Canada Board

by The Peoples Republic of New United Common-lands

42 days ago

Edited

Does anyone else play chess?

Our friends at Forest have joined forces with the region that has no big banks to set up a competition and chess chat session. You can register by TGing New United Common-lands, or just sign up direct using the link in the dispatch.

More details

Bankless Forest Chess Arena - Saturday 27th April

General

The Region That Has No Big Banks and Forest is excited to present our first inter-regional blitz chess competition, seeking to bring together chess players across NationStates to participate!

Who can participate?

The event is open to all member regions participating, and open to all NS chess players (with the exception of any problematic members regions/nations, at the discretion of the organisers)

We currently have 13 regions participating and counting! Contact New United Common-lands if you are interested to join!

Co-hosts:
The Region That Has No Big Banks
Forest

Member regions participating:
The Union of Democratic States
Democratic Socialist Assembly
Wintercrest
Sol Aeternalis
Colonia Apollonis
Aurora
RGBN
Alcris
Declansburg
Canada
the West Pacific

Arena Link

Arena link - Link https://lichess.org/tournament/Al7mV4et
Password - nobanks (lowercase)

Feel free to join in our Voice Chat and Text chat on TRTHNBB Discord whilst the event is ongoing! Link https://discord.gg/gDJadzaHZQ

Date and time

The Arena will take place on Saturday 27th April starting at 9pm British Summer Time or 4pm Eastern Daylight Time, lasting 3 hours. Check Link TRTHNBB discord for the time conversion!

Feel free to drop in for parts of the event you do not need to be avaliable the whole 3 hours

Format

The format for the Arena is 5 mins + 0s increment (5+0) and hosted via lichess.

Contact

If you have any questions or would like your region to participate, please contact New United Common-lands

Trophies avaliable
1. Best Scoring Individual Nation - The nation who wins the Lichess competition
2. Best Scoring Member Region - Determined by combining the scores of nations within each member region, to see the overall winner
3. Best Average Scoring Member Region - Determined by the total region scores divided by number of nations from that respective member region participating (To help ensure fair opportunity for smaller regions)

Medals Avaliable! (Special thanks to Velichye for the great artwork!)

Position	Best Scoring Individual Nation	Best Scoring Member Region	Best Average Scoring Member Region
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place

Melville Island

42 days ago

Canada Fried Chicken has sent us over a drone load of chicken.

Happy now Shay?

Parkplace

The True North Strong and Free of Melville Island

41 days ago

Almonaster Nuevo wrote:

Canada Fried Chicken has sent us over a drone load of chicken.

Happy now Shay?

Of course, and thanks! 😊

38 days ago

Hello Canada!

The first week of Forest's trivia competition has ended!
Here are the answers:

Forest Trivia Answers Week One

by The Suspicious Minds of The Realizer

Forest Trivia Answers Week One

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Question 1 -

What is the connection between these four seemingly random clues?

- Brezhnev

- Andropov

- Gorbachev

- Medvedev

Answer 1 -

- Answer = They are all former USSR/Russian leaders.

- I am aware that Medvedev was in fact a leader after the USSR fell whereas the other 3 were pre-USSR. That was a slight mistake on my part there so I apologise (thanks to Verdant Haven for pointing that out)

- Other Accepted Answers = anything along the lines of the above answer

- Will NOT accept = They are all Russian or They all end in "V"

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Question 2 -

What is the connection between these four seemingly random clues?

- Armourers

- Legends

- Headlights

- Kneeling

Answer 2 -

- Answer = They all have human body parts at the start of the word.

- Armourers
- Legends
- Headlights
- Kneeling

- Other Accepted Answers = N/A

- Will NOT accept = They are all related to medieval Knights

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Question 3 -

What would come 4th in this sequence?

- Laura

- Michelle

- Melania

- ?

Answer 3 -

- Answer = Jill

- Explanation = They are all the first names of the last four US first ladies. So we have -

- Laura Bush
- Michelle Obama
- Melania Trump
- Jill Biden

- Will NOT accept = Practically everything else, lol

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Question 4 -

What would come 4th in this sequence?

- Earth

- Wind

- Fire

- ?

Answer 4 -

- Answer = Water

- Explanation = They are the four elements of life... Enough said really. Some people were asking why it was that I used "wind" instead of "air" which is entirely valid. I have heard both used but I decided to go with wind for this since that is the most commonly used that I've heard. Apologies for any confusion on this one...

- Other Accepted Answers = September, the great song by Earth, Wind and Fire... Well done on the two people who recognised that... I will also accept "air" due to what I've mentioned above...

- Will NOT accept = I think everyone got this so well done!

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Question 5; DOUBLE POINTS! -

What would come 4th in this sequence?

- Skateboarding

- Speed Climbing

- Surfing

- ?

Answer 5 -

- Answer = Breaking/Break-Dancing

- Explanation = They are the most recent sports added to the Olympics

- Skateboarding (Tokyo 2020)
- Speed Climbing (Tokyo 2020)
- Surfing (Tokyo 2020)
- Breaking (Paris 2024)

- Other Accepted Answers = Karate as that was also introduced in 2020. Either answer is acceptable really...

- Will NOT accept = Swimming... It may look like they are in alphabetical order which a lot of people went for but unfortunately Squash would disrupt that sequence. I genuinely thought I had messed up and put two answers in there so thanks to all those who gave me a mini heart-attack, hehe...

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Forest Trivia Competition Leaderboard	Week One
Atsvea	6 out of 6
Furilisca	6 out of 6
Kannap	6 out of 6
Almonaster Nuevo (Canada)	6 out of 6
United Malay Federation	5 out of 6
Krayo29 (TRTHNBB)	5 out of 6
Roless	5 out of 6
Logophilia Lyricalia (Haiku)	5 out of 6
Ypogegrammeni	4.5 out of 6
South Miruva (TLA)	4 out of 6
Aequus (Wintreath)	4 out of 6
Ruinenlust	3 out of 6
Verdant Haven	3 out of 6
Jutsa	3 out of 6
Orcuo (TRR)	3 out of 6
New United Common-lands (TRTHNBB)	3 out of 6
Kissinger-Monroe (TBOTCOER)	3 out of 6
Texas Jaguarundi (Texas/Forest)	3 out of 6
MountAye (Philosophers)	3 out of 6
Wan Nyan (Yggdrasil)	3 out of 6
America the Greater (TRTHNBB)	2.5 out of 6
Zerphen	2.5 out of 6
Middle Barael	2.5 out of 6
The Washington Federation (TRTHNBB)	2 out of 6
Bilsa	2 out of 6
Neovilla (Refugia)	2 out of 6
Evedenvale (Wintreath)	1 out of 6

by The Suspicious Minds of The Realizer

And here are this week's questions!

Forest Trivia Questions Week Two

Forest Trivia Week Two

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Question 1 -

What is the connection between these four seemingly random clues?

- Cloak

- Splash

- Balder

- Midfielder

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Question 2 -

What is the connection between these four seemingly random clues?

- Demeter

- Hera

- Athena

- Artemis

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Question 3 -

What would come 4th in this sequence?

- Tuvalu

- Nauru

- Monaco

- ?

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Question 4 -

What would come 4th in this sequence?

- Garbelia

- Uan aa Boa

- Einswenn

- ?

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Question 5; DOUBLE POINTS! -

What would come 4th in this sequence?

- Pre-Cambrian

- Palaeozoic

- Mesozoic

- ?

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by The Suspicious Minds of The Realizer

Make sure to read the rules :)

Forest Trivia Rules

Forest Trivia Rules

Trivia Rules

The questions will be released every Saturday

These questions will be in the style of the popular quiz show, Only Connect

I shall post the dispatch with the questions in on the RMB

From that point onwards everyone, residents of forest or embassy regions, has One Week to answer the questions

Answers Must be submitted by Telegram

Only Telegram submissions will be accepted. Any answers posted on the RMB will be suppressed.

ABSOLUTELY NO GOOGLING OF ANSWERS IS ALLOWED if you are suspected of googling, a point will be deducted. Repeat offenders will have more severe sanctions

ABSOLUTELY NO USAGE OF AI IS ALLOWED if you are suspected of using AI, a point will be deducted. Repeat offenders will have more severe sanctions

Results

After the week has concluded, I shall release the answers to the previous week's questions in the same dispatch.

There will also be explanations as to how you could have reached the answers, in case anyone is interested

Alongside this, there shall be a two leaderboards compiled. One weekly leaderboard and one overall leaderboard.

Prizes!

The person(s) who get the most correct answers each week will share the "prize pot" equally which shall be equal to 20.00 DV

At the end of each month, the person at the top of the overall leaderboard shall receive a legendary!

The person who is at the top of the overall leaderboard at the end of the term, shall receive a grand prize of 5 legendaries!

Helpful Tips

If you don't know the answer, just have a guess! There's no harm in having an educated guess, you might just be right!

Watch out for a word question! If the clues seem so random that you just can't find a connection, it could be that it's a word question! The words themselves could be the connection!

If you aren't sure about the answer to the question, when you're submitting them, try to explain your thinking to me! If your thinking is correct but you don't quite get the answer, you'll get half of a point. They all count in the long run!

Take your time! There's no rush... You have a week to answer the questions so you have plenty of time to think and trivialise!

And most importantly...

Have fun!

RMB Post:
page=rmb/postid=55393798

-Furilisca
Forest's ambassador to Canada

Parkplace, Ruinenlust, and The Realizer

35 days ago

Edited 34 days ago

(see purple banner above)

If anyone can spare some resources, we are currently constructing Mizumigari Sky Gardens.
page=wonder/wid=1000368

All contriubutions gratefully received. Trade offers also welcome - we have knowledge to share!
Even a simple like would help.

Parkplace and Cliyf Drines

33 days ago

Almonaster Nuevo wrote:

(see purple banner above)

If anyone can spare some resources, we are currently constructing Mizumigari Sky Gardens.
page=wonder/wid=1000368

All contriubutions gratefully received. Trade offers also welcome - we have knowledge to share!
Even a simple like would help.

Only 18 hours left, if you are around please take a few minutes and create some wonders for Mizumigari Sky Gardens. 🇨🇦💥🇨🇦

33 days ago

Yeah - not the best timing - I've had a couple of busy days.

The gardens have been part of my head-canon for years though. It was a good prompt to get me thinking about them again.

33 days ago

Same here, it's audit time at work = overtime and stilly schedules.

For anyone planning to see the eclipse on Monday, please be aware of this...
https://xkcd.com/2914/

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The Japanese GP is another one in the wrong time zone for me.
So far it's been rainy, so only a handful of representative lap times set. Verstappen topped P1, Piastri P2.
If it's like that tomorrow for qualifying, we could have a topsy-turvy grid.

Ruinenlust

Seen the last partial eclipse a few years back, we were all out in the parking lot at work passing around a pair of cheap sunglasses. 😎

Ruinenlust

Parkplace wrote:

.. cheap sunglasses. 😎

Very ZZ top.

Please be careful though - standard sunglasss are not enough.

You would need to get to somewhere like Buffalo or Montreal to be on the track for this one.

Ruinenlust and Squeete

Almonaster Nuevo wrote:

(see purple banner above)

If anyone can spare some resources, we are currently constructing Mizumigari Sky Gardens.
page=wonder/wid=1000368

All contriubutions gratefully received. Trade offers also welcome - we have knowledge to share!
Even a simple like would help.

Thank you to everyone who helped.

The Sky Gardens came 50th for most talked about, 51st for most liked and 67th for most inventive.

31 days ago

Woobactac Vancili. \o

30 days ago

Edited

There was a crash early on in Japan which delayed the race, so I did catch the last few laps.

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 25 + 1
2. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 18
3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 15
4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 12
5. Lando Norris (McLaren) 10
6. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 8
7. George Russell (Mercedes) 6
8. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 4
9. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 2
10. Yuki Tsunoda (RB) 1
11. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)
12. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
13. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
14. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber)
15. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
16. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
17. Logan Sargeant (Williams)

DNF.
Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)
Alex Albon (Williams)
Daniel Ricciardo (RB)

A good day for Japanese fans, with the Honda-powered Red Bull taking the top spots, and Honda-powered RB with Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda claiming his first point of the season, and first Japanese home points in decades.

Constructors' standings
1. Red Bull - 141
2. Ferrari - 120
3. McLaren - 69
4. Mercedes - 34
5. Aston Martin - 33
6. RB - 7
7. Haas - 4
8. Williams - 0
9. Sauber - 0
10. Alpine - 0

Those with points in the Drivers' standings.
Max Verstappen 77
Sergio Perez 64
Charles Leclerc 59
Carlos Sainz 55
Lando Norris 37
Oscar Piastri 32
George Russell 24
Fernando Alonso 24
Lewis Hamilton 10
Lance Stroll 9
Yuki Tsunoda 7
Oliver Bearman 6
Nico Hulkenberg 3
Kevin Magnussen 1

Melville Island and Squeete

The Dominion of Squeete

29 days ago

Well thanks to some heavy cloud cover the eclipse was a bit of a bust here. It got dark and cold though. Next one in these parts will be 3 days before my 89th birthday. What's the chance of me making it?

Ruinenlust

29 days ago

I was just north of the full eclipse, actually I was able to get a couple good photos only showing a sliver of the sun. The automatic street lights went on and the temperature did drop here. Same here, 84 yrs old next time around.

Ruinenlust and Squeete