NES awarenes week?

[stalin006]

My fellow CFC regulars

ive just discovered a part of CFC that i didnt knew it really existed, it is the NES or Never-Ending-storys forums, ive joined and myself will start one on sat (u are welcomed to join), but i noticed a great problem, that is, taht not many people are regular players, 10-15 most, maybe 20 but no more, and i am here to request to post somethign (on the main homepage)(or those sticky announcements) about the existance of NES and its meaning, hopefully this will attarct more people, as today many NES are being close for lack of joining people and the hard work of many is w/out it rewards.

Help us support the NES communities before tehy dissapear as a realistic forum.

 

[Plexus]

Yea, I was oblivious to them before I joined a few months ago. I like them and I have one going.

 

[Toasty]

NESs were best when it was a small community of players.

I am no longer involved in NES, but I have wasted a lot of time there, and they can be fun--however, they don't really require advertizement or anything.

 

[Sultan Bhargash]

I still don't grasp the concept of NES even after having a cursory look.

 

[Plexus]

Love the new avatar, Sultan. Always been one of my favorite SNL characters.

An NES is a story, run by many people, often placed on a map with "Diplomacy"-esque rules.

 

[SunTzu]

thought u were talking about Nintendo Entertainment System too bad we don't have a Nintendo Entertainment System awareness week

 

[Toasty]

Originally posted by Antonius Block
I still don't grasp the concept of NES even after having a cursory look.

NESs are based on the original never-ending story, in which anyone could write anything that happened in an imaginary world of Civ 3.

It was then that das (you won't find him around anymore) transferred this idea to a map, giving everyone their own country and limiting what they could write to their own nation. At this point there was a lot of stories, and in some cases, a lack of realism. Also, there was no real way of determining battles in a war, so that whoever was attacking would consistently win, as they wrote about the battles.

The game has always worked in turns with "simultaneous movements." It was the writer/player's job to put the orders in a PM or in their post for the mod of the game to see and apply.

This lack of realism, both in technology and military, lead to a more regulated style launched by uknemesis (you won't find him around anymore, either). Eventually this spawned a "board game style" NES, in which each NES is played as a seperate board game based on spaces. It is essentially Risk variations with diplomacy bound in. You control armies and navies and, pending the rules, they can usually only move one space per turn.

Board game style NESs essentially ruled the forum for a few months at which point the RTOR (Return to Our Roots) idea was spawned by yours truly, setting back the clock to story-style NESs like it had been started as. The RTOR label has been used by many people, but RTOR2 has been far more successful, running for many, many months, and having somewhere around 2 or 3 thousand posts (it's not uncommon for successful NESs to have posts in excess of 500).

RTOR started the "Story NES", which was based on the idea of story telling as opposed to a boardgame. A person might have an individual tale to tell for their own country, and to a certain extent, are supposed to, but in the majority of cases do not. The story NESs provide a lot more fluidity to the game. Usually the moderator decides battles based on the size and technological level of the forces. Fractions are used in story NESs when distributing the forces of a nation: i.e., "1/4th of army on 1/2 of navy to land in Japan," suggesting that a quarter of the army, transported and protected by the navy, would make an amphibious landing in Japan. Also taken into consideration are things like economy and culture, those these take a comparatively minor role. There are some regulations, but a lot of the decisions are arbitrary.

Board Game NESs are a lot easier to get the hang of, and if you're interested in it, I would reccomend seeking out one. And if not, try observing a new NES for a while before jumping in (don't even bother trying to read all of RTOR2), as we'll accept anyone at any point in the game so long as there are open spots.

 

[cgannon64]

I've looked at them. Never really interested though.

 

[Sultan Bhargash]

I would like to get involved in this sort of thing, it sounds a bit time consuming (?) and quite possibly extremely arbitrary. Marked down for future consideration...

 

[china444]

I love NES' stalin, so dont fear me leaving.

Don't worry about not enough people. If me had too many there would be WAY too many NES out there.

I mean, the vets, Jason, Azale, Puglover, Me, Erez, EQ, naervod, anarchy we are staying.

And just this week we have gotten three new people:
You, Finmaster, and nivi. So don't worry.

If the NES forums go, then I go too.

 

[Toasty]

Originally posted by Antonius Block
I would like to get involved in this sort of thing, it sounds a bit time consuming (?) and quite possibly extremely arbitrary. Marked down for future consideration...

No more time consuming than OT, AB .

Moderators are subject to complaints in NESs, and tend to be very reasonable, lest they feel the wrath of their underlings.

 

[naervod]

Originally posted by Toasty


No more time consuming than OT, AB .

Moderators are subject to complaints in NESs, and tend to be very reasonable, lest they feel the wrath of their underlings.

Key word there is tend to be very reasonable. As we have seen from various flame wars and some moves of desperation by less that satisfied players, the moderator's wrath can be incurred very easily when they get an NES complaint.

However, flame wars happen very rearely and are dealt with quickly, making the NES forums more enjoyable for all. If you have some spare time, drop by the NES forums and join an nES or two, yo'll be hooked!

 

[Oruc]

Originally posted by china444
I love NES' stalin, so dont fear me leaving.

Don't worry about not enough people. If me had too many there would be WAY too many NES out there.

I mean, the vets, Jason, Azale, Puglover, Me, Erez, EQ, naervod, anarchy we are staying.

And just this week we have gotten three new people:
You, Finmaster, and nivi. So don't worry.

If the NES forums go, then I go too.

thanks china444 for missing me from the list

 

[.:KNAS:.]

And me, i was there before everyone but Jason and Anarchy (of those on your list)

 

[Hygro]

I have viewed them, and they seem more inconcrete than the demogame RPG. I say, let people really into the site find them on their own, or quietly mention it. The bandwidth is clogged enough as it is. No need to get people more addicted to this place than they already are