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by Australian rePublic » Thu Sep 08, 2016 6:01 am
by Christian Democrats » Thu Sep 08, 2016 4:43 pm
Luna Amore wrote:Australian Republic, please check the thread before posting. You've reported an already reported issue a few times now.
Leo Tolstoy wrote:Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
by Pencil Sharpeners 2 » Sat Sep 10, 2016 4:07 am
by Pencil Sharpeners 2 » Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:34 am
by Trotterdam » Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:55 am
#579 Real Handwriting Has Curves
The Issue
"Concerned for Cursive", a mothers' advocacy group, have staged a mock funeral for handwriting - a practice which, they claim, nears extinction.
The Debate
1. "We are gathered here today to pay our respects to the memory of our nearly departed: cursive handwriting!" says head of the CFC @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@@. "The government must act now. Require handwriting for all school assignments or watch our sweet and beloved cursive fall by the wayside like, err, stamp-collecting... and erm, the neighborhood milkman."
2. "I OBJECT!" shouts @@RANDOMNAME@@, nosy parker. "We do that at funerals, right? 'Object'? But I object to this nonsense. It doesn't matter how kids are writing, but what kids are writing. We should be giving them free laptops to keep up with the times and stay competitive rather than keeping them in the dark ages!"
3. "Nev'r understood what all them fuss was about 'andwriting," mumbles Deegan Holhs, an illiterate gravedigger. "Them schools should be teach'n kids the very basics. I nev'r needed to write nuff'n, so why should they? Quit that academic blither-blather and set our youngins up with them thar marketable skills."
Dismiss This Issue
Issue by The Rejected Realms Issue Committee
Edited by Luna Amore
by Zwangzug » Sat Sep 10, 2016 11:19 am
by Trotterdam » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:28 am
#581 Fair To Say...?Most of the names look to be nonrandom, based on their last names being unrecognized, although it's possible they're "@@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ Fixedname". For the last option I got Mary Cheyney.
The Issue
At last year's World Fair many said that @@NAME@@'s exhibition pavilion was "okay, considering," and "not bad, for a nation on a tight budget." This year, national organizers want to make your expo presence bigger, better, and more impressive than ever before.
The Debate
1. "We need more shiny stuff! We need lasers, and twenty-foot-tall robots!" squeaks General Konrad Honda, hoverboarding excitedly round you in a wide circle. "Let's show off our tech to the rest of the world! We need flying cars and... and... cyber@@ANIMALPLURAL@@! Yes, a cyber@@ANIMAL@@, with a frickin' laser beam on its head!"
2. "My, how gauche!" sneers Martina Amis, an esteemed novelist. "Culture is the lifeblood of @@NAME@@. We should create a gallery-slash-library to celebrate @@NAME@@'s arts and literature abroad. Nothing less could represent our brilliance."
3. "Give the fair-goers what they want! FOOOOOOOOD!" yells Adam Richbloke, generously-proportioned foodie holding a generous portion of battered chicken chunks. "Visitors to the fair aren't going to visit every tent: you know how many nations there are in the world now? But everyone has gotta eat! Chocolate donut lasagna, deep-fried pancake soups and orange truffle crabcakes with butter, pork and loads of sweet custard. Hmm, hmmm, hmmm, looks like everyone will be stopping by the @@NAME@@ pavillion!"
6. "I smell economic opportunity," says your Commerce Minister @@RANDOMNAME@@. "We should showcase what a great place for investors we are, emphasising our flexible taxation arrangements for valued corporate investors and our latest moves to stamp out the unions. We should literally get on our knees, and beg the biggest businesses to bring jobs and prosperity to @@NAME@@."
Issue Unibot III
Edited by Candlewhisper Archive
by Candlewhisper Archive » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:33 am
by Trotterdam » Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:57 am
Just check the HTML source code. Exact placement is browser-dependent but it's probably something like View -> Page Source (shortcut is Control+U for me). Or you can download the page and open it in a text editor.Candlewhisper Archive wrote:Internal identifiers?
How did you check those? Sounds very clever and techy to me.
by Unibot III » Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:57 pm
[violet] wrote:I mean this in the best possible way,
but Unibot is not a typical NS player.
Milograd wrote:You're a caring, resolute lunatic
with the best of intentions.
by Annihilators of Chan Island » Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:35 am
Trotterdam wrote:#581 Fair To Say...?Most of the names look to be nonrandom, based on their last names being unrecognized, although it's possible they're "@@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ Fixedname". For the last option I got Mary Cheyney.
The Issue
At last year's World Fair many said that @@NAME@@'s exhibition pavilion was "okay, considering," and "not bad, for a nation on a tight budget." This year, national organizers want to make your expo presence bigger, better, and more impressive than ever before.
The Debate
1. "We need more shiny stuff! We need lasers, and twenty-foot-tall robots!" squeaks General Konrad Honda, hoverboarding excitedly round you in a wide circle. "Let's show off our tech to the rest of the world! We need flying cars and... and... cyber@@ANIMALPLURAL@@! Yes, a cyber@@ANIMAL@@, with a frickin' laser beam on its head!"
2. "My, how gauche!" sneers Martina Amis, an esteemed novelist. "Culture is the lifeblood of @@NAME@@. We should create a gallery-slash-library to celebrate @@NAME@@'s arts and literature abroad. Nothing less could represent our brilliance."
3. "Give the fair-goers what they want! FOOOOOOOOD!" yells Adam Richbloke, generously-proportioned foodie holding a generous portion of battered chicken chunks. "Visitors to the fair aren't going to visit every tent: you know how many nations there are in the world now? But everyone has gotta eat! Chocolate donut lasagna, deep-fried pancake soups and orange truffle crabcakes with butter, pork and loads of sweet custard. Hmm, hmmm, hmmm, looks like everyone will be stopping by the @@NAME@@ pavillion!"
6. "I smell economic opportunity," says your Commerce Minister @@RANDOMNAME@@. "We should showcase what a great place for investors we are, emphasising our flexible taxation arrangements for valued corporate investors and our latest moves to stamp out the unions. We should literally get on our knees, and beg the biggest businesses to bring jobs and prosperity to @@NAME@@."
Issue Unibot III
Edited by Candlewhisper Archive
I'm not kidding about the numbering. The internal identifiers were option-0, option-1, option-2, and option-5. I suspect that option-3 is an alternative "food" option for vegetarian nations (at least, I hope that was considered!) and that option-4 is an economically-oriented option for communist nations (spotting an effect line that seemed to be written for such an option is what made me suspect the presense of hidden options).
by Blargoblarg » Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:51 am
by Trotterdam » Tue Sep 13, 2016 2:45 pm
Yeah, about that..."At the very least, prohibit the use of the game within urban areas."
by Australian rePublic » Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:04 pm
by Maljaratas » Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:06 pm
by The Campbell Nation » Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:16 pm
Trotterdam wrote:#581 Fair To Say...?Most of the names look to be nonrandom, based on their last names being unrecognized, although it's possible they're "@@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ Fixedname". For the last option I got Mary Cheyney.
The Issue
At last year's World Fair many said that @@NAME@@'s exhibition pavilion was "okay, considering," and "not bad, for a nation on a tight budget." This year, national organizers want to make your expo presence bigger, better, and more impressive than ever before.
The Debate
1. "We need more shiny stuff! We need lasers, and twenty-foot-tall robots!" squeaks General Konrad Honda, hoverboarding excitedly round you in a wide circle. "Let's show off our tech to the rest of the world! We need flying cars and... and... cyber@@ANIMALPLURAL@@! Yes, a cyber@@ANIMAL@@, with a frickin' laser beam on its head!"
2. "My, how gauche!" sneers Martina Amis, an esteemed novelist. "Culture is the lifeblood of @@NAME@@. We should create a gallery-slash-library to celebrate @@NAME@@'s arts and literature abroad. Nothing less could represent our brilliance."
3. "Give the fair-goers what they want! FOOOOOOOOD!" yells Adam Richbloke, generously-proportioned foodie holding a generous portion of battered chicken chunks. "Visitors to the fair aren't going to visit every tent: you know how many nations there are in the world now? But everyone has gotta eat! Chocolate donut lasagna, deep-fried pancake soups and orange truffle crabcakes with butter, pork and loads of sweet custard. Hmm, hmmm, hmmm, looks like everyone will be stopping by the @@NAME@@ pavillion!"
6. "I smell economic opportunity," says your Commerce Minister @@RANDOMNAME@@. "We should showcase what a great place for investors we are, emphasising our flexible taxation arrangements for valued corporate investors and our latest moves to stamp out the unions. We should literally get on our knees, and beg the biggest businesses to bring jobs and prosperity to @@NAME@@."
Issue Unibot III
Edited by Candlewhisper Archive
I'm not kidding about the numbering. The internal identifiers were option-0, option-1, option-2, and option-5. I suspect that option-3 is an alternative "food" option for vegetarian nations (at least, I hope that was considered!) and that option-4 is an economically-oriented option for communist nations (spotting an effect line that seemed to be written for such an option is what made me suspect the presense of hidden options).
“We’re glossing over a real opportunity here,” says Carla Marks, a vocal advocate for global Communism. “Across the world, citizens are suffering in poverty and being oppressed by the capitalist miser-nations. This is our chance to give Communism a voice on the global stage, and to use that voice to point out the sickening excesses of neighbouring nations!”
by Trotterdam » Tue Sep 13, 2016 7:57 pm
by Copercia » Wed Sep 14, 2016 1:10 am
“Everyone likes tofu, don’t they?” suggests frizzy-haired vegetarian Dana Patel, offering you a mug of tofu-and-cress soup. “We should be pushing out the vegetarian agenda with a ‘Wonders of Tofu’ celebration. Tofu-desserts, tofu-lasagne, tofu-coffee, tofu-with-extra-tofu... Is there anything that tofu can’t do?”
by Flanderlion » Wed Sep 14, 2016 3:33 am
by Trotterdam » Wed Sep 14, 2016 12:06 pm
#581 Fair To Say...?Thanks for the help!
The Issue
At last year's World Fair many said that @@NAME@@'s exhibition pavilion was "okay, considering," and "not bad, for a nation on a tight budget." This year, national organizers want to make your expo presence bigger, better, and more impressive than ever before.
The Debate
1. "We need more shiny stuff! We need lasers, and twenty-foot-tall robots!" squeaks General @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ Honda, hoverboarding excitedly round you in a wide circle. "Let's show off our tech to the rest of the world! We need flying cars and... and... cyber@@ANIMALPLURAL@@! Yes, a cyber@@ANIMAL@@, with a frickin' laser beam on its head!"
2. "My, how gauche!" sneers Martina Amis, an esteemed novelist. "Culture is the lifeblood of @@NAME@@. We should create a gallery-slash-library to celebrate @@NAME@@'s arts and literature abroad. Nothing less could represent our brilliance."
3. "Give the fair-goers what they want! FOOOOOOOOD!" yells Adam Richbloke, generously-proportioned foodie holding a generous portion of battered chicken chunks. "Visitors to the fair aren't going to visit every tent: you know how many nations there are in the world now? But everyone has gotta eat! Chocolate donut lasagna, deep-fried pancake soups and orange truffle crabcakes with butter, pork and loads of sweet custard. Hmm, hmmm, hmmm, looks like everyone will be stopping by the @@NAME@@ pavillion!"
[only for nations where meat-eating is not banned, mutually exclusive with option 4]
4. "Everyone likes tofu, don't they?" suggests frizzy-haired vegetarian @@RANDOMNAME@@, offering you a mug of tofu-and-cress soup. "We should be pushing out the vegetarian agenda with a 'Wonders of Tofu' celebration. Tofu-desserts, tofu-lasagne, tofu-coffee, tofu-with-extra-tofu... Is there anything that tofu can't do?"
[only for nations where meat-eating is banned, mutually exclusive with option 3]
5. "We're glossing over a real opportunity here," says Carla Marks, a vocal advocate for global Communism. "Across the world, citizens are suffering in poverty and being oppressed by the capitalist miser-nations. This is our chance to give Communism a voice on the global stage, and to use that voice to point out the sickening excesses of neighbouring nations!"
[only for nations where private enterprise is banned, mutually exclusive with option 6]
6. "I smell economic opportunity," says your Commerce Minister @@RANDOMNAME@@. "We should showcase what a great place for investors we are, emphasising our flexible taxation arrangements for valued corporate investors and our latest moves to stamp out the unions. We should literally get on our knees, and beg the biggest businesses to bring jobs and prosperity to @@NAME@@."
[only for nations where private enterprise is not banned, mutually exclusive with option 5]
Issue Unibot III
Edited by Candlewhisper Archive
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