NationStates

How did you find out about NS?
For me, I was doing a Google Image search for 'throne rooms', and I came across a Forum Post with players sharing what their nations throne room was. I decided to investigate, and made an account.

Ive admitted to it before but....

Max Barry was hiding in the bushes as I walked to school one day - it was a tuesday.... I was wearing red (I know right? Red? Pffft!).

When I passed him, he jumped out behind me and opened his trenchcoat with a triumphant, "LOOKIE HERE!" echoing from his lips. When I turned around I could see a strange bald man with his back to me wearing a trenchcoat without pants. He was, however, wearing pennyloafers - I thought that was a poor fashion choice.

As he began to glance around confusedly I tossed some change down on the ground and resumed my walk. I was thinking about pastrami for lunch.

"You WILL love me!" He cried, scooping up the $.37, "Nationstates will rue the day when I deliver unto them one he who shall not be named - the chosen one! Are you that one?"

"Eh?"

"Are you that one?!"

".... I mean...."

"THE ONE! IT IS YOU!!! WOE UNTO YOU!"

".... uh huh... I'm gonna go this way now. Kbai."

But it wasn't over. The memory of Max haunted me wherever I went. The disturbing visage of the doughy and clammy texture of his skin; the pungent odor of days old perspiration and unwashed body; and the maniacal grin spreading across his face - all of this paled in comparison to the manifest horror of the words spelled out on his bare hairless chest with pepperoni slices - -

Nationstates.

I was huddled in a puddle of my own fear induced vomit and urine three days later before I finally found the strength to google the term.

I can never leave now that I am here. He won't let me.

I was bored after a high school exam and decided to look up a Nation simulator.

An on-line friend started a region and linked it to a thread about it on a scam site I used to frequent, I made a nation, joined his region and the rest as they say is history...Also I can almost guarantee I am the last nation from that particular group still playing.

>google "start your own country"
>profit

The Devil made me do it.

Nanatsu no Tsuki wrote:The Devil made me do it.

Satan's good like that

Ceresnia wrote:>google "start your own country"
>profit

>This

Distruzio wrote:Ive admitted to it before but....

Max Barry was hiding in the bushes as I walked to school one day - it was a tuesday.... I was wearing red (I know right? Red? Pffft!).

When I passed him, he jumped out behind me and opened his trenchcoat with a triumphant, "LOOKIE HERE!" echoing from his lips. When I turned around I could see a strange bald man with his back to me wearing a trenchcoat without pants. He was, however, wearing pennyloafers - I thought that was a poor fashion choice.

As he began to glance around confusedly I tossed some change down on the ground and resumed my walk. I was thinking about pastrami for lunch.

"You WILL love me!" He cried, scooping up the $.37, "Nationstates will rue the day when I deliver unto them one he who shall not be named - the chosen one! Are you that one?"

"Eh?"

"Are you that one?!"

".... I mean...."

"THE ONE! IT IS YOU!!! WOE UNTO YOU!"

".... uh huh... I'm gonna go this way now. Kbai."

But it wasn't over. The memory of Max haunted me wherever I went. The disturbing visage of the doughy and clammy texture of his skin; the pungent odor of days old perspiration and unwashed body; and the maniacal grin spreading across his face - all of this paled in comparison to the manifest horror of the words spelled out on his bare hairless chest with pepperoni slices - -

Nationstates.

I was huddled in a puddle of my own fear induced vomit and urine three days later before I finally found the strength to google the term.

I can never leave now that I am here. He won't let me.

Huh, interesting

I googled Waldreich Mountains from Ace Combat and got a result to a Nation here.

Googled "create your own country" and found it. I liked to create countries, though I didn't like politics.

irl friend, Grothmogia

Spies reported seeing some Confederate flags around here, so they equipped me with a bancannon and sent me to strike down the enemies of the Union.

Actually, I was looking for info about Erwin Rommel and I stumbled across a WWII-themed RP thread.

It was over a decade ago. I really can't remember.

Was looking at images of guns made with pimpmygun.com, saw one that linked to a nation, saw this site, and then joined up.

I was reading about nationstates as an attempt by an artist to connect to his audience in a new way. So I tried it.

Sleet Clans wrote:Was looking at images of guns made with pimpmygun.com, saw one that linked to a nation, saw this site, and then joined up.

I was just surfing, found a list of websites to visit when you're bored, found this, and signed up.

I typed in "Create a nation" because I wanted to. This popped up.

I was looking the comments section of a Youtube video.

Wanted to make my own kingdom. Fell for it hook, bait, and sinker.

I was looking for a war simulator, and found this.

I was looking for nation/map/world building programs and wasn't finding anything, after I was just about to give up, I clicked on NS and decided nah, just then a hand came out of my computer and grabbed onto the neck of my shirt, I got a good look at the figure and it was this weird bald guy with Australian accent saying "You will join."

I decided "Eh, good enough."

From the Transport Tycoon forums.

Through IRL friends - this game was a pretty big craze in my school around 2013. I outlasted them all.

I was searching for non-canon Star Trek material and came across a nation based on an alternate version of the Federation. The idea of the site piqued by interest, and voila, my first nation was born. That was more than two years ago, and I've since moved on to other nations (this one being the most thoroughly established, and hopefully my last main account), but I'll never forget the sense of wonder that I experienced during my first few months on NS.