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Virgolia wrote:That0s a shame,But I know how you feel, I hope you come back some day!

Who knows, nobody leaves this place for good.

Asendavia wrote:Big sad.

big sad indeed

Zukchiva wrote:hello!

Peatiktist wrote:I just realized that I saw this post within a minute of it being posted, but didn't say hi because I didn't recognize the flag.

So, hi.

Hi! It's been awhile

Zukchiva, Peatiktist, Virgolia, Osterreich und ungarn, and 1 otherKrionik

Post by Naind rhy suppressed by a moderator.

balls

Sarkis wrote:Who knows, nobody leaves this place for good.

big sad indeed

Hi! It's been awhile

Yeah, it has been.
How has your quarantine been?

Welcome to Think Same Pacific Edition! This will be five concurrent games, all of which are played with one set of answers. They will be:

1. Highest scoring player
2. Highest scoring team (total of players' scores)
3. Highest score within each team (i.e. how you would do if your score was only compared to those of your team)
4. Most SHEEPy player (we'll get to that later, but it means highest number of SHEEP answers)
5. Most SHEEPy team (total SHEEP answers)

So, how does one play Think Same? At the bottom of this post will be a link to a Google form, which you will fill out according to an hono(u)r system. The goal is to answer the same way as your comrades, and particularly those in your team. You will receive a number of points equal to the number of people who answered the same as you for each question- provided the answer is correct. The most popular answer is called the SHEEP. Now, suppose you give an incorrect answer. You then receive negative points equivalent to the number of people who answered that wrong answer. So, let's say six people are asked to name something that normally lives in the ocean. Three people say "Shark"; that is the SHEEP answer and they receive 3 points each. One person each respond with "kelp" and "squid" and receive one point each. One person responds with "Werewolf" and receives -1 points for giving a wrong answer. Each question works the same way.

This version is as vanilla as it gets. No weird twists or ways of earning extra points, just answer wisely. Note that you are allowed to search for answers; you just can't coordinate your answers with others.

The honor pledge: By playing Think Same, you agree to not disclose your answers to any player save the organizer (Marinas Island) between the posting of this form and the closing of responses. You agree to bring any issues to the attention of the organizer as soon as you find them and not to challenge the outcome if you do not do so. You agree to only submit one set of answers, even if you are drunk. If you wish to dispute the ruling of an answer as correct/incorrect, you agree to bring it up with the organizer via forum PM, NS telegram, or Discord DM. If you want clarification on any question or to modify an existing answer, you agree to bring it to the attention of the organizer via forum PM, NS telegram, or Discord DM.

The game will begin in 5 days. The game can be found here:

LinkClick me

Good luck~

There will be a prize to the winner.  Past winners are still eligible for prizes even if they have not redeemed theirs.

Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12

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Greetings Easterners! 4 days left for Think Same.

Wiranath, Virgolia, Shavara, Great algerstonia, and 1 otherLointland

i was expecting more posts but :0

Who has posted on Pacific Con yet?

Breaking records

Lets get the most read and upvoted! give me some ideas to add in this factbook
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Morningz

United netherlanden states

Its not morning here but yea good morning

Good evening TEP

Today I will be attempting to add stuff to my factbook or smthn

Virgolia, Lointland, and Arkranov

Hello and good morning to you all as well. It is 11:42pm here, but good morning!

Virgolia, Lointland, and Nyrmak

One green nation

Greetings

Virgolia, Dreamersistan, and Technocratic tagalog

Akelele wrote:Morningz

United netherlanden states wrote:Its not morning here but yea good morning

Equatannia wrote:Hello and good morning to you all as well. It is 11:42pm here, but good morning!

Bigg goat wrote:balls

You look like you are new, Read these to learn more about NS

Newcomers Start Here: Welcome to The East Pacific


Welcome to the East Pacific!
...or as we call it, the Best Pacific!

Whether you are coming from another region, or you've just joined Nation States, we have some tips for you:

1. Join the World Assembly to help us build the influence of our beloved Region.

2. Then endorse our WA Delegate, Libertanny, our Viziers, and our Regional Officers who can be found here.

3. If you wish to gain citizen privileges, apply Linkhere.

4. After you're accepted, you may wish to join our Linkregional government or our LinkUniversity.

5. You might want to join our legislative body, Linkthe Magisterium, where you can debate and vote for TEP laws.

6. If you want to stay in touch with us, join our Linkregional Discord!

7. If you have some free time, you may wish to join one (or even two or three) of our Roleplay Maps!

8. Upvote this factbook and all our other dispatches.

9. Stay in touch with Eastern Pacific News Service!

Original Dispatch Credit: Libertanny
Edited by: Nociav
Header and Footer Credit: Libertanny

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Welcome to the East Pacific!
... or as we call it, the Best Pacific!

Welcome to... YOUR REGION

Greetings! This is Todd McCloud here to brief you on the recent goings-on across the region. What is "the region"? Why that would be The East Pacific, of course. And it's a large region. Large regions are often fun regions, so you're in luck! Of course, when I say "you" I refer to the entity that is your state, and may be taken in context to mean something like your leader, prime minister, president, overlord, whatever.

First, let me say congratulations for arriving in The East Pacific, if you have arrived recently. We noticed the helicopters flying overhead as they plopped your nation down into its rightful spot. And what a spot to be! You're one of the lucky ones, of course, as there are many other regions out there all with their own flairs, quirks, flaws, and so on. A team of scientists recently put together a pie chart intended for the game at-large, but, of course, they want to wait on more data to confirm their studies. Nevertheless, there's no harm in releasing data prematurely, so here goes!

So that's great! Nothing else to do, right? Well, not so. See, your nation is precious. And like precious, precious blood that flows through every living animal, an active person behind that nation is extremely important. Don't think of it as a job as much as it is ensuring all the little virtual people, plants, and animals living in your nation are well-managed.

If your nation existing is enough of a lesson today, you may close out of this and read the rest tomorrow. But, if you wanna know the next step, here goes!

What is all this stuff and what does it mean?

Here, this is all this stuff and what it means:


Check out the green and yellow numbers on our regional page (that's what it's called).
1. Left-hand frame. Here you'll find links to things generally found outside of your nation. Things like the World Assembly (read below for more), other, less enchanted regions, and so on exist there in the ether.

2. Top frame. This space has links that apply directly to your nation. Notices let you know if something has happened to your nation. Issues are conflicts that you may address in your nation. Telegrams are direct correspondences from other nations (feel free to ignore recruiting telegrams). Settings is where one can change things about their nation, and so on.

3. Regional links. Here, you can find out what's going on at the RMB (Regional Message Board), which you can also access by scrolling. Sometimes, we'll have polls to vote on. If you wanna see major regional events as recorded by the game, you can check out History. And so on, and so on.

4. The World Factbook Entry, also called "WFE". Pertinent information exists here, like various links, laws, dispatches, and any officers that may be present in the region.

5. These links are important! Here you'll find all the links as they relate to getting the most out of your game - our forums, how to become a citizen (you'll want to do that), where our Discord server is, and so on.

6. This is our delegate. They ensure things go smoothly here. Any citizen of our region can be voted in as delegate. Who knows, maybe one day that will be YOU???

7. Our flag. It changes over the years, but that's our flag. Why the freemasonry imagery? Well, we happen to be connected with various underground organiza- actually, long ago we decided we liked it, so it stuck.

8. An ugly mug. Seriously.

The World Assembly and YOU
Big Kahuna has spoken!


By now, you've probably seen a lot of hubbub concerning the United Na WORLD ASSEMBLY. It's a fair body full of other nations, some that care about policy, others that do not. But you can join - it's not an exclusive club yet. Simply apply, follow the instructions and YOU'RE IN. Note that only one of your nations can be in it - the rest cannot!

So now that you're in the World Assembly, what can you do? Well... let's see... you can possIBLY ENDORSE ALL OTHER NATIONS IN YOUR REGION. How does one go about endorsing? It's simple! Follow these three steps:

1. Go to another nation's page, one that is in the World Assembly and is in The East Pacific.
2. Scroll down. We do this a lot in this game.
3. Click "add your endorsement"

And done! You've just endorsed another nation. Nothing major happens - you don't suddenly adopt the policies of that nation, you just happen to have endorsed that nation and nothing more. Why are endorsements important? Well, they keep our region safe and secure. Did you know that because we're a great region that there are other folks who want to take us down? Those laggards! So join the World Assembly, endorse other nations, they'll endorse you back, and all will be well! Just stay below the endorsement cap, which is stated in the World Factbook Entry

This Game Looks Like Web 1.0

Well, it kind of is. It's a game that was designed to advertise an author's book - Jennifer Government - way back in the early 2000's. The author? Max Barry. It kind of grew into something a bit more, and now it's well-played by a lot of other nations. It's changed little over the years, which is a testament to how unique and fun this game can be. How fun can this game be? It depends on what YOU put into it. I've shown you some regional mechanics, but now, maybe it's time to learn a lil bit more.

Remember: The more you put into it, the funner it becomes and the more interactions you'll have!

FORUMS? DISCORD??

Oh you bet there's forums and Discords. Notice I said Discords with an "s". Forums are where much of the action occurs. Here, one can apply for citizenship, join our government in another capacity (like army, legislature, and so on), and interact with other nations on an in-character basis. How do I know this? Well, I've done almost every damn thing there is to do in this region, and I'm still here, so that should say something! Some other more articulate individuals have written "how-tos" on subjects such as this, so lemme link to you some guides.

Role...Play? What is Roleplay?

So you have a nation, right? Well, what if I told you that everything was made up and the points don't matter? That's pretty much the start of roleplay. Roleplaying, or storyweaving, is you or I playing out a particular nation that we created and seeing how it can grow, the people within it interact, and so on. The possibilities are endless. The stats on my nation don't really matter. I can emulate those stats, but in no way am I bound by those stats. Can I make a nation of sentient lemurs? Sure, we have those. What about a nation that colonized that nation at one point? LinkWhy not. Okay... okay, what about a nation that was once split from that nation but is now its own country and is kind of backwards and run in the background by a crime syndicate? LinkYeah, we have that too. Oh, we also have a burgeoning LinkWikipedia site too, which helps with keeping information accessible and consistent.

It kind of sounds like the wild west, right? Make things up as you go, kind of like Bob Ross painting a nice background, right? A touch of Van Dyke Brown, maybe some happy trees, then we rinse our our brush and beat the devil out of it.

Yes... and no. There are some rules, and there's actually a bit more than what I'm about to explain, but it basically amounts to the following: no godmodding (like nuking the world with your first post sort of thing), all-powerful nations all-powerfully suck, and any kind of strength you give your nation, try to find a balancing flaw.

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Wiranath, Vw53aland, and Technocratic tagalog

One green nation wrote:Greetings

Heyo. How's OG boy doing today

One green nation

One green nation

Dreamersistan wrote:Heyo. How's OG boy doing today

yeah not bad up a bit early but not bad you?

One green nation wrote:yeah not bad up a bit early but not bad you?

Can't be better : )

You seem to be having an Early Bird stretch of time

One green nation

One green nation

Dreamersistan wrote:Can't be better : )

You seem to be having an Early Bird stretch of time

yeah idk what's going on not normally an early riser

One green nation wrote:yeah idk what's going on not normally an early riser

Come to the Lark side, my apprentice..

Welcome to the early morning club.. You'll love it.. All the greatest people ever rise early

One green nation and Technocratic tagalog

One green nation

Dreamersistan wrote:Come to the Lark side, my apprentice..

Welcome to the early morning club.. You'll love it.. All the greatest people ever rise early

Id prefer to be mediocre and have lay-ins lol

Dreamersistan and Technocratic tagalog

One green nation wrote:Id prefer to be mediocre and have lay-ins lol

You probably do : )

But while you're waking up early, you're in my squad, soldier

Now get down on the RMB and give me 50 post-ups!

One green nation

One green nation

Dreamersistan wrote:You probably do : )

But while you're waking up early, you're in my squad, soldier

Now get down on the RMB and give me 50 post-ups!

well 45 left to go

Dreamersistan and Technocratic tagalog

One green nation wrote:well 45 left to go

How go the OGN's Windsor days?

One green nation

One green nation

Dreamersistan wrote:How go the OGN's Windsor days?

yeah its ok, although it's slowed down. i think the update may have got rid of some people and other people have yet to change to it.

https://www.tynker.com/community/projects/play/cursed-emoji/5dfadf9cdfd43897097bcd67

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