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Whew, that sentence was an adventure to parse.
Auphelia, Volaworand, Lily pad nation, and 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121
Thank you, I did my whatever ten steps below best is. I've honed my skills as a Terms and Conditions author for many a multinational internet corporation.
Technically, Google owns every item of clothing you've ever worn on a Wednesday.
Roavin, Lily pad nation, and 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121
I assume the pause in posts is all of you thinking up ten great, well-thought through, brilliant questions for me that'll help my interview go amazing. That's what it must be, right? Aw, you guys are so sweet, I'm so glad I have a rmb so full of people willing to try and brainstorm questions to ask the LC :p
Quiescent, Roavin, Auphelia, Volaworand, and 1 otherLily pad nation
I already gave you questions on Discord, but I can repeat them here so everybody sees them:
- How can we make the RMB a more accessible medium for brand new nations?
- What is your stance on RP on the RMB?
- What is your stance on personal displays of affection on the RMB?
- To each: If you could change one thing by fiat in the current set of LC policies, what would it be?
Quiescent, Auphelia, Volaworand, Lily pad nation, and 1 other073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121
Yes, you get a pass, for now...
*narrows eyes at Roavin before returning her gaze to the rest of the TSP regulars on right now*
Roavin, Auphelia, and Volaworand
Before I go to bed for an hour or so, here's a drop from me. I'll forego posting entire sections of my campaign, and will instead just offer the headings (which are designed to be TL;DRs already). Simply ask or read more about anything that piques your interest
- Coup Tuesdays! A once-a-week change of regional theme for a day
- The Second-Day Initiative! Helping nations that stay become better integrated
- World Assembly Matters! I want to talk to all of you about how we vote
- Awards! Giving South Pacificans the recognition they deserve
- A Welcoming RMB! Optimizing it for new nations
- I won't coup! Cuz I love TSP that much
- Endorsement Trading! TL;DR I'm good at it
And the details here:
Fellow South Pacificans,
Hi! It's your local friendly longest-serving former Prime Minister, military guru, and a bunch of other things running for Delegate! I won’t shower you too much with fluff and grandeur, because I have some exciting ideas to bring to the table, so let’s dive right into it:
The Delegate holds the key to the region, and I think it’s fair to say I’ve proven my undying dedication to the Coalition and its values. Besides, I’ve had SPIT IRL (picture proof can be found on Discord, pinned in #lampshade-bar), and I’ve posted videos of me playing a guitar while wearing a lampshade. How South Pacifican is that?!
That was quite a bit, but I could drone on about all of these topics for hours. I’ll leave it at these summaries, and am anxiously awaiting all of your questions. I’m always reachable through telegram, RMB mention, Discord (Roavin#5410), forum message (
https://tspforums.xyz/user-635.html), etc.
Oh, and the boring part. Here's a brief summary of my tenure in TSP and my conflict of interest disclosure, so if that bores you, just skip it entirely.
On conflicts of interest: My main region is the South Pacific, and that won’t change. I am also a citizen in Lazarus and don’t intend to enter its political government. Furthermore, I serve as Chief Justice in Mariner Trench, the companion region to the MT Army. For both, I see the potential for conflicts as extremely low and I’d sooner just resign from either of those than have an actual conflict at any point.
With love,
-- Roavin
Auphelia and 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121
I already tried to give you one question, but idk if I feel comfortable giving you more seeing as you're just going to ask them right back to me :P
Though I can join in the glaring at RMBers for not posing questions -- anyone have comments on the First Biscuit (endorsement enthusiasm!)?
Auphelia, Volaworand, Hanguk-Nippon, Lily pad nation, and 1 other073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121
Wait, I'll help, um, hmm...but are you really enthusiastic about endorsing?
Woah, I know, what a hard question, really deep and well thought out, I know, I'm quite brilliant, thanks for asking, woah really you all can slow down with the questions, I can't help but be this brilliant and clever, it's just natural to me, oh really, this is too much, thank you, thank you...
*Poppy walks off the stage complimenting herself and acting surprised*
Quiescent, Auphelia, Aumeltopia, Volaworand, and 1 otherHanguk-Nippon
I'll just say this: few things on NS give me as much joy as seeing "100.00" next to my nation on the SWAN census :P
Auphelia, Volaworand, Hanguk-Nippon, and 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121
Maybe this is a bit of an odd question... What method do you use to endorse people as fast as possible after they join the WA?
Auphelia, 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121, and Zess
"How are potential new policies decided upon? If it's via a vote, does the decision have to be unanimous since there are only three of you?"
"How well do you think you are doing as a LCer?"
"How well do you think your co-stars are doing as LCers?"
Auphelia, Volaworand, Hanguk-Nippon, and 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121
Muahahaha, I beat you this time >_<
Auphelia, Aumeltopia, Volaworand, and Hanguk-Nippon
Happy to share! I use the region activity page with the filter set to "member": page=activity/view=region/filter=member
For endorsing large numbers of nations (something you fortunately don't have to do if you keep up with the activity page ^_^), I use NSBreeze++, a Chrome extension, to endorse using a keypress instead of a button click. Then I go through each nation with Ctrl+tab to switch tabs.
Auphelia, Volaworand, Hanguk-Nippon, and 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121
Oh, I do that too. But without NSBreeze and tab switching. :P
>:c
Tonight!
I'm glad I'm not the only one, generally what I do is use that same page to keep up to date but when you inevitably fall behind (because of people already in the WA relocating to the TSP which that one page doesn't track, in fact none of those pages can track it) I use this census page=list_nations/region=the_south_pacific?censusid=66 and put the page zoom to 25% then open all the tabs and zoom through them just pressing the 'x' button really fast keeping an eye on the bottom left for when the endo button has white text instead of red meaning I haven't endo-ed that person and then I press ctrl+shift+t to bring back up that tab. It's by far the most effecient way I've found since you can just constantly 'x' through all 800+ members picking out the five or six you're missing.
Auphelia, Aumeltopia, Volaworand, and Hanguk-Nippon
Well I can’t just ruin my own interview!
Also, do your own work. Come up with ten well thought out questions of your own, eh? With three interviewees, anything more would be too much. Or, make it a three part interview series/competition.
Be creative, you lazy layabout!
Aumeltopia, Volaworand, Hanguk-Nippon, Lily pad nation, and 1 other073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121
Ah yeah, I should've mentioned that to catch those extra nations you're talking about, I run the >swap bot command in Lazarus's discord server, which brings up a list of nations from before the most recent update which you haven't endorsed :P
Roavin deserves a >:( for still not getting around to writing the swap command that he said he would for our own bot and making me go to another region to get a tarting list...
Auphelia, Volaworand, Hanguk-Nippon, 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121, and 1 otherThe united chinese republic
Goodnight TSP!
The Solar System Scope, Auphelia, Aumeltopia, Sthalrim, and 3 othersHanguk-Nippon, 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121, and The united chinese republic
Yes Poppy, I was totally not watching a Batman movie and instead I was definitely thinking about this question really hardly:
I feel pretty safe in saying many nations feel like the LC don’t know what they’re doing and I’d hazard a guess that it’s because they don’t their laws change faster than the radio when country is on.
How will the next LCer address the history of their office’s arbitrary rule?
Also, please give us back our double post.
Auphelia, Aumeltopia, Volaworand, Hanguk-Nippon, and 3 others073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121, Zess, and The united chinese republic
Local Council
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Hullo! Welcome to The South Pacific, and its regional message board, or RMB! It is a vibrant, active place where people from all around the world can hang out and talk. It is the region's primary place of communication, and is open to all types of conversations, debates, and overall fun. However, without some form of rules, the RMB would be a wild, annoying, and downright un-enjoyable place. And so, due to this, rules must be laid down and enforced. These are important to protect everyone's safety, dignity, and sanity. So we all ask that you please take the time to read the following rules, and try your hardest to follow them. Remember, there are consequences for breaking the rules.
Note: The “Fundamental Rule” portion of each guideline is meant as a summary of the rule. The official text of the rule may be found in the “Details” spoiler.
Breaking these rules can result in consequences including warnings, post suppressions, and in the the case of repeated or serious infractions, ejection and banning from the region. The full, detailed Local Council Standard Moderation Policy, which specifies the exact consequences for various levels of rule-breaking, can be found here: [link to come shortly!]
And so, after much introduction, here are your RMB Rules:
Fundamental Rule: Don't spam. Spamming is bad. It is the first rule for a reason.
Spamming on the RMB is not allowed at all, under any circumstances. Spamming is probably best described as a post that is meaningless and/or unnecessary— for example, a post that repeats the same thing multiple times, multiple posts of the same thing, or a series of posts that have no apparent meaning. It does not matter what your intent is— if your post(s) fits the above definition, it is considered spam and will be dealt with accordingly.
Fundamental Rule: Posts on the Regional Message Board must be in English, or include an English translation.
We understand that many of you come from backgrounds where English is not your main language, as players come from all around the world. However, to avoid confusion among people who don't speak your language, we sincerely ask that you post in English only, for ease of communication.
Remember, there are tools like Google Translate to help you. If you speak in another language, please add a translation to English in the same post. Posts with English translations will not be suppressed.
Fundamental Rule: Don’t ask for people to endorse you on the Regional Message Board. Don’t ask for people to move to another region.
Asking for endorsements on the RMB is not allowed at all, under any circumstances. Ever. Permissions are only made if the requester is a member of the Council on Regional Security or the Delegate seeking to increase endorsement counts for the purposes of promoting regional security. If you want to receive and give more endorsements, get involved in the Southern World Assembly Initiative, TSP’s endorsement program.
Similarly, recruiting, or telling people to move to another region, is also not allowed. You may not ask people to join your region on the RMB, whether you are also a South Pacifican citizen yourself or not.
Fundamental Rule: Don't go overboard with roleplay and don't make a ton of insignificant posts in a row.
Roleplay (henceforth to be referred to as "RP") on the RMB, weather it be the in character type or nation type, shouldn't get to the point of entirely clogging up the RMB. In the event that RP takes up an entire page with short, pointless posts then RPers will be asked to move their conversations to psomewhere or knowhere respectively. If RP continues in such a manner, it will begin to be suppressed until the RPers either take it to one of the RP regions or take a break.
Fundamental Rule: Don’t post on the Regional Message Board thrice or more in a row.
Triple posting, or posting three posts in a row, is considered illegal, as are any other number of posts more than two in a row.
Fundamental Rule: Don’t reveal other players’ personal information.
It is not permitted to post or otherwise share another player's personally-identifying information (i.e. social media accounts, IP addresses, postal addresses, E-mail addresses, telephone numbers, etc.), and neither is it permitted to post or share information that may not be identifying but is nonetheless of a personal nature (i.e. medical history, relationship status, etc.). The only exception is if the player in question has shared that information themselves and does not mind its dissemination (this sharing or statement of permission must be publically viewable).
Making a claim of serious out-of-character misconduct (e.g. bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, etc.) against someone else, without providing evidence to moderation/administration, is considered malicious harassment, and will be dealt with accordingly. This rule applies to the TSP forum and discord as well.
Fundamental Rule: Trolling, baiting or flaming of others is not allowed under any circumstances.
Trolling is defined as starting quarrels or upsetting people by posting inflammatory and digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages with the intent of provoking other nations into displaying emotional responses. Baiting is similar to trolling, and is defined as posting with the aim of angering someone indirectly, directed at a specific person. Flaming is defined as posting insults or other verbal and often personal attacks on other nations. Erudite slams while maintaining a veneer of politeness can also be considered flaming. All three of these are banned under all circumstances.
This is an extension of a simple policy of respect. What may seem like good natured fun to you could be trolling to someone else, and if they tell you to stop, do so.
We can and will warn, suppress, and even ban you, as well as record the incident. In severe cases the NationStates Moderators will be contacted, and puppets will not hide your IP address from them.
Fundamental Rule: No matter where you are in NationStates, the rules for the game still apply.
TSP is a part of NationStates, and as such, you must follow the rules of the game as a whole at all times. Breaking the game rules will land you in trouble with both the regional officers and NationStates site moderation. See the link below for the list of rules and a quick FAQ page for more details on the game rules.
NationStates RulesNationstates FAQ
Fundamental Rule: Don’t post anything that would not be allowed in a PG-13 movie.
Excessive swearing, explicit, suggestive, or excessively violent messages, sexual references, and other such things will be suppressed on sight, and the NationStates site moderators can and will be called to get involved in serious cases.
Mild swearing may be tolerated, mild sexuality may be at the very most hinted, but explicit or excessive versions of either or both will result in moderation intervention, both from the Local Council and potentially from NationStates site moderators. Derogatory terms are disallowed, and all swearing must abide by all other rules, particularly those about respecting others.
Fundamental Rule: Do not edit someone's post in a malicious way or repost offensive content.
It is illegal to edit what someone else has written when quoting it in order to make it seem like they expressed a view which they didn’t. Quote-editing should be avoided even for comic effect.
When you are responding to someone's post, please quote their post (by pressing the "quote" button), as it makes it less confusing and will alert them to your post.
When quoting an offensive post, delete the content of the post and replace it with "-snip-". Doing so makes the administrators’ jobs much easier.
When quoting long posts, please cut the post down to the particular parts you are responding to, or replace the extraneous material with "-snip-".
Fundamental Rule: Use spoilers when making or quoting a very long post.
The [spoiler] tag is your friend. When making or quoting a very long post, or one which not everyone might want to read, please add spoilers, so as to avoid taking up a large amount of the page.
If you are giving a spoiler of a recently released book or film, put it in a spoiler tag, to give people who haven't read/watched it a chance. As a general rule of thumb, give a month for films post-release (as release dates may be different in different areas) and two months for book releases.
Fundamental Rule: The golden rule: treat others how you want to be treated.
Remember, there are other, real people behind the nations on the RMB. Everyone here is a human being with emotions and the right to be respected.
While dissent with regional officers (Local Council, Delegate, CRS, and Ministers) is perfectly acceptable, remember that they are people too, and worthy of basic human decency. The regional officers should be respected at all times just as any other member of the region should.
When debating, always remember to attack the argument rather than the person making it. If you find yourself getting heated, try to take a step back. Personal insults, insults to intelligence, etc. will not be tolerated. The only form of debate banned on the RMB is that over a particular suppression. For more information, see the Help Section at the end of this document.
Thank you for reading, and remember to follow these guidelines!
Now sit back, relax, and enjoy your stay here in TSP!
If you believe a post breaks the rules and should be suppressed, wish to appeal to have a post unsuppressed, wish to appeal a formal warning, or have any questions about the laws of the RMB, you can contact your current Local Councillors through telegrams:
OR
Lodge complaints with the following nation:
This nation is controlled by the LC, ensuring all Local Councillors can see your complaints or comments.
It is preferred that appeals to have a post unsuppressed be sent to the Councillor who suppressed the post in the first place. Remember, the rules of respect apply to telegrams as well as the RMB.
Some rules in this dispatch are lifted from the TSP Forum Administration’s Community Standards.
Quiescent, Lily pad nation, 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121, and The united chinese republic
Oh, I already have well over ten questions. In fact, one of my questions is, do you think this is too many questions? Basically my plan is to have a bunch of potential content then cut out the questions that you guys have boring answers to in each interview so that you three get to do a lot of work but to everyone reading it seems like the perfect amount ^-^
Gracias señoritas
Auphelia, Lily pad nation, Zess, and The united chinese republic
If you made that more into a constitution or a Bill of Rights that’s more barebones and addresses what every TSPer should expect
Then I’d be completely on board.
But we’d also need the forum dwellers on board as well, so that’d suck.
Auphelia, Volaworand, 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121, Zess, and 1 otherThe united chinese republic
I live confusing you, just like that time in Lima, with those two oxcarts and that load of tomatoes
Auphelia, 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121, and The united chinese republic
You ever just look back and not remember writing five paragraphs of lore about yourself?
When did a make this?!?
It's obviously something I would write and it's got my sort of style but I still don't remember writing this...
This was just last night!
Auphelia, Aumeltopia, Volaworand, Hanguk-Nippon, and 3 othersLily pad nation, 073 039 109 032 080 111 112 112 121, and The united chinese republic
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