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I'm curious. You guys are missing out on a lot.

No, they really aren't.

Umm coz I never heard of it.

I'm curious. You guys are missing out on a lot.Such as?

I'm curious. You guys are missing out on a lot.
No, they really are not, in fact, no Generalite should come to II, ever. You know what? IDF you should leave too, its super-boring.

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Seriously, don't come, please

Because I'm happy RPing on my region's forum.

'Cause II is a cesspit of depravity, circle-jerking, godmoding, and immaturity?

Oh wait.... <.< >.>

Seriously? I don't RP anymore,... tried once in Gamefaqs' Random Insanity, but the munchkin in me wanted to nuke everyone to kingdom come.

Less seriously? II's political landscape is worse than NSG. :D

I started out on II, actually. But then, the only RPs I followed were Pacitalia/Sarzonia/other AO nations (I know there are big names that I'm forgetting, but it's been awhile since there's anything interesting I've actively followed, and the memory starts to go, you know?)

So I shuffled over here and I like it here. :)

I don't RP.

I am trying to be everywhere, but NSG and II and UN are my top three forums (fora? forii?) here. UN is a kinda slow forum nowadays, II and NSG tend to be fast-paced forums (fora? forii?)... Them forums (fora? forii?) are fun.

I am trying to be everywhere, but NSG and II and UN are my top three forums (fora? forii?) here. UN is a kinda slow forum nowadays, II and NSG tend to be fast-paced forums (fora? forii?)... Them forums (fora? forii?) are fun.

Fora is the proper latin plural, forums is likely the english one.

I don't bother because no one pays attention to me and my marijuana smoke nuke... *nods*

Also, I think we're at war with them or something.

I'm curious. You guys are missing out on a lot.

I used to rp a couple nations. SPeaking as a lifelong avid roleplayer, they suck at it. The handful who have any real skill are lost islands in a sea of ineptness. :(

I don't bother because no one pays attention to me and my marijuana smoke nuke... *nods*

I'd DEFINITELY pay attention to that.

I have RPed in II a bit, with various nations. I never became an official "IIer" because of a lack of time and a lack of interest in war RPs. I don't know why, but the war RPs are just boring to me the way they're generally done in II. Even good writing can't seem to make them interesting to me. Just a personal hang-up, I guess.

I have RPed in II a bit, with various nations. I never became an official "IIer" because of a lack of time and a lack of interest in war RPs. I don't know why, but the war RPs are just boring to me the way they're generally done in II. Even good writing can't seem to make them interesting to me. Just a personal hang-up, I guess.

It's not just you. The vast vast majority of them are the same crap over and over again.

I used to rp a couple nations. SPeaking as a lifelong avid roleplayer, they suck at it. The handful who have any real skill are lost islands in a sea of ineptness. :(

Nobody appreciated your taco fuelled armies with mud based weaponry?

It's not just you. The vast vast majority of them are the same crap over and over again.

Wow, that's pretty rare, a lucid opinion from LG.

Anyways LG, if you were to write an RP in II, (...and please don't revert to the usual LG-ness in answering this...) what would you write about?

It's not just you. The vast vast majority of them are the same crap over and over again.

Dude...thats age*...even NSG is guilty (!) of recycling old threads....most times the newer ones are posted quite innocently by newer members.

age as in member of NS

I suck at RP'ing, seriously. I am intimidated by it, I am sure I am not doing it right, and there are all kinds of weird people around there who think it's their job to tell my puppet that I suck......so meh. It's your own little II club and Smunkee is not welcome. [/whining]
Awwww... so let's form our own II RP club! I'll bring the mud cannons and pie catapults.

I suck at RP'ing, seriously. I am intimidated by it, I am sure I am not doing it right, and there are all kinds of weird people around there who think it's their job to tell my puppet that I suck......so meh. It's your own little II club and Smunkee is not welcome. [/whining]

Nobody appreciated your taco fuelled armies with mud based weaponry?

I actually competed in a few of the early World Cups. Lemmitania and I made one hell of a broadcast team. :)

Awwww... so let's form our own II RP club! I'll bring the mud cannons and pie catapults.

it would be easier if someone who was good at RP would teach me stuff and make sure I didn't get bombed and bullied into eternity.

it would be easier if someone who was good at RP would teach me stuff and make sure I didn't get bombed and bullied into eternity.

Well there are those rare moments when NSG produces those social RPs, it's a good way to learn AND you're surrounded by people you're familiar with.

I don't even know what II is. The only reference to NationStates 2 that I've ever seen - outside of comments made in threads like this - is the forum section for it here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1228), which is just speculation about it being vaporware, moaning about possibly having to pay for it if it ever materialises, and tumbleweed. I presume that isn't what you're all on about.

It's moot for me anyway. I'm only here because there are enough posters on NSG capable of objective comment to make it worthwhile browsing the threads to see what's what. Freeform RP is nice, done well, but it's usually done really, really badly, and that makes it pointless (to me).

I don't even know what II is. The only reference to NationStates 2 that I've ever seen - outside of comments made in threads like this - is the forum section for it here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1228), which is just speculation about it being vaporware, moaning about possibly having to pay for it if it ever materialises, and tumbleweed. I presume that isn't what you're all on about.

It's moot for me anyway. I'm only here because there are enough posters on NSG capable of objective comment to make it worthwhile browsing the threads to see what's what. Freeform RP is nice, done well, but it's usually done really, really badly, and that makes it pointless (to me).

International Incidents...II...

Not NSII

it would be easier if someone who was good at RP would teach me stuff and make sure I didn't get bombed and bullied into eternity.
I'll help! The trick is basically to ignore what everyone says, read the sticky threads about basic RP ettiquette (i.e. godmoding and good writing), and just.... try not to start any war RPs, those always degenerate. With the possible exception of those started by me (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=539923) ;) -- and even then because people don't generally take them very seriously.

Wow, that's pretty rare, a lucid opinion from LG.

Anyways LG, if you were to write an RP in II, (...and please don't revert to the usual LG-ness in answering this...) what would you write about?

Well, I used to run a nation called 'Raw Unadulterated Evil' and it seemed nobody appreciated the subtle deviousness. For example: During one near-war, Evil stepped in to moderate and offered to take thousands of ethnic prisoners(that the offending nation was committing atrocities upon) and have them re-educated into valuable members of Evil's society. Nobody even once batted an eye at the 're-education' concept. :(

Another time, Evil perfected an automated satellite assembly technology and asked for assistance in testing it by a nation with a space program. Without batting an eye, the nation sent ten 10,000 lb payloads of depleted uranium slugs into a polar orbit which were then assembled successfully into a single unit. With a retrorocket and guidance system. ... In other words, an orbital kinetic energy weapon. A poor man's nuke. Crickets chirped. :(

They developed for sale several unique techologies including a ultrasonic sniper rifle that fires a coherent pulse of ultrasound instead of a bullet and a universal anti-biowarfare drug. In the distance, a dog barked. :(

it would be easier if someone who was good at RP would teach me stuff and make sure I didn't get bombed and bullied into eternity.
There's a practice war I've joined over at II, where older players teach young 'uns like me. :D But there's more to II than wars and factbooks and alliances and embassies. I tried to make my RPs to be a little bit different, but this one is dead (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=541044) (I think my inactivity killed it... :(), this one (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=541174) is still on but closed... Over at II there are madhouses (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=546240), cheese factories (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=513627&highlight=cheese), reality shows (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=541623&highlight=race+feather), etc...

International Incidents...II...

Not NSII
Wow, all this time I read "II" as 2, instead of "I.I.". Y'learn something new every day! :p

I've read bits and pieces of it from time to time, but it's just not my cup of tea (or rather coffee, since I don't drink tea) - mainly bluster with little to no root in any recognisable reality. It's like listening to a conversation where the participants are each making up their own words (or listening to a couple of Trekkies arguing over some non existent tech, I suppose) and getting annoyed with the others for not understanding. Just not for me.

If other people enjoy it though, good for them. None of my business :)

Because I don't want to read massive hugely long overly-written pages of war porn?

Well, I used to run a nation called 'Raw Unadulterated Evil' and it seemed nobody appreciated the subtle deviousness. For example: During one near-war, Evil stepped in to moderate and offered to take thousands of ethnic prisoners(that the offending nation was committing atrocities upon) and have them re-educated into valuable members of Evil's society. Nobody even once batted an eye at the 're-education' concept. :(

Another time, Evil perfected an automated satellite assembly technology and asked for assistance in testing it by a nation with a space program. Without batting an eye, the nation sent ten 10,000 lb payloads of depleted uranium slugs into a polar orbit which were then assembled successfully into a single unit. With a retrorocket and guidance system. ... In other words, an orbital kinetic energy weapon. A poor man's nuke. Crickets chirped. :(

They developed for sale several unique techologies including a ultrasonic sniper rifle that fires a coherent pulse of ultrasound instead of a bullet and a universal anti-biowarfare drug. In the distance, a dog barked. :(

Wow, they're the equivalent of the most modern conservative "if it ain't broke don't fix it" line of thinking.

Probably it's too over-the-top for them, like your saurus pic ( well, okay, I admit I'm a little bit irked by it :) )

cuz i have better things to do with my time/imagination/fingers than role playing and inventing armies and whatever shite it is you do in there.

Why don't more II'ers go to General?

Come to think of it, maybe someone should ask them that. I guess we each have our own preferences.

Well, I used to run a nation called 'Raw Unadulterated Evil' and it seemed nobody appreciated the subtle deviousness.

Too much Monty Python!

It's not just you. The vast vast majority of them are the same crap over and over again.

To be fair, the same could be aptly said of discussions on NSG.

Well, I used to run a nation called 'Raw Unadulterated Evil' and it seemed nobody appreciated the subtle deviousness. For example: During one near-war, Evil stepped in to moderate and offered to take thousands of ethnic prisoners(that the offending nation was committing atrocities upon) and have them re-educated into valuable members of Evil's society. Nobody even once batted an eye at the 're-education' concept. :(

Another time, Evil perfected an automated satellite assembly technology and asked for assistance in testing it by a nation with a space program. Without batting an eye, the nation sent ten 10,000 lb payloads of depleted uranium slugs into a polar orbit which were then assembled successfully into a single unit. With a retrorocket and guidance system. ... In other words, an orbital kinetic energy weapon. A poor man's nuke. Crickets chirped. :(

They developed for sale several unique techologies including a ultrasonic sniper rifle that fires a coherent pulse of ultrasound instead of a bullet and a universal anti-biowarfare drug. In the distance, a dog barked. :(

That was you? I remember reading some of that nations posts and thinking they were weird. Good, but weird. This explains much! :)

Wow, all this time I read "II" as 2, instead of "I.I.". Y'learn something new every day! :p

I've read bits and pieces of it from time to time, but it's just not my cup of tea (or rather coffee, since I don't drink tea) - mainly bluster with little to no root in any recognisable reality. It's like listening to a conversation where the participants are each making up their own words (or listening to a couple of Trekkies arguing over some non existent tech, I suppose) and getting annoyed with the others for not understanding. Just not for me.

If other people enjoy it though, good for them. None of my business :)

Yeah...it took a while for me to figure that out after I was away on a hiatus.

For me its the amount of work required. I just do not have the time. Nor the interest at the moment.

To be fair, the same could be aptly said of discussions on NSG.



That was you? I remember reading some of that nations posts and thinking they were weird. Good, but weird. This explains much! :)

That was me. :)

I'd LIKE to post more on II, but for some reason its really hard to get people to respond to my posts.

The key to getting responses seems to be making your topics OP one paragraph long and mentioning Jews or some other 'protected' minority.

I'm curious. You guys are missing out on a lot.
Simply not interested, that's all.

II does get a lot of mentions on the moderation forum. Which I find hilarious.

For srsly? What do the RPers get modded for?

I'd LIKE to post more on II, but for some reason its really hard to get people to respond to my posts.

The key to getting responses seems to be making your topics OP one paragraph long and mentioning Jews or some other 'protected' minority.

II does get a lot of mentions on the moderation forum. Which I find hilarious.

I'd DEFINITELY pay attention to that.

Talematros didn't like that and proceeded to godmod when I dropped one of those on his little capital city. He wouldn't play nice nor appreciate Farflorin's contribution to Kryozerkia's war machine.

I also had bugs that could fly in and inject the population with hallucingenic drugs.

No one wanted to play with me and my crazy psycho war... I was FT with unusual technology, but I did have my various mobile suit units...

I gave up very quickly.

I'd LIKE to post more on II, but for some reason its really hard to get people to respond to my posts.

The key to getting responses seems to be making your topics OP one paragraph long and mentioning Jews or some other 'protected' minority.

No, just declare war on everyone or some random asshole who never did nothing to no one.

Well, I did post both in II and NS alot at first, but haven't really done much there in a few years for a few reasons. One is LG's reasoning quoted below. Another major reason is people kept bailing on RPs.

I used to rp a couple nations. SPeaking as a lifelong avid roleplayer, they suck at it. The handful who have any real skill are lost islands in a sea of ineptness. :(

Indeed.

Wow, that's pretty rare, a lucid opinion from LG.

Keep your peepers peeled. It actually isn't rare at all.

Fora is the proper latin plural, forums is likely the english one.
That makes fora the proper English plural.

Unless we're willing to forsake words like media and data, the plural of forum needs to be fora.

Keep your peepers peeled. It actually isn't rare at all.

Indeed. LG is far more lucid than most of the regular posters here.

Indeed. LG is far more lucid than most of the regular posters here.

Lies! :mad:

*vanishes in a cloud of confetti*

Because there's no place for a small, quiet cave of gryphons.

Wow, that's pretty rare, a lucid opinion from LG.There is much more method to LG's madness than you give him credit.

Lies! :mad:

*vanishes in a cloud of confetti*
Aw... :(

Is it edible, at least?

Keep your peepers peeled. It actually isn't rare at all.

Indeed. LG is far more lucid than most of the regular posters here.

There is much more method to LG's madness than you give him credit.

Noticed those moments in serious threads (he states good facts, sometimes camouflaged it with humor, sometimes served with cake, cookies and pies), but the reason I said that because I sensed a rather true and acidic opinion from him about his experiences in II.

And here I thought, nothing can bring the clown down.

I personally don't touch that forum because I much prefer the touch of reality

I have always wondered though what would happen if NSG just got together and ate all the I.I alive at there own game of pick on the weakest

I have always wondered though what would happen if NSG just got together and ate all the I.I alive at there own game of pick on the weakestMods would intervene.

I was off-it so long, I now decide to post a new RP. See if you wish.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=547043

So I shuffled over here and I like it here. :)Yay!

I suck at RP. it's been independently verified from the people at the only other site I've ever tried it...a D&D-type turn-based game whose name I am blanking on. You got to choose a god from players who'd achieved that status...you cast spells or raised armies...there was trade...damn, I can't remember the name. Regardless, I would RP duels and tournaments and I was far too florid and Tom-Robbins-meets-Douglas-Adams for that crowd, so I gave it up.

I was far too florid and Tom-Robbins-meets-Douglas-Adams for that crowdAw fuck yeah :D

So Long, Mostly Still Life With Dirk Gently's Jitterbug Pajamas?

I tried II a bit, but it's just not my cupo of tea.

That, and if I stayed, there, eventually someone with twenty million humans would invade my nation of 1.9 billion Dragons and shout "no fair!" when I grind his army into dust.

...oh, and occasionally we get some nut going "My nation is only 5 million, which is unfair in war. Please change my population to 5 billion.". Which is about as likely to succeed as Kim Jong-Il going "Bush, if we went to war North Korea would gte crushed, so please lend me all your nukes, kthx."

I do. ;)

I'm curious. You guys are missing out on a lot.

Every time I rp, it's ignored (literally, as in nobody replies). And it falls into obscurity within a few hours because of the oh ten-thousand odd other ongoing threads.

I had to make my own offsite rp, with a smaller community, and where we were actually able to find our stuff easily.

What's 2?

What's 2?

Don't worry Bender, there's no such thing as two.
*consoles*

Aw fuck yeah :D

So Long, Mostly Still Life With Dirk Gently's Jitterbug Pajamas?

Or was it The Hitchhiker's Skinny Legs at the End of the Roadside Universe Home from Hot, Long, Dark Restaurant Woodpecker and Everything?

Or was it The Hitchhiker's Skinny Legs at the End of the Roadside Universe Home from Hot, Long, Dark Restaurant Woodpecker and Everything?

Of course, i like yours better. As usual you try harder. :)

Of course, i like yours better. As usual you try harder. :)

Well, when you suck, you have to try harder.

EDIT: and thanks.

I'm curious. You guys are missing out on a lot.

No. We're not. II is utter shit. Nationstates subforum is the one with writing that's actually decent.

Noticed those moments in serious threads (he states good facts, sometimes camouflaged it with humor, sometimes served with cake, cookies and pies), but the reason I said that because I sensed a rather true and acidic opinion from him about his experiences in II.

And here I thought, nothing can bring the clown down.

Why do you think I drifted away? If I can't make it entertaining, it's broken. *nod*

Aw... :(

Is it edible, at least?

As I have learned the hard way; not everything can be edible. :(

I don't bother with II...I do modern day RPing on an offsite forum. Currently playing the role of Thailand, and learning quite a lot. I've also RPed Brazil (to world power status) and North Korea (lil Kim bit the dust, and I started cleaning house).

Shameless plug, since I am an admin there...

http://deathandglory.12.forumer.com/

*flees*

Well, I used to run a nation called 'Raw Unadulterated Evil' and it seemed nobody appreciated the subtle deviousness. For example: During one near-war, Evil stepped in to moderate and offered to take thousands of ethnic prisoners(that the offending nation was committing atrocities upon) and have them re-educated into valuable members of Evil's society. Nobody even once batted an eye at the 're-education' concept. :(

Another time, Evil perfected an automated satellite assembly technology and asked for assistance in testing it by a nation with a space program. Without batting an eye, the nation sent ten 10,000 lb payloads of depleted uranium slugs into a polar orbit which were then assembled successfully into a single unit. With a retrorocket and guidance system. ... In other words, an orbital kinetic energy weapon. A poor man's nuke. Crickets chirped. :(

They developed for sale several unique techologies including a ultrasonic sniper rifle that fires a coherent pulse of ultrasound instead of a bullet and a universal anti-biowarfare drug. In the distance, a dog barked. :(

You'd have better luck if you included pretty pictures of the stuff you made to go with it. I always had good sales of my designs. Even the implausible ones.

Come to think of it... didn't I make you an avatar once too? Bald, save for four strands of wavy hair, and a nose that could be mistaken for a doorstop. :p