Ars Regendi - Nationsim

[Michael]

Originally Posted by Daktoria

Heh.

No, I'm pretty much a complete failure. Not quite a basement dweller, but an institutionalized mess nonetheless.

Senior year at college will be coming up this semester with my most difficult classes yet. My math skills have hit the crapper, and I can't read critically or thoroughly anymore for detail without getting a huge headache from instinctively excessive skepticism. I hate economics since it's all based on models and empirical evidence, and I can't stand finance since it's all about making money with nothing real behind it.

Senior year blues. Not uncommon at all.

Originally Posted by Daktoria

Call it a sense of paranoia, I feel like my entire life's been suppressed by cosmopolitan moral relativists that undermine everything I do because I'm an easy target for any opportunist looking for a black sheep to blame or a punching bag to unleash upon.

Um... when it comes right down to it, I'm certainly a cosmopolitan moral relativist. I just thought I'd mention that in case you hadn't noticed!

I'm not one for labels, but 'urban sophisticate' is a hard one for me to deny. I'm honestly not looking for a punching bag or easy target.

Originally Posted by Daktoria

Coincidentally, I did once upon a time believe that socialism was the answer (think that was about 10 years ago) ...

I've never been a socialist yet. I did start off as a serious rightwing fascist with my 'first' Plato-phase. Never quite made it to being a full Marxist. Then there was my 'second' Plato-phase, and my Romantic-Monarchist phase, then I had to deal with Rousseau and Nietzsche and that put me into my present 'classical-liberal' phase.

Life is a journey - physically and mentally.

Originally Posted by Daktoria

I hate rationalizing like this because it doesn't accomplish anything, but the reason I decided to play that game was just to fulfill an addiction to strategy gaming in general. Tbh, I'm getting fed up with how slow it is because I want a greater amount of feedback in order to learn more from it. I'm an explorer, and when my rate of learning decelerates, I become incredibly frustrated since I feel violated, coerced, trapped etc. especially when I can't do anything to fix it (whether it's because of not being skilled, not having resources, not having opportunities, or because someone else is audacious enough to kick back and relax and seemingly waste my time in a mocking fashion).

I find the game quite slow as well, being a 'newbie' and a quick learner, I'd like to speed it up for the learning phase - quite frustrating not knowing how the game simulator works and having to wait each day for tiny incremental movements and trying to learn from that pace!

That being said, I'm becoming accustomed to the slow pace of it. I've always had lots of patience for games. Besides, once I figure out the game, half the pleasure of playing it is gone.

Originally Posted by Daktoria

Meh, I don't wanna blab anymore.

[Michael]

Rumor has it that one of our regents has gotten himself assassinated!

[Michael]

GSF alliance broke into the 'top-ten' alliances yesterday.

We also hit the maximum of 25 members for the alliance.

[The Drunk Guy]

Originally Posted by Michael

GSF alliance broke into the 'top-ten' alliances yesterday.

We also hit the maximum of 25 members for the alliance.

Wow. Way to go, chief! Can you go to war, yet?

[Zarquon]

No, GSF is not in the top 10 yet or has been overtaken, according to this.
And, TDG, war will never function in the "classic/default" state model; It works in the "world" state model along with trade, which I'm currently beta-testing
I have an alliance as well.

[Michael]

Originally Posted by Zarquon

No, GSF is not in the top 10 yet or has been overtaken, according to this.

It was there yesterday, but someone must have overtaken GSF to bump us back down to 11th place. We'll see tomorrow.

[Michael]

GSF has been in the top ten for three days in a row now.

Got a backlog of members wanting to join (there is a maximum of 25 members to the alliance).