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What would we do? Where would we go to find refuge? Would the friendships, rivalries etc fostered here simply cease to exist? *shudders*

I'm sure we'd be able to cook up some crazy method of giving new life to the forums.

Just move on, I guess. I don't have bonds outside of the forum, really (well, a couple, but not much), so if it didn't exist there wouldn't be anyway for me to even know where everyone went, much less follow them or anything like that. So it would all go away like that Zork game I don't play anymore.

Can you imagine life without DC's weird news threads? OceanDrive's rants? Wilgrove's bizarre tales of a life spent mostly tucked away from the rest of the world...Fass' wonderful sarcasm? Smunkee's punk version of religion?

Cry.
Scream.
Shake.
Piss in my pants.
Huddle in the corner shivering like a wet dog.
Shake my fist at the cold, unforgiving heavens.


...

No, seriously, I would just move on. I play cybenations.com more nowadays for the "nation simulation" thing, and I play three other free online browser games more for the roleplaying. I post on tribe.net as often as here about politics nowadays. I'd deal.

Though I'm not sure where I would go to get my hot sexy Neesika quota.

Mentally breakdown and sit in the corner, huddled up in a tight ball, rocking back and forth, telling myself this is just a bad dream...

I'd probably post more than once a week over at IGN. And spend the rest of my time somewhere else in Jolt.... we could always take over spam and turn it into the new General.

Just move on, I guess. I don't have bonds outside of the forum, really (well, a couple, but not much), so if it didn't exist there wouldn't be anyway for me to even know where everyone went, much less follow them or anything like that. So it would all go away like that Zork game I don't play anymore.

All the more reason to plan just in case!

Cry.
Scream.
Shake.
Piss in my pants.
Huddle in the corner shivering like a wet dog.
Shake my fist at the cold, unforgiving heavens.


...

No, seriously, I would just move on. I play cybenations.com more nowadays for the "nation simulation" thing, and I play three other free online browser games more for the roleplaying. I post on tribe.net as often as here about politics nowadays. I'd deal.

Though I'm not sure where I would go to get my hot sexy Neesika quota.I'll have to give you my new email just in case :)

Oh, I've been on other forums...no time for gaming, but for politics ALWAYS. But other forums just don't cut it. I miss the regs from NSG, and I always come back.

I'd probably post more than once a week over at IGN. And spend the rest of my time somewhere else in Jolt.... we could always take over spam and turn it into the new General.

Aye, seize control of Spam, resettle it's pathetic, savage denizens to somewhere else, declare the NSG Government in Exile as controlling and keep up business as normal.

I'd probably get a job, do my physics homework, possibly sort things out with my parents, and maybe start a meaningful, lasting relationship with a nice person.

What would we do? Where would we go to find refuge? Would the friendships, rivalries etc fostered here simply cease to exist? *shudders*


I have my own off site forum. So its all gravy baby ;)

I'd probably get a job, do my physics homework, possibly sort things out with my parents, and maybe start a meaningful, lasting relationship with a nice person.

Things to avoid at all costs.

You've got a point. I might actually study more.

*shudders*

That would be terrible. PLEASE MAX, NEVER PULL THE PLUG!!! I want my children's children to become NSG regulars! MUAHAHAHAHAHHA!

Move on to other political forums, I guess.

What would we do? Where would we go to find refuge? Would the friendships, rivalries etc fostered here simply cease to exist? *shudders*
be thankful that I have the email of a few people here to keep in touch.

I have my own board and sit here at work posting on both of them so it's not like I have no one to talk to. I come here for political talk because my board is more of a free for all, no rules social site. I also own a political domain name so maybe I would build that site. Anyone want to help me? :D

Stare blankly at the screen. Refresh the page. Stare. Stare. Refresh again. Twitch. Repeat.

Stare blankly at the screen. Refresh the page. Stare. Stare. Refresh again. Twitch. Repeat.

Yup. Normal operating procedure for an NSG junkie.

Yup. Normal operating procedure for an NSG junkie.

True.

Mentally breakdown and sit in the corner, huddled up in a tight ball, rocking back and forth, telling myself this is just a bad dream...

lol.

i would probably just find a new game

lol.

i would probably just find a new game


aren't you just a clever little bugger

lol.

i would probably just find a new game

Bah! Begone with you n00by 1!

Bah! Begone with you n00by 1!

He will be gone shortly. I took care of that ;)

Stick my hand up my butt, then smell it, like I'm doing now.

Stick my hand up my butt, then smell it, like I'm doing now.


You are quite strange.

oh god

we would become net refugees wandering from forum to forum looking for a new home and being flamed off each one as the wretched newbies we would be.

some of us would find new homes eventually; some of us would be forced to turn to real life for companionship.

oh god the poor wretches forced to go outside and be exposed to weather.

i pray it never happens.

This is what I would do:

DON'T REPOST LINKS TO PORN
Doesn't work. I only see a "no porno, dweeb" sign. :p

lol.

i would probably just find a new game

Yeah. Go do that.

dude, thats paris hilton

dude, thats paris hilton

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Sorry. Had to.

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Sorry. Had to.

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I would cry. I would slash myself. I would go up to <insert nearby Virginia suburb> and jump off a bridge, narrowly avoiding a horrible death by a speeding yacht named after Maryland.

Then... I would write "NSG Pancake" everywhere... and go to UNC @ Wilmington... then spend the rest of my life in a tree, in a place where thunderstorms are rare.

Either that or somehow get Max to create another NS. :p

Just move on, I guess. I don't have bonds outside of the forum, really (well, a couple, but not much), so if it didn't exist there wouldn't be anyway for me to even know where everyone went, much less follow them or anything like that. So it would all go away like that Zork game I don't play anymore.

Yup. I'd probably get a lot more work done.

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Why does everyone find owls funny? It makes no sense. For the record I find the owls funny.

I have my own board and sit here at work posting on both of them so it's not like I have no one to talk to. I come here for political talk because my board is more of a free for all, no rules social site. I also own a political domain name so maybe I would build that site. Anyone want to help me? :D

Can't help you build it, but I can provide content. I've got opinions you wouldn't believe. ;)

i think i might die. after regretting not getting some people's emails.

we'd have to take over one of the other forums. maybe the spam forum, it's not like much would change.

Yup. I'd probably get a lot more work done.
same here.

Can't help you build it, but I can provide content. I've got opinions you wouldn't believe. ;)

If you've got room for another content man, Dan, I'm up for it. I can't code worth anything, but I can write loads of stuff once I sit down to do it.

Of course, if you're going for content, be sure to get some variety. Nazz and I have a few different positions on some issues but overall I think we're pretty close to the same. You'll want someone like Wilgrove and Corneliu to jon in as well. Maybe Zilam for the leftist religious point of view that's so rare to find.

take Max to a pub an talk him out of it over some drinks

Why does everyone find owls funny? It makes no sense. For the record I find the owls funny.

I for one welcome our netspeaking owl overlords.

I for one welcome our netspeaking owl overlords.

O Rly?

I'd be disappointed, but life existed before I knew of NSG, so I'm reasonably confident it would exist after it too.

I'd be disappointed, but life existed before I knew of NSG, so I'm reasonably confident it would exist after it too.

Both of those comments are WRONG!

O Rly?

ya rly. n00b i bett t3 moddz iz gon DEAT u ha ha ha ha ha:mp5:

that was meant to be sarcasmic.

Kidnap one of Max's family pets?
Both of those comments are WRONG!
Ouch.

Why does everyone find owls funny? It makes no sense. For the record I find the owls funny.

i liked the cats better, cats are more expressive.

I do truly believe I'd cry.

After a month or so of mourning (scheduling crying time in my room in the middle of the day), I suppose I'd have to write a song about the forum and what it was like.

And then jump off the Brooklyn bridge.

After a month or so of mourning (scheduling crying time in my room in the middle of the day), I suppose I'd have to write a song about the forum and what it was like.

And then jump off the Brooklyn bridge.

Hasn't that already been done?

And anyway, if you come to <insert Virginia suburb here>, you'll find the bridge that that particualr town is named after, and it'll increase your chances of gettign hit by a speeding yacht. :p

Hasn't that already been done?

And anyway, if you come to <insert Virginia suburb here>, you'll find the bridge that that particualr town is named after, and it'll increase your chances of gettign hit by a speeding yacht. :p

But the difference here is that I'd plan on surviving the fall. :p


Sure, some may have jumped off the Brooklyn bridge before, but have they done so after writing a song about NS General and placing it all over the internet?

But the difference here is that I'd plan on surviving the fall. :p


Sure, some may have jumped off the Brooklyn bridge before, but have they done so after writing a song about NS General and placing it all over the internet?

No...

but chances are, even if they didn't write a song about NS but they did jump off a bridge, they were most likely pulled out of the water before gettign hit by a speeding yacht.

I'd blame Sim Circus.

Then Ruffy.

No...

but chances are, even if they didn't write a song about NS but they did jump off a bridge, they were most likely pulled out of the water before gettign hit by a speeding yacht.

Okay, I could attempt to jump off the Brooklyn bridge and land on a barge, hoping to survive the impact. :p

I'd find max and give him a Shovel Award for Excellence.

I'd find max and give him a Shovel Award for Excellence.

*slaps*

Okay, I could attempt to jump off the Brooklyn bridge and land on a barge, hoping to survive the impact. :p

But it's not a yacht.

I'd find max and give him a Shovel Award for Excellence.

*smites*

But it's not a yacht.

It's a fricking barge, man! I could land on cargo containers...!

...Of course, landing on somebody's fancy yacht and raiding their refrigerator sounds like an excellent idea...

*plots*

*slaps*

...Do you know what a Shovel Award for Excellence is?

...Do you know what a Shovel Award for Excellence is?

*slaps and continues plotting*

...Do you know what a Shovel Award for Excellence is?
I sure don't.... :confused:

I sure don't.... :confused:

In that case, you win one.


*WHAM! Dig, dig, dig*

i liked the cats better, cats are more expressive.

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I'll have to give you my new email just in case :)

Oh, I've been on other forums...no time for gaming, but for politics ALWAYS. But other forums just don't cut it. I miss the regs from NSG, and I always come back.true the other forums give me no satisfaction..

we should have a way to get in touch so we can recreate our community.

I nominate Sinuhue to be one of the coordinators.

incoming your way.. my email.

i'd probably be asleep right now instead of logging in every night arround 00:30 to check my issue and hang out on these forums for a while.

i like the idea of simulating how i'd like to run a nation, which i really don't think n.s. does as well as i'd like. nor does it really address the aspects of doing so i'm most interested in.

i'd really like to find some place that does. that isn't about a bunch of kinds wanting to play nations making wars on each other but really organizing infrastructure, setting policy priorities, qualities of life and core values of cultures, that sort of thing.

and being honest and objective and realistic about the connection between priorities and probabilities that can be scientificly observed in real life. and i don't mean limited to the self isolation of economic theory, and how that relates to weapons development, but really about the quality of what people experience in their lives and how a lot of things interact, which i don't doubt would be to complex and time consuming to program for a lot of people who probably wouldn't be interested anyway.

i think it's cool that it's here. and i appreaciate that it has been created and made possible. i AM here after all.

i would be, if it went away, well it would be a big chunk out of my vicarious virtual 'life', but not the end of it by a very long way.

i do thank everyone who makes it possible. but i sure wish i could find something that this, "n.s." only fractionaly fills a very small part of the need i feel for.

=^^=
.../\...

What would you do if Max closed down NS?

What would we do? Where would we go to find refuge? Would the friendships, rivalries etc fostered here simply cease to exist? *shudders*

Cuba LOL, and Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, seems to be the logical place for many of my fellow NS Nations, as is their right as the free NS Citizens they are.

I'd probably post more than once a week over at IGN. And spend the rest of my time somewhere else in Jolt.... we could always take over spam and turn it into the new General.
You sir are a Homosexual!

I'd be on MSN more, start posting on the Playstation Forums(4 years and 0 posts:p ), Probably post on Cricinfo, ICC or some other reputable Cricket Forum, post on IRB, finally i'd play more Playstation and chase some tail.

*twitches and glares madly*
Why are you asking this question? Do you have some inside knowledge, eh? Do you? Why, tell us, you little... *falls asleep from lack of, well, sleep*

If it shut down then I would probably do two things: open the NS page, set Firefox's TryAgain extension timer to 4 seconds instead of its current 10 and leave it open until the Universe ended or NS came back up, whichever happened first; the second thing I would do is go on a rampage and kill everything in sight from a mixture of insanity and loneliness.

Ilaer

My friend:
"But you have no social life..."
Me:
"Yes, I do. It's called the Internet, and MSN Messenger and forums. Especially NS General forums. The equation is NSG + Me = a colon and a 'D'."
Just to show how much NSG means to me... :D

What would we do? Where would we go to find refuge? Would the friendships, rivalries etc fostered here simply cease to exist? *shudders*

I'd die of boredom at work and would probably find a different job as a result.

What would we do? Where would we go to find refuge? Would the friendships, rivalries etc fostered here simply cease to exist? *shudders*

Why must you blaspheme? :(

Ah well, we'd still have NSwiki.

Also, I'd get more sleep, and I'd get more work done at home.

It's not matter as long as there is an NSG.

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:eek:

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Considering how empty the rest of Jolt sometimes is, hijack another Forum.

Like everyone else said, I'm sure Spam would make a good NSG.

Considering how empty the rest of Jolt sometimes is, hijack another Forum.

Like everyone else said, I'm sure Spam would make a good NSG.but...
Max would never want to close down NSG.. the most likely scenario is Jolt closes down.. and Max cant find an affordable-big-enough host.

in da interweb.. there is no lifetime warranties.

I'd probably do something crazy and dangerous like getting a life.

What would we do? Where would we go to find refuge? Would the friendships, rivalries etc fostered here simply cease to exist? *shudders*

I don't know. I can't imagine not going to my regional forum and posting on here and Gabbly. I guess I'd go for more online manga reading and porn.

What would we do? Where would we go to find refuge? Would the friendships, rivalries etc fostered here simply cease to exist? *shudders*

I... don't under...stand the question.

I mean, I see all the words, but - is it possible to even use them together like that?

*shudders*

What would you do if Max closed down NS?


Cuba LOL, and Hugo Chavez's Venezuela, seems to be the logical place for many of my fellow NS Nations, as is their right as the free NS Citizens they are.

NSG goes boom, and I should move to Cuba?

Well...it's as good a reason as any I suppose. :p

I'd die of boredom at work and would probably find a different job as a result.

Yeah, NSG is the only thing that kept me going during my last teaching assignment. THE ONLY THING. Sad, no? Then again, I was stuck in a town full of relgious fundies who all resembled the children of the corn. It was horrible.

What would we do? Where would we go to find refuge? Would the friendships, rivalries etc fostered here simply cease to exist? *shudders*

Commit suicide.

NSG is the first online forum I ever actually went on. It's true! I admit I was a forum virgin! And though I now post sporadically elsewhere, NSG is my first love, and will always remain so. I adore and despise its quirky cast of characters.

So for real. We should have a 'just in case' plan for what to do if NSG gets shut down. So far it seems to be:

A) Take over spam.

But we need a backup plan B. If jolt goes kerplunk...how shall we find one another again? HOW!!!???

But we need a backup plan B. If jolt goes kerplunk...how shall we find one another again? HOW!!!???

Well, creating a forum is apparently very easy. And it could conceivably be linked to from the NSwiki for everyone to find it.

NSG is the first online forum I ever actually went on. It's true! I admit I was a forum virgin! And though I now post sporadically elsewhere, NSG is my first love, and will always remain so. I adore and despise its quirky cast of characters.

So for real. We should have a 'just in case' plan for what to do if NSG gets shut down. So far it seems to be:

A) Take over spam.

But we need a backup plan B. If jolt goes kerplunk...how shall we find one another again? HOW!!!???

I take it that nobody likes my death-by-speeding-yacht idea...

I'd make my own NSG, with blackjack, and hookers!.

I'd make my NationStates Expatriates IF forum public and invite all the old NS people to go back there and continue posting, even if there isn't an actual game to keep them there. If any of the moderators and coders were still around, I'd invite them to attempt to recreate some of the NS source code, and we'd host it on a private server or something, and it would crash a lot, just like in the old days. Eventually we'd grow too big for IF and find another server like Jolt that can host us, until that one too goes out of business. And so ad infinitum.

Eventually we'd all just move into Simonist's house and sit around debating politics for real all day until we die. I dunno.

What would we do? Where would we go to find refuge? Would the friendships, rivalries etc fostered here simply cease to exist? *shudders*

I'd enjoy my retirement from online politics, sit back with a little tequila and toast to the great Australian gent who made the good times possible.

After that, I'd just have a more fulfilling life IRL. More time for cars, women, literature...ah, the beauty of it all. :)

I'd enjoy my retirement from online politics, sit back with a little tequila and toast to the great Australian gent who made the good times possible.

After that, I'd just have a more fulfilling life IRL. More time for cars, women, literature...ah, the beauty of it all. :)

You ass kisser. :p *steals tequila*

You ass kisser. :p *steals tequila*

How do you think he got that avatar and the mod powers associated with it? ;)

How do you think he got that avatar and the mod powers associated with it? ;)

Probably by my habit of questioning Mod rulings over the period of three years.

Probably by my habit of questioning Mod rulings over the period of three years.

And bribing them with tequila.

And bribing them with tequila.

Blasphemous. The tequila is mine, all MINE!!!!

And bribing them with tequila.

Contrary to popular belief, none of the current moderators actually got their positions by "ass-kissing" or "bribery". Instead, they got the positions for acting all helpful like.

And offering their bodies to the admi— *DEAT*

What would we do? Where would we go to find refuge? Would the friendships, rivalries etc fostered here simply cease to exist? *shudders*

http://www.nearlygood.com/smilies/surprise.gifNoOOOOO0!
Don't even think about that. No...no...http://www.nearlygood.com/smilies/vibrate.gifhttp://www.nearlygood.com/smilies/bawling.gif

I'm sortof lucky I suppose, in the sense that I keep in touch with most of anyone I need to via either the IRC or offsite forums. I would suppose that if Nationstates died, we would continue writing on another forum of sorts.

This sort of thing was actually organized when the forums were moved to Jolt; there were 100 players or so who used one in particular, the rest of us just waited patiently.

Anyways, anyone can google the NS Wiki, and/or login to the IRC and ask everyone what's happening. If Jolt died, I'd say they'd find something different... else if ns.net died, it would be up to you.

Blasphemous. The tequila is mine, all MINE!!!!

NO! Mine!!!!!

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www.boards.ie

Check myself into rehab and come out internet free.

Oh, and also have NS MSN madness.

Probably by my habit of questioning Mod rulings over the period of three years.

Pfft, that's ridiculous. [violet] must want your internet babies.

I'd cry. And probably drink, lots. Please don't close it.

Pfft, that's ridiculous. [violet] must want your internet babies.

Tempting thought. [violet] is cute, though a bit older than I usually go for.

Tempting thought. [violet] is cute, though a bit older than I usually go for.

The NS Modsquad is not a very good place to have children. We're looking at an anime fangirl, an elf, an English teacher, and someone from San Francisco. Plus an admin no-one really knows too much about, except that she's Aussie. I mean, seriously.

The NS Modsquad is not a very good place to have children. We're looking at an anime fangirl, an elf, an English teacher, and someone from San Francisco. Plus an admin no-one really knows too much about, except that she's Aussie. I mean, seriously.

I would go with the one from San Francisco. Such a sweetheart. :)

I would go with the one from San Francisco. Such a sweetheart. :)
^_^ *snuggles the cute transformer boy*

^_^ *snuggles the cute transformer boy*

Mod romance.

Kind of creepy.

Mod romance.

Kind of creepy.

It's like walking in on your parents having sex.

Mod romance.

Kind of creepy.

Very....

...I'd become permanently addicted to Wii.

The NS Modsquad is not a very good place to have children. We're looking at an anime fangirl, an elf, an English teacher, and someone from San Francisco. Plus an admin no-one really knows too much about, except that she's Aussie. I mean, seriously.

I feel like such a noob for only knowing who one of those people are.

...I'd become permanently addicted to Wii.

SYRUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :fluffle::fluffle::fluffle::fluffle::fluffle:

Meh, I can live with it.
Just end up setting permanent residence in Megatokyo Forums.
Things can get worse.