NS History: You've Got Questions, We've Got Answers!

[Kringalia]

Isn't Testregionia a UCR nonetheless with Testlandia as founder?

[Alterran Republic]

I believe the order of the GCRs was Testregionia and TP in 2002. TNP, TSP, TWP, TEP, then TRR in 2003. Lazarus I'm not sure of the exact date, I believe either late 2003 or 2004. And then Osiris and Balder in 2011. And now 'Isis' in 2014.

You know, GCRs should stop leaving Testregionia out of pan-GCR conferences.

Thanks

[Joe Bobs]

Isn't Testregionia a UCR nonetheless with Testlandia as founder?

I suppose so, but you could argue any region made by the admins is 'game created', technically.

And no problem Alterran.

[Omigodtheykilledkenny]

What about the Warzones?

[District XIV]

What about the Warzones?

What about them? They fit the 'game-created' category.

[Frisbeeteria]

What about the Warzones?

They showed up sometime in 2006 or 2007 (fuzzy memory, somebody should do research). I believe Warzone Sandbox was first, and the others were added in the following months. I don't think they were all added at once.

And of course, like all gameplay changes, everybody loved them, and they solved all the problems they were hoping to solve.

[Joe Bobs]

Apparently Warzone Sandbox arrived in May 2004.

A question I have, do we know which region had the first off-site forum?

[Darkesia]

TSP often took credit for that, when Godessness was still active. But I don't know if that is true or not.

[Todd McCloud]

TSP often took credit for that, when Godessness was still active. But I don't know if that is true or not.

I think you're right. Their old forums were created on July 4th, 2003 (I think...). TEP's was first used on July 17th, 2003. I didn't look up some of the ancient forums though

[Karpathos]

TSP often took credit for that, when Godessness was still active. But I don't know if that is true or not.

WOW. Talk about a blast from the past. I miss her.

[Ananke II]

We've already had the discussion about oldest offsite forum in this thread. Here's a post from The Bruce on the subject.

[Unibot III]

TSP often took credit for that, when Godessness was still active. But I don't know if that is true or not.

I've always heard Thedoc's Pacific.

[The Blaatschapen]

I believe the order of the GCRs was Testregionia and TP in 2002. TNP, TSP, TWP, TEP, then TRR in 2003. Lazarus I'm not sure of the exact date, I believe either late 2003 or 2004. And then Osiris and Balder in 2011. And now 'Isis' in 2014.

You know, GCRs should stop leaving Testregionia out of pan-GCR conferences.

Isis a GCR?

I sincerely doubt that Testlandia creating a region means that it is a GCR. Testlandia is a user.

And seriously, if the admins decide that ISIS will become a GCR, then I want Nazi Deutschland too. Since if we're going with controversial political entities, then why not go all the way?

[District XIV]

I believe the order of the GCRs was Testregionia and TP in 2002. TNP, TSP, TWP, TEP, then TRR in 2003. Lazarus I'm not sure of the exact date, I believe either late 2003 or 2004. And then Osiris and Balder in 2011. And now 'Isis' in 2014.

You know, GCRs should stop leaving Testregionia out of pan-GCR conferences.

Isis a GCR?

I sincerely doubt that Testlandia creating a region means that it is a GCR. Testlandia is a user.

And seriously, if the admins decide that ISIS will become a GCR, then I want Nazi Deutschland too. Since if we're going with controversial political entities, then why not go all the way?

Well... then who would decide exactly 'how controversial' a political entity is? It would be the debate on the Swastika ban all over again.

[Kringalia]

TSP often took credit for that, when Godessness was still active. But I don't know if that is true or not.

I think you're right. Their old forums were created on July 4th, 2003 (I think...). TEP's was first used on July 17th, 2003. I didn't look up some of the ancient forums though

That is Tsunamy's forum. The original forum that few remember was the one Killer Monkeys made, back in April or May 2003. When KM left the game, after what happened with The Fathoms Below, Tsu made the old zeta forum that you mentioned.

Let me see if I can find the Wayback page.

[Pergamon]

What was the greatest military takeover achieved in the history of NS?

[Fetheseau]

What was the greatest military takeover achieved in the history of NS?

Are we including Tarkan's victory despite being outnumbered 1:1200 ?

[Darkesia]

What was the greatest military takeover achieved in the history of NS?

That depends on your definition of greatest. Most fun? Largest numbers of WA's moved? Longest occupation? Most politically charged? Least number of WA's moved with greatest efficiency? Most innovative?

[Pergamon]

What was the greatest military takeover achieved in the history of NS?

That depends on your definition of greatest. Most fun? Largest numbers of WA's moved? Longest occupation? Most politically charged? Least number of WA's moved with greatest efficiency? Most innovative?

I am interessted in most WA's moved for now

[Shizensky]

That depends on your definition of greatest. Most fun? Largest numbers of WA's moved? Longest occupation? Most politically charged? Least number of WA's moved with greatest efficiency? Most innovative?

I am interessted in most WA's moved for now

All at once or throughout a longer period of time? I know that back before timing played a big part in update we would have scenarios that played out more like a battle, and less like a skirmish. We would spend hours going through contacts and connections to try to pull in every WA we could. I seem to remember some of them climbing to endo counts in the 90's on both sides, and the difference was less than 5 endorsements for one side or another.

Another example might be some of the TRR ejection captures. I don't remember the numbers, but I recall the invasion from occupied Belgium using a large number of WAs.

[Solorni]

The Belgium invasion that then took trr used between 90 and 105 endorsements. I don't believe it was the largest ever as there were a few massive ones from in the old adn days but it was the largest seen in many many years.

The issue with counting that raid of Belgium is that it was all done via ejections. So it wasn't an update force.

[Blackbird]

The Belgium invasion that then took trr used between 90 and 105 endorsements. I don't believe it was the largest ever as there were a few massive ones from in the old adn days but it was the largest seen in many many years.

The issue with counting that raid of Belgium is that it was all done via ejections. So it wasn't an update force.

I believe the Battle of Palestine was probably the largest "battle" ever, save Puppet Master.

[Alvalero]

I believe the order of the GCRs was Testregionia and TP in 2002. TNP, TSP, TWP, TEP, then TRR in 2003. Lazarus I'm not sure of the exact date, I believe either late 2003 or 2004. And then Osiris and Balder in 2011. And now 'Isis' in 2014.

You know, GCRs should stop leaving Testregionia out of pan-GCR conferences.

Isis a GCR?

I sincerely doubt that Testlandia creating a region means that it is a GCR. Testlandia is a user.

And seriously, if the admins decide that ISIS will become a GCR, then I want Nazi Deutschland too. Since if we're going with controversial political entities, then why not go all the way?

As I'm sure most people will think Testllandia made it to prevent some idiot for stirring up trouble as the factbook says

This space intentionally left blank.

[Todd McCloud]

I believe the order of the GCRs was Testregionia and TP in 2002. TNP, TSP, TWP, TEP, then TRR in 2003. Lazarus I'm not sure of the exact date, I believe either late 2003 or 2004. And then Osiris and Balder in 2011. And now 'Isis' in 2014.

You know, GCRs should stop leaving Testregionia out of pan-GCR conferences.

Blaat got most of this, but Isis was created around the time there was a pretty big buzz surrounding a potential 4th sinker region. Isis was one of the names that NS users came up with in the one thread in technical. The region was founded by Testlandia shortly thereafter, and seemed to confirm these sentiments. However, nothing's been done with the region since, so it could be one of two things:

1. A placeholder for a sinker should we need one
2. Max or one of the game admins messing with us

Either way, Isis sounds like it'd have green-blue forums for some reason.

[Zaolat]

Isis a GCR?

I sincerely doubt that Testlandia creating a region means that it is a GCR. Testlandia is a user.

And seriously, if the admins decide that ISIS will become a GCR, then I want Nazi Deutschland too. Since if we're going with controversial political entities, then why not go all the way?

As I'm sure most people will think Testllandia made it to prevent some idiot for stirring up trouble as the factbook says

This space intentionally left blank.

Maybe now, but originally that's false, since Isis was one of the first female named GCRs discussed if another sinker was added. It happened around that time rather than around everyone hearing a lot of news about ISIS/ISIL.