OOC: Questions on NS history
Nintendania
19-10-2003, 16:50
1. What was the Bloodiest war? (note: God-mod wars don't count)
2. What was weirdest reason to start a war (BUT the war ONLY consisted of good RPERS)?
3. What's the record for longest post (in words?).
Crimmond
19-10-2003, 16:55
The first, a god mod controversy... Garrison II launched 5,000 ICBMs in one attack to completely destroy a region that was a threat to his allies.
Der Angst
19-10-2003, 16:57
2. Knootian war (Shadow war): Reason: A democratic nation held elections
Knootoss
19-10-2003, 16:58
2. Knootian war (Shadow war): Reason: A democratic nation held elections
LOL - yes, and one of the contestants was named Dick Tator. That qualifies as weird I think. 8) In retrospect it wasn't too bad a war I think...
Nintendania
19-10-2003, 16:59
The first, a god mod controversy... Garrison II launched 5,000 ICBMs in one attack to completely destroy a region that was a threat to his allies.
OOC:
I actually faintly remember that......
More questions:
4. Who was the first person to use the IGNORE CANNON (C)?
5. Just how many wars have been called "World War 6"?
I got a 6645 word post, but don't know if anybody has beaten me too it.
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=77382
Crimmond
19-10-2003, 17:01
Ignore Cannon was first used by Lady Siri.
One war has been called WW6, others have attempted to name subsequent wars as such, but people rejected the ideas.
Nintendania
19-10-2003, 17:03
2. Knootian war (Shadow war): Reason: A democratic nation held elections
LOL - yes, and one of the contestants was named Dick Tator. That qualifies as weird I think. 8) In retrospect it wasn't too bad a war I think...
That was the weirdest? I've heard weirder reasons for wars in the real world.
El Salvador and Some other country had a war because EL SALVADOR BEAT THE OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CUP SEMI-FINALS!
Great Britain and Spain once had a war because a Captain Jenkins said that the Spanish had cut off his ear!
North American tribes once had a war over a bucket, a BUCKET.
There was once a war that involved some guy going over the border looking for his dog (who, by the way, hadn't even crossed the border and was actually at home) and was SHOT. And that caused a war.
So something tells me there must have been a weirder NS serious war then the one say.
Nintendania
19-10-2003, 17:05
More questions:
When was the first NS-Sporting event (you know, NS world cup, NS Olympics, etc.)?
Whats the record for most replies to a post?
Pablicosta
19-10-2003, 17:08
Whats the record for most replies to a post?
Well, the club threads get the most, but then they get closed by the mods-so i geuss at arround 50 thousand by now?
Great Britain and Spain once had a war because a Captain Jenkins said that the Spanish had cut off his ear!
Um, he wasn't just claiming it, they really DID cut off his ear. And by the way, the real reason they started that war wasn't because of Jenkins' ear itself, it was because the guy who cut it off said, and I quote: "Here, take this back to your king, and inform him that if he was here, I would serve him in like fashion." The Spanish insulted the king of England, and in those days, that was enough to start a war.
Western Asia
19-10-2003, 17:19
Whats the record for most replies to a post?
Well, the club threads get the most, but then they get closed by the mods-so i geuss at arround 50 thousand by now?
There was an "endless thread" in the General forum that had (I think) close to 100 pages (2,000+ posts).
Bloodiest? Probaly Amerigo Slave War.
Weirdest? Don't know.
Longest post? One person once posted the entire Geneva Convention. It took multiple posts.
Longest post? One person once posted the entire Geneva Convention. It took multiple posts.
You're...you're joking...right? Who in their right mind would...*dazed*
Longest post? One person once posted the entire Geneva Convention. It took multiple posts.
You're...you're joking...right? Who in their right mind would...*dazed*
That guy just copied and pasted it from another website. So that does not count. If it does, I'm posting the Bible here.
Don't go posting the bible. We don't need all the non-Christians complaining about it.
Nintendania
19-10-2003, 17:37
Longest post? One person once posted the entire Geneva Convention. It took multiple posts.
You're...you're joking...right? Who in their right mind would...*dazed*
WHOLE.. GENEVA... CONVENTION??!??!?!?!?!
Woah, all of the geneva conventions? Because they're have been like 6 of them.
Just the first and second ones, he never got around to the others. Bloodiest I would say would have to be the Amerigo Slave Wars. Stupidest reasons would probably have to be the never-ending Melkor Wars, because it is obvious whatever side goes up against the "immortal" Melkor is obviously inept. The longest post on record is the Geneva Convention thing, there is one where someone posted a revolt in his nation that took a whole page to itself, but the Geneva Convention is still the longest.
Steel Butterfly
19-10-2003, 17:44
More questions:
When was the first NS-Sporting event (you know, NS world cup, NS Olympics, etc.)?
Whats the record for most replies to a post?
First was the world cup...
Second was NSMLB!
Most recent thread: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=82871
Mushroomius
19-10-2003, 17:57
Isn't there a thread with the major wars, that for some reason wasn't stickied?
Nintendania
19-10-2003, 17:57
When was the first BIG organization (aside from the UN)?
Mushroomius
19-10-2003, 18:00
I'd say GDODAD, but, as with all things, it fell.
I'm just an April nation, but this one billion population... eee!
I feel like an older NS player...
Western Asia
19-10-2003, 19:13
The largest old orgs that I know are the AMND, GUDA, and GDODAD.
I'm not sure which came first, only that they were all once in existance...GUDA apparently very powerful.
I'd say GDODAD, but, as with all things, it fell.
I'm just an April nation, but this one billion population... eee!
I feel like an older NS player...
Yeah, same here. Having a billion really goes to your head.
Nintendania
19-10-2003, 19:27
I'd say GDODAD, but, as with all things, it fell.
I'm just an April nation, but this one billion population... eee!
I feel like an older NS player...
Yeah, same here. Having a billion really goes to your head.
Please, it gets to my head even with 650+ million.
Mushroomius
19-10-2003, 19:30
I'd say GDODAD, but, as with all things, it fell.
I'm just an April nation, but this one billion population... eee!
I feel like an older NS player...
Yeah, same here. Having a billion really goes to your head.
Please, it gets to my head even with 650+ million.
Well... when I equaled the US population (250 million-ish) that went to my head.
[OOC: Longest post, possibly: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53511&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20 Wordcount: 12,000 words approx.
NOTE: It's not one post, as I broke it up and posted over a period of time. But it was all written in one sitting. Eep.]
[OOC: Longest post, possibly: http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53511&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20 Wordcount: 12,000 words approx.
NOTE: It's not one post, as I broke it up and posted over a period of time. But it was all written in one sitting. Eep.]
doesn't count. If I include the sequels to my story rp's, I easily exceed 20000