Do you really like NationStates?

[The Rebel Army (Ancient)]

Yeah, I spend more time than I should playing NationStates.

[Beta Test]

I'm enjoying less than I used to right now.

[Nazi Flower Power]

Yeah, that guy's got a screw loose,

IIRC that's the same mod who TG'ed me to say that the only reason I'm allowed on the site is so they can make a big example of me later when they make their big move to purge the site of Nazis.

Don't let his usually calm demeanor and extensive knowledge of everything fool you. He's totally barbaric and unhinged.

[Arab Jamahiriyahs]

Just as how much I like minecraft [anonymous game name unspecified to avoid people who don't like this game get enraged]

[Nazi Flower Power]

It's pretty normal for forums to have post counts. I'm just not sure why people care enough to put that stuff in their sigs.

Its funny how people can see things from different perspectives even what comes to Forum activity. For me personally it is still hard see forum-side of the NS as a game because whole time in NS has been very In-game oriented. Actually I feel that I must be active on the R/D gameplaying fields to be able to justify few Forum Comments. Post count does mean to me only 'number of efforts' trying rant something - more or less readable - in English, not much else. Usually my forum comments are directly related to in-game happenings and/or game mechanics... and Puppets are only tools and means for me, not aims itself.

If someone asks It would not make any harm to anything if there would not be forum post counts at all, as they do not measure anyway in-game activity from my perspective to this game.

I never got into R/D much... I had a puppet that I used a couple of times for defending, but I haven't been involved with that for a couple of years now, and the puppet I used has CTE'ed.

I use puppets to create different personas for the forums. I'll post jokes where my name and flag are part of the joke. This nation is the one I've used the most, but I've had a few others over the years. My original nation is not Nazi.

[The Rebel Army (Ancient)]

Yeah, that guy's got a screw loose,

IIRC that's the same mod who TG'ed me to say that the only reason I'm allowed on the site is so they can make a big example of me later when they make their big move to purge the site of Nazis.

Don't let his usually calm demeanor and extensive knowledge of everything fool you. He's totally barbaric and unhinged.

Wow, that's awful.

[Nazi Flower Power]

IIRC that's the same mod who TG'ed me to say that the only reason I'm allowed on the site is so they can make a big example of me later when they make their big move to purge the site of Nazis.

Don't let his usually calm demeanor and extensive knowledge of everything fool you. He's totally barbaric and unhinged.

Wow, that's awful.

I don't think he was serious. Arch is actually one of the better mods.

[The Archregimancy]

IIRC that's the same mod who TG'ed me to say that the only reason I'm allowed on the site is so they can make a big example of me later when they make their big move to purge the site of Nazis.

Don't let his usually calm demeanor and extensive knowledge of everything fool you. He's totally barbaric and unhinged.

Wow, that's awful.

For the record, I don't think you were supposed to take that post entirely seriously.

[Nazi Flower Power]

Wow, that's awful.

For the record, I don't think you were supposed to take that post entirely seriously.

It was meant to be a joke, but it's more nonsensical than I intended because I got you mixed up with Ard... Turns out it was actually Ard who sent me that TG.

[Toronina]

Yes, though there just aren't many P2TM threads that haven't had like at least 60 page of stuff

[Purpelia]

Not really, no. The only reason I frequent here is a few threads where there are some people that are cool. But aside from those the site it self is nothing remarkable. Just another forum.

[Rupudska]

No. It has simply consumed my soul, so I have no choice but to come here.

[Burleson]

Like the game, hate most of the people.

[Quilavaland]

Well I really like the idea of NationStates, a game where politics takes centre stage rather than just war, and you can basically do whatever you want. Sure there's been moments when I was a bit irritated by events like the zombie apocalypse that stray away from that, but overall yeah I like NationStates

It'd be good if some big company got on board and actually built in maps and more interactive features and stuff to add to the basic concept of a political nation simulators (as opposed to a war simulator such as Civilization or a micromanaging simulator like SimCity). Maybe NationStates is the first step towards a whole genre of both text-based and graphics-based political nation games? I certainly hope so

[Britonisea]

Like the game, hate most of the people.

I see. It doesn't add up but I see.

[Mad hatters in jeans]

I have indeed enjoyed this little scientific experiment that I set up back in 2002.

You can look forward to reading the results in my forthcoming peer-reviewed paper 'A Decade of NationStates; Website Discussion as a Socialisation Tool for Teenagers', to be published in the International Journal of Psychological Manipulation

I suppose it is technically unethical for me to have experimented on so many people without their consent (or indeed the consent of their guardians), but given that I moved my legal domicile to Somaliland in 2007 in anticipation of this very problem, you'll find it very very hard to extradite me or sue me. It's just a shame it's so boring here in Hargeisa.

Oh, and 'Max Barry' is a fictional character I made up as part of an elaborate ruse to make this experiment as convincing as possible to the subjects; those books he allegedly wrote are actually produced by a exceptionally advanced piece of computer software developed by the site programmers (with EU funding from a Marie Curie grant), and I hire an actor (also via the EU funding) to play 'Max'.

Despite my revealing this, the experiment will continue to work for the simple reason that none of you will believe me even after this big reveal; I plan on ending the experiment on the 25th anniversary, though (so in late 2027). By then I should be able to get a book out of it - not to mention a lot of chat show appearances if I can leave Hargeisa without being sued or arrested. I haven't yet decided whether I'll keep the website running or not at that point, though; I'll see how the internet develops over time before making a final decision.

Yeah, that guy's got a screw loose, but I love NationStates... TO DEATH.

Loose screws sink glass lips. Or something, I forget how the saying goes.

For the record, I don't think you were supposed to take that post entirely seriously.

It was meant to be a joke, but it's more nonsensical than I intended because I got you mixed up with Ard... Turns out it was actually Ard who sent me that TG.

No Nazi Flower Power you are Ard, then you sent messages to yourself that you got confused with someone else who is running some big conspiracy on this site but it's okay because we've got until 2027 to resolve things.

Well I really like the idea of NationStates, a game where politics takes centre stage rather than just war, and you can basically do whatever you want. Sure there's been moments when I was a bit irritated by events like the zombie apocalypse that stray away from that, but overall yeah I like NationStates

It'd be good if some big company got on board and actually built in maps and more interactive features and stuff to add to the basic concept of a political nation simulators (as opposed to a war simulator such as Civilization or a micromanaging simulator like SimCity). Maybe NationStates is the first step towards a whole genre of both text-based and graphics-based political nation games? I certainly hope so

It's an interesting idea that's fer sure.

[Britonisea]

I have indeed enjoyed this little scientific experiment that I set up back in 2002.

You can look forward to reading the results in my forthcoming peer-reviewed paper 'A Decade of NationStates; Website Discussion as a Socialisation Tool for Teenagers', to be published in the International Journal of Psychological Manipulation

I suppose it is technically unethical for me to have experimented on so many people without their consent (or indeed the consent of their guardians), but given that I moved my legal domicile to Somaliland in 2007 in anticipation of this very problem, you'll find it very very hard to extradite me or sue me. It's just a shame it's so boring here in Hargeisa.

Oh, and 'Max Barry' is a fictional character I made up as part of an elaborate ruse to make this experiment as convincing as possible to the subjects; those books he allegedly wrote are actually produced by a exceptionally advanced piece of computer software developed by the site programmers (with EU funding from a Marie Curie grant), and I hire an actor (also via the EU funding) to play 'Max'.

Despite my revealing this, the experiment will continue to work for the simple reason that none of you will believe me even after this big reveal; I plan on ending the experiment on the 25th anniversary, though (so in late 2027). By then I should be able to get a book out of it - not to mention a lot of chat show appearances if I can leave Hargeisa without being sued or arrested. I haven't yet decided whether I'll keep the website running or not at that point, though; I'll see how the internet develops over time before making a final decision.

Ahh that is cool! I would be very interested on reading a decade of NationStates and your 25th anniversary book. If it doesn't get in to Waterstones or waterstones.co.uk, I would be disappointed!!!

I am sure you have a lot to say.

[Maldovania]

Well it is ok.


But it is a bit boring.

[Lordieth]

The game itself? I stopped playing some time ago. It got repetitive, and the sense of progression was lost once I was getting all the top 1% trophies. I stay for the forums.

[The Flame Dawn]

I like it

[Ragnarokee]

Well, I joined because Rifty convinced me to at school. - Fast track a few months and I actually like this game.

[Novaya Equestria]

I liked it here.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

I have indeed enjoyed this little scientific experiment that I set up back in 2002.

You can look forward to reading the results in my forthcoming peer-reviewed paper 'A Decade of NationStates; Website Discussion as a Socialisation Tool for Teenagers', to be published in the International Journal of Psychological Manipulation

I suppose it is technically unethical for me to have experimented on so many people without their consent (or indeed the consent of their guardians), but given that I moved my legal domicile to Somaliland in 2007 in anticipation of this very problem, you'll find it very very hard to extradite me or sue me. It's just a shame it's so boring here in Hargeisa.

Oh, and 'Max Barry' is a fictional character I made up as part of an elaborate ruse to make this experiment as convincing as possible to the subjects; those books he allegedly wrote are actually produced by a exceptionally advanced piece of computer software developed by the site programmers (with EU funding from a Marie Curie grant), and I hire an actor (also via the EU funding) to play 'Max'.

Despite my revealing this, the experiment will continue to work for the simple reason that none of you will believe me even after this big reveal; I plan on ending the experiment on the 25th anniversary, though (so in late 2027). By then I should be able to get a book out of it - not to mention a lot of chat show appearances if I can leave Hargeisa without being sued or arrested. I haven't yet decided whether I'll keep the website running or not at that point, though; I'll see how the internet develops over time before making a final decision.

I was believing it all until you said Max is a fictional character.

[Britonisea]

Well it is ok.


But it is a bit boring.

In what sense?

[Vicious Debaters]

A lot of the very cool people are gone now, other than that it's fine.