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by Barbarossistanian North Brasilistan » Mon Mar 13, 2017 3:34 pm
by Noahs Second Country » Wed Mar 15, 2017 10:58 am
NSC has way too many nations wrote:#636: Going on the Cyber Offensive [Noahs Second Country; ed:Candlewhisper Archive]
The Issue
A student was recently suspended by a school for posting negative comments about a fellow classmate on an online gossip column. The offensive message read “Sean’s dad is such a drunk, that he didn’t just lose his front door keys, he lost his whole front door... oh, and his house... and his job. Wow, sucks to be his son, huh?”. As both the suspended student’s parents are celebrities, there’s been a lot of media coverage of the incident, and now everybody is talking about it. Some are calling this harmless fun, while others are labelling it as cyberbullying. It seems like everybody wants to know where you stand on this.
The Debate
1. “This is a complete violation of my rights,” shouts @@RANDOMNAME@@, the amateur columnist brat. “I can say what I want outside of school, as long as I like, don’t, like, harm anyone. Like, the whole free speech thing, you know. I wasn’t in school, so they can’t punish me. People just need to be allowed to say whatever. By the way, check out my latest roasting of this one geography teacher at my school who doesn’t take showers.”
2. “Schools need to be stricter,” whispers @@RANDOMNAME@@, worriedly looking around before nibbling on a bar of chocolate. “People used to use my name, but now I’m just ‘Ugly Fat-Face’. Please, make it stop! Schools should strictly punish students who say rude things online.”
3. “Kids these days, they’re geni.. geniei... uh... geniuses!” exclaims @@RANDOMNAME@@, your Minister of Solutions. “This is the best idea we’ve had in a while! With elections coming up, we can hire a few of these prodigies of the put-down, and pay them to work for us. The kids can, as they say, ‘roast’ the other politicians, and make you look great in comparison!”
Current context in the spoiler thread^I just recieved the issue as this:
The Issue
A student was recently suspended by a school for posting negative comments about a fellow classmate on an online gossip column. The offensive message read “Mohammed’s dad is such a drunk, that he didn’t just lose his front door keys, he lost his whole front door... oh, and his house... and his job. Wow, sucks to be his son, huh?”. As both the suspended student’s parents are celebrities, there’s been a lot of media coverage of the incident, and now everybody is talking about it. Some are calling this harmless fun, while others are labelling it as cyberbullying. It seems like everybody wants to know where you stand on this.
The Debate
“This is a complete violation of my rights,” shouts Layla Barnes, the amateur columnist brat. “I can say what I want outside of school, as long as I like, don’t, like, harm anyone. Like, the whole free speech thing, you know. I wasn’t in school, so they can’t punish me. People just need to be allowed to say whatever. By the way, check out my latest roasting of this one geography teacher at my school who doesn’t take showers.”
Accept
“Schools need to be stricter,” whispers Sue-Ann Gonzalez, worriedly looking around before nibbling on a bar of chocolate. “People used to use my name, but now I’m just ‘Ugly Fat-Face’. Please, make it stop! Schools should strictly punish students who say rude things online.”
Accept
“Kids these days, they’re geni.. geniei... uh... geniuses!” exclaims Abraham Morricone, your Minister of Solutions. “This is the best idea we’ve had in a while! With elections coming up, we can hire a few of these prodigies of the put-down, and pay them to work for us. The kids can, as they say, ‘roast’ the other politicians, and make you look great in comparison!”
Accept
Dismiss This Issue
Issue by The Holy Second Best Zombies of Noahs Second Country
Edited by Candlewhisper Archive
It looks like "Sean" is actually a macro.
by Drasnia » Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:08 am
Candlewhisper Archive wrote:
we only started tracking nations allowing secession as a policy flag when this issue was published, so it'll be a while before this sees many people getting the issue.
by Candlewhisper Archive » Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:19 am
by Noahs Second Country » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:15 am
by Trotterdam » Thu Mar 16, 2017 11:30 am
by Trotterdam » Fri Mar 17, 2017 12:05 am
#692 Game Of Drones
The Issue
A jet airliner recently made an emergency landing into the @@ANIMAL@@ River after an engines failed during takeoff. Footage has revealed the likely cause of the crash to be a drone sucked into one of the aircraft's engine, and some are questioning the lack of regulations related to drone use.
The Debate
1. "We're lucky nobody was killed in the crash, but we might not be so fortunate next time," murmurs @@RANDOMNAME@@, your overzealous Public Safety Minister, while meticulously covering your letter opener with bubble wrap. "The problems with drones extends beyond planes, too. What if one falls out of the sky and decapitates an innocent bystander? We need sensible regulations of drones to make sure @@DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL@@ are kept safe. The public should only use drones outside of populated areas, at low heights, and only after passing a safety class."
2. "We don't need draconian regulations just because one idiot didn't read the instructions," rebuffs avid drone enthusiast @@RANDOMNAME@@, while using a drone to film the meeting. "By that logic we should ban microwaves, just because [REDACTED AS PROTEST]. It is the right of every citizen to enjoy everything drones have to offer. Besides, strict rules would blow drone sales out of the sky."
3. "Yes, private drones are a nuisance, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater," begs @@RANDOMNAME@@, CEO of Pie In The Sky, a drone-based food delivery service. "You should ban private drone use, but allow unrestricted commercial drone use. @@LEADER@@, let me tell you, the sky is the limit. Just think about drone package delivery, drone private investigators, even drone dog walkers. Perhaps we could talk more about it," @@HE/SHE@@ gestures at a food-laden drone tapping at your office window, "over some lunch?"
Issue by Nation of Quebec
Edited by Ransium
I have reason to believe #060 is the most recent one. I've gotten some other effect lines that looked suspicious, but none that are quite as obviously traceable to one issue, though I have some suspicions.Candlewhisper Archive wrote:Also, as a heads up, a lot of existing issues have been changing as part of my big policy review. Up till now these changes have 95% been behind-the-screen stat changes, but the policy flag that reads capitalism being in place or not has proved to be one that has needed a huge number of textual edits.
Broadly, if you're a non-capitalist nation, expect to see quite a lot of issue changes that now acknowledge that you've made that decision. This is one of the most important reasons for me taking on the policy review in the first place - the recognition that player decisions are meant to be meaningful, and that the narrative should acknowledge the decisions made.
Man, you know I started this review of policies back on December 1st last year? I reckon there's been dissertation-levels of discussion over this, and well over two hundred man-hours of work. That'll teach me to try to fix things...
Anyway, keep your eyes open, a vast number of old issues have gained options, changed wordings, gained new validity coding, and so on. Should be keeping spoiler-hunters busy for a while...
by Drasnia » Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:53 am
#694: Concussive Percussion [Drasnia; ed:Helaw]
The Issue
While attending a performance by the @@CAPITAL@@ Philharmonic Orchestra last Thursday, 75-year-old baker @@RANDOMNAME@@ suffered an unexpected heart attack. Several music critics have attributed the death to the surprise of cannon fire used in the song “2012 Overture”, which the Orchestra was playing at the time. However, much opposition has been drummed up against the critics, and both sides have clashed just outside your office.
The Debate
1. "This could have been prevented, if someone hadn’t decided to include cannon fire in the performance!" presses @@RANDOMNAME@@, while @@HE@@ fumbles through a pile of sheet music. "We simply can’t allow this to happen again, and the only way to make sure of that is to ban any weapons from being fired during musicals and performances, and take a stern stance against overly loud music. Cannons are deadly!"
2. "If anything, we should be encouraging the use of alternative percussion in music," poises @@RANDOMNAME@@, a renowned composer, while putting a fuse into a suspicious looking stick. "Take, for example, the crash cymbals. Whose idea was it to bang two pieces of metal together to make music? Boring! Nothing entertains an audience like explosions, gunfire, and the sounds of war. War... that’s it! We should bring in the military to give all musical performances an explosive touch!"
3. "@@HE@@ has no idea what @@HE@@’s talking about," claims @@RANDOMNAME@@, speaking almost inaudibly. "Ask anyone, and they’ll tell you that a quiet, peaceful performance is one worth seeing. Like the crickets chirping, the birds tweeting, and the trees... treeing. I say we redirect some government funding to the musicians that make use of such natural and flowing sounds, to help preserve the fine predilections of the eardrum."
by Mironus » Fri Mar 17, 2017 2:29 pm
4. “I really disagree,” says Amadeus Watson, an unwashed denizen standing in the middle of Noh Weir, population 200, on the outskirts of @@NAME@@. “We need this monorail service to connect both large and small cities, with equal access to transport for all the workers, all of the time.”
by Trotterdam » Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:33 pm
The Issue
Vroom-A-Zoom-Zoom (VAZZ), a consortium of weird-looking hippies and yuppie roller coaster aficionados, has developed plans for a high-speed monorail service for @@NAME@@ to help counter and relieve problems brought about by banning cars.
The Debate
1. "This is great," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, devout anti-spending advocate. "You know what'll happen? The government will invest huge sums of money in a service no one will use. I suggest nipping it in the bud... and cutting back government spending across the board while you're at it."
2. "I disagree," says @@RANDOMNAME@@ of Vroom-A-Zoom-Zoom Ltd. "If people are worried about the costs, why not let the monorail service be a private company? That way, it will have to compete with other industries and make a profit. And don't forget that'll bring in more tax revenue. Of course, that would make fares too pricey for a lot of people, but the rich would probably use it a lot!"
3. "I really disagree," says @@RANDOMNAME@@, an unwashed denizen standing in the middle of Noh Weir, population 200, on the outskirts of @@NAME@@. "The state must run the monorail service, otherwise it's useless. What a monorail system should do is connect both large and small cities, and the only way to do that is for the government to run the rails, using the profits from the larger cities to subsidize the routes for smaller ones."
by Drasnia » Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:33 pm
Mironus wrote:Not sure when this option was added, but it's not on the master list:
83.4: High-Speed Monorail Service Promises Connections4. “I really disagree,” says Amadeus Watson, an unwashed denizen standing in the middle of Noh Weir, population 200, on the outskirts of @@NAME@@. “We need this monorail service to connect both large and small cities, with equal access to transport for all the workers, all of the time.”
by Noahs Second Country » Fri Mar 17, 2017 5:30 pm
by Tinhampton » Fri Mar 17, 2017 5:39 pm
Noahs Second Country wrote:694: I received a "she" in option 3
by Trotterdam » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:03 pm
I am pretty confident that they include at least #060 and #511 (though in the latter it might only be the effect line). Other likely candidates include #352 and #629.Drasnia wrote:Thanks! Keep your eyes out for new options and changes especially in regards to capitalism/communism options. CWA has been going through and doing a huge review so there's bound to be a wealth of new additions.
by Mironus » Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:58 pm
Trotterdam wrote:Did you get that instead of or in addition to the existing options?
by Tinhampton » Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:58 pm
Issue #696: No, Minister
The Issue
The recently published memoirs of a retired senior civil servant have caused an uproar with their claims that it is the Civil Service, not the government, that runs the country.
The Debate
- “I’m afraid the book is right,” sighs government Minister Jem Hacker. “It’s been the case for decades that unelected Civil Service clowns are the ones who really run this circus. We make policy, but they twist it and turn us around with tricks and paperwork till they end up doing whatever they want to. Accountability - that’s the key! I suggest that to work for government, you must be democratically elected. This should be true whether you’re a minister or a departmental bureaucrat. Once accountable to the people, the Civil Service will shape up!”
- “Not the right approach!” yells gruff union leader Brian Butcher, munching a shortcrust pastry and patting his rounded belly. “Trim the fat from the system, and put money back in the pocket of the working man! Shift a goodly portion of the Civil Service budget into the welfare budget, and you’ll be helpin’ the bloody poor, not the bloody bureaucrats!”
- “Shocking, leader, shocking,” murmurs civil servant Humphrey Pearby. “I absolutely agree with you about the Civil Service, and understand your instructions perfectly! I will immediately establish a Department of Civil Service Budget Oversight Committee for the Investigation of Pecuniary Distribution. Leave it to me, I will get the ball rolling, immediately! That is what you are saying isn’t it? Yes, Minister?”
Issue by The Peripatetic Panopticon of Candlewhisper Archive
Edited by Helaw
by Drasnia » Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:39 pm
by Pencil Sharpeners 2 » Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:16 pm
“Comrade, the problem here is that the Workers are not cooperating, like good Socialists should,” observes Party Member Warwick al-Assad. “Require all of our Comrade-Citizens to carpool to a vehicle’s capacity, and you will more than halve the number of vehicles on the road.”
by Iguanarctica » Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:48 pm
“We don’t need draconian regulations just because one idiot didn’t read the instructions,” rebuffs avid drone enthusiast Django Nelson, while using a drone to film the meeting. “By that logic we should ban microwaves, just because one person thought it was a fun idea to stick their head inside to see what would happen. It is the right of every citizen to enjoy everything drones have to offer. Besides, strict rules would blow drone sales out of the sky.”
by Drasnia » Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:10 pm
Trotterdam wrote:#682 already had 4 options...?
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