Post Archive
Region: Refugia
blue?
Melenavenia, Floofybit, Jazur, Parvesha
Do you guys think that F-16 A is the most beautiful single-engine jet?
Jazur
I disagree. The F16 and F16XL have some interesting design choices. Just look at the giant air intake, underneath the jet. Now, look at the F35. Look at the double air intake, and the stealth design. The F16 may be about multi role, and cheap, but F35's stealth role makes it for me, look really nice. Oh and also F35 can VTOL.
Jazur
The only plane that could compete as far as single-engines go would be the F-35 and I'm not really convinced that's a better looking jet than the F-16.
Jazur
Yellow and Green are my favs
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Floofybit, Jazur
Cyan! I've always heard the colours of the rainbow as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet but I like this version better.
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Floofybit, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha
I am having serious problems to keep going on this game.
Anyways...
How is everyones day going?
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha
cyan?
Delta Vega Iv, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
Purble!
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha
The correct answer 🙏
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha
Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha
Actually, I take that back. I like atomic tangerine. Do you want to know why? Well... the colour atomic tangerine with hexadecimal colour code #ff9966 / #f96 is a medium light shade of red-orange. In the RGB colour model #ff9966 is comprised of 100% red, 60% green and 40% blue. In the HSL colour space #ff9966 has a hue of 20° (degrees), 100% saturation and 70% lightness. This colour has an approximate wavelength of 590.95 nm. Doesn't that sound like a nice colour?
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, New Equanimia, Jazur, Parvesha
Hi guys what do you think about my new flag?
Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
quite interesting o.o
Floofybit, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Parvesha
Green!
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Floofybit, Cadenzana, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha, Ameth
Fun rainbow facts: Rainbows span a continuous spectrum of colors, but humans can only decipher a few distinct colors. The most commonly cited and remembered sequence is Isaac Newton's sevenfold red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, but because of changes in what words were associated with colors, I went with a different arrangement of colors. What Newton regarded as "blue" would now be considered cyan and what Newton regarded as "indigo" would now be considered blue. Thus, I chose to go with the modern interpretation of the colors of the rainbow, which considers the changes in color interpretation over time.
Who would've thought deciding which colors to choose for the rainbow would be so complicated?
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha
Would you rather fight a bear, or trust the popcorn button on your microwave?
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Cadenzana, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
I do trust the popcorn button on my microwave.
Chacapoya, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha
I admire the bravery it must've taken to try it
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Cadenzana, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
I will never trust that button again. Its wronged me too many times. Two minutes is perfect and the popcorn button lies.
So obviously Id rather fight a bear.
Chacapoya, Lethodus, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
Maybe if you kiss the bear,it'll disorient it.
Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur
just wanna say my economy is now good and 1.55 trillion credits
Delta Vega Iv, Honeydewistania, Typica, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Polushia, New Equanimia, Jazur, Parvesha
:)
Sylh Alanor, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
As Aethametamine is in confusion "Wait, so like... Cancelled? This contest's a mess.", dissatisfied with all the options, he chooses a blouse cause it seemed fun to make and very stylish, after a sigh of exhaustion, he started working on the blouse, obviously it was colorless, Aethametamine before submitting the blouse says "I want nothing else to do with this and - - - - -" But the Ae TV immediately cut it off to "This contest is wonderful! I've had so many opportunities here and I am glad to be here, thank you Tiralta!"
[spoiler=Blouse]https://i.ibb.co/4jrWXFg/image-2022-07-28-084116690.png[/spoiler]
Typica, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Parvesha
good for you :)
Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha
It's so nice to have you all here! Theres a lot of great information in the welcome telegram youve already received, but I have a few things that might help settling into the region easier. Refugia is part of a larger community named Calamity Refuge, or CalRef. We have a discord here: https://calref.network/chat/ and a forum here: https://calref.cc/index.php. Links for both are in the region description box at the top of this page. We host game nights and movie nights from the discord server from time to time. On the forum we have RPs and spam games (not really related to NS). If you want a place to just chill and talk to friendly people, those are great spaces for that.
If you haven't already done so, please consider joining the World Assembly and endorsing the delegate (that's me!). Click the link to learn more information on what that means and how to do it. If you join the World Assembly, you can endorse as many other nations in the region as you want, and get endorsed in return. You'll also become a Refugia Member State, which means you can vote in our elections and get a spot on our map of Refugia!
If you have any questions, please let us know. Everyone here is really friendly- I think weve only ever had one fatality from an introduction. If you prefer to read something pre-written over asking, however, check out this dispatch: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1449847
Finally, if you are an alt nation (which just means if the nation tagged in this welcome message is not your main nation on NationStates), it is required by regional law for you to report your main nation and intentions in Refugia to the Operations Councillor (that's also me!). Thanks so much.
Chacapoya, Honeydewistania, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
My microwave is old. I don't even know if it has popcorn button... so... where is the bear?
Delta Vega Iv, Lethodus, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
violet for sure
Typica, Melenavenia, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur
Blue.
Nice flag! I like it
Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
I know this is out of context but why in the world is Aethametamine so fun to say? 😅
Delta Vega Iv, Portmanteau, Aephony, Tiralta, Jazur
I hereby declare today National Blueberry Day of Independence and all Refugi nations are required to accept this. Nonnegotiable I swear I have the right to do this uh oh gotta go enjoy your blueberries byeee
Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Liphia, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
I'm an online influencer
Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Planet Risa, Jazur, Parvesha
when does the map update
Floofybit, Portmanteau, Jazur, Winlandy
I believe they've said they average around an update a month, given the workload required. The last was a couple of weeks ago, I think, so probably another one coming up soon.
Does this occasion involve a general Blueberry Emancipation across the region?
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha, Archipelago Nine
guys help my landscape is being turning into a desert
Delta Vega Iv, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur
* Enjoys his blueberry icecream
Is that a bad thing?
Tiralta, Jazur
wait for 30 hours
go to issues
choose the most environmentally friendly option for every issue
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Polushia, Jazur
Does anyone have any opinions on "Condemn Northern Borland"
Refuge Isle, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Parvesha
Considering everyone in the resolution has CTE'd, I have no idea. How can you comdemn someone if they don't play anymore?
Typica, Refuge Isle, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur
In the words The Orwell Society "This has turned into a memorial proposal"
Typica, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur
As long as the proposal is submitted before the target CTEs, you can still condemn them. In the words of Sedge: " The resolution can still pass; I can't remember if it successfully applies the badge to a CTEd nation, or if a GM will have to apply it manually; I suspect the latter."
Absolutely for. Issues players don't get the attention they deserve at all, and Borland's 13 badges is insane. Getting that many badges takes years of hard work and dedication, and Borland absolutely deserves the recognition.Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Istastioner
Not sure what I think of the resolution, tbh. It's true that issues players should get more recognition, as it is the core of the game and much longer of a growth arc. I'm passively concerned, however, that because the player CTE'd and CTE'd their puppets, they may have been trying to avoid that recognition. But there's really no way to know unless you've spoken to them, and I haven't.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Parvesha
I just looked through the thread and theres a link to them saying they opposed the last attempt to condemn them, and theres really no way to know if theyve changed their mind unless they return and say so.
But even without taking that into account, I personally feel like the amount of time and effort it must have taken is more deserving of a commendation. I feel like unless a person is acting in a morally reprehensible way toward other players then they dont need condemned. But it was also stated in the thread that there was a commendation that was repealed because people thought a condemnation was more suitable, so I dont know.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Istastioner, Parvesha
For clarity here, the World Assembly is an in-character (IC) institution. It's not condemning the player or how they act towards others, but how their history measures up against the Security Council's idea of good and bad. So, commendations and condemnations serve the same purpose -- to say that a nation or region has been successful at playing the hero or the villain, listing accomplishments that happened over a long time or with great magnitude.
When the SC was first established, condemnations were more targetting things people legitimately didn't like, but it's been many many years since that was the norm.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Istastioner, Parvesha
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Istastioner, Parvesha
Since the discussion is underway, I'll drop straight to my opinion for Condemn Northern Borland (with a link to the thread here if needed).
I do clearly support the proposal on its own - issue-answers who go above and beyond do deserve recognition. It's also written well IMO, from a narrative perspective. If it wasn't for the problems with consent, I'd be fully in support.
Regarding consent, I'll note that Honey noted that Borland was fine with a commend as soon as February of this year. That being said, nowhere has it been said that Borland ever explicitly consented to being condemned. Additionally, it seems Borland never consented to having a C/C specifically authored by Tinhampton.
It is of my belief that explicit consent to an author and the type of resolution is nessecary. The reason behind this is because I think people deserve to have some measure of control over the way they're awarded high honors that can establish the narrative of their legacy in a certain group/place by placing a permanent record of their story somehow. That includes how it is written (as a commend or condemn) and who authors the official record.
That being said, that's my personal opinion. I can't find any technical fault with the resolution or the author in this context, and I'm not sure my personal views on C/C consent are enough to justify rec'ing a regional vote against, so I'll just leave a no recommendation for this condemn.
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Parvesha
I've withdrawn my vote and plan on abstaining from this. I was originally unaware that Borland was against a condemnation; I agree that consent is absolutely important in a C/C, and while I do think that Borland absolutely deserves the recognition, it just doesn't feel right to condemn them without consent.
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta
To all Crabani citizens, check out list of societal requirements!
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=crabani/detail=factbook/id=1740101[/url]
Floofybit, Jazur
QQ: will we be getting a more conc'usive 'ist of details to said societal requirements? /hj
Is it my eyes or is this a whole new region i haven't seen
Floofybit, Istastioner, Winlandy
I now have a 25k+ pizza score! It only took gutting welfare completely and killing homeless people indirectly.
I've also reached 500 issues answered!
Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha
Good job Avatar Webby
Chacapoya, Araine, Floofybit, Avatar Webby, Jazur, Winlandy
Thank you veryyyy muchhhh!
Chacapoya, Araine, Floofybit, Istastioner, Jazur, Winlandy
Well we've been around since early 2019, so not that new, but welcome!
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Avatar Webby, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha
Welcome to Refugia New Overland Park
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Araine, Floofybit, Avatar Webby, Jazur, Winlandy, Parvesha
any opinions on "Sexual Predator Registry Act?"
Floofybit, Istastioner, Jazur
im voting pro
Floofybit, Jazur, New Ras
yeah ima do the same
Floofybit, Istastioner, Jazur, Chazrachia, New Ras
Finished an addendum to RRADP. Again, feel free to read and give me some suggestions.
Thanks!
Edit: If you want to give a name suggestion to RRADP, feel free to tell me.
Floofybit, Istastioner, Jazur, New Ras
Pretty positive, will voting for the "Sexual Predator Registry Act" right now
Floofybit, Jazur
It's so nice to have you all here! Theres a lot of great information in the welcome telegram youve already received, but I have a few things that might help settling into the region easier. Refugia is part of a larger community named Calamity Refuge, or CalRef. We have a discord here: https://calref.network/chat/ and a forum here: https://calref.cc/index.php. Links for both are in the region description box at the top of this page. We host game nights and movie nights from the discord server from time to time. On the forum we have RPs and spam games (not really related to NS). If you want a place to just chill and talk to friendly people, those are great spaces for that.
If you haven't already done so, please consider joining the World Assembly and endorsing the delegate (that's me!). Click the link to learn more information on what that means and how to do it. If you join the World Assembly, you can endorse as many other nations in the region as you want, and get endorsed in return. You'll also become a Refugia Member State, which means you can vote in our elections and get a spot on our map of Refugia!
If you have any questions, please let us know. Everyone here is really friendly- I think weve only ever had one fatality from an introduction. If you prefer to read something pre-written over asking, however, check out this dispatch: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1449847
Finally, if you are an alt nation (which just means if the nation tagged in this welcome message is not your main nation on NationStates), it is required by regional law for you to report your main nation and intentions in Refugia to the Operations Councillor (that's also me!). Thanks so much.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Narwhal, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur
Welcome! *hands out free cookies*
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy
The Hefel's children have been recognized as the most foul mouthed in the region. Freedom of speech reigns and soap bar sales are sky rocketing
Delta Vega Iv, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Winlandy
Opinions on goats?
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Istastioner, Jazur, Winlandy
Bizarre creatures. Once worked at a summer camp that kept goats. A bit ornery, always challenging one another for dominance and ramming heads. And jumping up on one another's backs. We had to construct something higher in the pen that they would prefer to be up on. Troubling eyes, as well. Plus, they weirdly poop all the time.
But I imagine goats living free and easy in an open field are much nicer.
Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur, Winlandy, Geoffistan
They're a bit wired to be honest
Floofybit, Portmanteau, Jazur, Geoffistan
I'd have to say they're the greatest of all time. Pretty strange though
Typica, Portmanteau, Istastioner, Jazur, Geoffistan
Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Istastioner, Jazur, Geoffistan
Goats: they crave the sky. This is why I am starting a charity to train goats to pilot various types of aircraft. Goats flying aeroplanes! Goats flying dirigibles! Goats flying ornithopters!
Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Istastioner, The Pacific Northwest, Jazur, Geoffistan
Goaty much for me IMO, I will stick with bisons.
Their eyes though... o.o
Floofybit, Bison, Jazur, Geoffistan
hello
Floofybit, Istastioner, Jazur, Geoffistan
Hello Ruskong
Floofybit, Jazur, Ruskong
Here again, what am i doing here
Floofybit, Jazur, Winlandy
I hit the wrong button and tanked my civil rights. How could one tiny slip up cause so much damage. I banned divorce, banned previously instated polygamy, AND started government sanctioned marriages all in an effort to cut back on INCELS and rising vilonce. My nation now weds women to these scumbags....
I just need everyone to know it was a slip of the finger on my touch screen phone. Im not a monster.
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Haibaria, Tiralta, Jazur, Winlandy, Chazrachia
Its ok Azelandia
Jazur, Winlandy
yeah you know, the game cares, itll just give you issues like stinky foods and how loud people are being to try to help you fix things,. you know SUPER DUPER useful things
Floofybit, New Equanimia, Jazur
From the deep blue sea emerges a new General Assembly proposal: "Sexual Predator Registry Act". And here's the thread link if you need it!
Sexual Predator Registry Act starts off by defining a variety of terms, those being "child", "position of trust", "serious sexual offence", and "sexual predator". It then mandates all WA nations to carry out risk assessments of convicted sexual predators within their borders, and to place those at high risk of reoffense (& not serving full-time in prison) in a public sexual predator registry. Nations are not allowed to prohibit background checks utilizing said registry, and all data in national registries shall be inputted into an international registry overseen by the WA Judiciary Committee. The resolution finishes off with some clarifications to its previous sections.
After considering all the arguments presented in the thread and elsewhere, I have to say I am against this resolution, primarily because the idea of a public sexual offender registry does not stand up to evidence. The facts are that for the most part, a public registry does not really reduce the risks of sexual re-offense, and instead may potentially increase it due to the mental stress it puts the convicted offender under. This is not to mention public registries may lead increased to vigilante justice by the public against offenders - a notion harmful to any advance of rehabilitative and/or restorative justice.
The resolution also has other issues, like implying there are non-serious sexual offences or running into difficulties with different national "ages of majority" (as the NS region of Europe discusses here). While these are relatively minor compared to the resolution's major flaw, they should still be taken into account.
That being said, I recommend voting AGAINST "Sexual Predator Registry Act". Its cause is noble, but its execution leaves a lot to be desired - and as of now, it does seemingly more harm than good.
Chacapoya, Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Kova
You can enable a setting to require an extra click when answering issues. It helps prevent these sorts of mistakes.
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Everetunga-Hari, Tiralta, Azelandia, Jazur, Winlandy
Yep thats what I do! Helps prevent you from clicking the wrong issues and wrong policies
Araine, Floofybit, Winlandy
me too
Floofybit, Everetunga-Hari
i know that feel bro
Floofybit, Jazur, Winlandy
Any opinions about the People's Liberation Army (PLA)?
Do you think that they are solid? or are they just hyped by the mainlanders?
Jazur, Archipelago Nine
500 pages woooooo!
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Araine, Portmanteau, Jazur, Winlandy
It's called require confirmation before passing legislation
everyone knows that
Floofybit, Jazur, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
2 main nations ago, i turned my first main nation into a barren desert by supporting mining.
i made sure my second one required confirmation before passing legislation
this is my third main nation because google autofill betrayed me
North Warischobiamivemps, Zabruhmoment Of Vehemesht
Is this a NS thing or an irl thing?
Irl wise, I think the PLA aren't as hyped up as, say the Russian military. Not a completely solid thing, like the US, but not a complete a corrupt nightmare like the Russian military
North Warischobiamivemps
OMG that's so cool :D
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Junitaki-Cho, Winlandy
Post self-deleted by Archipelago Nine.
Another question: If I have an alt I plan on moving to as my main (this is my first nation and I sorta screwed everything up) can I move my nation's resident status over or will I have to wait a week again.
(Archipelago Nine will be retiring cause I'd like to try again in a non barren country lol)
Edit: My Alt (Sleeper?) is the Federation of Arcward. I would like to thank yall for dealing with my bs lol.
Chacapoya, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Porthosia, Jazur
nah, nah, it's obvs because they come from the sky and are deities, erect a shrine in the name of goats
Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Porthosia
How big? It must be sizable enough to capture the glory of goats
Araine, Floofybit, Jazur, Geoffistan
I'd say the size of a cathedral. That's how big the statues of me are here in Rejakhta.
Araine, Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur, Geoffistan
I'd say 360,000 square feet is a good minimum area for a shrine in honour of goats
Cheesy Tots, Araine, Floofybit, Porthosia, Jazur, Rejakhta
The policy Capital Punishment has been canceled
Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Floofybit, Cadenzana, Porthosia, Jazur, Geoffistan
how the heck do people die of exposure
Portmanteau, Jazur
In one word: disease
Floofybit, Portmanteau, Jazur, Winlandy
oh im stupid i thought it was referring to social media exposure.
*facepalm here*
Chacapoya, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Jazur, Winlandy
I believe a better explanation would be something like dying from the weather. Exposure to the elements of the environment, whether the heat or the cold. I tend to think of that stat as reflecting a lack of social services which might have been able to shelter people who are otherwise dying on the streets and/or in the wild.
Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Tiralta, Jazur, Rejakhta
That also works. It all depends on what you think they got exposed to.
Typica, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Porthosia, Jazur
My political freedoms are nearing 100 again!
Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Floofybit, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Istastioner, Hoqeallistan, Porthosia, Jazur, Winlandy
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