Post by Micky on Nov 20, 2006 20:07:55 GMT -5
Red Sox Report
November 17th, 2006
Editor: Winstonopia
RSN nations: 92
UN Delegate endorsements: 23
Posts on forum: 60,997
Inc-red-ible Fact: Over 118 telegrams have already been sent in the first two days of our big recruiting drive!
Written by Micky
News Stories
Written by Winstonopia
1. Our new elected president, in a close but decisive vote, is Southern Acre, returning for another term. Georgdem is disappointed but determined to continue to help RSN and come back strong next elections. Congrats to both candidates for a great and entertaining race.
2. Founder's Day is coming up for RSN. This will be the 1-year anniversary of the day I founded the region, November 26th. Next sunday, no matter what time zone you are in, please come to our forum!!! We will have a regional party, with much to do and a ridiculous amount of activity. Conservative estimates are 5,000 total posts for the one day!! Highlighted is a regional elimination game, where you will have to stand up for YOUR region here on our forum! Please encourage all of your region to come! Thank you!
3. A recent spike in recruiting has led to a host of new nations joining RSN. Unfortunately, none of these new nations have joined the forum, but hope is still rampant. Immigration Officer Diesel 10 has led the charge and we hope to hit 100 nations very soon. Forum activity is also up - 1 or 2 thousand posts a day is not hard to get.
News Bulletins
- Future invading/defending outlook being debated
- RSR jobs reshuffled and look set for future
- Many consulates have picked up in activity thanks to renewed relations and efforts by many RSN citizens to talk to our allies more
- First alliance with The Great Land of the Moon about to be proposed
- Michigan should have won.
- Sox going to get Matsuzaka! World Series here we come!
Compari-sox
Written by Micky
Great Regions Think For Themselves
Here in the Red Sox Nation, we take pride in being active, outgoing, and all around original. Of course, in order to remain up to date with our unique way of running things, we constantly look into other Regions and compare their methods to our own.
After being appointed the FAM in the most recent elections, I have spent a lot of time in foreign Regions, and something in particular has caught my eye; the live chat.
This is a window in which the members of the forum communicate much like they would on a messaging system (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ect.), and is located either at the top or bottom of the forum. The live chat is often used for small talk or off topic subjects, but also for important debates as a way of less complicated communication. Unfortunately, these messages don’t do anything for the forum post count, something that RSN is very competitive about.
I do believe that this live chat is the main reason that RSN members have posts counts at are almost double most of those in other forums. Either that, or our notorious talent for spamming. Either way, it’s just one more thing that makes RSN the great place it is.
Red-itorial
Written by Diesel10
This week in RSN we have been talking about ways to make our region more exciting. In his “Open Letter to the People of RSN,” member My Urinary Tract discussed how while we have formed a fantastic region, we have also reached a point at which the government role-play aspect of the game has become stagnant for us. Loads of ideas came in, including setting up an inter-regional system of mock role-play. While this is still in the very early stages of discussion, it was one of the better ideas, and it would also be something that could invigorate our region. Another idea that has been brought up, and that we are trying to institute in our fine region, is writing some issues to submit to the game. This could be a lot of fun and will also help to get the name of RSN out there if we are successful. While some ideas have been better than others, it is great that everyone is so enthusiastic to be at least discussing this, and in the coming months, many positive changes will be taking place in RSN, if only to mix it up a bit and make the political part of Nationstates more fun for the nations already in RSN, as well as for potential new members.
Red-iculous News
Written By Teredona
There has been much talk about opening a university here in RSN. At first I was skeptical about the idea because of the mostly informal communication within the region (i.e. off-topic posting), but after much thought the idea has started to appeal to me. This would hopefully bring new ideas to help this Grand Experiment I call RSN grow in a new direction: where both members both old and new, foreign diplomats, and visitors freely engage in open debate.
Please give me feedback, questions, comments, or suggestions. Thanks, and go Sox!
This is a government-endorsed newspaper but all news, articles, and editorials are the opinion of the author only and not necessarily all of RSN.[/color]
November 17th, 2006
Editor: Winstonopia
RSN nations: 92
UN Delegate endorsements: 23
Posts on forum: 60,997
Inc-red-ible Fact: Over 118 telegrams have already been sent in the first two days of our big recruiting drive!
Written by Micky
News Stories
Written by Winstonopia
1. Our new elected president, in a close but decisive vote, is Southern Acre, returning for another term. Georgdem is disappointed but determined to continue to help RSN and come back strong next elections. Congrats to both candidates for a great and entertaining race.
2. Founder's Day is coming up for RSN. This will be the 1-year anniversary of the day I founded the region, November 26th. Next sunday, no matter what time zone you are in, please come to our forum!!! We will have a regional party, with much to do and a ridiculous amount of activity. Conservative estimates are 5,000 total posts for the one day!! Highlighted is a regional elimination game, where you will have to stand up for YOUR region here on our forum! Please encourage all of your region to come! Thank you!
3. A recent spike in recruiting has led to a host of new nations joining RSN. Unfortunately, none of these new nations have joined the forum, but hope is still rampant. Immigration Officer Diesel 10 has led the charge and we hope to hit 100 nations very soon. Forum activity is also up - 1 or 2 thousand posts a day is not hard to get.
News Bulletins
- Future invading/defending outlook being debated
- RSR jobs reshuffled and look set for future
- Many consulates have picked up in activity thanks to renewed relations and efforts by many RSN citizens to talk to our allies more
- First alliance with The Great Land of the Moon about to be proposed
- Michigan should have won.
- Sox going to get Matsuzaka! World Series here we come!
Compari-sox
Written by Micky
Great Regions Think For Themselves
Here in the Red Sox Nation, we take pride in being active, outgoing, and all around original. Of course, in order to remain up to date with our unique way of running things, we constantly look into other Regions and compare their methods to our own.
After being appointed the FAM in the most recent elections, I have spent a lot of time in foreign Regions, and something in particular has caught my eye; the live chat.
This is a window in which the members of the forum communicate much like they would on a messaging system (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ect.), and is located either at the top or bottom of the forum. The live chat is often used for small talk or off topic subjects, but also for important debates as a way of less complicated communication. Unfortunately, these messages don’t do anything for the forum post count, something that RSN is very competitive about.
I do believe that this live chat is the main reason that RSN members have posts counts at are almost double most of those in other forums. Either that, or our notorious talent for spamming. Either way, it’s just one more thing that makes RSN the great place it is.
Red-itorial
Written by Diesel10
This week in RSN we have been talking about ways to make our region more exciting. In his “Open Letter to the People of RSN,” member My Urinary Tract discussed how while we have formed a fantastic region, we have also reached a point at which the government role-play aspect of the game has become stagnant for us. Loads of ideas came in, including setting up an inter-regional system of mock role-play. While this is still in the very early stages of discussion, it was one of the better ideas, and it would also be something that could invigorate our region. Another idea that has been brought up, and that we are trying to institute in our fine region, is writing some issues to submit to the game. This could be a lot of fun and will also help to get the name of RSN out there if we are successful. While some ideas have been better than others, it is great that everyone is so enthusiastic to be at least discussing this, and in the coming months, many positive changes will be taking place in RSN, if only to mix it up a bit and make the political part of Nationstates more fun for the nations already in RSN, as well as for potential new members.
Red-iculous News
Written By Teredona
There has been much talk about opening a university here in RSN. At first I was skeptical about the idea because of the mostly informal communication within the region (i.e. off-topic posting), but after much thought the idea has started to appeal to me. This would hopefully bring new ideas to help this Grand Experiment I call RSN grow in a new direction: where both members both old and new, foreign diplomats, and visitors freely engage in open debate.
Please give me feedback, questions, comments, or suggestions. Thanks, and go Sox!
This is a government-endorsed newspaper but all news, articles, and editorials are the opinion of the author only and not necessarily all of RSN.[/color]
