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Well, only thing that I would like is to put my state on north of the map, on latitude of British isles.

They're really dragging out this whole indigenous peoples issue in the WA.

I love the new flag <3<3<3

somebody give me a good reason to join the WA. It seems so pointless.

Garchyland

Darkling Plain wrote:

somebody give me a good reason to join the WA. It seems so pointless.

It is pointless.

Almost time for a new poll!

Absolutely. Maybe one with a stripper?

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you said "pole"...

Post by -Gay suppressed by a moderator.

What did Gay say, hey?

It was a post asking for likes.

What is wrong with that??

Not one for censorship, personally...

Smokajeria

Stagtopia wrote:Not one for censorship, personally...

I certainly agree with that - generally I won't suppress anything on the board - but what the moderators suppress is completely out of my hands! :-0

Post self-deleted by Realsquad.

Censorship in a Liberal Haven? Too ironic for me. Out of here.

Am I the only one who doesn't see removing obnoxious spam messages as "censorship"? Censorship is when you don't allow someone to say their opinion about something, removing them from a discussion. Asking about likes isn't a discussion.

Or are y'all happy to see your email filled with spam, too? :p

You do realize removing "obnoxious spam" is still a form of censorship?

Censorship's definition - the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts.

You are not considering "obnoxious spam" acceptable so you suppressed it.

Azares, it's not censorship when people can't yell over each other in a court of law, during a Parliamentary session or disrupt a religious service. You know the saying, "your freedom to extend your arm ends where my face begins"? It's a bit like that. On a platform such as this, where the most recent message overtakes the previous ones, communication is a zero-sum game. By spamming the board with irrelevant messages, you infringe on the messages of other people. Not by legitimate counterargument but by shouting over them.

Alright now I see where you are coming from... But did the person actually spam or post once, because for me, it only showed one post suppressed?

Just one post because -Gay, being a reasonable person, can take a hint. ;)

Garchyland, what's the next poll going to be about?

Saint Thomas Sur Mer wrote:Just one post because -Gay, being a reasonable person, can take a hint. ;)

Garchyland, what's the next poll going to be about?

I, unfortunately, wasn't able to read the post prior to a moderator finding it and suppressing it. I must say, I do like how instead of the post just disappearing it shows up as "suppressed" - that means a nation can't hide behind their censorship :)

Apologies for the long wait on a poll! I was thinking of following up with another Olympics related one, but perhaps I should ask a question relating to censorship/suppression to keep this good debate going?

Hello everyone, I'm happy to be in your region. I saw a few of your posts, and I would just like to say that I am the owner of the -Gay account. I'm very glad that you are not mad, and I'm really sorry that anyone was offended or angry. It's been weird receiving so many telegrams, but nice. I just thought I'd move here and answer your question. I'd also like to stay.

Garchyland

Carly Fiorina wrote:Hello everyone, I'm happy to be in your region. I saw a few of your posts, and I would just like to say that I am the owner of the -Gay account. I'm very glad that you are not mad, and I'm really sorry that anyone was offended or angry. It's been weird receiving so many telegrams, but nice. I just thought I'd move here and answer your question. I'd also like to stay.

Nice flag

Carly Fiorina

Realsquad wrote:Nice flag

Yeah! Feel The Bern!

Garchyland, Realsquad

I was going to say that Bernie is going to have a good sounding board in this region (which he will), and then I saw the name of the nation, The Theocracy of Carly Fiorina. Satire? Irony?

Darkling Plain, Realsquad

Eyana wrote:I was going to say that Bernie is going to have a good sounding board in this region (which he will), and then I saw the name of the nation, The Theocracy of Carly Fiorina. Satire? Irony?

Yeah... I was wondering the same thing.

Realsquad

Eyana wrote:I was going to say that Bernie is going to have a good sounding board in this region (which he will), and then I saw the name of the nation, The Theocracy of Carly Fiorina. Satire? Irony?

The Trumpets wrote:Yeah... I was wondering the same thing.

I'm claiming the name, so when people search Carly Fiorina, they are directed to a Bernie Sanders nations. It's kinda like my way of shoving my liberal agenda down their throat.

Garchyland, Darkling Plain, Eyana, The Trumpets, Rawlstopia, Realsquad

Had the chance to spend some time with Bob Corker today. Not a bad guy.

Had some very candid criticism for the Tea Partiers, who he referred to as the "shutdown" caucus.

Garchyland

Hey guys, newbie around the corner!

So is this region also dedicated to leftist regimes?

Yeah pretty much we are all leftists...

Leftist States wrote:Hey guys, newbie around the corner!

So is this region also dedicated to leftist regimes?

By the way welcome to the region!

The Trumpets wrote:By the way welcome to the region!

Thanks.

Can't help but notice, the ads always say "impeach Obama: Do you agree?"

What do you guys think?

Impeach, yourpeach and everybodyelsespeach--I think Obama's done a great job considering the obstacles (and that he's a Muslim and from Kenya lol), and no one forgets 911 (not saying they should), but they totally forgot who got Osama Bin Laden, and it wasn't the 'decider', who didn't during Chenney's presidency--I mean the decider's presidency --the draft dodging, children's book reading, water boarder, regional instability causing, forceful spreader of democracy, and responsible for deaths and devastation of a region as well as a catalyst for IS and 'creator' of--paintings?? Just a thought, everyone's entitled to their own...

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/

Thank you--I still think he's in a different league compared to Bush and a much much better president--by the way was the 'Mission' ever 'Accomplished'? With that thought I go into the fox hole and remain in silence for a few months. Sorry

I think Obama has been an amazing president, when you take into account everything congress has done to stop him. Even if you think that Obama has been a bad president, he hasn't done anything Impeachable.

Bush, on the other hand, lied to congress to convince us to go to war with Iraq, which resulted in the deaths of millions, and then later joked about it in a speech. If Bush didn't get impeached for that, there is no way in the world Obama should.

Carly Fiorina, Leftist States

Just for fun, I found Donald Trump's profile on that site: http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/

and then Chain Emails: http://www.politifact.com/personalities/chain-email/

I notice a big similarity...

They tried to stop 'Obamacare' over 50 times when they knew it wasn't going to happen, and then they say there is too much wasteful spending by the government, how moronic--I mean ironic, well maybe both

Hey guys, I know this isn't a "recruiter friendly" region, but I just founded a debate region, and we're looking to expand into something big. Everything from political to what's the best TV character will be discussed. If you want, it'd be cool if you could move a puppet into [region=The Debate Region]. From the words of Trump,

"It's gonna be yuggggeeeeee"

The Trumpets, Realsquad, Leftist States

Does anyone know if they're doing another zombie apocalypse for Halloween? If they do, what do you all think of locking the region while it's happening?

Maineiacs wrote:Does anyone know if they're doing another zombie apocalypse for Halloween? If they do, what do you all think of locking the region while it's happening?

what exactly is a zombie apocalypse on Nationstates?

Realsquad

Confirmed. http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=355987&p=26214703&hilit=zombie#p26214703

I wasn't here last year but short answer? Survival rates are important...

Realsquad, Leftist States

Well, I plan to research a cure, but I still think we should lock the region for the duration.

Maineiacs wrote:Well, I plan to research a cure, but I still think we should lock the region for the duration.

a cure for T-virus or G-virus?

Leftist States wrote:a cure for T-virus or G-virus?

Doesn't quite work like that; at least it didn't in the past. They don't name the "zombie virus", they just give you a few option on how to deal with the hordes; one of which is to cure it. You'll see when they run it again this year.

Maineiacs wrote:Doesn't quite work like that; at least it didn't in the past. They don't name the "zombie virus", they just give you a few option on how to deal with the hordes; one of which is to cure it. You'll see when they run it again this year.

cool.

The zombie plague is not just a public health issue but a class issue. Obviously it's most likely to strike retail workers, public transport employees and other people who work in crowded places and have to deal with strangers constantly. If they get sick, it'll put a disproportionate strain on the occupational health services of these fields. One option would be just to enforce total curfew in at-risk areas, but it hardly makes sense to shut down the whole country just because there's a few zombies going around. Deploying troops seems like a poor option: how do we trust them to tell who's a zombie and who's just having a bad day? You can't take back a shotgun slug in the head. Besides, even if someone has a zombie condition, they're still entitled to some standard of care like everyone else. I think we can all agree that last year wasn't an unqualified success.

Saint Thomas Sur Mer wrote:The zombie plague is not just a public health issue but a class issue. Obviously it's most likely to strike retail workers, public transport employees and other people who work in crowded places and have to deal with strangers constantly. If they get sick, it'll put a disproportionate strain on the occupational health services of these fields. One option would be just to enforce total curfew in at-risk areas, but it hardly makes sense to shut down the whole country just because there's a few zombies going around. Deploying troops seems like a poor option: how do we trust them to tell who's a zombie and who's just having a bad day? You can't take back a shotgun slug in the head. Besides, even if someone has a zombie condition, they're still entitled to some standard of care like everyone else. I think we can all agree that last year wasn't an unqualified success.

This is why I feel my suggestion of locking down the region and researching a cure is the best option.

Maineiacs wrote:This is why I feel my suggestion of locking down the region and researching a cure is the best option.

I think that's a good idea, [nation=short]Maineiacs[/nation], I can lock down the region. Researching a cure is the best option, as long as we can get a large percentage of our regional population to comply when the time rolls around!

What do you guys think about the new regional officers https://www.nationstates.net/page=news/2015/10/11/index.html

I think regional officers is a great idea - I'm going to appoint a few powers for now to see how it works, mainly to long-standing residents and those who were involved in the former ministry - we can take it from there if it works to get something a little more organized!

Alright, I'm trying out the feature. Let's see what the residents think about the censorship issue.

Garchyland

What are my new duties to be?

Maineiacs wrote:What are my new duties to be?

Hello [nation=short]Maineiacs[/nation],

I'm still figuring out exactly how these new officer roles work (http://www.nationstates.net/page=news), but the Communications Officer, to my knowledge, would be able to control the Regional Message Board (this thing) as well as spurring along conversation topics - [nation=short]Saint Thomas sur Mer[/nation] has control over the regional polls, and I think I'm going to end up merging these two roles together to allow you both to work in tandem (that way you can both have control over the dual powers, since they are intertwined).

Ok, apologies on all the confusion, I would suppress my post above (to avoid the confusion), but we don't like to do that here! I've decided to shake things up a little bit, I figured out more about how the controls work so I've shifted the duties around a little bit:

[nation=short]Maineiacs[/nation] will be the Homeland Officer, which will have control over the borders (password protection) in the case of an attack. I believe that also comes with the power to eject from the region, but we rarely, if ever, use this tactic, except in the case of attack and with confirmed invading nation names. This also will have control over appearance. I will add a "Homeland" section to our World Factbook Entry, which can be updated by Maineiacs on the state of the homeland.

[nation=short]Saint Thomas sur Mer[/nation] and [nation=short]Xandia Swift[/nation] will both be Community Officers (formerly named Communications Officer), and will both have control over the the Regional Message Board and polls. Together they will spur conversation topics and keep nations engaged. Together we can all learn from each other (especially with polls), so this is a great opportunity for them to seize the opportunity!

[nation=short]Derkomia[/nation] is a longstanding and respected nation in our region who has also previously served as our World Assembly Delegate. They are a natural choice for Chief Minister, the head of our Ministry. They will have all the powers mentioned above, but will mainly be there for help or if a problem arises.

[nation=short]Sheila Anteres[/nation] is our oldest resident in the region. While their power (because of how the WA works) may not be very high compared to many nations they are a respected nation who has experience with inter-regional politics and is a natural choice for Vice-Delegate. They will have all the powers listed above, in addition to the power to accept and reject embassy requests. This is a power which may be granted to a new officer role once our government becomes more established.

I hope this answers most of your questions! Feel free to ask any that you have here.

When you say I control appearance, what does that mean?

Maineiacs wrote:When you say I control appearance, what does that mean?

"Appearance" is our World Factbook Entry. You'll see I added a section called *State of the Homeland*, which you'll be able to update a sentence or two if/when necessary to let people know if there is risk for attack, any recent NationStates news, or anything else pertinent. I already added a message about the zombie invasion (a concern I know you had too!) I think the first duty for our Homeland Officer and our Community Officers is to make sure all nations are on board to research a cure within 24 hours of the zombie invasion (Oct. 30 or 31). [nation=short]Maineiacs[/nation], [nation=short]Saint Thomas sur Mer[/nation], and [nation=short]Xandia Swift[/nation] does this sound like something you can handle?

What do you think about holding elections in the future?

Garchyland wrote:"Appearance" is our World Factbook Entry. You'll see I added a section called *State of the Homeland*, which you'll be able to update a sentence or two if/when necessary to let people know if there is risk for attack, any recent NationStates news, or anything else pertinent. I already added a message about the zombie invasion (a concern I know you had too!) I think the first duty for our Homeland Officer and our Community Officers is to make sure all nations are on board to research a cure within 24 hours of the zombie invasion (Oct. 30 or 31). [nation=short]Maineiacs[/nation], [nation=short]Saint Thomas sur Mer[/nation], and [nation=short]Xandia Swift[/nation] does this sound like something you can handle?

Yeah, I can do that. I'll post another reminder to everyone as Z-Day approaches.

Garchyland wrote:"Appearance" is our World Factbook Entry. You'll see I added a section called *State of the Homeland*, which you'll be able to update a sentence or two if/when necessary to let people know if there is risk for attack, any recent NationStates news, or anything else pertinent. I already added a message about the zombie invasion (a concern I know you had too!) I think the first duty for our Homeland Officer and our Community Officers is to make sure all nations are on board to research a cure within 24 hours of the zombie invasion (Oct. 30 or 31). [nation=short]Maineiacs[/nation], [nation=short]Saint Thomas sur Mer[/nation], and [nation=short]Xandia Swift[/nation] does this sound like something you can handle?

Sure, let's do our best this year.

I wouldn't be opposed to elections at all if we ramp up enough activity here first!

I just returned from some interplanetary travel, it's beautiful out there, so peaceful-no drama, and I see my appointment changed--not that I mind, Garchy, however, I'm not too sure and don't quite understand how our nations (Saint Thomas sur Mer and my nation) as Community Officers are to suppress and not suppress posts. How do we do it anyway? Maybe I'm idealistic but I'm a strong believer in free speech and that also includes stupidity and ignorance which can only be "suppressed" with the intelligence and common sense of the vast majority (hopefully) of thinking nations as they silence the instigator with silence as they are not deserving of dialog which would only fan the flames---sometimes the 'sensational' news media NCC or Coyote News decides it's news worthy and increase coverage to boost their ratings as they have done with certain outspoken and controversial "celebrities" lol Getting back to the issue, how are our two nations in charge of Community Dialogue supposed to regulate the board? Should we? Do we need to?

I am also totally unknowing as to what the zombie invasion is all about? (I usually vacation in late October lol) I don't understand how that works at all? How do we develop a cure? Which nation spearheads the research and development to find the cure? What kind of cure? How do we apply the cure? How do you get infected? What happens when you get infected? Can someone explain?

What actually does happen???

Xandia Swift wrote:I just returned from some interplanetary travel, it's beautiful out there, so peaceful-no drama, and I see my appointment changed--not that I mind, Garchy, however, I'm not too sure and don't quite understand how our nations (Saint Thomas sur Mer and my nation) as Community Officers are to suppress and not suppress posts. How do we do it anyway? Maybe I'm idealistic but I'm a strong believer in free speech and that also includes stupidity and ignorance which can only be "suppressed" with the intelligence and common sense of the vast majority (hopefully) of thinking nations as they silence the instigator with silence as they are not deserving of dialog which would only fan the flames---sometimes the 'sensational' news media NCC or Coyote News decides it's news worthy and increase coverage to boost their ratings as they have done with certain outspoken and controversial "celebrities" lol Getting back to the issue, how are our two nations in charge of Community Dialogue supposed to regulate the board? Should we? Do we need to?

I am also totally unknowing as to what the zombie invasion is all about? (I usually vacation in late October lol) I don't understand how that works at all? How do we develop a cure? Which nation spearheads the research and development to find the cure? What kind of cure? How do we apply the cure? How do you get infected? What happens when you get infected? Can someone explain?

What actually does happen???

I'll answer the second question: in a few days (30th or 31st) will begin what has become an annual "zombie invasion". Your homepage will start showing that some of your population has become zombies, and you will be given three choices on how to deal with the problem which, left unchecked, gets worse over time: 1) cure them; in which case, their numbers will start to go down as they return to normal humans. You will also be able to launch "cure missiles" at the other nations in this region to help each other along; 2) kill them, which will decrease your population -- eventually to zero; or 3) allow the hordes to run amok, which will eventually turn all your citizens into zombies. Far too many on NS choose that option, then wander from region to region spreading the infection. We have, by mutual consent, chosen to "lock down" (i.e. password protect) A Liberal Haven for the duration while we all research a cure. There will be a RP thread on the boards so nations can RP how they're dealing with the zombies. It's all over on Nov. 1, and everything returns to normal. The zombies ARE NOT PERMANENT, but it can be distressing for the uninitiated. The "zombification" happens automatically whether you want it or not; there's no way to opt out. Neither can you choose to start or end it earlier. As Homeland Secretary, I urge all residents of the region to help research a cure, or at least to stay offline for the duration of the zombie invasion.

Thank you very much Liberal Utopia of Maineiacs,

How do we work to find the cure? We're thinking of shutting down our whole nation, no activity during this period except for scientist, bio-genetic engineers and the required support personnel to continue research to find a cure which we will immediately share with the rest of our region as well as those regions that have Embassies in our region. Also as a precaution to the demise of Xandia Swift, there will be a lottery to select about 12 million of our population, of which 10% will be from the 46 other nations of A Liberal Haven, to travel on one of our 53 active Galactica class Star Ships to the safety of the moons of Vermulac, where the satellite state of Colbert is located. We will be returning early November as moons of Vermulac are in the distant Borealis Galaxy.

Xandia Swift wrote:Thank you very much Liberal Utopia of Maineiacs,

How do we work to find the cure? We're thinking of shutting down our whole nation, no activity during this period except for scientist, bio-genetic engineers and the required support personnel to continue research to find a cure which we will immediately share with the rest of our region as well as those regions that have Embassies in our region. Also as a precaution to the demise of Xandia Swift, there will be a lottery to select about 12 million of our population, of which 10% will be from the 46 other nations of A Liberal Haven, to travel on one of our 53 active Galactica class Star Ships to the safety of the moons of Vermulac, where the satellite state of Colbert is located. We will be returning early November as moons of Vermulac are in the distant Borealis Galaxy.

There's a button to choose "cure"; you don't have to do anything beyond that, unless you wish to launch "cure missiles" (there's a button for that once the game informs you that you have successfully researched a cure). But feel free to join the RP thread once it's up on the NS discussion boards. I may do so myself.

Addendum: There will be (at least, there was last year) a separate "zombie" board on the NS forum; it's generally not RP'd here.

Maineiacs wrote:There's a button to choose "cure"; you don't have to do anything beyond that, unless you wish to launch "cure missiles" (there's a button for that once the game informs you that you have successfully researched a cure). But feel free to join the RP thread once it's up on the NS discussion boards. I may do so myself.

Thanks, but I'm catching the next bus outta here til November...to avoid this...

Xandia Swift wrote:I just returned from some interplanetary travel, it's beautiful out there, so peaceful-no drama, and I see my appointment changed--not that I mind, Garchy, however, I'm not too sure and don't quite understand how our nations (Saint Thomas sur Mer and my nation) as Community Officers are to suppress and not suppress posts. How do we do it anyway? Maybe I'm idealistic but I'm a strong believer in free speech and that also includes stupidity and ignorance which can only be "suppressed" with the intelligence and common sense of the vast majority (hopefully) of thinking nations as they silence the instigator with silence as they are not deserving of dialog which would only fan the flames---sometimes the 'sensational' news media NCC or Coyote News decides it's news worthy and increase coverage to boost their ratings as they have done with certain outspoken and controversial "celebrities" lol Getting back to the issue, how are our two nations in charge of Community Dialogue supposed to regulate the board? Should we? Do we need to?

I am also totally unknowing as to what the zombie invasion is all about? (I usually vacation in late October lol) I don't understand how that works at all? How do we develop a cure? Which nation spearheads the research and development to find the cure? What kind of cure? How do we apply the cure? How do you get infected? What happens when you get infected? Can someone explain?

What actually does happen???

Sorry for the wait on a reply, Xandia! It seems like Maineiacs explained the zombie invasion very well. I hope you don't mind your change in appointment, I made the move after reading more into what the powers do - I'm sure I'll be changing them again as they evolve. You're completely right about the free-speech issue, I don't think we have ever suppressed a post in ALH (other than that game moderator suppression a month or two ago, not my doing!). I'm thinking we should re-start a new offline forum (of which you both would also be able to moderate). The polls are a really great function for us to be using as well!

Garchy, (I didn't answer sooner because I was exploring outer space again) About the polls, I was wondering if we could identify or reveal which way each nation voted, and then we could have an open discussion, after all the votes are in. I think this would give us all an idea of who voted, how, and why and may result more nations voting and more activity on the forum. What do you think Garchy? What does everyone think?

Okay, I'm off to space again, I'll be back in November.

Xandia Swift wrote:Garchy, (I didn't answer sooner because I was exploring outer space again) About the polls, I was wondering if we could identify or reveal which way each nation voted, and then we could have an open discussion, after all the votes are in. I think this would give us all an idea of who voted, how, and why and may result more nations voting and more activity on the forum. What do you think Garchy? What does everyone think?

Okay, I'm off to space again, I'll be back in November.

Very good idea! If you click on the poll (which is closed now), it gives you a few options for sorting the results: results by WA nations, by influence, by population, and then by nation name. It is odd that the nation names don't come up automatically, but it is possible to see who voted which way - and as you say, this is a great opportunity for us to discuss why we voted the way we did! My nation prides itself on being very liberal, and that sometimes comes at a cost - we will allow any type of freedom of speech, as long as it is a peaceful assembly. We have certainly gotten some heat for doing this, but it usually results in non-violence and understanding at the end of the day. I would love to hear from Maineiacs about their vote and how it works in their nation!

Wanting to out the oddball on the last poll, eh? It was me. I chose "prohibits inciting hatred against..." And I don't regret that. Basically, in Maineiacs one could say "I hate all X" as much as one wants, loudly and publicly and all that would happen is one would earn public scorn and ridicule. But to say "All X should be (insert fate here)" is not allowed, and would incur a prison term and mandatory counselling for not more than 1 year if convicted (the prosecution would have to prove you had or had called for some sort of definite plan and had actively encouraged others to follow your lead). I believe in the idea that your right to swing a bat ends one inch before my face. Say you don't like (insert slur here); that's fine. But if you start calling for them to be harrassed, rounded up, beaten, or killed you've crossed the line.

Garchyland

Yes, the wording was deliberate (instead of a general hate speech prohibition). I think it's quite reasonable to treat incitement similarly to a criminal conspiracy when it's clear that there's a plan of action. Some countries handle the issue by declaring hate groups criminal organizations, but honestly it's a bit too late by the time a movement is mature enough to qualify as one.

LESS THAN 36 HOURS UNTIL Z-HOUR! REMEMBER TO CHOOSE "RESEARCH A CURE" AS SOON AS THE OPTION APPEARS, THEN HELP OUT YOUR NEIGHBORS BY LAUNCHING "CURE MISSILES AT ONE ANOTHER. TOGETHER WE CAN WEATHER THIS STORM!

To those of you who are choosing a leave of absence, don't worry, we've got your back until you return.

Liberal Utopia of Maineaics, Homeland Officer, A Liberal Haven

Garchyland

Maineiacs wrote:LESS THAN 36 HOURS UNTIL Z-HOUR! REMEMBER TO CHOOSE "RESEARCH A CURE" AS SOON AS THE OPTION APPEARS, THEN HELP OUT YOUR NEIGHBORS BY LAUNCHING "CURE MISSILES AT ONE ANOTHER. TOGETHER WE CAN WEATHER THIS STORM!

To those of you who are choosing a leave of absence, don't worry, we've got your back until you return.

Liberal Utopia of Maineaics, Homeland Officer, A Liberal Haven

Thanks, Maineaics. Everyone, please remember: [B]Z-HOUR BEGINS IN 3 HOURS! PLEASE REMEMBER TO RESEARCH A CURE IMMEDIATELY.[/B]

Hit the "Zombie Control" link on your homepages, the choose "develop a cure".

Rawlstopia wrote:The End is Nigh!

Not if we work together on this, it isn't.

Garchyland

Yes! Under your nation go to "Zombie Control" and choose "Research a Cure!" The Sooner the better!

Garchyland wrote:Yes! Under your nation go to "Zombie Control" and choose "Research a Cure!" The Sooner the better!

To launch missiles, go to this board, click on a nation's name and hit "Cure Missile" button.

We can do this! Still more time tomorrow to send out cure missiles (after you've researched a cure).

This isn't going well. We shouldn't have had fatalities. I wonder if they've made it harder.

I think I read somewhere that the zombie virus is stronger this year?

But yeah. I hate this event so much (I've always loathed everything that has to do with zombies, they're so ridiculous). There should be a way to opt out of this completely.

My nation already has 489 million dead, only 200 million left. How did this happen...? D:

Rawlstopia

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How do you do the cure missiles? I think I just did the wrong thing.

Realsquad wrote:How do you do the cure missiles? I think I just did the wrong thing.

If you've chosen to research a cure an option will come up to use cure missiles when you're on another nations page - so visit their page and you should see the option! It refreshes every 20 seconds

Oh, its still loading for me.

Put on "We'll Meet Again", the survival rate is below .25%.

Yeah, efforts seem pretty futile now unless we can get everyone to login, which seems unlikely. Philosophy 115 managed to find a way to zombie freedom!

I've always thought graveyards were an awful idea. Let's just start cremating everyone.

Garchyland

Saint Thomas Sur Mer wrote:I've always thought graveyards were an awful idea. Let's just start cremating everyone.

Much more economical!

Hello to all nations and survivors of ALH, we have returned from outer space and wish to thank the nations of The Green Forested Republic of Edible Plywood, The Eco-Republic of Mozworld and the Republic of Rawlstopia and any other nations involved for striking XS with the Zombie Cure, thus greatly reducing the number of casualties. I have no clue how we got these Zombies, Fellow Community Officer The Republic of Saint Thomas sur Mer since we have compulsory cremation, I think if we will build the 'Great Wall of Xandia Swift' along our borders to prevent those alien zombies from crossing our border. (I know it will be expensive and take years, and that if one man builds a wall another will find a way around it, but it will create unwarranted jobs and waste tax payer money and it can also be added to the already wasteful budget for the 'War on Drugs') lol

Garchyland

So I've been thinking about something recently - the high number of our residents who aren't WA members! I'm wondering if there is a reason for people that nations are not joining the WA, or if they are just not aware of what it is, how it works, and how easy it is (click of a button) to join! The importance for our region is security - we are always subject to a raid due to not having a founder, and there are only 5 WA nations currently endorsing me as delegate - it wouldn't take much for instability to occur! Does anyone have any ideas on how to educate our region on the importance of WA endorsements? This may be a good topic for our Communications Officers Xandia Swift and Saint Thomas Sur Mer?

Garchy is right, If ALH is raided it would suck royally!! Correct me if I'm wrong, but to protect our region from invasion it is imperative that every one (or at least most) join the WA even if you never do anything with it, (it never affects your nation) and endorse each other and specially Garchy, since he's doing a great job at being our delegate. This will make us a stronger region against raids--which like I said really sucks.

What happens is many "nations" come in your region and take over by having more endorsements and replace our delegate with some Asshole that has the power to kick you out of the region. It happened to me (I'm an immigrant to this region lol) since I was kicked out of my region for not 'going along' and endorsing Asshole delegate in my former region, and when you get kicked out you end up in the middle of Pacific region. (in a little row boat lol) Isn't that right???

Oh, I see! Thank you, Xandia Swift, for the explanation. Now I finally understand what the WA is about and how the raids are done. I've never really cared about the WA, because I just thought it was some kind of MMORPG part of this site (which doesn't interest me at all). But apparently it's actually important. :)

Xandia Swift wrote:Garchy is right, If ALH is raided it would suck royally!! Correct me if I'm wrong, but to protect our region from invasion it is imperative that every one (or at least most) join the WA even if you never do anything with it, (it never affects your nation) and endorse each other and specially Garchy, since he's doing a great job at being our delegate. This will make us a stronger region against raids--which like I said really sucks.

What happens is many "nations" come in your region and take over by having more endorsements and replace our delegate with some Asshole that has the power to kick you out of the region. It happened to me (I'm an immigrant to this region lol) since I was kicked out of my region for not 'going along' and endorsing Asshole delegate in my former region, and when you get kicked out you end up in the middle of Pacific region. (in a little row boat lol) Isn't that right???

It's not quite true to say that membership in the WA does not affect your nation. WA members must comply with all resolutions passed, which will have an (usually small) affect on your nation, and may adjust you metrics (social, economic, political) although not usually enough to change your "label" ( your government type as seen on your nation's homepage). Also, any of you who are puppets can't join, as only one nation per account may join the WA. But I feel the benefits of as many WA members as possible outweigh the inconveniences.

Greetings all. ^_^

I come from Forest as an ambassador.

If there are any formalities attached to such in this region, please let me know.

Thank you The Liberal Utopia of Maineiacs for clarifying and giving a better explanation

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