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King Alexander
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Postby King Alexander » Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:59 pm

Alright everyone, he made his point and we've made ours. Rather then continuing to be a dead horse as the saying goes, lets get back to running the region in question and let this die out.
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Sedgistan
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Postby Sedgistan » Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:44 pm

Flanderlion wrote:Do we really care about KGB's drama? Reply 'k' or something else that doesn't straddle the line of spam, and then stop replying and the thread will hopefully die.

If you don't care, don't post - and certainly don't encourage others to spam it to death, which is really what you were trying to do there. Given your lack of care, there's no reason at all for you to post here again.

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Aimdar-Goomdar
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Postby Aimdar-Goomdar » Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:20 pm

King Alexander wrote:Alright everyone, he made his point and we've made ours. Rather then continuing to be a dead horse as the saying goes, lets get back to running the region in question and let this die out.

I simply believe this is unacceptable for a region. Extensive corruption, limits on political freedoms, pseudo-democracy, and in practice, an absolute monarchy...

In its lies, The Kingdom of Great Britain, is, I venture to say, almost worst then Nazi Europa...

However, as of now, nothing can be done. One could keep an eye on it, but KGB will probably continue on.

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Cerian Quilor
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Postby Cerian Quilor » Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:38 pm

I'm calling Godwin's law, LN. To say that KGB is 'almost worse' than NE over what appear to be biased or at least incomplete interpretations of events...

NE is NE. The bar for almost worse than them is damn near unreachable.
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Aimdar-Goomdar
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Postby Aimdar-Goomdar » Thu Feb 23, 2017 2:47 pm

Cerian Quilor wrote:I'm calling Godwin's law, LN. To say that KGB is 'almost worse' than NE over what appear to be biased or at least incomplete interpretations of events...

NE is NE. The bar for almost worse than them is damn near unreachable.

We have our own opinions.

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Vaculatestar64
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Postby Vaculatestar64 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:34 pm

Aimdar-Goomdar wrote:
King Alexander wrote:Alright everyone, he made his point and we've made ours. Rather then continuing to be a dead horse as the saying goes, lets get back to running the region in question and let this die out.

I simply believe this is unacceptable for a region. Extensive corruption, limits on political freedoms, pseudo-democracy, and in practice, an absolute monarchy...

In its lies, The Kingdom of Great Britain, is, I venture to say, almost worst then Nazi Europa...

However, as of now, nothing can be done. One could keep an eye on it, but KGB will probably continue on.


I wish I knew who you were to even think that your claim is worthwhile or credible. There is no corruption in KGB. As I stated before, the OP left because of the fact that he/she did not go high enough in the region fast enough. This is the same thing just a little more hidden and long winded.

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Madnoir
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Ex-Nation

Postby Madnoir » Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:47 pm

Aimdar-Goomdar wrote:
King Alexander wrote:Alright everyone, he made his point and we've made ours. Rather then continuing to be a dead horse as the saying goes, lets get back to running the region in question and let this die out.

I simply believe this is unacceptable for a region. Extensive corruption, limits on political freedoms, pseudo-democracy, and in practice, an absolute monarchy...

In its lies, The Kingdom of Great Britain, is, I venture to say, almost worst then Nazi Europa...

However, as of now, nothing can be done. One could keep an eye on it, but KGB will probably continue on.


Man, I was with you until you compared them to Nazi Europa. Their practices are wrong, but comparing them to Nazi Europa is extraneous and weakens your argument as much as the OP's emotional post does.

Separately, I think it's funny that KGB's legal experts are coming out denouncing this and saying that they've cited their occasional rulings against the King and their principles for the rule of law. Kind of easy to say that you uphold the existing laws when you wrote or influenced the drafting of their laws and constitution, innit? :p And is the creepy role playing family relationships to your position seems a little shifty, doesn't it? If these so called legal experts really wanted to push for equality, free dialogue, fairness, and justice in their laws, they'd push to reform their region's system.

Sure the monarchy and the people in power might be following their laws as they're written and therefore not breaking any. But it's pretty easy to do that when they've written and passed those laws skewed in their favor! Corporations do it in the US gubment IRL, I guess why not in here by the royals. It's laughable that they're denying the corruption. Most of us around this game have known for a long time

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Brunhizzle
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Ex-Nation

Postby Brunhizzle » Thu Feb 23, 2017 4:22 pm

Aimdar-Goomdar wrote:In its lies, The Kingdom of Great Britain, is, I venture to say, almost worst then Nazi Europa...

Obviously they're not worse than Nazi Europa. For one, they have never stooped low enough to liberate Dank Memes.
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Aimdar-Goomdar
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Postby Aimdar-Goomdar » Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:23 pm

Brunhizzle wrote:
Aimdar-Goomdar wrote:In its lies, The Kingdom of Great Britain, is, I venture to say, almost worst then Nazi Europa...

Obviously they're not worse than Nazi Europa. For one, they have never stooped low enough to liberate Dank Memes.

That wasn't a liberation. That was just baloney.

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Vaculatestar64
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Postby Vaculatestar64 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:55 pm

Madnoir wrote:
Aimdar-Goomdar wrote:I simply believe this is unacceptable for a region. Extensive corruption, limits on political freedoms, pseudo-democracy, and in practice, an absolute monarchy...

In its lies, The Kingdom of Great Britain, is, I venture to say, almost worst then Nazi Europa...

However, as of now, nothing can be done. One could keep an eye on it, but KGB will probably continue on.


Man, I was with you until you compared them to Nazi Europa. Their practices are wrong, but comparing them to Nazi Europa is extraneous and weakens your argument as much as the OP's emotional post does.

Separately, I think it's funny that KGB's legal experts are coming out denouncing this and saying that they've cited their occasional rulings against the King and their principles for the rule of law. Kind of easy to say that you uphold the existing laws when you wrote or influenced the drafting of their laws and constitution, innit? :p And is the creepy role playing family relationships to your position seems a little shifty, doesn't it? If these so called legal experts really wanted to push for equality, free dialogue, fairness, and justice in their laws, they'd push to reform their region's system.

Sure the monarchy and the people in power might be following their laws as they're written and therefore not breaking any. But it's pretty easy to do that when they've written and passed those laws skewed in their favor! Corporations do it in the US gubment IRL, I guess why not in here by the royals. It's laughable that they're denying the corruption. Most of us around this game have known for a long time


First off, it's hard for someone in office to not be related to the royal family, it's a little bloated. :P Also we don't pass anything out of the ordinary. We have a criminal code, a civil code, a Constitution ( albeit with a powerful Monarchy) etc... No I'm not listing everything out and explaining it, we've had three years to do this stuff. :P

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Madnoir
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Postby Madnoir » Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:19 pm

Vaculatestar64 wrote:
Madnoir wrote:
Man, I was with you until you compared them to Nazi Europa. Their practices are wrong, but comparing them to Nazi Europa is extraneous and weakens your argument as much as the OP's emotional post does.

Separately, I think it's funny that KGB's legal experts are coming out denouncing this and saying that they've cited their occasional rulings against the King and their principles for the rule of law. Kind of easy to say that you uphold the existing laws when you wrote or influenced the drafting of their laws and constitution, innit? :p And is the creepy role playing family relationships to your position seems a little shifty, doesn't it? If these so called legal experts really wanted to push for equality, free dialogue, fairness, and justice in their laws, they'd push to reform their region's system.

Sure the monarchy and the people in power might be following their laws as they're written and therefore not breaking any. But it's pretty easy to do that when they've written and passed those laws skewed in their favor! Corporations do it in the US gubment IRL, I guess why not in here by the royals. It's laughable that they're denying the corruption. Most of us around this game have known for a long time


First off, it's hard for someone in office to not be related to the royal family, it's a little bloated. :P Also we don't pass anything out of the ordinary. We have a criminal code, a civil code, a Constitution ( albeit with a powerful Monarchy) etc... No I'm not listing everything out and explaining it, we've had three years to do this stuff. :P


Trimming (or hacking away chunks) of it might be a great step to take :p

Pertaining to your Constitution and your criminal and civil codes, your Constitution and your version of treason is what I was referring to. As well as the judicial opinions and the internal things that have gone on in the past like treatment towards criticism and free speech. We see, we see
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Postby Vaculatestar64 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:34 pm

Madnoir wrote:
Vaculatestar64 wrote:
First off, it's hard for someone in office to not be related to the royal family, it's a little bloated. :P Also we don't pass anything out of the ordinary. We have a criminal code, a civil code, a Constitution ( albeit with a powerful Monarchy) etc... No I'm not listing everything out and explaining it, we've had three years to do this stuff. :P


Trimming (or hacking away chunks) of it might be a great step to take :p

Pertaining to your Constitution and your criminal and civil codes, your Constitution and your version of treason is what I was referring to. As well as the judicial opinions and the internal things that have gone on in the past like treatment towards criticism and free speech. We see, we see


I'm not even going to debate our legal system with you, if you wanna know, come and see for yourself, join up! (No shame recruitment hat ON :P ) We also don't have many legal opinions, we don't get many court cases, we don't just charge people with stuff left and right, so not much opportunity for court opinions. So those few opinions you poked fun at earlier, essentially constitute a majority of opinions. :P

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Madnoir
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Postby Madnoir » Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:13 pm

Vaculatestar64 wrote:
Madnoir wrote:
Trimming (or hacking away chunks) of it might be a great step to take :p

Pertaining to your Constitution and your criminal and civil codes, your Constitution and your version of treason is what I was referring to. As well as the judicial opinions and the internal things that have gone on in the past like treatment towards criticism and free speech. We see, we see


I'm not even going to debate our legal system with you, if you wanna know, come and see for yourself, join up! (No shame recruitment hat ON :P ) We also don't have many legal opinions, we don't get many court cases, we don't just charge people with stuff left and right, so not much opportunity for court opinions. So those few opinions you poked fun at earlier, essentially constitute a majority of opinions. :P


I might have to join up to see for myself what's happening. But either way, there's no use in denying that there is a problem with your system and the way things have been handled in the past- or at least rejecting the thought of it through cognitive dissonance :p whichever the face, is it not better to reform your system away from your pseudo-democracy and its autocratic monarchy into a more democratic one more independent from it? To drastically cut off unnecessary parts of your royal family? Even to unban people like the OP and your past leakers (even though the OP gave a poor argument with like no real evidence or personal information on his experience) and start becoming less hostile to dissenters? Better to put these rumors and whispers across the NS world about the region to rest?

The hardest thing for a monarch is to be silent and independent from politics. It's supposed to be above politics, and has to have trust in the government in power with the efficient and the dignified. You ought to watch The Crown on the Netflix and adopt the ideas from it for your region, brother :p It's one thing if you don't think there's a problem but I think it's better to help recover your region's reputation and put these things to rest. Don't inspire more of these Edward Snowdens and gossip queens

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Cerian Quilor
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Postby Cerian Quilor » Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:25 pm

A monarch is only supposed to be above politics if that is part of the regional expectation though. Not every region has the same view on the role of the Monarch in that sense.
Never underestimate the power of cynicism, pessimism and negativity to prevent terrible things from happening. Only idealists try to build the future on a mountain of bodies.

The Thing to Remember About NationStates is that it is an almost entirely social game - fundamentally, you have no power beyond your own ability to convince people to go along with your ideas. In that sense, even the most dictatorial region is fundamentally democratic.

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Madnoir
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Postby Madnoir » Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:43 pm

Cerian Quilor wrote:A monarch is only supposed to be above politics if that is part of the regional expectation though. Not every region has the same view on the role of the Monarch in that sense.

As one of the many British themed regions (why is that anyway?), you'd think that they would align themselves with the expectations of monarchy to the actual Britain

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Cerian Quilor
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Postby Cerian Quilor » Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:47 pm

Madnoir wrote:
Cerian Quilor wrote:A monarch is only supposed to be above politics if that is part of the regional expectation though. Not every region has the same view on the role of the Monarch in that sense.

As one of the many British themed regions (why is that anyway?), you'd think that they would align themselves with the expectations of monarchy to the actual Britain

Britain has had a lot of different standards for how much authority the Monarch is supposed to have over the years. What is true now wasn't always true.
Never underestimate the power of cynicism, pessimism and negativity to prevent terrible things from happening. Only idealists try to build the future on a mountain of bodies.

The Thing to Remember About NationStates is that it is an almost entirely social game - fundamentally, you have no power beyond your own ability to convince people to go along with your ideas. In that sense, even the most dictatorial region is fundamentally democratic.

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Madnoir
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Postby Madnoir » Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:54 pm

Cerian Quilor wrote:
Madnoir wrote:As one of the many British themed regions (why is that anyway?), you'd think that they would align themselves with the expectations of monarchy to the actual Britain

Britain has had a lot of different standards for how much authority the Monarch is supposed to have over the years. What is true now wasn't always true.


There's truth to that Their monarchy has had to evolve with the times to maintain the affections of the people. Russian and French revolutions had a lot to do with it these changing standards. I assume that KGB has theirs stuck in the old era of the Empire where the monarch had more absolute rule with blurred lines between monarchy and government. Right now, it might be in their better interests to adjust with the times of modern constitutional monarchy

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Cerian Quilor
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Postby Cerian Quilor » Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:58 pm

If KGB likes the system they have, then they should stick with it. This is one disconted former citizen.
Never underestimate the power of cynicism, pessimism and negativity to prevent terrible things from happening. Only idealists try to build the future on a mountain of bodies.

The Thing to Remember About NationStates is that it is an almost entirely social game - fundamentally, you have no power beyond your own ability to convince people to go along with your ideas. In that sense, even the most dictatorial region is fundamentally democratic.

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Madnoir
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Postby Madnoir » Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:05 pm

Cerian Quilor wrote:If KGB likes the system they have, then they should stick with it. This is one disconted former citizen.

They've had other leakers in the past like that "whistle-blower" guy last year. Except that guy actually gave better points and testimony. The rumors and stories from old members have always been there about KGB's system about the people they ban and the ways they do so. These leakers help confirm it. A lot of these old British themed regions eventually die out anyway for obvious reasons. There's no harm in changing some things to adapt and prevent people like this from using anything questionable against them, whether there is a lot of truth to this or very little

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Vaculatestar64
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Postby Vaculatestar64 » Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:10 pm

Madnoir wrote:
Cerian Quilor wrote:If KGB likes the system they have, then they should stick with it. This is one disconted former citizen.

They've had other leakers in the past like that "whistle-blower" guy last year. Except that guy actually gave better points and testimony. The rumors and stories from old members have always been there about KGB's system about the people they ban and the ways they do so. These leakers help confirm it. A lot of these old British themed regions eventually die out anyway for obvious reasons. There's no harm in changing some things to adapt and prevent people like this from using anything questionable against them, whether there is a lot of truth to this or very little


There is little to zero truth to the OP. Like I said, the OP was unhappy that he couldn't go up in the "ranks" as it were fast enough and exploded (again). As for British region dying, the UK has been around for something like a decade, KGB will have its fourth birthday later on this year. You were saying? :P

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Zaolat
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Ex-Nation

Postby Zaolat » Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:41 pm

Altino wrote:This post is, ultimately, just a dramatic resignation from the region, if we're all being honest. Heidi isn't active, hasn't been for a while. He's throwing out knocks against KGB, which are really just knocks against Don, which are secretly still just knocks against KGB, and following it up with an emotional goodbye on KGB's forum and thanks to all the people who helped him make it to where he is today.

I think the most important thing to note in this post is that my switch tocalling KGB "KoGB" so we sound a little less like evil Russian spies is really starting to catch on. >D
Nailed it.


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Postby Zaolat » Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:43 pm

Vaculatestar64 wrote:
Madnoir wrote:They've had other leakers in the past like that "whistle-blower" guy last year. Except that guy actually gave better points and testimony. The rumors and stories from old members have always been there about KGB's system about the people they ban and the ways they do so. These leakers help confirm it. A lot of these old British themed regions eventually die out anyway for obvious reasons. There's no harm in changing some things to adapt and prevent people like this from using anything questionable against them, whether there is a lot of truth to this or very little


There is little to zero truth to the OP. Like I said, the OP was unhappy that he couldn't go up in the "ranks" as it were fast enough and exploded (again). As for British region dying, the UK has been around for something like a decade, KGB will have its fourth birthday later on this year. You were saying? :P


You know British regions are drama infested cesspits. UK and KGB both have had their fair share.
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Postby New Ireland and Wales » Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:08 pm

Vaculatestar64 wrote:
Aimdar-Goomdar wrote:I simply believe this is unacceptable for a region. Extensive corruption, limits on political freedoms, pseudo-democracy, and in practice, an absolute monarchy...

In its lies, The Kingdom of Great Britain, is, I venture to say, almost worst then Nazi Europa...

However, as of now, nothing can be done. One could keep an eye on it, but KGB will probably continue on.


I wish I knew who you were to even think that your claim is worthwhile or credible. There is no corruption in KGB. As I stated before, the OP left because of the fact that he/she did not go high enough in the region fast enough. This is the same thing just a little more hidden and long winded.


Since people want to use real names I'll do so too. (MODEDIT: Don't post players RL first names when they themselves haven't revealed it), I became Prime Minister perhaps I wasn't the greatest and could have done more. A part of it was because I had a few cabinet Secretaries who refused to do work. Point is I became Prime Minister. There's not much higher I could go except maybe Prince Royal, Prince of Wales, or Monarch. All of which I had no interest in. So please check yourself before you speak. It's quite annoying when you assume things.
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Postby Vaculatestar64 » Sun Feb 26, 2017 5:22 pm

New Ireland and Wales wrote:
Vaculatestar64 wrote:
I wish I knew who you were to even think that your claim is worthwhile or credible. There is no corruption in KGB. As I stated before, the OP left because of the fact that he/she did not go high enough in the region fast enough. This is the same thing just a little more hidden and long winded.


Since people want to use real names I'll do so too. (MODEDIT: Don't post players RL first names when they themselves haven't revealed it), I became Prime Minister perhaps I wasn't the greatest and could have done more. A part of it was because I had a few cabinet Secretaries who refused to do work. Point is I became Prime Minister. There's not much higher I could go except maybe Prince Royal, Prince of Wales, or Monarch. All of which I had no interest in. So please check yourself before you speak. It's quite annoying when you assume things.


We'll just pretend like that is truth then. ;)

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