INES III: Storm Tapestry

[Imago]

That was different. But foreshadowed, too. Liked it.

 

[Neverwonagame3]

Any tips on this stuff, Circuit? Even before I switched from France, I can't seem to be able to keep up...

 

[Terrance888]

Joining as India.


Can someone fill me in? Perferably two people to have minimal bias...

 

[Kozmos]

Rather impossible.

 

[Terrance888]

Of course I read the Updates. I am just wondering if some people can tell me some of the tween-update politics and try to sway me in their direction. Orders are due in a few hours so I can't finish reading all the stuff, but I might get it done for the Friday update.

 

[Kozmos]

Orders are due next day not in a few hours. You had a war with Iran. You made peace with them. This is about as neutral as I can get without trying to sway you any way.

 

[Ninja Dude]

Kill Iran when they're distracted with someone else. Get some allies.

 

[Nuka-sama]

You used to own Pakistan

 

[Terrance888]

I say TRY to sway me. Having three or more propaganda paragraphs to compare is much more entertaining and enlightening to the core of a game than some vanilla AARs. Anyway, I don't have to hurry my orders now. Anyway, Ninja Dude gave me some propaganda advice, so if I can get some counter balance I'll be set.

EDIT: Yes Nuclear Kid, thank you. I think I said I read the updates and just want some biased reviews of the politics (world, I think I can understand the local politics by now...) so I can weigh my options.

 

[Kozmos]

I love when it someone swoops in in the late-game and completely unbalances the situation. As if the NWAG situation mid-game wasn't bad enough.

 

[Agent 89]

If you insist. As you can tell by the updates, India and the Supreme Leader are best buds, and the Indian people want nothing more than to wipe out the science-devils in Rome.

 

[Imago]

Welcome, Terrance888. I echo what Kozmos implied and Ninja Dude said. T'would be IC.

 

[TheLizardKing]

India was allied with China, which sneak attacked Japan, which brought the entirety of my alliance into war with China and India. Iran stepped in, and took over Pakistan, and I invaded Ceylon, the Maldives and some other places, mostly as a deterrent to stop India from supporting China in any major way. Once the Chinese war died down, I ran away, and Iran got Pakistan.

Technically, yeah, you could support the UAK or Rome and take back Pakistan, but then wonders why you'd even want in back, considering it's filled with mostly pro-Iran muslims anyway. I'm fairly sure their is even a peace of diplomacy highlighting that fact. Meh.

Orders and a story to come in later tonight.

 

[Circuit]

Any tips on this stuff, Circuit? Even before I switched from France, I can't seem to be able to keep up...

Here's the tips:

Spoiler :

Well, for starters, characters need traits that make them human, and should have redeeming qualities along with tragic flaws. Next, all stories are about change. Third, all stories are a dialectic between opposing forces (which could be anything, from armies to values), and it's how characters respond to those opposing forces, for better or worse, that makes a story. The struggle between the opposing forces should be made apparent in the story. Also, keep in mind timing. What may be clumsy and awkward at one point may be completely appropriate at another (I'm sure the love story would have seemed goofy had the war not been the backdrop to it, and the war just gave it all the more power), so go ahead and ask yourself, "Why now?". Characters take time to build, so reuse them. It's also all right to slightly exaggerate qualities of characters, both good and bad, making them larger than life but still convincingly human.

It takes practice. That's why I like NESing. It's perfect practice for story writing. This may seem like a tall order at first, but just try to keep it under control; don't go overboard, and don't worry too much. For me, it comes naturally. I'm not sure how great these tips are in this context, but I suppose the biggest tip for stories, the one I always keep in mind, is this: in the end, something has to change.

EDIT: Most NES stories (updates not included) fall into either vignettes, flash fiction, or short stories. These tips are probably most appropriate for the short story: the other two have different goals and requirements. Here's a link providing tips for flash fiction, which is just really short short stories:

http://www.fictionfactor.com/guests/flashfiction.html

The key here is economy. EVERYTHING should be small.

Here's a link on writing vignettes:

http://www.how-to-write-anything.com/vignette.html

Vignettes are basically slice-of-life prose. They're more meditative. They're also easier to write.

Just trying to help.

 

[Julius Gandi]

To: The Citizens of Israel
From: The United Arab Republic

Peace will soon embrace the middle east. We ensure that the United Arab Republic will allow maintain peoples freedom to worship god in how they see fit. The Jewish and Christians of Jerusalem have nothing to fear from the Egyptians.

 

[Imago]

To: United Arab Republic of Egypt
From: Israeli Prime Minister Isaac Livni

My people have dwelt sovereign between the Nile and the Euphrates for a hundred years. We will never willingly give up our freedom to aggressors. May the best army win…the race to Cairo.

 

[Terrance888]

 

[Agent 89]

To: Prime Minister Nataji of India
From: The Supreme Leader

I would hope that India is honorable enough to uphold a treaty that it signed not two years ago.

 

[Terrance888]

To the Supreme Leader
From Prime Minister Nataji of India

Of course. We enjoyed the tribute you have given us for peace. Shall they continue? I would like to see the document myself: the Prime Minister Jarwal, like his predecessors, were understandably cautious of deals with outsiders. Both in the signing of such deals and revealing their actual contents.

 

[Agent 89]

To the Supreme Leader
From Prime Minister Nataji of India

Of course. We enjoyed the tribute you have given us for peace. Shall they continue? I would like to see the document myself: the Prime Minister Jarwal, like his predecessors, were understandably cautious of deals with outsiders. Both in the signing of such deals and revealing their actual contents.

To: Prime Minister Nataji of India
From: The Supreme Leader

If you wish to see the negotiations that were made after the Umma's glorious victory in Pakistan, then I would be more than happy to show them to you.