by Max Barry

Latest Forum Topics

Advertisement

Search

Search

[+] Advanced...

Author:

Region:

Sort:

«12. . .11,54911,55011,55111,55211,55311,55411,555. . .11,57411,575»

Jabberwocky wrote:All those puppets are what makes recruiting tedious.

wdym by that?

Taiqar wrote:wdym by that?

It means that if someone is cranking out puppets like a factory then you're likely not going to get any recruits from those 100+ telegrams.

Bro I have two puppet one somewhere I forgot other one

South Sene Xhic wrote:Bro I have two puppet one somewhere I forgot other one

Raise your hand if you find this at all surprising? Good luck with the hunt.

Aersoldorf wrote:It means that if someone is cranking out puppets like a factory then you're likely not going to get any recruits from those 100+ telegrams.

wait, why?

Taiqar wrote:wait, why?

Because puppet masters, for the most part, already know the game and aren't looking for where to move, they already know. So it's a waste of time for a recruiter to tg them because there's no chance that the recipient moves here most of the time. The recruiter still gets credit for sending the tg, but the goal is to bring in new people and that is very unlikely when telegramming a puppet. The problem is that much of the time you don't know it's a puppet. Some folks might be kind and call it NewNation0001, NewNation0002, etc. but that's the exception rather than the rule. I rarely wasted my time with puppets if I could identify them.

Aersoldorf wrote:Because puppet masters, for the most part, already know the game and aren't looking for where to move, they already know. So it's a waste of time for a recruiter to tg them because there's no chance that the recipient moves here most of the time. The recruiter still gets credit for sending the tg, but the goal is to bring in new people and that is very unlikely when telegramming a puppet. The problem is that much of the time you don't know it's a puppet. Some folks might be kind and call it NewNation0001, NewNation0002, etc. but that's the exception rather than the rule. I rarely wasted my time with puppets if I could identify them.

ah ok ty

Taiqar wrote:ah ok ty

The success rate a recruiter has can also be a point of pride. A well written telegram can give better results than a poorly written one, which is reflected by that success rate. Puppets mess that ratio up by potentially flooding the game with new nations that have 0% chance of moving to a particular region, and so what happens is the more that the recruiter sends telegrams to those puppets, the % drops which can make it appear that the telegram being used might not be very good, when in truth it's that the target audience was wrong, not the tg.

Aersoldorf wrote:The success rate a recruiter has can also be a point of pride. A well written telegram can give better results than a poorly written one, which is reflected by that success rate. Puppets mess that ratio up by potentially flooding the game with new nations that have 0% chance of moving to a particular region, and so what happens is the more that the recruiter sends telegrams to those puppets, the % drops which can make it appear that the telegram being used might not be very good, when in truth it's that the target audience was wrong, not the tg.

does that mean that I should move my puppets out of here?

The Bean Islands wrote:Hello

Hush now my little business partner... rest now...

Taiqar wrote:does that mean that I should move my puppets out of here?

Absolutely not. I keep a few here myself. The discussion began as my answer to why Jabber might feel that the puppets make recruiting tedious, and was only intended as a mathematical exercise to explain his viewpoint. Puppets themselves are fine, and welcome here. The only point was that it's hard to actually recruit a puppet, which can make it feel like wasting time.

The Bean Islands wrote:Hello

Welcome to XKI, stay away from Liberdon and don't eat anything she offers you. If you have beans for trade you can meet with my representatives in one of the bars or restaurants on the forums. Also, love Rowan Atkinson, comedic genius.

Hello (The other bean and I are colonies of Chair Co)

Bean Islands Inc wrote:Hello (The other bean and I are colonies of Chair Co)

If Chair wants to spit out 5 more puppets we can have 7 bean salad...

What is this 🍘
What made of

South Sene Xhic wrote:What is this 🍘
What made of

Since I can't even see what it represents, I'm gonna say zeroes and ones, at a base level.

(I think it's a rice cookie tho, so rice).

The Party congratulates all workers of the world with the International Day of Labor Solidarity!

Class struggle has been going on since the first human enslaved another of his kin, and shows no signs of ending soon. The labor movement is what guaranteed the workers many things we take for granted: an 8-hour work day, weekends, paid vacations, maternity leave, prohibition of child labor, reading the full list would exhaust anyone. All of this was achieved through blood. The ruling classes have no interest in relaxing exploitation, all they need is profit.

Thus, Russian workers revolted in 1917, violently breaking down the oppressive regime. Newly established government under Lenin has installed world's best labor protections, and Western bourgeoisie, terrified of sharing the fate of the Romanov family, granted their workers some concessions, among which were the aforementioned rights.

Today, those rights are being slowly but surely retracted: in the USA, 13 states are seeking to weaken child labor laws, and so-called "platform work", which lets the capitalists completely evade any responsibility, is on the rise globally. This is, again, a product of class struggle, and the oppressors are winning.

To change this, we must follow Lenin's call: Workers of the world, unite! Only in solidarity, can the working class put up a fight to protect all what lives were sacrificed for.


Read dispatch

Question: How many alts do you have
I have 5

Taiqar wrote:wait, why?

Aerso explained it very well. Card farmers create puppets with a particular destination already in mind. There's no point in TGing them. Since card farming began my success rate has fallen to less than half its former rate.
There's nothing wrong with puppets; I have a bunch too.

Palorki wrote:Look on the bright side of life. You won't cover it all.

Be an optimist? Impossible

Its Pantso's birthday? Happy Birthday!

Chair Co wrote:Question: How many alts do you have
I have 5

17

Happy B-day to our favorite trouser-themed Communication Officer and Senator!

South Sene Xhic wrote:What is this 🍘
What made of

rice and seaweed

«12. . .11,54911,55011,55111,55211,55311,55411,555. . .11,57411,575»

Advertisement