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Region: Spiritus
You can revived a nation if it became a big enough size, your previous nation is still able to be revived. If you nation got 500 million citizens or more then only you can revive it, no one can claim it after a certain amount of time.
Indeed, although it takes like four years for it to become available again. So, most likely, nobody is going to be taking your CTE'd nation for a long time :P
Hello, everyone! I just wanted to let you know that signups for a new game of Mafia are open; if you'd be interested, take a look at the Mafia forum in the Land of Make Believe section on our forums.
How are we defining Romantic era? Beethoven to Rachmaninoff? That's the broadest (and most problematic) definition available, from what I recall of my music history. That's pretty much everybody, sadly. Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique has always been a personal favorite, Strauss II's Blue Danube is superb, but Brahms earn my seal of approval for his czardas (Hungarian Dance #5) and his violin concerto. Tarrega wins a close second for his guitar pieces (Gran Vals, everyone; it is the best known piece of classical music and no one realizes it!).
hello!
Well hello Urran!
Hey there Urran and Ceardia :)
ALSO HELLO TO ALL THE NEW NATIONS <3
Greetings Urran!
I read your propaganda, Spirit.
Did you like it? :3
any new people that I can endorse. gone for a short trip and my endorsements go from 46 to 43
There's probably quite a few. Check the end of the "Length of Residency" list?
I liked your propaganda, it was very well worded. I just personally hope that more people will join the forum and become active.
Well, thank you ^.^
Yes, as do I. We need moar people ;-;
Hello everyone.
Konnichiwa.
konichiwa
Grieg is the best Romantic composer! Just saying.
I got to hear Grieg's Piano Concerto played by Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the NYC Phil. Good piece.
I like the cello and violin personally
I am immensely jealous, AE. That Piano Concerto... I have three versions. :P One of them played from a piano roll... An interesting album, that one.
By the way, I just wanted to let everyone know about the game of Mafia again. I'm running another one on the forums; I'd love to see a ton of people join this time! We've already got ten, but I'd love to see twenty! Watch your regionmantes get murdered in the night, and then be part of herd mentality and hang whatever regionmates are left... It's lots of fun, I promise. It's in the Mafia part of the Land of Make Believe section of the forums.
Yeah, you should join! You can test your detective skills, and you can watch people panic and defend themselves. The last round was loads of fun. Join. Now. DO IT.
Indeed, you should do it. You get that feeling like your friends are all traitors, and you don't know who to trust and your to afraid to stand out in fear that you might be hanged. Unless your the mafia, then you should be afaid of being hanged.
And come on, what's better than that, "OH SH*T" feeling?
I know right!
Wagner is my favorite composer just by his opera Parsifal, that is an oneiric journey through plurality of sound perfectly harmonized .
Well, what do you know, one of Salax's RMB topics took root. :P
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Piano roll? That does sound like an interesting album.
It was a strong performance, Salax. It was between Braunfels' Fantastic Apparitions (which I loved, as it was variations of Berlioz) and Beethoven's Symphony no. 7, so it was all around a good night (and my first concert at the NYC Phil).
Stephen Fry has a film coming out in which he tries to explore Wagner's life and music while addressing the Nazism to see if the music can transcend the sullied composer. Or something like that.
I'd also like to say that Elgar also is among the best.
You are making me more jealous... I don't like it.
And yeah, the album is very interesting. It's all recordings of piano rolls performed either by Grieg, Grainger, or Arthur de Greef. The piano concerto is an orchestra with the piano roll, which is played by Grainger. Really fun to listen to.
Idantir: It had to happen eventually! :P
And everyone else: Mafia! Join it!
Indeed...I'm just surprised it was so soon. :P
happy Sunday!
Sunday :D
If only we had a nice game on...
.....
Urran! You should join Mafia! You are already on the forums; it's just a few clicks away...
Our second game of Mafia has begun! Watch your regionmates slowly kill each other off! Revel in the paranoia!
Also, signups have just opened for our third game of Diplomacy! I'd love to see some new faces in it!
merrrr
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Come on Urran. You never replied to me TG. :P
So my favorite board game is Diplomacy. Although that could change because I just got several old ones on eBay...
Nice start on the new topic salaxalans. Well if you ask me, my favorite board game is Chess.
Chess and Monopoly all the way!
I'm a board game hobbyist, so I honestly don't have just one. I do like Settlers of Catan (especially the Star Trek variant), but Carcassonne, Rhinelander, Super Dungeon Explorer, and the like are great as well. We will see how well I like Diplomacy after this Spiritus game [Italy sucks for a beginner :-( ].
I'm also a D&Der, of course.
No love for Arkham Horror, people?
AE, how is Catan? I've thought about getting it, but I have never managed to...
You can play it for free online, Salax. It's fairly luck-based, though initial setup is very important. If we wanted to have a Spiritus Catan game, that would be cool (3-4 players, takes about 45 minutes).
HANFS, I've not yet gotten to play Arkham Horror, sadly.
That might be fun... I don't have time for a while, though. :)
You've never played catan? How does one even live like that?
One of my personal favorite board games has got to be Endeavour. A beautifully designed game that truly relies on player intelligence.
hey guys!
Hi, Urran, hi everybody!
today we can do nothing, our country is under riots, guess our leader will fall
Nimrodth! Urran! Hello. And what might your favorite board games be?
chess, monopoly
Risk (Star Wars Version)
Speaking of this, wouldn't it be cool if a NationStates Risk game could be created incorporating some of the larger user-created regions in NationStates and some of their more prominent nations? Or for that matter, whatever NationStates regions and nations a group of players could agree on including. Imagine Spiritus in a Risk game...
I'm sure Salax will consider all those games boring. :P
No, not all! Only most...
I hate Monopoly! It is so horribly designed. Give me Acquire any day. Risk used to be fun but pales in comparison with Catan, Diplomacy, etc.
Adventure to Castle Ravenloft is a decent one, though a bit repetitive. I'd like to play Arkham Horror or Mansions of Madness soon, especially since I only started reading Lovecraft in the last year or so.
My family has always played games like Canasta, Spades, dominoes, Moon, etc. board games were less common (mostly because anything involving trivia meant I would win).
Anyone ever gone to BGGCon? I registered for last year but couldn't go. Going to try again this year, though.
I haven't gone! Didn't even know it existed! And I'm happy to talk to someone who likes board games similar to the ones I like... Acquire is wonderful, although I've only played it once. Have you ever heard of Robert Abbott?
Oh dear god. Someone Salax connects with. This CANNOT be good.
:P
Yes, I've heard of Robert Abbott, though I'm neither a fan nor a detractor. His logic mazes can be fun, but I've not had much opportunity to play his other games.
If you can get ahold of a copy of Confusion, do so. It is ridiculously fun. His card games are interesting; Construction is one of my favorites...
Another successful topic! :D
Yeah, I'm on a roll!
yay?
*Booming God-like Voice Comes From the Heavens*
HELLO CITIZENS OF THE REGION OF Spiritus!
hi
*Booming God-like Voice Comes From the Heavens*
HELLO THE FREE LAND OF REFENIA!
*Really really quiet voice*
hi Security Council.
*Croaking deathly Voice Comes From The Shadows*
Hello.......God?
I like frogs, too!
*Booming God-like Voice Comes From the Heavens*
WHO WANTS A COMMENDATION?!!!
*Croaking deathly Voice Comes From The Shadows*
I would.
Ooh, ooh, Salaxalans does!
*Accidentally Condemns Yamanashi*
*Croaking deathly Voice Comes From The Shadows*
And I ain't a frog.
*Commends The Region of Spiritus*
Ooh, a commendation. Shiny. :)
*Croaking deathly Voice Comes From The Shadows*
Thank you, you worshipfullness.
You're a frog that smokes. Frogs croak.
*Booming God-like Voice Comes From the Heavens*
ORDER, ORDER! NO MORE ASKING FOR COMMENDATIONS! I WILL SEE IT THAT I DO NOT DISRUPT SPIRITAN REGIONAL ORDER!
*Whispering Creepy Voice Comes From The Shadows*
Better?
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....... fine.
*In a silent voice*
Any time now either The Spirit or The Salaxalans will want to have a chat with me....
Is it Spiritan? I thought we were Spiritists. Or Spirits. Or Spiritusians. Sprites? Spiritians.. hmm.
Or both, if you're lucky.
*Whispering Creepy Voice Comes From The Shadows*
A "Silent Voice"?
Makes sense to me
You know, I never even noticed that. :P
*Whispering Creepy Voice Comes From The Shadows*
Spirits is us.
*Booming God-like Voice Comes From the Heavens*
THE DEMONYM OF SPIRITUS IS SPIRITAN! (I pretty sure)
We are the collective spirits of all who live. We are Spiritus. Hail Spiritus!
I think I'll be a Spiritine.
*Whispering Creepy Voice Comes From The Shadows*
Spiritans I is then.
*Whispering Creepy Voice Comes From The Shadows*
Hey, anyone, how do I create a region?
*Booming God-like Voice Comes From the Heavens*
YOU SHALL NEVER LEAVE SPIRITUS!
*Pulls back Yamanashi from the Spritan border*
Go to the FAQ, click region, and the click create a region.
*Whispering Creepy Voice Comes From The Shadows*
Don't worry, I don't want to leave, I want to create a different place, my word as a citizen of Spiritus.
Assembled with Dot's Region Saver.
Written by Refuge Isle.