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Thanks :3 just Figma pages and some hard skills. I do quite many designs IRL with high requirements and a more adult approach so sometimes I play in Figma with NS stuff as a sandbox where I am allowed to test new things, try less idealistic and pixel-perfect takes, make mistakes and just enjoy the freedom to build not limiting myself to anything except for my own pedantry until I give up and just post it at last. I’ve got more unreleased stuff than released and sometimes, like today, I just wanted to do compose it and post, thanks to the new policies situation.
I also enjoy the challenge of adjusting imagery based factbooks to the limitations of BBCode and the overall old style engine onsite. It cuts off lots of creative ideas and doesn’t make it all look how I truly want it to look, yet it it makes my eyes sparkle while trying to solve adaptivity issues.
More than that, fonts are fun! I spend maybe little too extra time on trying various options before settling on the final one. They may look good on Figma and bad onsite. Good on desktop and unreadable on mobile.
In my former times in Europe I’ve been creating lots of visual factbooks on diverse topics. For some time I tried to disregard the page load speed and published high res dispatches with one image having the size of 8-10+ Mb with 5-15 images per page lol, the whole factbook would take some time to download on someone’s device. This helped me to test ideas and to finally sacrifice high res beauty for the sake of a more efficient experience. That’s why I don’t have many photos on such pages because they add up way too much size.
I’ll use this spotlight to share a few other dispatches form this year, all made with the same templates I created for NS stuff lately:
NATION | NATIONAL AIRLINE | HUB AIRPORT | REGION | STATUS |
| Einsair | Thundergate, Kronheim (KR2) | IAA | |
| Scarlair | Rubin International Airport, Rubin (RIA) | IAA | |
| Volatherm | Porta Caeli - International Airterminal, Thermopolis (TPL) | IAA | |
| Air Roless | Atchta Soquentar International Airport, Atchta (ATS) | IAA | |
| TASOM | "Aurel Vlaicu" International Airport, Cluj-Napoca (CJN) | IAA | |
| Royal Narthic Airways | Krajik-Jaskuri Federal Airport, Krajik (KFA) | IAA | |
| VICURASAS | President Osmar Pacheco International Airport, Ponta-Marè (PME) | IAA | |
| Saffari | Marbeyya, Alessa (ALS) | Signed | |
| Lacosta | Luxury Bay, La Costa (LCX) | Signed | |
| Tamara International | Mogsûri International Airport, Tamara (MGU) | Signed | |
| Lumior Airways | Meldrin International Airport, Meldrin (MLD) | Signed | |
| Norduskap | Seylia Krystalhájmar International Airport, Nattfáravik (NFK) | Signed | |
CavaLiza | Airport of Light, Cavalante (CAL) | Limited |
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And one time I wanted to try something like pseudo-interactive designs for all my dispatches like a portal dedicated to 
Einswenn for others to explore. Took too much effort and I didn’t roll it out eventually but have this artefact left.
U N I O NO FF O R E S T
Dispatches are fun! I also like to explore others’ creations, especially when it’s mixed with their nerdy lore. I usually give up on reading the ones that have hellishly long texts with wiki style and pay attention to something beyond the classics. However, dispatches and factbooks are one of the core fun elements on NS, I believe, as it’s the most direct connection to a player’s vision of their nation and to their creativity.
I enjoy the layouts you've produced for you're factbooks and dispatches. Visually they are very appealing and I appreciate the work you do producing them. It's a shame that the dispatch platform and BBcode we use don't allow the richness that a Figma design offers in terms of CSS and HTML layout. I'd love to add more dimension to The Forest Leaf format.
The only issue I have with the visual dispatches is that they are not accessible to players with visually disabling conditions. That the one reason I don't us a visual format for The Forest Leaf. So I'm stuck with the limitation of the medium.
Have you ever thought about doing something offsite and linking to them to keep the design layouts you've developed?
I was thinkin about that one perhaps this time, (technically I haven't done Coral either, but thats a bit too close to JEFF, and I downright refuse HotA) but chances are I probably wont make any decisions there till the factions actually pop up. I just know I wont be going in SPEAR or HotA this time around since everybody tends to gang up on whoever won the last N-Day, so I doubt we'll see the horsemen curse this time around. I have been getting rather tired of Discord though, so I don't even know if I'll bother this year (If I get Weapons Specialist on my nations, I'll probably just skip and go play Endless Sky whilst waiting for the results, but if I get Shields/Cleaning I may do some things)
Jutsa, Melenavenia, Garbelia, and Azure Mines
Well, I agree with that. Accessibility is another field I have to sacrifice in order to make it design-oriented. Frankly the text size in the latest edition is much larger than it should be (so less elegant overall) to be at least somewhat readable on mobile. With current limitations the only workable way would be to have desktop-only pages, like some players do. When I hosted NS Eurovision last year, I had a BBCode copy of the main page for those who can’t normally view the image-based one. Takes extra time and doesn’t provide a full experience.
I’ve tried various approaches to how to turn BBCode limits towards my benefit but didn’t find much satisfaction. As for the offsite, generally yes! I’ve thought about it many times but I worry about it being “out of NS” so I need to have more enthusiasm for it as a pet project more than just for NS but also for my showcase/portfolio, a wider playground, and so on. I’ve been notably impressed and inspired by 
Bilsa and their team for creating the Forest Cup website, it’s a good example of how I’d also want to have Einswenn platform look like, offsite.
There are some additional ideas about NS BBCode mix of images and texts in my mind (something like “editorial layouts” of a magazine), yet another strive to unify two approaches. The trials and tests for that also require time I don’t really have at this time of my life so I just keep samples in Figma or in my puppets’ dispatches ;-;
Jutsa and Azure Mines
It's definitely still possible to play focusing on shields or cleanup solely on site, it's a little bit harder on nukes but Canopy Command will be making more of an effort to keep firing orders up to date on site (last time it was just me and I couldn't keep the updates going past a few hours in, but there's going to be a bit more effort put in for it.)
I certainly encourage everyone here to join Canopy, it's a nice event for a region to work together on, even if it's not strictly regional like wonders or z-day.
Jutsa, Azure Mines, For Sque, and The Realizer
The first edition of TNSP is here, about the raid in Vristic! Take a look and remember to upvote!
21 hours ago, the region of Vristic was raided by forces from Starlight & Horizon and Talonia.
The region's WFE after the raid said:
Ordinary slop, regionally contained and privately endured, we could have lived with; this was slop exported daily into NSGP by a resident who mistook their presence in the server as an invitation to every conversation, who posted how a smoke alarm chirps, at intervals and at nobody. We have therefore come for the slop at its source. The sloppers have been relieved of their duties, the slop itself has been decanted, and the region now enjoys new and markedly less sloppy management.
Starlight claims that the region members posted slop at NS General, along with multiple accusations of bad management and actions of high ranking officers. 
By the words of Moukden and Kirin, they didn't like the tone of one former member of Vristic: "I didn't like the tone that Cawn used to speak to me in NSGP."
This means that Starlight is sending a clear message to the regions considered problematic and sloppy: keep it down.
Further arguing discussion is happening on the NS Forums, more information might appear there.
This post is meant to be neutral and impartial, if you have any complaints and/or noticed something wrong, please send a telegram to Laus Val and The NationStates Post.
Please note this is our first edition and we are open to opinions and ideas to improve.
Credits:
Text and research: Laus Val
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Infinitta, Jutsa, Safiloa, and Anxious And Kevin
ITS THAT TIME!!!
after a what year and a half wait EDR is back! and slightly better then last time slightly
telegram 
Livaotheion to register!
THEME IS RETRO MUSCLE. 1980-1999
(themes are listed under RULES) Voting is not open this season for times sake.
Race starts on September 28th
1. concept cars are NOT allowed (pro stock cars DO NOT apply to this rule but keep it within rule 3.)
2. Don't be a sore loser if you lose, that's because your opponent had a faster 1/4 mile time
3. you MUST use theme specific cars
4. You CANNOT use power adders as do to S2 of EDR it is to OP (pro stock cars DO NOT apply to this rule, but keep it within rule 3.)
5. Your chosen car must have MORE than 5 models built (pro stock cars DO NOT apply to this rule, but keep it within rule 3.)
6. given results of S1 of EDR the 1987 Ferrari F40 will be classed as a retro super car
7. Pro stock cars can be anything, but they must use the NHRA rule-set a 500 C.I V8 engine with a limit of 1300 to 1350 horsepower
8. Cars will stay stock power! do your research! (Pro stock cars DO NOT apply to this rule. but keep it within rule 3. and rule 7.)
9. ALL cars will use factory tires
Drag races will always be held at Birds and Cannons Drag-Way
track temp will always be 82 F
The air temperature will always be a calm 70 degrees
The Drag Strip will ALWAYS be prepped and undamaged
Hello. Welcome to Europe's Official Drag racing event! This is a three-times-a-year thing (though has been put on hold), once in March, September, and December.
"But drag racing in Europe??? Europe isn't exactly known for drag racing!" And that is why there will be themes
classic muscle (50s through 79)
retro muscle (80s through 99)
modern muscle (00 through 25)
classic sport (60s through 79)
retro sport (80s through 95)
modern sport (96 through 25)
Classic Pick-up truck (40s through 79)
Retro Pick-up Truck (80 through 07)
Modern Pick-up Truck (08 through 25)
classic super (60s through 70s)
retro super (80s through 00)
modern super (01 through 25)
hypercar (00 through 25)
OPEN CLASS [ANY car)
More to come in the coming months
32 nations can enter! But 16 MUST be participating to start
I will use a bracket system and the car you choose to determine the winner
1st. One of any cards of their choice, and I will make a puppet for your chosen car!
2nd, one epic card and under of their choice
3rd. one ultra-rare and under of their choice
The only restriction on this is the car nations; you cannot get the car nations or any legendary cards
Current nations participating
Olarista
Skedia 1986 Pontiac Firebird TRANS AM
Venvee Republic 1987 Buick Regal GNX
Raskana 1999 Dodge charger concept. (may change may stay)
United Holiness Lands 1996 C4 Chevy Corvette grand sport
ENTRIES OPEN
It is I, WashFed! I live!
"He lives!"
Well, except for his economy... that one is still in the grave.
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