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The Compass to International Incidents

PREAMBLE/ABSTRACT:

Birthed out of the confusion and distraction of the multiple International Incidents Stickies and the hunt for a consolidated, combined and well organized sticky, this came about from my mind in hopes of reconciling it all in one, nice well organized place. This is a ‘compass’ to point you in the right direction in role playing on International Incidents. Designed as an introduction to war, trade, character role playing, and as a general introduction of the true fun of playing the game NationStates, this ‘compass’ is essential reading for all new comers and has hint, suggestions, and design tips that might help even the most seasoned veteran of International Incidents.

Index:
Section 1: For New Comers – The Essentials of Role Play (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13242829&postcount=2)
Section 2: What to Do Now? – Starting to Role Play (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13242833&postcount=3)
Section 3: 99 Red Balloons – Everything War (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13242837&postcount=4)
Subsection 1: Broad Strategy, Advice, Wisdom, and Various Guides to War
Subsection 2: Advanced and More Specialized Strategy, Advice, Wisdom, and Various Guides to War and Design
Section 4: The All Powerful Universal Standard Dollar – A Brief on Economics (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13242839&postcount=5)
Subsection 1: Trade, Money, and Embargoes – An Introduction to NationStates Trade
Subsection 2: Helpful Tools – NationStates Calculators
Section 5: For Sale By Owner – Various Information on Storefronts
Section 6: Lists, Pictures, and Places – Various Information on Nations (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13242845&postcount=7)
Section 7: See Also – Miscellaneous (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13242850&postcount=8)

Section 1: For New Comers – The Essentials of Role Play

1.) The Eruoslavia Series of Helpful Hints (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=408855) by: Euroslavia

2.) The NationStates Orientation (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=437653) by: Kaukolastan

3.) Role Playing Tips and Suggestions (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=406680) by: Euroslavia

4.) RP Suggestions For a Friend (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9689501&postcount=7) by: Iuthia

5.) Why Do You Love NationStates? (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=412835) by: Euroslavia

6.) NationStates Role Play and Ignoring (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=282993) by: TROUSRS

Section 2: What to Do Now? – Starting to Role Play

1.) A Guide to Making Embassies (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=543965) by The Far Echo Islands

2.) FYI: What you should NOT post in International Incidents (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=294193) by: Automagfreek

3.) What Godmoding Is (New Version) (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=367578) by: Euroslavia

4.) How To Make A Great Factbook! (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8864533&postcount=5) by: Pacitalia

Section 3: 99 Red Balloons – Everything War
Subsection 1: Broad Strategy, Advice, Wisdom, and Various Guides to War

1.) The Art of NS War (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=528099) by: Daehanjeiguk

2.) The Ultimate Guide to War (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416823) by: Automagfreek

3.) The [un]Official Guide to War in NationStates (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=380336) by: Kordo

4.) Guide to NS Strategy (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=403138) by: Gruffingford

5.) What Logistics Is (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=275828) by: The Evil Overlord

6.) Logistics :War and Peace (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=393153) by: The Macabees

7.) Some Info on Military Equipment Pricing (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=287768) by: Clan Smoke Jaguar

8.) How to Defeat a Numerically Superior Army (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=398617) by: The Macabees

9.) Suggestions for Dealing with ‘Enemies’ (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416668) by: Sarzonia

10.) The Art of Losing (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416665) by: Dracun Imperium

Subsection 2: Advanced and More Specialized Strategy, Advice, Wisdom, and Various Guides to War and Design

1.) Guide to Roleplaying Terrorism v2.0 (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=366018) by: Jauxsism

2.) Cost of Nuclear Program for Your Nation (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=542151) by: Vault 10

3.) Naval Landings (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=367974) by: The Island of Rose

4.) A Quick and Nasty Guide to Fighting in Built Up Areas (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=403397) by: Isselmere

5.) The Effects of Genocide/Mass Murder on Your Nation (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=431658) by: Euroslavia

5.) A Joint Treatise on Naval Strategy (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=412713) by: Sarzonia and Praetonia

6.) Creating and Effectively Using an Air Force (http://www.forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=415156) by: Geisenfried

7.) Some Info on Naval Vessels (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=292413) by: Clan Smoke Jaguar

8.) Battleships; Ranting and Raving (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=535249) by: Questers

9.) Some Things You Should Know About Tanks (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=288671) by: Clan Smoke Jaguar

10.) The Ten Basic Rules of Naval Ship Design and Roleplay (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=402365) by: The Free Thinkers

11.) Guide to Modern Tech Space Role Play (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416572) by:Whitter-

Section 4: The All Powerful Universal Standard Dollar – A Brief on Economics
Subsection 1: Trade, Money, and Embargoes – An Introduction to NationStates Trade

1.) Government Definitions; All About Economies (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=408438) by: Euroslavia

2.) Everything You Need To Know About Trade (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=426062) by: Euroslavia

Subsection 2: Helpful Tools – NationStates Calculators

1.) NationStates Dossier (http://nsdossier.texasregion.net/main.aspx)

2.) Sunset (http://www.sunsetrpg.com/economystatistics.php?)

3.) NS Tracker (http://www.bashwebdesign.com/NationStates/NSTracker/index.php)

4.) Pipan Budgetary Calculator ( http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/gdpcalc.php?nation=your nation name)

5.) Thrace-Taliteann Budgetary Calculator ( http://members.fortunecity.com/thracetailteann/html/gnp.html)

6.) Colony Calculator (http://twr.1colony.com/ver8/calc8.0.html)

7.) ThirdGeek Budgetary Calculator. (http://nseconomy.thirdgeek.com/)

Section 5: For Sale By Owner – Various Information on Storefronts

1.) How to Build a Better Storefront (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=353255) by: Sarzonia

2.) Proposed Code of Conduct for Storefronts (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=359981) by Sarzonia

3.) Worldwide Storefront Directory (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=526190) by: Kamphers

Section 6: Lists, Pictures, and Places – Various Information on Nations

1.) Official List of World Facbooks (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=358763) by: Kryozerkia

2.) List of National Leaders (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=412266) by: The Macabees

3.) National Leaders’ Pictures (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=411099) by: Roach-Busters

4.) Peoples Governments: Useful for RPing (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=348708) by: Jonothana

5.) [un]Official List of National Capitals (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=351543) by: Kryozerkia

6.) List of Alliances (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=275121) by: Kelanthia

7.) National Imports/Exports Thread (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=390671) by: Praetonia

8.) Place to Post National Constitutions (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=390671) by: SovietRepublicofRussia

9.) Categories of Gov’t Types, Freedoms, Economy, and Post Numbers and their Names (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=392208) by: Euroslavia

Section 7: See Also – Miscellaneous

1.) International Incidents Consolidation Sticky (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=437653) by: Euroslavia, et al.

2.) The Far Fetched Farcaster Theory of the NS State of Existence (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13242797) by: The Far Echo Islands

You are now free to post.

We already had V-10 doing this. There's a reason for that.

Very well made...suggest this for stickification :D

This should be stickied. I love how this is compact and includes all the links without wasting bandwidth with long and useless explanations! Thank the Lord there are sensible people out there!

We already had V-10 doing this. There's a reason for that.

Meh, I took it as a challenge, as a race to see who could make the best consolidated sticky first.

Very well made...suggest this for stickification :D

This should be stickied. I love how this is compact and includes all the links without wasting bandwidth with long and useless explanations! Thank the Lord there are sensible people out there!

Thanks to the both of ya.

We already had V-10 doing this. There's a reason for that.

Wow, way to be helpful!

TFEI- excellent job, but I'd like to make some suggestions -

1. Consolidate all the posts into one large post. Once you've done that, the mods can remove the excess posts. I'd also suggest having a mod close this thread and splitting off the comments to a seperate comments thread... but maybe once we're done perfecting it.

2. Add some colors and size changes to differentiate between sections and descriptions. It helps break up the page and draws the readers' eye to important sections.

3. We need to remove and update some parts of the old thread, and it seems you've just repasted some of the same threads. That's fine, but we need to go through the links and see what's out of date and what's not. I'll post again with some help.

Otherwise, excellent job. You did what I was thinking about doing- way to show initiative for the forum!

Additions
The New Official List of National Leaders (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=327933) by Northrop-Grumman
Cost of Nuclear Programs (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=542151) by Vault 10
/shamless plug
and if you'd like to: National Embassy Directory (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=542813) by Snefaldia.
/shamless plug

You've been in a referency mood today. Good job, I suggest this be stickied and updated occasionally, instead of having a bunch of stickies with all of these threads that you've linked to taking up half of the page.

Wow, way to be helpful!

TFEI- excellent job, but I'd like to make some suggestions -

1. Consolidate all the posts into one large post. Once you've done that, the mods can remove the excess posts. I'd also suggest having a mod close this thread and splitting off the comments to a seperate comments thread... but maybe once we're done perfecting it.

Actually, I think I'll leave this thread open, repost the Index as is with the links to individual posts in this thread, and make a closed thread with a large single post.

2. Add some colors and size changes to differentiate between sections and descriptions. It helps break up the page and draws the readers' eye to important sections.

Yes, that may be a good Idea, I will work on that in the new big single post

3. We need to remove and update some parts of the old thread, and it seems you've just repasted some of the same threads. That's fine, but we need to go through the links and see what's out of date and what's not. I'll post again with some help.

Please point me to this, or tell me how to tell how if something is outdated as some things are timeless, somethings do expire, but, (especially with design) I have a hard time telling.


Otherwise, excellent job. You did what I was thinking about doing- way to show initiative for the forum!
:cool:

Actually, I think I'll leave this thread open, repost the Index as is with the links to individual posts in this thread, and make a closed thread with a large single post.

I might be misunderstanding you, but I don't think that would be a good concept.

It would be much better to have one thread with a single post on it referencing multiple threads. Linking back to individual consolidation posts defeats the purpose of a consolidation sticky- we want to have one big thread which can refence everything.

Please point me to this, or tell me how to tell how if something is outdated as some things are timeless, somethings do expire, but, (especially with design) I have a hard time telling.

I'll have to run through it, but the best way to tell is last post date. If the thread isn't being actively updated or posted in, and it's one that requires personal attention, chances are it's out of date.

If it's an important example (RP or great design) it can probably stay.

Also, check my post above ^ for some addition suggestions.

Nice work Echo, much needed organization.

I like it. Stickied.

I'm going to keep his stickied, for now, for the sake of furthering the thread along with what you're currently working on (as well as an easy way to reference the thread, in order to improve it). It's not going to be a permanent thing. I would suggest that whatever Vault is working on (along with others) and you (The Far Echo Islands) combine your work into an ultimate thread for II.

The One Post Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13243106#post13243106)

Nice. But now there's seven or sumfink' stickies on the first page of II...