TIME TO CHANGE 'POACHING' RULES

[Dire land]

Greetings fellow leaders.

Many of you have been wisely leading your nations for many years. Many more, I among them, are mere tiddlers.

Reflecting on the reactions I received from one region, when I contacted Sovereign Nations there to communicate an invitation to join the newly created region of Eireann, a liberal and democratic alliance founded on the principle of "LIBERTY through DIVERSITY" and specifically targetting only nations with a clear link to Ireland or Irishness,

Reflecting on the advice I have received since

Bearing in mind that even the official references (I have still to see an oficial text) indicate that the rules are not set in stone,

I think it is time to open a debate on the merit of a proposal that would allow targeted communications; that is to say, where a region could justifiably aruge that the nation contacted might have an interest in joining the region. This could be a similar governance, similar expressed interests, or as in Eireann's case, key words in the nations name.

The alternative, is to force new regions to take in great part only inexperienced players, creating a democratic divide between long standing regions with experienced players who understand the ins and outs of the game and smaller weaker regions where experience is lacking. New players can be expected to come up with interesting themes or philosophies with with to guide regions, but if they are barred from inviting more experienced nations from joining, the regions progress may be impossible.

Are there any White Knights out there who could propose this change for a World Council vote? I dont have the power to propose...

thank you for your time...

Solas (the rarely omnipotent)

[Ardchoille]

I've already explained the rules about recruiting to you here.

Those are the site rules, and, as far as the General Assembly is concerned, they are set in stone. The only "rules" that the GA can make are laws for the roleplayed populations of roleplayed nations, in debates attended by their nations' ambassadors.

Those characters can't "see" the site rules. The site rules affect the players behind the nations. The GA laws affect the nations' populations. So making a proposal that asks the GA to change the rules the game of NS is played by is roughly like asking the real-world United Nations to amend the laws of physics. It's called "metagaming" and it's illegal in GA proposals.

Okay, starting the game, there's a lot to take in at once, and people don't expect you to know everything immediately. So I'm just pointing out here that one thing you really shouldn't do is start a thread on the same subject in two different forums. Also, don't start another thread anywhere if a mod has locked your earlier thread on the subject. And now, iLock this one, too, and I don't expect to have to lock any more.

Because if I did have to, I might start thinking that it was not just ignorance of the rules, and you were actually spamming NS to advertise your region, and you really wouldn't want me to think that, would you? Because NS mods aren't always as sweet and lovable as I'm struggling to be here.