Embassy of the South Pacific

by **The Solar System Scope** » Sun May 27, 2018 12:00 pm

This was super fun (at least the times where events happened while I was online). I have to say the quest for the Star of Elendil was the most interesting of the events, and my greatest contribution to team Ent. Go team ENTerprise!
PS: It would be nice if you could mention the NS nation, as well as the Discord tag. Also, my tag is AstroVulpes; would appreciate if you fixed that. (〃⌒∇⌒)

by **Escade** » Sun May 27, 2018 12:13 pm

P.S. Also check out the survey on TSP Discord under announcements to provide constructive feedback!

Escade wrote:
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All Good Things Come to a Close

Dear festival goers,

It has been a pleasure these past two weeks journeying through the lands of Middle Earth with you!

We have had such a marvelous time playing games together, bantering, role playing, and competing in fun ways. We hope you enjoyed meeting travelers from new lands and hope that you will continue to work and build with them in the future!

I'd like to thank TSP hosts, NPO hosts, TRR hosts and Forest for making this an event to remember!

Don’t forget to upvote the dispatch <3
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1024238

P.S. Missed the festival or still want to visit the world of Middle Earth! Join one of the two RPs still running!

1. The Battle at Osgilliath (Roleplay)
Go here -> https://discord.gg/63Wzr89
The Orcs attack Osgilliath with overwhelming force! Humans, dwarves, elves, and others band together to fight the hordes! Will they win or lose? Check out the NPO RP Server for as the orcs began to attack the city!

2. The Ball at Helms Deep(Roleplay)
Go here, to the roleplay channel, to partake -> https://discord.gg/VazC2h2
*King Elfwine of Rohan, of the House of Eorl, invites all peoples of Middle Earth to a ball celebrating his engagement with a princess from the East. The castle is bedecked in the rich colors of Rohan. Green and gold banners hang alongside silver and magenta ones around the castle walls. The entire city has been preparing for the royal ball for months. Thousands of pastries, endless fabric cut and sewn and resewn, lamps alight with colored glows, the city celebrates the fourth age of man in resolute splendor. *

*Guests line up in carriages, being secured before entering the castle and garden walls. Festivities take place all across the city. A wizard displays the central ballroom through a palantir like screen across the city gates. *

https://imgur.com/a/PeEzKAf

With your invitation to the ball and access to the Helms Deep, you have joined the ball for one or more reasons:

1) You enjoy balls and like to show off your finery, mingle with guests, and perhaps catch the eye of someone new or rekindle a flame <3

2) You are here for the heist. With Helms Deep open, you wish to relinquish King Elfwine of the fabled Sword of Herugrim and perhaps some of those jewels he's been hoarding.

3) You are here for a rescue. Three people of various races and backgrounds are in the castle dungeons. They have been sentence to death tomorrow morning. The orders will be carried out by the corrupt executioner swiftly and without remorse. Will you save your friend?

Please note GIFS coming up in this post!

The Seven Battles At Twilight
This weekend we engaged in festivities and frolicking and the Seven Battles at Twilight.

Festival guests chose to join the battle for Middle Earth as elves, ents, dwarves, humans, hobbits, or wizards.

Seven teams compete to determine who shall rule and with what kind of fist. We had so much fun playing trivia, Cards Against Humanity, Werewolf, and Escadian Battleship as well as engaging in general banter, casual roleplay and fun times.

The elves, dwarves and ents competed ferociously to gain the upper hand and were close in points throughout the battles but the elves managed to pull ahead just enough to leave only crumbs of lembas in their wake.

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The Official Tally of Points for the War for Middle Earth (Battles of Dawn, Dusk, and Twilight!
Elf - 921
Dwarves - 699
Ent - 617
Human - 263
Hobbit - 212
Wizard - 26

Tally of Points Per Battle
RECAP: The Official Tally of Points for the Battles at Dawn:
Elves - 72
Dwarves - 12
Ents - 36
Humans - 81
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Hobbits - 21
Wizards - 17

Recap: The Official Tally of Points for the Seven Battles at Dusk
Elf - 507
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Dwarf - 356
Ent - 309
Hobbit - 135
Human - 130
Wizard - 5*

Escade's hosting points (800 million) all go to Kyrusia <3

The elves completely dominated this phase of the war. They had the highest recruits (players) and the most active overall.

The Official Tally of Points for the Seven Battles at Twilight
Elves - 342
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Dwarves - 331
Ents - 272
Hobbits - 56
Humans - 52
Wizards - 4

For this Battle phase, you had to be there (or come check out the shenanigans)

The only thing I'll leave here as a testament to the best Battleship game of all time is:

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Special Shoutouts to my Co-Hosts:
Ian Fleming for being a fabulous co-host and on top of it all! Master of Points, Master of Spirit, and All Around Awesome Guy <3

Nequedem for hosting the best Battle Ship games and providing valuable feedback on how to improve things!

Sassoon for hosting the NPO game side and helping edit and improve things! Samasbhi for hosting the thinksame and roleplay!

And to all the players and contributors who have made this an event to remember <3

by **Pencil Sharpeners 2** » Fri Jun 29, 2018 4:35 pm

Balder Responsible for Germany World Cup Exit

A couple of weeks ago, the South Pacific voted in a regional poll to decide which team we would support at the World Cup. We selected Germany by a clear margin - a seemingly good choice given that they were the current holders, but the meddling Imperialists in Balder had other ideas!

Now, as has been firmly established over the past couple of years, Balder is merely a puppet of the famous Imperialist region The Land of Kings and Emperors. The South Pacific has a history of standing up to the cruel (and frankly tedious) Imperialists who wish to bring the entirety of NationStates crashing down at their feet. Our famous citizen Glen-Rhodes, for example, spent many a year riding the stallion of true independence as he crushed the Imperialists in battle again and again! This has understandably led to animosity between our regions, and after years of humiliation, the Imperialists were ready to take revenge…

The date is the 4th of June, and Germany have just announced their squad. To the surprise of many, talented Manchester City winger Leroy Sané is omitted, despite having scored 10 goals and made 15 assists to help his club dominate the Premier League. This seems like a strange decision, but The Southern Onion has access to logs between Balder Queen Solorni (AKA Rach), and Joachim Löw, the Germany manager. Prepare your eyes for the tidal wave of injustice and corruption with which they are about to be assaulted…

Rach: So, I hear you’re participating in a World Cup?
J-Löw: Yes. Which we will win because we are German and that is what we do.
Rach: There are rumours that my sworn enemies will be supporting you. As such, I cannot allow you to win your sportsball tournament.
J-Löw: What? I do not care. There is nothing you can do to stop our inevitable march towards victory.
Rach: It would be a shame if someone… invaded Germany, wouldn’t it?
J-Löw: You think you can invade Germany? How ridiculous. I would be laughing at you right now, but I’m German so I do not laugh. We are a strong, well-defended country; our only weakness would be to an inactive GCR which is propped up by a permanently bitter and angry UCR.
Rach: Well wouldn’t you know what I have right here…
J-Löw: No! NO! You cannot invade us! Please! I’ll do anything you want, but don’t bring your 3 updaters to fight us, please…
Rach: OK. Balder will leave you alone, on one condition: drop Sané from your squad.
J-Löw: Drop Sané!? Do you think I’m insané!? He is one of our best players, we would surely lose without him!
Rach: Well, the offer’s there. You should think carefully about your options…

Here is undeniable evidence that Germany’s World Cup squad, and therefore their performances at the tournament, were maliciously affected by the Imperialist actions of Imperialist Balder (have I mentioned they’re Imperialist?). Hopefully exposing this corruption will lead to widespread condemnation of The Land of Bald Kings (or whatever they are called). The people of NationStates must combat evil Imperialism as one, to prevent heinous acts like this from happening again in the future.

by **Lord Dominator** » Fri Jun 29, 2018 7:13 pm

I can't tell if this is a bad joke, or a deliberate attempt to rile up Balder.
Either way, I give it a good 4/10

by **Samsonyte** » Fri Jun 29, 2018 7:33 pm

I, for one, thought it was pretty funny :clap:

by **Salvarity** » Fri Jun 29, 2018 7:34 pm

https://www.wsj.com/articles/world-cup- ... 1530118920

y'all suck at bets mate.

This is a known curse.

Belgium will win.

Pls join me at the waffle table, am lonely.

by **Drop Your Pants** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 12:09 am

Lord Dominator wrote:I can't tell if this is a bad joke, or a deliberate attempt to rile up Balder.
Either way, I give it a good 4/10

Who really gives a flying shite about ~~LKE~~ Balder? :lol:

by **Marilyn Manson Freaks** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:34 am

This post is pretty funny.

by **Lord Dominator** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:50 am

Drop Your Pants wrote:
Lord Dominator wrote:I can't tell if this is a bad joke, or a deliberate attempt to rile up Balder.
Either way, I give it a good 4/10

Who really gives a flying shite about ~~LKE~~ Balder?

Oh no, I don't really care what the post's purpose is. I just don't like it

by **Flanderlion** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 6:44 am

Lord Dominator wrote:
Drop Your Pants wrote:Who really gives a flying shite about ~~LKE~~ Balder?

Oh no, I don't really care what the post's purpose is. I just don't like it

I guess this is the moment for everyone to thank you for the contribution to the topic?

by **Lord Dominator** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 7:19 am

Flanderlion wrote:
Lord Dominator wrote:Oh no, I don't really care what the post's purpose is. I just don't like it

I guess this is the moment for everyone to thank you for the contribution to the topic?

If you want to

by **Marilyn Manson Freaks** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 9:09 am

Imagine if Balder woke up and declared war on all of their enemies. That would be entertaining.

by **Lord Dominator** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 10:06 am

Marilyn Manson Freaks wrote:Imagine if Balder woke up and declared war on all of their enemies. That would be entertaining.

I would welcome that

by **Tupelope** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 12:09 pm

itd make them relevant for a couple hours at least

by **Marilyn Manson Freaks** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 5:35 pm

Tupelope wrote:itd make them relevant for a couple hours at least

Burn!

by **Consular** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 5:37 am

Tupelope wrote:itd make them relevant for a couple hours at least

Hahaha ruthless

by **Malphe** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:05 am

Pencil Sharpeners 2 wrote:J-Löw: You think you can invade Germany? How ridiculous. I would be laughing at you right now, but I’m German so I do not laugh. We are a strong, well-defended country; our only weakness would be to an inactive GCR which is propped up by a permanently bitter and angry UCR.
Rach: Well wouldn’t you know what I have right here…

Absolutely zero chill.

by **RiderSyl** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:30 am

Take heed, everyone. If Escade, of all players, can't use TSP as a launchpad for her own interests without Glen-Rhodes getting on her case, then any possibility of you doing the same in the region is hopeless.

Glen, I don't know why you're undercutting a vital community member's pet project, but if this is how you hold back TSP in public, I can only imagine how you're doing it in private. Too bad you have impenetrable job security. They really need to get you outta there.

by **Glen-Rhodes** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:58 am

Perhaps if the pet project wasn’t borne out of a desire to upstage the Ministry of Regional Affairs, because Escade has a long-running hostility to the minister, and was created in consultation with the regional government (rather than in opposition to it), there wouldn’t have been an issue with TSP providing our embassy as a platform.

You’re correct that nobody can expect to be able to use TSP as a launch pad for projects like that.

by **RiderSyl** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:02 am

Who is the Minister of Regional Affairs at the moment? You keep leaving out their name.

by **Nakarisaune** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:06 am

RiderSyl wrote:Who is the Minister of Regional Affairs at the moment? You keep leaving out their name.

It's me.

by **RiderSyl** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:07 am

Nakarisaune wrote:
RiderSyl wrote:Who is the Minister of Regional Affairs at the moment? You keep leaving out their name.

It's me.

You may want to update your signature. You used a bullet.

by **United Massachusetts** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:33 am

FIFA's immensely corrupt, and Balder's merely exploiting that fact.

Wonderful job, Balder.

by **Sargon Reman** » Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:58 am

Sounds like a story for 60 Minutes

by **Harry Kane** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:22 pm

With the hooligans from SweDEN already routed (both on the field and in the region), England is rejoicing in its first World Cup semi-final in 28 years! Clearly, this is a cause for celebration! Manager Aumeltopia sent the Three Lions, consisting of players signed to The South Pacific, The East Pacific, and The North Pacific onto the pitch in a 3-1-4-2 formation:

	Chronicler FW		UM FW
NHC LW	Kurnugia MF		Konar MF	QuietDad RW
		Roavin DM
	Res CB	Zazumo CB	Bobberino CB
——————————	——————————	——————————	——————————	——————————
		Veniyerris GK

Currently, the fans are celebrating with beef tea and meat pie while the team prepare for the upcoming match on July 11th at 22:00 UTC, against Croatia.

The South Pacific supports England for 2018 FIFA World Cup Champion!
Send us victorious!

Embassy of the South Pacific

Balder Responsible for Germany World Cup Exit

SPSF: England Celebrates!

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