result in the suppression of the post at the discretion of the Local Council.


XIV. Thou Shalt Post Substantive Content

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

Details:
Single word posts are too short, full stop. If you find yourself wondering if a post is 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 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.


XV. Thou Shalt Roleplay Well

Fundamental Rule: Put effort and thought into your roleplaying posts.

Details:
Actions do not speak louder than words. Roleplaying on the RMB is a privilege, and posts that simply read as actions being performed are not allowed in the RMB, particularly if said actions consist on only a few words.

If you intend to roleplay in the RMB, you must add thought and substance to your posts. You have been given permission to roleplay in the RMB: you have not been given permission to roleplay poorly. Roleplaying posts deemed to not fit the standard of the RMB will be suppressed at the discretion of the Local Council. Roleplayers who consistently roleplay without the quality expected of the main RMB will be asked to relocate their posting to either Knowhere or Psomewhere.

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:

Auphelia
Rabbitz
Proctethia

OR

Lodge complaints 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.
It is preferred that appeals to have a post unsuppressed be sent to the Councillor who suppressed the post in the first place. Remember, the rules of respect apply to telegrams as well as the RMB.

Some rules in this dispatch are lifted from the TSP Forum Administration’s Community Standards.


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I'd suggest at least glancing through the rmb guidelines I linked but basically be nice and use common sense and we'll tell you if you do anything wrong :p
Hope to see more of you ^-^

Hapia godororland, Aumeltopia, Aidenfieeld, Beepee, and 3 othersConcrete Slab, Lily pad nation, and Proctethia

073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121 wrote:Merry rather early Christmas everyone! Today is a week for festivity, gluttony, greed, and, most importantly, Christmas K-pop, which I will be recommending every single day of Christmas, since it's so good! (also formulaic and repetitive, but hey, you can't win 'em all)

I missed yesterday so I have two recommendations to ignore, first, to start out, by my fav band Loona, and also my fav Christmas song ever: The Carol (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX-lpEnIQQk) Also, by Exo: 12 Miracles in December (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVLxRXoLaas)
Omg, hi Concrete, it seems like ages since I've properly talked to you, how you been doing? ^-^
I often ask myself this every day *camera cuts to introspective pose* but at the low, low price of free you can get answers from me and others on this board!
If you have any questions now, or ever for that matter, please feel free to ask us all here on the Regional Message Board (or RMB for short), or even ping me directly about them and I'll make 100% sure they get answered (to ping me about it just press the quote button that appears while hovering over my post in the righthand corner and then type your own message beneath)

We also have some weird traditional greetings here so... *gives you an obligatory TSSS hug, hands you a glass of diet cherry SPIT, and puts a lampshade hat on you*
Also here's some guides if you want them, though bear in mind guides can usually be a bit confusing and less helpful then just plain trying it out yourself or asking someone else about it as a backup:

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Guides
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Welcome to the South Pacific!

HOLD IT! This dispatch is really long. What’s the TL;DR, please?

Well, the game pretty much plays itself, but if you’re looking to get involved in the region beyond the basics, then there are a variety of things you can do:

  • First, join the World Assembly on the left, and endorse Beepee. This is the simplest way you can help strengthen our region against attack. Read this dispatch to learn more about why this important!

  • Once you're a member, consider visiting our LinkOffice of World Assembly Legislation (OWL) to debate resolutions and get recommendations on how to vote, as well as learning how to write your own WA resolutions.

  • Want to talk to all of us in real time, to get all your questions answered, to debate what there is to debate, or just to chill and have a drink of South Pacific Iced Tea? LinkJoin us on our Discord server.

  • Are you interested in writing and debating laws, and getting involved in the nitty-gritty of regional politics? Join our regional forum and Linksign up to be a legislator here.

  • Interested in helping to craft festivals, events, news articles, and graphics to keep everyone entertained and involved for a long time to come. Join us on LinkDiscord

  • Interested in the military? Do you want to go out into the wide world of NationStates to protect regions from attackers, and take the fight to them if necessary? The South Pacific Special Forces is just the thing for you. LinkJump on Discord to sign up.


Okay, I want more detail, but start with the basics, please!

So, you’ve just started playing NationStates and you’ve been randomly assigned to the South Pacific region. What now?

There’s already a great FAQ on the site that’s worth reading, but I’ll do my best to give you a basic run through here as well.

Firstly, you will want to get to know your nation and get a feel for how you can mould it to your will. This is done by answering issues, which pop up every six hours or so. [Pro-tip - you can change the frequency that you receive issues in your settings] Each issue has a number of possible decisions to choose from. These will usually cover a range of positions on the political spectrum, but they will also tend to be rather extreme - that’s part of the fun! When you’ve chosen which decision you want to take, you’ll get a screen showing you its effect on your nation, as your stats go up or down in various ways, as well as a humorous tagline which will usually make it sound like you made a bad decision (don’t worry, it’s just being funny).

Answering issues is the only way you can directly change your nation’s stats (except population, which just increases steadily over time as a measure of how long you’ve been playing - population milestones will unlock some new customisation features for your nation, like naming your capital city), and it is, basically the whole of the base game. Anything else NationStates has to offer is kinda added-on.

Indeed, the only other part of the game that connects directly to your nation is the World Assembly. It’s kinda like NationStates’ version of the UN, and if you join it you can vote on resolutions created by other nations, the outcome of which will affect your nation’s stats. You can only have one WA nation. Don’t try and have more than one - it’s a serious offence!

There’s more to being in the WA, but that’s the only part of it that affects your nation’s general stats and is, therefore, part of the basics of the game. We’ll look at the other features of being in the WA later.

Okay, so you said I’d been assigned to a region. What is a region anyway and can I change which region I’m in?

Well, regions in NationStates are communities which your nation can be part of. Each nation can only belong to one region at a time, but you are free to move your nation as much as you like, or you can create multiple nations to experience several regions at once.

The South Pacific is a Game-Created Region (GCR), meaning that it was not founded by an individual player and, as one of the five Pacifics, it serves the purpose of being a ‘feeder’ region, meaning it is where new nations are randomly assigned once they are created, because everybody has to start somewhere.

As such, there are a lot of nations in the South Pacific at any one time and nations come and go quite quickly, but this also means that the region is very diverse and inclusive and this is reflected in the aims of the regional government.

Wait, what? The region has a government?

Yes, but there’s more to tell you about regions first!

Okay…

You can find other regions by searching for them on ‘The World’ page and you can change your nation’s region by visiting the World Factbook Entry (WFE - here’s the South Pacific’s) of another region and then scrolling until you see a button labeled ‘Move [nation name] to [region name]’. Click it and you’re off!

Right. Are you going to tell me about the regional government, now? Is that, like, a roleplaying thing?

Yes, okay.

Firstly, the regional government of the South Pacific (known as the Coalition of the South Pacific) is not a roleplaying government, at least, not exactly. It is made up of individuals within the South Pacific who have been elected to office by others in the South Pacific and, once in office, they have real power over the community and what happens there. In that sense, at least, this is not roleplaying. They are not ‘in character’. It is, however, a kind of gameplay, as it allows people to ‘play’ at politics and enjoy another aspect of being part of this community.

So, how does it work?

Well, regional governments sprang up not long after the game was first created back in 2003. They grew up out of the delegate system, which is where nations which are members of the WA can endorse each other and the nation with the most endorsements in the region becomes the regional WA delegate, with increased voting power in the WA itself. That automatically creates a kind of democracy and, since the regional WA delegate has certain powers (like banning nations and editing the WFE), it became a desirable position and one that people wanted to make sure was used wisely.

The limitations of what is possible on regional message boards made regions begin to form the structures of government on off-site forums and, over time and through the work and effort of many ‘generations’ of players, those structures have evolved into fully-functioning governments.

The Coalition of the South Pacific (found Linkon these forums) is one of the oldest democracies in the game. It has Linka charter from which all our laws are derived, an Assembly which serves as the legislature of the coalition, creating and voting on laws and presided over by the Chair; a Cabinet consisting of a Prime Minister and the Ministers, respectively, of Regional Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Military Affairs, who serve as our executive; and a local government on the game website consisting of the Delegate and three Local Council members. All of these positions are elected at regular intervals, allowing players frequent opportunity to run for them.

That sounds interesting. How do I get involved?

The best thing to do is to join the forums here and Linkregister as a legislator, which will allow you to vote on laws. Then you should probably lurk a little while and look through old threads to see what people actually do in government and how it affects the community.

I’d also recommend joining Linkour Discord chat server. It’s great fun and a lot happens on there which is relevant to the forum-based government. Indeed, in many ways, it’s more active than the forums, with the latter serving as the place to store and action all our laws, debates and votes.

What else is there to do?

There is roleplaying on both the TSP forum and the NationStates forum. Most regions have their own journalism reporting on regional events and are keen to have new writers get involved. Our journalism is run by the Ministry of Regional Affairs, who also organise festivals and events and write guides like this to help welcome new players. You can join us Linkon our Discord server

There is military gameplay, which takes the form of using WA membership and delegate endorsement to ‘raid’ regions, taking over their in-game power-structure to make changes or just say that you’ve done it. Other’s ‘defend’ regions from attacks by raiders who seek to damage a region’s membership or culture. There are also independents, who raid or defend just for fun and don’t seek to cause any damage. (the South Pacific has it’s own independent army - the South Pacific Special Forces, which you can join Linkhere, or Linkon their Discord server. There are even special GCRs called Warzones designed just for this purpose.

And of course there’s the usual banter and word games, karaoke competitions, inter-regional festivals - all sorts of things really. There’s always something going on in NationStates!

But don’t be overwhelmed. Take your time, get involved in whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it and don’t stress. Above all, have fun and play nicely with other players!

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Local Council
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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: [link to come shortly!]

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

I. Thou Shalt Not 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, 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.

II. Thou Shalt Type No Other Languages Before English

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.


III. Thou Shalt Not Ask for Endorsements nor Recruit on the RMB

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 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.

IV. Thou May Roleplay Here

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 or Psomewhere.

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!

Roleplaying on the South Pacific’s main RMB is permitted for 5 posts on the topic before it must be taken elsewhere. If you wish to roleplay freely, there are two regions run by the South Pacific whose Regional Message Boards you can post on to roleplay freely: Knowhere and Psomewhere.

Organizing, recruiting, and making announcements about roleplays taking place in The South Pacific, Knowhere, or Psomewhere is permitted for 5 posts on the topic before it must be taken off the main TSP RMB.

A chain of posts connected by quotes of the previous poster is considered a single topic for the purposes of this rule, unless it is clear that the portion of the previous post being responded to is the beginning of a new subject (e.g. if a quoted post is both the second response to one subject and the first response to another, and it is quoted in its entirety but it is clear the quoter intends to respond to only the latter subject, the quoting post will not be suppressed for violating the RP limit). Note that you may not avoid violating the RP limit by simply not quoting the person you are responding to, even if you are still discussing the same subject matter— see Rule XI, “when you are responding to someone's post, please quote their post”. A post clearly dealing with the same subject as a current topic will be considered part of that topic.

Note also that a topic does not “reset” if it has not been discussed in a while or if new posters join the conversation. A switch of roleplay topic after 5 posts does count as a “reset”, but to be considered a switch of topic, the change must be considerable— going from roleplaying eating a snack to roleplaying taking a post-snack nap does not count (as it clearly still takes place in the same “world”), while going from roleplaying eating a snack to roleplaying as a news announcer does count.

Knowhere is the place for roleplays involving interactions between nations, and other more serious styles. Psomewhere is for “silly plotless roleplaying”, often involving players acting as characters. Any nation in The South Pacific can post in these regions without having to move to them or leave The South Pacific.

V. Thou Shalt Not Multi-Post

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

Details: Double posting, or posting two posts in a row, is considered illegal, as are any other number of posts more than one in a row.

VI. Thou Shalt Not Violate Others’ Privacy

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.


VII. Thou Shalt Not Troll, Bait, or Flame

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.


VIII. Thou Shalt Obey the Rules of NationStates

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

IX. Thou Shalt Not Post Inappropriate Things

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.


X. Thou Shalt Quote as the Quotee Intended

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-".


XI. Thou Shalt Use Spoilers

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.


XII. Thou Shalt Respect Everyone

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 (Local Council, 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.


XIII. Thou Shalt Not Post Images

Fundamental Rule: If you post is simply an emoticon or the equivalent, it's going to be suppressed.

Details:
A picture is not worth a thousand words. While posting images is generally acceptable in the RMB, they cannot be the sole contents of a post. This includes both computer generated images like the yellow faces and text-based images, like the following:

(:

(0w0)

(?-?)

>:

[;

Attempts to circumvent this rule on a technicality, such as the utilisation of a single word in addition to the image, will still result in the suppression of the post at the discretion of the Local Council.


XIV. Thou Shalt Post Substantive Content

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

Details:
Single word posts are too short, full stop. If you find yourself wondering if a post is 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 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.


XV. Thou Shalt Roleplay Well

Fundamental Rule: Put effort and thought into your roleplaying posts.

Details:
Actions do not speak louder than words. Roleplaying on the RMB is a privilege, and posts that simply read as actions being performed are not allowed in the RMB, particularly if said actions consist on only a few words.

If you intend to roleplay in the RMB, you must add thought and substance to your posts. You have been given permission to roleplay in the RMB: you have not been given permission to roleplay poorly. Roleplaying posts deemed to not fit the standard of the RMB will be suppressed at the discretion of the Local Council. Roleplayers who consistently roleplay without the quality expected of the main RMB will be asked to relocate their posting to either Knowhere or Psomewhere.

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:

Auphelia
Rabbitz
Proctethia

OR

Lodge complaints 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.
It is preferred that appeals to have a post unsuppressed be sent to the Councillor who suppressed the post in the first place. Remember, the rules of respect apply to telegrams as well as the RMB.

Some rules in this dispatch are lifted from the TSP Forum Administration’s Community Standards.


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I'd suggest at least glancing through the rmb guidelines I linked but basically be nice and use common sense and we'll tell you if you do anything wrong :p
Hope to see more of you ^-^

Good Poppy, how about you? :D

Concrete Slab wrote:Good Poppy, how about you? :D

Pretty good overall, but also stressed out of my mind, in a lot of nerve-racking social situations with friends and such lately >_<
Been listening to good music lately though, and I'm much more caught up on my responsibilities, so that's good ^-^

073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121 wrote:Pretty good overall, but also stressed out of my mind, in a lot of nerve-racking social situations with friends and such lately >_<
Been listening to good music lately though, and I'm much more caught up on my responsibilities, so that's good ^-^

I'm pretty much the same as you. :D

Alice Parker wrote:*returns from New York City with a painting she stole from The Museum of Modern Art*

Today, I have brought TSP something more timely, "The Persistence of Memory" by Dali. I almost missed my flight, because my watch stopped. lol

Sorry to run, but I'm off to St. Petersburg for my next heist.

The 25 Thefts of Christmas - 2019

As my Christmas gift to The South Pacific, I thought that I would fill its Erinor Museum of Fine Art with the artwork worthy of such an institution. So I planned and executed the The 25 Art Thefts of Christmas to fill the Museum with the finest and most expensive art work to be found in the world. I placed one piece in the Museum, per day, leading up to Christmas, to with:

  1. The Bathers by Cezanne

  2. The Persistence of Memory, by Dali

  3. The Dance, by Matisse

  4. The Kiss, by Klimt

  5. The Sleeping Gypsy, by Rousseau

  6. The Last Judgement, by Hieronymus Bosch

  7. The Night Watch, by Rembrandt

  8. Massacre of the Innocents by Rubens

  9. No 5, 1948, by Jackson Pollak

  10. Bal du moulin de la Galette, by Renoir

  11. Water Lilies, by Monet

  12. The Scream, by Edvard Munch

  13. Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, by James Whistler

  14. American Gothic, by Grant Wood

  15. Portrait of Dora Maar, 1937, by Pablo Picasso

  16. The Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh

  17. Olympia, by Édouard Manet

  18. The Third of May 1808 (aka The Executions), by Francisco Goya

  19. Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Johannes Vermeer

  20. The Birth of Venus, by Sandro Botticelli

  21. Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper

  22. Las Meninas, by Diego Velázquez

  23. Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, by Pieter Bruegel

  24. The Sistine Madonna, by Raphael Santi

  25. La Gioconda (aka The Mona Lisa), by Leonardo Da Vinci

    For more information on, and pictures of, these pieces of art, go LinkHERE or LinkHERE.

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is this a threat against TEP?

Hey all!

I’m not going to promise anything specific for this LC term. As I have found out the hard way, almost nothing I promise actually comes to fruition. So, instead, I will say that I will try my absolute hardest to bring fun things to the region game-side, and do my best at communicating with everyone. I don’t know if this helps my chances of being re-elected, but I’m not going to over-promise, only to disappoint you all.

Si-topia, Aumeltopia, Beepee, Jaxon, and 4 othersLily pad nation, 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121, The Filippinas, and Proctethia

Cue wrote:How

How did you get such a long motto?

Aidenfieeld wrote:Hey all!

I’m not going to promise anything specific for this LC term. As I have found out the hard way, almost nothing I promise actually comes to fruition. So, instead, I will say that I will try my absolute hardest to bring fun things to the region game-side, and do my best at communicating with everyone. I don’t know if this helps my chances of being re-elected, but I’m not going to over-promise, only to disappoint you all.

Why wont you over promise! This is not good.... we want false and empty promises!

How dare you! 😜

ArenaC wrote:is this a threat against TEP?

Oh no! TEP are onto us!

Beepee wrote:Why wont you over promise! This is not good.... we want false and empty promises!

How dare you! 😜

Hi Beepee! How are you?

Aidenfieeld wrote:Hi Beepee! How are you?

All the better for seeing you here!

Lily pad nation

The LC elections should’ve be one of the poll options.

Agalaesia wrote:As an addition:

I nominate Midand and Concrete Slab too!

This nomination game is fun, isn't it?

*Eats more chocolate*

you know what let's do it
Erinor?

Erinor, Aumeltopia, Aidenfieeld, Beepee, and 6 othersConcrete Slab, Lily pad nation, 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121, Agalaesia, Zess, and Proctethia

Beepee wrote:All the better for seeing you here!

Aw, thanks! ^-^

Please Vote for Beepee for Local Councillor

Let's jump into this elections campaign!

Hi everyone,

It's me, Beepee.

I'm running for a position in the Local Council.

I'm not very good at selling myself... but here goes.

  • I think I can bring something fun to the position with my love of bureaucracy and all things Erinor...

  • I'm all up for fun and keeping the RMB an active and interesting place.

  • I already know the rules and laws, and well, that's a pretty decent thing to know...

  • I was once a pretty average MoRA..... so I know about being average and thats good.

  • I've been here for a couple of years now so you know me and, well, you know me... maybe...

  • I recently had to protect the board from a naughty post...so I know about not being a bad person.

  • Like your deodorant, I provide 24hr protection....I'm Australian, that means I can protect you when the Europeans and/or Americans are in bed.

  • I like to buttle and clean up your mess.

What will I do...

  • I know how to do awesome polls!

  • I know how to be really active and to keep you active!

  • I'm a wonderful host with lots of greeting skills!

  • I can update things, and can dispatch my way to your heart!

  • I can tell those in offsite what you are all thinking!

  • I can encourage you to become the best (or, if you prefer, the worst) you can be!

Remember together we are amazing... together we are unstoppable!


Vote Beepee!



Questions and Answers

Proctethia wrote:

Since you two are running for LC, I'd like to know your perspective on roleplaying.

Beepee wrote:I enjoy some light RP... who can forget my wonderful interpretation of a butler, a henchman, a disapproving goose, etc.... but I'm not keen when that's all that happens on the RMB.... I like a good mix and balance on the RMB.


Linguiniland wrote:

While I agree with your choice of religion as well as your acceptance of Erinor as God Emperor I am concerned about you lack of "buttling" being mentioned in the above dispatch. I hope you intend to correct this in any further dispatch.

Also if we are allowed to ask the candidates questions I would like to know how you would intend to sell knee braces to penguins?

Beepee wrote:Oooh yes! I do love to buttle!... I shall update the dispatch with this glorious question and, of course, buttle my way to your heart!

In respect of knee braces for penguins. I think that it's very important for all penguins to appear stiff limbed.

This accentuates the waddle making them both (1) additionally cute and (2) easier prey (to make penguin pies).

As such, intend to flood the market with knee braces (for which I will of course rely on my team of smurfs and the boards kind will) and mandate into law that all penguins must wear such braces or face severe penalties (including, but not limited to, being stuffed with marshmallow).

This course of action should allow some price gouging and additional profits to flood back to me the RMB.

Thank you for this excellent question.


Drystar wrote:Daft Tinkle, TSP Expose News, can you tell us how it feels running against Concrete Slab, who was one of your loyal minions during the Erinor delegate year?

Also, how do you respond to Zess’s allegations of you being an “encourager”.

Beepee wrote:Well Daft, those are excellent questions. I do love TSP expose news, it's such a reputable news agency.

Running against Slabbie is always interesting.

He is one of those characters that you never quite know what he's going to do next. Is he going to drop a nuclear weapon on a poor unsuspecting person or is he going to slap them with a wet fish.

It's that unpredictability that makes him so endearing to voters and such hard competition.

I have a solid platform and foundation and we'll have to see if the RMB values dependable SPIT supplies over blamanche fights.

I know the voters will once again brutalise me, of that I'm sure.

Zess's compliments are lovely.

I always encourage people to be whatever they want to be, including letting them join my smurf army if that's what they desire.

Positive reinforcement of an individuals insanity is an important way to help them reach their goals in life. Zess should remember the previous encouragement I gave in my time as MORA. I'm sure they'll want to thank me for pushing them into this spotlight.



Nominations

Concrete Slab wrote:Yooooooo *hugs* I accept :D

Also, I nominate Beepee

Aidenfieeld wrote:Thank you, I accept. I would like to nominate Concrete Slab, Beepee, and The Solar System Scope.

Proctethia wrote:

I nominate Beepee and The Filippinas!

Thank you.


Conflict of Interest

I, Beepee, being of sound mind and body (at least as sound as it's ever going to be) hereby declare:

  • I am a member of the Legislator Assembly within the South Pacific and I am a member of MoRA.

  • I am a member of the World Assembly.

  • I have no affiliations with any other region.

  • I have a puppet Catenham, currently awaiting a LC Debate... I think all my other puppets have lapsed into the wilderness.

  • I am also available on discord.

  • I swear to uphold the values and principles of the South Pacific.

Erinor's tagged because he's wonderful and so he has this dispatch for EC purposes.

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While I agree with your choice of religion as well as your acceptance of Erinor as God Emperor I am concerned about you lack of "buttling" being mentioned in the above dispatch. I hope you intend to correct this in any further dispatch.

Also if we are allowed to ask the candidates questions I would like to know how you would intend to sell knee braces to penguins?

Beepee wrote:But what if death is really just a transition to the early stages of a cold?

That's a philosophy debate since during the stages of a cold, you may be filled with more viral cells than human cells.

What if, in a completely hypothetical scenario, you wanted to run for LC but no one nominated you. Are you just not allowed then?

Linguiniland wrote:

Please Vote for Beepee for Local Councillor

Let's jump into this elections campaign!

Hi everyone,

It's me, Beepee.

I'm running for a position in the Local Council.

I'm not very good at selling myself... but here goes.

  • I think I can bring something fun to the position with my love of bureaucracy and all things Erinor...

  • I'm all up for fun and keeping the RMB an active and interesting place.

  • I already know the rules and laws, and well, that's a pretty decent thing to know...

  • I was once a pretty average MoRA..... so I know about being average and thats good.

  • I've been here for a couple of years now so you know me and, well, you know me... maybe...

  • I recently had to protect the board from a naughty post...so I know about not being a bad person.

  • Like your deodorant, I provide 24hr protection....I'm Australian, that means I can protect you when the Europeans and/or Americans are in bed.

  • I like to buttle and clean up your mess.

What will I do...

  • I know how to do awesome polls!

  • I know how to be really active and to keep you active!

  • I'm a wonderful host with lots of greeting skills!

  • I can update things, and can dispatch my way to your heart!

  • I can tell those in offsite what you are all thinking!

  • I can encourage you to become the best (or, if you prefer, the worst) you can be!

Remember together we are amazing... together we are unstoppable!


Vote Beepee!



Questions and Answers

Proctethia wrote:

Since you two are running for LC, I'd like to know your perspective on roleplaying.

Beepee wrote:I enjoy some light RP... who can forget my wonderful interpretation of a butler, a henchman, a disapproving goose, etc.... but I'm not keen when that's all that happens on the RMB.... I like a good mix and balance on the RMB.


Linguiniland wrote:

While I agree with your choice of religion as well as your acceptance of Erinor as God Emperor I am concerned about you lack of "buttling" being mentioned in the above dispatch. I hope you intend to correct this in any further dispatch.

Also if we are allowed to ask the candidates questions I would like to know how you would intend to sell knee braces to penguins?

Beepee wrote:Oooh yes! I do love to buttle!... I shall update the dispatch with this glorious question and, of course, buttle my way to your heart!

In respect of knee braces for penguins. I think that it's very important for all penguins to appear stiff limbed.

This accentuates the waddle making them both (1) additionally cute and (2) easier prey (to make penguin pies).

As such, intend to flood the market with knee braces (for which I will of course rely on my team of smurfs and the boards kind will) and mandate into law that all penguins must wear such braces or face severe penalties (including, but not limited to, being stuffed with marshmallow).

This course of action should allow some price gouging and additional profits to flood back to me the RMB.

Thank you for this excellent question.


Drystar wrote:Daft Tinkle, TSP Expose News, can you tell us how it feels running against Concrete Slab, who was one of your loyal minions during the Erinor delegate year?

Also, how do you respond to Zess’s allegations of you being an “encourager”.

Beepee wrote:Well Daft, those are excellent questions. I do love TSP expose news, it's such a reputable news agency.

Running against Slabbie is always interesting.

He is one of those characters that you never quite know what he's going to do next. Is he going to drop a nuclear weapon on a poor unsuspecting person or is he going to slap them with a wet fish.

It's that unpredictability that makes him so endearing to voters and such hard competition.

I have a solid platform and foundation and we'll have to see if the RMB values dependable SPIT supplies over blamanche fights.

I know the voters will once again brutalise me, of that I'm sure.

Zess's compliments are lovely.

I always encourage people to be whatever they want to be, including letting them join my smurf army if that's what they desire.

Positive reinforcement of an individuals insanity is an important way to help them reach their goals in life. Zess should remember the previous encouragement I gave in my time as MORA. I'm sure they'll want to thank me for pushing them into this spotlight.



Nominations

Concrete Slab wrote:Yooooooo *hugs* I accept :D

Also, I nominate Beepee

Aidenfieeld wrote:Thank you, I accept. I would like to nominate Concrete Slab, Beepee, and The Solar System Scope.

Proctethia wrote:

I nominate Beepee and The Filippinas!

Thank you.


Conflict of Interest

I, Beepee, being of sound mind and body (at least as sound as it's ever going to be) hereby declare:

  • I am a member of the Legislator Assembly within the South Pacific and I am a member of MoRA.

  • I am a member of the World Assembly.

  • I have no affiliations with any other region.

  • I have a puppet Catenham, currently awaiting a LC Debate... I think all my other puppets have lapsed into the wilderness.

  • I am also available on discord.

  • I swear to uphold the values and principles of the South Pacific.

Erinor's tagged because he's wonderful and so he has this dispatch for EC purposes.

Read dispatch


While I agree with your choice of religion as well as your acceptance of Erinor as God Emperor I am concerned about you lack of "buttling" being mentioned in the above dispatch. I hope you intend to correct this in any further dispatch.

Also if we are allowed to ask the candidates questions I would like to know how you would intend to sell knee braces to penguins?

Oooh yes! I do love to buttle!... I shall update the dispatch with this glorious question and, of course, buttle my way to your heart!

In respect of knee braces for penguins. I think that it's very important for all penguins to appear stiff limbed.

This accentuates the waddle making them both (1) additionally cute and (2) easier prey (to make penguin pies).

As such, intend to flood the market with knee braces (for which I will of course rely on my team of smurfs and the boards kind will) and mandate into law that all penguins must wear such braces or face severe penalties (including, but not limited to, being stuffed with marshmallow).

This course of action should allow some price gouging and additional profits to flood back to me the RMB.

Thank you for this excellent question.

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