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The same happens to me. I suffer a lot in winter, because the sky is completely dark at around 6:00pm and once there is no sunlight my brain starts to work worse, I lose focus more easily and think slower, so I believe I'm a true early morning lover XD. The opposite happens in summer; the Sun goes down at as late as 9:30pm (gotta love Spain), which keeps me energized for all the afternoon :) Daarwyrth, Ruinenlust, Middle Barael, and Dusty Sandals |
Heyyyy there, Forest! It's me again! Nothing to plug this time, ahahah. ^^ Just wondering if I missed the Photo Contest this year, because as far as my eyes can see, no mention of it yet. Mount Seymour, Daarwyrth, Ruinenlust, Terrabod, and 3 othersNorthern Wood, Middle Barael, and Caer neamh |
The Photo Contest normally starts around November 25. Keep an eye out for it then! Valentine Z, Daarwyrth, Ruinenlust, Terrabod, and 1 otherMiddle Barael |
[https://garticphone.com/en/?c=22109c07ec] Ready to go - but we won't kick things off until 7pm (or just after, for latecomers). Let me know if you run into difficulties! |
Oooh, nice! I can't wait! ♥ |
Thanks to everyone who joined in for our first game night! I had a ton of fun, and I look forward to seeing what games other people run in the future! EDIT: Remember to get in touch with any errors and/or omissions in our new "hall of fame" (name pending discussion) - and be sure to let me know if you're ok with people getting in touch with you to ask questions about GA/SC/issue writing. Roless, Lura, and Middle Barael |
This is me too! I NEVER pulled an all nighter in college. I usually go to bed about midnight and get up about 7:30! Daarwyrth, Ruinenlust, Terrabod, Middle Barael, and 1 otherDusty Sandals |
Oh, how about "Tree of Memory" or "Cove of Achievements"? Maybe "The Hallowed Grounds"? Sorry if they're silly suggestions :P and yeah sure, no problem about being asked questions. Jutsa, Terrabod, and Middle Barael |
"The Gilded Grove"? Ok, I'll give you a lightbulb! Daarwyrth and Middle Barael |
Ooh, "The Gilded Grove" is a very good one! I love it :) |
Rallying Day Two |
Open Wheel Day Two |
its the duration, not the little numbers on the clock. give me a minimum of ten, uninterrupted hours of downtime out of every 24, and it doesn't matter where on the clock they begin or end, as long as they're there, and not moved more then a half hour or so from one day to the next. for me that is. absolutely nothing to do with where the sun is in the sky, its just absolutely all about the duration. given a week or two, and my chicadian rythems will adjust themselves. whatever the hours are, as long as downtime is sufficient and consistent, my internal alarm clock will call them natural. never made sense to me why people assume, odd hours have to be additional hours. the entire schedule of the day, can simply be rotated around the clock to line up with them. no loss of anything, just the little numbers on the clock being different. no more no less. Ruinenlust, Middle Barael, Garbelia, and Difinbelk |
I can relate to that, but only halfway: for me, it's not the numbers on the clock, per se; it's where the sun is in the sky. In the fall, winter, and spring, I can sleep well because it's dark, and I go to bed between 8-9pm most nights. Then I wake up around 5-5:30am, and it's still dark. But in the summer, I find that despite not having school, and therefore being able to sleep as much as I want in principle, I am nevertheless unable to sleep enough, because it doesn't get dark early enough, and the sun also rises too early. It's difficult for me to sleep when it's daytime. Me neither! The absolute latest that I would ever be awake (less than 1% of the time) would be to around 1-2am, but I was always awake by 6:30-7:30am, regardless of the circumstances. Sleep for me is non-negotiable; I don't relate to people "who only need 5-6 hours of sleep" or who can wildly vary their sleeping between the weekdays and the weekends. For years, I have basically gone to bed and woken up within the same block of time, and it's the best way to live. If you're tired, it makes the whole day harder, and I am less effective. There's really no compromising on sleep for me. Mount Seymour, Daarwyrth, Middle Barael, Garbelia, and 2 othersRybnika, and Forest Virginia |
I embrace the idea of a place, a guild or an order where we remember and honour great Forestrians of the past. However I feel it should be more than `justī a list of names and it should be more based on things they did specifically for the region than on things they did for NS in general and are already awarded for via icons in the game. How about including past winners of the photo competition, representatives of Forest in NS sports (e.g. Jutsa, Mount Seymour, Daarwyrth, Ruinenlust, and 6 othersLove and Nature, Terrabod, Raccoon Creek, Middle Barael, Garbelia, and Caer neamh |
I definitely agree that it should be more than a list of names, who already have fancy badges. How about a nomination and voting process, like a simplified, localised SC? Alcantaria, Ownzone, Daarwyrth, Ruinenlust, and 4 othersTerrabod, McClandia Doge 2, Middle Barael, and Caer neamh |
Taking myself out of the equation, I think this is an excellent idea. Forest is an ancient region, tracing her history and lineage to the beginning of NS.Through that time, she has seen countless nations come and go, many of whom have helped to shaped the landscape of the NS-Universe. Many others left their mark domestically in varying forms. Whether it be the tabulation and presentation of the 'greenest' nations, assisting in the emergency operations center during the annual Halloween festivities, or the operations and maneuvers coordinated and launched in the war room as missiles fly through the skies threatening ecologic and radiologic destruction. Both categories should receive full recognition and honors. However, this recognition should be contingent on the considered nation having resided and/or exerted significant influence over the canopy and floor of and in Forest. Montmorencia & Jutsa, Mount Seymour, Ownzone, Ruinenlust, and 7 othersUan aa Boa, Terrabod, Hospe, McClandia Doge 2, Middle Barael, Garbelia, and Caer neamh |
Endurance Sprint Qualifying 1 |
So the current list is just in its first iteration right now (I've talked about that over on the discord but it's worth mentioning here too). It's something I pulled together quickly based on forum-side lists of all the issue writers and GA/SC proposal authors - sort of a "first stop" when it comes to Forestians who have achieved something, but by no means the definitive list. I think recognising these people in a small way is overdue, given the amount of prestige Forest receives on the NS-wide stage due to the quality and quantity of these individuals' contributions... and generally the sheer number of people willing to contribute that Forest is home to, especially relative to its size. It's well-known that these contributions take hours to prepare and days of drafting and redrafting before they become part of the fabric of the game. The fact that many Forestians have used that platform to bring dozens of social and political issues to the eyes of thousands of players is just the icing on the cake. At present, the list also replaces an outdated dispatch that gave newbies a list of people they could get in touch with for help and advice, so it's functional in that way too. It's clear that the above is just an easy place to start when it comes to listing sources of regional pride, but as I say, it's nowhere near to being a definitive list. I fully expected when preparing the dispatch that the list of achievements we celebrate together would widen, especially as more suggestions are voiced - photo contest winners or notable card collectors are a good place to start. Unlike GA/SC/issues contributions, there is no central repository of such achievements, so it should be unsurprising they'll need to be added over time and as they are proposed. And yes, it is just a list - in some ways, it's an amazing thing that it would be an enormous task to have a description after all of our achievers, so at present I settled with a small token of "hey, these folks gave up their time and did something awesome, we're proud of them" (remembering again that other achievements and achievers will definitely need to be added in future iterations). Jutsa, Mount Seymour, Ownzone, Daarwyrth, and 4 othersRuinenlust, Uan aa Boa, Middle Barael, and Garbelia |
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Official Foreign Ministry Post In accordance with the unanimous results of the recent Embassy Closure poll regarding Thalassia, I have begun the process of withdrawing our embassy with that closed region. This closure is done without malice, and with gratitude for the memories shared with our friends who used to reside there. Many thanks to all who participated in this vote. Alcantaria, Jutsa, Mount Seymour, Ownzone, and 5 othersDaarwyrth, Ruinenlust, Middle Barael, Rybnika, and Forest Virginia |
Municipal election and plebiscite for me today, and thanks to tabulation machines, the results are already out. Both the mayoral candidate and councilor I voted for won, and I was on the winning side of the plebiscite issue that actually matters. We're (probably) getting fluoride back in our water! There was a bunch of stuff on the ballot this year that literally did not matter this year. I'm not too happy about it being there, because it's just vanity projects for the provincial government. For example, we voted for senators. Our votes don't matter at all, those are federally appointed positions. We also amusingly voted in favor of removing a section from the Canadian constitution, which I don't think is a thing we can do as a municipality, no matter how many people vote to do so. We've effectively voted in favor of sending a strongly worded letter to the government, which will promptly be dismissed and ignored by every other province. Ownzone, Ruinenlust, Terrabod, McClandia Doge 2, and 2 othersMiddle Barael, and Difinbelk |
have you ever tasted floridated water? i appreciate the intention but not good. Einswenn, Ruinenlust, New ladavia, McClandia Doge 2, and 3 othersMiddle Barael, Garbelia, and Caer neamh |
I wonder what an age spread of the RL people behind the nations of Forest would look like, but I'd suspect that it's more similar to real life than most regions. I think it's awesome that we have such a spread of people. It makes us closer to a real, organic community to have a wide range of age groups. I sometimes wonder if I'll ever make it to 73, haha. It's a long way from 28, and a lot can happen in the world and to me in the intervening years... Oh, it's amazing. All chemical-y and artificial. And when you warm it up to make tea of something, and it competes with the taste of the tea? Priceless. :-P Mount Seymour, Daarwyrth, Terrabod, McClandia Doge 2, and 3 othersMiddle Barael, Difinbelk, and Caer neamh |
Overpopulation concerns are valid, but involuntary contraception and/or sterilisation is never the answer. Effazio, Einswenn, Mount Seymour, Daarwyrth, and 8 othersRuinenlust, Canaltia, The void territories, McClandia Doge 2, Middle Barael, Difinbelk, Forest Virginia, and Caer neamh |
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