Guide to Houses, Etc.

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A Guide to Houses, Etc. in the 10000 Islands

Link to the House System, XKI Generations, and Family Tree board: 10000islands.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=xkigen

Table of Contents
Click the links below to go to each section.

Introduction to Houses
How to Join a House
Which Houses Are Out There?
House Cup, Shield, and Scepter Competition
The House Report
House Achievement Plan
Games and Fun
Who leads the Houses?
How can I start a house?
How Do I Add My House and Generation to My Profile and Signature?
What are Generations?
The XKI Family Tree?
Got a Question??

Original post written by Mayans

This guide written was written by Paffnia , Senator for Lyonnesse East (Nov. 2011-Jul. 2012) and reorganized and updated by Aschente, Senator for Lyonnesse East (Nov. 2021-current)

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Introduction to Houses

If you've been invited to join the 10000 Islands through NationStates via a telegram, or even if you joined without being invited, then you should check out the House system. There are several Houses around the 10000 Islands, and for a newer nation, it may get confusing. To clear things up, read over this simple guide.

Houses are simply groups of nations recruited by the House founder and other House members (with a few exceptions explained below). They are a fun way to converse with other people and socialize with other members of the forum. Joining a House also shows your appreciation for the fantastic recruiters and welcome-message senders we have in the Islands.

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How to Join a House

There are two options to go about joining a House here in the 10000 Islands. They depend on how you came across the region.

1) If you were invited to the 10000 Islands region by one of the nations who is already here, via a telegram through NationStates*, then you should join the House that they're in, if they're in one. If the person who recruited/invited you is part of a House, you'll may receive a telegram and/or private message on the forums regarding which house you should join. Some people may also inform you on the welcome thread (here). If you're not sure which House you're in, look at the profile of the person who recruited you. There will hopefully be a line under their number of posts that says "House of: [Name]." If they don't have that, then you should ask them which House they're in. If they are not in a House, then proceed to step 2.

2) If you've come across the region by some other method besides an invitation telegram, then you should choose which House you wish to join yourself. Whereas when you're invited, it's respectful to join your recruiter's House, when you've joined without being invited, you don't have to join a certain House, and you can choose.

* Note: The one exception is if you received a recruitment telegram from a nation belonging to Cerb with "tag: api" as the recipient in the header of the TG. That means you were recruited by automated telegram, and can join any House you wish, per option #2.

To actually join a House, just post in the House's thread (listed below) saying you want to join or send a message to the House's founder.

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Which Houses Are Out There?

There are several houses around currently, all started by dedicated recruiters. Some houses have more members than others. But remember, it's not about the quantity all the time, it's also about the quality. So, here is a list of the houses:

Click on the House names for their threads.

House	Founder	Pixel Badge(s)
House of Aersoldorf	Aersoldorf
House of Ananke II	Ananke II
House of Echolilia	Echolilia
House of Improving Wordiness	Wordy
House of Louisistan	Louisistan
House of Markanite	Markanite
House of The Tasmanian Islands	The Tasmanian Islands

Additionally, the following Houses were closed, e.g. because the founders have ceased to exist or moved from the Islands:

House	Founder
House of Ater Nox	Ater Nox
House of Ayunli	Ayunli
House of Cerberion	Cerb
House of Boltor	Boltor
House of Enigmatic	Enigmatic
House of Estayland	Estayland
House of Flemingisa	Flemingisa
Haus of Gluuland	Gluuland
House of Greek People Nation	Greek People Nation (GPN)
House of Grub	Grub (Lenlyvit)
House of Hahiha/ USSR	Hahiha / USSR
House of HumanSanity	HumanSanity
House of Jesioneka	Jesioneka
House of Land	Land
House of LoreSong	LoreSong
House of Malecia	Mal
House of MinnaCaroline	MinnaCaroline
House of Otupia	Otupia
House of Paffnia	Paffnia
House of Petalumadom	Petalumadom
House of Sinn Féin's Ireland	Sinn Féin's Ireland
House of Silvermain	Silvermain
House of Takaram	Takaram
House of Tuga Nation's Dragon	Tuga Nation's Dragon

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House Cup, Shield, and Scepter Competitions

Three times a year--in January, May, and September--the month-long House Cup, House Shield, and House Scepter Competitions occur, run by the Senator for Lyonnesse East. The House Cup is awarded to the House that does the most collective recruiting over the month, based on a points system awarding nations recruited and recruitment telegrams sent, with bonuses at the Senator for Lyonnesse East's discretion for things like nations registering on the forum. The House Shield is awarded to the House that does the most recruiting per capita--each House's total House Cup points are divided by the number of eligible members of that House to determine the House Shield winner. The House Sceptre is awarded to the House of the individual nation whose recruitment telegram (sent out at minimum 1000 times in the month) has the highest percentage recruitment success rate All the details can be found here.

To make the Senator for Lyonnesse East's life easier, all House founders should keep a list of House members in the OP of the House thread, updated at least right before the House Cup and Shield starts. A note should be placed by every member who has CTE'd, is in the WA, or is Accelerator-eligible (in the WA and has been on the forum at least two months with at least ten posts), the last of which is used to calculate the House Shield.

A list of past winners of the House Cup can be found here, of the House Shield here, and of the House Sceptre here.

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The House Report

The House report is a monthly update on the current recruitment stats from each house and features a bi monthly feature of each house.

Aside from the information portion, the House report also holds the monthly House game/contest determined by the current Lyonesse East senator. The winning house of these monthly events win ribbons for their house that contribute to their total house points.

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House Achievement Plan

The House Achievement Plan is a system of rewarding Houses for the deeds of their founder and members. Each House collects House Points for its members doing certain actions or achieving certain ranks, like being elected senator or winning the House Cup, for instance. At certain amounts of House Points, a House can gain a new pre-title, such as the "Grand House of [Name]" or the "Noble House of [Name]."

A full list of House Point values and achievements rewarded, as well as a list of pre-titles and associated point thresholds, can be found here.

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Games and Fun

Besides the House Cup Shield and Scepter Competition and the House report monthly games, the Houses compete informally in game threads in Shelter's Taco Island and competitions hosted at the discretion of the Senator for Lyonnesse East. The following games and competitions are open:

Spam Points: Houses

The following games and competitions have finished:

Tug of War: House of Wordiness vs. House of Aersoldorf
Prolific Posting Contest

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Who leads the Houses?

By default, the houses are led by their founders. But sometimes, founders do cte or are otherwise unable to perform their duties as house leader, and the responsibility falls to the house steward. The steward is either appointed by the house founder, or in the event of the house founder leaving unexpectedly, a steward is selected by the LE senator instead. The Le senator does this once certain conditions are met, said conditions can be found in NS 324-2. A list of current house leaders can be found below.

House	Current Leader
House of Aersoldorf	Aersoldorf
House of Ananke	Sorya
House of Echolilia	Echolilia
House of Improving Wordiness	Escanaba
House of Louisistan	Jabberwocky
House of Markanite	Markanite
House of The Tasmanian Islands	The Tasmanian Islands

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How Can I Start a House?

To start a House, you've got to recruit, and to recruit, you've gotta follow the instructions (here and here). Once you contact the Minister of Immigration and begin recruiting, you can work towards the criteria for starting a House: 500 recruitment telegrams per month for a total of 6 months, service in a governmental position for a certain amount of time and approval from the Minister of Immigration and the Council of Nine. More on those criteria and further instructions for founding a House once you meet them can be found here.

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How Do I Add My House and Generation to My Profile and Signature?

To add a listing of your House or generation in your profile, go to "Profile," then "Edit Profile," then the "Personal" tab. Located within, there are dropdown boxes for "House of" and "XKI Generation." For more information on these dropdown boxes, see here and here.

You can also add a pixel badge for your House to your signature, if your House has one. First read how to add images to your signature: here. Then, copy one of the following codes into your signature:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Click for pixel badge image codes}
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[img]https://i.imgur.com/cmsGDJx.png[/img]


[img]https://i.imgur.com/ZHJhhYT.png[/img]


[img]https://i.imgur.com/f3O5qY6.jpg[/img]


[img]https://i.imgur.com/Mn4Eoe6.jpg[/img]


[img]https://i.imgur.com/i4rOvem.jpg[/img]


[img]https://i.ibb.co/88B83X3/House-Tas-2.gif[/img]


[img]https://i.ibb.co/VNXgbkf/House-Tas-4.gif[/img]

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What Are Generations?

Generations show in what time period you joined the Islands, usually marked by the date you joined the forum (which can be found on your profile). The full list of generations can be found here. Some generations have their own threads (Elder, TITO, United Nations, Recession, Initiative, Acylyndia War, and Redesign). The generations and other population trends are graphically depicted by the XKI Genealogy Project here.

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The XKI Family Tree

The XKI Family Tree (in its third version, created by the XKI Genealogy Project and found here) visually depicts the relationships between recruiters and the nations they have recruited, as well as nations' Houses and generations, similarly to a family tree. You can sign up for the tree and learn about the requirements here. The XKI Family Tree is managed by the XKI Genealogy Project (headquartered here and run by Paffnia ).

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Got a Question?

If you have any questions or comments about Houses or anything else in this guide, contact the senator for Lyonnesse East, who is responsible for maintaining the House system, currently Aschente .
If you want part of this guide modified, contact Paffnia or the current LE Senator.

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Reserved for potential future expansion.

[Paffnia]

I created this thanks to Mayans. I wanted to expand his original post (10000islands.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=xkigen&action=display&thread=22055) and have the ability to edit it, so here we are.

[Paffnia]

Updated with latest House pixel badges.

[Aersoldorf]

this thread rocks Paff

[Paffnia]

New badges added, thanks to Armetalia!

[Paffnia]

Added the House of Boltor.

[Paffnia]

Updated with the House of Land.

[Chibuye]

I am new,and I want to join a house.))))))

[Paffnia]

Updated.

[Mayans]

Thanks for keeping my credit up there pal. I like the format you've done!

[Paffnia]

Updated.

[HumanSanity]

Notice Regarding House Masks:

From here on I (as Lyonesse East Senator) will be creating a weekly list of nations joining Houses to send to Grub. I will find these nations by going into each individual House thread each Friday evening and he will add the masks to each nation.

Note: the current Senator and person performing these duties is HumanSanity

[Paffnia]

Updated. New ProBoards really didn't like table codes from old ProBoards.

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Updated with House Cup & Shield and House Achievement Plan info. Good thing I saved room for new sections.

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Updated.

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Updated.