Newbie

[Neo Art]

I feel like this a long con for an adbot to subtely sneak in commercials for "the New GIrl"

[Constaniana]

I feel like this a long con for an adbot to subtely sneak in commercials for "the New GIrl"

That's not sinister enough. It needs to be reviews praising that horrendous "WhItneY"

[Cannot think of a name]

Hi, I'm Zoey. I'm really excited to have found this place, truly. I'm a political junkie and this is like cotton candy. But I feel like I'm just at the verge of understanding it and I haven't really gotten it yet. Should I just get about 30 hours deep into the forum, or what? How would you recommend I precede in order to discover all of the intricacies? I appreciate your kind attention.

Z

Lurk for a while. Eventually you'll find a thread or a post that really irks you. Click off of it thinking, "No way, man. I'm not getting into this." Scan the first three pages of general again, notice that the thread that irked you has new posts. "Reluctantly" click on it, find that you're still annoyed.

Go check Arts & Fiction. Maybe Moderation. Find nothing, come back to General. See that the thread has more new posts. Be still annoyed. Click on General. Go get a glass of water and a snack while stewing on the subject. Come back, find that still more posts are there. Realize it's too late because you mentally constructed your post while at the fridge and yet another person posted the same stupid thing that set you off to begin with.

Make your post, complete with links and clever wording and an authoritative reference to why that stupid thing is wrong. Hit 'submit.' Go back to general. Refresh the page to see if someone posted in the Awesome Quotes thread, saving your post for posterity. Refresh again, maybe it's taking them some time.

Pretend you don't care, go back to Arts & Fiction, realize that forum barely moves. Come back. Notice that Awesome Quotes is on the front page again, find out that it's some weird roleplay joke that's been posted that you don't understand. Go back to General. See that there is a response in the thread that irked you.

Look at it. See that it's someone who quoted you and accused you of a logical fallacy they clearly don't understand and replaced most of your post with the words "blah blah blah". Start the process over again. Nine years later, wonder if you could have spent this time teaching yourself cello.

[Tubbsalot]

It feels sort of like everyone in this thread is being Wacky And Random to welcome the newcomer, and I'm not sure I'm comfortable with it.

Don't be a dick, don't take things personally and don't attempt to salvage an argument which has already been demolished.

[Tubbsalot]

I feel like this a long con for an adbot to subtely sneak in commercials for "the New GIrl"

If so, that xkcd comic about training adbots to make good productive posts may have come true.

[Esternial]

Hi, I'm Zoey. I'm really excited to have found this place, truly. I'm a political junkie and this is like cotton candy. But I feel like I'm just at the verge of understanding it and I haven't really gotten it yet. Should I just get about 30 hours deep into the forum, or what? How would you recommend I precede in order to discover all of the intricacies? I appreciate your kind attention.

Z

Lurk for a while. Eventually you'll find a thread or a post that really irks you. Click off of it thinking, "No way, man. I'm not getting into this." Scan the first three pages of general again, notice that the thread that irked you has new posts. "Reluctantly" click on it, find that you're still annoyed.

Go check Arts & Fiction. Maybe Moderation. Find nothing, come back to General. See that the thread has more new posts. Be still annoyed. Click on General. Go get a glass of water and a snack while stewing on the subject. Come back, find that still more posts are there. Realize it's too late because you mentally constructed your post while at the fridge and yet another person posted the same stupid thing that set you off to begin with.

Make your post, complete with links and clever wording and an authoritative reference to why that stupid thing is wrong. Hit 'submit.' Go back to general. Refresh the page to see if someone posted in the Awesome Quotes thread, saving your post for posterity. Refresh again, maybe it's taking them some time.

Pretend you don't care, go back to Arts & Fiction, realize that forum barely moves. Come back. Notice that Awesome Quotes is on the front page again, find out that it's some weird roleplay joke that's been posted that you don't understand. Go back to General. See that there is a response in the thread that irked you.

Look at it. See that it's someone who quoted you and accused you of a logical fallacy they clearly don't understand and replaced most of your post with the words "blah blah blah". Start the process over again. Nine years later, wonder if you could have spent this time teaching yourself cello.

OP didn't ask you to describe your day

[Azurand]

Hi! Welcome to NSG, the most shiny forum! We'll take care of you, friendly?

Where's the Brainwashing Machine? Get it to me, NOW!

[Esternial]

Oh right. Advice.

There are links in my sig, if you have any questions feel free to TG me

[Jabberwock (Ancient)]

And cutlery on the table...

Which reminds me, are we doing a barbeque thing, or was that done last time...?

Hmm ... I was thinking of a nice stew, but we could do barbeque.

Jabberwock, how much do you weigh?

Well, I'm pretty tall for a girl. I played power forward in basketball and let's just say I have an extra twenty lbs. or so in my ass. I'd go for a rump roast if I were you.

Z

[Farnhamia]

Hmm ... I was thinking of a nice stew, but we could do barbeque.

Jabberwock, how much do you weigh?

Well, I'm pretty tall for a girl. I played power forward in basketball and let's just say I have an extra twenty lbs. or so in my ass. I'd go for a rump roast if I were you.

Z

Well played, newbie.

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

Best way to start IMO, jump into Arts and Fiction or Forum 7, then go into General after you do a thread er two.

Worked for me anyway.

And look up what communism, capitalism, and socialism are by actual definition. It will save you from pages of flames.

Seriously, actual pages of flames.

[Constaniana]

Best way to start IMO, jump into Arts and Fiction or Forum 7, then go into General after you do a thread er two.

Worked for me anyway.

And look up what communism, capitalism, and socialism are by actual definition. It will save you from pages of flames.

Seriously, actual pages of flames.

*best Bane imitation voice* The fire rises!

[The Steel Magnolia]

You know what? I think you'll do just fine.

[Tagmatium]

I feel like this a long con for an adbot to subtely sneak in commercials for "the New GIrl"

If so, that xkcd comic about training adbots to make good productive posts may have come true.

Well, it looks like they're beginning to learn, anyway.

[Tmutarakhan]

The Moderators might lock this as a generic chat thread. Forum 7 is filled with such, but General is supposed to only have one at a time (The Eternal Thread, or TET, the current incarnation of which is usually at the top-- most people there are friendly but weird).

[The Land Fomerly Known as Ligerplace]

The Moderators might lock this as a generic chat thread. Forum 7 is filled with such, but General is supposed to only have one at a time (The Eternal Thread, or TET, the current incarnation of which is usually at the top-- most people there are friendly but weird).

Weird people in NS?

What strange world has befallen my senses?

[Individuality-ness]

The Moderators might lock this as a generic chat thread. Forum 7 is filled with such, but General is supposed to only have one at a time (The Eternal Thread, or TET, the current incarnation of which is usually at the top-- most people there are friendly but weird).

Weird people in NS?

What strange world has befallen my senses?

Trust me, they exist. I know these things man. @.@

[The Republic of Pantalleria]

Don't worry, this place isn't that bad... I do recommend that you visit the Forum often, as it tends to have interesting debates and nice (but sometimes not so nice) people.

[Individuality-ness]

Oh yeah... to the OP: Welcome to NationStates, your biolink has been installed and will be activated shortly.

[Reploid Productions]

Lots of good advice from folks (NSG can occasionally surprise me, egads! ) but yeah, this is a little bit of a chatty thread rather than one with a directed topic, so I'm gonna have to lock it.

As others have suggested, lurk around, read the stickies, and get a feel for the place. You might find the debates in NSG to be your speed, or you might get into one of the roleplaying communities around here. If you're really into political maneuvering, you may find the World Assembly and its volumes of legislative debate thrilling. (The WA scares me, personally.) Really, with Nationstates, you get out of it what you put into it; some of our players thrive on debating every little thing possible, some get their kicks writing stories about their nations, or from engaging in sporting competitions. Some invented military raider/defender Gameplay using the game's simple mechanics, and others love to debate minutia about WA legislation, or design weapons and other goods for 'sale' in the global marketplace. And some just like to talk about ponies (and other books, movies, video games, and so on) over in the Arts and Fiction section.


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