The Writers' Block

[SherpDaWerp]

No Cents - As per 343, small denomination coins have been withdrawn. One reversal exists at present, but requires you to have another rare policy active. Low priority: An issue that reverses this with non-stringent entry requirements.

This seems to be the only listed thing on the second post. Can anyone confirm if this has been done yet?

#1478, which was a finalist entry in the 6th Issues Contest.

Of course, if you can find an alternative angle, a second reversal won't hurt anyone.

[Electrum]

This seems to be the only listed thing on the second post. Can anyone confirm if this has been done yet?

#1478, which was a finalist entry in the 6th Issues Contest.

Of course, if you can find an alternative angle, a second reversal won't hurt anyone.

Actually (and this was pointed out to me earlier), this is not a reversal. We're still on the hunt for one.

[SherpDaWerp]

#1478, which was a finalist entry in the 6th Issues Contest.

Of course, if you can find an alternative angle, a second reversal won't hurt anyone.

Actually (and this was pointed out to me earlier), this is not a reversal. We're still on the hunt for one.

Huh, you're right. I'm amazed that got published without a reversing option, considering it's now the longest-standing advertised gap.

[Bears Armed]

Is "Must have Democracy, Capitalism, Immigration allowed, and Police (or Military doing the police's job) who are allowed guns" too narrow a Validity, or is it close enough to the situation for many RL nations to be acceptable? I've got an idea in mind that would need this...

[Verdant Haven]

Is "Must have Democracy, Capitalism, Immigration allowed, and Police (or Military doing the police's job) who are allowed guns" too narrow a Validity, or is it close enough to the situation for many RL nations to be acceptable? I've got an idea in mind that would need this...

Having elections, capitalism, immigration, and some kind of armed law-enforcement presence is still a significant majority of all nations in the game, so I think you're doing ok with that one!

[Bears Armed]

Is "Must have Democracy, Capitalism, Immigration allowed, and Police (or Military doing the police's job) who are allowed guns" too narrow a Validity, or is it close enough to the situation for many RL nations to be acceptable? I've got an idea in mind that would need this...

Having elections, capitalism, immigration, and some kind of armed law-enforcement presence is still a significant majority of all nations in the game, so I think you're doing ok with that one!

Good. I thought that it probably would be okay, but better safe than sorry.

[Kiddian States]

Two questions (well, three, technically)
1. Is there a slavery policy?
1a. Is there an issue about a slave revolt?
2. Is there an issue about colleagues of Leader getting worried about the decreasing levels of freedom?

[Comfed]

Two questions (well, three, technically)
1. Is there a slavery policy?
1a. Is there an issue about a slave revolt?
2. Is there an issue about colleagues of Leader getting worried about the decreasing levels of freedom?

Yes to all of your questions, although 2 could be an interesting new angle.

[Dexterra]

1. Is there a slavery policy?

Indeed, the list of issues that could install or remove it (available here) might be a useful reference if you want to write an issue in this context, and you can read those issues in full over in the issues sticky^{(linked for convenience)} - hope these help

[Kiddian States]

Two questions (well, three, technically)
1. Is there a slavery policy?
1a. Is there an issue about a slave revolt?
2. Is there an issue about colleagues of Leader getting worried about the decreasing levels of freedom?

Yes to all of your questions, although 2 could be an interesting new angle.

Can you link that issue, please?

[Outer Sparta]

Yes to all of your questions, although 2 could be an interesting new angle.

Can you link that issue, please?

Dexterra gave you a link to a site that's useful for searching for issues and issue ideas done.

[Kiddian States]

Can you link that issue, please?

Dexterra gave you a link to a site that's useful for searching for issues and issue ideas done.

Well, yeah, but there are thousands of issues
At least tell me which one it is

[Bears Armed]

I could use some Editorial advice about a Validity question for my 'Birdman of Pelicanz' draft, before I submit that into the contest... Any of you got a moment free to help, please?

EDIT: This question has been answered by Pogaria, to whom my thanks are given.

[Australian rePublic]

I am NOT going to write this issue, but here's an idea for an issue if you want one. The flag of the Confederate States of America has some usage outside of the USA, be it as part of (non-racist, NON-POLITICAL) Americana or sporting insignia, and it is used by German and Austrian NAZIs who can't legally use the Swastika. Thailand has an unhealthy obsession with Hitler and the NAZIs. This is born from ignorance and lack of knowledge about the Holocaust, rather than actually supporting it. Thailand's obsession with Hitler is so great they they actually made Hitler into a Teletubby

And let's not even get into the usage of the WWII of Japan.

So, this brings us to an issue which anyone is free to use as I will NOT be using it:

Foreigners using racist symbols from overseas. This could either be other countries using racist symbols from @@NAME@@, or @@DENONYM@@ using racist symbols from overseas

And if you're going to write this issue in a way which has spectators wearing racist symbols for sports events, make sure to use the pun saying that spectators were "sporting" the symbol

[Bears Armed]

I've got an idea that would follow up on one particular choice from an existing issue, but before going ahead with drafting this I am asking whether the editors would be willing to consider the possibility or would consider this too "niche" to be worthwhile.

This would be a follow-up to issue 43, option 3, which lets convicts out of jail to work for Papa Pallocci's Pizza Pagoda: A businessman widely known suspected to have mob connections but not yet actually convicted of any crimes -- perhaps re-use 'Morbidy Obese Tony, from issue #508 ('Ex-cons Robbed of Future'), option 3, as he seems appropriate to the 'food' theme -- announces plans to set up a rival pizza business and apply for convicts as workers (presumably, one of your more cynical advisors suggests, using jailed members of his own existing organization...) on the same basis...
Can you discriminate against him in this, although he hasn't yet been convicted of anything and so officially is just an innocent importer of (spices? olive oil?)?
Option 1 = yes, option 2 = no (or vice versa?), option 3 is make a much stronger effort to convict him of his crimes (even if that has to involve taking a few short-cuts through the legal process?).
I admit that this is a case where I started with the idea of the title, and then came up with ideas to fit that: It would be 'A Pizza The Action'.

I'm now thinking of making this my next project here, so... Potentially acceptable to the Editors?

[Kiddian States]

Is there an issue about government-controlled land in the capital being destroyed by a storm, and different ways to rebuild it?
Monuments, offices, military bases, etc.?

[Trotterdam]

I don't think we have a storm specifically, but there are some issues about rebuilding or renovating government buildings (#518 comes to mind), so if you want to edge in on that territory, you'll probably need to focus on how the design considerations for this particular type of building are different from the ones for other government buildings.

[Dexterra]

Not exactly sure where to put this, but because I've experienced it after answering an issue I'll ask it here: did the issues team or site staff add a whole new bunch of banners? On one of my puppets, I just now answered issue 607 option 1 and received a banner I don't remember ever seeing: "A Golden Age - cherish the wellbeing of old and young alike."

Upon further inspection, I've found a whole lot of banners I don't recall. Among those that stick out to me here are: "Wildly Artificial - grow children in vats and then set them loose into the wild"; "Author of Your Own Destiny - address 1000 issues and write one published issue"; "Better Red Than Dead - run a socialist paradise defended by a large military"; "Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt - teach children about the harshness of life early"; and most especially "Fall From Power - Pass a World Assembly resolution and then lose all of your endorsements."

So... did I stumble upon new banners or just a profound sense of amnesia?

^{Edited to add two more that really stand out, would love to know what's up}

[Trotterdam]

Yes, we have a bunch of new banners. Here's the news post.

Each of my nations got about 20 new banners at all at once in their notices lists. That's a lot of yellow background!

For example:

Nuclear Family Testing
Allow people to have multiple spouses but only one child

Yes, one of my nations actually earned that one.

I think I have a list of all of the new banners, but I'd have to do a little more checking to make sure I caught them all (the "y___" series, which previously didn't exist at all, now has 366 images, not all of which are actually used for banners, but which is considerably more than any series had before - and trying to check that many numbers all at once is making the server complain that my request is too large), and it'd take a small amount of work to process it into a proper list with pictures.

[Bears Armed]

I just gained 12 of them with this nation:


Sin City
Become a destination for tourists of questionable morals

Lab Rats
Develop an intelligent yet cynical populace

Migrant Labor
Build an agricultural sector on low-paid immigrant labor

Camera-Carrying Cruisers
Become overrun with tourists

On Everyone's Bucket List
Build a substantial tourism industry

Bushels of Baskets
Develop a strong handicrafts industry

Agrarian Spirit
Prioritize agriculture alongside a strong national culture

Storied
Address 1500 issues

Author of Your Own Destiny
Address 1000 issues and write one published issue

Glorious Purpose
Address 750 issues

Millennial Persistence
Address 1000 issues

Enduring Guidance
Address 500 issues



EDIT: I'm actually a bit surprised that I received the banner for "Address 1500 issues". After all, there currently aren't many more issues than that in play, and I'd have expected that Validity requirements excluded me from enough of those to mean that I hadn't yet reached this threshold...

[Australian rePublic]

I just gained 12 of them with this nation:


Sin City
Become a destination for tourists of questionable morals

Lab Rats
Develop an intelligent yet cynical populace

Migrant Labor
Build an agricultural sector on low-paid immigrant labor

Camera-Carrying Cruisers
Become overrun with tourists

On Everyone's Bucket List
Build a substantial tourism industry

Bushels of Baskets
Develop a strong handicrafts industry

Agrarian Spirit
Prioritize agriculture alongside a strong national culture

Storied
Address 1500 issues

Author of Your Own Destiny
Address 1000 issues and write one published issue

Glorious Purpose
Address 750 issues

Millennial Persistence
Address 1000 issues

Enduring Guidance
Address 500 issues



EDIT: I'm actually a bit surprised that I received the banner for "Address 1500 issues". After all, there currently aren't many more issues than that in play, and I'd have expected that Validity requirements excluded me from enough of those to mean that I hadn't yet reached this threshold...

It never said 1500 unique issues. You could address the same issue 1500 times and it will still count

[Rick Perry]

Is an issue on terrorism allowed?
And if so has their been any for it?

[Verdant Haven]

Is an issue on terrorism allowed?
And if so has their been any for it?

There are numerous issues on terrorism in the game, including a major issue chain.

What is the nature of the specific issue you have in mind?

[Rick Perry]

Is an issue on terrorism allowed?
And if so has their been any for it?

There are numerous issues on terrorism in the game, including a major issue chain.

What is the nature of the specific issue you have in mind?

large International terrorism, like hijackings, mass bombings.

[Bears Armed]

There are numerous issues on terrorism in the game, including a major issue chain.

What is the nature of the specific issue you have in mind?

large International terrorism, like hijackings, mass bombings.

There's a searchable thread for the existing issues.