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Alleniana wrote:

Northumbria wrote:Political RPs are some of my favourite so I've been looking around for a while and didn't really find anything, like you say, of decent quality or without getting bogged down. (That's not to say I could necessarily do any better.) The most (in)famous example is, of course, NSGS itself but even then, it runs its course in a matter of months at best before everyone loses interest. That's partly why I wanted to merge it with gameplay elements so that the RP and RL regional politics both push each other along and one reflects the other, even if it gets quiet.

I guess the hardest thing will be 1) finding players committed enough (in many aspects, it would be more like joining a new region than signing up for an RP) and 2) setting it up in the right way to attract and keep interest going.

See, I wanted to gauge interest before creating the region but now I'm wondering if I need to create the region to gauge interest? Hmm.

To be honest, I'm not convinced about the region thing. It would immediately put off people who are founders of regions that they need to stay to protect/manage, as well as people who want to play region politics elsewhere, perhaps even being WA delegate and thus needing to. They could make a puppet, but that's relatively inconvenient. Furthermore, the demographic would largely be P2TMers, I imagine, who aren't big into gameplay by and large anyway. Frankly, I could see the whole region thing bogging down the RP, or at least the quality of, due to needing to spend time on the other. Consider mechanics that you run yourself? G-Tech might be able to help if you go far down that route.

G-Tech Corporation wrote:

Alleniana wrote:To be honest, I'm not convinced about the region thing. It would immediately put off people who are founders of regions that they need to stay to protect/manage, as well as people who want to play region politics elsewhere, perhaps even being WA delegate and thus needing to. They could make a puppet, but that's relatively inconvenient. Furthermore, the demographic would largely be P2TMers, I imagine, who aren't big into gameplay by and large anyway. Frankly, I could see the whole region thing bogging down the RP, or at least the quality of, due to needing to spend time on the other. Consider mechanics that you run yourself? G-Tech might be able to help if you go far down that route.

Mind you, replicating Gameplay mechanics forumside is child's play with the agreement of all parties.

Alleniana wrote:

G-Tech Corporation wrote:
Mind you, replicating Gameplay mechanics forumside is child's play with the agreement of all parties.

This just gave me such an idea; RPs based off April Fool's stuff. No, anyone?

Northumbria wrote:

Alleniana wrote:Sounds nice. Obviously there are incarnations of this sort of thing, but I don't think I've ever seen it done both to a decent quality and without getting bogged down; I guess there haven't been enough people trying, or I'm not very good at looking. But yeah, I would say it's viable, definitely.

Political RPs are some of my favourite so I've been looking around for a while and didn't really find anything, like you say, of decent quality or without getting bogged down. (That's not to say I could necessarily do any better.) The most (in)famous example is, of course, NSGS itself but even then, it runs its course in a matter of months at best before everyone loses interest. That's partly why I wanted to merge it with gameplay elements so that the RP and RL regional politics both push each other along and one reflects the other, even if it gets quiet.

I guess the hardest thing will be 1) finding players committed enough (in many aspects, it would be more like joining a new region than signing up for an RP) and 2) setting it up in the right way to attract and keep interest going.

See, I wanted to gauge interest before creating the region but now I'm wondering if I need to create the region to gauge interest? Hmm.

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:

Gvozdevsk wrote:So I've been wanting to get a Rainbow Six RP up for a while but I'm having difficulty fleshing out an OP for it. There's not a lot of worldbuilding that really needs to be done with an established franchise, and the franchise doesn't have any deep lore beyond "super tacticool operators kill bad guys" so I'm really not sure how I would go about creating a detailed, fleshed out OP that would attract quality RPers.

Make some nice backstory! I mean, there is little to tell about Rainbow Six, but you can give it a little background. Then, you'll have to give them a story, a plot. Explain the plot. Transnistrian seperatists? Georgian Gunmen? Uyghur islamists? Give the enemy a story. And then explain why ONLY Rainbow Six can save the world.

Altito Asmoro wrote:

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:Make some nice backstory! I mean, there is little to tell about Rainbow Six, but you can give it a little background. Then, you'll have to give them a story, a plot. Explain the plot. Transnistrian seperatists? Georgian Gunmen? Uyghur islamists? Give the enemy a story. And then explain why ONLY Rainbow Six can save the world.

A plot that able to attract players without sacrificing the quality, of course. At the same time, Rainbow Six could be explained as a multi-national team being selected from the best of the best in various countries. Or, just a nation's most skilled special operatives.

Altito Asmoro wrote:

Northumbria wrote:Political RPs are some of my favourite so I've been looking around for a while and didn't really find anything, like you say, of decent quality or without getting bogged down. (That's not to say I could necessarily do any better.) The most (in)famous example is, of course, NSGS itself but even then, it runs its course in a matter of months at best before everyone loses interest. That's partly why I wanted to merge it with gameplay elements so that the RP and RL regional politics both push each other along and one reflects the other, even if it gets quiet.

I guess the hardest thing will be 1) finding players committed enough (in many aspects, it would be more like joining a new region than signing up for an RP) and 2) setting it up in the right way to attract and keep interest going.

See, I wanted to gauge interest before creating the region but now I'm wondering if I need to create the region to gauge interest? Hmm.

Controlling a nation as ministers, politicians, military officers also kind of a political RP, right?

G-Tech Corporation wrote:

Alleniana wrote:To be honest, I'm not convinced about the region thing. It would immediately put off people who are founders of regions that they need to stay to protect/manage, as well as people who want to play region politics elsewhere, perhaps even being WA delegate and thus needing to. They could make a puppet, but that's relatively inconvenient. Furthermore, the demographic would largely be P2TMers, I imagine, who aren't big into gameplay by and large anyway. Frankly, I could see the whole region thing bogging down the RP, or at least the quality of, due to needing to spend time on the other. Consider mechanics that you run yourself? G-Tech might be able to help if you go far down that route.

Mind you, replicating Gameplay mechanics forumside is child's play with the agreement of all parties.

The Armed Republic of Dutch coolness wrote:

Altito Asmoro wrote:


A plot that able to attract players without sacrificing the quality, of course. At the same time, Rainbow Six could be explained as a multi-national team being selected from the best of the best in various countries. Or, just a nation's most skilled special operatives.

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:

The Armed Republic of Dutch coolness wrote:

I get a Nord-Ost vibe...

Alleniana wrote:

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:I get a Nord-Ost vibe...

Dutch for no is nee
holy shit how did I never know this

Alleniana wrote:

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:I get a Nord-Ost vibe...

Dutch for no is nee
holy shit how did I never know this

Great Confederacy Of Commonwealth States wrote:

Alleniana wrote:Dutch for no is nee
holy shit how did I never know this

How would you? It's not like we've got a great many speakers... But glad to see you learned something!

Cybraxia wrote:Was thinking of a few different RP's i'd like to make or at least have a hand in making, so far here's three.

1. Dead Space RP
2. Mass Effect RP
3. Combination Dead Space/Mass Effect RP (Or alternatively something with Resident Evil.)

What I would need though, is someone to help plan with me what would be going on.

Eridanus 3 wrote:

Cybraxia wrote:Was thinking of a few different RP's i'd like to make or at least have a hand in making, so far here's three.

1. Dead Space RP
2. Mass Effect RP
3. Combination Dead Space/Mass Effect RP (Or alternatively something with Resident Evil.)

What I would need though, is someone to help plan with me what would be going on.

I can back this idea.

Were you thinking of a faction-esque RP, or a more character based story?

Cybraxia wrote:

Eridanus 3 wrote:I can back this idea.

Were you thinking of a faction-esque RP, or a more character based story?

Emphasis on Character, but depending on what occurs, there could be some faction stuff.

I just feel Character Emphasis lends itself to a better narrative.

From a writing standpoint.

Eridanus 3 wrote:

Cybraxia wrote:
Emphasis on Character, but depending on what occurs, there could be some faction stuff.

I just feel Character Emphasis lends itself to a better narrative.

From a writing standpoint.

I'm sold. I'll OP or CO-OP, but this needs to happen.

Cybraxia wrote:

Eridanus 3 wrote:I'm sold. I'll OP or CO-OP, but this needs to happen.

Which one though?

Eridanus 3 wrote:

Cybraxia wrote:
Which one though?

I'm voting for option three.

Cybraxia wrote:

Eridanus 3 wrote:I'm voting for option three.

Groovy. The last RP I made died quickly, and I'm fairly certain you have much more RP experience than me so, why don't you OP?

Should we have a "world building" thread to come up with a setting within the RP or should we do it through TG?

Kassaran wrote:Eridanus, you want me to put you down for Alpha gameplay using my Halo BP system?

The Armed Republic of Dutch coolness wrote:

Altito Asmoro wrote:


A plot that able to attract players without sacrificing the quality, of course. At the same time, Rainbow Six could be explained as a multi-national team being selected from the best of the best in various countries. Or, just a nation's most skilled special operatives.

Eridanus 3 wrote:

Kassaran wrote:Eridanus, you want me to put you down for Alpha gameplay using my Halo BP system?

Kassaran, if you left me out of any of your RPs I would develop a complex or something...

SIGN ME UP!!!

Does this mean that the alpha/progress is nearing release? I'd pay for this RP man. I really would. The hype is real.