01-15-2008, 02:25 AM
I think, Todd, it is a bit more than what Brom said, though the post that nation made in which a violent takeover of a feeder was exactly what this game needed, was telling. Throughout the posts on the Neutral Territory, I see a chilling idea of NationStates, a NationStates built solely on conflict, on war between raider/defenders, one which states with one of the peaceful feeders, either the Pacific, the East Pacific, or our beloved South Pacific, being transformed into a feeder haven of invasion. If this happens, I see NationStates becoming a grim game in which there is only war.
The intent of the Neutral Territory, which I myself had to crash as I do not believe until it had been open for several days, a single person from the South Pacific was invited, is to find a way to increase activity in NationStates. Excellent. We have all seen a decline over the last year, when no feeder now has more than 3500 nations, from a high of over 6000 for many. However, the prevailing idea, despite some lonely calls otherwise, is for conflict, as conflict supposedly makes the blood flow.
These are proposals made by those who do not know us, who do not know the culture of this region, built upon community and mutual trust, not a similar interest in who can cause more trouble, or take over more regions. These are proposals made by individuals who operate on the mistaken belief that, as all nations begin within the feeders, all nations have not only an interest, but the right to <strong class='bbc'>dictate</strong> to the feeders. These are largely people who have left the feeders for their own founded regions, who developed a culture there, and did not take part in the development of the feeders.
My friends, if this prediction holds, we wil face a dire situation here. We need to stand firm and tell these folk in plain terms, "No."
The intent of the Neutral Territory, which I myself had to crash as I do not believe until it had been open for several days, a single person from the South Pacific was invited, is to find a way to increase activity in NationStates. Excellent. We have all seen a decline over the last year, when no feeder now has more than 3500 nations, from a high of over 6000 for many. However, the prevailing idea, despite some lonely calls otherwise, is for conflict, as conflict supposedly makes the blood flow.
These are proposals made by those who do not know us, who do not know the culture of this region, built upon community and mutual trust, not a similar interest in who can cause more trouble, or take over more regions. These are proposals made by individuals who operate on the mistaken belief that, as all nations begin within the feeders, all nations have not only an interest, but the right to <strong class='bbc'>dictate</strong> to the feeders. These are largely people who have left the feeders for their own founded regions, who developed a culture there, and did not take part in the development of the feeders.
My friends, if this prediction holds, we wil face a dire situation here. We need to stand firm and tell these folk in plain terms, "No."
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And I will bring an extra pint -- B. Bragg
Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people's masters. -- Grover Cleveland
When the laws are used to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society -- the farmers, mechanics, and laborers -- who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government -- Andrew Jackson
"Capitalism takes no prisoners and kills competition where it can." -- Vince Cable