Help us fix old issues

[Aibohphobia]

Picky me's back.

young ne'er do wells

should be

young ne'er-do-wells

and worst of all are least likely

should be

and, worst of all, are least likely

your PR expert.'' I could

misplaced space

your PR expert. ''I could

Thank you.

[Sanctaria]

Fixed and fixed (and fixed and fixed).

[Lenyo]

Looks like I dropped the ball. Thanks, Aibohphobia

[Jormengand]

The issue "Brain Pain on the Sports Plain" appears to use the forced demonym @@@NATION@@@ian instead of @@@DEMONYM@@@.

@@@ANIMAL@@@ball - a sport that is extremely popular in @@@NATION@@@ but not so much anywhere else - is causing a slew of concussions in @@@NATION@@@ian schools. Brain trauma from the head-on collisions is causing cognitive problems and - on occasion - deaths.

Not sure what the issue number is - is it the number on the @@@CAPITOL@@@ herald? It says Vol 32 No 415, if that helps.

[Sanctaria]

The issue "Brain Pain on the Sports Plain" appears to use the forced demonym @@@NATION@@@ian instead of @@@DEMONYM@@@.

@@@ANIMAL@@@ball - a sport that is extremely popular in @@@NATION@@@ but not so much anywhere else - is causing a slew of concussions in @@@NATION@@@ian schools. Brain trauma from the head-on collisions is causing cognitive problems and - on occasion - deaths.

Not sure what the issue number is - is it the number on the @@@CAPITOL@@@ herald? It says Vol 32 No 415, if that helps.

Nope, it uses @@DEMONYM@@.

[Jormengand]

The issue "Brain Pain on the Sports Plain" appears to use the forced demonym @@@NATION@@@ian instead of @@@DEMONYM@@@.

@@@ANIMAL@@@ball - a sport that is extremely popular in @@@NATION@@@ but not so much anywhere else - is causing a slew of concussions in @@@NATION@@@ian schools. Brain trauma from the head-on collisions is causing cognitive problems and - on occasion - deaths.

Not sure what the issue number is - is it the number on the @@@CAPITOL@@@ herald? It says Vol 32 No 415, if that helps.

Nope, it uses @@DEMONYM@@.

Yeah, sorry, that's an issue with my adjective demonym not matching my noun one. Sorry.

[Anollasia]

I'm pretty sure there's a missing comma in the issue ''Tourists Wearing Out Their Welcome'' but I'm not sure if it's major enough.

Here is the option with the missing comma,

3."You've got to be joking" says Declan Chicago, CEO of the Barriot hotel chain. "These tourists are bringing money in by the boatloads. Tourism is the backbone of our economy. Scale back tourism? If anything, the government should be encouraging more tourism. Open up some theme parks, advertise our world famous aged cheddar gift baskets - anything that will attract more tourists, or more importantly their wallets! With a little government funding, we could become the must-see country in 10000 Islands!"

The italicized phrase is missing a comma at the end (note: the original issue didn't have italics, I italicized it for it to stand out).

[Sanctaria]

I'm pretty sure there's a missing comma in the issue ''Tourists Wearing Out Their Welcome'' but I'm not sure if it's major enough.

Here is the option with the missing comma,

3."You've got to be joking" says Declan Chicago, CEO of the Barriot hotel chain. "These tourists are bringing money in by the boatloads. Tourism is the backbone of our economy. Scale back tourism? If anything, the government should be encouraging more tourism. Open up some theme parks, advertise our world famous aged cheddar gift baskets - anything that will attract more tourists, or more importantly their wallets! With a little government funding, we could become the must-see country in 10000 Islands!"

The italicized phrase is missing a comma at the end (note: the original issue didn't have italics, I italicized it for it to stand out).

I added an exclamation mark.

[Aibohphobia]

Fixed and fixed (and fixed and fixed).

Looks like I dropped the ball. Thanks, Aibohphobia

I'm glad I could help.

Capitalization should probably follow a certain standard as well. Example:
Issue #385 - "Who Stands For @@NATION@@?"
Issue #57 - "Electronic Plague in @@NATION@@!"
The way I've coloured these out is obviously a personal preference, but you get what I mean.

[Kaztropol]

This thread is for typos and such, not suggestions for new options. This is one of the original Max Barry issues, and will not be adjusted.

Is all the content of issues #0-30 fixed and will not be altered ?

I received issue #6 today, which mentions Catholicism, rather than our nation's religion. I can see both sides of the argument, one for it mentioning the nation's religion instead, the other for preserving Max's vision for what the game is.

[Sanctaria]

Capitalization should probably follow a certain standard as well. Example:
Issue #385 - "Who Stands For @@NATION@@?"
Issue #57 - "Electronic Plague in @@NATION@@!"
The way I've coloured these out is obviously a personal preference, but you get what I mean.

I'm not quite concerned about this - or at least, I'm not prioritising it as an urgent fix. I'll have a chat with the others and see what they think.

[Outer Sparta]

Issue 281 option 3 has a missing comma or exalmation point after Violet. It reads: "Oh for the love of Violet" bemoans conservative columnist.
Note: I got this from a puppet nation.

[Sanctaria]

Issue 281 option 3 has a missing comma or exalmation point after Violet. It reads: "Oh for the love of Violet" bemoans conservative columnist.
Note: I got this from a puppet nation.

Fixed.

[Really stateless nation]

Following new legislation in Really stateless nation, the capital of Really stateless nation has burned to the ground and caused riots throughout the country.

BUT!!

Following new legislation in Really stateless nation, Really stateless nation recently decided against having a capital city.

We don't have a capital, yet it has been burnt to the bottom.

[Christian Democrats]

Issue #220, Option 1: The word "Watchdog" should not be capitalized.

[Outer Sparta]

Issue 217 option 2 currently reads: "A sickeningly predictable view from the toffs there"‚ retorts senior nurse Daniel Elliot.
The comma should be moved inside before the last apostrophe and after there.

[Luna Amore]

Issue 217 option 2 currently reads: "A sickeningly predictable view from the toffs there"‚ retorts senior nurse Daniel Elliot.
The comma should be moved inside before the last apostrophe and after there.

That's a American/British difference. It varies from issue to issue (and sometimes from option to option in the same issue ).

[Outer Sparta]

Issue 217 option 2 currently reads: "A sickeningly predictable view from the toffs there"‚ retorts senior nurse Daniel Elliot.
The comma should be moved inside before the last apostrophe and after there.

That's a American/British difference. It varies from issue to issue (and sometimes from option to option in the same issue ).

Well, I'm an American, so good to know.

[Avaerilon]

Issue 431 is titled "Gone A Stray!" I can understand that the issue author may have felt this to be clever, but it doesn't really make much sense. 'Astray' would be more correct, or if the deliberate intent was to have the two words, a comma after 'Gone' ought to be inserted. Sorry to be so pedantic

[Sanctaria]

Issue 431 is titled "Gone A Stray!" I can understand that the issue author may have felt this to be clever, but it doesn't really make much sense. 'Astray' would be more correct, or if the deliberate intent was to have the two words, a comma after 'Gone' ought to be inserted. Sorry to be so pedantic

A lot of our issues titles use play on words. I don't see a problem with it.

[Seamus-Tropez]

I just now got Issue #273, "Is our children learning?", the issue about deciding how to aid the Education industry, and I simply looked at the title and thought that somebody needs to fix it.

I initially thought that it would just simply need to be corrected by adding more capitalization and also fix the obvious grammatical error so that it would become "Are Our Children Learning?". But then, I realized that it was a title that was too boring and obvious, and it could also be completely changed instead, to some sort of pun or a play on what the issue is about. But, since I can't really think of any good titles for this issue as of now, I would need to see if others can think of a better title to give the issue, if it even can be changed to something different. This is where you come in.

Do you think that this title should have a simple correction, or should it have a completely different, but much better title? And if you think that the entire name should be changed, what do you think it should be?

[Luna Amore]

It's a reference to a President Bush quote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ej7ZEnjSeA

*Also, merged with the 'Help us fix old issues' thread.

[Golgothastan]

It's a Bushism.

[Trotterdam]

It's an issue about the poor quality of education in your nation. The point is that if you had spent more money on education, your citizens would not use such poor grammar :)

[Kaboomlandia]

On Issue #417 (Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte), Option 1 should have quotation marks around "affair".