Traveller's Café: Discussion, brainstorming & advice

[Nationstatelandsville]

Indians were once men, but this was many eons ago.

They are Else now. They find your mortal ways hilarious.

What are they, an ethnic group of outsiders?

Ethnic?

If this pleases you ape-men. Their true name would drive you mad.

[Rupudska]

Indians were once men, but this was many eons ago.

They are Else now. They find your mortal ways hilarious.

What are they, an ethnic group of outsiders?

You could call them 'outsiders', yes.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

What are they, an ethnic group of outsiders?

Ethnic?

If this pleases you ape-men. Their true name would drive you mad.

Is Phil their true name?

[Rupudska]

Ethnic?

If this pleases you ape-men. Their true name would drive you mad.

Is Phil their true name?

Heretical nonsense.

It is Timmy.

[Constaniana]

And that Indians are mythical creatures! Well, that's partly true if Nightkill's to be believed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxnLGEsAG0I

We get it, you lot can't use motor vehicles like proper, decent people.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

Is Phil their true name?

Heretical nonsense.

It is Timmy.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooo, I'm going maaaaaaaaaaaadddddd.

[Rupudska]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxnLGEsAG0I

We get it, you lot can't use motor vehicles like proper, decent people.

Attempting to explain road laws and safety is a very easy way to confuse Indians.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

We get it, you lot can't use motor vehicles like proper, decent people.

Attempting to explain road laws and safety is a very easy way to confuse Indians.

It's simple: we in the rest of the world have rules saying that you can't go too fast.

[Rupudska]

Attempting to explain road laws and safety is a very easy way to confuse Indians.

It's simple: we in the rest of the world have rules saying that you can't go too fast.

See those yellow things near the headlights and taillights? Those are turn signals. You use them before and during a turn or when you pass someone.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

It's simple: we in the rest of the world have rules saying that you can't go too fast.

See those yellow things near the headlights and taillights? Those are turn signals. You use them before and during a turn or when you pass someone.

Bullshit.

[The Empire of Pretantia]

See those yellow things near the headlights and taillights? Those are turn signals. You use them before and during a turn or when you pass someone.

Bullshit.

Wait, is that some sort of special Indian swear regarding the holiness of cows, or are you just calling us out for bullshit.

[Nationstatelandsville]

See those yellow things near the headlights and taillights? Those are turn signals. You use them before and during a turn or when you pass someone.

Bullshit.

"KHAN! YOU'RE GOING TO CRASH INTO HIM!"

"No, I'm going to ramp him."

[Constaniana]

We get it, you lot can't use motor vehicles like proper, decent people.

Attempting to explain road laws and safety is a very easy way to confuse Indians.

Or any sort of law, really.

[Corvus Metallum]

See those yellow things near the headlights and taillights? Those are turn signals. You use them before and during a turn or when you pass someone.

Bullshit.

Of course it is. We use them to signify that we're going to be ramming into the person directly next to us

[Constaniana]

Bullshit.

Of course it is. We use them to signify that we're going to be ramming into the person directly next to us

Such douchey driving skills. Are you from Maryland, by any chance?

[Corvus Metallum]

Of course it is. We use them to signify that we're going to be ramming into the person directly next to us

Such douchey driving skills. Are you from Maryland, by any chance?

Texas my good sir. The rednecks and Hispanics are horrible drivers and it's a wonder how many of them actually got into the country in the first place

[The Ferret Revolution]

Of course it is. We use them to signify that we're going to be ramming into the person directly next to us

Such douchey driving skills. Are you from Maryland, by any chance?

Connecticut is the worst though.

[Constaniana]

Such douchey driving skills. Are you from Maryland, by any chance?

Connecticut is the worst though.

Nonsense. Maryland, New York and Florida drivers are the scum of the earth.

Such douchey driving skills. Are you from Maryland, by any chance?

Texas my good sir. The rednecks and Hispanics are horrible drivers and it's a wonder how many of them actually got into the country in the first place

They train in the ancient art of fencè-júmpíng from birth. *nods*

[The Ferret Revolution]

Connecticut is the worst though.

Nonsense. Maryland, New York and Florida drivers are the scum of the earth.

Texas my good sir. The rednecks and Hispanics are horrible drivers and it's a wonder how many of them actually got into the country in the first place

They train in the ancient art of fencè-júmpíng from birth. *nods*

I've driven with my father from Pennsylvania to Maine and back twice now for bear hunting and both times we either got held up or nearly hit in Connecticut. Grant it New York drivers suck too but they have nothing on Connecticut.

[AETEN II]

Aside from Excalibur and Mass Effect (and sorta EH, we cover all genres), I have never seen a military rp actually succeed and retain quality.

I again suggest to everyone to keep an rp idea in their head for a week before they write it down anywhere.

This so much. You can make a great war rp set in Sci Fi and it'll be good. But most people seem to try to model them off action movies. Plus then there's also the bugger that constant action is one of the things that can easily spawn terrible roleplaying due a lack of detail as posts get shorter and shorter. Real shame. I'd love for an RP styled like Band of Brothers, but there's just so many problems-

1- Every single decent war movie at least kills off someone. Not anyone is going to make it, but lest you have a great group of understanding people, making an OP decision to kill off someone's character will piss them the hell off most likely, or at least annoy them. Considering that on average you'd want to kill off half the group for it to be good, you'll end up with a very disgruntled group of players who won't like you a whole lot. While you could also have people control multiple characters, this as well gets complicated. Really, people don't like RP's of the realistic nature of:

'You see movement off in the far distance. You look to scan for enemies. There's a flash of light. Make a new character.'

2- Constant action is the enemy of development. Unless it's formed to be similar to an actual theater of war with lengthy pauses and leave and not a single battle- there simply will be little character development, or at least meaningful action between characters. Flashbacks, thoughts, and tiny powerful snippets of chatter are all that can be realistically done. You're not going to spill bits of your thoughts on the war while you're being suppressed by heavy machine-gun fire, getting shot, or looking for where the hell sniper of the week is.

3- No. You cannot make a character with an absurd rank charging into the battle with the rest of his men, because that's not how warfare works these days.

4- No. You cannot all be snipers. Seriously.. And you'll want a spotter if this is a modern-ish setting.

5- No. You cannot know how to fly a plane, drive a tank, and operate an artillery gun. That just doesn't work.

Those are most of the problems I see with them.


However guys, this gives me an idea. What about a Medieval War RP? Something maybe like Chivalry, set in a fictional world however with realistic tech for the time so there aren't wizards and warlocks running around. Although this would still require research to be fairly well done. Just a thought if anyone wanted to do it- as I likely wouldn't be able to be OP, as I'm still cooking my Warhammer 40k RP idea.

[Corvus Metallum]

Nonsense. Maryland, New York and Florida drivers are the scum of the earth.

They train in the ancient art of fencè-júmpíng from birth. *nods*

I've driven with my father from Pennsylvania to Maine and back twice now for bear hunting and both times we either got held up or nearly hit in Connecticut. Grant it New York drivers suck too but they have nothing on Connecticut.

I have one world for you: California.

[The Ferret Revolution]

I've driven with my father from Pennsylvania to Maine and back twice now for bear hunting and both times we either got held up or nearly hit in Connecticut. Grant it New York drivers suck too but they have nothing on Connecticut.

I have one world for you: California.

Never been there, I can't really talk on the subject.

[AETEN II]

I've driven with my father from Pennsylvania to Maine and back twice now for bear hunting and both times we either got held up or nearly hit in Connecticut. Grant it New York drivers suck too but they have nothing on Connecticut.

I have one world for you: California.

That's not California. That's LA.

[Tiltjuice]

I have one world for you: California.

That's not California. That's LA.

Davis.

[Mincaldenteans]

That's not California. That's LA.

Davis.

Orange County