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Welcome to CoPS!
Welcome to CoPS!
To all of you reading this, hello! And thank you for your attention.
CoPS is FanT RP group, not based out of any particular region. We accept the existence of fully MT and human nations, but we also accept non-human nations and those who wish to incorporate magic and other non-MT items into their experience, along with PT RPers and FT if you'd like. We are looking for quality RPers, who are interested in joining our community, and provide new and fresh ideas for RPs. We have an emphasis on one thing, and one thing only: storytelling. In our books, everything comes second to telling a good story. If realism has to bend a little in order to tell a good story? So be it.
As a side note, while CoPS does stand for 'the Coalition of Ponyist States' and we have our roots in RP based on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, we do stretch far beyond that. We do have a great many nations who remain based in MLP or who have some degree of pony population, but we also have nekos, furries, elves, and all other sorts of non-humans running around. We do not expect or demand that you have any kind of grounding in the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, nor do we demand you be a fan of the show if you want to join. As we said, we're looking for quality RPers, and beyond that we don't really care.
We expect quality RPing that comes together to tell a story of some kind or the other, and if some realism or what not has to be sacrificed in order to tell that story then we accept that. If you're coming here expecting to do RPs where you want everything to be uber-hard-core realistic, then, I'm afraid this group is not the right one for you. If you're looking to, 'win', through some manner, then this may not be right for you either, but if you are interested in story telling, in any possible setting? You've found the right place. If you're interested fill out the application below, and be sure to read the rest of the OP to get an idea for what we're looking for and expecting of our RPers.
Please be as full and detailed as possible with your answers! We want to get to know you as a player and RPer, and the more you tell, the better we'll get it.
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A word on our acceptance of magic. We view magic much in the same way we view tech, and just as we don't want people to try and claim that they 'win' automatically due to superior tech, we don't want people who do the same except with magic. Magic, when it is used, should be used to propel the story along. Our guiding principle here is 'suspension of disbelief'. While we allow realism to bend, we do not eject it completely. While things do not have to be realistic, they do have to be believable, and this applies to magic as much as it does to claims about technology, population, economics, etc. As long as what you claim about your country is believable or can be used to tell a better story, we're find with your claiming anything you want. If you're worried something you're doing is 'wankish' feel free to post in the thread asking about it.
Thank you for taking the time to read our OP, and we look forward to hearing from you!
Once you're accepted, please, feel free to make announcements on our Group News Thread, the Celestial Chronicle, and make your map claims in our map thread.
NOTE: The maps are currently being heavily edited to make room for new players, so please be patient while we get through this opening process.
CoPS is FanT RP group, not based out of any particular region. We accept the existence of fully MT and human nations, but we also accept non-human nations and those who wish to incorporate magic and other non-MT items into their experience, along with PT RPers and FT if you'd like. We are looking for quality RPers, who are interested in joining our community, and provide new and fresh ideas for RPs. We have an emphasis on one thing, and one thing only: storytelling. In our books, everything comes second to telling a good story. If realism has to bend a little in order to tell a good story? So be it.
As a side note, while CoPS does stand for 'the Coalition of Ponyist States' and we have our roots in RP based on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, we do stretch far beyond that. We do have a great many nations who remain based in MLP or who have some degree of pony population, but we also have nekos, furries, elves, and all other sorts of non-humans running around. We do not expect or demand that you have any kind of grounding in the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, nor do we demand you be a fan of the show if you want to join. As we said, we're looking for quality RPers, and beyond that we don't really care.
We expect quality RPing that comes together to tell a story of some kind or the other, and if some realism or what not has to be sacrificed in order to tell that story then we accept that. If you're coming here expecting to do RPs where you want everything to be uber-hard-core realistic, then, I'm afraid this group is not the right one for you. If you're looking to, 'win', through some manner, then this may not be right for you either, but if you are interested in story telling, in any possible setting? You've found the right place. If you're interested fill out the application below, and be sure to read the rest of the OP to get an idea for what we're looking for and expecting of our RPers.
Please be as full and detailed as possible with your answers! We want to get to know you as a player and RPer, and the more you tell, the better we'll get it.
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[b]Nation Name:[/b]
[b]Why do you want to RP with CoPS?:[/b]
[b]Please link us to Some RP Samples you have:[/b]
If none exist, please write a short story in order to demonstrate your writing abilities. A prompt is available upon request.
[b]Please link us to any factbook or NSwiki page about your nation:[/b]
If none exists, please tell us a little about your nation, in as much detail as you would like, but more is better.
[b]What are some RP ideas you have? How active do you think you would be in CoPS?[/b]
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A word on our acceptance of magic. We view magic much in the same way we view tech, and just as we don't want people to try and claim that they 'win' automatically due to superior tech, we don't want people who do the same except with magic. Magic, when it is used, should be used to propel the story along. Our guiding principle here is 'suspension of disbelief'. While we allow realism to bend, we do not eject it completely. While things do not have to be realistic, they do have to be believable, and this applies to magic as much as it does to claims about technology, population, economics, etc. As long as what you claim about your country is believable or can be used to tell a better story, we're find with your claiming anything you want. If you're worried something you're doing is 'wankish' feel free to post in the thread asking about it.
Thank you for taking the time to read our OP, and we look forward to hearing from you!
Feel free to talk to us either here, or on our IRC channel at http://irc.rizon.net: #NSCoPS
For those of you new to IRC, simply visit http://client00.chat.mibbit.com/, select Rizon [webirc] from the dropdown menu, put your nation name as your nick, and type #NSCoPS in channel, then click connect.
You may use any other client, feel free to ask how. There's no officially recommended clients, though 2 out of 3 OPs personally use KVIrc.
Since majority of RPs were and are coordinated through IRC, and general chatters have previously made our thread locked, we encourage all members to go to CoPS IRC channel to hang out with the others.
Once you're accepted, please, feel free to make announcements on our Group News Thread, the Celestial Chronicle, and make your map claims in our map thread.
NOTE: The maps are currently being heavily edited to make room for new players, so please be patient while we get through this opening process.
Ongoing RP threads:
- The Celestial Chronicle is a Regional/Group News-piece. Think of it as a 'website' that 'collates' news 'articles' from your nation's news providers. If you have an event (say, a minor character (from the story perspective, but maybe a major character in your nation - King, for example) dying of a heart attack) which isn't important enough to warrant a full-on RP, then you can post it here.
- This is less an RP, more a detailed, IC regional message board, obey the OP guidelines, and post whenever you feel like it. - A Day in the Life: This is a general thread, meant to serve as a home for short stories about the lives of every day citizens in your nation. You may right about whatever you want, for as long as you want, so long as you obey both NS rules and the thread OP. This is a good place to do some world building, or introduce characters who will be of use later, or just a short story that you wrote about your nation.
- Oh Patria Mia: The Fillician Herd has fallen, civil war has broken out all over the nation. Fear loom on Borealia over the victory of the PLF and the great advances made in terms of territory. With the increasing uncertainty over the situation, neighbours of Fillicia scramble to find a solution to the nation's conflict.
