What is Taijitu?

[bigbaldben]

I think the first question we need to address above all others is our...

wait for it ....

MISSION STATEMENT.

Why does Taijitu exist? We're more than a NS region, for sure.  But what is our specialty?  What are we above all else?

I don't think that we can separate Taijitu from worldbuilding and/or roleplay.  We have a definite creative vibe here, which is awesome.  But why else do people come here?

More to the point - why do we want people to come here?  What are our strengths, or more to the point, what do we want our strengths to be?

It's a simple question, but I think it could help us move forward collectively if we were all working towards the same goal.

[AwesomeSaucer]

Good thread.  I'll get back to this.

[Khem]

For me personally I really only care for two enduring aspects of our collective. Firstly our creative side is to me the absolute core of our identity, from our high standards to our integrational model of creative output. Secondly is our community, we've had a very strong core of people over the years who have dedicated an immense amount of time and energy not only into the GP or RP aspects of Taijitu but most of all to each other and I value our collective more than I could hope to express.

[St Oz]

For me personally I really only care for two enduring aspects of our collective. Firstly our creative side is to me the absolute core of our identity, from our high standards to our integrational model of creative output. Secondly is our community, we've had a very strong core of people over the years who have dedicated an immense amount of time and energy not only into the GP or RP aspects of Taijitu but most of all to each other and I value our collective more than I could hope to express.

This, could we give less shits about gameplay already, you all have consistently said "gameplay will revive this region" "gameplay will bring in so many people" "gameplay will bring in oldies and newbies!"

What's the truth in that? None. I think most people who are new to Taijitu come here for the reasons above. Creativity and Community.

Fuck Game play. You all have been burned by it and swear against it but then passes three days and you all are sticking the ballgag back in your mouths.

I say we return to our Neutrality origins, tell NS to go fuck themselves, and not get involved in any more bullshit, especially TNP. All the people interested in that shit anyways are abandoning taijitu for other more active gameplay regions anyway. So fuck it, neutrality and concentrate on he homefront.

[Allama]

For me personally I really only care for two enduring aspects of our collective. Firstly our creative side is to me the absolute core of our identity, from our high standards to our integrational model of creative output. Secondly is our community, we've had a very strong core of people over the years who have dedicated an immense amount of time and energy not only into the GP or RP aspects of Taijitu but most of all to each other and I value our collective more than I could hope to express.

^ This. All of it. 

The only reason I came back when the region was revived after being away for years is because I missed the people of Taijitu. It certainly wasn't for GP.

[Delfos]

You always come back even if your family is dysfunctional, has a drunk uncle, a foul-mouthed Portuguese cousin, hippies, republican-senators-wanna-bees, bigot lawyers and narcotic cream making enthusiasts.

[Allama]

Such a lovable bunch of misanthropes ^_^

[Delfos]

oh and cat-loving enthusiasts that wear knitted vests with cats on them and are always talking about equations and random math problems.

[bigbaldben]

You always come back even if your family is dysfunctional, has a drunk uncle, a foul-mouthed Portuguese cousin, hippies, republican-senators-wanna-bees, bigot lawyers and narcotic cream making enthusiasts.

I hope I'm the drunk uncle! 

[bigbaldben]

Ok, so everything here I agree with and is what I thought.

"Taijitu is a creative writing and worldbuilding community that also happens to be a NationStates region."

Any dissension on this statement?  Modifications?

[Myroria]

The virulent hatred for anyone participating in other regions isn't making me want to stick around. I have fun in TNP, and I think it's a fun community just like I think Taijitu is a fun community. But being insulted because I think somewhere else is fun too makes me value the fun I have here less. No one in TNP tells me I'm an idiot because I participate in Taijitu too.

EDIT: When I ran for Vice Delegate in TNP someone (I will not name names) said something to the effect of "Taijitu will really hate you for this". Why should a community that says it welcomes everyone spark that kind of comment from someone?

tl;dr if taijitu dies because some of us hang around elsewhere too thats not our damn fault

[Dyr Nasad]

Some regionalism can be helpful, but this angry version ... is less useful

I am not sure why we want to define ourselves so specifically - are we trying to change the welcome TG text? some other goal?

Taijitu means many things to different people. I am not an RPer, yet I have felt at home here for years. Let me know if that is going to change.

[AwesomeSaucer]

Ok, so everything here I agree with and is what I thought.

"Taijitu is a creative writing and worldbuilding community that also happens to be a NationStates region."

Any dissension on this statement?  Modifications?

Maybe this could work.  "Taijitu: The first true online democracy.  Propose, discuss, and vote on laws, chat on our IRC about whatever, participate in RP, and also check our NationStates!"

[Funkadelia]

Ok, so everything here I agree with and is what I thought.

"Taijitu is a creative writing and worldbuilding community that also happens to be a NationStates region."

Any dissension on this statement?  Modifications?

Maybe this could work.  "Taijitu: The first true online democracy.  Propose, discuss, and vote on laws, chat on our IRC about whatever, participate in RP, and also check our NationStates!"

I really disagree with this idea because a lot of the workings of Taijitu, at their root, depend on the Nationstates region. Not only that, but that's the only "point of sale," so to speak, for Taijitu. Social media outreach is great, I guess, but I can't see it being all that fruitful.

[Gulliver]

I've always thought of Taijitu as a more relaxed place, but that may just be because I'm familiar with it. I don't understand the hatred towards GP that some people express. It may not be as prominent as RP, but so long as participation in it is optional (which it has always been) there should be no reason why it can't be a part of the region. Likewise, there's nothing wrong with having people who hang around multiple regions. That's pretty common for NS.