Traveller's Café 2: Discussion, tea, brainstorming & advice

[The Armed Republic of Dutch Coolness]

FIFA! Makes the Superbowl look like a Christian network.

Indeed.

All those views are because of the Netherlands, obviously. Who's interested in anything Spain produces?

[Constaniana]

Indeed.

All those views are because of the Netherlands, obviously. Who's interested in anything Spain produces?

I can be persuaded to be interested in their women. Does that count?

[The Armed Republic of Dutch Coolness]

All those views are because of the Netherlands, obviously. Who's interested in anything Spain produces?

I can be persuaded to be interested in their women. Does that count?

No, because otherwise my statement would be invalidated.

[Agritum]

All those views are because of the Netherlands, obviously. Who's interested in anything Spain produces?

I can be persuaded to be interested in their women. Does that count?

You.

You must be the English American cute midfielder.

[Constaniana]

I can be persuaded to be interested in their women. Does that count?

You.

You must be the English American cute midfielder.

This is acceptable.

[Wolfenium]

FIFA! Makes the Superbowl look like a Christian network.

Indeed.

Remove handegg! Association football only football!

[Esternial]

Quick question; anybody know of modly stance on different languages, or where I can get an idea of them?

Foreign languages used in RP are "in character" and don't raise eyebrows but you shouldn't run a RP in a foreign language (NS is English-friendly). IMHO, a foreign language RP makes it difficult for people to weed out flames, troubling posts and so on; Moderators and Mentors might not be familiar enough with that language.

Foreign language pro tip: (edited post here)

(this goes to those trying to convey Asian languages as well):

Option 1: "σκατά!" It makes little sense and conveys nothing to someone who doesn't read Greek letters. Some Cyrillic/Greek letters or Asian characters appear as boxes depending upon what the person is using to access a site.

Option 2: "Skatá!" It makes more sense. The letters draw us in because they're familiar. It's using letters which we can pronounce in our heads as we read. Same word, common alphabet.

Option 3: "Shit!" Well, that makes sense but doesn't convey a sense of someone cursing in a foreign language.



We're writing to appeal to an English-speaking audience and to English-speaking players. So, "Ublyudok!", although we don't know it means "bastard", is "readable" to us. We can "hear" [a character] saying it.

" 分かりますか " can't register in anyone's heads...No one else has any idea what the consonants and vowels sound like. "wakarimasu ka" is something you can "hear" in your head when you read it. It still conveys a foreign language (Japanese) speaker.

I'll be adding that to the Book because...

...well, because I can.

And it's sound advice.

[Benuty]

Anyone familiar with "The Day After Tomorrow"?

Most Americans are, I imagine, it hasn't really been that long.

Disaster RP?

Nothing says disaster like the Creator trolling the earth by removing billions of people to avoid the apocalypse in order to piss off pagan deities and rebellious angels .

Got to love how this sounds more realistic of a plot than that joke of movie.

[Rupudska]

Since the World Cup is soon and I don't think such an RP would require Elfen High-like effort...

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept:Cute Girls play Association Football
Genre/s: Sports, Comedy, Action
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: In a world much like ours, Association Football (Soccer for North American anglophones) is all the rage and the most popular sport on the planet. Well, just like in our own world, anyways. However, there is a very, very big difference: football is magic. And not in a figurative sense.

I'll explain: in this alternate world, when a football players puts enough passion, willpower and skill in the game, he gains the temporary ability to bend the ball and the playing field to his will. This translates into a number of powerful techniques, which vary from player to player and from skill level to skill level.

Of course, after a few near-death experiences and missing limbs, The British Football Association and then FIFA put tight regulations in place to administer the use of Techniques (Techs) and other magical derivates. Thanks to the breath-taking magic component of the gameplay, Association Football became even more popular than it was before. Yes, even in the US.

The year is now 2014, the FIFA World Cup in Brazil is starting soon, and so are the FIFA Men's and Women's Under-17 World Cup. All the prominent football powerhouses of the world are starting to assemble their teams, and the United States Soccer Federation has just decided to hold a nationwide tournament to choose the football club that will represent the USA in the upcoming Under-17 World Cups.

The Los Angeles-based Strike Angels, a female team trained by the elite football school Elysium High, are the favorite team, led by talented midfielder Micaela "Miki" Rios. Or well, they were led by Micaela Rios: after an undisclosed incident where Rios apparently objected to making use of performance-enhancing drugs, the Chicana star of the team promptly got kicked out of the team and the school along with a few fellow team members, guilty of having backed up Rios' decision.

Determined to get a sports-based revenge on her former team andwin the tournament to gain a place in the Under-17 Women's World Cup, Micaela and the other ex-Strike Angels decided to search for new players and form a new football team...

Need Help With: Nothing in particular. Just feedback for the idea.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

*cough cough Inazuma Eleven with boobs cough*

Still looks interesting, tho.

[Agritum]

Since the World Cup is soon and I don't think such an RP would require Elfen High-like effort...

RP INTEREST AND FEEDBACK REQUEST

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Please provide as much detail as possible.
RP's Overarching Concept:Cute Girls play Association Football
Genre/s: Sports, Comedy, Action
Character or Faction Based: Character
Detailed Description: In a world much like ours, Association Football (Soccer for North American anglophones) is all the rage and the most popular sport on the planet. Well, just like in our own world, anyways. However, there is a very, very big difference: football is magic. And not in a figurative sense.

I'll explain: in this alternate world, when a football players puts enough passion, willpower and skill in the game, he gains the temporary ability to bend the ball and the playing field to his will. This translates into a number of powerful techniques, which vary from player to player and from skill level to skill level.

Of course, after a few near-death experiences and missing limbs, The British Football Association and then FIFA put tight regulations in place to administer the use of Techniques (Techs) and other magical derivates. Thanks to the breath-taking magic component of the gameplay, Association Football became even more popular than it was before. Yes, even in the US.

The year is now 2014, the FIFA World Cup in Brazil is starting soon, and so are the FIFA Men's and Women's Under-17 World Cup. All the prominent football powerhouses of the world are starting to assemble their teams, and the United States Soccer Federation has just decided to hold a nationwide tournament to choose the football club that will represent the USA in the upcoming Under-17 World Cups.

The Los Angeles-based Strike Angels, a female team trained by the elite football school Elysium High, are the favorite team, led by talented midfielder Micaela "Miki" Rios. Or well, they were led by Micaela Rios: after an undisclosed incident where Rios apparently objected to making use of performance-enhancing drugs, the Chicana star of the team promptly got kicked out of the team and the school along with a few fellow team members, guilty of having backed up Rios' decision.

Determined to get a sports-based revenge on her former team andwin the tournament to gain a place in the Under-17 Women's World Cup, Micaela and the other ex-Strike Angels decided to search for new players and form a new football team...

Need Help With: Nothing in particular. Just feedback for the idea.

Please leave this hashtag in place: #Mentorhelp

*cough cough Inazuma Eleven with boobs cough*

Still looks interesting, tho.

Well, Inazuma Eleven with actual soccer teams. Mostly.

Plus it's a soccer RP set in Murrika, which is something interesting by itself.

[Roski]

Anyone familiar with "The Day After Tomorrow"?

Unfortunately.

I think I want to make a RP like that.

[Olthar]

Are there any RPs about Frozen?

[Roski]

Are there any RPs about Frozen?

Why.... why would you even...

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Are there any RPs about Frozen?

I'm fairly sure there were at least a few, but I don't know if any are still active.

There aren't any in the ad thread, I know as much.

[Olthar]

Are there any RPs about Frozen?

Why.... why would you even...

I like Frozen.

Are there any RPs about Frozen?

I'm fairly sure there were at least a few, but I don't know if any are still active.

There aren't any in the ad thread, I know as much.

Aww.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

Are there any RPs about Frozen?

Uh... Not really, no. There WERE two, but...

[Hornesia]

Are there any RPs about Frozen?

Uh... Not really, no. There WERE two, but...

Please, don't make another, please, I beg...

[Rupudska]

Are there any RPs about Frozen?

Frozen isn't exactly the kind of Didney movie you can base an RP off of. It's like Fallout New Vegas: Too many loose ends tied up at the end to continue it in an RP.

[Gvozdevsk]

Are there any RPs about Frozen?

Why.... why would you even...

What I want to know is why it's so popular. I didn't even know it was a thing until like two months after it came out.

[Benuty]

Why.... why would you even...

What I want to know is why it's so popular. I didn't even know it was a thing until like two months after it came out.

Disney propaganda to disguise the fact they are making a hysterically sexist and fantastically racist movie which comes out in the fall.

[Rupudska]

What I want to know is why it's so popular. I didn't even know it was a thing until like two months after it came out.

Disney propaganda to disguise the fact they are making a hysterically sexist and fantastically racist movie which comes out in the fall.

Give Benuty their account back, tumblr social justice movement.

[Terintania]

I'm not entirely sure if this is an appropriate question for this thread or not, but are there any RPs that allow you to use characters from movies or shows or whatever currently active?

[Nationstatelandsville]

I'm not entirely sure if this is an appropriate question for this thread or not, but are there any RPs that allow you to use characters from movies or shows or whatever currently active?

How do you mean?

[Constaniana]

I'm not entirely sure if this is an appropriate question for this thread or not, but are there any RPs that allow you to use characters from movies or shows or whatever currently active?

Have you looked through the advertisement thread yet?

[Hornesia]

I'm not entirely sure if this is an appropriate question for this thread or not, but are there any RPs that allow you to use characters from movies or shows or whatever currently active?

There was one once that I ended up killing after I brought in Jack Bauer.