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

[Myrth]

Someone in the feeder names thread said they thought the sinkers used to be UCRs before they were made sinkers
Was wondering if it's true

Go here and search the sinkers, looking for founders. So only Osiris was a UCR.

I'm not sure whether this was the original thread, but this link is relevant and potentially helpful.

The East Pacific was a UCR before it was commandeered as a feeder. Pre-founders, obviously. I should know - I was there when it was password-protected.

[Valentine Z]

Hope to ask it here after thinking about it! ^^

So... is there a time when the 4 cardinal Pacifics - TNP, TSP, TEP, TWP, didn't exist as GCRs? That is, was there a time when there's only The Pacific, or something along that line before 4 more of them formed?

[Unibot III]

Hope to ask it here after thinking about it! ^^

So... is there a time when the 4 cardinal Pacifics - TNP, TSP, TEP, TWP, didn't exist as GCRs? That is, was there a time when there's only The Pacific, or something along that line before 4 more of them formed?

Yes between Nov 2002 to the end of 2002 there was only The Pacific. So, about two months.

The creation of the GCRs was staggered. First TSP, then TNP, TWP, and TEP over the course of five months. The founding of TSP and TEP are the most documented, TWP's founding is sort of documented. TNP's founding is not at all documented - there's very little historical record for TNP's early first few months: the facts and oral recollections are often contradictory (it's pretty established though that TNP was created shortly after TSP, probably the first couple of weeks in Jan 2003.)

[Valentine Z]

Hope to ask it here after thinking about it! ^^

So... is there a time when the 4 cardinal Pacifics - TNP, TSP, TEP, TWP, didn't exist as GCRs? That is, was there a time when there's only The Pacific, or something along that line before 4 more of them formed?

Yes between Nov 2002 to the end of 2002 there was only The Pacific. So, about two months.

The creation of the GCRs was staggered. First TSP, then TNP, TWP, and TEP over the course of five months. The founding of TSP and TEP are the most documented, TWP's founding is sort of documented. TNP's founding is not at all documented - there's very little historical record for TNP's early first few months: the facts and oral recollections are often contradictory (it's pretty established though that TNP was created shortly after TSP, probably the first couple of weeks in Jan 2003.)

Ahh, cool. Thanks for the answer! It's just my curiosity thing because I realise that back when NS doesn't have a lot of people, there won't be a lot of GCRs.

Kinda ironic how TNP has the most nations as of now (and probably the most active? Idk, I am not active on NSGP side, so I am not sure), and yet has little to no documentation.

[Unibot III]

Ahh, cool. Thanks for the answer! It's just my curiosity thing because I realise that back when NS doesn't have a lot of people, there won't be a lot of GCRs.

Kinda ironic how TNP has the most nations as of now (and probably the most active? Idk, I am not active on NSGP side, so I am not sure), and yet has little to no documentation.

I think it's just there wasn't the same effort to research TNP's history. TSP, TRR, TWP, and NPO have had pretty active researchers - whereas TNP's origins are less documented.

Sometimes this lack of research is for political reasons, like for instance, the pre-FS era of NPO was badly researched until I worked to flesh it out because the NPO frankly didn't want it fleshed out. 1 Infinite Loop contributed an unreliable narrative when it came to TEP, probably because of some honest mistakes (and revisionism): TEP was just another raid for the Farkers... until it wasn't. Historical TNP was fairly defender-leaning, so there may be a reluctance from Independents to study the origins of the region.

[Imperial Joseon]

Has there ever been a coup d'etat against TNP? Just wondering, because such a highly-secure region probably wouldn't have had coups at all.

[Sail Nation]

How did player-created founderless regions come about?I know that there are few, but I have no clue how they were created?

[Bormiar]

Has there ever been a coup d'etat against TNP? Just wondering, because such a highly-secure region probably wouldn't have had coups at all.

Yes, lots. Until 2012-2013 (iirc) or so TNP was the unstable feeder. viewtopic.php?f=12&t=152919&p=36357732#p36357732 <== that one’s actually missing Shoeless Joe.

How did player-created founderless regions come about?I know that there are few, but I have no clue how they were created?

Originally, regions could be founded but didn’t have a displayed founder with powers. In March-April 2003, UCRs could have founders, and the mods started appointing founders to regions. Some simply didn’t want founders or were missed.

[SherpDaWerp]

Not sure if this is GP related... oh well.

Who was Dyakovo? I've seen them mentioned in the signature of many nations.
And does anyone (except the mods) maintain a list of all "retired" nation names? So far I've only ever seen 2: Francos Spain and Dyakovo. Francos Spain I know about, Dyakovo - not so much.

[RiderSyl]

Not sure if this is GP related... oh well.

Who was Dyakovo? I've seen them mentioned in the signature of many nations.
And does anyone (except the mods) maintain a list of all "retired" nation names? So far I've only ever seen 2: Francos Spain and Dyakovo. Francos Spain I know about, Dyakovo - not so much.

Dyakovo was a regularly-participating member of the NationStates General forum who unexpectedly died in late 2015. Here's the thread confirming it.

[Blackbird]

I have a question. When did this General Secretary stuff start? I don't remember ever getting spammed like this before.

[Ghost Land]

I have a question. When did this General Secretary stuff start? I don't remember ever getting spammed like this before.

It was an April Fool's thing in 2016 and now they revived it for April Fool's Day this year. It has no actual importance and will be gone within the week.

[Blackbird]

I have a question. When did this General Secretary stuff start? I don't remember ever getting spammed like this before.

It was an April Fool's thing in 2016 and now they revived it for April Fool's Day this year. It has no actual importance and will be gone within the week.

Ah. Thank you.

[Crazy girl]

21 new telegrams on my WA nation, all about this nonsense. It's mad

[Wabbitslayah]

21 new telegrams on my WA nation, all about this nonsense. It's mad

You seem familiar...?

[Flanderlion]

21 new telegrams on my WA nation, all about this nonsense. It's mad

Rookie numbers, I'm on 29 WA ones plus regional ones. Just be glad the site is getting revenue for servers.

[Tinhampton]

21 new telegrams on my WA nation, all about this nonsense. It's mad

You seem familiar...?

Former moderator

Outside of Secretary-General elections, can anybody recall any proper inbox-clearing telegram blitzes of note?

[Zeritae]

You seem familiar...?

Former moderator

Outside of Secretary-General elections, can anybody recall any proper inbox-clearing telegram blitzes of note?

Z-Day, but that happens quite often

[Crazy girl]

21 new telegrams on my WA nation, all about this nonsense. It's mad

You seem familiar...?

You don't. Now where's my coffee, Elmer?

21 new telegrams on my WA nation, all about this nonsense. It's mad

Rookie numbers, I'm on 29 WA ones plus regional ones. Just be glad the site is getting revenue for servers.

I may have had more, had more notifications but the telegrams were gone. Ah well. Just hope I didn't lose any of the old telegrams

You seem familiar...?

Former moderator

Outside of Secretary-General elections, can anybody recall any proper inbox-clearing telegram blitzes of note?

Nope, but then my memory isn't great and in my time we didn't have stamps *waves cane*

[Saint Nicholas and the Hussars]

who’s first for the “challenge” game mode rankings?

[Flanderlion]

who’s first for the “challenge” game mode rankings?

https://www.nationstates.net/page=challenge/ladder=1

[Morover]

Sorry, I'm sure this question has been asked over and over again, but it's worth asking, I think.

Why were new GCRs added (E.G. The addition of the new sinkers, the split from Antiquity, etc.)?

[Sedgistan]

Existing ones being too large.

[Morover]

Existing ones being too large.

Is there a certain threshold where it became necessary to do so?

[Unibot III]

Existing ones being too large.

Is there a certain threshold where it became necessary to do so?

Read all about it in the first chapter of this new essay:
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=483455