<![CDATA[The Grey Wardens - General Discussion]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/ Tue, 19 May 2026 02:56:23 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[This place is empty]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-912.html Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:33:33 +0000 Chickenland]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-912.html <![CDATA[test]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-841.html Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:52:22 +0000 Haku]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-841.html <![CDATA[aaaa]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-840.html Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:31:19 +0000 Haku]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-840.html <![CDATA[ZXCZX]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-839.html Wed, 26 Jul 2023 02:26:21 +0000 Haku]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-839.html <![CDATA[testing something]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-739.html Tue, 05 Jul 2022 01:58:18 +0000 Nakari]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-739.html
lets see.]]>
lets see.]]> <![CDATA[My Resignation]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-570.html Fri, 02 Jul 2021 04:45:23 +0000 Varanius]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-570.html
(Oh, and very sorry if this is the wrong thread. If so, blame Tim Tongue)]]>
(Oh, and very sorry if this is the wrong thread. If so, blame Tim Tongue)]]> <![CDATA[Draft: Commend Haku]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-555.html Fri, 09 Apr 2021 03:06:44 +0000 Altmoras]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-555.html Quote:The Security Council,

Recognizing Haku's herculean contributions to the protection and wellbeing of vulnerable regions across the world as a steadfast and irreplaceable pillar of the defender sphere.

Acknowledging that Haku began its military career as Hired Contractor; a member of various invader organizations, before seeing the error in its ways and taking a stand to shield the helpless from harm. Haku's reformation can be succinctly demonstrated by an inspection of its puppet nation Time Freeze, which used influence initially gathered during an invader operation to assist defender allies in the secure refounding of Iran for that region's native populace.

Noting the years-long career of Haku in The Order of the Grey Wardens, where it has served continuously in multiple high command positions, including as First Warden; the leader of the order.

Impressed by the vast technological contributions Haku has made both to The Order of the Grey Wardens, and to the wider defender sphere. These contributions include but are not limited to advanced recruitment technology, a new regional forum for the Wardens, a new archive of regional World Factbook Entries to replace the defunct archive created by the commended nation Eluvatar, and Riordan; a machine that assists with and automates certain vital defender communications.


That's all I have off the top of my head, obviously the main body is going to be an absolutely phat stack of update accomplishments. I'm open to all suggestions including that it's shit and I should scrap it and start from the top. More clauses, which ops he lead that you think are the most prominent. How to expand the part about TGW, suggest anything that comes to mind.]]> Quote:The Security Council,

Recognizing Haku's herculean contributions to the protection and wellbeing of vulnerable regions across the world as a steadfast and irreplaceable pillar of the defender sphere.

Acknowledging that Haku began its military career as Hired Contractor; a member of various invader organizations, before seeing the error in its ways and taking a stand to shield the helpless from harm. Haku's reformation can be succinctly demonstrated by an inspection of its puppet nation Time Freeze, which used influence initially gathered during an invader operation to assist defender allies in the secure refounding of Iran for that region's native populace.

Noting the years-long career of Haku in The Order of the Grey Wardens, where it has served continuously in multiple high command positions, including as First Warden; the leader of the order.

Impressed by the vast technological contributions Haku has made both to The Order of the Grey Wardens, and to the wider defender sphere. These contributions include but are not limited to advanced recruitment technology, a new regional forum for the Wardens, a new archive of regional World Factbook Entries to replace the defunct archive created by the commended nation Eluvatar, and Riordan; a machine that assists with and automates certain vital defender communications.


That's all I have off the top of my head, obviously the main body is going to be an absolutely phat stack of update accomplishments. I'm open to all suggestions including that it's shit and I should scrap it and start from the top. More clauses, which ops he lead that you think are the most prominent. How to expand the part about TGW, suggest anything that comes to mind.]]> <![CDATA[Defending Lessons Review]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-197.html Sat, 06 Jun 2020 19:54:07 +0000 Benevolent Thomas]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-197.html
Lesson 1:
(07-18-2019, 09:50 PM)Haku Wrote: The majority of defending gameplay happens during the NationStates game updates. These updates happen twice a day at 12 PM EST/EDT and 12 AM EST/EDT, twelve hours apart. Thus, it is necessary to be able to be online at these times in order to fully participate in defending.

These two time periods are where various changes happen, such as census rankings being updated, influence increases, World Assembly proposals being passed or defeated, and most importantly: when the game elects new regional delegates. Regions update in a fixed order which will generally stay the same with every update.

Each region and nation updates only once per update. When a region updates, all nations within it also update. Once this happens, a nation's endorsements sent or received will not be counted until the following update. When a nation "updates", its endorsements of other nations will not count until the next update which happens 12 hours later. For this reason, defenders keep multiple nations stored in a late updating region in order to be able to perform as many defensive operations as possible; these nations are known as "switchers".

You can tell if a nation has updated for a particular update if there has been a recent influence change or if the region they are in has updated. This is what you will see on the nation happenings if a nation has updated:
[Image: cdKXfNf.png]
If a region has updated, the "Last WA Update" text on a region will switch to something like "seconds ago".

Next lesson: Switchers
Lesson 3:


(07-18-2019, 10:21 PM)Haku Wrote: There are various types of operations in defending, each with a varying degree of importance and fun.

Operation Types:
  1. Detag: This is the simplest form of operation. Defenders clean up a region that raiders have "tagged" (the NationStates equivalent of graffiti, which is the main operation of raiders) and restore the old World Factbook Entry and close raider embassies, effectively doing their best to return the region's appearance to the way it was before the raid. This is arguably the least fun operation in defending and it is typically only done if there is nothing else to do.
  2. Defense: A defense is when defenders stop active raiders who are currently trying to raid a region. This form of operation comes with two situations:
    -The defenders know where the raiders will raid and will move into the region before they do, just before it updates, in order to prevent them from possibly switching targets.-The defenders do not know where the raiders will raid, but see them staging (this looks like raiders endorsing one or several nations in a known raider staging point). At this point, the defenders will prepare to move into the same region that the raiders move into as fast as possible (this is known as chasing).
  3. Liberation: A liberation is when defenders coordinate to free a region which is currently being occupied by raider forces. This is typically done if the raid was unable to be defended against or was not spotted in time.
The following guides will explain in more detail on how to participate in each of these operations.

Next Lesson: Detagging
Initial thoughts: I would reorder it so Defense is first and detagging is 2nd. The Defense portion also needs rewriting.


Defense: A defense is when defenders stop an active invasion attempt on a region. This can happen in several scenarios:

- An invasion attempt is spotted prior to update. An invasion can begin at any point and sometimes invaders will make their move hours prior to the next update cycle. If such a raid is spotted in a timely manner, defenders can begin deploying forces to the region right away. 

- The vast majority of invasions occur during the update cycles. Invaders, knowing their target(s) ahead of time, take advantage of their knowledge of the regional update order to deploy just seconds before their target region updates. Defenders have to spot these groups and "chase" them in real time, hoping to have the most nations in the target region by the time it updates.]]>
Lesson 1:
(07-18-2019, 09:50 PM)Haku Wrote: The majority of defending gameplay happens during the NationStates game updates. These updates happen twice a day at 12 PM EST/EDT and 12 AM EST/EDT, twelve hours apart. Thus, it is necessary to be able to be online at these times in order to fully participate in defending.

These two time periods are where various changes happen, such as census rankings being updated, influence increases, World Assembly proposals being passed or defeated, and most importantly: when the game elects new regional delegates. Regions update in a fixed order which will generally stay the same with every update.

Each region and nation updates only once per update. When a region updates, all nations within it also update. Once this happens, a nation's endorsements sent or received will not be counted until the following update. When a nation "updates", its endorsements of other nations will not count until the next update which happens 12 hours later. For this reason, defenders keep multiple nations stored in a late updating region in order to be able to perform as many defensive operations as possible; these nations are known as "switchers".

You can tell if a nation has updated for a particular update if there has been a recent influence change or if the region they are in has updated. This is what you will see on the nation happenings if a nation has updated:
[Image: cdKXfNf.png]
If a region has updated, the "Last WA Update" text on a region will switch to something like "seconds ago".

Next lesson: Switchers
Lesson 3:


(07-18-2019, 10:21 PM)Haku Wrote: There are various types of operations in defending, each with a varying degree of importance and fun.

Operation Types:
  1. Detag: This is the simplest form of operation. Defenders clean up a region that raiders have "tagged" (the NationStates equivalent of graffiti, which is the main operation of raiders) and restore the old World Factbook Entry and close raider embassies, effectively doing their best to return the region's appearance to the way it was before the raid. This is arguably the least fun operation in defending and it is typically only done if there is nothing else to do.
  2. Defense: A defense is when defenders stop active raiders who are currently trying to raid a region. This form of operation comes with two situations:
    -The defenders know where the raiders will raid and will move into the region before they do, just before it updates, in order to prevent them from possibly switching targets.-The defenders do not know where the raiders will raid, but see them staging (this looks like raiders endorsing one or several nations in a known raider staging point). At this point, the defenders will prepare to move into the same region that the raiders move into as fast as possible (this is known as chasing).
  3. Liberation: A liberation is when defenders coordinate to free a region which is currently being occupied by raider forces. This is typically done if the raid was unable to be defended against or was not spotted in time.
The following guides will explain in more detail on how to participate in each of these operations.

Next Lesson: Detagging
Initial thoughts: I would reorder it so Defense is first and detagging is 2nd. The Defense portion also needs rewriting.


Defense: A defense is when defenders stop an active invasion attempt on a region. This can happen in several scenarios:

- An invasion attempt is spotted prior to update. An invasion can begin at any point and sometimes invaders will make their move hours prior to the next update cycle. If such a raid is spotted in a timely manner, defenders can begin deploying forces to the region right away. 

- The vast majority of invasions occur during the update cycles. Invaders, knowing their target(s) ahead of time, take advantage of their knowledge of the regional update order to deploy just seconds before their target region updates. Defenders have to spot these groups and "chase" them in real time, hoping to have the most nations in the target region by the time it updates.]]> <![CDATA[BT's Shitty Update Report Ideas Dump]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-60.html Sat, 26 Oct 2019 21:26:35 +0000 Benevolent Thomas]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-60.html 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6

It doesn't matter if it is good, it only matters if it defends
The main thing that we do is to 'fend your socks off
There's no such thing as a 'fenda prodigy
Cause defending is bogus, right HC, right
Only thing that really matters is a spicy warden sauce
And that's why me and HC are specially trained
To 'fend your fuckin' socks off, give 'em a taste HC, okay

These are jumps and they're fun
It's a fun block of jumps
That he learned in the school
Called the school of hard knocks

Give it up for HC, give it up for me
Give it up for HC, give it up for me
Give it up for jumps, give it up for libs
Give it up for everything that is not to lose
Now 'fend your socks off woman
We'll fuck your shit up y'all
Give it up children now to freak your shit out
All right

Now I know what a lot of you are sayin'
I just figured out what I'm gonna do with the rest of my days
I'm gonna get me an oversized keyboard
Gain forty switchers and be the next TGW
Well, I got sour news for you, Jack, It ain't that easy
For instance, are you willing to make the commitment to wakin' up
At the crack a' noon for mid day detags?
Seven or eight at a time, in a row?

How 'bout are you willing to make the commitment
To rock hard tasty stats grey warden style?
Glistening in the reports, how 'bout are you willin' to make the commitment
Wakin' up, goin' okay, it's update, what switchers am I gonna use?
Can't decide, can't decide, brain aneurysm
We've been through so much bullshit just to be here tonight
To 'fend your fuckin' socks off and all we ask in return is so precious little
All we're askin' you to do is drop WA and squeeze out
A move and endorse in a region

2, 3, 4
Give it up for HC, give it up for me
Give it up for HC, give it up for me
Give it up for jumps, give it up for libs
Give it up for everything that is not to lose
Now 'fend your socks off woman
We'll fuck your shit up y'all
Give it up children, won't you freak your shit out?
All right
This is a song called the history of The Grey Wardens
And its not just a list of bullshit that we've done in the past
It's a chronicling of our rise....TO POWER

We ride with kings on mighty steeds
Across the update's plain
We've walked with Karputsk and his Nasad
He did not die in vain, NO!
We've run through wolves, we've climbed ranks (link to N-Day)
Even stopped a massive raid (link to EU)
We've traveled through space and time my friends
To defend this house again, DEFEND!
We ride and we ride and we'll never subside
And we'll ride till the planets collide
And if you say that we do not defend
I'll tan you're fucking hide, RIDE!

Vin's fingers be silver, Jacks voice then be gold
But lest you think we're vain
We know you're all robots and we don't care
TGW, we reign!
We rei-eign, surpreme, OOOHH GOD!
Burrito supreme, and a chicken supreme (link to taco bueno)
And a liberation supreme (link to another mission report about a lib)
SUPREEEMEEEEE YEAAAAAHHH
SUPREME!!

Jack's First Update

This is the greatest and best Update in the world... Tribute

Long time ago me and my brother Jack here,
We was jumpin' down a long and lonesome update.
All of a sudden, there shined a Black Rider.
In the middle of the update.
And he said:
"Make the best chase in the world, or I'll eat your souls."

Well me and Jack, we looked at each other,
And we each said. "Okay."

And we jumped the first region that came to our feed,
Just so happened to be,
The Best Chase in the World, it was The Best Chase in the World.

Look into my eyes and it's easy to see
One and one make two, two and one make three,
It was destiny.
Once every hundred-thousand years or so,
When the sun doth shine and the moon doth glow
And the grass doth grow

Needless to say, the rider was stunned.
Whip-crack went his whoopy tail,
And the fiend was done.
He asked us: "(snort) Be you angels?"
And we said, "Nay. We are but men."
JUMP
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh-ah-ah,
Ohhh, whoah, ah-whoah-oh!

This is not The Greatest Update in the World, no.
This is just a tribute.
Couldn't remember The Greatest Update in the World, no, no.
This is a tribute, oh, to The Greatest Update in the World,
All right! It was The Greatest Update in the World,
All right! It was the best muthafuckin' chase the greatest chase in the world.

Ah-rah, dee
Soo-guh-goo-gee-goo-gee
Goo-guh fli-goo gee-goo
Guh fli-goo, ga-goo-buh-dee
Ooh, guh-goo-bee
Ooh-guh-guh-bee-guh-guh-bee
Fli-goo gee-goo
A-fliguh woo-wa mama Sir Lans!

And the peculiar thing is this my friends:
The chase we gave on that fateful night it didn't actually look
Anything like this update.

This is just a tribute! You gotta believe me!
And I wish you were there! Just a matter of opinion.
Ah, fuck! Good God, God lovin',
So surprised to find you can't stop it.
A spicy jump of fire
dead motherfucker, aw
All right! All right!]]> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6

It doesn't matter if it is good, it only matters if it defends
The main thing that we do is to 'fend your socks off
There's no such thing as a 'fenda prodigy
Cause defending is bogus, right HC, right
Only thing that really matters is a spicy warden sauce
And that's why me and HC are specially trained
To 'fend your fuckin' socks off, give 'em a taste HC, okay

These are jumps and they're fun
It's a fun block of jumps
That he learned in the school
Called the school of hard knocks

Give it up for HC, give it up for me
Give it up for HC, give it up for me
Give it up for jumps, give it up for libs
Give it up for everything that is not to lose
Now 'fend your socks off woman
We'll fuck your shit up y'all
Give it up children now to freak your shit out
All right

Now I know what a lot of you are sayin'
I just figured out what I'm gonna do with the rest of my days
I'm gonna get me an oversized keyboard
Gain forty switchers and be the next TGW
Well, I got sour news for you, Jack, It ain't that easy
For instance, are you willing to make the commitment to wakin' up
At the crack a' noon for mid day detags?
Seven or eight at a time, in a row?

How 'bout are you willing to make the commitment
To rock hard tasty stats grey warden style?
Glistening in the reports, how 'bout are you willin' to make the commitment
Wakin' up, goin' okay, it's update, what switchers am I gonna use?
Can't decide, can't decide, brain aneurysm
We've been through so much bullshit just to be here tonight
To 'fend your fuckin' socks off and all we ask in return is so precious little
All we're askin' you to do is drop WA and squeeze out
A move and endorse in a region

2, 3, 4
Give it up for HC, give it up for me
Give it up for HC, give it up for me
Give it up for jumps, give it up for libs
Give it up for everything that is not to lose
Now 'fend your socks off woman
We'll fuck your shit up y'all
Give it up children, won't you freak your shit out?
All right
This is a song called the history of The Grey Wardens
And its not just a list of bullshit that we've done in the past
It's a chronicling of our rise....TO POWER

We ride with kings on mighty steeds
Across the update's plain
We've walked with Karputsk and his Nasad
He did not die in vain, NO!
We've run through wolves, we've climbed ranks (link to N-Day)
Even stopped a massive raid (link to EU)
We've traveled through space and time my friends
To defend this house again, DEFEND!
We ride and we ride and we'll never subside
And we'll ride till the planets collide
And if you say that we do not defend
I'll tan you're fucking hide, RIDE!

Vin's fingers be silver, Jacks voice then be gold
But lest you think we're vain
We know you're all robots and we don't care
TGW, we reign!
We rei-eign, surpreme, OOOHH GOD!
Burrito supreme, and a chicken supreme (link to taco bueno)
And a liberation supreme (link to another mission report about a lib)
SUPREEEMEEEEE YEAAAAAHHH
SUPREME!!

Jack's First Update

This is the greatest and best Update in the world... Tribute

Long time ago me and my brother Jack here,
We was jumpin' down a long and lonesome update.
All of a sudden, there shined a Black Rider.
In the middle of the update.
And he said:
"Make the best chase in the world, or I'll eat your souls."

Well me and Jack, we looked at each other,
And we each said. "Okay."

And we jumped the first region that came to our feed,
Just so happened to be,
The Best Chase in the World, it was The Best Chase in the World.

Look into my eyes and it's easy to see
One and one make two, two and one make three,
It was destiny.
Once every hundred-thousand years or so,
When the sun doth shine and the moon doth glow
And the grass doth grow

Needless to say, the rider was stunned.
Whip-crack went his whoopy tail,
And the fiend was done.
He asked us: "(snort) Be you angels?"
And we said, "Nay. We are but men."
JUMP
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh-ah-ah,
Ohhh, whoah, ah-whoah-oh!

This is not The Greatest Update in the World, no.
This is just a tribute.
Couldn't remember The Greatest Update in the World, no, no.
This is a tribute, oh, to The Greatest Update in the World,
All right! It was The Greatest Update in the World,
All right! It was the best muthafuckin' chase the greatest chase in the world.

Ah-rah, dee
Soo-guh-goo-gee-goo-gee
Goo-guh fli-goo gee-goo
Guh fli-goo, ga-goo-buh-dee
Ooh, guh-goo-bee
Ooh-guh-guh-bee-guh-guh-bee
Fli-goo gee-goo
A-fliguh woo-wa mama Sir Lans!

And the peculiar thing is this my friends:
The chase we gave on that fateful night it didn't actually look
Anything like this update.

This is just a tribute! You gotta believe me!
And I wish you were there! Just a matter of opinion.
Ah, fuck! Good God, God lovin',
So surprised to find you can't stop it.
A spicy jump of fire
dead motherfucker, aw
All right! All right!]]> <![CDATA[The Offical somewhat Unoffical DKP thread]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-55.html Sun, 20 Oct 2019 23:24:09 +0000 Merlin]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-55.html
+10 DKP to Pyrohy for fixing my Oct 19th GP report]]>
+10 DKP to Pyrohy for fixing my Oct 19th GP report]]> <![CDATA[First]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-27.html Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:52:07 +0000 Merlin]]> https://www.greywardens.xyz/forum/thread-27.html