Are you bored of NS? - Page 3

Arnelos · February 7, 2003, 00:10

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Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
Someone should find another online game and everyone should switch to that.

I've been part of the development of a political parties simulator game for several years now... it's based on a game that was created from a math model in the 1970s. But we haven't done much with it in the past year or so. One of the guys retires next year, though... and wants to work on it more seriously when he retires from the government... so we'll see.

The precursor was a "game" developed by a mathmetician and was little more than a math model of voting blocs, parties, elections, and issues that change support of each voting bloc for each party... the government itself was a parliamentary model closest in format to Weimar Germany (after which it was explicitly modeled). Additional parts of the model were added for party finances and campaigns, regional demographics, etc.

What the group I was with was endeavoring to do was using that original simulator as inspiration for something altogether different. Made our own model, scraped the whole concept of it just being a mathematical model and hoped to make it into either a game just for fun among us or as an educational tool. We changed the setting to 1990s Eastern Europe and modeled the political climate to reflect the Czech Republic or Hungary than Germany. The basic model would be adaptable to other settings, however.

There was a communist/socialist worker party, a mainstream socialist/social democratic party, a liberal/libertarian/free democrat party, a centrist party, a centre-right party, a hard traditionalist conservative party, and a nationalist party as the defaults for the setting we were using.

I wrote rules for new issues and a model for how international politics and economics would affect domestic politics and economics and the other way around. I also ended up writing some simple rules for how the domestic economic situation and the government impact one another. I went through the trouble as much out of academic interest (my academic field is comparative politics) as anything else, but it was fun.

It's been on the back burner for a few years now, but I figure we'll pick it back up more seriously when this guy retires from the government and goes to work on it more full-time. The idea is more to make it into an educational tool than a game, but it could be a fun game as well. Playing NationStates made me think more about it, because we never considered anything like this could even be popular outside of people that study comparative politics like we do

It's worth thinking about...

Straybow · February 7, 2003, 00:26

NS is a massive example of the cure being worse than the disease. The issues presented are silly, and the options given are foolish.

Static Universe · February 11, 2003, 14:53

I was bored, but I stopped playing for a month and my nation disappeared. Problem solved!

Skanky Burns · February 11, 2003, 19:55

Quite a few nations in Apolyton have disappeared recently...

Dis · February 20, 2003, 17:47

well we are at 155 now. We are still slowly going up.

In any case I feel a change is needed in my nation. It is too perfect. I have created the perfect society. I figure I'll trash it down to the lowest level then bring it back up.

ColdWizard · February 20, 2003, 17:48

i'm not bored anymore, now i just don't have enough time to do more than respond to the issues

FrustratedPoet · February 21, 2003, 08:12

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Originally posted by ColdWizard
I'm slightly bored of it, given the numbers of repeat issues. How about you?

Yes very bored.

I don't actually visit my country anymore, but I might just invent a load of crazy **** and spam this forum anyway.

Alex · February 21, 2003, 10:10

I'm just trying to ruin my country. My new goal is to be the last nation in all lists.

Dis · February 21, 2003, 14:17

I just want to make a top 10 list. I vary rarely do.

Yes my country is heading in unkown directions now.

DarkCloud · February 21, 2003, 21:44

Dissident- just focus on capitalism, it's the easiest way to get on a list- it's not abstracted, just buldoze forests and get on the best mining, just produce and get on the best automotives!

Skanky Burns · February 22, 2003, 01:38

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Originally posted by FrustratedPoet

Yes very bored.

I don't actually visit my country anymore, but I might just invent a load of crazy **** and spam this forum anyway.

Woohoo!! Spam!

Nikolai · February 22, 2003, 13:58

I get more and more tired of the game as time progress...

It was interesting befre, but not anymore. I just chech the game now and then to see if something is changing.

DarkCloud · February 23, 2003, 18:17

Try more roleplaying- it might make the game more interesting

Urban Ranger · February 24, 2003, 00:44

Yup, the roleplaying aspect is actually more interesting than deciding on silly issues.

Jack_www · February 24, 2003, 02:27

Yeah if you want some fun with it you have to do the roleplay, other wise it gets borring.

ceroomaster · February 27, 2003, 12:08

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Originally posted by Alexnm

precisely. maybe we could turn this forum into our own private spam fest... hmm, maybe not.

Actually, is this forum moderated?
Or is it that we're all mature & well behaved the fact that I've not seen any locked/deleted/moved threads or posts...

ceroomaster · February 27, 2003, 12:16

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Originally posted by Anodyne
Moderately bored - every single one of my issues has been a repeat issue for the last couple of weeks

Hm. Makes me want to create a couple nations more and experiment a little with all the choices...

Yeah, I've got a West Ceroo (which is what would happen if I seized control) and East Ceroo (which I get Emma to make desicions on).
But Ceroo's the main one that I run properly.

DarkCloud · February 27, 2003, 23:21

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Actually, is this forum moderated?
Or is it that we're all mature & well behaved the fact that I've not seen any locked/deleted/moved threads or posts...

This forum isn't moderated- I wouldn't suggest spamming.

Ming has a funny way of turning up in the least expected of places

Andemagne · February 28, 2003, 03:01

right now I'm bored of NS, 'cos haven't received a original issue for a week.

Datajack Franit · March 6, 2003, 08:28

Someone desperately needs to write some more issues

FrustratedPoet · March 6, 2003, 08:38

The guy's book has been released already and since this was little more than a publicity stunt for The Jennifer Government in the first place I doubt you'll see many updates.

SKILORD · March 6, 2003, 10:23

I just started

Chilean President™ · March 6, 2003, 21:19

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Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
The guy's book has been released already and since this was little more than a publicity stunt for The Jennifer Government in the first place I doubt you'll see many updates.

If you get the book you'll get an update

Skanky Burns · March 18, 2003, 20:10

I got the same issues as yesterday, only in the opposite order.

I decided that since the issues were opposite, my answers would be opposite. I am now going to run my country as an anti-Skanky.