Embassy of the South Pacific

[RiderSyl]

The East Pacific's decision to enter into a treaty with the sworn enemy of two, if not three, of its other allies is certainly curious.

"Certainly" curious? Potentially curious. I know it's foreign to you, but not every friend of your enemy has to be an enemy of yours.

I particularly enjoyed this bit: "The South Pacific, The Rejected Realms, and The East Pacific venturing to promote the ideals of democracy..." It's not everyday you see a region corralled into signing a treaty that directly propagandizes against two of its existing allies.

How is that propagandizing against anyone? It's self-promotional material, with no barbs towards anyone.

You're the one propagandizing, claiming TEP was "corralled into signing" with no evidence of that. I have to say, you're living up to your reputation, again. In a situation where even I can't find a way to sling my usual brand of uninformed outsider crap at TSP, you've stepped up to provide it.

[Marilyn Manson Freaks]

You know us TRRers love you guys.

Both TEP and TSP are awesome!

[The Church of Satan]

I've been saying for years that we should have a treaty with TEP. I'm glad to finally see it happen! ^_^

[Marilyn Manson Freaks]

I've been saying for years that we should have a treaty with TEP. I'm glad to finally see it happen! ^_^

I know right? TRR and TEP belong together!

[Ever-Wandering Souls]

6.2 The signatories may not invoke another international agreement to refrain from complying with their mutual obligations under this Treaty.

Interesting.

I mean, kind of useless, because if two treaties mandate you take opposing actions, you're already either going to have to break one or the other (or do nothing and potentially break both), and this line doesn't particularly give any extra teeth to that, but it's still an interesting pledge to make, diplomatically. I could image prior diplomatic partners of the regions signing being somewhat miffed at being, at least on paper, relegated to second-tier allies when signing this newest treaty clearly affirms that its terms come first, before all prior (and subsequent) agreements.

I'm no GCR treaty expert, but I don't recall seeing a line like that very often at all. The rest of the treaty is pretty standard but, even just looking at recent history, I don't recall any analogue to this line in the Treaty of Anubis, Treaty of Klunvorden, the Best Pacifics Treaty, or The Chol Covenant, to name a few.

[Escade]

The South Pacific is proud to host the second annual Interregional Olympic Games. This series of competitive challenges will begin on Friday evening 8:30 PM on March 2! An opening ceremony will kick off intense competition between regions, organizations and independent athletes. Will you take home the gold?

Prepare your teams or yourself to compete in:

R\D challenges including:

Chase - You'll be chasing a target nation through a number of preselected regions. This will be a timed test, so go fast! There will be a without switching and with switching edition of this event!

R\D Trivia Rounds - Brush up on your R\D knowledge!

Other Competitive Challenges including

Create a Flag - All joining regions\orgs\individuals are asked to submit a team flag for the opening Olympic Ceremonies. These will be judged and awarded medals!

Write an Anthem - All joining regions\orgs\individuals are asked to submit an anthem to be displayed on the opening Olympic Ceremonies. These will be judged and awarded medals!

Olympic Trivia Round - Brush up on your Olympic knowledge!

Werewolf - Individuals earn points for winning werewolf\mafia bot games. Point are awarded after a series of 3 games.

Cards Against Humanity - Individuals earn points for winning Cards Against Humanity games. Points are awarded after a series of 3 games.

Miniclip Surprise Games - Individuals have 24 hours to screen cap their highest score at a Miniclip game.

*All regions will be created by game hosts and no natives will be harmed



So what are you waiting for? Assemble your team, starting planning that opening ceremony torch walk!


Individuals interested in competing, should complete this Google form.

Join the official II International Olympic Interregional Games II Discordhere.

Aren’t part of a team but want to spectate a show of fine athletic abilities, join us on Discord and tune in at 11PM EST for live event announcements and some lit VCs!

[Vulturret]

Sounds fun <3

[United Federated States of Omega]

I for one can't wait to get to announce results at the end of each night and crown our gold medalists!

[Alkasia]

Ooh this is gonna be fun! TSP really knows how to throw festivals/games.

[The Church of Satan]

Gotta admit, it does sound pretty fun.

[Marilyn Manson Freaks]

I'll definitely participate!

[Karenus]

Sounds fun. I'll see about participating too.

[Tim-Opolis]

Should be an awesome time, I can't wait!

[Malphe]

Snazzy.

[Escade]

Fair maidens, through arcane methods, light the flame that will blaze the way. You watch mesmerized by the dancing light full of hope and belief in the capacity of the human spirit to excel in all arenas. The maiden with the mysterious eyes looks at you and holds out the torch. "It's for you to take this to it's next place of harbor."

II Interregional Olympic Games Schedule

The games are about to begin! Your hosts are Escade, Asdersland, Ian Fleming and Alkasia!

Friday March 2

9 PM EST - Opening Ceremony, Team Flags & Anthems

9PM - 11PM - Chase Practice Round, Olympic Trivia Round 1, Cards Against Humanity Round 1

11PM - Live Coverage of Events (Medal Totals Announce)\VC Party!

*MAJOR UPDATE*

Post Major aka 1AMish - 2AM - Chase Round 1, Werewolf Round 1, MiniClip Game #1 Info Released



Saturday March 3

9AM - 11AM - Chase Round 2, Olympic Trivia Round 2, Werewolf Round 2

*MINOR UPDATE*

6PM - 8PM - R\D Trivia Round, Cards Against Humanity Round 2
MiniClip Game #1 Screen Caps Due, Miniclip#2 Introduced

9PM - 11PM - Chase (Manual) Round, Cards Against Humanity Round 3, Relay Race (Team)

11PM - Live Coverage of Events (Medal Totals Announced)\VC Party!

*MAJOR UPDATE*

Post-Major - Werewolf Round 2, Miniclip Game #2 Introduced



Sunday March 4

*MINOR UPDATE*

Daytime - Casual Games and Hangout (post intense competition chill vibes)

8PM-9PM - Total Medal Counts\Awards, Closing Ceremonies & Super Secret After Party VC

The torch has made its way to the host region, us, the South Pacific! Join us at https://discord.gg/jDKVc3U to spectate, compete, and enjoy II Interregional Olympics 2018! Good luck to all competing teams <3

[Razzle Dazzle]

Will the results of the games be posted in this thread?

[Escade]

II Interregional Olympic Games Medal Update



The second annual Interregional Olympic Games, hosted by the South Pacific - the NS world’s premiere event runners - has concluded with a intense few days of competitive spirit and camaraderie!.

50 athletes joined the second annual Interregional Olympic Games this year and we had about 100 total NSers involved from spectators to cheerleaders, athletes, and hosts!

6 official teams, and a cadre of unaffiliated players, competed in the Interregional Olympic Games 2018: AIR, NPO, TGW, TRR, TSP, and UDS. It was a pleasure for TSP to host this event and continue our steady goal of doing fun and amazing things with allies, friends and potential new friends!

We also want to congratulate all athletes and spectators for helping this event be full of good vibes, Olympian spirit, and hilariously funny situations! Even with a host dropping out for real life reasons and some issues with time zones, we were able to get a high level of participation.


Special shout out to Asdersland, Denland, Ian Fleming, and Alkasia for rising up as hosts\challenge runners and really helping to make this event a success! This event couldn’t have been such a success without them! In particular, a shout out to yet another joint TSP\XKI venture that has seen record levels of activity on NS after the HP Festival!

Also shout out to team leaders for rising up, particularly Mad-Eye Jack of TGW who hosted an impromptu “How to Chase” sessions for athletes of all teams to help them improve their skills. Want to learn how to chase\defend? Go to Mad-Eye Jack of The Grey Wardens for the best training experience! <3



Other highlights or sweet moments from the games include:

• VCs until 3AM or later with a fun group of people and mutes
• Roavin making an entire VC erupt in laughter with a CaH card selection (***********) that is for mature audiences only
• A Werewolf game where Escade, as detective gunner, shot two of the wolf team based on vibes only and got the third one through detection >:)
• Ian Fleming for being the most hilarious CaH player who as host couldn’t earn points
• Guy getting salty during Werewolf games
• Having to *refresh* because CaH games, with 15 players, gets glitchy
• Reaching 19 player Werewolf games and still not playing Evil Village ;,;
• Miravana for being willing to learn and improve on the spot, bright future there!
• The contested trivia questions based on semantics
• Guy dominating trivia one-handed
• Asdersland for calculating and double checking each result for each game and being a spreadsheet King
• Resentine and his many many ships and obsession with illegal land mines
• Alkasia for going from spectator to host in about 3 seconds because he was that good
• NPO for the best training room convos, such a fun team to watch!
• Pyrosky for winning a gold medal for TGW so he could get his role color changed
• Dyl\Khevo for being adorable and bashful about the points system
• Nequedem’s neighbor’s dog joining VC with him
• Impromptu games that just happened like Codenames (get awesome people together and they will have fun!) <3

First we are glad to award Olympic Game Cups to showcase teams who dominated in specific types of events:

The Creator’s Cup goes to UDS for earning gold medals in the creative events!

The Gameplayer’s Cup goes to TRR for dominating in the gaming events!

The Chaser’s Cup goes to TGW for having the best chasers!

The Trivia (Ravenclaw) Cup goes to TRR for being armed with facts!

Now, to the part everyone is waiting for - the medal count!

II Interregional Olympic Game Medal Count

Event: Team Flag Design
Each team designed and submitted a flag for the games. Three judges considered all the entries through aesthetics and capturing the spirit of the team. All submitted entries were a pleasure to see during the opening ceremony walk and on the podiums! UDS dominated in the creative challenges with original works!

The medals go to:
Gold - UDS
Silver - NPO
Bronze - AIR



Event: Team Anthem
Each team submitted an official anthem for the games. Three judges considered all the entries through aesthetics, originality and capturing the spirit of the team. All submitted entries were a pleasure to hear during the opening ceremony walk and during medal announcements! UDS dominated in the creative challenges with original works!

The medals go to:
Gold - UDS
Silver - NPO
Bronze - TRR



Event: R/D Trivia
A raiding and defending trivia round where athletes had to answer the most number of questions quickly and accurately. The Rejected Realms dominated in the trivia rounds overall with speed and accuracy in their responses!

The medals go to:
Gold - TRR
Silver - TGW
Bronze - AIR



Event: Olympic Trivia
An Olympic themed trivia round with increasingly difficult questions each round. Athletes had to answer the most number of questions quickly and accurately. The Rejected Realms dominated in the trivia rounds overall with speed and accuracy in their responses!

Gold - TRR
Silver - UDS
Bronze - AIR



Event: MiniClip Game
Athletes had to show endurance and agility while skiing and doing tricks in an Olympic themed MiniClip game. AIR was 100 points ahead of the other athletes and dominated the challenge!

Gold - AIR
Silver - TRR
Bronze - UDS



Event: Cards Against Humanity Tournament
Athletes played several rounds of Cards against Humanity and had to use their wit and humor to charm the card czar into voting for them. TGW consistently made its fellow players laugh out loud and took home the gold.

Gold - TGW
Silver - NPO
Bronze - TSP



Event: Werewolf Tournament
Athletes played several rounds of Werewolf and had to use logic and luck to win as town or wolves. It is no surprise that TRR dominated this challenge, having created the Werewolf game trend on their Discord.

Gold - TRR
Silver - NPO
Bronze - TGW


Event: Chase Tournament
Athletes competed in three rounds of Chasing using host created regions. Their speed and agility (ability to follow all jumps) was tested. It is no surprise that TGW podium swept this event, taking all three medals with their speed and skill!

Gold - TGW (Vincent Drake)
Silver - TGW (Mad-Eye Jack)
Bronze - TGW (Merlin)



Event: Chase (Manual) Round
Athletes competed in a round of manual Chasing using host created regions. Their speed and agility (ability to follow all jumps) was tested.

Gold - TGW (Mad-Eye Jack)
Silver - TGW (Merlin)
Bronze - AIR (Miravana)



Thank you to all the athletes, spectators, and organizers who made this an event to remember! See you at the next one

xoxo,
Escade <3



P.S.
And now a word from our sponsors!

Want to be part of something great like the Harry Potter and the Festival of Friends or the second annual Interregional Olympics? Join the South Pacific and work with me, Escade, in the Ministry of Regional Affairs to develop exciting cultural events that make NationStates history!

Love Werewolf and want to continue playing? Join the Rejected Realms to sate your thirst for logic and luck and hilariously fun times (especially when the players get salty or when some people get that best role - gunner).

Finally, thanks to our host partner and ally UDS for giving us the opportunity to host and run this event with them! It was a pleasure

[Alkasia]

The games were a blast! Even though I couldn't compete, I'm glad I could be a host alongside the rest of you and watch the athletes soar.

Call me next time and I'll help host again.

Great job and congratulations to everyone!

[Vulturret]

Thanks for hosting and organizing this! Was much fun.

[The Church of Satan]

If only my head hadn't been all scrambled I could have done more! I did enjoy designing the flag though. It was very fun!

[Libetarian Republics]

Thank you for hosting and arranging such an awesome event!

[Roavin]

Wonderful and fun event!

No surprise TRR swept the floor on werewolf, they had Guy on their team who is disgustingly good at that game >_>!

[Pergamon]

Thank you for hosting this.

[Glacikaldr]

This event was great, thank you very, very much!

[The Noble Thatcherites]

Congrats to all the atheletes and hats off to the hosts!