Interactive Taijitu Guide (Beta)

[AwesomeSaucer]

[in]Hey, early bird!  You're looking at an early preview of what will soon be a comprehensive, interactive guide to Taijitu.  Make sure to leave your opinions down below!  [/in]

A Comprehensive, Interactive Guide to Taijitu

Welcome to glorious Taijitu, the greatest simulation game on Earth!  If you're brand new to our website, you've come to the right place to help with your most pressing questions!

First of all, click on the spoiler of the following option below that best describes how you wish to play Taijitu.  Are you planning to partake in worldbuilding, regional politics, or the Taijitu Militia?

Yes, I'll be getting a bit serious here.

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Wonderful!  First of all, you'll be using these forums a lot during your time here, so make sure to click here for a detailed forum tour.

To better assist you, click on the spoilers below to learn more about each subject.

Regional Politics

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Taijitu is a direct democracy where anyone can participate as much as they'd like, and it's fantastic that you want to be active!  Are you planning to run for an elected position in Taijitu?

Yes, I am planning to run for an elected position.

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No, I'd prefer to be a normal member of the Ecclesia.

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World-Building

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Militia

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No, I just want to chat with other Taijituans.

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That's OK!  As of now, if you want to directly communicate with other Taijituans, the best ways to do so are through our IRC board and our Skype group.

For IRC, our general board can be located here.  If you don't want to use Kiwi, you can always join our board at #Taijitu on EsperNet.

For Skype, just add me at awesomesaucer9, and if you say you would like to be put in the Skype group, I will put you in.  We have regular Skypes weekly.

We also have multiple forum boards for fun chats, so if you're interested, click here for a tour through our forum.

If you'd prefer to just keep up with the news, our sketches, worldbuilding videos, and more, our YouTube channel can be found here

[Allama]

Looking good so far! This is a clean and effective format. Haven't seen anyone else doing it. Very nice!

[bigbaldben]

Good start.  I'd recommend using a word other than communicate.  Also, people may want to interact in ways other than "chatting",, like role play or world building or creative writing, which is why I came herw.

[AwesomeSaucer]

Good start.  I'd recommend using a word other than communicate.  Also, people may want to interact in ways other than "chatting",, like role play or world building or creative writing, which is why I came here.

Fixed. 

[Khem]

The green text with brown shadow is hideous, I recommend contrasting colors vs complimentary for such. Sans links it is difficult to judge the full utility of this at the moment though I do like the subdivision via spoiler.

[AwesomeSaucer]

The green text with brown shadow is hideous, I recommend contrasting colors vs complimentary for such.

Hopefully this should be better.

[Khem]

That is much better on the eyes.

[Dyr Nasad]

yay spoilers

I can't say much until you fill out the content, but I'd rather you not phrase it as "I will mostly be in GP/RP" - give them different sections, but that phrasing emphasizes a divide that I'd rather not see

also, IRC /channel/ and mention espernet too for people who aren't using the webclient

[AwesomeSaucer]

yay spoilers

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I can't say much until you fill out the content, but I'd rather you not phrase it as "I will mostly be in GP/RP" - give them different sections, but that phrasing emphasizes a divide that I'd rather not see

What do you mean by GP?  Does RP mean regional politics or role-play?

also, IRC /channel/ and mention espernet too for people who aren't using the webclient

I'm not too sure what espernet does, can you explain (newb alert)?

[Dyr Nasad]

Gameplay and Roleplay. While some of GP can also be considered its own form of "RP," generally GP will include politics, the military aspect of the game, interregional affairs, etc. The worldbuilding we have here is a good example of RP.

EsperNet is the IRC network where our #taijitu channel can be found

[AwesomeSaucer]

Gameplay and Roleplay. While some of GP can also be considered its own form of "RP," generally GP will include politics, the military aspect of the game, interregional affairs, etc. The worldbuilding we have here is a good example of RP.

What I mean by gameplay is simply that you will only spend time in NationStates without ever communicating with other Taijituans.  Regional politics is not gameplay.

Yes, I consider worldbuilding RPing.

EsperNet is the IRC network where our #taijitu channel can be found

OK!  I shall put that in!

[Dyr Nasad]

What I mean by gameplay is simply that you will only spend time in NationStates without ever communicating with other Taijituans.  Regional politics is not gameplay.

If you want to make a guide for new players, I suggest conforming to established terminology. Otherwise this endeavor will be quite the mess.

[Dyr Nasad]

If you want to make a guide for new players, I suggest conforming to established terminology. Otherwise this endeavor will be quite the mess.

I think that that terminology is unique to Taijitu in that regard.  I would prefer to use terminology that most others from different regions will understand.

Thanks for the comment anyways! 

Are you saying that my definitions of GP and RP are somehow Taijitu-specific? On that point you are rather blatantly incorrect. Nothing wrong with being new, but if you're going to be new /and/ choose to ignore advice...*shrugs*

[bigbaldben]

I think that GP and RP should be differentiated.  I have little interest In NS GP, but much interest in RP.  As someone relatively new to NS as a whole, I can tell you I understood the difference right away - before I even joined Taijitu.  I would not have considered joining a region that didn't differentiate the two.

Is that what you're suggesting Dyr?

[AwesomeSaucer]

I think that GP and RP should be differentiated.  I have little interest In NS GP, but much interest in RP.  As someone relatively new to NS as a whole, I can tell you I understood the difference right away - before I even joined Taijitu.  I would not have considered joining a region that didn't differentiate the two.

Is that what you're suggesting Dyr?

It's certainly what I'm suggesting.  I made sure to have two different spoilers for regional politics and worldbuilding.