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Trive's colony has grown into us - the Dominion of Yalenskaya!

Tuskena wrote:UUURRRGGGH RUUURRGGGH GURG!!!!!!!
*Translated from Tusken
Greetings members of the IDU. We have just arrived from the Red Wolf Alliance. We gift to you a large crate of Bantha meat our finest ale and some strange looking leaves. We shall stay here for seven cycles. Peace.

Warmest of welcomes from the Legionites, I hope you will enjoy your stay.

I just accidentally legalized capital punishment. What do I do?

The young ur wrote:I just accidentally legalized capital punishment. What do I do?

*Translation
Well obviously you off some criminals.

The young ur wrote:I just accidentally legalized capital punishment. What do I do?

Stop using NS stats. 🙂

In all seriousness, you are just going to have to wait until you get an issue than can undo it. It's one of the reasons that I don't use those stats. They are simply too unwieldy.

The young ur wrote:I just accidentally legalized capital punishment. What do I do?

Either try and hope that you get an issue in which you can repeal it, or just not use that policy as canon.

The young ur wrote:I just accidentally legalized capital punishment. What do I do?

So glad to see Capital Punishment bothers you! In Gardavasque, as many other nations here, we see capital punishment as an attack on the inviolability of the dignity of humanity itself. But having said that, we all get policies by accident - and with leaders and courts who make unfavorable rulings. Just like real life.

What should you do? Well, you can wait around until you get an issue that reverses your policy on Capital Punishment. How will you know? If you don't mind spoilers you can check the NS Issues Index: https://nsindex.net/wiki/List_of_NationStates_issues:_0%E2%80%93999#Issues_0.E2.80.9399

In the meantime, please consider writing in the IDU Newswire about how your people are so upset they are protesting in the streets and calling for a general strike. Perhaps you can have a popular celebrity wrongfully convicted and sentenced or something. https://theidu.us/forum/viewforum.php?f=13&sid=5e36ce3556409053da653a7c26c2c18f

Have fun with it.

Gardavasque wrote:So glad to see Capital Punishment bothers you! In Gardavasque, as many other nations here, we see capital punishment as an attack on the inviolability of the dignity of humanity itself. But having said that, we all get policies by accident - and with leaders and courts who make unfavorable rulings. Just like real life.

What should you do? Well, you can wait around until you get an issue that reverses your policy on Capital Punishment. How will you know? If you don't mind spoilers you can check the NS Issues Index: https://nsindex.net/wiki/List_of_NationStates_issues:_0%E2%80%93999#Issues_0.E2.80.9399

In the meantime, please consider writing in the IDU Newswire about how your people are so upset they are protesting in the streets and calling for a general strike. Perhaps you can have a popular celebrity wrongfully convicted and sentenced or something. https://theidu.us/forum/viewforum.php?f=13&sid=5e36ce3556409053da653a7c26c2c18f

Have fun with it.

That sounds awesome and I’d love to do it but it says, “You can not post in this forum.”

The young ur wrote:That sounds awesome and I’d love to do it but it says, “You can not post in this forum.”

You may have to register and create an account first.

https://theidu.us/forum/ucp.php?mode=register

Gardavasque wrote:You may have to register and create an account first.

https://theidu.us/forum/ucp.php?mode=register

I did

The young ur wrote:I did

Hmmm. Beats me. The Regional Message Board is a difficult medium for conducting tech support. If you've registered and logged in, but still cannot post a thread to the Newswire, try communicating your experience in the "General" channel on our Discord Server.

The young ur

You have to post in Immigration Bureau to request to be remasked. Many areas of the forum have limited write access to prevent spam.

Sanctaria wrote:You have to post in Immigration Bureau to request to be remasked. Many areas of the forum have limited write access to prevent spam.

AH, yes. That would make sense.

The young ur

Last few days to join the Euro-Interregional Writing Contest!



Heya everyone! I'm Feria-Alkaline, Europe's former Home Secretary, and I'm proud to share with all of you an idea that's been bouncing around my head for a long time now: Feria's Interregional Writing Contest!

Let me first explain the premises of this competition. I'm looking for short stories only for this first (and hopefully not last, depending on how well it turns out) competition. Why? Well, partially because it's a good jumping-off point to later being able to judge more types of writing, such as poetry, and also because short stories are something we're all familiar with. NOTE - I know that in an earlier version of this contest, there were two "tracks" - European and Interregional. After losing the endorsement of Europe's Home Office, I've decided to consolidate both into a single track, so no more weird rules. For future contests, this may change; I'm currently eyeing Thaecia as a "home" track sponsor for the next contest.


The theme of this contest is Pandemic. Yes, I know, covid-19 sucks and we all have enough of it. But I don't want covid-19 pieces. Be creative with it! For example, perhaps the pandemic is a virus that turns people's hair into cotton candy, and your piece is a briefing on how, despite the fact that you have cotton candy hair, you should refrain from eating it since it'll increase your risk of diabetes. Don't take that idea, of course, but make your own.
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So I wrote my piece. Now what?
Send it to Korsinia with a disclaimer at the beginning that it's for this writing contest. Ideally, a Google Document would be best, but any way that can be easily copied and pasted into a mega-document for judging is okay.

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Some basic rules:

  • Stick to the theme. If your submission has nothing to do with the theme, it will be disqualified.

  • Keep it PG-13 - remember, minors use this site too. If you wouldn't show your writing to your seven-year-old nephew, don't send it in here.

  • No word limit. That being said, don't submit an entire book to the competition. Keep it reasonable.

  • No plagiarism. Plagiarism results in automatic disqualification and possible bans from future competitions.

  • One submission per person. As much as we'd love to read fifteen stories from you... well, we don't have the time. Pick your best idea and nurture it instead.

  • Don't trash others. If you include other NationStates players in your story, make sure they consent to how they're portrayed.

  • Don't spoil it! You'll be sending your submissions in a telegram to Korsinia, who will blind them before passing them on to the judges. We ask that you don't tell others which submission is yours until the results of the competition are released - if we know who penned the pieces, bias might color the vote.

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When's the closing date for submissions? Since the contest is officially rekicking off on June 8, 2020 (EDT), your submissions will be due by June 30, 2020, 11:59 PM EDT - EXTENDED DEADLINE! Unfortunately, we can't grant any extensions to the timeframe. Results should be released around July 6th, but they may come earlier or later, depending on the amount of entries we receive.


How will this be scored?
The panel of judges (Novgorod-Pskov, Dizgovzy and myself) will each rate your entries on a 1-to-10 scale on five characteristics, which will be averaged out into one final score. If there is a tie, we'll vote on which piece we preferred.

The characteristics are:

  • Creativity: 30% (Again, cotton candy hair pandemic. Even the way you write can be creative!)

  • Engagement: 30% (Do I want to read THIS story to the end out of the pile I have, or will I pass? Are the characters interesting? Setting? Plot?)

  • Realism: 20% (I don't mean how realistic the pandemic or anything else is - I mean how realistic the characters and writing are. If the characters seem fake or fabricated, lower points; if they act like real people would, higher points.)

  • Succinctness: 10% (Make every word count! We're not here to read 15 pages of prose on ants if it's not useful. Chekhov's gun! Remember Hemingway's For sale: baby shoes, never worn.)

  • Voice: 10% (Is this something any random person could write, or is this uniquely yours?)

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I have another question! Telegram me, Feria-Alkaline, with any and all queries.

I hope to see as many submissions as we can get! Be creative, be bold, and don't be afraid to write your heart out!

Read factbook

Tuskena

*Translated through a long and tedious process

The Tusken Chronicle

BANTHA STAMPEDE KILLS 12 RAIDERS!

A stampede of wild Banthas this morning killed 12 local raiders including (untranslated), the Vice Chairman of the Tusken Council. The Council has not decided what to do with the lack of Vice Chairman.
(untranslated) witnessed the event and said it was caused by a blonde human teen shooting Womp Rats in the canyon.

In other news, the price of ammunition dropped again thanks to the Tusken Scavenger corp. who located the burning wreck of a Sandcrawler last week. Authorities have inspected the loot and decided it is good for sale.

Lastly the 27th anniversary of the Anakinian attack, and in remembrance of this tragedy a national day of silence.

Laeral, Legionas, and The young ur

*Translation:
Greeting once again members of the IDU. We wish to inform you that we will be leaving for Kantrias. We enjoyed our stay, and thank you for your hospitality. We give you each a whole Bantha as a parting gift.

Trive 38, Laeral, Legionas, United New England, and 2 othersMisericordia province, and The young ur

Tuskena wrote:*Translation:
Greeting once again members of the IDU. We wish to inform you that we will be leaving for Kantrias. We enjoyed our stay, and thank you for your hospitality. We give you each a whole Bantha as a parting gift.

Farewell.

Legionas, Misericordia province, and The young ur

The marvelous Republic of Ur preposes a deal to those in this great region. The great museums of Ur are looking for more art to display and the art budget of our glorious nation is quite flat right now. We offer one and a half of the junk price of any cards gifted now to be given back to those generous nation in other cards.

PS, only rare and up count as this nations junks are selling art of the uncommon and common verities.

The young ur wrote:The marvelous Republic of Ur preposes a deal to those in this great region. The great museums of Ur are looking for more art to display and the art budget of our glorious nation is quite flat right now. We offer one and a half of the junk price of any cards gifted now to be given back to those generous nation in other cards.

PS, only rare and up count as this nations junks are selling art of the uncommon and common verities.

As a gesture of diplomatic welcome, and gift of goodwill, The Curator General of The Meadows Museum (the national gallery of Gardavasque) hereby presents this lovely work of art entitled "Osirisa" for your national collection. We had an extra one anyway.

Update

Hey all,

You may have noticed that I’ve been a little less active than usual. I’ve had a lot of work to do lately and, to add insult to injury, my computer crashed. The good news is that the school year is coming to a close and I imagine I’ll have a chance to get my computer fixed in the coming weeks. All my summer plans have been totally ruined by the coronavirus pandemic so I’ll have almost the entire summer off. Expect to see a lot more of me in these coming months.

Now, on to some IDUSA related announcements. As you have probably realized, the IDUSA rosters are a mess. Half the people on the list have CTE’d or left the region. I’m aware of this problem and will be updating the rosters as soon as I get around to it (probably by Friday, no promises).

Additionally, there is an excellent proposed IDUSA bill that needs reviewing before it can move onto the voting floor. I’d like to get the bill passed before summer elections so please take a look at it when you get the chance (https://www.theidu.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2082). The Democratic Republic of Eiria did an excellent job on the bill and I believe that, with a few tweaks, it will be a great edition to the IDU’s bylaws. They absolutely knocked it out of the park on this one.

Lastly, a frightening statistic. Did you know that well over 60% of nations in the IDU aren’t part of the IDUSA?! It’s hard to believe, I know. Those poor saps are missing out on the opportunity to be part of the IDU’s primary governing body! IDU election season is right around the corner and you won’t want to miss out on the opportunity to vote for the region’s next WA Delegate. What are you waiting for? Join today!

Salutations, and a hearty "Welcome to the International Democratic Union" on behalf of the other members of the IDU, to Eco-scientific states. We thank you for choosing to reside in our region and I would like to extend a small series of gifts to you and your nation.

*(Sends over the very best of Legionite Alexandros Wine, a basket of freshly cut assorted Zerphiquean flowers, a medium sized box of Limprostanzi Chocolates, one brand new Radon Fusion F-373 private jet for your national government and and the brand new Mara X Pro S for your dear leader and 9 other people of his choosing.)*

Legionas wrote:Salutations, and a hearty "Welcome to the International Democratic Union"

Nice to see you picking up the slack in the temporary absence of our Ursine Welcoming Committee :) A private jet is certainly an upgrade from maple syrup and assorted fruits and nuts...though I worry about the dent to your nation's economy those expensive gifts must inflict :P

I'll just end with a hearty, Hrarroom!

North Cross wrote:Nice to see you picking up the slack in the temporary absence of our Ursine Welcoming Committee :) A private jet is certainly an upgrade from maple syrup and assorted fruits and nuts...though I worry about the dent to your nation's economy those expensive gifts must inflict :P

I'll just end with a hearty, Hrarroom!

Don't forget the fish!

*Your shipment of 500 kg of fresh salmon is being delivered.*

Salutations, and a hearty "Welcome to the International Democratic Union" on behalf of the other members of the IDU, to Toanda and Ria logorod We thank you for choosing to reside in our region and I would like to extend a small series of gifts to you and your nation.

*(Sends over the very best of Legionite Alexandros Wine, a basket of freshly cut assorted Zerphiquean flowers, a medium sized box of Limprostanzi Chocolates, one brand new Radon Fusion F-373 private jet for your national governments and and the brand new Mara X Pro S for your dear leaders and 9 other people of his choosing.)*

Toanda

Greetings, and a hearty thank you from the Representative of Toanda. We would like to extend our naked arms in friendship. Don’t worry, all in person meetings will take place with our Representatives clothed in ceremonial towels.

May the Nations of the IDU be pleased with our future contributions.

*accepts and marvels over the gifts of the IDU. The Private Jet is retrofitted with antibacterial seats for any nudist representatives*

Laeral, Legionas, Xiomera, and Misericordia province

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