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Imperial wolfia

Hardened pyrokinetics wrote:Explain.

I'm not really well versed in Canadian history, but from what I understand, various areas have been named after Scottish explorers, most notably Nova Scotia ("New Scotland") not to mention the French.

Hardened pyrokinetics

Imperial wolfia wrote:I'm not really well versed in Canadian history, but from what I understand, various areas have been named after Scottish explorers, most notably Nova Scotia ("New Scotland") not to mention the French.

Scottish, French, English, Welsh, Irish, German (New Brunswick), Spanish, Dutch, plus the Natives.

Then came the Ukrainians, Polish, Hungarians, Austrians, Belgians, Italians, Russians, Chinese, Japanese, Africans, Arabs, Jews...

Imperial wolfia

Hardened pyrokinetics wrote:Scottish, French, English, Welsh, Irish, German (New Brunswick), Spanish, Dutch, plus the Natives.
Then came the Ukrainians, Polish, Hungarians, Austrians, Belgians, Italians, Russians, Chinese, Japanese, Africans, Arabs, Jews...

Except if I made a faction for every ethnicity that emigrated to Canada, then nothing in that rp would get done ever.

Nature-spirits

Hardened pyrokinetics wrote:Whoops got confused. I was referring to William Lyon Mackenzie, whom King was named after: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyon_Mackenzie

Ah.

Imperial wolfia wrote:Except if I made a faction for every ethnicity that emigrated to Canada, then nothing in that rp would get done ever.

Well, I would say that the major ethnicities depend on the region. On the East Coast, it's mostly Celtic and Acadian. In Québec, mostly French and those from French colonies. In Ontario, it's a mashup, but mostly British, with a huge number of various racial minorities. On the Prairies, Eastern European. On the West Coast, British and Chinese. In the North, Inuit. The aboriginals are everywhere, of course, but make up a small minority.

Hardened pyrokinetics

Imperial wolfia wrote:Except if I made a faction for every ethnicity that emigrated to Canada, then nothing in that rp would get done ever.

Well, going by the Roman idea, and mating it with the more character-driven "D&D" style of G-Tech/Astro: Canada (as well as Mexico and possibly extending to Greenland, the Caribbean, and the rest of Central and South America) is territory occupied by the Holy American Empire. There is free travel among the Imperial States, with all Men within the Empire considered equals regardless of their origins - Only Slaves and the "Barbarians" from outside the Empire are considered inferior. This way, our characters can be from anywhere with whatever background we want, even if the "Empire" is restricted to only a relatively small area (the Atlantic coast, for instance).

And yes, it physically hurt to type "Canada is territory occupied by America".

Imperial wolfia wrote:Except if I made a faction for every ethnicity that emigrated to Canada, then nothing in that rp would get done ever.

Doesn't have to be every ethnicity. Just the ones with major concentrations, like the Chinese in Vancouver and Ukrainians in central Canada. Amerinidians would be food for the Quebecois, and everyone else would be too mixed to actually for ethnic enclaves. Hell, we could throw in a Hutterite nation, while we're at it, which would be regularly harassed by Canuck Cossacks. :3

(Also, I approve of your True Princess flag)

Hardened pyrokinetics wrote:Well, going by the Roman idea, and mating it with the more character-driven "D&D" style of G-Tech/Astro: Canada (as well as Mexico and possibly extending to Greenland, the Caribbean, and the rest of Central and South America) is territory occupied by the Holy American Empire. There is free travel among the Imperial States, with all Men within the Empire considered equals regardless of their origins - Only Slaves and the "Barbarians" from outside the Empire are considered inferior. This way, our characters can be from anywhere with whatever background we want, even if the "Empire" is restricted to only a relatively small area (the Atlantic coast, for instance).
And yes, it physically hurt to type "Canada is territory occupied by America".

We could just rip off Rup's old Mad Max America map. With his permission, of course.

Hardened pyrokinetics wrote:Very true.
Astro, would you want to think up the sidequests in addition to the main plot, or have someone else handle them?

I could probably think up a few, but I'd prefer others to contribute because then we'd get a bigger diversity of ideas.

Imperial wolfia wrote:I'm not sure whether Ankh Mauta would be interested, but due to becoming more interested in learning about Rome lately, I've been considering making a rp set in Rome. It would likely be exclusive to AM region members as well as posters I know and trust, specifically because of problems Astro mentioned in the past about Roman era rp's. I'm also fairly certain there would be at least one person who would try to make their character the next Caesar (a position I'd only entrust to either Astro or Agri).
My idea has two settings in mind.
A) Either set in the classical Roman era before the fall of the Western Empire, with players rping patricians in the senate for the most part, although I'm open to the idea of slaves and Praetorians also being rped.
B) Or one set in modern times, most likely after an apocalypse. I'd prefer this one because it would allow more flexibility and fluidity in technology. Also, I like the idea of a post-apocalyptic Roman society worshiping George Washington as a god based on their interpretation of works such as the Apotheosis of Washington.

I'd certainly prefer B, as it would probably end up making me cry much less.

Nature-spirits

Astrolinium wrote:I could probably think up a few, but I'd prefer others to contribute because then we'd get a bigger diversity of ideas.

How about the PCs wander into the strange land of Enessjee, and have to battle trolls and somehow make it out of the chaos?

Astrolinium wrote:I'd certainly prefer B, as it would probably end up making me cry much less.

lol

I like that. Could even reuse ideas from an old rp that never got off the ground about players being trapped inside NS.

Hardened pyrokinetics

Okay, so, here's what we have so far:

A character-driven roleplay in which a band of misfits from all corners of life are called upon by someone (possibly The Grand High Pubaa Himself) to go on some sort of quest, structured in a way that will allow them to engage in various side-quests along the way. This RP will take place in either a mystical land call Enessjee, or just post-apunkalyptic America. Tech level is either standard Fantasy, or Modern/Future.

This all sounds rather cool so far. When it comes to the side-quests, if every player character has a personal side-quests related to their own goals (think of the Loyalty Missions from Mass Effect 2), that would give a fair amount of side-quest content - From there, it's whatever else we can think of as they come along, including quests in individual towns and villages.

Hardened pyrokinetics wrote:Okay, so, here's what we have so far:
A character-driven roleplay in which a band of misfits from all corners of life are called upon by someone (possibly The Grand High Pubaa Himself) to go on some sort of quest, structured in a way that will allow them to engage in various side-quests along the way. This RP will take place in either a mystical land call Enessjee, or just post-apunkalyptic America. Tech level is either standard Fantasy, or Modern/Future.
This all sounds rather cool so far. When it comes to the side-quests, if every player character has a personal side-quests related to their own goals (think of the Loyalty Missions from Mass Effect 2), that would give a fair amount of side-quest content - From there, it's whatever else we can think of as they come along, including quests in individual towns and villages.

As for setting, I was thinking start out in Ankh Mauta and perhaps end up in post-apunkalyptic America as the main setting, with Enessjee as a mystical Cyberland that the characters get sucked into on a sidequest. Clearly the rp's Long Dark of the Soul will take place in Detroit.

Nature-spirits

Hardened pyrokinetics

Astrolinium wrote:As for setting, I was thinking start out in Ankh Mauta and perhaps end up in post-apunkalyptic America as the main setting, with Enessjee as a mystical Cyberland that the characters get sucked into on a sidequest. Clearly the rp's Long Dark of the Soul will take place in Detroit.

Don't you think that would be a bit of a mess to keep organized?

Hardened pyrokinetics wrote:Don't you think that would be a bit of a mess to keep organized?

I don't think so. I imagine the entirety of the PCs will move from place to place as a group even if they split off into separate parties within those locations.

Hardened pyrokinetics

Astrolinium wrote:I don't think so. I imagine the entirety of the PCs will move from place to place as a group even if they split off into separate parties within those locations.

Eh... I still feel as though having only one "land" would be easier to handle - Make it Enessjee with Ankh Mauta as either a continent or Kingdom (or both!), that way we can literally do whatever we feel like without worrying about anything resembling real life.

Not saying we wouldn't do that anyway, but still...

Imperial wolfia

Astrolinium wrote:I could probably think up a few, but I'd prefer others to contribute because then we'd get a bigger diversity of ideas.
I'd certainly prefer B, as it would probably end up making me cry much less.

But Eli, how will I live without drinking your juicy tears?

Imperial wolfia wrote:But Eli, how will I live without drinking your juicy tears?

Don't call me Eli.

Imperial wolfia

Astrolinium wrote:Don't call me Eli.

Fine, Astro.

But you do realize that quoting a post that you're suppressing is rather counterintuitive to the purpose of suppressing it, right?

Hardened pyrokinetics wrote:Eh... I still feel as though having only one "land" would be easier to handle - Make it Enessjee with Ankh Mauta as either a continent or Kingdom (or both!), that way we can literally do whatever we feel like without worrying about anything resembling real life.
Not saying we wouldn't do that anyway, but still...

Well, we can still make it a post-apoc Ooo-esque land, and throw in Fist of the North Star biker gangs. :3

Hardened pyrokinetics

Wolfenium wrote:Well, we can still make it a post-apoc Ooo-esque land, and throw in Fist of the North Star biker gangs. :3

That could definitely also work.

Imperial wolfia

viewtopic.php?p=27591767#p27591767

If anyone's interested.

Hardened pyrokinetics

Imperial wolfia wrote:viewtopic.php?p=27591767#p27591767
If anyone's interested.

Sounds interesting.

Imperial wolfia

Hardened pyrokinetics wrote:Sounds interesting.

I should hope so. It took me awhile to write that.

Roman names are complicated, but rather fun to come up with.

Hardened pyrokinetics

Imperial wolfia wrote:I should hope so. It took me awhile to write that.
Roman names are complicated, but rather fun to come up with.

I'd definitely be interested if you did go through with it, though I am curious about certain other details, namely tech level(s) and the general state of society.

I've been ridiculously busy between Valentine's Day, my anniversary, and a research conference, but if there's still some interest, I can get to work on writing up the OP for the region RP this coming weekend.

*New Flag*

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