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by Greater Hunnia » Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:10 pm
by Candlewhisper Archive » Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:37 pm
Greater Hunnia wrote:993-1 cancelled my "All recreational drugs are prohibited" policy and made Recreational Drug Use skyrocket, I call BS on this, considering that the issue is explicitly about experimental cancer treatment.
by Slackertown » Tue Jan 08, 2019 6:19 am
by The Free Joy State » Tue Jan 08, 2019 6:50 am
Slackertown wrote:My nation Slackertown. Got it today 1/8/19 a few minutes ago. The issue name was "Dammed Cold"
I chose to give mental help to the insane preacher instead of arresting him. Why did the drop my civil rights to below average? Boosting mental health in leau of prison should raise civil rights.
by Greater Hunnia » Wed Jan 09, 2019 4:05 pm
by Candlewhisper Archive » Wed Jan 09, 2019 4:26 pm
Greater Hunnia wrote:463/2 decreased my Health stat. While it is arguable that "self-driving cars occasionally mowing down pedestrians to avoid inconveniencing passengers" is bad for the health of said pedestrians, I still think it should affect the Safety and Unexpected Death Rate stats, rather than Health.
by The Free Joy State » Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:26 am
Balkothia wrote:225/1 increased the black market by over 300 billion SMU's. I fail to see how government-enforced prayer causes this, unless y'all think that atheists will turn to crime en masse.
by The Super Fork » Tue Jan 22, 2019 1:55 pm
"We must crack down hard on all rebels who dare to betray our beloved nation!" roars @@RANDOMNAME@@, head of the @@NAME@@ State Police. "We must use whatever force is necessary to prevent these protests from happening here. Specifically that means roving death squads and informants monitoring all anti-government activity to shut them down before they revolt. So long as @@LEADER@@ is our ruler, treason shall never go unpunished!"
pro-democracy protesters are shot on sight by state police
by The Free Joy State » Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:32 pm
by Anthalaka » Sat Jan 26, 2019 5:22 am
by The Free Joy State » Sat Jan 26, 2019 5:29 am
Anthalaka wrote:In this nation, Anthalaka, replying today to issue 125 ("Bring Back the Ballot?") with the second option (supress pro-democracy protests) did not lower my Freedoms. That's fine since they are already extremely low, but Ideological Radicality secretly dropped by 0.01. This is not registered on the graph since an issue earlier today had secretly increased the Ideological Radicality stat by the same amount (issue 1061, option 3: ban non-electric cars, I.R. increased by 0.01 as Economic Freedom lowered by 0.03), so the net change today is 0.
Probably, there's a rational explanation for this since Ideological Radicality seems to be a secondary stat, but I just can't figure it on my own. I know 0.01 isn't much but it's relevant considering I'm trying to hit the top and past a certain point this stat is incredibly difficult to raise further.
by Anthalaka » Sat Jan 26, 2019 5:42 am
The Free Joy State wrote:Anthalaka wrote:In this nation, Anthalaka, replying today to issue 125 ("Bring Back the Ballot?") with the second option (supress pro-democracy protests) did not lower my Freedoms. That's fine since they are already extremely low, but Ideological Radicality secretly dropped by 0.01. This is not registered on the graph since an issue earlier today had secretly increased the Ideological Radicality stat by the same amount (issue 1061, option 3: ban non-electric cars, I.R. increased by 0.01 as Economic Freedom lowered by 0.03), so the net change today is 0.
Probably, there's a rational explanation for this since Ideological Radicality seems to be a secondary stat, but I just can't figure it on my own. I know 0.01 isn't much but it's relevant considering I'm trying to hit the top and past a certain point this stat is incredibly difficult to raise further.
You've hit the nail on the head on both counts.
Ideological radicality is a secondary stat, impacted by a sizable list of stats. However, you are already really high on the list of Most Extreme nations and -- once you reach a certain point on any stat -- it gets harder to push them further.
Although, I assure you that "Bring Back the Ballot" did not lead to any drop in your Ideological Radicality. It hasn't altered at all since yesterday. None of your issues has impacted it.
It's working as intended.
EDIT: As for your freedoms, freedoms can only move so far. Your citizens were already as electorally restricted as they could get, so there was no change.
by Luna Amore » Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:38 am
Anthalaka wrote:The Free Joy State wrote:You've hit the nail on the head on both counts.
Ideological radicality is a secondary stat, impacted by a sizable list of stats. However, you are already really high on the list of Most Extreme nations and -- once you reach a certain point on any stat -- it gets harder to push them further.
Although, I assure you that "Bring Back the Ballot" did not lead to any drop in your Ideological Radicality. It hasn't altered at all since yesterday. None of your issues has impacted it.
It's working as intended.
EDIT: As for your freedoms, freedoms can only move so far. Your citizens were already as electorally restricted as they could get, so there was no change.
As I said in my post earlier, it has been altered since yesterday - just that the net change is 0.
Replying to issue 1061.3 today, I.R. increased by 0.01 following a drop of 0.03 in Economic Freedoms.
Replying to issue 125.2, it reversed this drop, with no Freedoms change (which is the main force behing I.R., but which other stats are involved? there are more for sure)
So the net change is 0.
And going back to my post again, I'm fine with the lack of Freedoms drop - it's expected from a nation this close to the minimum, but it was to highlight that the I.R. change was not linked to any Freedoms change.
EDIT: Fixed typo
by Ghost Land » Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:31 pm
by The Free Joy State » Sun Jan 27, 2019 9:12 pm
Ghost Land wrote:How did 543.1 on this nation decrease scientific advancement? Online ID tracking seems pretty high-tech to me.
On a related note, how can I increase scientific advancement while lowering intelligence? (Kind of a "keep them docile and subservient using high-tech means" kind of thing.)
by The Free Joy State » Mon Jan 28, 2019 10:16 am
The Free Joy State wrote:Boss Llama wrote:Issue 1028 just hit me with a completely-out-of-left-field "Policy"
The issue text is:
The first option was to force people to have children a la Soviet Romania, the second was to ban contraceptives, and the third, which I selected, was to grow the extra children we need in vats. It had the following text:
The result of this was my Civil Rights falling, and a "No Sex" Policy stating that biological reproduction is banned. Huh?
This issue was asking about increasing the birth rate, not replacing the existing births. It also is completely illogical to suggest that an issue about increasing birth rate would have a decision that outlaws having children, without it very very clearly saying "We must ban biological reproduction!" The "nobody should be put through that" and "leave women out of it" portions of the quote in the option text logically comes in response to the previous options saying that women should be forced in to motherhood. It does not logically come from a position of "and ban people who DO want children from having them." It even says in the beginning, "some of us" don't want kids. She's clearly not speaking about a blanket policy or prohibition - just an alternative to universally expecting or requiring pregnancy.
Sorry - this one has me pretty cheesed off. The result is not reasonable, predictable, or logical, and despite being the most "civil rights" friendly of those initial three responses, it dropped my CR by nearly 10%. One could reasonably expect a result along the lines of "synthetic humans compete with biologics for dominance" - not "you have extinguished the human race as we know it."
"Pregnancy is hard work, too; nobody should be put through that" and "grow them in a lab and leave women out of it", taken as whole sentences, seems to clearly signpost that the law is intended for all women.
And, banning biological reproduction isn't actually good for civil rights. The law prevents those people who would choose to have children from having them.
FTR, I believe that this issue does not necessarily propose a synthetic or a different type of human, merely humans produced in a different way.
"Excuse me, some of us don't want kids." cries well-known career-woman, @@RANDOMNAMEFEMALE@@. "I've worked hard to get to where I am in my life right now, and I will not sacrifice my career and my ambitions to breed some snotty-nosed kids. Pregnancy is hard work too; nobody should be put through that. I hear that new vat-technology is doing wonders in other places. If you desperately need new brats, why don't you just grow them all in a lab and leave us poor women out of it completely?"
by Boss Llama » Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:21 am
by Bashiland » Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:24 pm
by Sanctaria » Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:49 pm
Bashiland wrote:About 5 minutes ago or something, I had some very strange stat outcomes in issue #613 "A Nude Day, a Nude Awakening... ". After taking option 2 which I thought would enable massive censorship, civil rights rose (by about 50%!) and authotarianism fell (by 13 %). From the description here I was sure that it would be the opposite.
by Earthbound Immortal Squad » Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:53 am
by Sanctaria » Tue Jan 29, 2019 1:49 pm
Earthbound immortal squad wrote:Just answered the issue Womb Service, not sure of the number, I banned abortion but my civil rights went up?
by Phydios » Tue Jan 29, 2019 6:13 pm
Sanctaria wrote:Earthbound immortal squad wrote:Just answered the issue Womb Service, not sure of the number, I banned abortion but my civil rights went up?
I would imagine it's because you have now enshrined in law the right to life, a civil right, but I'll double check with Joy as it were she who edited that one.
If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. | Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’James 1:26-27, Matthew 7:21-23
by Candlewhisper Archive » Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:12 am
Phydios wrote:Sanctaria wrote:I would imagine it's because you have now enshrined in law the right to life, a civil right, but I'll double check with Joy as it were she who edited that one.
I seem to remember hearing that the abortion issues were coded to raise civil rights for allowing or banning abortion. Probably to try to avoid getting screamed at by supporters of either side.
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