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The Pacific Northwest wrote:You guys think my card looks acceptable right now or should I move making a new one higher on my list of priorities?

Agree with Refuge. Also, given your nation's name, it's only fitting to fly the Cascadian flag proudly. The united hipsters would have it no other way :P

Cheesy Tots, Typica

Well, after running this country for over a year (longest consecutive run, I think) I've managed to get my first easter egg, ever. I've played this game on and off for near a decade, and just got my first easter egg.

AND THEN I GET A SECOND ONE IN THE SAME DAY. What is my luck?

Delta Vega Iv, Typica, Araine, Wolfielandia, Neurodiversity

Hello once again, Refugi! If you want to read about TEP, or maybe you're like me and you'll read a cereal packet if someone puts it in front of you, I am providing that ability.

The 21st Edition of the Eastern Pacific News Service has been published! Do give it a read - this month has topics including our new Delegate, their cabinet, ongoing flag contests, legal happenings with the region, N-and-Z-Day in review, and NS Trading Cards Season 3.

Check it out within:

Dispatch: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1795226

TEP Forum: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/the_east_pacific/epns-edition-21-lite-t19637.html

NS Forum: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=40116621#p40116621

Cheesy Tots, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Amiyoka, Antimai

Estebere wrote:It's pretty funny that some people have begun talking about Pokémon and it's not even because Scarlet and Violet are coming out on Friday. In fact, I have a question for future Scarlet and Violet platers here: Which starter are you going to pick? I think I'll choose Fuecoco. If I do, I could name them Chili or Pepper, and both are opportunities I can't pass up.

I'm gonna go Sprigatito I think!

How are ye doing this fine Day my fellow Lads and Lassies?

Tiralta, Uwuguaya

Estebere wrote:It's pretty funny that some people have begun talking about Pokémon and it's not even because Scarlet and Violet are coming out on Friday. In fact, I have a question for future Scarlet and Violet platers here: Which starter are you going to pick? I think I'll choose Fuecoco. If I do, I could name them Chili or Pepper, and both are opportunities I can't pass up.

Absolutely fuecoco! Not only did his final evo leak and it looks amazing, i also had an amazing name idea for it: zodiac!

Tiralta

Also on the topic of things I’m obsessed about:

Does anyone here play mtg I need cheap commander recommendations if possible

Fadnesia wrote:How are ye doing this fine Day my fellow Lads and Lassies?

Great thanks hbu

Fadnesia, Uwuguaya

Waywards Edge wrote:Why did i subject myself to torture for a stupid number

You did the math wrong.

Fadnesia wrote:How are ye doing this fine Day my fellow Lads and Lassies?

Hello there :)

You Scottish by any chance?

Fadnesia

Hi everyone! Today, I would like to tell you all about some envoy openings that we have. Initially, I was only going to advertise these spots in the discord, because I'm more active on discord, but when my announcement returned fruitless, I decided to resort here!

The FA dispatch glosses over what exactly an envoy is, but simply put, an envoy will maintain a diplomatic presence in the communities of our friends outside of Refugia- otherwise known as embassies! You will report back to the foreign affairs councillor (That's me!) with any big news or changes in said reason.

Now that we've cleared up the basics, the embassies that we need envoys for at the moment are Forest, 10,000 Islands, and Caer Sidi. If you are interested in this, it is greatly preferred that you have Discord. If you do, please join the Discord server linked on the Refugia home page, I'm Marianne in there! If you don't have Discord, then please telegram me, and we'll see if we can work out something solely using gameside communication. Again, it is very preferred that you do have Discord!

Thank you everyone! Have a nice day!

Typica, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Ullrani, Mirandika

Lycanjeskai wrote:Great thanks hbu

I'm allright thank you <3

Uwuguaya wrote:Hello there :)

You Scottish by any chance?

Heh, no sadly not. I am though UK born, though I only lived there for under a year.

Uwuguaya

Uwuguaya wrote:You did the math wrong.

I hope this is satire, because it actually says in the edit that I acknowledge that I was doing

"1000 calculations in my head and they're all wrong."

Waywards Edge wrote:

[sub]im doing 1000 calculations per second and they're all wrong[/sub]

[sub]Source: poor math by Waywardia[/sub]

Please tell me you're being satire with me

Uwuguaya

Waywards Edge wrote:I hope this is satire, because it actually says in the edit that I acknowledge that I was doing

"1000 calculations in my head and they're all wrong.

Correction to my math statement.

1 account per second every minute is 60.

60 x 12 = 720 accounts per minute

Every hour

720 x 60 = 43,200 accounts per minute

720 x 7 = 5,040 accounts per minute. This is our max

The least amount of time stated was around 15 seconds

15 x 12 = 180

720 x .15 = 108 accounts per minute. This is our minimum.

to find median

108 + 5,400 = 5508 (our min and max respectively)

Divided by 2, (2 numbers, our min and max)

5508 / 2 = 2754

the average is around 2754~

last time I have a test

i want to write some factbooks but i'm having trouble coming up with ideas. any advice?

Sylh Alanor

Imperve wrote:i want to write some factbooks but i'm having trouble coming up with ideas. any advice?

Think of what it means for you to be a nation of Allied Watermelons. Think of how such a nation would be organised, what would be its history and origins, how it would be ruled, etc. Start writing, then revise. I strongly recommend doing this in your favourite word processor or even in some basic Text editor (on a computer, not phone). Once you come up with something that seems to you coherent enough to present to the world, there you go! Time to Upload to NS. You can always add to it later.

On other News:

20 years. I can't believe it. But I don't think the NS Easter Egg issue would lie.

DV-IV (with its Improbability Drive and Space Fairy Cult) celebrates 20 years. Cheers!

Typica, Refuge Isle, Araine, Portmanteau, St Leone, Tiralta, Antimai, Neurodiversity

Hey yall.looking for a spot to place my other account. Are yall really active and how often are elections.

Delta Vega Iv wrote:Think of what it means for you to be a nation of Allied Watermelons. Think of how such a nation would be organised, what would be its history and origins, how it would be ruled, etc. Start writing, then revise. I strongly recommend doing this in your favourite word processor or even in some basic Text editor (on a computer, not phone). Once you come up with something that seems to you coherent enough to present to the world, there you go! Time to Upload to NS. You can always add to it later.

On other News:

20 years. I can't believe it. But I don't think the NS Easter Egg issue would lie.

DV-IV (with its Improbability Drive and Space Fairy Cult) celebrates 20 years. Cheers!

agreed.

I for example have started making a factbook about my nation with alot of general info, feel free to check it out for some inspiration Impreve ^^

Delta Vega Iv, Tiralta

Grumble Alexander wrote:Hey yall.looking for a spot to place my other account. Are yall really active and how often are elections.

I can assure you that we are not only very active on the RMB but in other spaces, most notably Discord. There are three elections a year, and currently those are held in February, June, and October. Now, if you're talking about placing a sleeper in the region, you have to declare the nation which is a sleeper.

Chacapoya, Typica, Tiralta, Jazur

For the first time in forever, I was the first person to endorse a new WA member. 🎉

Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Portmanteau, St Leone, Tiralta, Jazur, Antimai, Neurodiversity, Tavinstadt

Melenavenia wrote:For the first time in forever, I was the first person to endorse a new WA member. 🎉

I don't know exactly why, but thank you!

Hello, everyone.

Typica, Melenavenia, Jazur

Tavinstadt wrote:I don't know exactly why, but thank you!

Are you confused about the purpose of endorsements?

Sylh Alanor, Jazur, Tavinstadt

I was gonna move 1 account here and have one in a separate region which is what I meant. Thank you for the welcome. What positions are available in each month of the elections.

Delta Vega Iv wrote:Think of what it means for you to be a nation of Allied Watermelons. Think of how such a nation would be organised, what would be its history and origins, how it would be ruled, etc. Start writing, then revise. I strongly recommend doing this in your favourite word processor or even in some basic Text editor (on a computer, not phone). Once you come up with something that seems to you coherent enough to present to the world, there you go! Time to Upload to NS. You can always add to it later.

thanks! i'll think about that.

Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Jazur

Grumble Alexander wrote:Hey yall.looking for a spot to place my other account. Are yall really active and how often are elections.

Grumble Alexander wrote:I was gonna move 1 account here and have one in a separate region which is what I meant. Thank you for the welcome. What positions are available in each month of the elections.

Why don't you do the literal minimum amount of effort necessary to learn about our region by reading our regional law. It contains all the answers about the Regional Council mechanics and more.

That said, our region and its government doesn't exist for your personal gain. We're not here for a job interview where you ask what we can give you. This region elects players who care about the community and wants to help build and improve it. If you just want to compare how our shinies look compared to other regions, definitely do not live here.

Thanks.

Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka, Ullrani, Antimai

Tiralta wrote:Yours is here! https://www.nationstates.net/page=deck/card=4485680

You can still edit it for a few more days if you want it to look different.

Amazing! Thanks for filling me in! I will try to buy the card now! (when it's avaible)

Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Jazur

Hello Refugi! Wow, two FA-esque posts in one day! I guess there really is a first time for everything. Anyhow, I will be invoking RRS 6B and holding a referendum for four days so you all can vote on the closure of our embassy with Celtia. You may vote here -> https://vote.calref.network/vote/42 and my statement is here! -> https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1796149

As always, I'm available to telegram if you have any concerns.

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Antimai

One of my biggest regrets on the internet is making a Wikipedia account with a furry name as you cannot change your Wikipedia username. Now I can't even take my own edits seriously now that I've become an active Wikipedian.

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Imperve, Tiralta, Polushia, Jazur, Amiyoka

Melenavenia wrote:Are you confused about the purpose of endorsements?

Yeah, I'm still trying to wrap my head around things, haha

Junitaki-Cho, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur

Tavinstadt wrote:Yeah, I'm still trying to wrap my head around things, haha

If I remember correctly, endorsements have more of a subjective purpose. Some people use them as a way to give a nod to a nation, or a way to say "I love what you're doing here". But I know a lot of people in Refugia just endorse for the sake of endorsing! I personally endorse everyone because I simply like endorsing. It can be whatever you want to be! Don't forget to endorse the delegate though ;)

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Antimai, Tavinstadt

Tavinstadt wrote:Yeah, I'm still trying to wrap my head around things, haha

Endorsements are nice because they can give you 1% gold badges in endorsements and influence, so endorsing everyone and getting endorsed back makes you immediately cooler. Endorsing the World Assembly Delegate - the person with the most endorsements in the nation - increases how much their vote counts for, which makes our region have more of a say in WA legislation passing or failing. And it also acts as a type of security: in the unlikely event that someone tried to take over our nation, everybody having high influence is good for us because it makes it harder for invaders to kick people. There's no reason not to spread the endorsement love around, and if it seems like a hassle, you can try Tart Dot CalRef to streamline the process.

Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Portmanteau, Jazur, Amiyoka, Antimai, Tavinstadt

Lycanjeskai wrote:Also on the topic of things I’m obsessed about:

Does anyone here play mtg I need cheap commander recommendations if possible

Cheap *commanders,* or cheap commander *decks?*

Because there's a big difference and I can give you a different answer for each one.

Chacapoya, Tiralta, Jazur

Portmanteau wrote:Agree with Refuge. Also, given your nation's name, it's only fitting to fly the Cascadian flag proudly. The united hipsters would have it no other way :P

It is fitting, I just wish it wasn’t so pixelated, but I’m not sure that’s possible with the new card design. The tree is looking a bit rough. I think it would look better if it were on a previous season’s design, where the image compression wouldn’t be quite as front and center, but there’s not much I can do about it.

I’ve noticed some of the cards others here have inscribed, those fantastical landscapes look gorgeous. If you zoom in there’s some pixelation, I don’t think that can be avoided. Because no particular object in them is really the focus (unlike the tree in mine), it’s not noticeable unless you’re really looking for it. I wager most people aren’t going to go looking for it.

Although I’m also likely just being hard on it because it’s my flag. I know we tend to be a lot more critical of ourselves than is sometimes warranted. I don’t know how noticeable it is to other people, but it’s the first thing I noticed. I heard we could go look at our cards, went to look at mine, and just immediately thought “oh wow a pixelated tree”.

Cheesy Tots, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Antimai

Anybody else anxiously watching Artemis 1?

OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING STAY CALM STAY CALM

Typica, Felzus, Jazur

Waywards Edge wrote:Anybody else anxiously watching Artemis 1?

OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING STAY CALM STAY CALM

outstanding launch, and now .. to sleep

Felzus, Jazur, Waywards Edge

A Million Dreams wrote:Cheap *commanders,* or cheap commander *decks?*

Because there's a big difference and I can give you a different answer for each one.

Good cheap commanders I can build around

Lycanjeskai wrote:Good cheap commanders I can build around

Also thanks for helping either way

Typica wrote:outstanding launch, and now .. to sleep

s (h) ame

Typica, Jazur

I chose to invest in safely disposing of nuclear waste from nuclear power plants (stuff like synroc), and that gave me the WMD policy which was not what I wanted.

So I just accidentally made nukes, that’s scary.

Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur

The Pacific Northwest wrote:I chose to invest in safely disposing of nuclear waste from nuclear power plants (stuff like synroc), and that gave me the WMD policy which was not what I wanted.

So I just accidentally made nukes, that’s scary.

It's okay!

WESLR will help you dispose of them when you want to get rid of them

Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka

Waywards Edge wrote:I hope this is satire, because it actually says in the edit that I acknowledge that I was doing

"1000 calculations in my head and they're all wrong."Please tell me you're being satire with me

Yeah, no, I know. I did read it.

Thank you all for the endorsements. Even though I don’t know why I get endorsed, but thank you still.

Typica, Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka

Uwuguaya wrote:Thank you all for the endorsements. Even though I don’t know why I get endorsed, but thank you still.

raider defense

also we like the funny endorsement badge

Typica, Jazur, Amiyoka, Antimai, Lycanjeskai, Uwuguaya

Waywards Edge wrote:also we like the funny endorsement badge

And for good reason! It's flashy and it has a cool logo. Nice first gold, too!

Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya

Also thank you, The Pacific Northwest, you have been my first.

Typica, Tiralta, Jazur

Waywards Edge wrote:raider defense

also we like the funny endorsement badge

So do we endorse each other all for reasons of safety?-And is there a list where I can see who I haven’t endorsed and who hasn’t endorsed me?

Jazur

Uwuguaya wrote:So do we endorse each other all for reasons of safety?-And is there a list where I can see who I haven’t endorsed and who hasn’t endorsed me?

Here!

https://tart.calref.network/

Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya

Waywards Edge wrote:Here!

https://tart.calref.network/

(copy it)

Jazur

Uwuguaya wrote:So do we endorse each other all for reasons of safety?-And is there a list where I can see who I haven’t endorsed and who hasn’t endorsed me?

You can use our own tool for this actually! Just go to tart.calref.network and fill in the name of your nation and region.

Edit: Waywards Edge beat me to it :o

Chacapoya, Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Waywards Edge, Uwuguaya

Sylh Alanor wrote:You can use our own tool for this actually! Just go to tart.calref.network and fill in the name of your nation and region.

Edit: Waywards Edge beat me to it :o

I am speed whenever I see a notice appear, mostly because discord taught me to hate pings

Chacapoya, Typica, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya

Waywards Edge wrote:I am speed whenever I see a notice appear, mostly because discord taught me to hate pings

Discord teaches internet etiquette well

Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Uwuguaya

Waywards Edge wrote:Here!

https://tart.calref.network/

Thank you.

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Jazur

Sylh Alanor wrote:You can use our own tool for this actually! Just go to tart.calref.network and fill in the name of your nation and region.

Edit: Waywards Edge beat me to it :o

Thank you nevertheless.

Sylh Alanor, Jazur

Jazur wrote:Discord teaches internet etiquette well

and it makes you mad whenever you get @everyone'd

Jazur

Uwuguaya wrote:Thank you.

no problem

endorse Sylh Alanor or draw 25

Sylh Alanor, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur

Waywards Edge wrote:no problem

endorse Sylh Alanor or draw 25

Mhm, I think I already did endorse Sylh?-Also thank you, uwuwu

Typica, Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Jazur, Waywards Edge

Apparently the cal.ref-site updates at 8-9 am here. Interesting. Anyhow, got the yet-to-be-endorsed nations down to 290.

Chacapoya, Typica, Jazur, Amiyoka

Uwuguaya wrote:Apparently the cal.ref-site updates at 8-9 am here. Interesting. Anyhow, got the yet-to-be-endorsed nations down to 290.

hold shift down on the assisted link opener

Jazur, Uwuguaya

That was weird. Cadenzana endorsed me only to then withdraw the endorsement and endorse me again lol.

Jazur, Waywards Edge

Waywards Edge wrote:hold shift down on the assisted link opener

Mhm I don’t know if I’ll get to do the other 290 all today; that’s a bit much plus I still got some puppets in other regions to manage, too. Maybe I’ll do it in waves; like another 20 or so, then the next day the same and maybe on the weekends more; until there’s none left to endorse.

Typica, Jazur, Waywards Edge

Uwuguaya wrote:Mhm I don’t know if I’ll get to do the other 290 all today; that’s a bit much plus I still got some puppets in other regions to manage, too. Maybe I’ll do it in waves; like another 20 or so, then the next day the same and maybe on the weekends more; until there’s none left to endorse.

i did 150 in about an hour

Jazur

Uwuguaya wrote:Mhm I don’t know if I’ll get to do the other 290 all today; that’s a bit much plus I still got some puppets in other regions to manage, too. Maybe I’ll do it in waves; like another 20 or so, then the next day the same and maybe on the weekends more; until there’s none left to endorse.

Just remember you can't have multiple nations in the world assembly at the same time.

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Tiralta, Jazur, Antimai, Uwuguaya

Uwuguaya wrote:That was weird. Cadenzana endorsed me only to then withdraw the endorsement and endorse me again lol.

Sometimes people hit the unendorse button by accident.

Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya

Waywards Edge wrote:Anybody else anxiously watching Artemis 1?

OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING STAY CALM STAY CALM

I didn't have the opportunity to see it live but I saw it later. It was definitely one of the most exciting and important launches ever.

Note that the mission still continues. The Orion capsule and the European Service Module are on their way to the moon and will arrive in a few days after a flyby.

[spoiler=Info pages][list][*]Live updates:

[list][*]https://www.nasa.gov/content/live-coverage-of-nasas-artemis-i-mission-to-the-moon

[*]https://www.space.com/news/live/nasa-artemis-1-moon-mission-updates[/list]

[*]SLS:

[list][*]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System

[*]https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/sls.htm or https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/sls_bl1_icps.htm (Artemis 1 version)

[*]https://www.boeing.com/space/space-launch-system/[/list]

[*]Orion

[list][*]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)

[*]https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/orion-mpcv.htm[/list]

[*]Artemis 1

[list][*]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_1

[*]https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

[*]https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/115

[*]https://go4liftoff.com/launch/sls-block-1-artemis-1?returnURL=%2Flaunches%3Fupcoming%3Dfalse

[*]https://www.supercluster.com/launches/artemis-i

[*]Spanish: https://lanzamientosespaciales.com/calendario/mision-artemis-1-sls-nasa/

[/spoiler]

Chacapoya, Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka

Uwuguaya wrote:That was weird. Cadenzana endorsed me only to then withdraw the endorsement and endorse me again lol.

Yeah, sorry! I got the notif that you endorsed me, so I endorsed back. After that, I went to tart.calref and opened up all the links, one of which was you. I accidentally clicked "withdraw your endorsement" and had to re-endorse. :P

Chacapoya, Jazur, Uwuguaya

I finally got the Public Protest policy back! I swear it's my most flip-floppy policy.

Cheesy Tots, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Cadenzana, Jazur, Antimai, Uwuguaya

Apologies to the four people who I gave 3-4 notifications to. I was testing something out.

Jazur, West Islate

Estebere wrote:Apologies to the four people who I gave 3-4 notifications to. I was testing something out.

Nah Im always glad when my inbox isn't empty

Polushia, Jazur

Referendum Notice:

A referendum regarding modification of the Refugia Revised Statutes has been submitted, entitled Proscription Drug Coverage, authored by Refuge Isle, and seconded by Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Amiyoka, and Junitaki-Cho. Having met all requirements, a vote is triggered at this time and all Member States are entitled to vote on its integration into Refugia's system of law.

You can view the text of the measure here: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1796707

Vote today: https://vote.calref.network/vote/43

Voting concludes in one week, the 23rd of November, at 15:50 Pacific Daylight Time

Cheesy Tots, Typica, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka, Antimai

Doesn't this violate RRS 15,

15. The Region defines its military alignment as "Neutral", shunning the agendas and obligations of the world's self-interested regimes, and only acting in the direct defence of the Region's allies when determined to be necessary by the Councillor of Operations.

Also, could I have some context for RRS 16? It doesn't make that much sense.

Waywards Edge wrote:Doesn't this violate RRS 15,

Banning nations from entering the region does not set a gameplay alignment or compel Refugia to raid or defend random regions.

Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Antimai

Post self-deleted by Avfallheim.

Refuge Isle wrote:Banning nations from entering the region does not set a gameplay alignment or compel Refugia to raid or defend random regions.

oh okay, I didn't understand what it meant

Thanks!

Tiralta, Jazur

Now for the most difficult task my country has faced yet, attempting to lower taxes without ruining my citizens' lives or tanking the economy

Typica, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur, Waywards Edge

Avfallheim wrote:Now for the most difficult task my country has faced yet, attempting to lower taxes without ruining my citizens' lives or tanking the economy

hoo-boy! I wish you the best of luck, as I've never managed such a feat myself. I've pretty much begun viewing NS taxation as the currency with which you get the other stats you want for your nation. The couple nations of mine which have a low, realistic taxation rate are not the nicest of places :P

The Pacific Northwest wrote:[spoiler]It is fitting, I just wish it wasn’t so pixelated, but I’m not sure that’s possible with the new card design. The tree is looking a bit rough. I think it would look better if it were on a previous season’s design, where the image compression wouldn’t be quite as front and center, but there’s not much I can do about it.

I’ve noticed some of the cards others here have inscribed, those fantastical landscapes look gorgeous. If you zoom in there’s some pixelation, I don’t think that can be avoided. Because no particular object in them is really the focus (unlike the tree in mine), it’s not noticeable unless you’re really looking for it. I wager most people aren’t going to go looking for it.

Although I’m also likely just being hard on it because it’s my flag. I know we tend to be a lot more critical of ourselves than is sometimes warranted. I don’t know how noticeable it is to other people, but it’s the first thing I noticed. I heard we could go look at our cards, went to look at mine, and just immediately thought “oh wow a pixelated tree”.[/spoiler]

I see. Well, for what it's worth, it doesn't look blurry to me. But I understand what you mean. You might try to just recreate the same flag, but with crisp and clean vector images and lines? And then, you could substitute the tree for a beaver!

Typica, Araine, Tiralta, New Equanimia, Jazur

Hi guys

Typica, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Aephony, Tiralta, Jazur, Antimai

Lycanjeskai wrote:Good cheap commanders I can build around

Hmhmhm. There are a few good options out there. The Scarab God goes for only about $30 a copy right now, and U/B control is so much more fun when your opponent's graveyard is now yours to command. Krenko, Mob Boss is like $6-8 depending on the week and how "in" goblins are these days. Also maybe, Jhoira Weatherlight Captain if you like playing Izzet. She's like $4.

Junitaki-Cho, Jazur

If you build Jhoira, everyone will assume you're going infinite glass cannon Jhoira and hate you out of the game. At least in my experience. I've quite been enjoying my Rielle deck as an off the wall Izzet build, it's a cool take on spellslinging and a lot of cards fit it that wouldn't get played elsewhere.

Jazur

A Million Dreams wrote:Hmhmhm. There are a few good options out there. The Scarab God goes for only about $30 a copy right now, and U/B control is so much more fun when your opponent's graveyard is now yours to command. Krenko, Mob Boss is like $6-8 depending on the week and how "in" goblins are these days. Also maybe, Jhoira Weatherlight Captain if you like playing Izzet. She's like $4.

Thanks so much, I love goblin tribal so I might build a krenko deck now

A Million Dreams, Jazur

Waywards Edge wrote:It's okay!

WESLR will help you dispose of them when you want to get rid of them

I want to get rid of them right now but seeing as they were created unintentionally, no one in the nation knows where they are or how they even came to be considering the issue option didn’t say anything about nuclear weapons. The game also hasn’t given me the option to reverse it so I guess I’m stuck with the mystery nukes for a bit.

Uwuguaya wrote:Also thank you, The Pacific Northwest, you have been my first.

No problem, I just really like endorsing people.

Avfallheim wrote:Now for the most difficult task my country has faced yet, attempting to lower taxes without ruining my citizens' lives or tanking the economy

Meanwhile mine just hit 80% for the first time. I’d love to be able to fund all my nice, progressive policies with 50% at most but I don’t suppose that’s possible, every decision I make just raises them.

Portmanteau wrote:I see. Well, for what it's worth, it doesn't look blurry to me. But I understand what you mean. You might try to just recreate the same flag, but with crisp and clean vector images and lines? And then, you could substitute the tree for a beaver!

Unfortunately I don’t have a computer right now so I don’t have a good way of making or editing flags other than some free generators, and they don’t have beavers or evergreen trees. Everything else doesn’t work so well on my phone or requires me to download stuff and I’m running out of storage. If it looks fine to everyone but me now then I’ll probably just call it good enough.

Tiralta, Jazur, Waywards Edge, Uwuguaya

The Pacific Northwest wrote:I want to get rid of them right now but seeing as they were created unintentionally, no one in the nation knows where they are or how they even came to be considering the issue option didn’t say anything about nuclear weapons. The game also hasn’t given me the option to reverse it so I guess I’m stuck with the mystery nukes for a bit.

Did you use nuclear fission rods and enrich the fuel?

Jazur

The Pacific Northwest wrote: No problem, I just really like endorsing people.

Mhm, thank you, uwu :3

Jazur

Also if your tax rate is high, once you’re an older nation (~3 billion pops) your nation classification won’t change as much even if you lower taxes. And if you happen to have good public healthcare and public education policies you can probably cut down on spending by getting rid of your police force entirely. Crime will be low anyways, in combination with high compliance there won’t be any huge issues if you do.

Weenus, Jazur, Lycanjeskai

Establishes that there shall be no legally recognized difference in the severity or illegality of a sexual assault charge

What does it mean by the illegality business?-It should be legal to charge for sexual assault; what is the proposal trying to say here?

Jazur

The Pacific Northwest wrote:Meanwhile mine just hit 80% for the first time. I’d love to be able to fund all my nice, progressive policies with 50% at most but I don’t suppose that’s possible, every decision I make just raises them.

My taxation is honestly a fun game for me now. My goal is to reach 100% by the end of the year now

Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, New Equanimia, Jazur, Amiyoka, Antimai

hai friends

Tiralta, Jazur, Waywards Edge, Amiyoka

Cheesy Tots wrote:hai friends

hailo friendo

Cheesy Tots, Tiralta, Jazur

I'm currently having a crisis over what to make my nation pretitle... It's gazette now, but that doesn't feel right -_- I never should have access to unlimited possibilities

Weenus, Cheesy Tots, Melenavenia, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur

Amiyoka wrote:I'm currently having a crisis over what to make my nation pretitle... It's gazette now, but that doesn't feel right -_- I never should have access to unlimited possibilities

tabloid?

Ey what is the deadline to apply to have a new treaty added to the . . december map I guess it would be?

Jazur

St Leone wrote:Ey what is the deadline to apply to have a new treaty added to the . . december map I guess it would be?

idk i just tg sylh then they take care of it

It's pretty cool

St Leone, Tiralta, Jazur

Waywards Edge wrote:tabloid?

I have found a suitable substitute

Jazur, Waywards Edge

Amiyoka wrote:I'm currently having a crisis over what to make my nation pretitle... It's gazette now, but that doesn't feel right -_- I never should have access to unlimited possibilities

Does anyone know if the ridiculously long pre-titles are still a thing? It sounds like the perfect solution...

Delta Vega Iv, Weenus, Typica, Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka

Uwuguaya wrote:Establishes that there shall be no legally recognized difference in the severity or illegality of a sexual assault charge

What does it mean by the illegality business?-It should be legal to charge for sexual assault; what is the proposal trying to say here?

well, you've cut off the rest of the clause, for one:

3. Establishes that there shall be no legally recognized difference in the severity or illegality of a sexual assault charge based on the sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, status as a prostitute, social standing, or economic or political status of the accused or of the accuser, except where hate crime legislation applies,

(emphasis mine)

essentially, different cases of SA would not be given preferential treatment/be discriminated againt based on the status of the accuser or the accused. for the illegality part: say, for example, a nation would not be able to have SA against sex workers be legal, but otherwise have laws regarding SA that operate equally. (anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong)

Tiralta, Libervillea

Antimai wrote:well, you've cut off the rest of the clause, for one:

3. Establishes that there shall be no legally recognized difference in the severity or illegality of a sexual assault charge based on the sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, status as a prostitute, social standing, or economic or political status of the accused or of the accuser, except where hate crime legislation applies,

(emphasis mine)

essentially, different cases of SA would not be given preferential treatment/be discriminated againt based on the status of the accuser or the accused. for the illegality part: say, for example, a nation would not be able to have SA against sex workers be legal, but otherwise have laws regarding SA that operate equally. (anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong)

I was just about to talk about this, but people beat me to the punch. You're not wrong, but here's the problem with a proposal such as this. There are people who would willingly falsely claim SA had occurred, just to see an innocent person go to prison. Sometimes it would be for their own sick sense of humor, other times, a falsely reported SA would be due to relationship issues. The list of reasons is long. In my view, it should be at least investigated as to whether an SA happened or not before litigation regarding such a matter reaches a court.

Uwuguaya

Rejakhta wrote:There are people who would willingly falsely claim SA had occurred, just to see an innocent person go to prison.

What is the rate at which that happens, IRL, versus the rate that no one believes the victim?

Sylh Alanor, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Antimai, Lycanjeskai, Uwuguaya

Rejakhta wrote:I was just about to talk about this, but people beat me to the punch. You're not wrong, but here's the problem with a proposal such as this. There are people who would willingly falsely claim SA had occurred, just to see an innocent person go to prison. Sometimes it would be for their own sick sense of humor, other times, a falsely reported SA would be due to relationship issues. The list of reasons is long. In my view, it should be at least investigated as to whether an SA happened or not before litigation regarding such a matter reaches a court.

....?

im not sure what you're trying to get at here.

as stated by the author within the forum thread for the proposal:

Edit: For the record, I plan on criminalizing perjury in a separate resolution, so that's the main reason it's not included in this resolution.

perjury is simply not within the purview of this proposal, that will come at a later date once (presumably,) this resolution passes. this is setting up a baseline which will then be built off of. previous drafts of the resolution did include excluding those that falsely accused from having the same protections, but it was found to be too complex for a single clause (iirc). from my interpretation, the purpose of this resolution is to specifically protect victims and bring charges against those that would discriminate/harass/obfuscate the case, not altering rulings or charges or evidence gathering procedures in the actual cases once they're brought to court.

Delta Vega Iv, Tiralta, Jazur, Uwuguaya

Refuge Isle wrote:What is the rate at which that happens, IRL, versus the rate that no one believes the victim?

The rate of which a false SA claim happens changes, but I would hazard a guess to be between 1.5 and 9 percent. Not often, I'll admit. As for the rate nobody believes the victim, 690 of those are never believed or followed up on, while 310 are. But this is a rough estimate.

Antimai wrote:....?

im not sure what you're trying to get at here.

as stated by the author within the forum thread for the proposal:

Edit: For the record, I plan on criminalizing perjury in a separate resolution, so that's the main reason it's not included in this resolution.

perjury is simply not within the purview of this proposal, that will come at a later date once (presumably,) this resolution passes. this is setting up a baseline which will then be built off of. previous drafts of the resolution did include excluding those that falsely accused from having the same protections, but it was found to be too complex for a single clause (iirc). from my interpretation, the purpose of this resolution is to specifically protect victims and bring charges against those that would discriminate/harass/obfuscate the case, not altering rulings or charges or evidence gathering procedures in the actual cases once they're brought to court.

Oh, that's why that's not in the proposal. Well, that does change my thought process on it a bit.

Jazur, Uwuguaya

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