Nationstates

[Shevchenko]

does anyone eles plays nationstates, an online game, it is really cool, try it and if you play it why don´t you talk a little about it.

 

[Shevchenko]

By the way it is: www.nationstates.net

 

[Thrawn]

I think there's another thread on here somewhere about it.

Used to play, got bored. Started again after that, got bored again. Decided not to play again.

 

[Specialist290]

I have a nation over there: the Republic of Specialist.

 

[Shevchenko]

Read the now famous, Why I play nationstates, from Lindim:

A legislative session is called to debate euthanasia as different bills are proposed. Heated debates fill the halls of Parliament; each position will have a different effect on Lindim. Some will raise the economy to unprecedented heights, some will turn the government into a large, Orwellian machine of observation.

A tense diplomatic meeting is arranged; all countries represented wait for the word. Will the alliances, international juggernauts of that elusive quality, power, settle their differences, if only temporarily? Or will the giants throw their weight at each other, willing to bring down entire civilizations in their quest for dominance in the name of what they think is right? No matter, armadas are being readied and special forces have been deployed.

In the shadows, a terrorist group waits. Long have their people been oppressed, and now they will strike back through a car bomb. Willingly or not, the international community will pay them attention. And perhaps, in the attack, justice may be achieved, a nation in waiting liberated.

Armies are mobilized against a backdrop of cruise missile strikes, entire cities are ripped apart and the sounds of machine guns echo in the distance. The generals pay this no mind in their dark rooms lit only by the glows of computer screens. They see only chess pieces and units to move, armies to outflank, bandits to engage. And the generals themselves are but pawns in larger international games, perhaps set up only to fail, serving a hidden power's interest and a nation's plot for power.

And then I blink, my computer screen flickering in the wake of a gust of wind from the outside. My windows rattle, and rain beats softly against the roof. My tea has gone cold, and the house remains quiet in a low hour. My alarm is set to go off in a few hours, ushering me to a day of school and homework, studying the rise and fall of empires, real leaders and real battles fought over real love, real betrayal, and real power.

And as I sit here in my pajamas in the youngest hour of the day, my parents and siblings sleeping on the floor below me, pencil and paper on my desk filled with the schemes and betrayals of dozen of humans, the soft hum of my computer a comforting sound, I wonder. I wonder why. I wonder why a fifteen-year old may play at ruling the world, at ruling a nation, at controlling the fates of billions.

But the people of Lindim are torn apart in a civil war, salvos of missiles and thousands of lives are hanging in the balance off the coast of Avios, and the Prime Minister has been kidnapped.

I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.

Miles to go before I sleep.

 

[Shevchenko]

I also have a nation it is Free Noldor States
Actually I have like 5 nations and 1 region, the Noldor State, ruled by an other nation, also mine the Sinadarin Noldor, too much Noldor I would say.

 

[punkbass2000]

I had one or two way back when it first came out. It gets old after a bit, though, especially when you start just answering the same questions every day. I did manage to get onto some of the top whatever lists, though, after a while. Did they ever end up making the changes the guy was talking about? I left pretty shortly after I did the survey for it, IIRC. Oh, and did the UN ever break from its realistic role and become useful/meaningful?

 

[Judge_Deadd]

I played it but got bored.

 

[Lozzy_Ozzy]

I play as the Dictatorship of Pater Sin and the Community of A-Team Mania, opposites attract .

 

[Shevchenko]

The one thing I can remenber I how did I started playing?

 

[Thrawn]

How many of you guys who play have read the book?

 

[Shevchenko]

Not me at least, just read the first few lines

 

[Shevchenko]

Wonder if it is interesting, seems to strange, for what I have read, rather just play the game and it was suposed to make more people read the book, who belives that work?

 

[Thrawn]

I've got it. It's not too bad.

And that's exactly how it worked for me Noldor. I played NS for a bit, it got me interested in the book, so when I saw it in the shop one day I bought it.

 

[Lozzy_Ozzy]

Never read it, might give it a look though .

 

[Obssesed Nuker]

Just to note... did any of you ever go on the forums?(NationStates I mean)

 

[North King]

Yes, I play it. I played it a long time ago, and then quit, then rejoined. Still in my old region.

See the region of Gujarat, the nation of Scothverde. That's my latest.

 

[Thrawn]

I did Obsessed Nuker. Took part in an rp on there too.

 

[Lozzy_Ozzy]

Not really taken much interest in it, i'm on quite a few forums but most of my time is spent here on CFC .

 

[~Corsair#01~]

OK... I just checked my nation, Neo-Draconia. It doesn't exist anymore.

Charming.