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*a team of black-clad elves crawl through the night running a heavy duty high voltage extension power cable into the workshop*

*someone "accidentally" turns on the circuit that the cable is connected to and sees multiple arc-flashes*

I almost forgot about NS April fools. Sounds like it could be interesting this year.

Earthbound immortal squad wrote:

I almost forgot about NS April fools. Sounds like it could be interesting this year.

Me thinks that this --> page=news/2022/03/28/index.html is what it will be this year. The timing of it looks right.

Earthbound immortal squad wrote:

I almost forgot about NS April fools. Sounds like it could be interesting this year.

Yeah, the news notice took me completely by surprise. Can't believe it's already April...

"Global Trade Fair" makes me think of a G8 summit, or something. Not sure, we'll just have to wait and see.

Earthbound immortal squad wrote:

I almost forgot about NS April fools. Sounds like it could be interesting this year.

Oh no not again

I feel that if the "Global Trade Fair" is the April Foolie, it will be rather mundane.

I'm stashing the Christmas flags before anyone else can get them.

The Political Compass Polls in the Edmundian Empire is raging, and we need YOU to help us!

Everyone wants to know their ideology, everyone wants to know their beliefs. And how can they find it? Well, figuring it out for themselves, but you can also answer the political compass test to brag to everyone about which sector you landed on!

But how fun is it for one person to do a test that takes a few minutes for an image that no one cares about? How about an image that comes from weeks of polling to devise the ULTIMATE NATIONSTATES POLITICAL COMPASS SCORE! Every day a question from the political compass test will be uploaded, and votes will be tallied into an average. Once all questions are finalised, I will begin finalising the scores and come up with the average poll result!

Why should I join? Well, other than participating in true history, their are prizes to be won. Categories including 'most likely to fist-bump Stalin' and 'most likely to punch a priest' (names and categories subject to change) will be given to those who show certain - characteristics - during voting. More importantly, if you win a category you will be awarded 1000 Mass Telegrams. You can win more than one category and more telegrams but this will be unlikely.

Now, we are currently along the back end of the political compass test, question 49 today of a 62 question long poll. But fear not, I have made expert calculations to facilitate against these flaws. Firstly, the test is divided into categories naturally so that if you join in now you will start to get into the religious and sexual parts which will definitely be categories. Secondly I will prioritise later categories due to participation rates. Finally, when it comes to the more general questions, e.g. auth v lib, left v right, I intend to count people joining later differently in a way that benefits new comers by tripling their points (more on that later).

Now, obviously you got questions and I got some answers, but a QnA might help a bit.

I don't care if you only vote once or thrice, come down to the Edmundian Empire and check out our Political Compass Polls!

I truly do not understand what I am doing with this trade fair. I'm just going to screw around stashing things in the region until bedtime...which is nigh

Yuletide Yggdrasil wrote:

I truly do not understand what I am doing with this trade fair. I'm just going to screw around stashing things in the region until bedtime...which is nigh

Pretty much. It's a fun little mini game for about 30 minutes to an hour though. A nice element of deduction and studying the market.

Earthbound immortal squad wrote:

Pretty much. It's a fun little mini game for about 30 minutes to an hour though. A nice element of deduction and studying the market.

If you have the time which I don't.

Sky of Stars wrote:

If you have the time which I don't.

:(

Earthbound immortal squad wrote:

:(

C'est la Vie. lol

Earthbound immortal squad wrote:

A nice element of deduction and studying the market.

I kind of get it more now. I think it would have been smarter for me to gift to others, early on, rather than stash everything away, as it would have built more trade relationships.

Earthbound immortal squad wrote:

To be honest I just stole and stashed.

I wasn't successful in a single theft. Probably my loud, garish outfits and clomping clown shoes gave me away :P

Yuletide Yggdrasil wrote:

I wasn't successful in a single theft. Probably my loud, garish outfits and clomping clown shoes gave me away :P

I did get into a back and forth steal with someone but it ended after I was able to stash quickly enough one time.

I mourn our loss of embassy with The Dumpster Behind the Coffee Shop...

...that's where I've been dumping all of the spoiled sprouts and other treats that have turned before being eaten. I suppose there might be some critters of the wild north we could feed them to...do arctic hares eat sprouts?

You could always dump them in The Shadows. Nobody here would care.

Too scary :P

I think I located a replacement waste disposal system: Bottomless Pit

With Easter fast approaching, I stopped in a local, family-owned candy shop to put together some baskets. A real charming experience, with the mother working behind counter, the father parked at one of the tables doing taxes and loudly complaining, the daughter scooping ice cream, two chubby little boys wandering around with their own cones, and the sociable grandmother wandering in and out from the backroom to make suggestions about what was the freshest made and what her favorites were. And they made wacky stuff like peeps dipped in chocolate, or big fat marshmallows inside of an ice cream cone all covered in chocolate. Fun times.

Happy Easter!