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Which do you like better, or go to if you only go to one?

I say II it has a lot of topic types and well I just like it better.

WTF is II?

WTF is II?

It's something sailors say to a Captain in acknowledgement of an order.

I am in the land of confusion right now...

http://www.intervalworld.com/web/cs?a=5 That's about all I can figure out.

It's something sailors say to a Captain in acknowledgement of an order.

Ok. I prefer NS then. While the rum is nice I'd prefer to avoid sodomy and the lash.

I am in the land of confusion right now...

http://www.intervalworld.com/web/cs?a=5 That's about all I can figure out.

I think he's referring to the other NationStates forums. I've never been in either of the one's he's talking about.

II is short for Internation Incidents

II is short for Internation Incidents

Isn't that for those roleplaying weirdos?

Isn't that for those roleplaying weirdos?

I believe so. As far as I can see, it consists of people going:

"I blow you up!"
"No you didn't!"
"You can't say that, I just blew you up!"
"No, you didn't!"
"I did! I did!"
"MODS!"

NSG. i used to roleplay, but I stopped altoghether because there is just too many FT war Rp's and my country is neither warmongering or FT.

I believe so. As far as I can see, it consists of people going:

"I blow you up!"
"No you didn't!"
"You can't say that, I just blew you up!"
"No, you didn't!"
"I did! I did!"
"MODS!"


No...

II is more civilized than that.

Usually...

Isn't that for those roleplaying weirdos?

Last I checked, yeah.

No...

II is more civilized than that.

Usually...

not from what i've seen. and there is just too much FT.

not from what i've seen. and there is just too much FT.

FT? That's an acronym I don't understand.

Isn't that for those roleplaying weirdos?

I'd take roleplayers over much of the NSG population any day... if you want weird, this is where you come.

i'm already too addicted to NSG to have any time left for RPing :( :p

not from what i've seen. and there is just too much FT.

no too little of FT its all MT letting off Nukes

I usually go into NSG. But sometimes I hit up II, although i was never much into the FT threads, just the PT or just past PT threads (which is what I use).

Its been a good long while since I've visited II though.

I usually go into NSG. But sometimes I hit up II, although i was never much into the FT threads, just the PT or just past PT threads (which is what I use).

Its been a good long while since I've visited II though.

its full of MT wars now days

its full of MT wars now days

I might have to make some renewed visits then. I always liked the MT better, it never got as absurd as some of the FT threads.

FT? That's an acronym I don't understand.

Future Tech. i just hated roleplaying on that tech level, because you can godmode there easily.

Future Tech. i just hated roleplaying on that tech level, because you can godmode there.

Ahhhhhh, yes. My one adventure into RP wound up with modern tech +5 years.

no too little of FT its all MT letting off Nukes The whole "tech Level" scale is a faliure.

Future Tech. i just hated roleplaying on that tech level, because you can godmode there.

then join the MT wars that start up now days or the WW2 or WW3 ones
oh there a war with KC

Ahhhhhh, yes. My one adventure into RP wound up with modern tech +5 years.

well, I also complained there was just too much war.

then join the MT wars that start up now days or the WW2 or WW3 ones
oh there a war with KC

did I not tell you that i'm just not fond of war RP's that much at all.

I usually RP in International Incidents.

Just cos when I browse NS, it seems to have mostly marriages, balls, etc.
Not my scene at all.
Nor is a lot of the RP in II, to be fair, I just know a few people I can RP with on a reasonable level, and occasionally dive into other things, through boredom and/or to find new people I like RPing with.

did I not tell you that i'm just not fond of war RP's that much at all.

no not me you must of posted as i was working on my post

WTF is II?
The place where you can't post your weird news stories! :p

I'd take roleplayers over much of the NSG population any day... if you want weird, this is where you come.

you consider debate weird, but not pretending to have a war with a pretend country against other pretend countries?

This whole RP thing is starting to make some sense.

I stick my nose in both RP forums sometimes, II more than NS. But I was never active there. I did more RP off-site, but between RL and some "writer's block", I've mostly drifted away from the RPing.

you consider debate weird, but not pretending to have a war with a pretend country against other pretend countries?
Of course. Don't you know anything about the way nerds think? :D

you consider debate weird, but not pretending to have a war with a pretend country against other pretend countries?

This whole RP thing is starting to make some sense.

LMFAO!

You think what goes on in here is debate?! That's a laugh!

Of course. Don't you know anything about the way nerds think? :D

Sorry, I could have sworn that you just added to your 10,000+ post count on an internet forum by calling me a 'nerd'. :S

LMFAO!

You think what goes on in here is debate?! That's a laugh!



Sorry, I could have sworn that you just added to your 10,000+ post count on an internet forum by calling me a 'nerd'. :S
Well, you get more debate here in NSG than you do in spam...

And... err... <.< HOW DARE YOU CALL OUT THE FACT THAT I CALLED YOU A NERD WHEN I HAVE NO LIFE! I shall have you thrown in a smouldering crater for that! ... err...ah!

*walks off muttering* fine, I'm a nerd... but you don't HAVE to keep mentioning my insane post count... it's STILL less than 20K...

Of course. Don't you know anything about the way nerds think? :D
It would seem so...
LMFAO!

You think what goes on in here is debate?! That's a laugh!
Debate, discussion, and a bit of entertaining spam (which, over all, is just socializing). Yeah, there is significant debate over many issues.

Yeah, there is significant debate over many issues.
More like overkill.

More like overkill.

haha...only with things like abortion, religion, evolution...


okay, yeah. Overkill. But it is still debate, dammit!:p

Of course. Don't you know anything about the way nerds think? :D

Most of the serious roleplayers I know, don't exactly qualify as nerds. They are usually more like...amateur writers. Of course, as in any conglomerate or group, you can find anything.

Another point...If you think that NSG is filled of debate, I hope you take a class or two of negotiation or rhetoric. NSG is filled with interchange of opinions and judgements, but hardly debate. Barking the points of view at each other hardly qualifies as debate in the strict sense of the word.

Regarding my first point, to compare International Incidents Forums and the Nationstates boards...As I said, better roleplayers try to take the game, the roleplaying one, that is, as a form to train in their writing skills. Obviously, two lines posts of "I nuke your cities and enslave the survivors" don't exactly fit in that line. Sadly in International Incidents that kind of posts is more common than in Nationstates, alongside with a severe lack of quality in spelling, grammar and style. That is why I choose Nationstates over International Incidents.

Another plus, most roleplays that run in the NS boards are cooperative writing, while in International Incidents is more like a competitive one. As the game per se does not have a mechanism to determine winning or losing sides, well, the bitching occurs, and also it is an awful lot more common in II than in NS.

As an example, placing myself on the line, I hardly try to compare both NSG and NS boards, as the point behind each is pretty different. However, for me I prefer Nationstates, as I am a professional journalist and I am already tired of "debating" and "offering opinions" in real life for good everyday and in real, influential issues, and not on an international community that hardly listen to what you have to say anyway, and that marks it as fiction as any roleplayed story. For me, NS is for relax, and as a hobby to be away from the rudeness of the common world a bit every night.

Just my two cents, as any, it is an opinion, as worthy as anything else. However, the style of each is valid for anyone, and each has pros and contras. Yet to prefer Nationstates over II and NSG, or any combination of those three, do not make anyone better or worse than others who like more another style, as some people in this forums have tried to show.

NSG about debate...

I chortled.

Well, you get more debate here in NSG than you do in spam...

And... err... <.< HOW DARE YOU CALL OUT THE FACT THAT I CALLED YOU A NERD WHEN I HAVE NO LIFE! I shall have you thrown in a smouldering crater for that! ... err...ah!

*walks off muttering* fine, I'm a nerd... but you don't HAVE to keep mentioning my insane post count... it's STILL less than 20K...

you and your craters.

Yeah, there is significant debate over many issues.

Thread Starter said: "I thikn that we should have better protections against benefit fraud, because it's unfair on hard-working people to allow lazy gits to sponge off them all the time."

Random Poster 1 said: "..."

Random Poster 2 said: "Dude, you misspelled think."

Random Poster 3 said: "YEAH! KILL ALL THE LOWER CLASSES! SCUMMY LIBERAL PUSSIES!"

Thread Starter said: "OMG quit with the ad hominem crap!"

Random Poster 2 said: "Strawman!"

Thread Starter said: "You're gay!"

Random Poster 3 said: "Gays are evil! George Bush will stop them!"

Random Poster 1 said: "George Bush is a douche!"

Random Poster 3 said: "YOU'RE AN ANTI-AMERICAN BUSH-BASHING FAG! I bet you're a liberal pussy!"

Random Poster 1 said: "And you're a stupid conservative douche! Iraq was illegal and so on!"

Random Poster 4 said: "I disagree with you all, so I'm going to insult you!"

Random Poster 2 said: "Ad hominem!"

Random Poster 3 said: "Liberal!"

you and your craters.
Don't knock it; the craters work wonders when dealing with n00bs.

haha...only with things like abortion, religion, evolution...


okay, yeah. Overkill. But it is still debate, dammit!:p
If you can call it that.

Most debates go off topic by page 3, unless the question is a broad one then they might last until page 7...

The debates then spiral downward into a pit of childish flaming, whining and tattling, with a spark attempt to revive the topic, only for it to fizzle out as the clowns come in and hijack it, while feeding the trolls.

If you can call it that.

Most debates go off topic by page 3, unless the question is a broad one then they might last until page 7
well, no-one knows when really. all that is known is that as a discussion extends, its relevence to the original topic slowly approaches 0.

well, no-one knows when really. all that is known is that as a discussion extends, its relevence to the original topic slowly approaches 0.
Then takes a nice plunge down to -89735902138478175...

Then takes a nice plunge down to -89735902138478175...

as this thread seems to be at this moment.

as this thread seems to be at this moment.
Or any thread I touch, other than the ones I start! :p

Or any thread I touch, other than the ones I start! :p
even without you it happens.

here is how a thread falls off topic without being hijacked.

1) Debate Starts
2) Debate goes into more narrow areas
3) Joke-post made
4) side discussion sparked by joke-post
5) joke-post discussion dominates
6) thread falls off-topic

i may be wrong.

You know, NSG may be fuck-all crazy, but we're crazy over real world issues like abortion and the spelling of certain words. RPers get pissy over fake wars and don't have any good trolls.

You know, NSG may be fuck-all crazy, but we're crazy over real world issues like abortion and the spelling of certain words. RPers get pissy over fake wars and don't have any good trolls.

Hell, we should be proud of MTAE and the rest. Every forum needs the bad guys, they provide something for everyone to unite against. Any board with out trolls is a boring board indead.

I like the one with modern tech wars.

I also liked being 2 time Basketball World Champions.
I lost interest when World Cup VI wasn't finished...

NSG>All
I tihnk I've made one or two posts outside NSG and spam. I don't like those crazy places, they scare me.

I like international incidents. It has more nation based roleplay and less character based(I don't have a problem with the latter, but uh, I thought this was about your nation, not Mr. Randy L. Quigly), also NS is full of sports.

I believe so. As far as I can see, it consists of people going:

"I blow you up!"
"No you didn't!"
"You can't say that, I just blew you up!"
"No, you didn't!"
"I did! I did!"

It's funny you should say that because I actually wanted to start a Godmodding thread for the purpose of doing just that(thought it would be fun), but I haven't since I didn't think anyone would enjoy it.