April Fools' Day Event 2021 (The Best Nation in the World)

by **Drew Durrnil** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:03 pm

At the time of this writing at 15:00 PST, we have witnessed our annual April fools Day event. As you can see, you can vote for which nation is better out of two of them. Unlike many predictions, this does not relate to S3 of cards.

There is also a leaderboard for the most voted-for nations.

Link: https://www.nationstates.net/page=bestnation

This thread is for general discussion about the current April fools' day event. This thread is for technical problems/suggestions that you may have while experiencing the minigame.

Edit: God damn it there's a lot of puppets

by **Eshialand** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:05 pm

Which means I'm collecting My Little Pony trading cards. R.I.P. My Sanity 2004-2021.

by **Drew Durrnil** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:07 pm

Mission for today: Everyone vote for Yahlia right now.

by **Goraria** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:07 pm

My first April fools event. Oddly enough this is very exciting for me.

by **Auphelia** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:10 pm

Drew Durrnil wrote:Mission for today: Everyone vote for Yahlia right now.

It seems to be entirely random what nations you are given to choose between. We cannot vote for who we like, just between whatever two random puppets we happen to get to choose between.

by **Drew Durrnil** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:13 pm

Auphelia wrote:
Drew Durrnil wrote:Mission for today: Everyone vote for Yahlia right now.

It seems to be entirely random what nations you are given to choose between. We cannot vote for who we like, just between whatever two random puppets we happen to get to choose between.

Basically: Once you see Yahlia, vote for Yahlia. The most influential nation that I see on there so far is Euroslavia the mod, so it's not all puppets.

by **Auphelia** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:20 pm

Drew Durrnil wrote:Basically: Once you see Yahlia, vote for Yahlia. The most influential nation that I see on there so far is Euroslavia the mod, so it's not all puppets.

The problem is the rarity of seeing that one specific nation out of all of them.

Is every single nation included?

How is it determine what nations we have put in front of us?

Is this meant to be fun?

I like to give these games the benefit of the doubt and I know how hard the staff work on them, but this feels rather dull so far. The complete randomness and sheer volume of puppets takes any thrill out of it.

by **Noahs Second Country** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:20 pm

The question is how to get 2nd in this event... hmm

by **Goraria** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:21 pm

Noahs Second Country wrote:The question is how to get 2nd in this event... hmm

Try to be lucky I guess.

by **Drew Durrnil** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:22 pm

Noahs Second Country wrote:The question is how to get 2nd in this event... hmm

pray

by **Silvedania** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:23 pm

This just makes you realize how many card puppets there are.

by **Sengoku Americas** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:24 pm

If anyone sees my nation Sanghyeok, please vote for me! ^^
You won't get any prizes except self satisfaction.

by **Aaaaaa** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:24 pm

The amount of RandomWord3847 and InsertRandomNounHere42069 there are blows my mind. I've seen the same puppet name go against eachother multiple times, only difference being the number. What purpose do these serve? Card farming?

by **Drew Durrnil** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:25 pm

Aaaaaa wrote:The amount of RandomWord3847 and InsertRandomNounHere42069 there are blows my mind. I've seen the same puppet name go against eachother multiple times, only difference being the number. What purpose do these serve? Card farming?

R/D and card farming.

by **Drongonia** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:25 pm

The card farming nations really ruin the fun of this event tbh.

by **Silvedania** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:26 pm

"I'm gonna make this political"

by **Honeydewistania** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:26 pm

This has got to be the worst timing for an event. In the era of card farms...

by **StellarGate** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:27 pm

So how you all voting?

If it has more ‘Top X’ symbols it gets my vote unless I recognize the name.

by **Drongonia** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:28 pm

StellarGate wrote:So how you all voting?

If it has more ‘Top X’ symbols it gets my vote unless I recognize the name.

Same. So far I've seen nobody recognisable

by **Comfed** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:29 pm

At least in other events you can use the puppets, now you just see them.

by **Goobergunchia** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:29 pm

It would also be nice to have regions listed on the nation placards, because "are you in a cool region" (or "are you not in a fascist region") influence my thoughts on your nation.

by **Silvedania** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:30 pm

StellarGate wrote:So how you all voting?

If it has more ‘Top X’ symbols it gets my vote unless I recognize the name.

First I check if it's a card farm. If it is, the other one wins automatically. Second I check their worldbuilding. Then I resort to the niceness factor.

by **Anglicora** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:30 pm

I'm voting based on flag, government classification, and whether they're a puppet or not.

by **Drew Durrnil** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:31 pm

Silvedania wrote:
StellarGate wrote:So how you all voting?

If it has more ‘Top X’ symbols it gets my vote unless I recognize the name.

First I check if it's a card farm. If it is, the other one wins automatically. Second I check their worldbuilding. Then I resort to the niceness factor.

For me: If it is a puppet, it loses, If it is in the WA and the other isn't, the WA wins, then it's up to stats and region.

by **StellarGate** » Wed Mar 31, 2021 3:32 pm

Silvedania wrote:
StellarGate wrote:So how you all voting?

If it has more ‘Top X’ symbols it gets my vote unless I recognize the name.

First I check if it's a card farm. If it is, the other one wins automatically. Second I check their worldbuilding. Then I resort to the niceness factor.

I applaud the amount of effort. I do not have the fucks to try to work this out.

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