Neutral Ground - an Open Discussion Thread

[The Risen Jaguar Warriors]

Blaat, 18 years old with 12 years of experience.

Hmm... 18 + 12 = ??

I always puke when Germany wins the world cup

Granted, I was 5 when they did it the first time, and I had Brussels sprouts for dinner.

And now it's just the sickness of the last 5 days.

But still, the streak continues.

[Zaolat]

I'm 25 now and joined back when I was 18. Wish I had joined when I was younger. Though I don't consider myself smart nor dumb, I do think I've always been a thinking type of person rather than being entirely action-oriented. Which NS, would have helped me considerably in the intellectual department had it been earlier. It's helped me over the years now with thinking about and experiencing different things that I had not or may have not had ever considered. Plus, the friendships with those from different states/towns or from across the world has been a positive impact on me.

And I don't even frequent NSG at all. That's just all from the base gameplay, communities and building them, and military gameplay.

MEKEDIT: Typo fixes

[The Blaatschapen]

Blaat, 18 years old with 12 years of experience.

Hmm... 18 + 12 = ??

I always puke when Germany wins the world cup

Granted, I was 5 when they did it the first time, and I had Brussels sprouts for dinner.

And now it's just the sickness of the last 5 days.

But still, the streak continues.

Look later in that thread for the rectification *facepalms*

[Blood Wine]

I'm 20 atm,don't know when I started here because Sedge doesn't appreciate my humor

[Bhang Bhang Duc]

I'll just be over here in the corner sobbing.

As you're younger than me Dark, I think I'll quietly drink myself into a stupor.

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

I'm not going to name names for the sake of respecting privacy, but I know more than a few Raiders who're a bit past their teens xD

Updates on skype man, a lot goes on if you can remember it in the morning

Myself, I must say, am part of the younger set of Gameplayers. Joined when I was...14? Different account. 16 now. More than a few people have been suprised to hear that though I can't name anyone else off the top that I know for sure is that young - a few are HS seniors or College students, a bunch actual full-time working citizens, and a few mysterious dark holes

[Blood Wine]

Who refounded association_of_new_world ? Now I can't make my perfect joke

[Rifty]

Who refounded association_of_new_world ? Now I can't make my perfect joke

Well since the joke is gone - can't you just tell us? :3

[Blood Wine]

Who refounded association_of_new_world ? Now I can't make my perfect joke

Well since the joke is gone - can't you just tell us? :3

"Once the home of a bad nazi raider and even worse normal raider - now just a image painted like French Port in the sunset of gameplay"

[Rifty]

Well since the joke is gone - can't you just tell us? :3

"Once the home of a bad nazi raider and even worse normal raider - now just a image painted like French Port in the sunset of gameplay"

'Dem curves tho

[The Sapientia]

I joined NS a month after I turned 13. A year later and I still feel outclassed in every way.

[Shadoke]

I joined at 11. Shouldn't of but...

What can i say its addicting.

I feel old four years later though...

[Aperi]

I started NS around 13, became active in GP when I was 14. Went on hiatus around 18, came back around 22-23. (Memory is a bit fuzzy) I'll be 25 next month. I'm getting old.

[Shizensky Prime]

Started when I was 17, played pretty heavily for a few years. Life started to get busy and I took a few breaks. Then life started to kinda suck and I took longer breaks. Life started to calm down finally and I came back and have been here since. Now real life has started to take a shit on me again and I'm sticking around because this place is so much better than reality.

[Bears Armed]

Started playing when I was 45, now 54...

[Aperi]

Maybe I should take back my comment about getting old...

[Shadoke]

Maybe I should take back my comment about getting old...

hehehe

[Benevolent Thomas]

I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off this update Still managed to prevent a few tags though.

[Lord Nuke Is So Kewl]

I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off this update Still managed to prevent a few tags though.

Haha, i was saddened to see other fendas out but, not you. Then I see you and raid redeemed!

[Benevolent Thomas]

I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off this update Still managed to prevent a few tags though.

Haha, i was saddened to see other fendas out but, not you. Then I see you and raid redeemed!

Yeah, I was jumping out of Unity today so you might not have noticed me at first. Other defenders are smelling the blood in the water, so expect more losses

[Lord Nuke Is So Kewl]

Haha, i was saddened to see other fendas out but, not you. Then I see you and raid redeemed!

Yeah, I was jumping out of Unity today so you might not have noticed me at first. Other defenders are smelling the blood in the water, so expect more losses

Blegh, I could truly care less about the other fendas. I only care about y'all.

[Shadoke]

You seem to have stopped a few jumps and brought the success rate down. Good job Fort Triumph~!

[Cora II]

On Psychological Problems of Purist Raider by Cora
(Quoted from TBH's off site forum thread concerning Raider problems)

42.* When you realize it is easier rally 10 random people in Your local Pub for Ad Hoc Pool tournament then rally 10 raiders online for a update with 20 premade puppets in a default jump point.

43. When you realize only 2-5% of Gameplayers really understand what you try to say about "an aesthetic beauty of the mobile R/D warfare in The NationStates" or "The Expanded schemes of Raiding with skilled, experienced, dedicated, disciplined and motivated troops using complex tactical measures for increasement of a Team results and Number of WA-Killed natives when targetting nativedoms to max WAD+4e target in a practical quality-quantity-combo scenario against seasoned fendas, meanwhile training new comer raider wannabe to switch and endo enough fast and teaching meanings of normal commands."

44. When realizing you are alone with your thoughts in your real life and there can never happen situation where you could talk about different R/D schemes and tactics using your own native mother tonque.

45. When becoming fully cognizant on the Fact that your addiction to extremely abstract warfare in a browser game doesn't allow you to form any intimate relations with otherwise suitable, available and possible candidates for that.

46. When you realize your in game military rank is Corporal after 300 active updates and over 5700 raided regions, etc. funny only because you cannot handle Orange color in your everyday social life within off-site forumworld of one particular raider organisation.

47. When becoming aware on a level psychological damage in your nervo system, When you realize you count and gather statistics concerning vomit hit% during Updates, The Vomits caused by headache because staring too much NS pages on your computer screen...

* = Problems expressed in that thread

[Tramiar]

I believe I was the youngest member of the UDL's original set of officers, until the appointment of Mahaj. Ravania, Ballotonia, Goobergunchia - and to a far lesser extent, Rawr, Belschaft, Spartz and Mallorea were all older than me (technically - I think).

You think wrong.

I started NS on my 13th birthday. Raiding somewhere around my 14th. I will be 23 in February. I am old. Also, as a person with no money, I really hope we won't have to start paying for any more advantages.

[Solorni]

I for one welcome our new corporate overlords.