NationStates Jolt Archive


1 Year of NS

New Empire
27-04-2004, 20:40
Yep, it's here for me a lot faster than I expected to...

I first found this game on a message board. Hearing the stories, and having some knowledge of war, weapons, and politics, I joined and began watching others, learning how the game worked, and started RPing.

I had no idea what I was doing, really.

Sure, I could spell, didn't declare war on the world, or try to destroy the UN, but I got plenty of flak for my early attempts at weapons marketing.

So I waited, and decided to argue in General. Come late may, I had been in maybe 3 regions, and had a substantial population. I decided to go with a mix of modern and futuristic technology, and ran a short-lived, but respectable storefront. Around this time, I was also recruiting friends to the game. Sure enough, they came, and a few are still here today.

I then decided to move to a new region, The Allied Powers. Again, I wasn't sure what I was getting into, I knew barely anyone or anything about the balance of powers and alliances. This is when I really started participating in NS.

Within a few days, I had nations plotting attacks on me. I responded, and with my new reigon, eliminated the threat in less than a day of Real time action.

Fun, but not the best.

I started designing more weapons and selling them, and large amounts of people started buying. I never really liked storefronts, so I decided I'd hold myself to better RP standards than a lot of the things that happened here, and for anything, war, diplomacy, and trade. I hope people think I did that.

So over the course of the summer, I experimented with spacetech. Not fun, so I left. I then engaged in more wars, actions, meetings, and all sorts of other things. I tangled with everyone from Arcel to The Reich, some RPs clearly better than others.

I guess what I'm saying is that NS is maybe the most addictive webgame I've played. I met a lot of people, did a lot of things, and had a good time. Pretty good for an advertisement.

~NE's player.

And on a side note, I'd like to give a big thank you to the guys in The Allied Powers. Some of the best RPers on NS, and I've never been in a better region.
New Genoa
28-04-2004, 00:31
Congrats, man! :mrgreen:
New Genoa
28-04-2004, 00:40
Congrats, man! :mrgreen:
New Empire
28-04-2004, 00:51
Thanks NG.
Automagfreek
28-04-2004, 05:39
W00t!!!!
1 Infinite Loop
28-04-2004, 07:03
http://www.leylandfleetline.com/1st-birthday-cake.jpg
:Birfdai Caek GET!!1111
Moontian
28-04-2004, 07:40
Congratulations on surviving for a full RL year, New Empire; and welcome to the multibillionaire's club. Your nation must have more than 2 billion people for you to enter.
Derto
28-04-2004, 08:59
What? Is there a club for those over 2 billions in pop, where is the sign up?
Moontian
28-04-2004, 14:02
You don't need to sign up, as it's a part of the game structure.