Welcome Eluvatar!

[Eluvatar]

I learned about the South Pacific when I saw their statement of support to The North Pacific in 2006 following The Lexicon’s declaration of war.

I am looking forward to keeping an eye on what’s happening.

I first started playing NationStates in January 2004.

[Cloud]

Welcome Elu!

[Eluvatar]

Seems strange when I first joined The South Pacific’s offsite forums in 2007 (I’m pretty sure), but there you are. Hello!

Any tips for orienting myself around here for someone more used to non-discourse NationStates forums?

[Cloud]

This guide may be of use to you:

Discourse New User Guide

Basic Terms Used by Discourse (Nomenclature) Here are some very basic terms that will be helpful to keep in mind as you use Discourse or read this guide: Topic: The collection of messages grouped together in a meaningful conversation, with a title, listed in a category, beginning with an Original Post, and including all replies in chronological order. Elsewhere this might be called a ‘thread’ but Discourse uses ‘topic’ since thread is used for linked elements that can go off in many differ…

[Eluvatar]

Thanks, that helps understand how TSP is using Discourse a tiny bit better.

[Griffindor]

Welcome to the South Pacific forums!

We are happy to have you here! What finally brought you to the South Pacific?

[Eluvatar]

I realized I didn’t have an account on your latest forum after I went to check if there was any TNP-related news here.