Nation name release!

[Sedgistan]

Merged with the existing thread on the topic. Do you have anything new to add to the arguments already made?

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

As detailed in the new name release policy a nation of 'significant size' i.e. 500 million is protected until its owner returns or the rapture comes. However as we can see in the case of Nirvash this doesn't require a whole lot of commitment. One can play for a single summer and be protected to the end of time. Even if they played say... eight years ago and never came back. This shows that as is the name release rules allow one to skate in by such a pathetically slim margin and potentially harm active contributing members of the community. As such I request the name Nirvash be freed, and the current policy yet again re-evaluated.

[Riemstagrad]

The topic you quote is where to post these issues.

Also, in that topic, your question has been asked and answered several times.

[Nirvash Type TheEND]

Talk about egg on my face.

EDIT: Is there any way we can merge this topic in then? There really are issues with the current policy and it could benefit greatly from a reformation.

[Ballotonia]

Talk about egg on my face.

EDIT: Is there any way we can merge this topic in then? There really are issues with the current policy and it could benefit greatly from a reformation.

Merged.

Ballotonia

[Meteorologica]

Forgive me if this is a grave dig here, but I didn't think it warranted a whole new thread. I wanted to actually thank NS for not taking some of the advice in this thread. I knew I had a nation this old, but darned if I couldn't quite remember the name of it, the e-mail I signed up with, or the password. Now, I've got it back thanks to some archive searching. This is my first NS nation. If they had taken some of the advice that amounted to "been CTE'd too long, probably forgotten, let me have it" I would have never been able to recover this. Again, from an extremely overjoyed NSer, thanks for protecting some of these older, CTE'd names. I'm certain other people who found themselves in my situation appreciate it.

[Gest]

Forgive me if this is a grave dig here, but I didn't think it warranted a whole new thread. I wanted to actually thank NS for not taking some of the advice in this thread. I knew I had a nation this old, but darned if I couldn't quite remember the name of it, the e-mail I signed up with, or the password. Now, I've got it back thanks to some archive searching. This is my first NS nation. If they had taken some of the advice that amounted to "been CTE'd too long, probably forgotten, let me have it" I would have never been able to recover this. Again, from an extremely overjoyed NSer, thanks for protecting some of these older, CTE'd names. I'm certain other people who found themselves in my situation appreciate it.

Firstly, your nation has 1.2 billion people and I doubt the release limit will ever gets past a billion. Secondly, I don't think anyone was gunning for Meteorologica, a name only a mother could love.

[Meteorologica]

Forgive me if this is a grave dig here, but I didn't think it warranted a whole new thread. I wanted to actually thank NS for not taking some of the advice in this thread. I knew I had a nation this old, but darned if I couldn't quite remember the name of it, the e-mail I signed up with, or the password. Now, I've got it back thanks to some archive searching. This is my first NS nation. If they had taken some of the advice that amounted to "been CTE'd too long, probably forgotten, let me have it" I would have never been able to recover this. Again, from an extremely overjoyed NSer, thanks for protecting some of these older, CTE'd names. I'm certain other people who found themselves in my situation appreciate it.

Firstly, your nation has 1.2 billion people and I doubt the release limit will ever gets past a billion. Secondly, I don't think anyone was gunning for Meteorologica, a name only a mother could love.

If you think this name is bad, you should see some of my puppets. This one is relatively normal.

[Wajimba]

Hi guys, i recently tried to reate a country called "Miedzymorze", as a semi-alt history homage to Międzymorze an unrealised concept formed by general Józef Piłsudski in the late 1910s and early 1920s. It was not "an existing nation of significant size", since the idea never even came close to being realised. Another example is "Theodosia"- there was no state of this name, the closes that it came to is that there was an emperor of rome called theodosius, so i dont even see the reasoning behind that.

Therofore, i think the naming laws should be loosened a bit .

[Mousebumples]

Hi guys, i recently tried to reate a country called "Miedzymorze", as a semi-alt history homage to Międzymorze an unrealised concept formed by general Józef Piłsudski in the late 1910s and early 1920s. It was not "an existing nation of significant size", since the idea never even came close to being realised. Another example is "Theodosia"- there was no state of this name, the closes that it came to is that there was an emperor of rome called theodosius, so i dont even see the reasoning behind that.

Therofore, i think the naming laws should be loosened a bit .

It's not naming laws - someone else was here first and used that nation name. Names that have a large population (indicating that the previous owner of that nation name played the game for awhile) are reserved.

You can check out the details of a given potential name at the the boneyard.

Former nation Miedzymorze
Founded: Mon Feb 20 2006
Last activity: Wed Jun 27 2007
Population: 3.24 billion

Former nation Theodosia
Founded: Antiquity
Last activity: Tue Mar 18 2003
Population: 916 million

Hope that helps clarify things a bit.

[[violet]]

Forgive me if this is a grave dig here, but I didn't think it warranted a whole new thread. I wanted to actually thank NS for not taking some of the advice in this thread. I knew I had a nation this old, but darned if I couldn't quite remember the name of it, the e-mail I signed up with, or the password. Now, I've got it back thanks to some archive searching. This is my first NS nation. If they had taken some of the advice that amounted to "been CTE'd too long, probably forgotten, let me have it" I would have never been able to recover this. Again, from an extremely overjoyed NSer, thanks for protecting some of these older, CTE'd names. I'm certain other people who found themselves in my situation appreciate it.

Welcome back.

[Indian Empire]

We could just have the reserved population fluctuate with the average nation's population...

[Indian Empire]

Such as, the world census says the average population is 1.086 billion. That could fluctuate.

[The Blaatschapen]

Such as, the world census says the average population is 1.086 billion. That could fluctuate.

It has been going up. I remember that 2-3 years ago it was about 600 million.

[Indian Empire]

Such as, the world census says the average population is 1.086 billion. That could fluctuate.

It has been going up. I remember that 2-3 years ago it was about 600 million.

I was talking about the Boneyard reserved being at the same population as the average in the census says.

[The Blaatschapen]

It has been going up. I remember that 2-3 years ago it was about 600 million.

I was talking about the Boneyard reserved being at the same population as the average in the census says.

I was talking about the average in the census

[Uieurnthlaal]

Such as, the world census says the average population is 1.086 billion. That could fluctuate.

It has been going up. I remember that 2-3 years ago it was about 600 million.

Would it be possible to put in place a tier-system that has different population limits depending on the time elapsed since deletion (e.g. 500 million limit for countries deleted 2-5 years ago, 1000 million limit for countries deleted >5 years ago)?

[Anders Blakewood]

It has been going up. I remember that 2-3 years ago it was about 600 million.

Would it be possible to put in place a tier-system that has different population limits depending on the time elapsed since deletion (e.g. 500 million limit for countries deleted 2-5 years ago, 1000 million limit for countries deleted >5 years ago)?

That seems nice and maybe possible, but I doubt the staff would support it.

[Nephmir]

It has been going up. I remember that 2-3 years ago it was about 600 million.

Would it be possible to put in place a tier-system that has different population limits depending on the time elapsed since deletion (e.g. 500 million limit for countries deleted 2-5 years ago, 1000 million limit for countries deleted >5 years ago)?

1000 million = 1 billion

Also population doesn't grow while your nation doesn't exist, and adding it wouldn't make sense because a country that doesn't exist can't grow, never mind update.

[Frisbeeteria]

Would it be possible to put in place a tier-system that has different population limits depending on the time elapsed since deletion (e.g. 500 million limit for countries deleted 2-5 years ago, 1000 million limit for countries deleted >5 years ago)?

That seems nice and maybe possible, but I doubt the staff would support it.

We've discussed it, actually. It's possible, but it's pretty low on the priorities list.

Also population doesn't grow while your nation doesn't exist, and adding it wouldn't make sense because a country that doesn't exist can't grow, never mind update.

They're talking about years since the nation CTEd, not growth while deleted.

[Parhe]

I'm happy with what I got. If I make any more flags or find cute pictures I can just make up a random name. Though it was fun waiting at times and trying to rush to make popular nations, losing often and winning some, which felt nice since some people weren't exactly doing it fairly >.>

Granted, that might be more of an argument against releasing more nation names, the way the system is now, but whatever.

[Vestmarck]

I'm happy with what I got. If I make any more flags or find cute pictures I can just make up a random name. Though it was fun waiting at times and trying to rush to make popular nations, losing often and winning some, which felt nice since some people weren't exactly doing it fairly >.>

Granted, that might be more of an argument against releasing more nation names, the way the system is now, but whatever.

Speak for yourself. I've been trying to get into contact of the owner of the "Vestmark" for quite a while to no success. Most likely I'll never see the name, since the nation is too big to have it's name released, and I am not sure if someone is willing to part with it (much less revive the nation again!) Which is a shame, because the "c" in my name irks me to no extent.

[Yayness]

is marked as reserved by a Game Mod

What does this mean?

I think he just spelled mode wrong.

[Maltropia]

What does this mean?

I think he just spelled mode wrong.

The post you're quoting is three years old and was answered; Game Moderators are able to mark specific nation names as reserved for any given reason (or no reason. I dunno).

[Jute]

I'm happy with what I got. If I make any more flags or find cute pictures I can just make up a random name. Though it was fun waiting at times and trying to rush to make popular nations, losing often and winning some, which felt nice since some people weren't exactly doing it fairly >.>

Granted, that might be more of an argument against releasing more nation names, the way the system is now, but whatever.

Speak for yourself. I've been trying to get into contact of the owner of the "Vestmark" for quite a while to no success. Most likely I'll never see the name, since the nation is too big to have it's name released, and I am not sure if someone is willing to part with it (much less revive the nation again!) Which is a shame, because the "c" in my name irks me to no extent.

Have you tried Vest mark or Vest-mark/Vest-Mark?