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by Dexterra » Mon Nov 22, 2021 4:06 pm
by Trotterdam » Mon Nov 22, 2021 4:20 pm
To clarify, this isn't actually what I meant. My methodology can't distinguish between different options with the same effect line, so all my data can confirm is that either there isn't a Capital Punishment-based validity on any of the options, or there is, but a nation will always get one or the other and they have the same effect line.Rocain Founder wrote:This is in accordance with Trotterdam's opinion, stated right after the post cited above, that Capital Punishment has nothing to do with which option is presented to the user.
Well, if your original guess about option 2 only appearing on nations that already having Capital Punishment were right, then this would be unsurprising. But apparently it wasn't.Rocain Founder wrote:I also note that, according to Trotterdam's web site, option 2 never adds the Capital Punishment policy, which I find rather mysterious.
That would make sense.Rocain Founder wrote:Maybe the fact that this option proposes an extra-judicial killing means that it is not considered to introduce Capital Punishment.
by Valentine Z » Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:00 am
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by Rocain Founder » Wed Nov 24, 2021 8:33 am
3. “This is a catastrophe waiting to happen,” says the Chamber of Commerce. “Think of the consequences! Without big business, where do the jobs come from? Where do we get our medicine? Our electronics? Our latest fashions? There are dozens of useless regulations the government could abolish today to make life easier for commerce, and it’s high time they did.”
by Valentine Z » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:13 pm
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by Heliosphere » Wed Dec 01, 2021 3:29 pm
Issue 1494: A Minor Political Problem
The Issue
After the latest election, campaign finance auditors discovered that one of the most popular politicians in Heliosphere received a huge number of donations from minors who aren’t yet old enough to vote.
The Debate
1. “It’s sick to think people are okay with preying on our nation’s youth,” bemoans a parent whose teenage son donated to the campaign in question. “I was getting suspicious when my son kept asking me for money, and now I figure out he was giving it away to some crazy kook. These young folks can’t even vote yet, and greedy politicians are already taking their money! Please, you have to kick this person out of parliament, and make it illegal for candidates to take advantage of our innocent children.”
2. “The average donation to my campaign was only twenty-seven Novas per person. Do we really want to discourage our future voters from participating in the political process?” asks Ernie Flanders, the elderly politician in question, who is surprisingly popular with people half your age. “I love listening to the young people of Heliosphere, and my message just happens to resonate with them. Don’t ya know there are some very smart kids who want to get involved early? It should be up to them to decide how to spend their money, not the government.”
3. “This demographic is an untapped gold mine!” excitedly announces your chief election strategist, preparing several colorful goody bags. “This guy was onto something big here. Not literally, as kids are small, but something that will certainly help us out in a big way. Let’s allow children to vote too! Then, we could start campaigning at schools all across Heliosphere, filling our youth with promises of ice cream and toys if they vote for us. I can see it already, Leader; we’ll win in a landslide!”
Issue by The Spacefaring Federation of Sacara
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by TalAkMaChen » Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:29 am
1336,1 random female name; opt 2 random name; opt 3 is set as is
1423,3 not seen at all nations (guess: must have sports)
1466,1 random name, 2 (female) random name, 3 random name, 4 random name
1471,3 random name (my guess)
1483, issue: "community in @@NAME@@"
1483,1 requires Violetism legal? Or 1/2 have immigration (not) legal? (at least #1 was not seen as option at both TalAkMaChen and OptionOners)
1483,2-4 random female name
1485,4 random name
1491,1 has "screams [i]@@LEADER@@ Sucks[/i] reporter" (italics, no "the")
1491,3 has "chief editor of [i]The @@LEADER@@ Times[/i]." (italics, capitalized "the")
by Rocain Founder » Sat Dec 11, 2021 2:18 pm
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by Pencil Sharpeners 2 » Thu Dec 16, 2021 4:33 pm
Issue 1495: Throwing Paleontologists a Bone
The Issue
After a commercial fossil hunter discovered an incredibly rare and nearly complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, and subsequently announced their intent to sell it to the highest bidder at an auction house, a debate kicked off on the ethics of for-profit fossil hunting. One of your more dinosaur-obsessed aides has convinced you to visit a dig site and obtain first-hand knowledge on the matter.
The Debate
1. “Fossil hunters are destroying our precious fossil record!” cries Dr. Lobachevsky, a noted paleontologist, while gently brushing the dirt from a Triceratops skull. “They’re not adequately documenting the context of the fossils they find, they’re careless with less profitable specimens, and it’s going to cost Pandapolis University a bundle to try and keep that precious T. rex in public hands. You need to make a law that only publicly funded paleontologists with scientific, not capitalist, intentions are allowed to collect fossils.”
2. “These bones are a limited-time offer,” states Jennifer Shaft, the fossil hunter at the center of the controversy, slinging a jackhammer behind her back. “The government will never have the funding to find and collect them all, so they’d probably be eroded away in a few years anyway. Besides, fossil hunting is a great hobby; it gets people outdoors, educates them about Pencil Sharpeners 2’s past, and can even put some cash in their pockets if they’re lucky. Just disseminate some basic guidelines on documentation so citizens can help preserve the scientific record, and encourage the free market to compete.”
3. “Why are y’all even spendin’ any of my tax dollars on hoity-toity gov’ment museums and paleonto-whatevers?” asks Newt Barber, the rancher on whose land the dig is occurring. “Seems like there’s plenty of private money for bone collection and display. You should cut gov’ment funding for such nonsense entirely.”
Issue by The United Mangrove Archipelago of Ransium
Edited by Verdant Haven
by Rocain Founder » Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:26 pm
by Sacara » Wed Dec 22, 2021 10:49 am
Issue #1496: A Place For Everything
The Issue:
Opposition Leader Gertie Shatner recently made a televised speech at a party conference, and did so with her brand new uPhone85 prominently visible on the lectern throughout. Several times she used the “Sippy” virtual assistant feature to bring up relevant statistics during her speech. While her supporters are pleased at this clever attention-catching variation on the usual political rhetoric, her opponents have cynically noted that Pear — the manufacturers of the uPhone series — are notable campaign donors to her party.
The Debate:
0. “This blatant product placement is the result of selling influence, and is bringing politics into disrepute!” accuses Foreign Minister Leonardo Barker, who was recently caught in a scandal involving snorting cocaine off the foreheads of abused interns. “In our official capacity as politicians, we should never be allowed to refer to or endorse commercial products by name.”
1. “Look, it’s not as if corporations are all-powerful. We’re not living in some dystopian science fiction novel!” says your Treasury Minister Rosalina Gorbachev, clutching a copy of Max Barry’s Jennifer Government, her favourite book. “Excellent satires on unchecked corporate power aside, my point is that you shouldn’t be too reactionary here. Respect free speech, respect free market forces, and don’t stand in the way of product placement.”
2. “Actually, this might be a great opportunity to use accusations of corruption to take down a popular opposition leader,” observes Napoleon Berkshire-Orwell, your Minister of Irony. “You should appoint a Political Influences Guru — someone who is on your payroll, of course — with powers to prosecute politicians who show signs of being unduly influenced by outside organisations which we deem as unwholesome. The political landscape would be yours to shape...”
Authored by Candlewhisper Archive, Edited by Candlewhisper Archive
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by Bears Armed » Wed Dec 22, 2021 2:41 pm
Sacara wrote:Issue #1496: A Place For Everything
The Issue:
Opposition Leader Gertie Shatner recently made a televised speech at a party conference, and did so with her brand new uPhone85 prominently visible on the lectern throughout. Several times she used the “Sippy” virtual assistant feature to bring up relevant statistics during her speech. While her supporters are pleased at this clever attention-catching variation on the usual political rhetoric, her opponents have cynically noted that Pear — the manufacturers of the uPhone series — are notable campaign donors to her party.
The Debate:
0. “This blatant product placement is the result of selling influence, and is bringing politics into disrepute!” accuses Foreign Minister Leonardo Barker, who was recently caught in a scandal involving snorting cocaine off the foreheads of abused interns. “In our official capacity as politicians, we should never be allowed to refer to or endorse commercial products by name.”
1. “Look, it’s not as if corporations are all-powerful. We’re not living in some dystopian science fiction novel!” says your Treasury Minister Rosalina Gorbachev, clutching a copy of Max Barry’s Jennifer Government, her favourite book. “Excellent satires on unchecked corporate power aside, my point is that you shouldn’t be too reactionary here. Respect free speech, respect free market forces, and don’t stand in the way of product placement.”
2. “Actually, this might be a great opportunity to use accusations of corruption to take down a popular opposition leader,” observes Napoleon Berkshire-Orwell, your Minister of Irony. “You should appoint a Political Influences Guru — someone who is on your payroll, of course — with powers to prosecute politicians who show signs of being unduly influenced by outside organisations which we deem as unwholesome. The political landscape would be yours to shape...”
Authored by Candlewhisper Archive, Edited by Candlewhisper Archive
by Very Pog » Mon Dec 27, 2021 2:21 pm
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by Valentine Z » Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:18 am
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by Rocain Founder » Fri Dec 31, 2021 6:57 am
“Jethras and Augustus perhaps could have been more circumspect, but they’re @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ citizens who have committed no crime under our laws,” observes @@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ Consulate Officer Paul Myfinger. “We have a moral obligation to negotiate their release. I suggest we could make a couple of economic concessions, such as surrendering some of our nation’s share of fishing rights in international waters to Sacerdia. In return, our out-of-the-closet citizens can be gotten out of hot water. I’m also confident we can establish procedures to send home any future @@DEMONYMNOUNPLURAL@@ arrested there. Everybody wins.”
by Cyzixraqab » Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:34 pm
Political clichés like "band-aid solutions" and "adrenaline shots to the economy" are headed for the dumpster.
by Valentine Z » Sun Jan 02, 2022 5:56 pm
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by Dexterra » Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:46 am
Issue #1497: Double Trouble
The Issue
An intelligence agent has uncovered a document detailing a planned coup of your government. DNA evidence extracted from skin cells on the document have linked the plot to two cabinet ministers — identical twins Jamie and Jessie Anderson. Both twins deny any involvement and are blaming the other.
The Debate
1.“Because we can’t tell which twin was plotting against you, we can’t reasonably prove either of them was involved,” claims Attorney General and killjoy Billy Whiterock. “Better to let a guilty person walk free than have an innocent person be wrongly punished. We have no choice but to hold back until we have more evidence, and allow them to continue their current roles. Besides, I always found it somewhat charming that we have twins fulfilling the roles of Minister for Alternative Solutions and Minister for Creative Solutions.”
2. “Bah, in my experience twins are more likely to commit crimes because they think we can’t charge both of them,” says Chief of Police Sange Garza, who’s a bit of a loose cannon but by gum, gets results every time. “If you free them both, then you’re issuing a carte blanche for these creepy doppelgangers to commit crimes. As long as we’re sure that one twin was responsible, assume both are guilty until one of them cracks and confesses.”
3. “Good news everyone!” announces Professor Darnsworth, a crackpot geneticist who is the spitting image of your Secretary of State. “We’ve recently discovered that all sets of identical twins are comprised of an ‘evil’ twin and a ‘good’ twin. Invariably, one twin will always be predisposed to be evil, grow a goatee and blame their evil deeds on the other twin. Give my team a blank cheque and we’ll be able to develop a soul smear test to determine which person in a pair of twins is evil. Then you can keep the good twin and punish the evil one!”
Authored by The Gold and Silver Alloy of Electrum, edited by Candlewhisper Archive
by Minskiev » Mon Jan 03, 2022 4:32 pm
Issue #1497: Double Trouble [Electrum; ed: Candlewhisper Archive]
The Issue
An intelligence agent has uncovered a document detailing a planned coup of your government. DNA evidence extracted from skin cells on the document have (note: should this be has?) linked the plot to two cabinet ministers — identical twins Jamie and Jessie Thiesen. Both twins deny any involvement and are blaming the other.
The Debate
“Because we can’t tell which twin was plotting against you, we can’t reasonably prove either of them was involved,” claims Attorney General and killjoy Billy Whiterock. “Better to let a guilty person walk free than have an innocent person be wrongly punished. We have no choice but to hold back until we have more evidence, and allow them to continue their current roles. Besides, I always found it somewhat charming that we have twins fulfilling the roles of Minister for Alternative Solutions and Minister for Creative Solutions.”
“Bah, in my experience twins are more likely to commit crimes because they think we can’t charge both of them,” says Chief of Police Matt Chatwin, who’s a bit of a loose cannon but by gum, gets results every time. “If you free them both, then you’re issuing a carte blanche for these creepy doppelgangers to commit crimes. As long as we’re sure that one twin was responsible, assume both are guilty until one of them cracks and confesses.”
“Good news everyone!” announces Professor Darnsworth, a crackpot geneticist who is the spitting image of your Secretary of State. “We’ve recently discovered that all sets of identical twins are comprised of an ‘evil’ twin and a ‘good’ twin. Invariably, one twin will always be predisposed to be evil, grow a goatee and blame their evil deeds on the other twin. Give my team a blank cheque and we’ll be able to develop a soul smear test to determine which person in a pair of twins is evil. Then you can keep the good twin and punish the evil one!”
by Rocain Founder » Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:22 am
Rocain Founder wrote:This post and several following reported that option 4 of issue #279 had the same text as the spoiled option 3. Puppet Cain A P-R Rd v1 has now received this issue with option 3 rather than option 4. The text of option 3, so far as I can tell, is also identical to the spoiled text of option 3. The previous posts indicated that the text of option 4 was also identical to the spoiled option 3. Since one must assume that option variants like this exist for some reason, then option 3 and option 4 must differ in their effects (or possibly in their talking points). As to what determines whether a particular nation gets option 3 or option 4, I have no theories at all. But here are the policies of Cain A P-R Rd v1. They can be compared with the policies of the puppet from the previous report (which received option 4), but I admit that the comparison did not trigger any theories for me. Perhaps someone else will be more insightful.
The puppet which got this issue chose to dismiss it, so I have no info on whether the talking point for option 3 might differ from that for option 4.Cannabis
Gun Control
No Automobiles
No Computers
No Marriage
No Prison
Public Protest
Socialism
Sortition
Space Program
Vat-Produced Infants
by Rocain Founder » Sat Jan 08, 2022 9:34 am
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