NationStates Jolt Archive

Seeing as stickies are approved by the moderators as being semi-official rules and guidelines, I wanted to run these additional threads across the moderators, as potential posts to be added onto the II Consolidation sticky.

I received input from a few II'ers in this thread: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=430965

Here are the potential posts that could be added on:
So You Want To Be A Roleplaying Star (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=430788)
Krieg's Guide To Losing (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=428384)
Dealing With New Players (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=430647)
The Complete Idiot's Guide To Creating A Military (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=419552)

A moderator suggestion or approval would be very much appreciated.

The guides to losing, new player interactions, and militaries are good, however the "roleplaying star" guide is too vague, too short, and too shortsighted to be a sticky in my opinion. After reading that thread, not many would feel enlightened or whatnot. There is a better sticky in NS.

There is a better sticky in NS.

Link?

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=352036&page=1

The last few pages became crap...but the original post is golden

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As well as adding this thread, from what others have said: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=431658 (The Effects of Genocide/Mass Murder on Your Nation)

I haven't had a chance to review those other threads, but I'll try to get to it tonight. If someone else beats me to it, so much the better.

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One last .::BUMP::. before I take off for vacation. There's absolutely no rush on this, just a reminder about it. :)

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Back from Vacation. :)

So You Want To Be A Roleplaying Star (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=430788)I see no need to add a thread who's big advice is "read the stickies" to a sticky. Recursive acronyms are fun, recursive stickies are silly.

Krieg's Guide To Losing (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=428384)Amusing, and good advice, but really its quite brief, and seems to present losing as an intended goal as opposed to an acceptable outcome. If it was fleshed out a little, maybe.

Dealing With New Players (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=430647)No offense, Euro, but this is stuff people should already know. Common netiquette, if you will. Most of it seems to be at least implied in other stickies and suchwise.

The Complete Idiot's Guide To Creating A Military (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=419552)I'm loathe to include threads like this on in stickies as they tend to turn preference into unofficial law. We had a period where every nation had exactly 5% military, because that's what the sticky said. Anybody who deviated was either an idiot (too low) or a godmoder (too high), regardless of role play reasons for either or role played consequences of either. I hate putting hard percentages for military forces down (a nation is certainly allowed to have 20%, 30% or even 50% enlisted, there's just brutal consequences that people rarely role play) as it's little more than personal opinion. Especially when you consider that at the populations some NS countries have, 5% is insanely high (250+ million in the military?)

So, yeah, I don't think any of these need to be added or given a quasi stamp of approval like they would if added.

No offense, Euro, but this is stuff people should already know.

Absolutely none taken.

So, yeah, I don't think any of these need to be added or given a quasi stamp of approval like they would if added.

Thanks for reviewing these threads, I do appreciate it. :)

Apologies for not putting it in the first post, but if you have time, there's one more thread that I posted a few posts later.
As well as adding this thread, from what others have said: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=431658 (The Effects of Genocide/Mass Murder on Your Nation)

Take your time though, there's absolutely no rush.

Looks to be another in a series of short primers. The section describing how it actually connects to NationStates is rather short and... well... thin.

Looks to be another in a series of short primers. The section describing how it actually connects to NationStates is rather short and... well... thin.

I've been meaning to elaborate more about the connection, just because International Incidents is known for its 'genocide overkill'... but thanks again. :)