NationStates Jolt Archive


How did you find Nationstates?

Harlesburg
01-04-2006, 05:18
Well i asked this in November 2004 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=377136) and felt like asking it again.

For anyone who has problems with the Topic title i'll just put it down again
How did you find Nationstates?

I had a brief look at the Internet History for the day and saw Nationstates and thought hmmm that sounds interesting i'll have a look.

I had a look and have been stuck here ever since.
My sister didn't really tell me where she got it from but yeah.
Secluded Islands
01-04-2006, 05:20
i didnt find it. it found me...
Asbena
01-04-2006, 05:20
Upper Xen.
Straughn
01-04-2006, 05:21
Ouija board.
Neo Kervoskia
01-04-2006, 05:21
i am the energy that surges through nationstates.
Straughn
01-04-2006, 05:22
i didnt find it. it found me...
C'thulu, the bail bondsman.
The South Islands
01-04-2006, 05:24
Funny story, that is.

See, one of my friends in high school printed off their nation page. I decided to create one.

And now you know...the rest of the story.
Potarius
01-04-2006, 05:25
Some guy on Game Informer's forums posted a link, so I made "Potaria". A day later, I posted here, and as they say, the rest is history.
Pythogria
01-04-2006, 05:26
Google.
Neo Kervoskia
01-04-2006, 05:26
Some guy on Game Informer's forums posted a link, so I made "Potaria". A day later, I posted here, and as they say, the rest is history.
it's a day that will live in infamy.
The Bruce
01-04-2006, 05:27
I was on the Townhall Forums and a bunch of regular posters there formed Gerbia. I really liked the site but I wanted to go my own way with a bunch of friends I knew in real life forming the core of Wysteria.
Taredas
01-04-2006, 05:28
Basically, around thirty people at my original Atari haunt decided to found a nation; my in-game region is almost exclusively composed of fellow Atari forum members.
Dhurkdhurkastan
01-04-2006, 05:28
A friend showed it to me (I know it's amazing, I do have friends).http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j173/GSR40ADDICT/STUFF/BANANA.gif
Iztatepopotla
01-04-2006, 05:30
Heard about it from the Superpower forum.
Potarius
01-04-2006, 05:30
it's a day that will live in infamy.

Yeah, because I overtook you (or was it Keruvalia?) as the most socially-libertarian poster on General. :p
Harlesburg
01-04-2006, 05:31
it's a day that will live in infamy.
What day was it Mr Smarty pants?
Neo Kervoskia
01-04-2006, 05:32
Yeah, because I overtook you (or was it Keruvalia?) as the most socially-libertarian poster on General. :p
keruvalia, however i was more economically-communist than you in those days.
NERVUN
01-04-2006, 05:33
UserFriendly.org's link of the day was: Remeber, the Badger is already taken! I don't know whether to love or hate OTgurly for informing me of the existence of Nation States a nation simulation game. I expect to lose much productivity on this website, darn it! ~Linkographer, Jr.

And ever since that day in March NS has been sucking away my time.
Ramissle
01-04-2006, 05:34
Well, I used to be ultra conservative, and there was this girl in my class who was like ultra liberal. We were kinda friends, and we got into debates all the time. And one day she showed me this site. Around the same time, I was on the Neopets forums (ugh! Hey I was in 5th grade, ok?) I saw the NS forums, and I was like wow, what the hell have I been doing?
Then I created my first nation Bonesacke after a map of a bunch of countries I made like in 2nd grade.
Klitvilia
01-04-2006, 05:34
Funny story, that is.

See, one of my friends in high school printed off their nation page. I decided to create one.

And now you know...the rest of the story.


I did that with one of my friends too....I first found NationStates through a thread in the mess hall of Gamereplays.org
Potarius
01-04-2006, 05:34
keruvalia, however i was more economically-communist than you in those days.

Yeah, I was still up in the air about most of my economic views. Now I'm very clear on them.
Neo Kervoskia
01-04-2006, 05:36
Yeah, I was still up in the air about most of my economic views. Now I'm very clear on them.
indeed you are...goddamn cheese-eating commie.
Kiwi-kiwi
01-04-2006, 05:38
Well I- wait a second... how DID I find NationStates? It's been awhile... I know I found it once, then I stopped playing for long enough for my old nations to die, but then I came back again. Hmm...

It could have happened on one of my 'find free online games' sprees.
Death armegedon
01-04-2006, 05:39
:mad: actually how i found it was when i was at school one of my friends told me about the website and so i went on it and i thought it was pretty cool but i still dont get how to play lol.
Potarius
01-04-2006, 05:41
indeed you are...goddamn cheese-eating commie.

Hey, it's not my fault the stuff is so good! I mean, I did eat half a block of it in about three days, but come on!

It was fucking Cabot Sharp!
Straughn
01-04-2006, 05:45
Hey, it's not my fault the stuff is so good! I mean, I did eat half a block of it in about three days, but come on!

It was fucking Cabot Sharp!
Sure it wasn't Masu Carzu?
Neo Kervoskia
01-04-2006, 05:48
What day was it Mr Smarty pants?
the day, the music died.
Potarius
01-04-2006, 05:49
Sure it wasn't Masu Carzu?

*bitch slaps you silly*

How DARE you assume I don't know my cheeses!
Harlesburg
01-04-2006, 05:49
I'm sure it was full of holes just like your ideals pinko!
Potarius
01-04-2006, 05:50
I'm sure it was full of holes just like your ideals pinko!

:D
Straughn
01-04-2006, 05:52
*bitch slaps you silly*

How DARE you assume I don't know my cheeses!
Ow! Ow! I meant, someone might've slipped labels on ya!
It's the kind of thing i would do ... why not someone else?
*cringes*
Potarius
01-04-2006, 05:54
Ow! Ow! I meant, someone might've slipped labels on ya!
It's the kind of thing i would do ... why not someone else?
*cringes*

These guys would never do such a thing!

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00032IPJS.01-A3CDPEGSIQM61V._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Aaaah yeeeeah... That's the stuff.
Harlesburg
01-04-2006, 05:56
Where did you find the cheese?
Maraque
01-04-2006, 05:57
Someone posted a link to it on the automotive forum I go to. I joined up, lost interest months later, got it revived and it had over a billion pop. :eek:

Now here I am, 5 million away from 2.5 billion and still going strong. :)

I will never stop! I want to keep going and going until my nation explodes from a massive overpopulation crisis.
Straughn
01-04-2006, 05:58
These guys would never do such a thing!

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00032IPJS.01-A3CDPEGSIQM61V._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Aaaah yeeeeah... That's the stuff.
You trust someone that says their cheese is "naturally" aged?
What is it supposed to be? Chronitonilogically aged?
Straughn
01-04-2006, 06:00
Someone posted a link to it on the automotive forum I go to. I joined up, lost interest months later, got it revived and it had over a billion pop. :eek:

Now here I am, 5 million away from 2.5 billion and still going strong. :)

I will never stop! I want to keep going and going until my nation explodes from a massive overpopulation crisis.
...or you could opt a few times on the "cannibalism" issue.
Potarius
01-04-2006, 06:00
You trust someone that says their cheese is "naturally" aged?
What is it supposed to be? Chronitonilogically aged?

*bitch slaps you with block of cheese*

And there's more where that came from, you filthy whore.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
01-04-2006, 06:02
These guys would never do such a thing!
Sure they won't. Evil bastards clogging the nations arteries with their cheese, and then not apologizing for it.
Potarius
01-04-2006, 06:03
Sure they won't. Evil bastards clogging the nations arteries with their cheese, and then not apologizing for it.

"It's good cholesterol, but it spreads like bad cholesterol!"
Straughn
01-04-2006, 06:03
*bitch slaps you with block of cheese*

And there's more where that came from, you filthy whore.
As long as it's masu carzu, master. Thank you. I've been soooo bad.
*munch*










Of course, payment is expected in full. *nods*
Kreitzmoorland
01-04-2006, 08:17
Well, this guy I met at the begining of last year showed it to me. He is cut, but NS remains.
(though he'd be just the type of creep to be lurking around here under a different name, posing as one of the most well-loved and familiar generalites)
Cannot think of a name
01-04-2006, 08:28
I was following links, it looked interesting, I was completely unprepared to create a nation and was stalled. Didn't think I'd stay, so I got stuck with my (lack) of a name.
Kroblexskij
01-04-2006, 08:29
a banner at the top of weebl and bob's website.
Big Jim P
01-04-2006, 08:32
A friend at work told me about it. I started Big jim P (after finding out that the really cool names I wanted were already taken), Started spamming here in General, and now have lost a good portion of three years (as of June 2006 it will be three) wasting my time here.
AB Again
01-04-2006, 08:44
I stumbled on it.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
01-04-2006, 08:50
I stumbled on it.
I tried to tell the others that if they kept leaving NS around on the floor like that someone would fall over it, but they would just keep leaving it out on the ground like that. I am deeply sorry, AB, these people are just so incorrigible.
Cheese penguins
01-04-2006, 10:19
my computing teacher at school told me about it back in late 2002, been on and off since then, it does get a hold on you and you cant leave.
I V Stalin
01-04-2006, 10:33
My brother had a nation, and he told me it was good fun. His nation has since died, but he wasn't wrong.

Interesting how no one so far has come to NS through Max Barry's books.
Cheese penguins
01-04-2006, 10:35
My brother had a nation, and he told me it was good fun. His nation has since died, but he wasn't wrong.

Interesting how no one so far has come to NS through Max Barry's books.
The game made me get teh books... :)
Emperor Matthuis
01-04-2006, 10:38
My brother went on so I created this nation. I think one of his friends showed him but I'm not entirely sure.
The Plutonian Empire
01-04-2006, 11:18
Someone's signature on another forum.
Harlesburg
01-04-2006, 11:20
I tried to tell the others that if they kept leaving NS around on the floor like that someone would fall over it, but they would just keep leaving it out on the ground like that. I am deeply sorry, AB, these people are just so incorrigible.
Well i am not surprised, a quick Google image search brings up this image
http://badgas.co.uk/animals/others/others_001.jpg
when looking up 'The Others' not even you can speak to Bears and expect them to understand.
Cameroi
01-04-2006, 11:32
i honestly don't remember. whatever i said a couple of years ago, or whenever it was, is probably right. but i don't remember that either.

=^^=
.../\...
Timmikistan
01-04-2006, 11:47
My brother had a nation, and he told me it was good fun. His nation has since died, but he wasn't wrong.

Interesting how no one so far has come to NS through Max Barry's books.


i got to nation states through the book. after reading googled his name then this came up.
i enjoyed the book.... has anyone not read jennifer government??
Boonytopia
01-04-2006, 11:56
A friend e-mailed me the link.
Harlesburg
02-04-2006, 05:25
BUMP
age
Mikesburg
02-04-2006, 05:27
Actually, I found NS on a link in the Civfanatics (read, Civilization series of videogames) forum a few years ago. I made a country back then, and lost interest. That's before I decided to check out the general forum...
Kryozerkia
02-04-2006, 05:29
I found a random link and clicked it and hoped that my computer wouldn't implode.
Drexel Hillsville
02-04-2006, 05:52
My cuz showed me it...
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
02-04-2006, 06:27
when looking up 'The Others' not even you can speak to Bears and expect them to understand.
That's what you think. Who do you think taught that bear to pee standing up? C'est moi!
Revnia
02-04-2006, 06:31
I was searching for information on micronations and sovereignty. I found this.
Valori
02-04-2006, 06:35
A World History teacher when I was a Sophmore in HS.
Sparksalot
02-04-2006, 06:36
my firend told me about it and bagered me till I joined and know I'm addicted.
Nadkor
02-04-2006, 18:37
I first joined in early-mid 2003 and forgot about it after a week or so.

Somebody posted a link at another forum in early 2004, I remembered, went back, tried to log in, couldn't. Started a new nation. Nearly forgot about it until one day I was clearing out my bookmarks. Went back, saw a link to an interesting sounding thread on the forums and posted.
The New Diabolicals
02-04-2006, 18:40
Word of Mouth
Haerodonia
02-04-2006, 18:47
ad. on www.weebls-stuff.com

Actually it was the only ad there worth clicking.
Tabriza
02-04-2006, 18:52
People from the forum I normally frequent started a NationStates region and I decided to join. I'll probably stick with it until at least the 500 million mark.
Anglo Germany
02-04-2006, 18:52
ad. on www.weebls-stuff.com

Actually it was the only ad there worth clicking.

lol. Thats exactly how i found it!
United Island Empires
02-04-2006, 19:04
From a friend of a friend of a friend
Jenrak
02-04-2006, 19:35
My fellow Gods told me.
The Jovian Moons
02-04-2006, 19:53
I found it in late August of last year, from a add on this site.
http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/
actually the day I found it was the day the 2nd 0 of 0 thing happened.
Harlesburg
03-04-2006, 12:15
That's what you think. Who do you think taught that bear to pee standing up? C'est moi!
Touche.
Strobovia
03-04-2006, 12:18
It was mentioned on some forum I nolonger remember and I had a look at it. I've had a couple of nations and none of them worked out very well... But I'll stick with Strobovia now.
Swilatia
03-04-2006, 12:33
I saw a link on another forum.
Lunatic Goofballs
03-04-2006, 12:40
I congealed from a pool of liquid lunacy that had been gathering beneath the threads. I was born here. :)
Turquoise Days
03-04-2006, 12:53
My cousin showed me his nation. I went home and promptly forgot the link. About a year later, I stumbled on the right collection of words in google, and Grand Teton was born.
Harlesburg
03-04-2006, 12:54
I congealed from a pool of liquid lunacy that had been gathering beneath the threads. I was born here. :)
This one?
http://www.poopstinks.org/poopindog.jpg
NORILSK16
03-04-2006, 13:03
i typed in grozny, and a foto of nationstates came up, i clicked on it, for a wild hare, and here i ended up, pure conincedence..
Jeruselem
03-04-2006, 13:14
I followed a link on some web site which I forgot what it was. Holy Latin Empire and Tailand were my first nations (now gone), but I ended up using this one the most.
The Empire Never Ended
04-04-2006, 13:15
lostlinks.net had a link the Dharma nation and from there I looked around.
Nuclear Industries
04-04-2006, 13:30
Initially, I was part of a gaming community called "Federation of Galactic Navies" and we used Nationstates regions and nations to help us R.P. in other games. We played Counter-Strike, XvT, Starcraft, Infantry, Dark Colony and a host of other games to fight out our epic battles.

Then one day, I got message from my CC, telling me to "Go to the Barracks on the Orbital Platform" and "Meet and train your reinforcements". I did that, and I destroyed the republican fleet that was stationed there too. Never stopped playing Nationstates since.