NationStates Jolt Archive

Since the last OOC thread is nearing 1200 posts, and some people suggested a new OOC thread...

Anyway, this thread should carry Torontia-related OOC chatter that isn't related to the Idaho invasion, which has its own OOC thread.

[OOC: It's over. And I had too long a writer's block to get any say.... :(]

Lets make the excuse that he got recalled back halfway through due to some emergency.

Perhaps he fell in the shower and hurt himself...

[OOC: Apologies to be blunt Amestria, but something useful and actually realistic that doesn't involve my character getting sent back to the Southeast Asian capital....]

... something useful and actually realistic that doesn't involve my character getting sent back to the Southeast Asian capital....
Eleanor put him in hospital. I guess Mr Ho annoyed too many people...

Seriously though, maybe he just got lost? Whereabouts unknown, missing somewhere in East Torontia. I’ll have the Xirniumite Gendarmerie keep an eye out for him.

Other then that....

Got drunk? Hung over? Just couldn't get a word in over the squabbling? Maybe he was just too tired to get up? The other delegates wouldn't listen to him? There are a million different answers...

[OOC: What does "Gendarmarie" mean? And anyway, I feel I need to rework on the character, as realistically nobody is too overconfident (but Ho is not stupid, the only reason he has his job is because he is efficient enough to keep at it, had he not been efficient enough, Neo would've put his head on the metaphorical chopping block), nor are people absolutely black or absolutely white on the moral spectrum. The guy I based him off is off someone, as I mentioned earlier, at my secondary school who I interpreted as narcissistic and arrogant due to his often cocky demeanour.]

Maybe he was just too tired to get up?

Deffinately go with this one SEA!! If thats not the best reason for going missing i dont know what is.

What does "Gendarmarie" mean?
A force of paramilitary police officers.

Nope, sorry. The Torontian Constitution has been approved, but there are still warlords and guerrillas running about in Idaho, if you want to help smack them down.


Do you really think that McKagan needs MORE help? :p

-snip-

Say he went out for dinner during the break and his car "broke down."

Xirnium: TG

Any productive ideas, people?

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I like the idea where everyone else wouldn't stop screaming at each other for Mr. Ho to get in a word... makes them all seem irrational to the Southeast Asians, though.

Or, just as you couldn't figure out what to write, your guy might simply not have been able to think of anything to say that the other delegates weren't already saying. It happens to us all. Maybe he was just having a bad day that day... there was a pretty nasty row among some of the delegates before the conference even began... but I think they would have hated each other even without On the Amestrians and their Lies (http://ns.goobergunch.net/wiki/index.php/On_the_Amestrians_and_their_Lies) pouring fuel on the flames.

That works, its what im going to assume happened with my Emperor while i was unable to post - he just sat back and let the others argue it out!

Do you really think that McKagan needs MORE help? :p
Not really, but it might end the conflict a little sooner...

That works, it's what I'm going to assume happened with my Emperor while I was unable to post - he just sat back and let the others argue it out!

See, Yallak's cool with it, maybe you should do the same thing. :)

Amestria, TG's.

See, Yallak's cool with it, maybe you should do the same thing.
In fact, perhaps Mr Ho and Lord Balor decided to pass the time by playing cards together and merely left the others to argue it out.

In fact, perhaps Mr Ho and Lord Balor decided to pass the time by playing cards together and merely left the others to argue it out.

Haha even better, not only were they not bothering to put input into the arguments they were just plain ignoring the other delegates entirely.

Haha even better, not only were they not bothering to put input into the arguments they were just plain ignoring the other delegates entirely.
It also explains away two absences in one go. :)

Not really, but it might end the conflict a little sooner...


True, but I'm having alot of fun actually USING my ground forces for something.

Xirnium: TG

Xirnium, another TG.

It also explains away two absences in one go. :)
Only one problem - I'm not sure about that.

Only one problem - I'm not sure about that.
I see no problem.

Amestria, TG.

Can I join this thread?

I see that I know almost everybody in it, and in the spirit of Allanean foreign policy in general, it's hard for Allanean involvement NOT to be there.

I personally have no objections, but it seems like the majority of the people who run the thread don't want to bring in others... just wait until a few more people reply.

Allanea,

How would you get involved? I personally have no overall problem with you being involved - it's just hard for you to be involved in the storyline. You don't have forces in the region, the constitution has already been written, and elections are coming up. It would also really surprise me if any of the involved nations would allow you to simply start meddling in Torontian affairs.

That said, there's nothing stopping you from it.

I'd give it a go, if everyone else was okay with it.

I'm pretty much with what McKagan said, summed up very nicely there.

I am afraid the main story line has advanced too far at this point for a dramatic new entry or change in direction.

I am afraid the main story line has advanced too far at this point for a dramatic new entry or change in direction.

That's pretty much where I am. There's no real reason for anyone else to get involved. The power play is over. Right now it's just elections and shit.

I suppose the Allaneans could push a libertarian candidate if they really wanted to have some involvement... or establish an embassy or diplomatic relations with the new Democratic Republic of Torontia.

Amestria, TG.

I suppose the Allaneans could push a libertarian candidate if they really wanted to have some involvement... or establish an embassy or diplomatic relations with the new Democratic Republic of Torontia.

Amestria, TG.


I was thinking a variety of diplomatic involvements. Trying to persuade my allies to amend the constitution (and failing most likely), sponsoring terrorism and protests, and intervening via a covert intelligence effort. This kind of stuff.

That could work, it may bring back some life to RP too. I have no objections.

I do not personally have any real objections to other people wanting to get involved in the Torontian RP, so long as the type of involvement is appropriate given the status of the storyline. Torontia will, after all, soon have its own government and begin to interact with the international community.

That said, I’d like for Allanea’s involvement to be reasonable and logical. That obviously means no armed crusades to bring home-schooling, private gun ownership, and laissez-faire economics to Torontians by force, or similar absurd interventions...

I do not personally have any real objections to other people wanting to get involved in the Torontian RP, so long as the type of involvement is appropriate given the status of the storyline. Torontia will, after all, soon have its own government and begin to interact with the international community.

That said, I’d like for Allanea’s involvement to be reasonable and logical. That obviously means no armed crusades to bring home-schooling, private gun ownership, and laissez-faire economics to Torontians by force, or similar absurd interventions...


See my post above. Certainly I'll be trying to bring these things, but through more.... subtle ways.

Well, any Allanean backed party would take a LONG time to get started. It wouldn't be able to compete in the least sense of the word in the first round of elections. It wasn't represented at the convention and would struggle to even become widely KNOWN before the elections.

It's hard to tell what Torontian civilians would feel towards Allanea. If Allanea backed a pre-existing party, they could possibly buy some seats, but Allanea would be very behind the other nations.

Amestria, *BIG* TG.