# Anyone still at nationstates?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-at-nationstates/165187>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 30, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-at-nationstates/165187 "2003-03-30T07:07:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-at-nationstates/165187/21 "2003-04-01T03:51:17Z")

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The game can be really fun if you find a good region, however. That seems to be the best aspect of the game.

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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-at-nationstates/165187/22 "2003-04-01T03:52:30Z")

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I am still playing, with the Holy Empire of newRlyeh, and powerful nation of 452 million people. My nation leads the Sea of Cecil in Basket Weaving.

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**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-at-nationstates/165187/23 "2003-04-01T06:04:08Z")

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And I **still** say we use that economic ability to destroy the plastic shopping bag industry!

**Blackeyes** : After I made that post, I jumped over to NationStates, only to see your announcement there. I had a moment of “Damn, it was just a joke, man,” until I saw you’d made the announcement eight hours earlier.

Brought to mind a **Kids in the Hall** sketch.

[sub]“How the hell was I supposed to know he’d been a hostage? Nobody ever said anything!”[/sub]

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**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-at-nationstates/165187/24 "2003-04-01T23:36:33Z")

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That sure was a real funny sketch, man.

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