As Silva will know, I’ve previously expressed skepticism on the idea of turning Knowhere into a rp canon based on the failure that was Te Ao. How do you plan to incentivize people to join your canon over the other three canons, one of which being a modern-tech one as well?
I don’t have steam, nor do I have the ability to get steam on my laptop, so I’d argue that not all of the games were accessible for me.
What do events that relate to TSP look like? I’m not saying everything has to be palm tree- and coconut-themed. I don’t know how much more I’d care about TSP because I played skribbl.io with tropical words instead of the default words.
More broadly, I think what I’m asking here is if you could provide any more clarity on how exactly your events would foster a sense of community. It’s easy to say that people bond by doing things together, but that seems to me like it doesn’t automatically translate to TSP. Call of Duty players can bond by playing Call of Duty together, League of Legends players can bond by their shared love of masochism, and so forth — presumably, one thing all of us have in common that we play NationStates, whichever form(s) that takes. How do game nights, trivia competitions, awards, and so forth support that?
Actually, I think this raises the question — do you imagine Knowhere would compete with other canons? Would you try to encourage people to participate Knowhere ‘over’ other canons? How does that support regional culture?
What is the role of a Deputy Prime Minister exactly? How does ‘oversight on Foreign Affairs and Integration’ compare with being a deputy minister or an advisor within those ministries?
I presume that one role of the Deputy Prime Minister is to, well, be a deputy: a substitute who can take charge when their superior is absent. Would that assumption be correct? If so, at a surface level it seems strange that Henn has put in a leave of absence request for almost the whole term. Nothing wrong with being busy in real life, of course — but Henn, perhaps we could get some clarification about what your availability looks like to fill in when Nwahs isn’t available, if you yourself are on leave?
@Pronoun does give a good point, if their is a line of succession per se, who will be next in line when Henn is not available, because of LOA, and when LordNwahs is also on LOA, or just relatively very busy IRL, to do any of his duties as PM of TSP, at the very moment, if their isn’t a line of succession, maybe get a designated person to fill in when the PM and DPM, are both or just one is unavailable?
Negative, we have been using the term as a minister without portfolio, but with a little more control than would be conferred with that particular title.
My leave of absence request is solely to cover the bases on whether my work travel will completely take me out or not. It’s up in the air, and there will be portions of that time where I am still here in full. It’s just such a large area to cover operational security a little better than exact dates.
Since it was mentioned, I would add that if I require some extended period of inactivity (i.e. more than 1 day where I am uncontactable) as PM, I will inform Cabinet and communicate my choice of an acting PM to the public afterwards if deemed necessary.
Hello everyone! How exciting to be a part of the inner circle once again. My name is Concrete Slab, and I will be your Minister of Foreign Affairs for this upcoming term. It is my pleasure to inform you of my plans and respond to any questions you might have.
First, as Nwahs has mentioned many times, we plan to attempt a return to an ambassador based system. However, as someone who has experience as an ambassador in the past, I definitely know it can get very bloated and stagnant. To prevent this, I want to have the rollout start with a small group of trusted, passionate nations who are interested in learning more about the culture and people of the region they are being deployed to. I do not want ambassadors to turn into a “here’s the report” machine once a month, I want them to be an active force in the community that represents TSP positively and builds real connections. So, look forward to that, and if you are interested, just let me know and we can talk about :).
Second, I would like to work closely with the Minister of Engagement to continue planning events with our closest allies, as well as other regions we may not have have interacted with as much recently. I am excited to hear their plans and work collaboratively so that everyone can have fun while we grow closer with the people closest to us.
Third, as man of you know, I am very passionate about our regional military, the South Pacific Special Forces. As MoFA, I want to make it a priority to recruit more members into the military as well as grow our Officer Corps even further. The SPSF is one of the primary ways we are able to present ourselves to the world, and building a stronger defender force allows us to not only be more effective, but gain more clout as well. As such, I am excited to work with the incoming Minister of Defense to begin progress in this endeavor.
Fourth, I also believe the World Assembly is another, relatively untapped, way that we can positively present ourselves on the world stage. A few of you may know that we have multiple projects that have been in the works for some time now concerning prominent South Pacificans, and I will make it a priority during my term to see substantial progress is made on these projects and that they are presented to the World Assembly for approval. It’s time to give some beloved members of our community the recognition they deserve. However, with Nwahs leading the way, I know we have a very solid team to get the job done. While I am on this topic, it’s also prudent to mention that World Assembly cooperation with our allies is more important than ever before. I plan to maintain clear and consistent discussions with our allies considering important World Assembly votes, and hope you all will join me in contributing to an active and robust World Assembly culture.
Those are my big ideas and plans, and I am happy to answer any questions you might have. As MoFA, my primary responsibility is being a reliable and trustworthy representative for the South Pacific abroad, and I am honored to have been granted this role. You won’t be disappointed.
Questions for @ConcreteSlab:
I can answer this in part as OWL Director — we currently have plans to begin writing commend/condemns for some TSPers in the next term, but this is still an ongoing process and I won’t make anything public on that for now, other than that this is something where there will be continuity in agenda from the outgoing to the incoming team. Naturally, some of our defender allies will be involved in this drafting process as well, and Slab will continue engaging with others on this front.
I don’t plan on “competing” with other canons in a sense. Knowhere was founded for the community of TSP that might not have discord or a forums account, and wants to RP on NationStates and/or on the RMB itself. The average RPer in Pacifica might not be interested in RPing on site, and I think they are two very different platforms that cannot be compared.
I need to clarify what I said. When I was talking about cultural events, I was not referring to actual ‘games’ like skribbl. However, cultural events would include writing and expression ie. “Writing a national anthem for TSP”. That will probably be how cultural events would be structured.
Similar to what I said to Pronoun, I do not plan on ‘competing’ with other canons. Knowhere will appeal to the members of TSP that do not have access to Discord or the forums, which are very different from Pacifica/Aurora/A1-0 roleplayers (it does not mean that people that RP on the Discord or forums cannot RP on Knowhere, it just might not be their thing). However, I will advertise the canon heavily (without spamming) on the RMB of the South Pacific, which is where most on site roleplayers are active.
Hello everyone! My name is TheLombardLeague and I have been appointed as MoD by lordnwahs .
First of all, I would like to thank Vrigny for his amazing job as MoD, and as stated by LordNwahs I will try to at least maintain the levels of the Tsunami Force’s activity reached during his term, and of course I will try my best to increase them, since bringing more active members in the SPSF means that our operations (particularly big liberations and chasing) will be more likely to succeed.
To do so, I intend to work closely with the MoI to advertise the SPSF to the new nations that they will reach. Furthermore I’ll heavily advertise our special forces (through DMs, posts in the announcements channel and in the RMB, maybe even through regional telegrams) during big liberations, as we will of course need as many people as possible during these liberations and I see them as a great way to lure our nations (new or not) into joining the SPSF.
I am also thinking about starting a liberation/detagging and chasing event (just like the regional olympics we have had a couple of weeks ago) every month open to all TSP to advertise the SPSF and let everyone know what we do during updates while having fun together.
Now let’s talk about chasing. During these months in which I served the SPSF I have noticed that chasing doesn’t get nearly as much attention as liberations, but I believe that this type of operation is really important, because during chasing defenders will try to prevent raiders from vandalizing/occupying other regions. Often there are anyways more defenders than raiders, and therefore we can prevent the raiders from occupying and/or vandalizing the vast majority of the regions they are targeting, but sometimes we were the ones outnumbered and therefore being unable to defend. If I am elected, I will try to convince as many new defenders as possible to become chasers. The biggest problem with chasing is that it is a really hard activity to do. It took me some weeks before I managed not to miss many times the target’s update while chasing.
To face this obstacle, I’m planning to start a voice channel on discord dedicated to chasing training, where our soldiers can join during updates where there’s chasing to be done and watch one of our experienced members chasing while explaining what they are precisely doing, giving tips for chasing and answering questions. I believe that this, together with chasing simulations that our experienced members will organize when there is a need, will significantly help our members interested in this type of operation.
For now I have only talked about things related to the Tsunami Force. It’s time to talk about the Tidal Force. I must admit that I don’t know why the operations stopped, and, having joined in the second half of May, I’ve never seen the Tidal Force in action. I will try to get information as soon as possible about the current situation and when it will be possible to resume operations. If the operations will restart during my term, the goal is to resume Tidal Force’s activities as they were before stopping.
I would like to thank again @lordnwahs for nominating me as MoD and @Vrigny for having introduced me to the R/D gameplay and for having helped me through these two months into becoming the proud defender I am today.
Hello TSP! It is I, NoOne, or as you more likely know me, 7 Trees. And the new prime minister, our wonderful Lordnwahs, has decided to appoint me as your Minister of Engagement. Looking at the current state of engagement in TSP’s politics from TSP residents, we can see that there are a lot of people that are not engaged and a part of the government. Let’s take a recent poll on TSP about whether nations are interested in joining TSP’s politics, this one to be exact NationStates | Poll, while it may not be the most accurate representation of engagement it does reveal that more than 50% of respondents had not made up their mind on whether they should join TSP Politics, or simply did not wish to. While this poll was on whether one wishes to join TSP’s Politics, we still need to have residents educated to start this process, or at least provide them with information on what is happening, after all, it is their region as well.
Firstly, I would like to start off with one of Lordnwahs election plans, a regional newspaper. I plan on bringing together a very small team of people who wish to report on the important regional and interregional news, providing people a portal into TSP, and NationStates as a whole. I want this newspaper to be published fortnightly and to be simple while still deeply covering important topics. It also must be easily comprehendible to anyone, not just people with experience on NationStates, the whole idea of this paper is to engage the public in TSP. However, this space will also be available to residents to submit their own articles and maybe write a short segment on how to world build, or maybe a canon can present its newly created history. I want this newspaper to act as a platform for all of TSP to collaborate and share their ideas, to deliver not only news but to promote creativity and the sharing of wisdom or whatever articles one may have.
Next up, interviews, Silva’s extremely popular interviews have been moved to the Ministry of Engagement, and activities these will be continued in the newspaper. These engage the audience, and we are the Ministry of Engagement. I think that incorporating these into the newspaper is a must, maybe not interview, maybe different things, maybe a segment hosted by somebody else, after all, this is meant to act as a platform for everyone to share.
I do not have much else to talk about, this is the main gist of the Ministry of Engagement, to provide this service of a newspaper. Maybe we can look into other publications for the ministry down the track, but this is currently the main service for the ministry at launch and will be what it is built off of, information to the people! If you have any suggestions for me, please reach out.
Thank you @lordnwahs for this amazing opportunity to serve the South Pacific! And thank you all for supporting our marvellous region! Good Night TSP! (Yes, I will still be around for questions.)
I get the impression that this is a Ministry of Media in all but name. What characterises the mission and goals of MoE for this term; i.e. what do you hope to have achieved by the end of the term?
What are your thoughts on having ranks for Tidal Force?
If I’m not mistaken, we are “trapped” in a region that still needs our help, I just don’t remember the correct name
Looking at the last post for the Tidal Force, it seems that the region is the Realm of the Whispering Winds.
As for the ranks, other than having one or two captains that manage the operations, I don’t see a practical reason to have them.
Encourage those who can’t be in the minor/major to join?
We could actually do now that I think about it a participation ranking for the Tidal Force, where for x participations in missions you get promoted to a new rank… I’ll think about this.
How will you attempt to do this? During Vrigny’s term there were exponential increases in update activity as well as great successes in raid prevention, with major raiding organizations (BOM, TBH, etc.) not having a contested occupation raid in his term.
This could be interesting, but the differences between Reliant, which is the script most of our experienced chasers use, and Breeze, which is the script our trainees use, is very different, which can be a barrier to chasing training. This would work better once Reliant is fully public.
We’ve been supporting Realm of the Whispering Winds for a few months now and will be supporting them until their governor transition is finished in a couple weeks.
I’m not really sure what you’re asking here: are you asking how will I try to mantain and increase levels of activity in SPSF?
Good point… Maybe it’s possible to disable Reliant and use Breeze/Gauntlet (Is Gauntlet also not public or can new recruits immediately use it?) just for the lesson (provided that the experienced chaser remembers how to use Breeze/Gauntlet efficiently)?
Yes. We’ve had some of the best liberation turnout and update activity levels across all defender organizations during Vrigny’s term, and I’m wondering what you will do to up this activity.
The training guide uses Breeze, but Gauntlet is better and is also publicly available (though I’ve never used it before). We should either change the training guides to teach Gauntlet and use that in the training or train new recruits with Breeze.
Mainly I will try to be as charming, welcoming and supportive to every new recruit we will get, and I’ll try to convince them to join in as many updates as possible where I am also available in their first days as defenders. During these updates I will act as their “mentor”, observing how they will do and trying to give tips accordingly (Also if any other experienced members (like you) want to do the same during updates I’m not available they’re completely welcome to do so). I believe generally that guiding new recruits into their first steps rather than just giving them material and let them figure out could increase levels of activity of new recruits, other than making them feel at home as much as possible in the R/D gameplay.
I think it’s better that we change our training guides to teach Gauntlet and use that during training