NationStates Trainers - An OOC Organization - Attn: ALL

[ViZion]

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As I've promised... I am transferring over NationStates Trainers to the new forums. Is it DESPERATELY clear than the new NationStates needs some training... BADLY.

NST is for all players of NS - newer and veterans alike. If you're an older/experienced RPers here on NS - it doesn't matter PT/MT/PMT/FT/Fantasy, nor does it matter what kind of government or political/religious beliefs your nation holds, or its "evil" or "good" orientation - it would be great if you're willing to help train younger/newer NSers on properly RPing, the do's and don'ts, grammar and spelling issues, and so forth. I'd much rather see a future rival ICly and a friend OOCly than to just walk over a newbie now who makes the mistake of bad RPing and starting a war right away as that may lead to losing a potentially great future RPer.

This is not only for military, but every aspect of the game. Character RPs, economy, military, nation building, diplomacy, and so forth.

Also, this is not limited to helping newer NS'ers, but can also help older NSers improve as well.

For those of you willing to become an NS Trainer, please just post and let us know, and I'll add you. If you would like to have your AIM, MSN, Yahoo Msger, etc added for people to contact you, please post that too. You're more than welcome to put "Official NST'er" link in your sig, too!
Also, if you want help on improving, please post here and I'll add your name to the below list. You can also post any questions on here too!

Remember, this is a strictly OOC-based group whose goal is pure and simple: improving everyones RP and knowledge of do's and don'ts, etc here on NS to make RPing much more enjoyable.

Most IRC Users:
/server irc.esper.net
/join #NSTrainers

Chatzilla Users:
irc://irc.esper.net/NSTrainers

Current Training Exercises/Programs:
Developing Nations Summit (MT) - Host: Falkasia
War Planning (MT) - Host: Jenrak
Miss Nationstates - Host: Tanaara
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem - Host: New Greston
Please post if you would like to start one.

Official NationStates Trainers ("NST'er")
ViZion (MT) (AIM: hiroism4ever; MSN: hiro55cool@www.com)
Conserative Morality (MT)
Hamilay (MT)
Valipac (MT)
Amazonian Beasts (MT, PMT, FT) (AIM: JaguarsTD E-Mail: d.carroll@umiami.edu)
Tanaara (MT, PMT, FT, Fantasy)
TRIAD Enterprises (FT) (MSN: TRIAD_Enterprises@live.com)
New Greston (MT) (MSN: MichaelofGreston@hotmail.com)
Jenrak (MT)
Kagetora (MT, early PMT)
Lizardiar (MT)
Lynion (MT, PMT, Fantasy) (E-Mail: Dark_delta22@hotmail.com)
Questers (MT) (MSN: matt.labunda@gmail.com)
Layarteb (MT)
Civylia (MT)
Ruthless Slaughter (PT, MT, PMT, FT)
Bisgea (MT)
Sarzonia (MT)
Greal (MT)
DaWoad (PT, MT, PMT)
Hyperspatial Travel (FT)
Sigma Octavus (MT, PMT)

Those requesting help from NST'ers:
Civylia
Revolvisia
Gracefall
Palpatinist Coruscant
Trefoilland
Snowy Egrets
Almajoya
Abdju
Darango

Note: These aren't the only ones to help. Whenever you see a new nation posting, help 'em out, and point them to this thread, too.

Here a few key tips and terms
NS - NationStates
II - International Incidents (the forum you're in right now...)
NST'er - NationStates Trainer (obviously, as posted above)
TG - Telegram (The little message system on everyone's homepage)
RP - Roleplay
IC - In Character (meaning your RPing)
OOC - Out of Character (meaning you're posting as yourself, not RPing)
SIC - Secret IC post to a specific person, or just for reference
PT - Past Technology
MT - Modern Technology
PMT - Post Modern Technology
NFT - Near Future Technology
FT - Future Technology
Fantasy - Fantasy Technology
n00b - Crappy RPer, no matter how long the person's been RPing
Newbie - Different from n00b in that they're new, but not horrible
Ignore Cannon - Used against n00bs to ignore them from here until whenever they improve - if not forever!
Godmod - Basically, cheating.
Hijacking - The thread getting overrun by unrelated posts
Open - Anyone can join the RP
Semi-Open - Ask for approval before joining
Closed - Unless specified by the creater of the RP, you can't join
Char RP - Character RP, meaning you're RPing as a specific character, not a nation, company, etc.
Sig - Signature
-Don't use the smilies while roleplaying.
-Using correct spelling and grammar is very important! And this will help you with that...
-Don't start a war right away... rather, start up things such as an embassy, an introduction thread, airport, building up your economy by starting companies, doing peaceful roleplays, and making allies, among other things.
-Ask for help if you need it when growing your nation... most of us are more than willing to help across NS - rather they're an official NST'er or not.
-Set it to allow you to see signatures (See further down on how to)
-Set it to auto subscribe to threads (See further down on how to)
-IC and OOC should NEVER be mixed
-Look at the stickies and ASK FOR HELP.

Nuclear Newbies (and n00bs)
Please note for all you new nations that it is generally said that you will need to wait til around 100 million people before you can begin to make serious progress in your nuclear department. Please do not simply say "I HAVE N00KS! I BOMB YOU!!!" as that gets you nowhere but ignored or laughed at. Or both. And, for good measure, many will proceed to stomp on you anyway, even after ignoring and laughing at you.

Once you DO obtain your first nuclear weapon, please go ahead and test it, but give some description, talking about where it's taking place, etc. Sometimes you'll get retaliation simply for testing it, but you WILL get retaliation if you go out and 'test' it on a population. It's suggested you watch your step here since you likely wont have the military power and allies to cope with such a retaliation that would turn your country into a very large glass bowl.

In addition, with regards to the 100 million population thing, if a larger nation helps you or simply donates such technology to you, that obviously changes things. However, doing it on your own is when that guideline comes in.

Threads To Check Out!
Here's a list of threads that you new guys and gals should check out!
A(nother) Basic Guide to International Incidents
The Halo Effect
The Ultimate Guide to War
The Argument Against Calculators
The Politician - OOC Food for Thought
Art of NS War
If you would like to suggest a thread, be it information or a role play, please post a link and a little of what it's about! It may be added to this list!

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If you have anything you'd like to add, post it! I will add it as needed to this post!

[Conserative Morality]

OOC: I would consider myself an... Average RPer, and would like to volunteer for the NST program.

Also, great post. We need something like this.

[ViZion]

The whole thread is OOC, so no worries about using that tag :-p lol but thanks for offering some help.. added you as an NST'er. NST did some good on the old forum, but ya... this new forum I think is making all of us a bit sick right now. lol so definitely was time to bring it over.

[Conserative Morality]

The whole thread is OOC, so no worries about using that tag :-p lol but thanks for offering some help.. added you as an NST'er. NST did some good on the old forum, but ya... this new forum I think is making all of us a bit sick right now. lol so definitely was time to bring it over.

OOC: It's habit, whenever I'm in II. Yeah, we just had an influx of noobs because of the forum switch. I think it'll be better in the long run, but we definitely needed this. Many thanks for adding me as a trainer.

And I'm an MT nation.

[ViZion]

haha ya, I understand that... and no prob... thanks to you too We do need this influx in players for sure... we just need to kick the n00b out of the newbie. make them better RP'ers for everyone's benefit... theirs, ours, future players, the game in general.

[Hamilay]

After my OMG RAGE in the other thread I suppose I have to help out now, so sign me up. I'm an MT nation, feel free to telegram me anyone (actually TG should be an abbreviation in the list).

Just a few suggestions though - the 100m rule really doesn't make all that much sense, this thread explains it better. Also 'grammar' has no E (sorry but I feel I have to be a pedant when it's in a sentence asking for proper spelling). You should probably link to the sticky too.

[ViZion]

haha good call on the spelling, thanks See people... constructive criticism! It's Mmmm Mmmm Delicious! and I'll take a peak at that link as well as add ya

[Valipac]

Sign me up as an MT NST, TG's being the primary method of contact. I've been around much longer than the population suggests, and I contributed to the II sticky as well as the nuclear guide Hamilay mentioned above. And a simple search of my posts in this forum or in NS Sports should indicate that I'm a decent RPer.

Feel free to contact me with any questions, whether it deals with topics from modern warfare to how to incorporate more details.

[Civylia]

I guess I'll "sign up" just for general help, and tips on RPing and such. I'm new (not at roleplaying in general, but at NationStates roleplaying), so I could use a little help.

[ViZion]

Ahh, yes, the real world population comparison. Keep in mind, since when does real world population, PERIOD, translate to NS? lol The norm of 100M before nukes can begin getting produces is a guideline for new nations to develop their nation a bit before acquiring them. It is not necessarily related to the size, but rather the age and development of said nations. I hope I made sense right there. heh

[ViZion]

Civylia and Valipac have been added to their respective lists!

[Amazonian Beasts]

Def sign me up...MT, PMT, FT, all good. I've been around a while, 6,000 + posts on jolt. Yea, I'm up for trainin' some new guys.

[Tanaara]

Vi, add me in as a trainer.

I specialise in Character RP, but I know enough about war rp's to pass along information and suggestions.

I do Fantasy, MT, PMT, FT, you've seen my work.

[TRIAD Enterprises]

You know, I haven't even been around on NS for a year, but I do have over eight years experience doing character based and nation based RP on different sites and forums. I'd like to offer my hand in this endevour. A few caveats though... First off, I often go a day or two between checking the forums, and will usually just write off an OOC thread if too many replies come in between sittings. Because of this, if anyone would like my assistance or advice, best to poke me over on MSN (TRIAD_Enterprises@live.com). Just be sure when you send me a message out of the blue to introduce yourself. Just say you're from NS, and what your nation's IC name is.

Second thing... I am pretty exclusively FT (Future Tech). I will play with folks from other tech/time frames, however I don't know squat about actually portraying those themes myself. Don't ask me about economics for MT, or army size. I can give you good guides on what kinds of technology or equipment is 'acceptable' in what tech-frame though.
One thing I want to offer right up front. If you want to try out the cheese-filled fantasyland of Future Tech, I encourage you to do so! However!
However, I also suggest you take my advice and know what you're doing and getting yourself into beforehand. Please for the love of Pete... If you make up tech, try to include some kind of explanation for what you're doing, and *why* you're raping the laws of physics. Heh. I will offer tech advice to any FT player who asks. I am not trying to make everyone follow the laws of physics as absolute, because that would be boring; I am however offering advice and assistance to anyone who wants their FT toys to be plausible and more importantly: Internally consistent.

Yeah, there's a bit of rant and nitpick in the above, but at least I'm willing to help, right?

[ViZion]

AB, Tan, TRIAD have been added! Thanks guys!

[Fson]

this is a good idea we have something like this on the regional fourms.

[Conserative Morality]

*blinks* Why are there more trainers than trainees?

[Tanaara]

Because most n00b's dont' care enough or simply want to remian n00b's and newbies are few and far between?

[Gracefall]

grammer and spelling

Aaah pet peeve.

It's "Grammar." And than you point out spelling errors. Pfeh, I say, pfeh!

[Revolvisia]

Seeing as how this is still open, and I could always use some training to make sure my skills are up to scratch, I'll join as a trainee. I'm fairly good, but a bit of training couldn't hurt.

[Gracefall]

Same as above, I'll volunteer for training.

[ViZion]

grammer and spelling

Aaah pet peeve.

It's "Grammar." And than you point out spelling errors. Pfeh, I say, pfeh!

lol thought I'd fixed it. Done now lol

You and Rev have been added.

[New Greston]

Of course I'd be willing to be an NSTer, was on Jolt might as well here. Sign me up as an MT nation, you know my MSN already: MichaelofGreston@hotmail.com

[Layarteb]

In other threads and what not I've agreed to be a trainer myself but if someone wants help they've got to let me know though a telegram or something, I have a hard time following the many threads I have to follow. I'll gladly help and if anyone needs proof of things I've done here and there, just check my signature and factbook for RPs. Most of them are over at Jolt of course. I do MT roleplaying and can help out with many things from grammar to tactics and what not.

[ViZion]

Thanks bud! Ya, I decided to clear the list from the jolt one though... new forum and all, so ya.