NationStates Jolt Archive

The effects certain issue results have should be explained a bit more thoroughly, or hinted at better in the issues. Exactly *what* legislation is going to be issued should at least be included.

Just saying this because i already had a few issues where the result was somewhat different than i expected it to be, as the wording can sometimes be a bit confusing.

Specific effects don't have to be included, but at least a preview of the legislation would be nice...

This is from the "how to write an issue" sticky at the top of this forum:

Every choice should be the wrong choice in some way or another. The issue should make the reader, after making his decision, think he should maybe have picked another one.

Issues are deliberately written to offer dubious choices (at best) and to have unexpected side-effects. They're never totally divorced from the decision, but they often come at you from the blind side.

The younger your nation, the more extreme the effects will be, because your public servants haven't become bored with paper-pushing yet.

NS is meant to be a political simulation game. Unexpected things happen in politics. In real life, there are limits to how many effects even the most meticulous researchers can predict. NS's issues reflect that.

I didn't mean it like that - I appreciate that particular part of the issues.

What i meant was how they are worded. The issue i mean is about the cameras in major public areas. The choices go very clearly from no cameras, to cameras in those areas to.... the third choice is vague, as i didn't really know what was meant by barcoding. I assume it was just having compulsory ID's for everyone, but apparently citizens get a barcode stamped onto them?

I don't mind the consequences of issues, i don't mind that they might be unexpected, but i do mind what decision i'm exactly making. Politics may be very inpredictable, but politicians sure as hell know exactly what laws they're writing :P

It's like accepting in an issue that certain children may be found ugly, only to find out the next day that the actual legislation means putting them to death? Personally i'd like to know what the actual legislation says before i accept it.

I didn't mean it like that - I appreciate that particular part of the issues.

What i meant was how they are worded. The issue i mean is about the cameras in major public areas. The choices go very clearly from no cameras, to cameras in those areas to.... the third choice is vague, as i didn't really know what was meant by barcoding. I assume it was just having compulsory ID's for everyone, but apparently citizens get a barcode stamped onto them?

I don't mind the consequences of issues, i don't mind that they might be unexpected, but i do mind what decision i'm exactly making. Politics may be very inpredictable, but politicians sure as hell know exactly what laws they're writing :P

It's like accepting in an issue that certain children may be found ugly, only to find out the next day that the actual legislation means putting them to death? Personally i'd like to know what the actual legislation says before i accept it.

US politicans rarely know what they're passing, actually. They never are given the bills in time to read them. ;)

Enjoy it as part of the game! Real leaders are inept, so the game shows that you are too. ;)

I didn't mean it like that - I appreciate that particular part of the issues.

What i meant was how they are worded. The issue i mean is about the cameras in major public areas. The choices go very clearly from no cameras, to cameras in those areas to.... the third choice is vague, as i didn't really know what was meant by barcoding. I assume it was just having compulsory ID's for everyone, but apparently citizens get a barcode stamped onto them?


You didn't read that option too closely did you?

3. "This 'slippery slope' argument has got me thinking," says Police Minister @@RANDOMNAME@@. "You know, it would be a lot easier to fight crime if we watched people all the time. Not with cameras, of course. That's clearly an invasion of privacy. But how about a national database of our citizens, coupled with compulsory ID cards and barcoding? It would stop crime dead in its tracks."

I was confused about that... Didn't think it actually meant barcoding *people* -_-

I know, i'm just a little naive maybe? :P

Look at the Jennifer Government logo on your nation's home page (if you haven't clicked Remove Ad). You'll see then that barcoding is a direct reference to the book on which this game is based.