The theme of this announcement is similar to this announcement from last month, and expands on the procedures elaborated there.

Hello everyone!

Now that elections are over, I am announcing some developments I have been making over the past few weeks.

Firstly, the State small events announced in the linked announcement above will resume. The goal was to continue these through elections, but other things came up; however, they will return starting next week.

Next, there will now be Federal and Executive versions of these small events!

Federal Small Events: These small events will happen about every two weeks, and will encompass the following five topics: Business, Education, Health, Technology/Media/Science, and Energy/Environment. As previously mentioned, they will be created similar to the State small events, and again will not have event-specific grades.

Executive Small Events: Like how Zero was totally convicted? Like how he is now President? Well, now there will be small events that individual cabinet members, as well as the President and Vice President, may be a target of! Good things might happen, random neutral things may happen, and bad things can happen too, all with varying validity and intensity. So yes, these things will be similar to scandals, and will be released about every three weeks. Note that these would be delicately made, so that they are interesting and fun rather then "IMPEACH ZERO NOW!". Goal is not to create devastating scandals, but to add flavor to the Executive.

Finally, the release of each of the three sets of small events will be soft, rather than hard. This means that they will potentially happen at any time, instead of being exactly x weeks on the dot. This is done both to spread them out, as well as to save me some creation pains.

I will answer any questions about any of the small events in the comments below.

Hello everyone,

Boy, it's a long time since anyone's seen this sub in a bit isn't it? After some discussion in the canon checking thread on Main, I believe that there should be a general thread to discuss how to make the Events Board better/more responsive/engaging and on and on. Whether you have any ideas, comments, concerns, or any of that jazz, this is your place to put them.

Hello everyone!

So, as I was looking at the most recent big idea discussion meta wise, I noticed a lot of support for more State events.

I agreed.

Over the last election cycle, I began developing plans for a way to incorporate such a high frequency of events without potentially falling into any form of bias, another issue that the community has on occasion.

Another idea brought by the community, as well, was the little to no attention to local affairs. A big part of not focusing on local issues was the little relevancy, paired with how the sim would likely overreact to the smallest of events.

So, how can I mash everything up into one big fancy glob of juicy goodness? Calculated probability!

The system I have developed is a calculated set of probabilities which cover each of the above topics. The sets of probabilities include:

a) A simple, equal, probability for an event to happen within a state.

b) A five-pronged sector probability with three individual classes per sector. (Sectors include workforce, crime, utilities, weather, and social.)

c) A two part probability that determines if an event is local, regional, or statewide, as well as whether it is minor, moderate, or major.

d) If applicable, a probability to determine what the event has a targeted bias of: a party, individual, government, opposition, or no specific target.

e) A set of probabilities to determine the exact specific location, like a municipality, county, etc.

Based on the values delivered by the probability, the values are then transformed into a small event that combines all the values. Small events do not have their own special event grades, nor have summaries, but any work done towards them would be graded just like anything else would.

So, what do we get?

• Very frequent State events at least once a week (might up it if it is successful)!

• Very little bias (the only bias is in the original formula as well as the compilation of values)!

• Local issues are touched upon (A higher probability for things to be local instead of regional/statewide means a lot of local issues will be touched upon)!

The best part? This system is transparent, meaning that there will be no surprises. Everything created also adds to our canon, which may or may not lead to fully fleshed events in some cases! The end goal is for States to be a lot more immersive, as well as give local representatives a chance to actually represent an issue seen within their communities, if applicable.

I will answer any questions below, but for now, all of these small events will be released on a weekly basis on Mondays!

Oh, and if anyone is worried about us just re-rolling probabilities we don't like: I made it so that we not only physically record ourselves typing a timestamp verification on Discord, meaning we have a permanent record that we started rolling probabilities, but we also record the probabilities being pulled, so that there is no chance of manipulation. All videos are then stored on google drive for verification by the quad, with potential to be released if there was ever a meta issue involved with their making.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sj3Lbqm7Z3CQ44GDPmBWgSf5oMxbkWWht0bGcpqClh8/edit?usp=sharing

Most of my thoughts are covered in the document, but I have one question for those that care: In the future, should events be purposefully biased towards areas of higher activity, or should we continue to accept that not every event is going to harbor the most activity?

Additionally, another question that comes to mind and that I have discussed before is the event content itself: should all events specifically target things that would attract the most attention, or should we continue to do a mix of the average everyday type events and the big attractive events?

A Canon-esque summary of the Castle Event can be found from this recent PBS article: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModelPBSNews/comments/cv2esy/the_future_of_the_castle_group/?

On a meta note, I was really happy with the results on how this dynamic event worked. On many factors, the community involvement of this event transformed my initial goals of this event to something else. I am proud that this event so easily transitioned from what I originally intended it to do, to where it went due to how it was dealt with.

The official meta summary of the event can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gnkG-rxn2SB05DidCFMTh3n4Fg5SXYB_zdhhJw01rYQ/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O2jEmM2ezjoKCUh1NnKQGoYQ7TVoaYvmyztoa2pCYuw/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZIdzjqBpXRTRKD3BioZDpgVIlYZrye7Azh-AinSDEAs/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L7BzlTngIFRcEVxk1L6_SiSErEJAW1JCeSDJSW3J44U/edit?usp=sharing

I would like to inform everybody that this event will be extended for an amount of time until a reasonable time after the next Federal Congress has been inaugurated. All information gathered so far, which I must admit is embarrassingly small and can still be expanded on by you all, is still canon and can be referred too in campaigns if deemed necessary.

The final grading of this event, therefore, will not happen until later. All modifiers gained so far will not be in effect until after this event is complete.

I advise not to let this go under the dust, as this event founds a potential first objective for whatever administration to come.

Hello everyone,

With King giving y’all some updates on state and Federal events, I figured I would provide some insight into the international division. While the major events are obviously noticed by the community, a lot of the additional flavor is noticed only by a few. By making some changes to how PBS World Affairs is posted, I think we can work to alleviate that problem.

1. PBS will be transitioning from a once a week activity to being released throughout the week. While PBS contains a lot of information that could be used by the community to spice up the standard press releases, those things are typically only released during the first few days of the week, and then Wednesday to next Sunday is barren. We’ll be trying out this system, and if it works great. If not, it’ll be just as easy to switch back.

2. Additionally, PBS will be alternating between its normal format (one breaking news, two headliners, three minor events) and a new format that consists of three headliners and three minor events.

As with the small events King proposed earlier this week, these may drop at any time. Y’all will have to stay on your toes for these.

And as always, if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or event ideas don't hesitate to get in touch.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Fm-fMLZHn_j9VUtq-hXER-KYNl63vVKdGR3P-vORDs/edit?usp=sharing

Additionally, the pipeline leak has been fixed by the company.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YkXfgslmAVtXWp1j3_TQWksWw28tp2T2HGWtqilxV7g/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aoOPtQIUqFffq-gh8-E3zAfn8spQqKXzL_1N3Kvi68o/edit?usp=sharing

The 2nd District Court of Appeals of the State of Lincoln has issued its decision in the case of Museum of Waste, LLC v. City of Peoria, which found in favor of Appellant Museum of Waste. The City of Peoria has announced that it will be appealing the decision to the Lincoln Supreme Court.

The decision can be read in full here

(M: Many kudos to /u/shockular who wrote this event!)

Due to the Dixie Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, there has been a discussion within the office of the Archivist of the United States regarding the legality and constitutionality of the amendment. This is due to the precarious situation that is attached to the amendment via a deadline that has well passed.

Therefore, this letter has been sent to the Office of Legal Counsel from the Office of the Archivist of the United States.

LETTER LINK HERE