What the Gameplay Forum is for, in a general sense

[Tactical Grace]

What the Gameplay Forum is for, in a general sense


Talk about regional politics, and why llamas are a cooler national animal than squirrels.


Compiled from the ideas of Qaaolchoura and others at http://www.nationstates.net/forum/vi...c.php?t=100826

The Gameplay Forum is neither another RP forum, nor a new Tech Forum, but rather, a forum for discussing puppets, parody nations, UN rankings, in-game empires, the issues surrounding region crashing, region hoppers, etc. That is to say a forum for those activities which exist in the NS World regional domain and are not truly role-play, but are semi-IC, and therefore fall into a sort of no-man's land between Technical, NationStates, Moderation, and General. A forum, essentially, for players of the NS World side of the game to discuss their technical maneuvres and the underlying politics.

The Gameplay Forum is therefore broadly for NS World issues, not Forum issues. This would include:

• Discussion of in-game technical maneuvres and the underlying politics, more specifically:
  • Regional politics, inter-regional relations, rivalries and alliances.
  • Discussion of and responses to events in NS World, such as diplomatic crises, etc.
  • The merits, tactics and etiquette of region crashing and defending.
• Regional publicity and PR, in the form of, but not necessarily limited to:
  • Region Directories / Recruitment.
  • Regional Forum / Website Directory.
• Issues relating to nation and region configurations / customisable fields and ownership, such as:
  • Discussion of witty or apt comments for mottos and other customisable fields.
  • Showing off / discussing parody nations.
  • Descriptions / discussion of puppets and about others' puppets.
  • Description of non-RP-related national characteristics.
  • Flag Services.
  • Map Services.
• Discussion of methods that people use to occupy their time in the Game.
• Discussions about semi-IC themed regions.
• Discussions about region hopping (not just Bunny, there are plenty of region hoppers with much smaller, more focused circuits).
• Miscellaneous issues involving use of the NS World game engine.

But not forum-based role-play. If you have moved some UN nations into someone else's region and have assumed control, that belongs here. If you have sent some armoured divisions on their way to someone's nation's capital, that belongs in NS or II. This forum exists so that NS World players can have a semi-IC forum to themselves without RP, for which there are already two forums in existence.

This is just my take on things, but I feel the "real" action in NS is about people - specifically, those who have a nation with UN membership - which ensures "one person, one vote".

You can RP with just one nation, especially if you've had it long enough that it has a large population. You can have as many puppets as you want. But growing your region, the internal politics of becoming delegate, region crashing and defending yourself and your allies against invasion - that's teamplay, and the aspect I find most interesting and challenging.

It's nice to have a forum for it.

White Lotus Eaters
UN Delegate, Urbanites

not meaning to sound dumb, but how do you upgrade your economy,military and so forth. any and all help would be greatly welcomed. the rocks just don't seem to have a large threat value

Originally Posted by Mdn

not meaning to sound dumb, but how do you upgrade your economy,military and so forth. any and all help would be greatly welcomed. the rocks just don't seem to have a large threat value

There are certain issues that allow you to upgrade these things (but sometimes at the expense of another). For example, I got an issue yesterday about the discovery of a uranium mine. I could:

1. Bulldoze the rainforest on top of it.
2. Keep the rainforest.
3. Mine a small part and leave most of the rainforest intact.

I chose choice 3, and the next day I saw that my economy had risen, but in my nation's description it noted that my national animal was on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Another issue was pretty straight-forward, and I had to choose which department to give more funds to. For example, I could increase funds in military, or education, etc..

Just as a side-note, when RPing with your nation in a war, you should keep in mind a few things: Your nation's size, economy, and whether or not it has attributes that affiliate with the military, I.E. compulsive military service.

could someone please give me the rating system again? emperor Mathuises link dosnt seem to be working any more...

Originally Posted by Rungholt

could someone please give me the rating system again? emperor Mathuises link dosnt seem to be working any more...

That's because it's a link from the old forums. http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=275386

how do you give buy things, such as weapons and stuff? And where do you see how much money you have.

Originally Posted by Albinoism

how do you give buy things, such as weapons and stuff? And where do you see how much money you have.

Hi. Welcome to NationStates. There is nothing in the game mechanics that simulate buying and selling. Buying and selling is done by roleplay. You'll see in the International Incidents forum several threads of players who who sell things. If you see something you want, you just make a post (example) and the player who started the thread will either confirm or deny your order.

As to money, some players have made calculators to help you judge your economy. Each one will probably give you different results, but you'll have an idea of your economy. Here are the ones I know of:

http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/gdpcalc.php
http://twr.1colony.com/ver8/calc8.0.html
http://www.thirdgeek.com/nseconomy.php?nation=
http://www.sunsetrpg.com/nsxmlparser.php
http://www.sunsetrpg.com/economystatistics.php

You should also note, a defense budget is not entirely used to buy stuff. Procurement should probably be in the 20%-30% range of a defense budget.

[Frisbeeteria]

There seem to be a number of threads recently addressing two-year anniversaries. While it's nice to see some of the reports from players who were active very early in the game, I don't think we necessarily want to turn Gameplay into the Anniversary Forum.

Can some of these be combined? Can we have a Two Year Anniversary rolling thread that people could add to as they reach the milestone, or do we actually want each nation's history listed separately?

If this spawns a long discussion, I'll split it off later (as I just did with all the off-topic stuff in this thread), but for now I think this is an appropriate place for such a discussion.

I was reccomended by a friend and I think this is very interesting.

[Crazy girl]

yeah, sounds like a good plan, fris, kinda like an ongoing party

So, would here (this board, not this thread) be the right place to suggest features for the game (like people's economy calculators for example, something that adds to the game, without changing the way it works or cause any compulsory changes), or would it go in Technical?

Apologies for my ignorance, but you know what they say: "If ya don't ask, ya don't get."

I hope I am posting in the right place....Is there a way to alter an issue after it has passed? I accidentially clicked a choice in an issue that I didn't mean to...The joys of being exausted after a 12 hour shift at one job, 3 hour break then 5 hours at another.

Thank you.

[Tuesday Heights]

Actually, this would go in the Got Issues? forums... but alas, I'll answer it here for you. No, you can't go back and change an issue selection once it's updated; you'll just have to wait for the issue to come back up again for you to be able to pick another choice. If your issue is still in queue, and hasn't updated, then, you can still change it before the update.

this is probably a question with a really obvious answer... How do you get a custom title for your natin? for example, I'm the Armed Republic of Yurislavia. How could I become the Dut tape-provine of Yurislavia, for example? (I know the name's tacky, I'm tired and just needed an example, right?)