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Region: Refugia
you wanna play chess?
Jazur, Pterosaur Supremacy
Sure, why not?No, not that. Game on! Yes, game on! Thats better.
Unrelated edit: I wonder just how bad coal caused carbon emissions are in a universe with santa.
Unrelated edit part 2: Lloyd as shown in Ninjago: Dragons Rising reminds me a lot of Sky during Unwanteds: Quests
Jazur, Thingessness, Pterosaur Supremacy
Sorry I feel asleep very bad sleep schedule if you wanna go now we can
Pterosaur Supremacy
I got an idea for the councillor of culture
refugia chess tournament
on Lichess
(Also, Estie and I played some chess! It was great, props to them for doing chess with me)
The Star Enpire, Delta Vega Iv, Tiralta, Pterosaur Supremacy
Still working on other projects, but my recommendation is For in the General Assembly. I agree with the arguments presented in the repeal -- that the language prevents the survivability of a species, even if the species is invasive and harmful to biodiversity within a given area. I, further, feel that territory outside of member nations' lands and seas are outside the scope and jurisdiction of the WA and voted against the target when it was passing three years ago on the grounds that it boarders the metagaming rule (legislating on non-members) and presents a risky precedent for overreach.
I have no opinion on the upcoming SC vote, as I do not know the named party, but I am interested in hearing the opinions of other Refugi on the matter.
The Star Enpire, Poquaoi, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Pterosaur Supremacy
Apologies for the inactivity everyone, this has been a very hectic time for me and I havent had the chance to consistently hop on here. Hope everyone is doing well!
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Thingessness, Pterosaur Supremacy
I hope you're doing well too! Take care of yourself, it's very important too
Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Pterosaur Supremacy
Magically generated coal (naughty list) is carbon sequestration. Major CO2/methane production puts you on the naughty list. Plus you miss out on all those methane sequestration toys and goodies.
Pterosaur Supremacy
I thought it was implied santa mines coal, meaning it'd be a form of carbon release
Pterosaur Supremacy
Y'know, it doesn't need to be done by the Councillor of Culture. We could just figure it out on our own and make an unofficial event.
Or we could integrate it into our Councillor of Culture campaigns.
Anyways, is Estie my new nickname?
Delta Vega Iv, Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Jazur, Pterosaur Supremacy
I feel like I would lose pretty early on playing chess, I have ten brain cells :)
Delta Vega Iv, Jazur, Pterosaur Supremacy
I give you coconut, now I would like apple
*hands coconut*
Thingessness, Pterosaur Supremacy
Well I didn't have a better one so I came up with one on the spot, do you like it?
Pterosaur Supremacy
Santa obviously makes his child workers (elves) mine the coal for him
Portmanteau, Jazur, Pterosaur Supremacy
Eh, I'm sure you could hold out for at least 20 moves. Unless the opponent tries a scholars mate.
Sure, it does it's job perfectly.
Delta Vega Iv, Pterosaur Supremacy
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1899850
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Liphia, Tiralta, Pterosaur Supremacy
If your opponent goes for scholars, always play pawn E6
will kill their momentum
Pterosaur Supremacy
Take your own king and queen with the pawns. Workers of the world unite.
Sylh Alanor, Jazur, Pterosaur Supremacy
I prefer Pawn G3/G6 once they bring their queen out, as my e pawn is normally already out by then.
Pterosaur Supremacy
No clue why, but I always go for the Indian opening, cause almost every game I normally like to get the last row empty (exept for the king and rooks) to make castling easier.
It's a bad idea for me to always do that, I know.
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How ye doin?
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I used to be here aswell before
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Oi no tellin on me douche
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Pleasw hold a bit
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I will join mate
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Can i get a role aswel
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Yeeeeaaaa
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Wooohooo
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And for ones i will join thats
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Your a hypocrite and screw you long live anatopen long live the god kings glory glory glory long live king Ian the 234th
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Its me again
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Anatopen
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Refuge Isle has banned, Falafel has suppressed, and I've also put in a GHR to the sitewide mods for that one. Sorry y'all saw that, folks.
The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Everetunga-Hari, Falafelandia, Jazur, Tidelia, Almander, Thingessness, Pterosaur Supremacy
Looks like I missed something.
Araine, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Pterosaur Supremacy
If people would avoid quoting rulebreaking content that would be ideal. Cheers all.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Liphia, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Istastioner, Falafelandia, Jazur, Tidelia, Ethierys, Thingessness, Pterosaur Supremacy
Yes, note for everyone, the word "snip" will suffice.
Typica, Araine, Jazur, Pterosaur Supremacy
...what just happened?
Falafelandia, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Pterosaur Supremacy
Wierdos being wierdos on the RMB, we supressed and banned them, mods popped in and said that you can't quote them when they do that.
Tiralta, Jazur, Tidelia, Uwuguaya, Pterosaur Supremacy
Rule breaking (and in some cases, quoting rule breaking which is not rule breaking itself but does need suppressed by site mods to protect others from seeing).
Anyway.
For some truly heathen but perfectly legal behaviour: tonight I had peanut butter on a burger.
Anyone else have a food combo they love that is controversial and yet also legal?
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari, Falafelandia, Jazur, Tidelia, Ullrani, Uwuguaya, Pterosaur Supremacy
Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Pterosaur Supremacy
I put marmite on eggs.
Portmanteau, Tiralta
A explosion would tear the rare time of peace in the semi-wartorn country of Crienia, little would the people know that that explosion would be the start of a deadly war..
Portmanteau, Tiralta
Let's see... pineapple on pizza, at the very least. One of the most controversial legal food combinations. Also, not me but my dad puts Trader Joe's Cookie Butter in Hawaiian buns, does that count?
Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Uwuguaya
I've said this before, but I'll advocate any chance I get: peanut butter and pumpkin sandwiches. Substitute canned pumpkin for jelly/jam on a PB&J. Healthier, more refreshing, and I would contend tastier, too.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta
Ok here me out, what if you could pay to get infinite throttle issues for your country
Might be cool if it didn't turn into a game-stats leader board advantage. I'd just quit if I thought other players were paying to win.
Otherwise, paying just to answer the same issues more frequently doesn't appeal to me.
Liphia, Tiralta, New Atlantic, Uwuguaya
I find it interesting we've been on the site the same amount of time cause my immediate thought was "I've seen most issues twice by now", it'd be kind of boring. I would have agreed with you up to probably about 1bn population, but for me at this point the community stuff is most fun and the stats/cards are just a cool side thing.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Liphia, Jazur, New Atlantic, Uwuguaya
Any particular type of eggs? I might have to try that one sometime.
Trader Joe's Cookie Butter in Hawaiian Buns is a combination of words and foods so American that I (an Irish person) am unable to judge whether that is heathen but legal, or an abomination.
I had my very first PB&J of my life 2 weeks ago and it was alright, but a strange combination to me. Canned pumpkin is also a very American feeling item but seems like it might be easier to get around here in autumn. I'll have to try it if I remember to look for some in a few months!
Interesting, ketchup is a pretty common way to encourage little kids to eat vegetables here.
Which reminds me. Chacapoya and I were chatting yesterday and she said ketchup is spicy. I maintain it is not. Where do you stand on this matter?
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Everetunga-Hari, Jazur, Uwuguaya
a) I tried many weird, strange or maybe even gross food combos, and wiener sausages on a pancake with mayonnaise was one of the better ones.
b) Depends on the type of ketchup; theres definitely spicy ketchup out there; though I prefer the classic all-red, non-spicy ketchup.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur
Yeah I was agreed with you on point b, but apparently regular degular ketchup is spicy? Maybe just in the USA?
Pancakes with mayo and sausage sounds interesting. Like a weird but delicious take on a galette.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Uwuguaya
Usually fried eggs with toast! But sometimes scrambled eggs or boiled eggs that are still runny in the middle. I also put ketchup on scrambled eggs and tomato sauce on fried ones (not at the same time as the marmite).
Regular ketchup is not spicy to me. I think its very sweet so sometimes I mix in cayenne pepper, soy sauce, and/or extra vinegar. But when I was in Ireland (a week ago) the ketchup tasted exactly the same as the American sort. I also noticed that the Irish will never cook a burger less than well done. I ask for medium rare and they say sure but give me well done anyway lol.
Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta
Ketchup on scrambled eggs is the best. I'll have to get some marmite to try with it too.
I hope you had a good trip to Ireland other than my people insisting on cooking burgers too thoroughly!
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine
Chacapoya, Typica
I think we're set to swap on the next update, you do you but I would hodle those endos.
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Tiralta
Ketchup is not and never is spicy.
Chacapoya, Tiralta, Thingessness
It was very good! I was there for 2 weeks and stayed in Galway, Athlone, and Dublin. I liked Galway a lot! My brother works for a large hotel chain so we got to stay for cheap but eating out was expensive compared to America or the UK.
Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta
Oh that sounds great! I'm glad you had a nice time, and June is probably the nicest weather you'll get in Ireland too so a good time to visit :D
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine
Needing to be sugar free, I combine basalmic vinegar with tomato puree to replicate the texture and flavour of "ketchup".
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Uwuguaya
RITONE, VINEET, TLA Cricket, barred and ejected via RRS 2(c), 15 after using Refugia as a weird jump point to attempt to raid Cities of the World, forgetting that I have border control in both.
Chacapoya, Poquaoi, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Liphia, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Jazur, Tidelia, Boxiia, Voinarx, Thingessness, Bohemia-Utopia, Pterosaur Supremacy
I'm sorta excitedly panicking as I have 999 million citizens in Voinarx-
Update: 1.004 citizens reached (insert that one emoji smiling with sunglasses)
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Liphia, New Equanimia, Jazur, Boxiia, Bohemia-Utopia, Pterosaur Supremacy
As long as it's not 666 million, you're good
Chacapoya
Thingessness forgot his apple and takes 2 days and 14 hours to search for it.
"I'm back!"
*hands the apple*
Typica, Liphia, Everetunga-Hari, Aephony, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Silliy
well, abt your conversation which was happening when I was not there for 2 days about weird combinations which are for some reason legal... I am actually a good boy at eating. I don't make combinations coz I get too scared of them like a lil baby.
[spoiler] As an Indian I do weird combinations with Indian food for eg- eat chapatti with rice and also throw an omelette in it. Also, if I get chapatti and sabzi for dinner I make a burrito by throwing the chapatti with any sabzi and rolling it .also, try to make a taco out of that...(don't know why I play with food so much). Also I eat dal with curd[/spoiler]
Araine, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya
I should have known canned pumpkin was an American thing. Ah well. I actually like it quite a bit, and often just eat it as a side. There's not much flavor, really, just refreshing and sloppy.
Honestly, PB&J sandwiches are mostly for kids, and for when you don't have any groceries or time to make a meal. "It was alright" is the correct response to eating one. But it comes up as a last resort meal enough times that I like to tell folks about alternate spreads.
I've done this many times. It's quite nice :)
I respectfully request further information about this. Are we talking something like those little Vienna sausages, or a real sausage in a casing and everything? And is the pancake just a normal, sweet breakfast pancake?
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Uwuguaya
Wait a minute Im Ninjago, what element is Lloyd? Energy?
life is a joke
Everetunga-Hari, Thingessness, Silliy, Formosan Foreign Envoy
Hello! I'm Dutchformosa. I wanted to join this region, but decided against it when I found a different one. But, I wanted to be able to communicate with this one in some way. So, that's why we founded the FFE (Formosan Foreign Envoy) to make us able to talk to people of other regions that don't have embassies with us. Hopefully we aren't a nuisance! But either way, hopefully this won't be the last time I get to talk here. So, yeah that's about it. Take care!
Best regards, Dutchformosa
TLDR: We're a traveling nation who wants to have access to communication with other regions
Also...
Facts.
Surely Not A Puppet, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Uwuguaya
Sylh Alanor is dismissed as World Assembly Delegate, and Typica is appointed as World Assembly Delegate of Refugia, RRS 8(b).
The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Poquaoi, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Estebere, Uwuguaya, Thingessness
Congratulations on a smooth transition, and before the competition was even over! I'm so happy we were able to do this without losing any vote power.
The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Poquaoi, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Narwhal, Refuge Isle, Araine, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Thingessness
At long last, the delegacy transfer is over.
Refuge Isle, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari, Uwuguaya
Well then, any opinions on the GA resolutions at vote, Consular Protection Protocols?
I don't understand their definition of a "mission" but it seems a lot like an embassy or consulate.
Otherwise it seems mostly good.
Cheesy Tots, Refuge Isle, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Uwuguaya
Now that the delegacy is securely passed on, I'll just take the moment to thank you for all the work you've done over the course of your four and a half years in Refugia. From the nine Councillor terms you've filled, your 50+ dispatches, lightning fast endotarting, vast help with card farming and running events, your religious attentiveness on hitting almost every World Assembly vote (usually being one of the first in the world every time), dealing with countless crises and trolls, sending tens of thousands of recruitment telegrams, and establishing some of our most valued embassies.
You are understandably owed a break, and Refugia understandably owes you a debt for all that you have done to grow and protect this community. You are a true Refugi in every sense and I know that myself and those who have lived in this community past and present have been made better off because of your hard work. So, very much thank you for that.
I also have great confidence that the region will remain in safe hands with Typica, who has also been a great positive to the community, tremendous stats player, insightful conversationalist and all around great to be around. I am eager to see what he will do and in what directions he will decide to go in this position.
The Star Enpire, Chacapoya, Poquaoi, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Liphia, Tovenia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Waywards Edge, Tidelia, Uwuguaya, Bohemia-Utopia, Doge Flower
Yeah, I think I agree. Though as far as I can tell, a "mission" by their definition is essentially an official delegacy of state representatives? There's a lot of ways to stretch the definition if you're uncharitable, but none are too troubling (like, if a temporary presidential delegation is also considered a mission, most requirements are on the home state rather than the mission).
I'd probably send it for a redraft, but it provides a lot of niche yet powerful rights for migrants. Worth a vote for, I think.
Typica, Tiralta
green..? Green energy I think
Oke i honestly not sure so, Lloyd is the green ninja right?
Also regarding about the delegate position transfer, congrats typica for the new position btw
Refuge Isle, Portmanteau
Idk what you mean by normal, sweet breakfast pancake though you gotta keep in mind those oancakes I eat arent done the American way with yeast, lots of butter, etc; theyre done European style, or rather German style, very flat and thin, almost like the French crêpes, and usually are quite neutral, so you could eat anything with them, savoury or sweet, that is, given, of course, they arent apple or banana pancakes.
Then, as for the sausages, they are traditional Wiener sausages, which, btw, are called Frankfurter in Vienna itself, and they always have a skin, as do many other German and European sausages for boiling. They are about 20 centimetres long, usually about thumb-thick.
Theres also cocktail sausages, which are way smaller and I think those are the ones you mean though theyre not common here.
The real MVP is the mayonnaise though, a nice egg-containing emulsion, with mustard seeds and sunflower oil. Delicious, delicious mayonnaise!-Bless the French, or the Spanish, or rather the Catalans actually!
Regular ketchup?-Well, you may not be used to the taste of tomatoes, yes, but that usually doesnt make it spicy!-Idk what would make it spicy unless its specifically curry or otherwise spicy ketchup.
Also, what is a galette?-Something French the British assimilated?
Also, in theory, ketchup may also work instead of mayo, though mayo tastes better in that combo on a pancake.
Portmanteau, Tiralta
For once, not something the British stole! A galette is a French thing, it's like a savoury buckwheat crepe/pancake. It's delicious!
Chacapoya, Typica, Refuge Isle, Araine, Portmanteau, Jazur, Uwuguaya
Alright, thanks for explaining further. I had a much different idea of what you were describing (probably due to my amerocentrism). If I just flip the switch from 'sweet' to 'savory' in my mind, it becomes much more clear. Because I was definitely picturing cocktail sausages and a big ole thick flapjack, probably doused in maple syrup or corn syrup or some such sweet dressing. But a savory crepes wrapped around a sausage sounds pretty good. And I've seen a nice tangy mayo work on a hamburger, so it doesn't seem so strange on a sausage.
By the by, this discussion has led me to two understandings: First, if Wikipedia is to be believed, the terms 'pankcake' and 'flapjack' mean a lot of different things around the world. And second, the shared etymology of Weiner-Wein-Vienna. That had never occurred to me, but it's pretty neat.
Refuge Isle, Tiralta, Uwuguaya
*sigh*
Gotta love it!
Cheesy Tots, Refuge Isle, Liphia, Tiralta, Tidelia
As invasions go, it has "get off my lawn" levels of professionalism.
Cheesy Tots, Aephony
hi
Cheesy Tots, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Uwuguaya
hae!
Everetunga-Hari, Aephony, Uwuguaya
Hola
Tiralta
hello
Tiralta, Uwuguaya
Hey
Tiralta, Uwuguaya
'sup
Tiralta
Congrats to Typica for being our new WA delegate! And thanks to Sylh Alanor for being our delegate for as long i can remember! *hugs to both of you for being great person*
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Liphia, Tovenia, Portmanteau, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Jazur, Uwuguaya, Thingessness, Pterosaur Supremacy, North Evous Belerle
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