NationStates Jolt Archive


Puppetry

Soviestan
10-11-2006, 10:42
How many puppets do you have? And if you do have any, do you post on the forums with them or do you just "play" them in the game. I got 3. some I post with(rarely), some I dont.
Todsboro
10-11-2006, 10:45
I don't have any. It doesn't really appeal to me. It seems like a lot of effort to put into a game.

Having said that, to each their own. If people are open about their 'puppets', I really don't care. But if people are actively posting, within the same argument, with multiple puppets in order to make it look like they have more support than they otherwise would.....well, they really need to get a life. :)
Risottia
10-11-2006, 10:48
In NS, 2 but not posting.

In real life, I scheme to have as many puppets as I can. All hail the Master of Puppets!
Lunatic Goofballs
10-11-2006, 10:49
It's just me. :)

THough in the past, I have had a couple short-lived puppets. Remember The Pie Sniper? Not many in the forum are old enough to. Well, that was me. :)
Todsboro
10-11-2006, 10:54
In NS, 2 but not posting.

In real life, I scheme to have as many puppets as I can. All hail the Master of Puppets!

COME CRAWLING FASTER...

OBEY YOUR MASTER....

:headbang: (closest thing I could find that applied)
Romanar
10-11-2006, 10:59
I've got a lot of puppets. I do post with them, but most of my NSG posting is with this nation, and I stick to one nation per thread unless I can get humor out of the right puppet.
Andaras Prime
10-11-2006, 11:07
MeansToAnEnd is Pat Robertson's puppet.
Soviestan
10-11-2006, 11:12
MeansToAnEnd is Pat Robertson's puppet.

Im not sure if Pat Robertson is sane enough to operate a computer;)
Lunatic Goofballs
10-11-2006, 11:17
Im not sure if Pat Robertson is sane enough to operate a computer;)

I'm not sure MeansToAnEnd is sane enough to operate a computer. :p
Soviestan
10-11-2006, 11:18
I'm not sure MeansToAnEnd is sane enough to operate a computer. :p

touche.:p
Harlesburg
10-11-2006, 11:50
I am pretty sure i have 4.
I only post with 2 of them, Harlsburg and another.
Hilarity would ensue f i posted with one of my others.:p
NERVUN
10-11-2006, 12:40
Technically NERVUN IS one of my two puppets. I have only posted with my main nation a few times back in the beginning and the other puppet once when I accidentally forgot to log off before coming into the forums.
Pure Metal
10-11-2006, 12:43
i used to have one, but it died.
Boonytopia
10-11-2006, 12:43
I have two puppets.

One I created because I wanted to try a different style of government in my nation, but it ended up being pretty similar to this one anyway.

The other I took over from a friend who couldn't be bothered with it anymore.

I only post with them if I log in with them by accident. I've done it a few times & it usually takes a few posts before I realise. :p
Infinite Revolution
10-11-2006, 12:43
i got two, and i post in nsg with both but not very often. one's for comedy, so i only post with that when i'm feeling funny, except the joke might be wearing thin so i might kill it. the other's for if i just want that extra layer of anonymity.
Boonytopia
10-11-2006, 12:45
It's just me. :)

THough in the past, I have had a couple short-lived puppets. Remember The Pie Sniper? Not many in the forum are old enough to. Well, that was me. :)

Top name! :)
Zeeksla
10-11-2006, 12:45
I used to have one but it was killed the first day it went up. :headbang:
Boonytopia
10-11-2006, 12:54
I used to have one but it was killed the first day it went up. :headbang:

What happened to Xisla?
Whereyouthinkyougoing
10-11-2006, 12:57
One.

I don't post with it though. Only created it to get around some serious forum wonkiness some months ago - didn't work, but the nation was there, so eh.
I'm not even raising it as a puppet, I still vote on issues exactly like I would in my main nation.
Kanabia
10-11-2006, 13:01
I have a *secret* puppet.
Zeeksla
10-11-2006, 13:03
What happened to Xisla?

http://freshbrainz.blogspot.com/2006/11/be-very-afraid.html
Whereyouthinkyougoing
10-11-2006, 13:03
I have a *secret* puppet.But does it post?
I V Stalin
10-11-2006, 13:14
I have two, but I'm killing them off at the moment. Might create another one some time soon. Never posted with them, though.
Kanabia
10-11-2006, 13:15
But does it post?

A couple of times, I think, but only by accident. :p

I'll start posting with it. First to figure out it's me ('sides a mod, of course) gets a patronising pat on the head.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
10-11-2006, 13:16
A couple of times, I think, but only by accident. :p

I'll start posting with it. First to figure out it's me ('sides a mod, of course) gets a patronising pat on the head.
Oh, yeah, mine has posted by accident, too. Silly little bugger.

I always thought about really, secretly posting, but I think one could tell it's me form the way I write and the ":p" smiley. :p

Plus, I fail at being a troll. Spammer, though... :p
Kanabia
10-11-2006, 13:18
I always thought about really, secretly posting, but I think one could tell it's me form the way I write and the ":p" smiley. :p

Plus, I fail at being a troll. Spammer, though... :p


That's what i'm wondering. I'm not going to do anything silly with it, I just wanna know if people will pick out that it's me.
Bottle
10-11-2006, 13:21
I've got a puppet named Sippy Cup, which is used to talk to the mods after I forget to log in as Bottle for three months and get my account deactivated. :P
Harlesburg
10-11-2006, 13:30
A couple of times, I think, but only by accident. :p

I'll start posting with it. First to figure out it's me ('sides a mod, of course) gets a patronising pat on the head.
Kanobia!:)
Boonytopia
10-11-2006, 13:38
Kanobia!:)

Beat me to it! :) I seemed to some a few different spelling versions of Kanabia that were floating around a while ago.
Boonytopia
10-11-2006, 13:40
Oh, yeah, mine has posted by accident, too. Silly little bugger.

I always thought about really, secretly posting, but I think one could tell it's me form the way I write and the ":p" smiley. :p

Plus, I fail at being a troll. Spammer, though... :p

I can't be bothered posting with my puppets, I can't see the point of trolling. I don't think anyone would recognise them either.
Infinite Revolution
10-11-2006, 13:42
That's what i'm wondering. I'm not going to do anything silly with it, I just wanna know if people will pick out that it's me.

i wondered if people would notice if my puppets were me. hasn't happened yet. someone thought one was LG though :p. i reckon half the new accounts on here are puppets, especially the ones that disappear after a couple of months.
Kanabia
10-11-2006, 13:44
Kanobia!:)

Beat me to it! :) I seemed to some a few different spelling versions of Kanabia that were floating around a while ago.


Hahaha! Didn't think anyone would remember that one. Yeah, Kanobia was funny, since I created it specifically to nominate myself for some popularity contest or other. ;) Although it doesn't exist anymore. :p
Land of the Trolls
10-11-2006, 13:45
I AM a puppet. I'm around mostly for humor.
Demented Hamsters
10-11-2006, 16:41
You are all my Puppets!!

Dance Puppets! Dance!!

Mwahahahaha...
Farnhamia
10-11-2006, 16:43
I have one other nation in NS, if that's what you mean, but i don't use to post.
Rasselas
10-11-2006, 16:51
I have one other nation which is older than this one, but I haven't posted with it for a couple of years. I've had a couple of puppets but I forget the names and then they die.
Daistallia 2104
10-11-2006, 17:19
I cycle - sometimes it's just the old Daistallia and Daistallia 2104, and at other times it's many more. Not too long ago, I was running upwards of 20. Then I got abit bored and let most of them rot on the vine for awhile. I've been pruning recently, and plan to keep it at about 10.

For posting, it's almost exclusively this account. My original Daistallia account pops up now and then, as well as a few others I've posted with, mostly for special purposes. (I will havbe to request a special one be rerstored for Christmas...)
Armistria
10-11-2006, 18:02
I wasn't even aware that I could post with my puppet. Whenever I go to the forums from my puppet I have to log in, and so I end up using my main. Maybe I should try using my puppet. I could pretend to be somebody completely different... That could be a laugh.
Upper Botswavia
10-11-2006, 18:44
I don't have any puppets.

I do have a marionette. I was given it by the Salzburg Marionetten Theatre when I was their tour manager for their last US tour.

I also have a great bumper sticker that I got from them. It reads "I am a marionette in a sock puppet world."
Forum Puppet
10-11-2006, 18:59
I would never dream of using a puppet to post on the forums. This is clearly my only nation.
Smunkeeville
10-11-2006, 19:07
I have two.......they are super secret.

I had 3 but I let one die.
Naturality
10-11-2006, 20:06
None
Texan Hotrodders
10-11-2006, 20:44
I have around 50 puppets. I've used maybe 10-15 of them on these forums.

This is one of them.
Llewdor
10-11-2006, 20:49
I used to have a puppet (I wanted to try an autocratic theocracy), and while I don't think I ever posted to the forum I did consider it a few times.

The puppet would have disagreed with me. Some of my points are easier to make through a dialogue where one position carefully dismantles another, but I needed that other position there to respond.

But I don't think I ever posted. Let me search...

Nope. No posts.
Soviestan
10-11-2006, 21:39
I have two.......they are super secret.

I had 3 but I let one die.

yeah, Smukee is sooo secret:p
Soviestan
10-11-2006, 21:41
I would never dream of using a puppet to post on the forums. This is clearly my only nation.

clearly;)
Darkesia
10-11-2006, 21:43
I have bunches of puppets but I don't post with them. Hell, I rarely post with this one except in extreme cases of masochism.
Texan Hotrodders
10-11-2006, 21:49
I have bunches of puppets but I don't post with them. Hell, I rarely post with this one except in extreme cases of masochism.

On this forum, anyway. Your post count on the NPO forum suggests that you are no stranger to posting. And your recent *ahem* activities there remind me of a former Generalite by the name of Blue Viper. :)
Maraque
10-11-2006, 21:50
I have 24 puppets. I don't use them in the game or post with them.
Darkesia
10-11-2006, 21:56
On this forum, anyway. Your post count on the NPO forum suggests that you are no stranger to posting. And your recent *ahem* activities there remind me of a former Generalite by the name of Blue Viper. :)


OH I love the NS forums, yeah. But I don't post under different names in them, because that is just stupid. I admin a couple politics based forums as well and believe me when I say the most loathsome of creatures is one that pretends to be their own support base. Nothing can get a person banned from my domain faster than that or a TOS violation.

I don't know what a Generalite is or who Blue Viper is/was?

And it's Moo's birthday! Everyone needs a gift on their birthday. :p
Texan Hotrodders
10-11-2006, 22:31
OH I love the NS forums, yeah. But I don't post under different names in them, because that is just stupid. I admin a couple politics based forums as well and believe me when I say the most loathsome of creatures is one that pretends to be their own support base. Nothing can get a person banned from my domain faster than that or a TOS violation.

The vast majority of my puppets are publically admitted, so folks either know it's me or can find out easily enough.

I don't know what a Generalite is or who Blue Viper is/was?

A Generalite is regular of this forum you're currently posting in.

Blue Viper just really liked to streak through threads here.

And it's Moo's birthday! Everyone needs a gift on their birthday. :p

Yeah, I said Happy Birthday too, just not in quite the way you did... :p
Harlesburg
11-11-2006, 00:14
Hahaha! Didn't think anyone would remember that one. Yeah, Kanobia was funny, since I created it specifically to nominate myself for some popularity contest or other. ;) Although it doesn't exist anymore. :p
Yeah i searched for it last night.:(
Swilatia
11-11-2006, 00:22
1 puppet
Red_Letter
11-11-2006, 00:26
I am the puppet of montacanos. I created this one because even people I'd had great discussions with tended to have trouble remembering my name. Also, even I couldnt pick a solid pronounciation of it.
Utracia
11-11-2006, 00:43
I had 3 puppets but I forgot to log into them so they all ceased to exist. :(
MeansToAnEnd
11-11-2006, 00:46
I have enough to contend with while possessing only a single account. I had a brief stint with Citizen_Patriot a while back, but I quickly made a mistake. I'm in no rush to try that again.
Zilam
11-11-2006, 01:51
I have enough to contend with while possessing only a single account. I had a brief stint with Citizen_Patriot a while back, but I quickly made a mistake. I'm in no rush to try that again.

Was that the time you accidently posted something with your current account, and then posted the same thing with that citizen patriot? You know, the time I caught you :p



As for the question, I have no puppet. At least not anymore. I like being a real boy ;)
GinetV2
11-11-2006, 15:22
I hate it when someone uses puppets to drum up support.
GinetV3
11-11-2006, 15:23
I hate it when someone uses puppets to drum up support.

I agree with you.
Dinaverg
11-11-2006, 15:51
We are all Max Barry's puppets.
Boonytopia
11-11-2006, 15:57
I hate it when someone uses puppets to drum up support.

I agree with you.

Nice. :D
Kryozerkia
11-11-2006, 16:00
I have three puppets for the sole purpose of roleplaying.

Kutou-koku - this was created with Kryozerkia so I could have an enemy from the beginning

Farflorin - This used to be a Kryozerkian province, but is separated during Kryozerkia's war with Kutou-koku, which was has become known in my region's history as "First Regional War".

Kytzenia - A former Kryozerkian province as well; recently separated, but hated by Talematros because it supposedly has a militia headed by terrorists.

Kousei - a nation run by the Ur'Kwiq. They are capitalist aliens.