Guide to Easter Egg issues (SPOILERS)

[Pogaria]

I wish we could see which Easter Eggs we have... my total says 8 but I have only recorded 7 of them

You have answered 77, 78, 215, 256, 408, 430, and 622. There may be more, but the records only go back so far.

[Lord Dominator]

Thanks for reminding me that I had the answer hidden among my own data... LoL

No problem

[Sapnu puas]

Pogaria, which easter egg issues have I already answered?

[Luna Amore]

I wish we could see which Easter Eggs we have... my total says 8 but I have only recorded 7 of them

You have answered 77, 78, 215, 256, 408, 430, and 622. There may be more, but the records only go back so far.

His 8th was 375.

Pogaria, which easter egg issues have I already answered?

I'd rather not get into the habit of checking this, but:
77, 78, 215, 430

[Sapnu puas]

Pogaria, which easter egg issues have I already answered?

I'd rather not get into the habit of checking this, but:
77, 78, 215, 430

Thank you. I'll keep record of this from now on

[Mediobogdum]

I wish we could see which Easter Eggs we have... my total says 8 but I have only recorded 7 of them

You have answered 77, 78, 215, 256, 408, 430, and 622. There may be more, but the records only go back so far.

Thanks for the information, greatly appreciated... now up to 10

[Orientis Noverai]

Finally got #266 on Arathya. Hunch confirmed,

"NationStates" (well, in caps) in the motto.

[Trotterdam]

Congratulations! You appear to be the first player to have received that issue in four months.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Congratulations! You appear to be the first player to have received that issue in four months.

A whole TWO nations have received it in the last 30 days, in fact.

[Land Without Shrimp]

Finally got #266 on Arathya. Hunch confirmed,

"NationStates" (well, in caps) in the motto.

THANK YOU so so much for this. Finally nabbed my 8th easter egg I am very grateful to you!!!

Now...I really just need to get my pizza industry to work harder so I can get #9...someday.

[Fauxia]

Your hunch seems right, I just got it.

Also, a note, 266 is now labeled as an easter egg.

[Tinhampton]

Can confirm the confirmation of confirmed hunch. I suppose Minecraftia will get around to his OP when he gets around to it

[Lord Dominator]

Can confirm the confirmation of confirmed hunch. I suppose Minecraftia will get around to his OP when he gets around to it

Presumably once they come on the forums again

[Mediobogdum]

Finally got #266 on Arathya. Hunch confirmed,

"NationStates" (well, in caps) in the motto.

THANK YOU so so much for this. Finally nabbed my 8th easter egg I am very grateful to you!!!
Now...I really just need to get my pizza industry to work harder so I can get #9...someday.

Pizza? I am #1 in TWP for Pizza Industry and #4 in NS, so which Easter Egg should I already have, but seem not to have?

Maybe #080: Easter Egg: Aliens Wish Peace/Trade Agreement [Exiled; ed:SalusaSecondus]?

[Fauxia]

THANK YOU so so much for this. Finally nabbed my 8th easter egg I am very grateful to you!!!
Now...I really just need to get my pizza industry to work harder so I can get #9...someday.

Pizza? I am #1 in TWP for Pizza Industry and #4 in NS, so which Easter Egg should I already have, but seem not to have?

Maybe #080: Easter Egg: Aliens Wish Peace/Trade Agreement [Exiled; ed:SalusaSecondus]?

That’s the one you get for a very large pizza industry, yes

[Lord Dominator]

Pizza? I am #1 in TWP for Pizza Industry and #4 in NS, so which Easter Egg should I already have, but seem not to have?

Maybe #080: Easter Egg: Aliens Wish Peace/Trade Agreement [Exiled; ed:SalusaSecondus]?

That’s the one you get for a very large pizza industry, yes

Correction, I'm pretty sure it's for your largest industry being Pizza, regardless of its absolute size.

[Mediobogdum]

Thank you both for the additional info

Interesting... I have a total of 10 Eggs but have only record of 8, so this would explain one of the 'missing' Eggs. I have a record of: 77, 78, 215, 256, 375, 408, 430, and 622. So with 80, that makes 9.

I wonder if it is possible to get an Easter Egg issue twice... maybe
#077: World To End, Or Possibly Just Mark Anniversary {One Year Anniversary issue, now an Easter Egg bonus}
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=88#077

[Lord Dominator]

Thank you both for the additional info

Interesting... I have a total of 10 Eggs but have only record of 8, so this would explain one of the 'missing' Eggs. I have a record of: 77, 78, 215, 256, 375, 408, 430, and 622. So with 80, that makes 9.

I wonder if it is possible to get an Easter Egg issue twice... maybe
#077: World To End, Or Possibly Just Mark Anniversary {One Year Anniversary issue, now an Easter Egg bonus}
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=88#077

You shouldn't be able to, and you link doesn't work right

[Mediobogdum]

The link works now after correction...

[Imperio de Jandira]

I catched now the issue #256 (Suburbs Are Out Of This World), and it cames after i selected Option 1 on issue #490 (The Long And Winding Halls Of @@CAPITAL@@), that made my crime stat elevate for 16 points.

Well, my Scientific Advancement is 1,531.80 and my Crime rate is 17.10. So... i think that Easter Egg only comes if you had a high S.A. and high Crime rate.

[Lord Dominator]

I catched now the issue #256 (Suburbs Are Out Of This World), and it cames after i selected Option 1 on issue #490 (The Long And Winding Halls Of @@CAPITAL@@), that made my crime stat elevate for 16 points.

Well, my Scientific Advancement is 1,531.80 and my Crime rate is 17.10. So... i think that Easter Egg only comes if you had a high S.A. and high Crime rate.

It's generally assumed it's a mixture of space based technology & crime rate, but specific attachment to scientific advancement seems possible.

[Sapnu puas]

Are you able to write issues and make them easter egg issues, or is that up to the issue editors?

[Bears Armed]

Are you able to write issues and make them easter egg issues, or is that up to the issue editors?

It's up to the editors.

[Mexican Liberation]

I saw it mentioned earlier that the Pony issue (#408) was discontinued for a while, but it's still here if anyone's interested.

Also, exactly how many Easter eggs are there? I've counted 12 in the master issues guide and I'm pretty sure there's at least one hidden, but there could actually be more. Unless there was a glitch of some kind and I got #622 again, because I swear I remember getting it last year.

[Trotterdam]

I saw it mentioned earlier that the Pony issue (#408) was discontinued for a while, but it's still here if anyone's interested.

To clarify: it was never "discontinued". It started out as a staff-member-only joke, that wasn't meant to ever be seen by non-staff-member players. However, because I'm a brilliant genius^{[citation needed]}, I managed to figure out its existence, which they rewarded by assigning me a special copy even though it otherwise was still staff-member-only. (I still have it in my inbox. I mean, I'm not going to answer any of its options with a pony nation.)

Some time later, it was made available to the wider playerbase as an easter egg, with the known trigger being having the word "friendship" in your national motto. As far as I know, it has never been pulled back out of circulation since then.

Also, exactly how many Easter eggs are there? I've counted 12 in the master issues guide

12 is correct.