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Election time:

Once again, it's time for the quarterly WA delegate election. All interested WA nations are to announce their nomination on the regional message board. As the current WA delegate, I intend to stand for election. In the event that there are no other candidates, the incumbent will elected in unopposed.

Nominations close 11:59pm (GMT) Thursday, 24th July.

B&B

Good day,

I am the administer of the United Regions and this is an official message from the organization. I personally have failed in my duty to effectively lead this organization and mould it into an alliance which member regions deserve. This coupled with the fact that I have my final school exams in September has led me to the decision of relinquishing control of this organization.

I am looking for a successor to administer the organization and bring the success which I am not able to provide. Therefore, if any nation is interested, please contact me @ United Regions Diplomat. I require a nation with:

[list][*]an extensive evidenced Interregional experience

[*]an unimpeachable record

[*]proven leadership skills

[*]knowledge of the workings of the United Regions

[*]and a stern determination to get things done[/list]

Nations without any of these necessary qualities need not apply. Applications close in a week.

Regards,

URD

Nominations have closed for the quarterly election, and the incumbent WA Delegate has been re-elected unopposed.

B&B

Hungerford wrote:The question we must ask, then, is this: Does having only 20% of the league be American hurt the US? I don't think so; on the contrary, I think that regular play against the best in the world helps raise the quality of US players overall.

So now what I'm wondering is whether or not the level of play in the EPL is better, the same, or worse than the level of play in the Bundeslige. The Premier League may attract great players from around the world due to the monetary rewards it offers, but is England getting its money's worth overall in terms of the quality of football theyre buying?

There is one major difference though - USA has the biggest population of the major ice hockey playing nations. It should dominate ice hockey at the Olympics completely. The fact that it doesn't may well be due to the foreign players in the NFL.

Also, in football, more than any other sport, the results tend to be very close and can turn easily on a single event. A single mistake from one individual. Furthermore, the major international competitions are partly knock-out based so the results in these don't really say that much about the actual abilities of the nations. It's just which team performed best on the day. To really assess it properly you'd need a season long league of national teams, but I doubt that'll ever happen.

A few other things have particularly affected England though:

- The other major European leagues also have large numbers of foreign players, but their native players go abroad. English players rarely do.

- Professional football in England seems to mostly draw from the poorer and less educated sections of British society. Rugby and cricket get the wealthy and well educated players. This leads to a culture of ignorance within the native game, where overt signs of intelligence are shunned. Foreign influence has changed this somewhat, but the national side has suffered from a lack of organisation and good leadership. Particularly the available choices of team coach.

- Loosing top players to other home nations. Ryan Giggs, Gareth Bale and George Best being the most obvious examples. Wales in particular shouldn't be a national side because its top clubs play in the English leagues.

Disposablepuppetland wrote:

- Loosing top players to other home nations. Ryan Giggs, Gareth Bale

and

Disposablepuppetland wrote:Wales in particular shouldn't be a national side because its top clubs play in the English leagues.

So basically you're a bit upset that Giggs, Bale, and the likes of Ramsey are playing for Wales instead of England and Wales should be abolished as a national team because of it.

Got it.

Presumably if Scotland or Northern Ireland produce a core group of talent in their teams you'll be calling for them to not have a national side either.

Inger-lund, inger-lund, INGER-LUND!

Oi oi.

Soooo Scottish Independence anyone?

Really hoping it is a no vote to be honest

Sodoff has a long history of Caledoniaphobia (see "Sodoff - A Brief History in Print" in the national histories on the Democratic England website). Let's just say I'd like to see a smoked Salmond on the menu.

Whatever happens I think they've wrecked their relationship with the English. I don't think the scars will heal in a long time.

HI! Welcome to England.

Sodoff Ii wrote:HI! Welcome to England.

Thanks

England has several traditional football teams. Does anyone have suggestions for me to cheer for any team?

You should support Luton, Brasuca... ;)

Welcome Brasuca, cheer on Arsenal! ;)

On a separate note, I've been playing another game recently. (My heart will always be with Nationstates but I'm happy to explore what else is out there). The game I've been looking at is called World of Leaders. Anyone had a look at it? They have elections, you can be mayor, set budgets as well as vote in Parliament when you are an MP. It's fairly new and can be a bit unstable. (It has French developers!) I've created an area on the forum if anyone is interested in trying an additional political game.

Anyway, how is everyone? Sorry I haven't been around much.

Tyrr

Arsenal is a great team! Let's go gooners! =)

I always have been interested in political games.

The Islamic State is one of the worst terrorist groups I've ever seen. Beheading live online?

Welcome back ASX!

Why is everyone quiet?

Why have we been put under password protection?

Hi Wilkosaurus Rex,

To answer your question, there have been some security issues recently and both myself and Tyrr agreed that the best solution was to temporarily place the region under password protection. In the spirit of democracy, I will create a regional poll in regards to the password protection. That way, everyone can have a say on whether or not this password protection will continue. The poll will be open for 7 days.

B&B

Is there any indication those security issues remain?

It's difficult to vote on something where we might be uninformed.

Our allied regions (large and small, founder and founderless) have been recently been relentlessly bombarded and occupied by raider armies. We have also observing the activities of suspect nations who were stationed in our region. These nations in question were compromisng the security of the region. In order to preventing a similiar fate to England, we decided to place England under password protection.

Regions still continue to be raided, but there haven't been any further threats to our region in recent times.

B&B

Appreciate the clarification B&B!

Soooo, should we be talking about the Zombie invasion due to hit our shores next week?

Perhaps . . . what exactly is this zombie invasion that is supposed wreak havoc next week?

In other news, it's once again time for the quarterly delegate elections. All nominations to be posted on the RMB. Nominations close 11:59pm (GMT) on Tuesday, 28th November. In the event of no other nominations, the incumbent will be declared re-elected unopposed.

B&B

http://www.nationstates.net/page=news/2014/10/19/index.html

New regional poll created for the zombie apocalypse

discuss away!

B&B

Bogans And Boozers wrote:Nominations close 11:59pm (GMT) on Tuesday, 28th November.

That should be October, not November . . .

*trumpets sound, crowds cheer and rose petals rain from the sky as Rhanukhan triumphantly returns to the region*

I'd been lax in my duties and let my poor country expire, but it seems appropriate that I spent Hallowe'en in the region for undead nations returning to the game ;P

oh goodness, not all the zombies have stopped!

Welcome back Rhanukhan!

Welcome back Rhanukhan!

Has all the danger gone now from England so that we can remove the regional password?

Password protection removed.

Hey! Good to hear from you Rhanukhan!

I'm back! The last time I was here we had just been invaded and we had a different Delegate & no founder! How things change.

Welcome back! I'm afraid it's pretty quiet around here at the moment.

Damn this tumbleweed!

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Hirota

Yeah I'm on often, and nobody is here :-(

Has anyone switched over to the new theme yet? It's pretty!

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Sodoff Ii

No. I did that with my Yahoo Mail and then wished I hadn't :-D

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Tyrr

Happy holidays everyone, Happy New Year too!

How's the Candy Crush saga Sodoff? :D

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Sodoff Ii

Hey! Happy holidays.

I'm ashamed to admit that I have so little life that I have reached Candy Crush level 445....

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1St Royal English Dragons

Greetings from Englaland, the restored Anglo-Saxon version of England.

We are calling on all English to answer a regional poll to determine which of our Gods should replace the Roman Saturn's name day; known as Saturday. The options are listed and the results will be enacted into law at the end of the poll.

We view all English as an Ethnic family so although we live in other places we are one and should be treated as such in matters such as these. Please vote; thank you.

Best regards;

[nation=short]King William Arthur[/nation]

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Hirota

I'm apparently the 941st largest nation in NS - and the largest in England. I thought someone used to be larger?

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Sodoff Ii

Bonjour mes amis. Je suis Charlie!

Post by Bogans And Boozers suppressed by Sir Nihil.

Bogans And Boozers

Hi everyone, hope you're all having a great 2015 so far.

Once again, it's time for the WA delegate elections. If you wish to nominate, signal your intentions by TG or posting in the RMB. Nominations close at 11:59pm (GMT) on Saturday, 31st January.

B&B

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Hirota

I was planning to challenge this time (if only to have a process of an election), but sadly I cannot because of RL commitments.

Post by Bogans And Boozers suppressed by Sir Nihil.

Bogans And Boozers

Hirota, it's a shame that you're unable to challenge this time round. However, I strongly encourage you consider nominating yourself in the future.

Nominations are still open to all WA members.

B&B

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Bogans And Boozers

Nominations have now closed.

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Hirota

Hello Bogans, was there a specific reason that the region was password protected?

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Bogans And Boozers

Hi there Hirota,

There is indeed a specific reason why the region has been placed under password protection, and has been done so in consultation with the regional founder (Tyrr). There has in fact been a direct threat made to the region, and after careful consideration the decision to password protect was made. Unlike the last time there was password protection in place, there has been an agreed upon period in which the password protection will be enacted for. Once this period is over, the border control will be lifted.

B&B

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Sodoff Ii

I think that was wise B&B. There has been a lot of raiding going on and regions bigger and more active than ours have been taken over in recent times.

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Hirota

Hirota wrote:Yeah I'm on often, and nobody is here :-(

Has anyone switched over to the new theme yet? It's pretty!

So now, it's the default theme if you have not set one

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Sodoff Ii

So, can anyone remind me if England being knocked-out of the CWC in the quarter finals was even an option in the poll?

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Bogans And Boozers

Unfortunately, yes it was . . . even Ireland is doing much better than England (without Eoin Morgan . . . )

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Dock Green

Hello, hello, hello.

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Rhanukhan

Cor lummy - it's the law! o.0

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Punks

Police everywhere, justice nowhere.

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Dock Green

"Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner

That I love London so

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner

That I think of her wherever I go

"I get a funny feeling inside of me

When walking up and down

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner

That I love London Town"

Evening all.

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Bogans And Boozers

Hi everyone,

As our founder has ceased to exist, I have decided to place the region under password protection. This protection will remain in place until Tyrr returns to NationStates, or a consensus is met by a majority of regional members.

Please TG me if you need the password.

B&B

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Bogans And Boozers

New Poll: Regional Activity

I encourage you all to participate in the current poll, as it will shape the future of our region.

B&B

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Roetassarn

hello all!

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Dock Green

"Hello, hello, hello."

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Bogans And Boozers

Latest news:

The poll in regards to regional activity is over, and the initiative was passed 5-1 (in favour of yes).

More news to follow.

B&B

Post by Roetassarn suppressed by Sir Nihil.

Roetassarn

what was the poll about?

Post by Bogans And Boozers suppressed by Sir Nihil.

Bogans And Boozers

From the poll question:

"Recently, the TAR have put forward a proposal to link up with our region to initiate a roleplaying style simulation through our RMB. This will involve an influx of new nations who would be joining our region in order to participate. Our region would become somewhat associated with theirs, but still remain independent and they would not seek to replace our Delegate or the founder. Are you happy for the region to engage in this opportunity?"

Basically, we will be hosting a regional role playing game in co-ordination with the TAR.

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The Smooties

Hello, not very active eh?

Volkswald

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Hirota

You noticed that eh?

The Smooties

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The Smooties

Lisa is coming!!

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Volkswald

We should probably try recruiting

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Volkswald

Why did we have embassies with those guys anyway?

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Volkswald

Is anyone active?

Post by Free States Of Brazil suppressed by Sir Nihil.

Free States Of Brazil

I am. But this isn't my main region, still I am willing to help if there is interest.

Volkswald

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Hirota

I am also active, and this is my main region.

Volkswald

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Free States Of Brazil

Setting up a government could perhaps be a way of creating a little bit of activitiy.

Volkswald

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Hirota

We actually had a government for a very long time, but it fell into disuse some time ago.

Volkswald

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Free States Of Brazil

So we're anarchy?

SOMALIA FTW!

Volkswald

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Assassinville

We all love Leeds

Volkswald

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Free States Of Brazil

And Volkswald likes all posts. lol

Volkswald

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Dock Green

Checking the five unanswered issues that had been accumulated by this nation, I find in one of them _

“Barack Obama, head of Dock Green's chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous,“

^_^

Volkswald

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Volkswald

Dock Green wrote:Checking the five unanswered issues that had been accumulated by this nation, I find in one of them _

“Barack Obama, head of Dock Green's chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous,“

^_^

LOL I guess you got lucky with the random name generator.

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Free States Of Brazil

That's gold. hahaha

So England, should we try to build a government or anarchy sounds fun?

Volkswald

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Volkswald

Free States Of Brazil wrote:That's gold. hahaha

So England, should we try to build a government or anarchy sounds fun?

A government would be cool

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Free States Of Brazil

But what government do we want?

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Volkswald

Free States Of Brazil wrote:But what government do we want?

Maybe the president or something would be the WA delegate, and there could be other symbolic government positions we could run for and be elected into through regional polls.

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Free States Of Brazil

I don't know, do we have any idea on how many people would be interested?

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Volkswald

Free States Of Brazil wrote:I don't know, do we have any idea on how many people would be interested?

I would participate.

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Free States Of Brazil

So far it seems it would be you and me. hahaha

Volkswald

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Marie De Fleury

Free States Of Brazil wrote:That's gold. hahaha

So England, should we try to build a government or anarchy sounds fun?

A government would be most interesting.

Volkswald

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Volkswald

Marie De Fleury wrote:A government would be most interesting.

Hooray! Another person to participate.

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Hirota

I'm monitoring your discussions with interest - if only because it's been a long time since the RMB had activity that had single digit day old posts.

Volkswald

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Free States Of Brazil

Should we be a republic?

Hirota, Volkswald

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Free States Of Brazil

Or monarchy?

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Reachround

Republic 👍🏼

Volkswald

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Volkswald

Republic

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Tyrr

Monarchy ;)

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Marie De Fleury

Constitutional Monarchy? :P

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This England

Feudal Monarchy.

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