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Second GRA March Update
Topic Started: Mar 29 2014, 10:57 AM (210 Views)
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Global Right Alliance News
Second March Update


Hello from the GRA!

The GRA was founded in 2005 and refounded in 2007, with our population peak in 2010 at over 500 nations. We are a founding member of the FRA. We are known for our political innovation, including the infamous 'rotatorship' (rotating dictatorship), and also for our "unique" character. In the GRA dictionary entry for 'politeness', it simply says 'who the f*ck are you, signed, Uropa'. We're so badass, we don't even click 'safely eject hardware', we tear that bad boy right out.

In the immortal words of Jonewest, 'f*ck common courtesy, this is the GRA.'

GRAvasion: GRA Overseas Junkets

Hoping I've grabbed your attention by swearing twice in the header, but knowing attention on the internet is a precious commodity I will likely lose in a few short paragraphs, I thought best to put this at the top!

The GRA would like to propose what we are calling 'GRA junkets' to our friends' regions. This would involve what the FRA are unkindly calling a 'GRAvasion', or what may be more favourably called a 'visit' to your region, during which as many members of the GRA as I can round up would pop over, get involved in whatever chats are open to foreign visitors, helping with activity and perhaps providing a helpful outsider's view on issues of the day. Equally, we would appreciate a return of the favour. We think it's a nice way to spread activity and meet new people.

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The kind of rocking parties you can expect when the GRA come to visit.

If you're interested, please let me know. I warn you, I will not be held responsible for Uropa's actions!

GRA and Aura Hyperia lead the way in crossing the divide

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This month, the GRA and Aura Hyperia began diplomatic relations with the exchange of embassies, crossing the invader/defender barrier. Aura Hyperia would be described as imperialist, but hold themselves to a moral code of no griefing, and no permanent banjecting. Both agreed that it was a shame that elsewhere in the NS world, the invader/defender barrier has become so large that we cannot talk across the gap, as evidenced by the embassy refusals and restrictive maskings that have become increasingly common around our game. Joe Bobs commented, 'Some of the most fun embassies I've taken part in have been defender embassies in raider regions, and vice versa. Several years ago, the GRA had an embassy with LWU, and the baiting that took place made it one of our most active embassies.'

This story has taken on an unexpected development however, as Aura Hyperia have proposed joint activities between the two region's militaries in a war focused against The Black Riders. High General Jonewest and Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Bobs have taken this proposal to the People's Assembly for debate. If this action is taken, it would, to this reporter's knowledge, be the first time a joint Defender-Imperialist Army had launched war against a Raider, with exercises likely to involve all aspects of warfare, including detagging, defending and liberation.

The issue has become the subject of a fierce debate in the GRA, with Jonewest and Joe Bobs leading the Pro argument, alongside Mara Sargon and Frostmark from Aura Hyperia, and Sovereign Liberties with some support from FRA members leading the Con argument. Old Zertaxia was eventually persuaded by the Pro-side.

At the time of going to press, the latest development is the proposal of creating a new wing of the GRA military, the GRA Invader Nut Smashers (GRAINS). This allows the GRADF to retain it's purist defender ideology, whilst the GRAINS try other tactics.

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Population Explosion

In under 6 weeks, the GRA's population has exploded from a measly 35 to a whopping 81 nations! Joe Bobs has pledged that the GRA will overtake 10,000 Islands as the largest UCR within the next two weeks.

(Ed note: It is not clear if penguins understand numbers. It is even more unlikely that drunk penguins understand numbers.)

Sadly, this month saw Love and Honour, Jivdom and Lower Bowmania's nations CTE, three of the greats of the GRA. We hope they come back to the GRA some day.

New Constitution

The People's Assembly have agreed on a new constitution, authored by Sovereign Liberties. Full text as follows:

The People's Declaration of Assembling


Other laws being discussed at the time of going to press are a Bill of Rights, the Separation of Militaries Act, the In-Game Embassies Act, and a selection of so called 'Practical Laws'.

Expansion of Embassies

Joe Bobs has been mercilessly spamming the NS world in a ruthless bid of regional self-promotion, as you are no doubt aware, or else you wouldn't be reading this! He has released the following statement:

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Whilst I know some may see my Foreign Affairs program as excessive, it is based on solid principles. Firstly, I enjoy it. I have always enjoyed spreading across the NS world, engaging with new communities and meeting new people. I wish to share this with my fellow GRAers, and I also wish to share the GRA with others. Secondly, I believe the GRA has always seen some of its best activity through foreign visitors, so I see this, along with recruitment, as one of the essential ways to build forum activity. I also hope that our embassies bring activity to our friends. Thirdly, I'm a strong believer in NS internationalism, I think the game is at its best when we have multi-regional engagement, across the divides of feederite and userite, defender and raider, independent and imperialist, role-play and game-play. I want the GRA to be a nexus whereby all these different groups can meet, and I hope our overseas readers will come and visit to share in this.


To this end, we are proud to announce new embassies with the following: Aura Hyperia, British Isles, Capitalist Paradise, Gatesville Inc, Independent Order, Mordor, NeoConfederate States of America, The New Galactic Empire, New Warsaw Pact, Osiris, Renegade Islands Alliance and Wintreath.

And we are pleased to announce the reopening of embassies with: Belgium-Netherlands, Canada, Caprecia & Nysa, Equilism, Gay, Region Inc and The West Pacific.

Jonewest commented: 'Joe Bobs has been overworking the hardly working administration staff to setup a huge array of embassies on the GRA Forums. While they may be held together by glue and bondage, for the most part the embassies look good!'

(Ed note: Image removed after Google search of 'glue and bondage' was found to violate most forums' Terms of Service...)

Jonewest Vs. Sovereign Liberties

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This month saw a return to the classical language of the GRA: flame wars lasting multiple days over an arbitrary point no one can remember. Our best investigative journalists have found that the war may have begun with Sovereign Liberties' criticism of Jonewest's dismissive tone when asked to perform his Admin duties, but no one is quite certain. Both accused the other of being 'non-contributors', which has now, like so many slurs before, become a term of affection and fraternity in the GRA.

Jonewest commented as follows: 'Tensions rose, fell, and sandwiches were made for me afterwards. All has been reasoned and resolved, with a new word being added to the GRA Official Dictionary!' (Ed note: The word was 'no', which Jonewest has redefined not as a refusal, but a tool of Admins to put people in their place.) Jonewest has been a vocal opponent of the 'say no to drugs' campaign in the past, but is now launching his own 'say no to admin requests'.

Uropa held a poll into who was likely to win, in which, surprisingly, the winner was 'I'm a fwuffy penguin and want everyone to be friends Joe Bobs', 3 votes to 2 to 2.

Sovereign Liberties could not be reached for a comment, because he has chickenpox. :( We hope he gets well soon and has a bath in calamine.

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Old Zertaxia is particularly frightened, as he can remember smallpox.

(Ed note: Sovereign Liberties is now well, but I enjoy the above picture too much to take it out. :D )

GRADF

The GRADF continues to operate as part of the FRA Rangers, whilst Jonewest modernises the institution. He has stated 'We are currently moving the GRADF into the modern age of strategy and tactics. With this lengthy procedure of moving data and resources from Windows 95 to Windows Millennium Edition computers it has been decided that the following honorary titles be bestowed on the following: Old Zertaxia - GRADF Whore, Northern Chittowa - GRA Watchdog, Uropa - Chief of the Military Police.

Old Zertaxia has responded: 'Even though the word "High" in High General Jonewest's title is clearly not in reference to an extremely elevated place, and rather a reference to his intoxicated state (for all you dumdums out there, Jonewest is f*cking high as balls whenever he attempt to do things, especially Admin things, especially create forums and not f*ck them up), I graciously and grandly accept the honor of GRABR Whore. Thank you.' He also added that he hates everyone.

New Formal Address for Admin Requests

After multiple attempts to make admins do things by throwing rocks at them, Joe Bobs has tried a different tactic, making the following plea in the Admin Request Thread:

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Oh mighty admins, oh ye powerful gods of Olympus, won't thy spare me a moment of thine great and powerful minds that unravel the mists of time, of thine mighty and strong arms that crack apart the world and the sky, of thine watchful and all-seeing eyes that look beyond the reaches of the universe! I bid thee here my plea, I pray thee grant my wish, and thou will have an obedient and loyal servant who will bring more followers to they cause, and together all the world shall tremble and quake, and fear thee and they shall know, thine names are Old Zertaxia and Jonewest!


Finally, the GRA maintains its eternal war against Falconias.

In the words of Uropa, beace.

Written by Joe Bobs. With thanks for contributions from Jonewest and Old Zertaxia.
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Thanks for the update! Very informative!
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Indeed! A nice read, I particularly enjoy that last little plea to the admins. Very creative
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No problem Dominion!

Flo - It comes from the fact that I was initially taking a 'stick' approach to getting our two active admins, Jonewest and Old Zertaxia, to set up embassies, sort masking, etc, and then I thought, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, and switched to the 'carrot' approach. :D

I also wrote them this:

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Hi Jonewest, Old Z,

We've known each other a long time now, and I'm sure you'll agree we make each other happy. More than that, you bring purpose to my life, you're the reason I get out of bed in the morning, and what I hope for when I come home at night. I can't imagine life without you. And that's why, I hope when I ask you this question, you'll say yes. Will you, Jonewest, Old Zertaxia, do me the honour...



of making us an embassy for Gatesville?
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Ha! That's how you do it! ;) nothing like good old flattery
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Works every time! ;)
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Oh god!! Another Flo exists!!!! :O
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MY KIN! Blac is never even thought of that!!!

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Flo, would you be happy for me to quote this:

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A nice read, I particularly enjoy that last little plea to the admins. Very creative


It's for a piece I'm doing about comments on our updates.
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yep yep yep. No problem
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Thankyou Flo!
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