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Region: Refugia
pulled and sold a legendary
i am now officially rich
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Sempera, Deg0Od
Neat, I'm a Card Miser
https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/nation=istastioner
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur
Holy moly and one of the most expensive ones too NICE
Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Istastioner, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire
Actually that card he sold (for 420.00) is the most expensive season 3 card at the moment
Typica, Tiralta, Deg0Od
You have a me in there!
Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, The Blue Fire
*they (don't worry about it, i get it a lot)
also yeah, i was really lucky
Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Istastioner, Uwuguaya, Deg0Od
I Know, I am looking to get a Refuge Island card
Even with my card farm It still feels rewarding to get a legendary
Typica, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
U can watch it in Hulu, if u have it, but yea
I think I'm he youngest person here....
Tomairacon
WHAT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS GONE
I come back to 66 messages after being gone for a grand total of 2 days and I am blaming it [I]all[/I] on you (/j)
nice
Typica, Tiralta, Izordinia, The Blue Fire
seriously? [sub](/j)[/sub]
Izordinia, Jazur, Uwuguaya, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
yes[/I]/letterbetweeniandk
Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Voinarx
Think again..
Izordinia
I don't know how young you folks are, but i've got some advice for you: get off the internet. It's not healthy to be on there on such a young age. I'm talking younger than 13. You can take it from me. Good luck out there kiddos.
Sorry. I just needed to ramble about that.
Izordinia, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Deg0Od, Tomairacon
Not from a personal view of the internet, but from the standpoint of a moderator for Calamity Refuge, the wider community of which this region is a part, it's worth bearing in mind that we have a Code of Conduct requiring members to be to be at least 14.
https://forum.calref.ca/index.php?topic=11.0
Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Pantumaca, Valtena, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Deg0Od
When I wrote this I was half awake. Sorry about that. I stand by what I said but I should've worded it more professionally.
Bejeweled Potatoes, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Deg0Od, Bloomhaven
Well, I actually meant the age of the nation created as mine is technically the youngest (as it's my alt nation), but even from age perspective, we still meet the criteria of minimum age to play (atleast I know about myself).
Izordinia, Pantumaca, Valtena
No need to be apologetic about that. I know how "safe and sound" the internet is, especially for the younger audience. All in all, I understand what you meant.
Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena, The Starr Of Betelgeuse
Oh good to hear, that's reassuring
Thank you
The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, The Starr Of Betelgeuse
Just asking, is there anyway to make sure if the age, as there is an age button in the create your nation page.edit: like make sure all countries are within age boundaries
Pantumaca
Don't worry I'm above 13 and meet the code of conduct.
Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena, Tomairacon
Post self-deleted by Izordinia.
What is your favorite movie?🎥
Delta Vega Iv, Araine, Tiralta, Voinarx
a crowley card, niceee!
Tiralta, The Blue Fire
I find myself quoting Princess Bride, A Few Good Men, Jurassic Park, The Sand Lot, and Shawshank Redemption way too often.
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, Deg0Od
its a long list but i recently saw a ballad of songbirds and snakes in theatres. i absolutely fell in love. *insert lego man gif*
Araine, Tiralta, Bejeweled Potatoes, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
Well I too actually enjoyed quite a lot of films as-
Jurassic Park, Emoji movie, The orphan and who can forget The Endgame.
Typica, Tiralta, Izordinia, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Deg0Od
There's no button you can code in to verify someone's biological age behind the screen. So it's kinda a word of honour system with the subtle optimism that 12 and 13 year olds are doing something more useful with the time they have, like experiencing housing and tax-funded education
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Valtena
When I was younger I played strategy games when I WAS U-13, but the reason was to hone my tactical skills. No wonder I'm my school's best tactician.
Delta Vega Iv, Araine, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, The Starr Of Betelgeuse
Probably the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, Deg0Od
Such a great series. Though, I would recommend Orson Scott Card's Ender Series (especially Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide). Also, the Game of Thrones series was way better in Hardback than Streaming.
Delta Vega Iv, Tiralta, Izordinia, Deg0Od
I saw there was actually some legislation passed earlier this year in one of the eastern states where they are requiring websites that exhibit a certain type of adult content (I dont think Im allowed to talk about it in detail) to verify that people are over 18 by having them take a selfie and having AI determine if theyre over 18 or not, like that doesnt have any problems at all.
No word on minors who look older than 18, or people over 18 that look younger than their actual age because as far as I saw they werent requiring photo IDs to be in the picture.
This just reminded me of that and how it seemed insane to me lol. I feel like people who watch that might not want those websites to have pictures of them because who knows what theyre actually doing with it with our data privacy laws and it sounded like they didnt even think of scenarios where an AI might be wrong.
So yeah it would be even worse to try the same thing for every single website in existence that allows you to talk to strangers. Im not about to give NS a photo of myself only to have an AI tell me I cant be here because I happen to look much younger than I actually am.
As much as I know the internet isnt a great place for kids I think an honor system is still better than that at least right now.
Chacapoya, Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, Morrigan, The Blue Fire, Valtena, Deg0Od
To many people I look like a high school junior or senior but I'm about to turn 21-years-old. My appearance has hardly changed since I turned about 16-years-old.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena, Deg0Od
Same except people constantly mistake me for 12 when Im actually in my 20s. I have a baby face but being really short doesnt help. I havent aged at all since I was like 16, and I didnt look my age then either. When I was actually 12 people thought I was around 8 or 9. If you look at pictures of me when I was 16 and now I look exactly the same except my hair is longer.
In August I went grocery shopping with my grandmother and the cashier asked What grade are you going to be in sweetie in that tone people use to talk to kids and I had to tell her I was going to be a senior in college (if I wasnt on medical leave that is but I didnt think I needed to mention that considering). And Im still regularly asked if I need a kids menu every time I go to a restaurant so its definitely a current thing.
I just have a feeling that if there was a push to verify peoples ages for every website via AI I wouldnt be able to do anything on the internet. At this rate I dont think Ill look over 18 until Im 50 lol.
Chacapoya, Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, Morrigan, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena, Deg0Od
I got ID'd buying a 15 rated DVD when I was 23, and a few months ago a friend's dad asked if I was 21 yet. I am 30. I feel this in my soul.
Everything Everywhere All At Once!
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Izordinia, Morrigan, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Deg0Od
Nimona!
Chacapoya, Tiralta, Izordinia, Dutchformosa, Tomairacon
The Princess Bride!
Tiralta, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Tomairacon
Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, Morrigan, The Blue Fire, Valtena
I have no idea
Izordinia
Is New Atlantic still active?
Izordinia
Hard question, but I'd have to give it to Your Name.
Tiralta, Izordinia, Deg0Od
They've been vaguely online in the Discord but I haven't seen them gameside in a little while.
Izordinia
Oh that ones really good ngl
Tiralta, Deg0Od
Well, if there's two things horror games and movies taught me was 1. Cashier is OP 2. Everyone gangsta till the same customer enters the store twice, but with a different motive.
Tiralta, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
Should I get the W.A back on my Main and get rid of W.A Account (New Milford City Embassy Complex A-5)?
Izordinia
I guess that depends- why do you have your WA on a puppet currently?
Istastioner, Izordinia
I was getting annoyed at the constant W.A Notifications
Tiralta, Izordinia
You can turn off notifications, but you can't block the telegrams as yet. I have been told that it's in the works, though it has been in the works for years.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Istastioner, Izordinia, The Blue Fire
Alright I've made my choice, I'm Switching back
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Tiralta, Izordinia
In an absurd world full of absurdity, this sounds absolutely absurd.
Haven't businesses and government agencies proven, at this point, that they're incapable of proper facial recognition for stuff like this? I mean, they can usually get one single face correct when someone has their face ID set up, or if a photo app is trying to identify individuals. But for something as vague as "Does this face look like X age?", that's going to be terrible. Everyone knows whatever database they're using is going to be wildly unrepresentative of the general population. Stuff like this always results in so much unintended discrimination...
As you said far more succinctly, "like that doesnt have any problems at all."
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca
Wait a minute.
Are we talking about movies or about books? The two are entirely different things, you know.
As far as I know, Speaker for the Dead & Xenocide haven't been made into movies yet.
Cheesy Tots, Tiralta, Izordinia, The Blue Fire
Books. Not movies. Ender's Game was a terrible movie. I was so disappointed. They just couldn't capture all of the emotion.
Tiralta, Izordinia, The Blue Fire
Speaking of books, my favorite is either the maze runner series, Harry Potter series, Fahrenheit 451, or 1984
Typica, Sempera, Valtena
What a funny coincidence, im currently reading the Maze Runner for the very first time!
Typica, Izordinia, Sempera
All great series.
Izordinia
Books are harder to pick a favourite than films for me, but my two favourite books I've read this year have been This Is How You Lose The Time War and Fun Home.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Izordinia, The Blue Fire
I don't really care about movies enough to think of a favourite, but for books, my all time favourites are the Terra Ignota series, which start with "Too Like the Lightning" by Ada Palmer.
Honourable mentions go to the books that were my favourites for many many years before I read Terra Ignota, whuch was the Book of the New Sun series by Gene Wolfe, starting with "Shadow of the Torturer"
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, Jazur, The Starr Of Betelgeuse
Hi new people, you've already gotten an automated welcome telegram but I wanted to say, in person, welcome to Refugia \o/
Quick tip: Check out the telegram preferences page if you want to stop all the telegram spam. (Recruitment -> Obliterate)
There are many things you can do in Refugia, like eat and "other". One of the things in the "other" category is popping your head into our Discord server ( https://discord.gg/Rt6uGMsNpr ) and saying hello! We're currently in the middle of an endorsement drive to build everyone's endorsements and influence. If you, too, would like endorsements and influence then sign up for the World Assembly and throw some endorsements around.
If theres anything you're interested in learning about or need help with, feel free to ask!
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Bejeweled Potatoes, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Valtena, Deg0Od, Tomairacon
Have you ever wanted to help your region?
We'd love some more recruiters to help us out in the Discord server. There are special roles up for grabs for those who'd like to join this group and recruit consistently, with extra recognition every month for the dedicated person who recruits the most. This is not a current Culture term initiative and will continue for the foreseeable and perhaps even unforeseeable future. Find out more here!
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1969345
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Izordinia, The Blue Fire
Time War is an incredible book
the ending was really good
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia
For books i love the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Izordinia, The Blue Fire
On the opposite end of this spectrum, when I was 14 people would ask me if I was working or in university. When I said Im still in high school theyd be shocked. Im now 18 and everyone assumes Im in my 20s. I have never been carded at bars or restaurants. But even if it were accurate, AI age recognition just seems like a blatant violation of peoples privacy. I dont want random websites having photos of me.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Liphia, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Deg0Od
Ironic people are sharing fav books since I was just coming to give a really good book rec heh
Basically I just finished The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz and it's a really interesting sci-fi book focused around a historical journey of a planet's path to becoming sovereign, I guess. A large part of the book is a team called the Environmental Rescue Team who are terraforming the planet in preperation for the goals of the corporation who owns it throughout the book.
It's not a perfect book and maybe not even a great one dependent on your tastes, but it was a super cool interesting read. And since IK Refugia is a very environmentally focused region, I thought that recc'ing this book makes a lot of sense.
I will say there are some Young Adult elements to be wary of, but nothing out of the norm. Very much recommend reading it.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
i'm reading it right now, it's not exactly a deep or moving story but it definitely makes me laugh a lot
Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, Deg0Od
I'm curious about why the general stance of the region seems to be against the current WA resolution, Consular Protection Arrangements, including our delegate? It seems fine to me. Genuinely just wondering!
Typica, Tiralta, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
Gosh now i want to reread the books haha
Edit: i just realized its been a few years since the last read so about time!
Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, The Blue Fire
Also:
Should i worry about the fact that my economic output is ranked as top 100%? ;P
Izordinia, The Blue Fire
Good taste, mate.
Izordinia, Deg0Od
Sorry for not posting about it ahead of time, I've been finishing up some finals and haven't had the energy to say much about this and the previous GA proposals. To summarise the discussion that's happened in floor-5 on the server:
- The definitions are unnecessary and badly written. In fact, their meanings are circular and collapse in on themselves. The word state is defined to mean "any state".
- The goals of the proposal, as written, make no sense. It puts significant requirements on the home state, including things that are so badly written as to not make sense. This includes "Provide reasonable financial assistance for legal and other expenses if the home state deems fit;", which essentially tells the country to do something unless they don't want to, in which case nevermind don't worry about it. It also, as written, requires the country to attend trials, but doesn't clarify how many people from the home country should attend.
-Though the preamble in the thread addresses that this can't be enforced if the home or host nation is non-WA, there's nothing about that in the actual text of the proposal. So, as written, the resolution will require a home country, if it is a WA-compliant state, to force conventions upon a non-WA host country, since the impetus is placed upon the home country and not the host country.
These issues unfortunately plague almost everything this author writes, but the major voting bloc doesn't care about writing quality if it's someone in their regions, especially a Minister of World Assembly Affairs, who's written it.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Duneraven, Izordinia, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Osheaga, Valtena, Deg0Od
Im kind of thinking of making a school(in my school) club, what should I make ?
The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Deg0Od
you could always do a dnd club, or maybe a worldbuilding club
i personally would join either of those, but i don't know your interests
Tiralta, Izordinia, Penocamptt, Sinzalia, Deg0Od, Tomairacon
Ooooh people like scifi here
Well, then I'd definitely have to bring the Illuminae Files series to the table. It was definitely one of the most creative stories I've read ever, mainly because of the formatting. That of a bunch of files put together to(If I recall correctly) sue somebody. Great story, all in all, one I should totally reread soon now that I think about it.
Typica, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
If y'all could go anywhere right now, where would you go?
Cheesy Tots, Melenavenia, Jazur, Crabani, The Blue Fire, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Tomairacon
Philosophy or Poetry make great clubs.
Tiralta, Izordinia, Deg0Od
Post self-deleted by Penocamptt.
Like for holidays? Well if that's the case, then-
"Home sweet home"
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
I'd like a free weekend in the mountains at an AirBNB, hot tub, lots of snow, more books than I can read.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od, Tomairacon
That sounds great!
For any reason! But home sweet home is a good place to be content :D
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Izordinia, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od, Tomairacon
World building sounds interesting, thx
Philosophy is nice, thx
Cheesy Tots, Tiralta, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Boxiia, Deg0Od
Yeah, that actually sounds pretty awesome.
Typica, Tiralta, Izordinia, Jazur, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Deg0Od
over the rainbow obvs
Typica, Tiralta, Izordinia, Deg0Od, Tomairacon
Potentially New Zealand(both north and south islands)
Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Deg0Od
If time travel is allowed (it should be) the where I am rn but like 5 or 6 years ago.
If not, southern Norway.
Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Izordinia, Jazur, The Blue Fire, The Starr Of Betelgeuse, Deg0Od
Post self-deleted by Ban Oldern.
Just accidentally unbanned cars but at least my eco friendliness went up I guess??
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Ban Oldern, Valtena, Deg0Od, Tomairacon
Somewhere with all my friends
Typica, Araine, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Valtena
Id go visit my family in Wales or my friends in SoCal who I havent seen in 5 years.
Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Jazur, The Blue Fire, Valtena
In my boyfriend's arms.
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, Antimai, The Blue Fire, Valtena
if we get a return trip included, somewhere in northern europe. it's supposed to be pretty.
if not, the same place. i'm sure i could live out my days in the wild. all i'd need is a solar powered phone charger (and my phone too probably)
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Deg0Od
New pollllll
https://www.nationstates.net/region=refugia#poll
Typica, Araine, Jazur, The Blue Fire
These are all so sweet <3
Oooh, that's cool!
Chacapoya, Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
Why dont we create a region website? Maybe in google sites?
Restaurant i was in on vacations 4 years ago, it was amazing, cutlets the size of a plate.
Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, Jazur, The Blue Fire
Nice, what city, state, or country
Tiralta
I have a question I was hoping someone could answer:
I would like to do some worldbuilding about my country, particularly about things like general information, history, culture and geography.
I was wondering if I need to adhere to certain rules and conditions when it comes to worldbuilding? Or am I free to do as I wish? I understand we have a regional map, but im honestly more interested in creating my own world. Is that possible?
Would love to know. Thanks in advance.
Delta Vega Iv, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
haven't actually been on NS in 50 billions years but i decided to randomly come back today- question of my own but first:
i think the closest equivalent you're looking before would be the discord server, which is in the world factbook entry, but there's also the forum [url]https://forum.calref.ca[/url]
take this with a hefty grain of salt, as like i said i've just come back myself, but as far as im aware, don't break the region's rules and you'll be fine
anyways... my own inquiry- as a part of returning i've also begun to refound my card farm puppets- and i got a surprise season 1 pack from one of them. hurray! odd thing, though, was that i got an ex-nation card that hasn't existed for over 5 years? only one in existence now, which i just minted and currently hold- is this a common thing?
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Pantumaca, Valtena, Deg0Od
fun fact:
popcorn pops because there is a tiny amount of water in the kernel. as it heats up it builds pressure from the steam, and eventually explodes (the little pops you hear), turning into popcorn
Chacapoya, Araine, Tiralta, Izordinia, Jazur, Crabani, Antimai, The Blue Fire, Dutchformosa, Deg0Od, Tomairacon
Receiving an S1 pack is extremely rare, and getting a 1-of-its-kind card is doubly so. Consider yourself lucky.
Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Izordinia, Antimai, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
The more you know
Typica, Tiralta, Izordinia, Tuluni, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
Whats a s1 pack?
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Tiralta, The Blue Fire, Deg0Od
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