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Miyager
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Ex-Nation

Postby Miyager » Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:35 pm

Cerian Quilor wrote:
Wiesmann wrote:Just over a period of less than a day, we've tripled our regional size. Regardless of what other people are saying, it is a fairly effective recruitment strategy.

Come back after 32 days and tell me what your population is in relation to where it was when you started.


There's a 99% chance it'll still be higher than it was when it started.
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Eli
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Capitalist Paradise

Postby Eli » Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:42 pm

congrats, just spit in the weirdo's chicken parts for insulting you.


That'll show them

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Falconias
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Anarchy

Postby Falconias » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:01 pm

Cerian Quilor wrote:
Wiesmann wrote:Just over a period of less than a day, we've tripled our regional size. Regardless of what other people are saying, it is a fairly effective recruitment strategy.

Come back after 32 days and tell me what your population is in relation to where it was when you started.

Do I detect a little jealousy? Her region is bigger than yours, Cerian. ;)
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The Blaatschapen
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:06 pm

Falconias wrote:
Cerian Quilor wrote:Come back after 32 days and tell me what your population is in relation to where it was when you started.

Do I detect a little jealousy? Her region is bigger than yours, Cerian. ;)


I'm now so tempted to move a couple of my puppets that have received the message to move there, just to spite Cerian :p
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Durkadurkiranistan II
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Postby Durkadurkiranistan II » Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:12 pm

$107 is a negligible amount of money for me. Gosh, I'm so wealthy IRL! All inherited as well; working is for the proletariat.
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The North Polish Union
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Postby The North Polish Union » Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:57 pm

Durkadurkiranistan II wrote:$107 is a negligible amount of money for me. Gosh, I'm so wealthy IRL! All inherited as well; working is for the proletariat.

Smash the Oligarchs! The Proletariat will have victory! :p
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Vandoosa
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Postby Vandoosa » Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:24 pm

The North Polish Union wrote:
Durkadurkiranistan II wrote:$107 is a negligible amount of money for me. Gosh, I'm so wealthy IRL! All inherited as well; working is for the proletariat.

Smash the Oligarchs! The Proletariat will have victory! :p



Kinda funny that someone like me who works in a processing plant was able to sent a mass TG to the entire world... guess the Proletariat will have victory!

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Corporation de Apple
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Postby Corporation de Apple » Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:08 pm

Durkadurkiranistan II wrote:$107 is a negligible amount of money for me. Gosh, I'm so wealthy IRL! All inherited as well; working is for the proletariat.

OMG, really? Me tooooo! We should totally, like, buy more stamps.
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Elmland
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Postby Elmland » Mon Sep 30, 2013 5:20 pm

I just deleted it without reading. I think this whole fiasco just tells you which players have region loyalty, and which don't. Oh, and Mr/Ms Bird? I'll judge all I want. What god gave you the right to judge me for judging her?

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Dalimbar
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Postby Dalimbar » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:05 pm

Durkadurkiranistan II wrote:$107 is a negligible amount of money for me. Gosh, I'm so wealthy IRL! All inherited as well; working is for the proletariat.

And this is why you still drive the pink miata, eh? ;)
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Arius I
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Postby Arius I » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:54 pm

While I question whether the population gains received for it will actually be worth the money or not (kind of a subjective judgement at the end of the day, though), this has undoubtedly made an otherwise unremarkable, unimportant and unknown region into one with far more fame/infamy. Whether it will translate to lasting awareness of the place by a large number of people is yet to be seen since it's too early to judge. And tbh, I am not exactly rolling in money and I end up spending a fair bit quite regularly on raves and other assorted things that would not be viewed as great investments, so I wouldn't really look down on someone who wants to spend $107 on NS, even if it doesn't seem worth it in whatever context to a lot of people. I think this is really just more a matter of people being pissed off with the place for recruiting from them and looking for reasons to smear the region and recruiter that did it rather than a genuine issue with how the person spends their money.

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Cerian Quilor
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Postby Cerian Quilor » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:08 am

There is spending on non-essential things, and then there is spending on a game like this just to hit every nation in the game. Its a series of predicated factoids, including that this person spent a third of their paycheck.
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Falconias
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Anarchy

Postby Falconias » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:37 am

Cerian Quilor wrote:There is spending on non-essential things, and then there is spending on a game like this just to hit every nation in the game. Its a series of predicated factoids, including that this person spent a third of their paycheck.

I might have glossed over it, but where does it say that she spent a 1/3 of their paycheque?
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Vandoosa
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Postby Vandoosa » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:41 am

Falconias wrote:
Cerian Quilor wrote:There is spending on non-essential things, and then there is spending on a game like this just to hit every nation in the game. Its a series of predicated factoids, including that this person spent a third of their paycheck.

I might have glossed over it, but where does it say that she spent a 1/3 of their paycheque?



On another page in this thread. I bring home about 318 dollars a week.110 dollars is around a 3'rd of a paycheck. I was able to afford it thanks to the temperatures dropping. Less money going toward AC! I feel like I have extra money once Fall and Winter gets here!

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Charax
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Postby Charax » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:18 am

Oaledonia wrote:Wrong, Vandoosa used 1/3 her paycheck on it.

I find this extraordinarily humorous.
Vandoosa wrote:I feel like I have extra money once Fall and Winter gets here!

Don't you spend more on heating in Winter?
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Vandoosa
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Postby Vandoosa » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:24 am

Charax wrote:
Oaledonia wrote:Wrong, Vandoosa used 1/3 her paycheck on it.

I find this extraordinarily humorous.
Vandoosa wrote:I feel like I have extra money once Fall and Winter gets here!

Don't you spend more on heating in Winter?



Nope! Arkansas never gets cold enough. Though we did have one night where it was -16F (-27C) but extremes like that are rare. Summer is the terrible season where it is so hot you can't breath! It's like that phrase from Game of Thrones but reversed.

Summer is coming...

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Falconias
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Postby Falconias » Tue Oct 01, 2013 2:25 pm

Vandoosa wrote:
Falconias wrote:I might have glossed over it, but where does it say that she spent a 1/3 of their paycheque?



On another page in this thread. I bring home about 318 dollars a week.110 dollars is around a 3'rd of a paycheck. I was able to afford it thanks to the temperatures dropping. Less money going toward AC! I feel like I have extra money once Fall and Winter gets here!

Fair enough. Unlike other people here, I'm not going to pass judgement on whether or not you should be spending 1/3 of your paycheque on NS. I wouldn't do it, but good on you.
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Feux
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Postby Feux » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:56 pm

Vandoosa wrote:
Charax wrote:I find this extraordinarily humorous.

Don't you spend more on heating in Winter?



Nope! Arkansas never gets cold enough. Though we did have one night where it was -16F (-27C) but extremes like that are rare. Summer is the terrible season where it is so hot you can't breath! It's like that phrase from Game of Thrones but reversed.

Summer is coming...

Hail the south and our nonexistent winter! Lol.
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Northern Atlantis
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Founded: Sep 07, 2013
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Postby Northern Atlantis » Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:16 am

Vandoosa wrote:On another page in this thread. I bring home about 318 dollars a week.110 dollars is around a 3'rd of a paycheck. I was able to afford it thanks to the temperatures dropping. Less money going toward AC! I feel like I have extra money once Fall and Winter gets here!


I'm trully amazed that you have to justify yourself over the ginormous amount of a hundred bucks...

Good luck with your region and have fun!

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Neo Nibu
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Founded: Jan 23, 2004
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Neo Nibu » Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:00 pm

After like a week, everyone should just mass tg their region lol. Since recruited from all my regions, should return the favor. With at least one or two mass tgs. 8)
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