Crytsal Palace Continent
I would love to be Chancellor
I wouldn't mind the agriculture gig.
I wouldn't mind the agriculture gig if ones going.
I would like social welfare, a nice easy one :)
We are up and running
Who are you all?
Ok, Kember Out, looks like you're getting the Agriculture gig as long as no-one else wants it.
Congrats.
So, we should use this forum to elect people to different government departments I guess. Only being able to see the last 10 messages on the continent page makes that useless.
If you want a ministerial portfolio then nominate yourself. If no-one else wants that job within 24 hours then it's yours. Otherwise it will go to a vote between the other members.
We have to allow 24 hours for each position because of our Aussie members.
Cool, let the backstabbing begin.
Because I founded the region, I am the region's leader by default. That may seem a little unfair but I've noticed that I can relinquish power to another UN member. So, if you want to challenge me in the leadership race then get your UN membership and throw down the gauntlet.
Yours, your supreme leader. :shock:
I would love to be Chancellor
Ok, if no-one else wants that job by 10:57pm UK time it's yours.
Gizza job... I want to be Minister of Information. :twisted:
Is there a Brigton(spit) eqivilant of this that we can declare war on ? ( obviously finding out first if they are weaker than us ) :twisted:
OOC: Just quickly scanning your posts and it seems that you might need help in communicating with eachother within your region.
Why not set up a regional forum board? Many regions in NS use the following:
http://s2.invisionfree.com
It's pretty easy (although lately invisionfree seems to be having a lot of errors). Anyhow, something to consider.
Simply to note the continuingly aggressive stance taken in the forum of the so-called "Inoffensive" Centrist Ball of Cotton Wool that is the people's rebublic of CallMeBernard (if I may call him that).
Just because one is apparently a psychotic dictator, doesn't mean one can't be a NICE psychotic dictator...
(And I also seem to have posted this same thing accidentally on the main board - is there a chance we could edit this htread to spell our name correctly incidentally? Doesn't make our new continent look too smart on the global scene :D )
Is there a Brigton(spit) eqivilant of this that we can declare war on ? ( obviously finding out first if they are weaker than us ) :twisted:
As Chancellor, I propose that the tax burden be princippally placed on property.
Defence spending will be limited- though a special reserve fund for a military invasion of Brighton will always be available to our Defence Secretary.
I'll volunteer to be in charge of immigration, if noone else wnats the job....
can i be the war minister?????
There's no such position as war minister.
All governments use titles that are actually the opposite of what they mean...
So the Defence Minsiter actually looks after War; the HEalth Minister after Sickness; the Employment Minister after Unemployment etc. You get the picture.
And the Finance Minister actually looks after our crippling debt - but HE's smart enough just to call himself Chancellor... :wink:
I think I would be a more than useful Foreign Minister. My unique off-shore northerness could be used as a bridge to interact with more anti-Crystal Palacestonian factions.
I want to head up the Secret Intelligence Service, both internal and external branches of it.
OK then. Can I be Agriculture Minister.
I'd like the Health job.
And my first act would be to ensure an adequate Mental Health Service for all psychotics out there.... :wink:
They've gone and locked the Ping pong thread now as well.
Although I probably did start it in the wrong forum, couldn't they have just moved it?
It's not spam, it's Ping Pong!
I want to head up the Secret Intelligence Service, both internal and external branches of it.Well if you tell everyone, it won't be a secret will it?
It's not spam, it's Ping Pong! If it looks like spam, smells like spam and tastes like spam...
then it must be Spam :D
I will be Monarch and Deity for the region.
I'd like Trade and Industry, please.
It's not spam, it's Ping Pong! If it looks like spam, smells like spam and tastes like spam...
then it must be Spam :D
Boo :(
Rather than tedious threads about war and who's got the biggest army couldn't we just challenge other states to battle over Ping Pong?
Fewer deaths, virtually no collateral damage (bar the occasional Rogue Ping pong Ball Syndrome) and far more humane and inoffensive?
Is there a Brigton(spit) eqivilant of this that we can declare war on ? ( obviously finding out first if they are weaker than us ) :twisted:
Not that I've found, but there is one called 'Warnocks Wizards'. Will they do?
Is there a Brigton(spit) eqivilant of this that we can declare war on ? ( obviously finding out first if they are weaker than us ) :twisted:
Not that I've found, but there is one called 'Warnocks Wizards'. Will they do?
Greetings & salutations, nations of the Crystal Palace Continent. On behalf of our peaceful empire, we welcome you to NationStates. Warnocks Wizards is an Empire initially formed by retiring wizards in the realm of Middle Earth. Since then it has attracted a diverse population of hobbits, elves, dwarves, orcs, uruk'hai, ents, humans, and other various peoples to its borders. We are a haven to peace-loving folk (for the most part) and denounce warfare, unless it takes place in the guise of sport. We endorse this idea of settling conflict through sport or Ping Pong. (Perhaps this could become a UN resolution?) The endless rantings of warfare RPs are indeed tedious. Perhaps we will be seeing some of you in future world cups. Up the Blades. In Warnock We Trust,
Ufhur the Hated
Minister for Sport, Empire of Warnocks Wizards
Rather than tedious threads about war and who's got the biggest army couldn't we just challenge other states to battle over Ping Pong?
Fewer deaths, virtually no collateral damage (bar the occasional Rogue Ping pong Ball Syndrome) and far more humane and inoffensive?PRoblem is it wouldn't be Centrist would it? (Unless you've found a way to defy gravity :D )
Some of these people are quite insane:
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73123
I want to head up the Secret Intelligence Service, both internal and external branches of it.Mat, you're not even in the right continent. You seem to be in CPFC, we're over in The Continent of Crystal Palace.
I'll take the environment portfolio please
We endorse this idea of settling conflict through sport or Ping Pong. (Perhaps this could become a UN resolution?) I hate to say it, but it's not a bad idea for a UN resolution.
And not as daft as it sounds. Back to the days when 'champions' fought for their country. David and Goliath anyone?
Yup.
I'll try and find out how to do it as a resolution.
In the meantime is it worth starting (another) Ping Pong thread, directly challenging other states? I'd probably start it on the International Incidents thread
I think- after a quick look at the role-playing rules- we need to play as a 'character', ie a Ping Pong champion from each of our countries. So that rather than going 'Ping', I'd have to write that:
Godfrey, CMB's national champion, challenges all comers to a somewhat massive game of Ping Pong.
'The rules are simple; if your champion pings or pongs out of place then you need to hand over a national treasure to the nation who played a shot before you'
Or some such codswallop; life is easier on the BBS sometimes. Although the BBS doesn't have the same risk of international warfare as this.
Looks like the only way to make resolutions to the UN is if you have 2 or more endorsements. So from Crystal Palace only our delegate can, at the moment, put forward resolutions.
We could do some mutual endorsing.
I'll automatically endorse any kind soul who endorses me... :P
Maztania what post do you want?
I endorse Kember Out as Agric Minister and Valiantinia (sp??) as Foreign Minister.
Is there a Brigton(spit) eqivilant of this that we can declare war on ? ( obviously finding out first if they are weaker than us ) :twisted:
Not that I've found, but there is one called 'Warnocks Wizards'. Will they do?
Greetings & salutations, nations of the Crystal Palace Continent. On behalf of our peaceful empire, we welcome you to NationStates. Warnocks Wizards is an Empire initially formed by retiring wizards in the realm of Middle Earth. Since then it has attracted a diverse population of hobbits, elves, dwarves, orcs, uruk'hai, ents, humans, and other various peoples to its borders. We are a haven to peace-loving folk (for the most part) and denounce warfare, unless it takes place in the guise of sport. We endorse this idea of settling conflict through sport or Ping Pong. (Perhaps this could become a UN resolution?) The endless rantings of warfare RPs are indeed tedious. Perhaps we will be seeing some of you in future world cups. Up the Blades. In Warnock We Trust,
Ufhur the Hated
Minister for Sport, Empire of Warnocks Wizards
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There's no such position as war minister.
All governments use titles that are actually the opposite of what they mean...
So the Defence Minsiter actually looks after War; the HEalth Minister after Sickness; the Employment Minister after Unemployment etc. You get the picture.
And the Finance Minister actually looks after our crippling debt - but HE's smart enough just to call himself Chancellor... :wink:
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my population just increased by 40% OVERNIGHT
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get in
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my son
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I still want to be Minister for information :twisted: .
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Ok, here are the requests for posts so far, plus the times they become filled if there aren't two people looking for the same position. The only confusion is Gangamania who has gone for two jobs. Gangamania, if you just want to settle for immigration then everyone will get their job of choice.
Ministry.......................Candidate.................Time
Chancellor.................Selhurstparkflyer......22:37
Agriculture.................Kember Out..............22:54
Agriculture.................Gangamania.............22:54
Social Welfare...........Vicarstown...............23:10
Information...............Wor.........................03:37
Immigration...............Gangamania...........05:06
Defence.....................TahoLand...............05:13
Foreign Minister.........Valiantalia..............06:19
Secret Service............Matov....................07:01
Health........................CallMeBernard........07:37
Trade and Industry....Aquilandia...............08:30
Environment..............SunSunSun..............11:44
Oh dear oh dear - what a shame we are replicating redundant political constructs. How will Crystal Palace ever make it into the premiership of nations wih backward-vision?
I nominate therefore myself as Minister of Fun...
OK...I'll take immigration.
Just thought agriculture might be more sorted to my particular skills. :lol:
Since you have refused my position of God :twisted:
I would not mind being Home Office Minister, so I could control the police.
Education would be good so I could ensure that children were educated to think like me :twisted:
First of all thank you for my appointment as head of our Continents Secret Services.
I would like to assure you all that despite the rumours I have certainly not instruced the section that deals with internal dissent to bug, spy upon, monitor and generally stick their noses into the buisness and private lives of my fellow ministers. I just not that sort of guy so all of you feel free to do whatever safe in the knoweledge that none of it will be complied in secret dossiers and used against you in the future.
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First of all, I would like to thank the other esteemed inhabitants of the Continent of Crystal Palace for my appointment as Minister of Information.
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To add to Matov's assurances, I can assure you all that rumours about our Secret Service's methods will be regularly debunked.
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I can confirm that dissidents are not flayed to within an inch of their lives in Matov's secret dungeon on a regular basis.
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First of all thank you for my appointment as head of our Continents Secret Services.
oh dear, what have we unleashed?
First of all thank you for my appointment as head of our Continents Secret Services.
I would like to assure you all that despite the rumours I have certainly not instruced the section that deals with internal dissent to bug, spy upon, monitor and generally stick their noses into the buisness and private lives of my fellow ministers. I just not that sort of guy so all of you feel free to do whatever safe in the knoweledge that none of it will be complied in secret dossiers and used against you in the future.
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As there are CCTV cameras in place throughout CallMeBernard, would you have access to their images?
Have I, unwittingly, given you the ability to spy on my population?
Can I have the Justice position?
(Smurph, Serene Moderator of Nebularity)
I'd quite like the Department of Social Security...
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Just so we can all stay 'on message',
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are we a pseudo-federalist superstate or a loose alliance of independant nations?
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Give me a brief so I can spin
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'spin'
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Can I have the Justice position?
(Smurph, Serene IModerator of Nebularity)
By the way, I ought to inform you all that Nebularity has no prisons partly becuase we are more concerned with rehabiliation than punishment and don't believe that incarceration is an effective deterrent, but mainly because we are a fairly amoral society that would rather spend the money on alcohol and fast cars.
If you are interested in gambling or purchasing arms we're your type of nation.
First of all thank you for my appointment as head of our Continents Secret Services.
oh dear, what have we unleashed? The mad (police) dogs of war?
Can I have the Justice position?
(Smurph, Serene IModerator of Nebularity)
By the way, I ought to inform you all that Nebularity has no prisons partly becuase we are more concerned with rehabiliation than punishment and don't believe that incarceration is an effective deterrent, but mainly because we are a fairly amoral society that would rather spend the money on alcohol and fast cars.
If you are interested in gambling or purchasing arms we're your type of nation.I think it's our kind of continent.
I've just allowed everyone to gamble, including kids. Well, they've got to learn sometime haven't they
I've just been looking at past resolutions. It would seem there is a 100% pass rate - if you propose something it will get passed.
This is not healthy for democracy. I would ask therefore that we put together a UN REsolution that will not necessarily be automatically passed. One that is not guaranteed a "Safe PAssage" (ooops hints of Trollstein) and one that will cause much soul-searching...
...and of course grief...
Your Humble Minister Of Fun.
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Now I've got the necessary endorsements I'm going to put forward a UN resolution demanding that all inter-state conflicts are decided by Ping Pong.
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It's got to better than all that trash about dropships and rocket propelled orcs or whatever under-16 crap some people bang on about
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I've just been looking at past resolutions. It would seem there is a 100% pass rate - if you propose something it will get passed.
This is not healthy for democracy. I would ask therefore that we put together a UN REsolution that will not necessarily be automatically passed. One that is not guaranteed a "Safe PAssage" (ooops hints of Trollstein) and one that will cause much soul-searching...
...and of course grief...
Your Humble Minister Of Fun.
Sorry Maz you must have posted this while I was writing my post above. What the hey, I don't think mine will pass. The 'Sport for War Act', I think it's called.
I've just been looking at past resolutions. It would seem there is a 100% pass rate - if you propose something it will get passed.
This is not healthy for democracy. I would ask therefore that we put together a UN REsolution that will not necessarily be automatically passed. One that is not guaranteed a "Safe PAssage" (ooops hints of Trollstein) and one that will cause much soul-searching...
...and of course grief...
Your Humble Minister Of Fun.
Sorry Maz you must have posted this while I was writing my post above. What the hey, I don't think mine will pass. The 'Sport for War Act', I think it's called.
It has my vote!! But Sunny is the Grande Fromage at present...
Greetings all. We've posted The Sport for War Act on the UN Forum to bring it to the attention of the UN Delegates. It's already provoked some amusing replies from antagnostic nations. Here is the link in case you're interested:
http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=85105
FAO CallMeBernard: The World Cup organisers have expanded WC 9 and you are in. So that match between ourselves may be on the cards.
Up the Blades...
Ufhur the Hated
Minister for Sport, Empire of Warnocks Wizards
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I'm sure the referee will be completely impartial and the best side will win.
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Having managed to avoid the QP thread ever since I became a BBS member I seem to have fallen foul of this ridiculous virus in here...
This could be my last post therefore... :tantrum:
Having managed to avoid the QP thread ever since I became a BBS member I seem to have fallen foul of this ridiculous virus in here...
This could be my last post therefore... :tantrum:
Dont worry about the QP'ers. There is a special department within my own minstry to moniter them. Yes they are annoying but they are harmless.
And the second they stop being harmless.......well accidents happen :twisted: