NationStates

Sedgistan wrote:We're not looking to add another sinker region; there's no need for one. I'm not sure why people are still suggesting names.

Konigsfeld wrote:

Sedgistan wrote:We're not looking to add another sinker region; there's no need for one. I'm not sure why people are still suggesting names.

We want something. We don't know what we want for sure yet, but whatever it is, we'll name it after a mystic death lady.

Sedgistan wrote:We're not looking to add another sinker region; there's no need for one. I'm not sure why people are still suggesting names.

The Bruce wrote:If there is going to be another system created region made I think it should be unique in more than just name.

We already know that a legion of jaded cosmopolitans, invaders, defenders, and groupies are going to pile onto whatever the new region is called the moment it's created. We know that at this stage of the game, the chances of an organic regional culture to emerge and grow in a minty fresh game created region, without in some way being a client state of another region or group, is pretty much zero.

Invaders are likely already thinking about messing the place up, defenders thinking about how to protect it from them, and invaders thinking of how to subvert any democratic process that defenders attempt to shepherd the place through. Meanwhile the cosmopolitans and groupies are imagining how much more interesting they can be in a new game created region, in an attempt to leave all the jaded versions of themselves behind for a while in the other GCR's (until they need a voice in those other GCR's to recognize their new region incarnation). The introduction of a new system created region brings up the saying "this is why we can't have nice things" after the first series of familiar coups, annexations, and betrayals are underway.

If we're going to make a new sinker, maybe we should be honest with ourselves and combine a sinker with a warzone region. Make it completely wide open and limit how much regional influence you can stack there. It can become what the warzone regions were meant to be but failed to become.

Problemo wrote:

The Bruce wrote:If there is going to be another system created region made I think it should be unique in more than just name.

We already know that a legion of jaded cosmopolitans, invaders, defenders, and groupies are going to pile onto whatever the new region is called the moment it's created. We know that at this stage of the game, the chances of an organic regional culture to emerge and grow in a minty fresh game created region, without in some way being a client state of another region or group, is pretty much zero.

Invaders are likely already thinking about messing the place up, defenders thinking about how to protect it from them, and invaders thinking of how to subvert any democratic process that defenders attempt to shepherd the place through. Meanwhile the cosmopolitans and groupies are imagining how much more interesting they can be in a new game created region, in an attempt to leave all the jaded versions of themselves behind for a while in the other GCR's (until they need a voice in those other GCR's to recognize their new region incarnation). The introduction of a new system created region brings up the saying "this is why we can't have nice things" after the first series of familiar coups, annexations, and betrayals are underway.

If we're going to make a new sinker, maybe we should be honest with ourselves and combine a sinker with a warzone region. Make it completely wide open and limit how much regional influence you can stack there. It can become what the warzone regions were meant to be but failed to become.

How about a region where endorsements don't matter? Any random nation (or the best nation in a random category) gets to become Delegate for a week. They can't eject/ban anyone but they can change the Flag, WFE and make/break embassies. It would be something different.

Problemo wrote:

The Bruce wrote:If there is going to be another system created region made I think it should be unique in more than just name.

We already know that a legion of jaded cosmopolitans, invaders, defenders, and groupies are going to pile onto whatever the new region is called the moment it's created. We know that at this stage of the game, the chances of an organic regional culture to emerge and grow in a minty fresh game created region, without in some way being a client state of another region or group, is pretty much zero.

Invaders are likely already thinking about messing the place up, defenders thinking about how to protect it from them, and invaders thinking of how to subvert any democratic process that defenders attempt to shepherd the place through. Meanwhile the cosmopolitans and groupies are imagining how much more interesting they can be in a new game created region, in an attempt to leave all the jaded versions of themselves behind for a while in the other GCR's (until they need a voice in those other GCR's to recognize their new region incarnation). The introduction of a new system created region brings up the saying "this is why we can't have nice things" after the first series of familiar coups, annexations, and betrayals are underway.

If we're going to make a new sinker, maybe we should be honest with ourselves and combine a sinker with a warzone region. Make it completely wide open and limit how much regional influence you can stack there. It can become what the warzone regions were meant to be but failed to become.

How about a region where endorsements don't matter? Any random nation (or the best nation in a random category) gets to become Delegate for a week. They can't eject/ban anyone but they can change the Flag, WFE and make/break embassies. It would be something different.

Mousebumples wrote:

Problemo wrote:
How about a region where endorsements don't matter? Any random nation (or the best nation in a random category) gets to become Delegate for a week. They can't eject/ban anyone but they can change the Flag, WFE and make/break embassies. It would be something different.

Rather than piling on to an existing thread, if you have a unique suggestion, make a thread for it. Try to be as detailed as you can about what it would all include. Try to also look at benefits and disadvantages.

Australian Republic wrote:I vote Persphony

Escade wrote:I hope its okay for me to bump this long lost thread full of my little whimsies