Rate the AN's Chosen Factbook!

[Lugarvatn]

83.4/100, images are cool

Here's mine, I know this is not a factbook but I hope this counts
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=2504549

[Neis Imsalai]

83.4/100, images are cool

Here's mine, I know this is not a factbook but I hope this counts
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=2504549

I personally don't care for the information provided, while it may be helpful.
5/10, It's not very stylish, and it's mostly complaining about the WA, as far as I can see.
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=neis_imsalai/detail=factbook/id=2504609

[New Goldman]

Very mysterious, I'll say. The formatting is really cool. Solid 5.5/10.

For BN: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=new ... id=2504716 (I spent 3 years on this...no, really.)

[Lycantine]

10/10. Exceptional work. I can really tell you spent 3 years on it goddamn.

Firstly I'm so glad it isn't just an endless wall of text. Thank the stars. There's actually pictures, it is formatted exceptionally well, even looking good on mobile. That's awesome.

I love the incorporation of your nation's history into our own. I can actually kinda formulate the images in my head and think "oh so this is how that happened" or "Ah so this is why that happened and how it affected history." Excellent work.

Overall I think it's the perfect blend between words and pictures, and makes for a very good information factbook. The formatting and structure makes it excellent too. Good job AN. You did great work.

BN, pick whatever Stories from Lycantine, Season Two Chapter you'd like. Preferably Season Two because it's the newer season with a much more refined writing style of mine and I want to know what people think of the refined writing style. You can find them in my Miscellaneous section of my factbooks. (Aaaaaand as always, don't one line. Thanks )

[Lothria]

Read Chapter 6. Figured being it being the newest I would give it a go. And I was not disappointed in the slightest. It really reminded me of an old samurai film - the student having to kill a corrupted master is such a classic trope, and you pull it off really well. It's also a really unique way of framing the foundations of your Officer Corps. In that regard you don't tend to see people give it much thought beyond it just being a bunch of bureaucrats signing off on a new military school, but this gives of the impression of it being a really prestigious class of proper warriors (not soldiers). All in all, it was a very enjoyable read and a very cool story. Can't wait to see more of them down the road, if that's something you plan to do. 9.5/10

Please no one-liners BN

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Harland III Gaunt, King of the Lothrians

[Neis Imsalai]

It' great, i'll start off just by saying that. I love the wiki-style factbook, especially the dark theme with red highlights (matching the more serious and dark tone of the nation). Lovely pictures, and formatting, much higher quality than anything I could produce. Finally, the information is very wholesome (as in it's got good amounts of good info).
9/10
for da BN!

[Rhanukhan]

Brief and not all that informative. It implies that your world is essentially a "Terminator"-esque setting, dealing with the aftermath of a machine uprising and you're building some new warships (maybe spaceships? It's honestly not entirely clear). I see it ends with [WIP], but it feels like there's an awful lot to add yet. 3/10

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https://www.nationstates.net/nation=rha ... id=1748427

[Berush]

Overall, rather good, but perhaps it would be helpful to know more details. What party are they? What day of the year did their term start?

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Ansium

[Eragon Island]

Uh . . . it's cool, and in Wikipedia style . . . it covers everything important and cool . . . the pictures are cool . . .

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=era ... id=2504831

[Dyrrhonian Isles]

Uh . . . it's cool, and in Wikipedia style . . . it covers everything important and cool . . . the pictures are cool . . .

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=era ... id=2504831

Content is WIP, but the formatting is good. 6.5/10

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=dyr ... id=1573780

[ImSaLiA]

Stylistically quite barren, but not incredibly terrible.
Info is alright, and the AI generated? picture is fitting-ish.
5.6/10

for BN

[Lugarvatn]

Terminal Entry Factbooks? Count me in! 9/10

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=2504619

[Cierrida]

11/10 greatest factbook ever, I cried at its beauty
Ok but on a more serious note I believe that this was intentionally meant to be a joke factbook since there isn’t really anything in it beyond a couple lines that don’t actually have any meaning. So from an objective standpoint it would be a 1/10, which I think is the intended purpose

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For BN

[Arklatravar-Istertia]

10/10. I really like the design, especially how good the black background looks. It looks like you took time doing this, to be honest.

BN: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=ark ... id=2505883

[Lothria]

It's honestly a pretty mid military factbook, if that. I've come to expect detailed troop layouts, intricate descriptions of equipment and the like. But I get none of that here. Just a fairly bog standard. As it is, I don't really get a picture of how your military operates, what it has to work with, or how powerful it is. Just a summary that could have been shat out in 20 minutes with no real thought or care. It really isn't that good, and only gets a 5/10 because it covers the bare minimum. Beyond that, it covers very little interesting info, and I feel I could completely gloss over it and still get a good idea of the power level of your nation.

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BN

[Equai]

Honestly this is probably the most in depth character/leader factbook I've seen until now and by that I mean really in depth. I have no idea how long did it took you make this page but good for you. Little details like the read-me-aloud and the navbar at the top really sells the immersion that you are reading an actual web-page and not just a factbook made using primitive BBCodes. Bonus points to the perfect alignments of the infobox and color choice. Inspirations from GoT are clearly visible in leader's portrait and names. However i also have to applaud you for a little bit of meta with your addition of the trait tree of him. It was really a good read. All in all its a solid 10. You are very talented writer and it shows

BN, try this one. My newest addition

[Geektopia]

I'm not catching a lot of stuff in AN's link if we're being honest here, and to make it worse, the information that I would find interesting otherwise is presented dryly and so with that thoughts cannot be provoked out of me very well. It is not AN's fault, it is my fault for not being a versatile critical thinker I guess. Also, I come out of this with a few questions; in the greater context of history, who really was behind that border patrol conflict? I like how AN suspends the readers with this and lets them use their imaginations.

8/10

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I have improved this as there are no anime pictures and IPA pronunciations for the royal figures are provided. Enjoy!

[Saarenmaa]

I see you have done a great job, on the information content of the claims are not, the information is set out extensively, well it is clear that you paid more attention to the informational part, well and criticize the external presentation: 1) Small font so to speak mottos of each of the family members, very small and also not clear what the motto. 2) The initial plate with brief information is not separated, and actually merges with the text, it would be much nicer if you would somehow separate the information plate 3) Some photos are poorly formatted 4) Make a plate with hyperlinks, where all family members will be listed. Work on the part of inormatsii - flawless, but the design is not very, so 7/10

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https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1939494

[Pathonia]

> Excellent amount of content! It has a good length.
> Hyperlinks going back to the table of contents are certainly convenient.
> Definitely informative, and it isn't overdone in either hyper-fanciness or hyper-lengthiness.
> Gave me a hint of Wikipedia-ness, I see no problem with it.

8.99/10

Quite nice ;)


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Pick any dispatch of mine-
Not factbook. I feel like people never read my dispatches.

[Pathonia]

/bump

[Pathonia]

/bump
/stillSaarenmaa

[A m e n r i a]

If you say so...

9/10. The first parts of the factbook leads me to think that it's a welcome page like mine or Joseon's but you combine it well with a national overview. The content makes sense, I can't see any grammar mistakes or plot holes, and the link to the top of the page put in the beginning of every section is really convenient. Good job!

Alraune, the Lifetaker

[New Goldman]

I always love IIWiki posts. Even as one that has been on NS for a few years now, I still haven't figured out how to do stuff on there lol.

As for the factbook itself...its really cool. This is just one character in a vast universe (or rather...multiverses), and I can tell you spent quite a bit to make not only this gal but the entire lore. Gotta love the fantasy magic as well mixed with modern stuff. 8/10.

For the BN...I'll actually give you the autonomy to choose (tho my recommendations would be the Overview and the NDF, with the latter being just released as part of my massive lore revamp.)

[Valentine Z]

I know you recommended it, but my personal pick would be on the leaders - The Big 5 - of your nation, and it's an interesting premise to me. The writing is excellent - ranging from the history of the people, to their responsibilities and what they do, all clearly written. So that's genuinely great to me! On top of that, good formatting too. Well, not the most flashy, BUT nothing wrong with a simple format. It's definitely legible too, with all the bite-sized paragraphs.

Sue Garcia looks a littleeeee too close to Jenny McCarthy, and I absolutely despise that woman. That's not a slight against you, to be absolutely clear; more of just me uttering something randomly.

Overall, a great 8/10. <3

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EDIT: Please do this forum Factbook of mine: viewtopic.php?p=34883406#p34883406.

[Lothria]

It's a classic, at least in my mind. I'll be honest, though, I was never really crazy about having factbooks on the forums - 4/14 has made me rethink that, but I've always found factbooks easier to read when they're actual factbooks. Formatting is also easier, or at least, I'm more used to writing things gameside. But that's really all the negative I have to say about it. All your characters are really unique and enjoyable additions to the NS canon, and it was always a treat to see Valentijn or Clarissa or Trace... I mean Gwen show up on the YL Opinion of AL thread back in the day. You'll have to forgive me for only skimming through some of the others - 60 characters is quite a lot to comb through, even if they do get a little shorter than the main ones, but the ones I'm familiar with are very well fleshed out and very creative. I also like that you've given than "gameplay" stats, as though they were characters in a video game. The only other person I know who's done something like that is A m e n r i a. It's a very creative idea, all the same. You've done a great job creating interesting and compelling characters, and have easily earned a 9/10

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BN