Advice for a Newbie?

[Goundirk]

Heyo Hello,
Ifyou Astrid here, or "Maktleder," Lol.

So anyone with eyes knows I've been playing this only since March 15th 2021 and I obviously am a "newbie" (as the kids say). I'm just looking for advice overall on how to play, basics, inside knowledge etc...
Also if there are just well-known incidents that have a "best" answer I'd love to know those because dang I need more policies and less wasted time.
Seriously though it just gets longer and longer of a wait each day and then nothing comes from it :/
Other than that I'm running a roleplay, and a region so any beginner's advice for those would be helpful too!

- Ifyou Astrid (aka Maktleder Astrid III)

Join The Open System Roleplay.

[Jarvikan]

I advise that you wait for the region.Try and learn how the regions like that work before you set one up yourself.

[Goundirk]

I advise that you wait for the region.Try and learn how the regions like that work before you set one up yourself.

Any advice that isn't "don't make a region," please?

[Reploid Productions]

Honestly, your best bet is to just look around, see what areas really strike your fancy. Each section of the forum has various advice threads that can give you some basic advice and pointers relevant to that subset of the larger NS community. Starting your own region can be a bit daunting depending on what you're looking to do with it. A casual region for you and a few friends to call home is going to be simpler and quicker than trying to build up a large or complex region with an involved regional government; in the latter case it is recommended you take a look around at existing regions and what they're doing to get some ideas before diving headfirst into your own project. Likewise if you want to get into writing WA proposals, it's recommended you join in on debates on existing proposals and get a feel for how the community functions before jumping into writing your own. (Though you immediately score some points with the WA crowd if you draft your proposal on the forum and give it a chance to get feedback and be further fine-tuned before submitting it.)

Nationstates is ultimately a game where you get out of it what you want to put into it; whether that's just checking once or twice a day to play the daily issues game (or helping create new issues for the game!), or getting deep into a roleplaying group, or learning the ropes of military gameplay and regional management, or hammering out fine-tuned WA legislation, or even just hanging around arguing with People Who Are Wrong on the Internet over in the General forum.

[Lumio Magika]

On a similar vein as what Reppy said, I would also suggest setting a goal for yourself. Maybe on writing a proposal after a certain amount of time, reaching certain nation stats, etc. For example, my ultimate NS goal is to become a site moderator. I'm more than aware that I'm a long way off, but that just means that I have time to gain more NS experience.

[Zandilund]

I'll add that it's probably a good idea to check the topics in each section of the forum and see what they are discussing. A lot of newbies (including me in the past) make the mistake of posting a topic in an unrelated section.

[Das Kaiserliche Vaterland]

If you’re interested in role-playing then head on over to the National and International Roleplaying stuff. It’s where people write and/or share factbooks about their nations, sometimes about the user themselves; users also play out wars and conflicts in the International Incidents section, and there are those who like to roleplay trade in the Global Economics and Trade and, finally, NationStates Sports.

[Romextly]

If you’re interested in role-playing then head on over to the National and International Roleplaying stuff. It’s where people write and/or share factbooks about their nations, sometimes about the user themselves; users also play out wars and conflicts in the International Incidents section, and there are those who like to roleplay trade in the Global Economics and Trade and, finally, NationStates Sports.

Don't forget diplomatic actions and general Character Rping in Nationstates. And If you don't want to have to be restricted by your nation, you can join P2TM for more cool RPs

[Das Kaiserliche Vaterland]

If you’re interested in role-playing then head on over to the National and International Roleplaying stuff. It’s where people write and/or share factbooks about their nations, sometimes about the user themselves; users also play out wars and conflicts in the International Incidents section, and there are those who like to roleplay trade in the Global Economics and Trade and, finally, NationStates Sports.

Don't forget diplomatic actions and general Character Rping in Nationstates. And If you don't want to have to be restricted by your nation, you can join P2TM for more cool RPs

That too, thank you for adding those Rom.

For out-of-character, talk about real world stuff, like, the nitty-gritty topics, you can go give General a try if you haven’t already gone there.

[Swedish-Norwegian Kingdoms]

You could go out there and talk in their RMB, Venice's and The North Pacific's RMB really helped me get used to NationStates.

Alot of the residents in my region are friends or alts of my friends who were in TNP or Europe, and also friends who are in other regions I still know like Sak