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Region: Refugia
I'm still stuck in bloody England, but I have plans to move my WA here afterwards!
Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur
There's also something extremely compelling about contributing to an existing world that you feel especially passionate about and invested in. It's very fun to play in a big sandbox that was expertly built and has lots of others playing in, too. Not only "fun" but somehow substantial and worthwhile feeling. Like you're taking part in a project bigger than just yourself.
The situation with Lovecraft is fascinating to me. He fleshed out a world so compelling that his friends began writing in it, too. It was a shared space that they could be creative within together. They didn't view it as a kind of path of least resistance to telling their own stories, due to already being partially shaded in. Because vast amounts of effort and creativity can go into writing a story that fits appropriately and satisfyingly into an existing world like that. The difference lies in how you relate to the finished project - as something constructed solely of your own mind, or as something more social that supports a greater whole. Both activities have positive and negative sides, but I think either is capable of reaching the same heights.
Tiralta, Jazur
Hypothetical: Who would win in a fight cthulu or sungandeez??
Melenavenia
who's cthulu
Melenavenia, Futara
The Aggressive F-250 Driver is fuming because his massive hulk of metal needs to go to the auto shop.
It was a tougher battle than I think anyone could have anticipated.
He'll make sure to hold down the gas pedal the ENTIRE time the next round.
Liphia, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, Futara, Ouch To The Natives
The Battle of All Things II: Match Update:
In what has become the most contentious and close match between two candidates, the vote was neck and neck for almost the entirety of the battle. Even down to the last hours, the lead swapped back and forth. Almost every BOAT bet had predicted the win of fan-fiction, while Melenavenia activated the legendary On-Star system to navigate the rough terrain back home.
Disappearing from view, some assumed that the F-250 had gotten lost in the wilderness. Presuming that the fate of the match was finally secured, Fan-Fiction was brought in to do a victory interview:
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"Hello my name is Darryl Silverado, I have a Silver 2001 Chevrolet Silverado (that's how I got my name) with blue decals down to my tailgate with chrome rims like liquid mercury. A lot of people tell me I look like Mike Pence (AN: If u don't know who ha is get da hell out of here!) I'm not related to Jeff Foxworthy but I wish I was because he's a major hottie..."
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At this time an aggressive F-250 driver burst from the treeline and broke through the wall of the studio to defend the honour of Ford over Chevrolet, and killed Darryl instantly 27 to 26.
Cheesy Tots receives a Season 1 Testlandia for funeral expenses.
The next match begins immediately with A 300cm Tall Mantis Shrimp vs. Karl Marx:
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1832205
Dot betting is now closed for match K and is open for match L.
Chacapoya, Cheesy Tots, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, Ouch To The Natives
Refuge Isle I vote for Karl Marx!
And so should you, dear reader, if you want to see a badger fight communism.
Chacapoya, Melenavenia, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, The Heavenly Eunuchocracy
A Million Dreams
Refuge Isle I vote Karl Marx!
Chacapoya, Melenavenia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Morrigan
Hey folks! WhatÂ’s your weirdest animal fact?
Araine, Tiralta, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Koliland
Refuge Isle hope i spell it right this time
i'm still bitter about the elmo incident
karl marx has my vote
Tiralta, Jazur, Koliland
Tiralta, Falafelandia
same! raiding or defending!
moose dive as deep as the empire state building so some grpups classify tgem as marine mammals
Tiralta
Regarding the current match of BOAT, I tell thee to ponder, which is more important: the battle of the mind, or the battle of brawn. For one will notice, if they gaze upon the combatants, this fair BOAT round, the 300cm Mantis Shrimp possesses a strong form but a feeble mind within, and the 175cm Karl Marx possesses a feeble form but a strong willed and well witted mind within.
Melenavenia, Tiralta
I think the Aggressive F-250 Driver is not "potentially homicidal" anymore. I'm pretty sure he's 100% out for blood.
Narwhal, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur
F-250 Drivers being recruited for 19F, US Military
Edit: Clarify
19F is a military MOS. A tank driving MOS.
Melenavenia, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur
I appreciate this without context.
Melenavenia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Lovoreus Magnus
Koi fish can live to be over 200 years old.
Shih tzus are actually much more closely related to grey wolves than many other dog breeds (with the exception of spitz breeds).
Some albatross have been documented flying over 75k miles per year (120k km).
Tardigrades are almost invincible and can survive in both boiling and below freezing temperatures by slowing their metabolisms down to a death like state— they can remain in this state for as long as 30 years without food or water.
Humans and giraffes have the same number of vertebrae in their necks (7).
Tiralta, Falafelandia
Humans have stripes that are invisible to us except under strong UV light, or with certain medical conditions. Cats and dogs have eye lenses that let UV light through, so your pets see you as stripy!
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Araine, Falafelandia, Jazur, Basiltown
the shrimp beat elmo in a boat round
i lost 5k potential planets
Araine, Szalyland, Tiralta, Jazur
Beavers were once considered fish by the Catholic church so that their members could eat them on a holiday, or so I've heard.
Araine, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Basiltown
I definitely vote for the Shrimp 🦐
Vote the great shrimp and join the shrimp-ening!
Yup that's a word now
Tiralta
Regarding Boat:
On your Marx, Set, Go!
Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur
Can I get some LORE about the shrimp?
Chacapoya, St Leone, Szalyland, Tiralta, Jazur
Shrimp.
Melenavenia, Tiralta, Jazur
I'm with the LDF until this whole thing is over, but then I'm resigning to be a merc.
Chacapoya, Falafelandia
It was made by a short demon.
Melenavenia, Szalyland, Tiralta, Jazur
ah, I'm raiding with a variety of orgs. good luck, may the best pile base win!
Slaggstone Bruntt
That also happened with capybaras.
Either way, mantas are taxonomically flattened sharks, termites are extremely close to cockroaches, much more than clothes-moth and silverfish, which actually are fairly distant
Delta Vega Iv, Falafelandia, Jazur, Xarxesi
Got cups on my ears
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Istastioner, Estebere
I mean ... You're not wrong
Koliland
can you hear the faint voice of keanu reeves
Koliland
Tiralta, Istastioner, Jazur
He did indeed have cups on his ears
Sylh Alanor, Tiralta, Jazur
It's pretty good.
Chacapoya, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta
pleasantly surprised to see how popular marx is!
Tiralta, Fidstia
You guys think we can combine ouija and shuffleboard and/or curling to get in touch with more competitive ghosts?
Chacapoya, Narwhal, Nangka, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka, Prodigal, Estebere, Lycanjeskai, Slaggstone Bruntt, Ouch To The Natives, Nea Ellada
Now there's a thought!
Tiralta
I was playing chess with my dad and he tried to castle with a queen.
Araine, Tiralta, Jazur, Lycanjeskai, Interflumnibia
Based.
Nollyland, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Lycanjeskai
In a perfect universe, I would write another essay on why you should vote the Mantis Shrimp. But perhaps the perfect universe lies in the hands of Marx...
Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, St Leone, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Lycanjeskai, The Heavenly Eunuchocracy
Why the hell is an old man beating a massive shrimp?
Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur
he has the will of the people to beat the evil capitalist shrimp that the bourgeoisie designed to destroy communism
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, The Heavenly Eunuchocracy
Perhaps if Marx was more of a socialist I could get behind him. Communism is too hardcore for my taste, but I'm fine with socialism.
Falafelandia
the shrimp runs a shrimp catching company and sells its shrimp brothers for money as food, truly evil
Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Amiyoka
what ? The purpose of socialism is communism
Sylh Alanor, Falafelandia
communism works on paper, but not in practice, china doesnt count they granted themselves access to the cheat codes
Nollyland, Falafelandia, Lycanjeskai
Cuba has been getting progressively better over time despite incredible pressure from the US, so I'm not so sure that old phrase actually works anymore.
Portmanteau, Tiralta, Jazur
I hope its getting better, Cuba is were my stepdads from, there grandfather was executed by Castros government and had to flee
Falafelandia
I will refrain from commenting on that.
But the fact remains that a proper communist party and controlled economy is proving to work.
Jazur
good for them, I hope it at least makes reforms were it isn't just a one party state, and less authoritarian, ngl Cuba is pretty beutiful, they got this like giant ice cream place that Castro made that I wanna see, he was like really into ice cream
Falafelandia, Jazur, Lanassia
Chacapoyan Seismological Reasarch Bureau: Cryptogeographic Division – Chacapoya City - 16:38 RIST
A harried-looking academic hurries down the hallways of a subterranean complex, shedding papers behind him in a trail of poorly edited seismograph reports. His pace increases as he rounds a corner, colliding with another researcher, currently carrying her own pile of rapidly diminishing papers, accidentally causing a domino effect of toppling tweed-clad figures that eventually results in a seventeen hour cleanup, thirteen casualties, and the abandonment of several miles of hallway due to destruction of structurally relevant paperwork piles.
Just one corner over, however, and happily oblivious to the current crisis, a shaggy haired scientist types on an antique computer, green light reflecting off his glasses as the monitor displays a wireframe impossibility.
“An entire continent? Never before encountered, rising from the seafloor at the exact same time that Tiralta vanished from the Refugi mainland?” He settles back in his chair, running his hands through his hair, glancing over his shoulder at the other occupant of the room. “You know how crazy this is, Stal, right?”
“Yep. And it gets weirder. We’re still getting signals from them.” The other scientist, wearing a lab coat covered in experimental magitech, settles into the chair next to him. “And they’re saying they’re on the new continent. Something about abberant travel runes and very big boats. I got the message about an hour ago, apparently it took them a while to set up their energy grid again.”
ThereÂ’s a ping, and the two return to the monitor, fixated on a blinking message on the screen, accompanied by a travel rune neither had seen before.
TRANSMITTED 16:39 RIST- COME ON IN, THE WATERÂ’S FINE.
Chacapoyan Outpost – New Balideena– 20:46 RIST
It's remarkable how quickly the Chacapoyan bureaucracy can move when an opportunity for expansion reveals itself. Within an hour of the passage to the new continent being opened, there was already a sizable corps of engineers, surveyors, intrepid adventurers, and hapless scientists, with more arriving every second.
ThereÂ’s already an Embassy set up on the outskirts of the Tiraltan Capitol, and travel runes pulse with magical energies as more and more materials are brought across the ocean. Initial scans posit that the entire continent, save for the small area occupied by Tiralta, is uninhabited. Perfect for national expansion, which would be easier if they had access to transport besides trains. Maybe other expeditions from other nations were having easier luck, given that they wouldnÂ’t be dependent on fickle magic and temperamental beasts of burden in their exploration efforts. Just prior to alerting The Council, the scientists had shared their discoveries, the location of the continent, the existence of the new runes, and the approximate distance between the major continents, with their counterparts across Refugia, in hope that a glorious new age of exploration and cooperation would arise. And maybe people would stop flying their planes through Chacapoyan airspace.
Only time will tellÂ
Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, St Leone, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Amiyoka, Ullrani, Lycanjeskai
Map 2 is now available for you to look at and say "wow, that's land!"
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1853620
Over the next while, the nations involved in exploring and settling in these new lands will be sharing their tales of how they found them, and indeed how they moved millions or even billions of people, transport systems, buildings and resources between their old location and the new. This tale of daring adventure will be collected into a dispatch of lore and linked with the second map as it's posted!
Thanks to all the Explorers for your wonderful assistance in moving between maps and making this one a little less lonely for me! It's great to be here with you.
And of course thank you to Chacapoya for the great idea to RP the new map moves, and for setting the scene for us! :D
Chacapoya, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Portmanteau, St Leone, Rupika, A Million Dreams, Falafelandia, Jazur, Ullrani, Nahelia, Lycanjeskai
thanks! of course I hope that we can all cooperate and help everybody prosper in this new frontier
Chacapoya, Araine, St Leone, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
In light of this brand new land appearing out of nowhere, I have decided to write the first ever story from my brand new series "Tales of Leoneia"! (TM pending)
Is it good? Eh?
Does it make sense? Eh?
Is it readable? Eh?
Is it a text? I- I think so.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1853622
Anyways yesyes goodbye-
(I really hope its not horrible atleast, that's all im wishing for cx
Chacapoya, Araine, Portmanteau, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Amiyoka, Lycanjeskai
This is so cool!
I will be writing a factbook to explain Lycanjeskai's move soon enough (hoping to post it by Sunday at the latest)
Chacapoya, Araine, St Leone, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur
I hope they can have a democratic multi-party system, but it seems like neither the US nor Cuba is budging, so sadly it might remain a status quo :/
Rupika, Falafelandia, Jazur
yeah, that what happens when two countries dont get along just because ideolagy, the Cold War should've ended when Stalin died, but both sides wanted to keep going at it
fun fact: his guards did not report of his death excuse they were too scared that they will be exacuted for entering his room when he had a heart attack
Falafelandia, Jazur, Lanassia
What's Cuba's part in the "both sides"?
It's literally the US and Israel doing a solo-embargo of Cuba while scaremongering about there not being enough brands of potato chip for civilised life to be possible.
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, St Leone, Tiralta, Jazur
* cracks open history book * before the Cold War ended, cuba was with the USSR in the cuban missile crisis, of course, were still here so everything went " fine " at the end, the US being themselves, embargoed cuba because of said crisis, and hasn't let go of the past just like Putin hasn't let go of the dream of a new USSR, cuba, not ruled by Castro any more, is still its old self but has a increase of GDP but a decrease in population, of course all we can do right now * closes history book and tosses out the widow * is wait and see, what cuba gonna do now, also, liek every nation has voted or them to stop the embargo, and yet they haven't, which is a D move ngl, that the US is still embargoing them, they could just be friends again, but sadly its a slim chance
Falafelandia
You didn't answer my question and, in fact, reinforced the statement that the US is doing a one-sided embargo. "What's Cuba's part in the 'both sides'"? I'm not sure if you're aware of it, but the rest of the world trades and interacts with Cuba like any other country.
Sylh Alanor, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta
the " both sides " is the USSR and the Communist bloc and the US and there NATO, and the cubans played a part in the Cold War on the side of the communists, like the cuban missile crisis, sending troops into Angola, etc. and yes the US is a D for still embargoing them after Castros death in 2016, what I meant by it is that when Stalin died from hsi heart attack, the communists and the western nations should've not kept fighting proxy wars like Vietnam, Korea, Libya, and the war between Ethiopia and Somalia, you picking up what im putting down?
I'll be on the map next update! Sylh Alanor, plz don't add me to map 1
(out of the loop) what does this mean?
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
You're still not answering my question, and now I'm starting to suspect that it's because you don't know *how* to answer my question.
The USSR has not existed since 1992. NATO does not have a problem with Cuba. Canadians and other NATO countries besides the United States have a great relationship with Cuba. This has been the case before the death of Fidel Castro as well. Your information comes from history books written by US propagandists and has no real relation to the modern day, if it ever had relevancy in the first place. You said "but both sides wanted to keep going at it" and I asked you what Cuba is doing *right now*, and you're unable to answer with anything other than "the cuban missile crisis (1962)"
While there's a discussion to be had about what happened sixty years ago, you're complaining about the Cuba in the modern day. The Cuba where they've created a vaccine for lung cancer. The Cuba where they developed a vaccine for covid. The Cuba where they export doctors to the places undergoing crises. Between the US and Cuba, one of these countries has been passing legislation to criminalise the existence of LGBT people, and one of these countries has been passing nation-wide referendums to protect them. Guess which one's which.
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Kawaiineko
To quote Bill Wurtz,
"Oh, that's the two global superpowers, they are having a friendly debate about which economic system is good and which is an evil virus of satan... And they both have atom bombs... Fight! No, wait that would be the end of the world, let's just keep it cool and spy on each other instead. And make sure we have enough atom bombs."
So, essentially because both sides thought each other would take advantage of each other, they didn't trust each other. It took a lot of trust to get SALT and INF passed. The trust both sides had was essentially shattered when NATO was formed, and after the Soviets showed their willingness to crush uprisings in the Warsaw Pact Nations.
In my personal opinion, one of the only things that prevented WW3 was Nuclear Weapons.
Rupika, Falafelandia, Irimara
sure cuba has done some really good things for the world few but big things, when you asked about " What's Cuba's part in the "both sides"? " I took it as you wanted to hear about what cuba did in the Cold War, and thats what I did, Im sure I read your comment wrong and thats why I didn't give a answer to the question, but for your question, I assume that your going to say the US is, even though they have one of the most highest rights for gays and even if they tried too there will be massive back lash at them, if cubans did any back lash like to protest, some of them would literally disappear like what happened on July 2021, were a large anti government protest happened and 500 people are still reported missing, they might just bailed and went radio silent or government officials took them away, I still think Cubas government is still tyrannical and corrupt, I may have ben " brainwashed by western propaganda " the US here lets people speak freely wile over down south in cuba political pluralism is banned
yeah, everybody knows that bombign everything would just turn the world in real life game of fallout
even though I like the game, I dont wanna be in the game
Falafelandia
Before I answer that question, I should inform you that it's not hell it's sushi rice. Anyways, I'd bet that the old man is winning because the badger resurected(oops can't spell) them and wanted to fight the old man so they also made them slightly stronger that the shrimp.
Also, Sylh Alanor, could you remove me from the old map?
Falafelandia, Jazur
Who is the black sheep of BOAT?
Falafelandia
I think you might need to read up on these things before getting into further discussion about them. You're just outright wrong about basically everything here. The US is absolutely not in any positive place regarding LGBT rights, whereas Cuba passed a referendum (you know, a thing where all the people vote) specifically protecting those rights. Also it's so weird to me that when there aren't protests in a socialist state, people act like it's due to government oppression, but as soon as there are protests, that's a sign of government failure, whereas in capitalist countries people act like the presence or non-presence of protests are in and of themselves proof of the system working as intended.
Chacapoya, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Falafelandia, The Heavenly Eunuchocracy
I was not paying attention to the political discussion on the RMB lol
Falafelandia
I see, im going to stop talking about politics in general, I clearly have no idea whats happening outside the US, and I should wait until im mature to talk about politics again, im going to stick with YouTube drama and watching TV
Falafelandia, Jazur, Lycanjeskai
Ich habe keine Ahnung, warum es so viele Absätze in diesem Message Board gibt
QOTD: Does your BOAT bracket still stack up?
FOTD: March Twentieth marks the day Albert Einstein published the theory of relativity. If you're on the other side of the globe, March Twenty-First 1970 marks the first Earth Day!
Melenavenia, Araine, Rupika, Jazur
This is a statement from the Office of World Assembly Affairs regarding the current attempt to Repeal "Foreign Copyright Recognition" in the General Assembly:
heck copyright. vote for the repeal on the grounds that the target mandates ridiculous timeframes for copyright recognition without regard for local laws
Stay tuned for more timely World Assembly opinions
Chacapoya, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Melenavenia, Araine, Tiralta, Antrania
copyright? more like... copywrong!!!
Chacapoya, The Blue Fire
I live again!
Sylh Alanor, Araine, Amiyoka
I now have 7 billion population.
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Narwhal, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Amiyoka, Ullrani, Lycanjeskai, The Blue Fire, Lanassia, Irimara
You will outgrow the world (the real one, not https://nationstates.net/page=world/)
Delta Vega Iv, Melenavenia, Araine, Jazur, Ullrani
I don't know why, but I can imitate George Piggy from Peppa Pig kinda well.
Narwhal, Amiyoka
(I have never watched peppa pig so I don't know what your imitation would sound like)
Delta Vega Iv
Like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kYEc3rzfSY
Szalyland
Hey I'm back, somehow I completely missed the "hey you're about to CTE" email lmao
Chacapoya, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka, The Blue Fire
Oh, sorry- I thought people who weren't a member state or in the WA could tag you in a post saying who they want to vote for-
But thanks for clearing it up for me!
Delta Vega Iv, The Blue Fire
noice
The Blue Fire
Consider taking over a planet to be able to house your population.
Delta Vega Iv, Chacapoya, Melenavenia, Araine, The Blue Fire
theres always making underground cities
Delta Vega Iv, Lanassia
1 million till Estebere can have a religion.
Araine, Liphia, Tiralta, Jazur, Amiyoka, Lycanjeskai, The Heavenly Eunuchocracy
I appear, hooded as always, amongst the crimson mists, waiting to go where one may never have been before, seeking help beforehand, and the advice needed to do so.
Tiralta, Jazur
QOTD: Is the glass half empty, or half full?
FOTD: March 21st is International Day of Forests, and March 22nd, 1997 is the closest Hale-Bopp got to earth, at an astounding 1.315 AU. For reference, this would mean that the comet nearly reached a distance almost as close as the sun is to the earth.
Araine, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Estebere, Lycanjeskai, The Blue Fire, Lanassia
Or.
That isn't a legal answer? Really? Fine, if you're optimistic it's half full and if you're the opposite than it's half empty. I say half full.
Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Waywards Edge, The Blue Fire, Koliland, Ouch To The Natives
'hell'
Or... hmmm is it correct? i have a new QOTD for tomorrow
Tiralta, Jazur
Tiralta, The Blue Fire
Neither. The cup is entirely full. The bottom half is full of water, the top half is full of a mix of nitrogen and oxygen. Randall Munroe (the xkcd guy) wrote a intresting thing about this in the What If book.
Tiralta, New Equanimia, Jazur, Waywards Edge, Lycanjeskai, The Blue Fire, Koliland
shhhh
remember, if the glass is half empty, the physicist ducks
Tiralta, Koliland
Six month update complete: https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1446209
Chacapoya, Typica, Sylh Alanor, Araine, Junitaki-Cho, Liphia, Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Waywards Edge, Almander
I feel like it's more important to know what's inside the glass. :P
Jazur, Waywards Edge, The Blue Fire
My tears after trying to write NS dispatches (it's 110% full)
Tiralta, The Blue Fire
ok but what if it is simply half a glass of water?
Tiralta, Waywards Edge
Just like some of our heart, it is not empty, as we tend to potray it, just filled with the wrong substances.
Tiralta, Falafelandia, Jazur, Waywards Edge, The Blue Fire
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.