RaiderCon Returns for 2025
7 July 2025
NEWS: RaiderCon, the annual convention dedicated to raiding in NationStates, returns this week for its tenth iteration. What began in 2015 as a celebration of The Black Hawks’ tenth anniversary has grown into a long-running and coordinated community event—this year marking both RaiderCon’s 10th and The Black Hawks' 20th anniversaries.
Hosted via Discord and NationStates Forums, RaiderCon 2025
features a mix of panel discussions, game nights, streams, raiding operations and the return of RaiderVision. The
convention began on 6 July and will run across five themed days.
Panel topics this year include:
- Building an Organisation - focusing on the development of new raiding groups
- Highlight on Coding - exploring the technical side of raiding through tools and scripting
- The Black Hawks Anniversary - reflecting on the history of one of raiderdom’s most prominent organisations
- Old Raiders Interview - sharing insights from long-time raiders
- New
Raiders Spotlight - profiling rising players in the raiding space.
Speakers include figures from across the raiding spectrum,
such as Chaotic Sparkles, Gamma Crucis, Ever-Wandering Souls,
and Volstrostia.
RaiderCon underscores the growing organisation, coordination and training capacity of the raider community. Rhaza, a notable defender, stated in a tounge-in-cheeck way, in response to RaiderCon, 'Remember kids - destroying peoples' communities/hard work with all your friends and mocking them as you do is kosher, but being happy about preventing that is quite mean.' Though views differ on its role within the broader game, RaiderCon offers insight into one of NationStates’ most enduring—and polarising—traditions.
For more details, the full forum thread is available here.
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