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1  6:19pm 23/01/04        
Internaut
Ok, so I play this webgame called Nationstates. Basically all you do is select an answer from a multiple-choice question now and then. I have the questions set to two a day. The way you answer the questions determines how your country does, what its political stance is, etc. Since I want to see as much of the results for answering questions differently, I run two countries. A left wing liberal and a right wing conservative.

Today this question came up for my conservative country.

A surprise raid conducted on ISPs over the last week in Anthos shows that more than 30% of all Internet data transfer in Anthos at one time or another is used by illegal file-shares to illegally distribute files, most notably songs.
The Debate

1. "What we need to do is hack their computers and format their hard drives," says Al McGuffin, recording industry representative. "People need to be taught to not mess with the law. This is theft pure and simple. And they're not only halving our revenue to tune of billions of neutrons, but you are also stealing a few hundredths of a neutron from the artist for every song they steal. THINK OF THE STARVING ARTISTS!"
[Accept]

2. "Yo, dude, like, don't be hatin' man," says teenager Jack Hamilton. "We're like, going to change the whole structure of our society. Everything should be like, publicly available to, like, everybody, dude. Copyrights are so, like, uncool man and we need to get rid of them. That'd be totally radical, and cool as well."
[Accept]

3. "Yo, dang, blizzity blang, yo, this ain't, right, yo," says Chastity Hamilton, famous rapper with three platinum albums. "Dang, yo, we dang need to copy-protect my dang CDs, yo. That dang playability life dang decreases, yo, but it's the only way to stop this, dang, yo."
[Accept]

I like this part the best, from the first answer.
And they're not only halving our revenue to tune of billions of neutrons, but you are also stealing a few hundredths of a neutron from the artist for every song they steal
2  6:30pm 23/01/04        
Dis aliter visum. <br>IQ Rating: 140
Yes, poor Metallica, suffering the way they do...

The tattooed eye is my AIM icon. Good book. My nation (New Alderaan)died though when I abandoned it.
[URL="http://www.starwarsepics.com"]Star Wars Epics[/URL] :: Like Star Wars, but with better dialogue.
3  12:52am 24/01/04        
Internaut
I haven't read the book.

You can see my nations here.
White White www.nationstates.net/cgi-...hite_white
Anthos www.nationstates.net/cgi-...ion=anthos

Oddly enough White White was origionally registered as a dictatorship. It seems to have shifted to a Republic.
4  4:31am 24/01/04        
Return of the King of the Cafe!
I've got a nation called Azguardia.

If only' I'd spotted this thread before mentioning the game in the Rebel Cafe.
5  7:33am 24/01/04        
Internaut
Where did you hear about Nationstates, Dolash? I picked it up at another forum.
6  2:25pm 24/01/04        
Return of the King of the Cafe!
As did I. Kenzerco.
7  7:26pm 24/01/04        
Internaut
Kenzerco? Never heard of it.
8  2:25am 25/01/04        
Blink If You Can Hear Me
I used to play. I had a nation called the Order of Senior Scribes.

Died when my computer got stolen.
OS: In a world of bon-bons, you are a twinkie.
Ahnk: God damn you, I am Count Chocula and you know it.
I'm not spending my anniversary night thumping my head against the wall. - Damalis, on Moderating TRF
Then tell him you want it harder, damnit! - Ahnk, on Damalis
9  11:32pm 25/01/04        
BDE Supreme Regent
Well, you shouldn't have left the window open so I can get a free computer...
10  4:09am 26/01/04        
Blink If You Can Hear Me
...
OS: In a world of bon-bons, you are a twinkie.
Ahnk: God damn you, I am Count Chocula and you know it.
I'm not spending my anniversary night thumping my head against the wall. - Damalis, on Moderating TRF
Then tell him you want it harder, damnit! - Ahnk, on Damalis

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