by Island of Stability » Fri Jun 02, 2017 2:18 am
by Australian rePublic » Fri Jun 02, 2017 2:45 am
by Island of Stability » Fri Jun 02, 2017 2:46 am
by Australian rePublic » Fri Jun 02, 2017 2:50 am
by Candlewhisper Archive » Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:25 am
by Island of Stability » Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:54 am
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:Fun premise, and some good writing here.
You could apply NS-twisting to make the organisation the Transglobal Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry...
Not sure how Leader gets to be the one making the decision here though...
Australian Republic wrote:Effect lines shouldn't start with capital letters
by Frieden-und Freudenland » Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:04 am
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:
You could apply NS-twisting to make the organisation the Transglobal Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry...
Island of Stability wrote:[option] "I believe the answer to this isssue is as simple as polynomial quadratic expressions to those possessing acceptable levels of neurological tissue" says Amazu Inguro...
Island of Stability wrote:[option] "Woah woah woah" yells an increasingly incredulous science student who happens to be passing by your window. "How the heck are we supposed to know anything about it from names like that? We should name the elements after what they actually do! That'll make it way easier for us all to any sense of this stuff."
[effect] within @NATION@, oxygen is commonly known as Breathinium.
by Island of Stability » Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:13 am
Frieden-und Freudenland wrote:Candlewhisper Archive wrote:
You could apply NS-twisting to make the organisation the Transglobal Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry...
And the acronym is TUPAC...Island of Stability wrote:[option] "I believe the answer to this isssue is as simple as polynomial quadratic expressions to those possessing acceptable levels of neurological tissue" says Amazu Inguro...
I am being pedantic here, but wouldn't neural tissue be more appropriate than 'neurological' tissue?Island of Stability wrote:[option] "Woah woah woah" yells an increasingly incredulous science student who happens to be passing by your window. "How the heck are we supposed to know anything about it from names like that? We should name the elements after what they actually do! That'll make it way easier for us all to any sense of this stuff."
[effect] within @NATION@, oxygen is commonly known as Breathinium.
Haha this is a bit like the German way of naming elements. The name for oxygen is Sauerstoff, for example, which literally means sour stuff because it plays a role in making acids (i.e. sour stuff). Of course this is actually a loyal translation of the Greek name of the element. Similarly, hydrogen is called Wasserstoff (water stuff) and nitrogen is called Stickstoff (suffocating stuff) because it extinguishes flames, etc. etc.
Pretty good issue, congrats
by Candlewhisper Archive » Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:17 am
Island of Stability wrote:[title] A Periodic Issue
[desc] Researchers have successfully synthesised a new element using @NATION@'s latest advanced particle
supercollider. The element itself decays within seconds.
[validity] Nation possess high levels of scientific advancement
[option] "I believe the answer to this isssue
is as simple as polynomial quadratic expressions to those possessing acceptable levels of neurological tissue"
says Amazu Inguro,
the leader of the research team responsible for the discovery, as she uses an advanced-seeming device to appear inside your office."
It should be named after me. I discovered it after all. Amazingium sounds like the perfect name, doesn't it?"
[effect] the heaviest unsynthesised element of the periodic table is speculated to be named "Brilliantium".
[option] "I disagree with that hypothesis" begins @RANDOMNAME@, head of the Transglobal Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in a calm monotone. "The correct name for this element would be Unseptnineteenbillionium in accordance with the regulations of my organisation. Any other name would only inhibit clarity to chemists across the world."
[effect] scientists struggle to differentiate between Unseptnineteenbillionium and Unseptninehundredbillionium.
[option] "I have an even better idea" claims your cousin, using a megaphone to be heard over the sodium-level volatile debate now occurring in your office. "Why not name it after you? This element could make us well known as the scientific leaders of the world! Besides, who else is more worthy of such an honour?"
[effect] @NATION@ is more widely known for its ruler being mentioned on the periodic table than its actual accomplishments
[option] "Woah woah woah" yells an increasingly incredulous science student who happens to be passing by your window. "How the heck are we supposed to know anything about it from names like that? We should name the elements after what they actually do! That'll make it way easier for us all to any sense of this stuff."
[effect] within @NATION@, oxygen is commonly known as Breathinium.
[option]"I believe this highlights an increasing common issue" speculates @RANDOMALENAME@, a grey-bearded philosopher who stumbled into your office in search of "aqua stupidita". "It is obvious that the old ways are superior. This new element shall be called "extract of advanced overcomplicated science", and we should call things like salt water "extract of ocean". It is the only logical way to proceed." Whilst speaking, he draws a large triangle in chalk on the office floor.
[effect] "extract of atmosphere"refers to nine different atoms and molecules.
This is my very first attempt at writing any kind of issue. I have no idea if it's similar to anything else or if it's set out wrong or anything like that. Therefore, I aprpeciste any feedback whatsoever.
by Island of Stability » Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:38 am
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by Candlewhisper Archive » Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:41 am
by Bears Armed » Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:43 am
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:I'd go with "The element itself has a half life of microseconds, but it's creation is still a major scientific breakthrough."
by Island of Stability » Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:44 am
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:I normally discourage authors from suggesting stat effects, but I admit here I'm a little stumped as to what these options could do.
Any thoughts from your side what the options represent conceptually to a government?
by Trotterdam » Fri Jun 02, 2017 5:34 am
The closest is #617 Who's This Little Rascal?, which is also a "what do we name this thing" issue with an egotistical option.Island of Stability wrote:This is my very first attempt at writing any kind of issue. I have no idea if it's similar to anything else or if it's set out wrong or anything like that. Therefore, I aprpeciste any feedback whatsoever.
Polynomial quadratic equations are pretty simple. Sure, it sounds scary (in part because of redundancy padding the word count), but those are just about the simplest polynomials there are. Short of linear ones, which are child's play.Island of Stability wrote:as simple as polynomial quadratic expressions
Or that's what they thought at the time. Nowadays we know that acids are mostly made by hydrogen ions and many of them contain no oxygen at all, while bases are made by hydroxide ions...Frieden-und Freudenland wrote:Haha this is a bit like the German way of naming elements. The name for oxygen is Sauerstoff, for example, which literally means sour stuff because it plays a role in making acids (i.e. sour stuff).
And of course, water also contains oxygen, so either element would be equally deserving of being called "waterstuff" (or "hydrogen"), while neither element behaves anything like water without the other.Frieden-und Freudenland wrote:Similarly, hydrogen is called Wasserstoff (water stuff)
SorryCandlewhisper Archive wrote:I would instead chain this issue from 249.1, as it then directly follows the narrative. Also, 86% of nations pick the first option of that issue, so it'd be nice follow the obvious choice with an actual proper dilemma.
A good point, and it also applies to the other options. Unless you're throwing bribes around, this really wouldn't be @@LEADER@@'s decision.Candlewhisper Archive wrote:Can't see anyone outside of @@NAME@@ using @@LEADER@@'s name for the element. Maybe work in the idea here "that you could line a few pockets at TUPAC, and they'll see their way to naming the element after you personally".
by Candlewhisper Archive » Fri Jun 02, 2017 7:38 am
Island of Stability wrote:Candlewhisper Archive wrote:I normally discourage authors from suggesting stat effects, but I admit here I'm a little stumped as to what these options could do.
Any thoughts from your side what the options represent conceptually to a government?
Honestly, I don't have much of a clue. I just sort of made this as I went along.
Option #1 could encourage science more because people can get permanently famous from it?
Option #3 could increase...the thing that makes the nation like outsiders less? Because they're now working with totally different periodic tables (in name at least)
Option #4 could increase...youth rebelliousness? I don't know, I'm kind of stumped here too.
by Ransium » Fri Jun 02, 2017 8:04 am
by Island of Stability » Fri Jun 02, 2017 2:47 pm
Ransium wrote:I think a word or two is missing from the last sentence of the last option.
by Ransium » Fri Jun 02, 2017 7:45 pm
by Island of Stability » Fri Jun 02, 2017 8:15 pm
Ransium wrote:A couple other typos. In the @text I think it would read better with an 'a' between "However," and "massive"
I think this whole issue might make a fun follow-up to 249-1, (don't know enough about physics to be sure particle accelerator and super colliders are close enough to be interchangeable).
In option 1 there's an extra 's' in 'isssue'. There doesn't appear to be any reason for the speaker to be female. You can use random name and macros to specify gender
I think 2 could use a bit more developing, I don't really understand the speaker's motivations exactly, to be honest. Why that name? I think a bit more humor and character could be helpful here.
I think a could joke in 4, would be giving this element a silly and somewhat descriptive name like blowsupinamillisecondium. Maybe? Might need a bit more thinking over.
Why is nobody suggesting the element be named Ransium?
by Trotterdam » Sat Jun 03, 2017 5:18 am
Scientists use a systematic naming scheme to name elements that haven't received a "proper" name yet, based on the element number: element 123 would be unbitrium, 4567890 (yeah, like we'll ever get that far...) would be quadpenthexseptoctennilium, etc. This allows you to easily reference any element even if it hasn't been formally been named yet (possibly because it hasn't been discovered).Ransium wrote:I think 2 could use a bit more developing, I don't really understand the speaker's motivations exactly, to be honest. Why that name? I think a bit more humor and character could be helpful here.
by Island of Stability » Wed Jun 14, 2017 1:59 am
by Trotterdam » Wed Jun 14, 2017 2:11 am
Well, #249 is specifically about a hadron collider. Hadrons are protons, neutrons, and other more obscure particles of about the same size. To synthesize large atoms like unseptnineteenbillionium, you're going to need to smash together already-fairly-large-to-begin-with atoms, not hadrons.Ransium wrote:I think this whole issue might make a fun follow-up to 249-1, (don't know enough about physics to be sure particle accelerator and super colliders are close enough to be interchangeable).
by Candlewhisper Archive » Wed Jun 14, 2017 3:18 am
by Milostein » Wed Jun 14, 2017 3:31 am
by Island of Stability » Wed Jun 14, 2017 3:59 am
Trotterdam wrote:I think the biggest problem is, as mentioned, why this would be brought to @@LEADER@@ judgement. These decisions are usually made by scientists, not national leaders, and even if any national leaders did try to meddle they would likely be ignored in other nations.
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