Traveller's Café: Discussion, brainstorming & advice

[Rupudska]

You're a girl? (Either that or you're gay, so yea...)

I am not now nor have I ever been a girl.

Of course not. You're Olthar's male clone.

[Harkback Union]

I am looking for a maid character for one of my RPs.
There is no salary, no holidays, lots of stuff to read.
Telegram Me if you are interested.

[Vigoureux]

So how does a Character RP set in a post WWI Germany esque nation sound? the person would take the role of an average person whom gets sucked up in a brewing revolution in the nation between Socialist, Republicans, and the established Monarchy. I plan on making this so that the group of people can help create the history of this nation from 1918 to present if I can. I've seen WWI RP's around and some characyer RP's set up in early 20th century settings but I think the idea has a chance to be good. any advice you could give me?

[Grenartia]

1. It would've been seen.

2. No thanks. Currently focusing on Excalibur ATM, to say nothing of the fact that I want to take my KW RP idea in a different direction than you seem to want to with yours.

1. I see, so the rules of RP joining is if it looks like it needs (structurally and member wise) help ignore it? Good to see support for the younger RPers, especially as this is an advice forum [granted its not only for that but any advice would've helped...]??

2. Ok. Out of interest what exact do you mean by a different direction? Did you mean as in different type [as in non-character RP]? Or are you talking about what happens after the IC starts?

3. Do you have tips for my RP? I'm going to repost it with many much needed repairs to the structure...

Thanks.

1. Whoa. Where're you getting that from? That's not at all what I was trying to convey.

2. Totally different setup entirely.

3. No, I do not.

[Arcerion]

RP Idea: Use the setting of Max Brook's Word War Z, shortly after the US decides to go on the offensive.

Allows layers to become different survivors, soldiers, or scientists around the globe, and how they try and survive throughout the apocalypse.

[Greater Corea]

1. I see, so the rules of RP joining is if it looks like it needs (structurally and member wise) help ignore it? Good to see support for the younger RPers, especially as this is an advice forum [granted its not only for that but any advice would've helped...]??

2. Ok. Out of interest what exact do you mean by a different direction? Did you mean as in different type [as in non-character RP]? Or are you talking about what happens after the IC starts?

3. Do you have tips for my RP? I'm going to repost it with many much needed repairs to the structure...

Thanks.

1. Whoa. Where're you getting that from? That's not at all what I was trying to convey.

2. Totally different setup entirely.

3. No, I do not.

1. That's the general feeling I was getting... Not necessarily from you mind.

2. Ah right, so you're not doing a character RP?

3. Ok...

Eh, thanks anyway.

[Ayreonia]

1. Whoa. Where're you getting that from? That's not at all what I was trying to convey.

2. Totally different setup entirely.

3. No, I do not.

1. That's the general feeling I was getting... Not necessarily from you mind.

2. Ah right, so you're not doing a character RP?

3. Ok...

Eh, thanks anyway.

You didn't ask me for advice, but I'm going to give you some anyway.

1) It's a character RP. Having a long list of numbers, gun types and vehicles is not going to attract people who want to play a character RP. In fact, it scares most of them away. Besides, it takes place during a real world historical event. The players can very well look up the exact numbers and models if they need to.
2) It's a character RP. Don't give control of nations to anybody. It's just a distraction.
3) It's a character RP. Don't let anyone play as a general officer or something stupid like that. Keep the players in a single platoon of a single unit. Company, max. Shooting and fighting are not the interesting parts of a war RP. Interaction and character development are. How does the war affect individual troops? What do they think of their COs? Is the squad leader a bro or an arrogant prick? Damn, that cook makes great food! Etc.
4) Related to the previous point: make everyone stand on the same side. Dividing players into two groups will practically exclude them from interacting with the other group. It would quickly degrade into wanking, too. "I shot you!" "Nuh-uh, you missed!"

Just a few pointers.

[Nationstatelandsville]

1) It's a character RP. Having a long list of numbers, gun types and vehicles is not going to attract people who want to play a character RP. In fact, it scares most of them away. Besides, it takes place during a real world historical event. The players can very well look up the exact numbers and models if they need to.

That depends on the kind of player you want to attract, really. If you have a good head for that kind of stuff and want other people who do, I would be as detailed as necessary. But if you want something more casual, I wouldn't.

The rest of the advice is good, though.

[Greater Corea]

1. That's the general feeling I was getting... Not necessarily from you mind.

2. Ah right, so you're not doing a character RP?

3. Ok...

Eh, thanks anyway.

You didn't ask me for advice, but I'm going to give you some anyway.

1) It's a character RP. Having a long list of numbers, gun types and vehicles is not going to attract people who want to play a character RP. In fact, it scares most of them away. Besides, it takes place during a real world historical event. The players can very well look up the exact numbers and models if they need to.
2) It's a character RP. Don't give control of nations to anybody. It's just a distraction.
3) It's a character RP. Don't let anyone play as a general officer or something stupid like that. Keep the players in a single platoon of a single unit. Company, max. Shooting and fighting are not the interesting parts of a war RP. Interaction and character development are. How does the war affect individual troops? What do they think of their COs? Is the squad leader a bro or an arrogant prick? Damn, that cook makes great food! Etc.
4) Related to the previous point: make everyone stand on the same side. Dividing players into two groups will practically exclude them from interacting with the other group. It would quickly degrade into wanking, too. "I shot you!" "Nuh-uh, you missed!"

Just a few pointers.

Finally some pointers!

Thank you kindly sir!

Much appreciated, I'm very much a stats guy can't help myself sometimes...

I wanted to give some control of squads etc, a bad idea?

I realise that point 4 has a point but I wanted to offer a wider variety of different characters. Surely if I offered someone the choice of a character from several nations they would want to participate further?
Or perhaps it's better to have different nationalities in one company (fictional of course)?

Thank you for your attention!

[Greater Corea]

1) It's a character RP. Having a long list of numbers, gun types and vehicles is not going to attract people who want to play a character RP. In fact, it scares most of them away. Besides, it takes place during a real world historical event. The players can very well look up the exact numbers and models if they need to.

That depends on the kind of player you want to attract, really. If you have a good head for that kind of stuff want want other people who do, I would be as detailed as necessary. But if you want something more casual, I wouldn't.

The rest of the advice is good, though.

Preferably I'd like people who are as detailed as me as I think they'd understand my detailed posts

But truthfully I'd like some players before deciding on what kind of player I prefer

[Grenartia]

RP Idea: Use the setting of Max Brook's Word War Z, shortly after the US decides to go on the offensive.

Allows layers to become different survivors, soldiers, or scientists around the globe, and how they try and survive throughout the apocalypse.

Actually, what gave me the idea for my KW RP was watching an episode of M*A*S*H when they were dealing with a disease they couldn't identify, and then remembering that Alan Alda read as a character in the WWZ audio book. Which made me think about how a character like Hawkeye (or any of the other characters) would deal with a sudden zombie outbreak during the middle of the Korean War.

1. Whoa. Where're you getting that from? That's not at all what I was trying to convey.

2. Totally different setup entirely.

3. No, I do not.

1. That's the general feeling I was getting... Not necessarily from you mind.

2. Ah right, so you're not doing a character RP?

3. Ok...

Eh, thanks anyway.

1. Ah.

2. No, it will be. Just different setup.

[Ubaria]

Fairly new RP'er here, new to NationStates RPing anyway.
I have 3 fairly rounded out ideas for an open world, semi-story driven RP's. I just need feedback on ideas and which ones you like the most.

1. Some time in the 80's-90's located in a fictional central African nation which is in the midst of a hectic civil war between warlords, militias and corrupt government loyalists, the main driving theme is the diamond trade, this place has found to be vastly rich in diamonds, even more so it has become currency or can be traded for products such as arms and munitions...or people. You are a keen 'adventurer' from anywhere in the world, not necessarily Africa, you came here in the hopes of finding fortune in the form of diamonds, being well aware and well prepared for what may lay ahead. (similar to farcry 2)

2. Set on a fictional earth which has been ravaged by pollution and fallout, the lands are barren dusty wastes, rocky hills or snow capped mountain peaks. Few nations manage to exist in such a hostile environment which has become plagued with bandits and pirates. The wastes however are navigated by massive walking fortesses called Ironclads, these massive beasts provide safe-ish transpiration across large areas, being used for civilian transportation, freight haulage, military purposes or otherwise. These ironclads are rather common, you as a new adventurer or seasoned veteran navigate the harsh wastes with one goal in mind. 'Survive'.

3. Set on a newly created planetary colony, the planet is a rich bounty of luscious forests and beautiful seas. As more colonists flock to the new lands the colony finds itself delving into the forests where they may awaken some ancient slumbering race...

[Ayreonia]

Finally some pointers!

Thank you kindly sir!

Much appreciated, I'm very much a stats guy can't help myself sometimes...

I wanted to give some control of squads etc, a bad idea?

I realise that point 4 has a point but I wanted to offer a wider variety of different characters. Surely if I offered someone the choice of a character from several nations they would want to participate further?
Or perhaps it's better to have different nationalities in one company (fictional of course)?

Thank you for your attention!

Stats aren't all bad, but they aren't really necessary in a character RP.

Having someone control a squad is great, if the rest of the squad is played by other people.

I guess you could make it an international volunteer company. Those did exist IIRC.

[The Jonathanian States]

After having reached an end in play-through of a nice strategy game^{Victoria II}, I found that the world might be an interesting Alternative History Rp scenario.

And yes, it is a major change, history having started to divert in 1836 until the current date of 1936 (which of course could be moved forward or back for the sake of rp, I suppose)

There are multiple Great Powers in the World,the first amongst them being the German Empire, followed by the British,the US,Japan,Canada,the Sikh Empire,Scandinavia and France.
They have partitioned the world into colonies and spheres of Influence, in terms of how not being too different from history, but the partition having drastically being changed.
Including Japanese/Communist-Chinese control of most of China, and German control of most of Europe (South of Scandinavia, and west of France).
More details are available.
I am thinking of placing it into a few coalitions, which would include the Democratic,Communist and Monarchist Nations, as well as the unaligned nations.
It probably would be a nation-rp, though making it a character rp might make the intrigue in those nation more interesting.

[Seljuq Kyiv]

After having reached an end in play-through of a nice strategy game^{Victoria II}, I found that the world might be an interesting Alternative History Rp scenario.

And yes, it is a major change, history having started to divert in 1836 until the current date of 1936 (which of course could be moved forward or back for the sake of rp, I suppose)

There are multiple Great Powers in the World,the first amongst them being the German Empire, followed by the British,the US,Japan,Canada,the Sikh Empire,Scandinavia and France.
They have partitioned the world into colonies and spheres of Influence, in terms of how not being too different from history, but the partition having drastically being changed.
Including Japanese/Communist-Chinese control of most of China, and German control of most of Europe (South of Scandinavia, and west of France).
More details are available.
I am thinking of placing it into a few coalitions, which would include the Democratic,Communist and Monarchist Nations, as well as the unaligned nations.
It probably would be a nation-rp, though making it a character rp might make the intrigue in those nation more interesting.

But never Poland.

[The Jonathanian States]

After having reached an end in play-through of a nice strategy game^{Victoria II}, I found that the world might be an interesting Alternative History Rp scenario.

And yes, it is a major change, history having started to divert in 1836 until the current date of 1936 (which of course could be moved forward or back for the sake of rp, I suppose)

There are multiple Great Powers in the World,the first amongst them being the German Empire, followed by the British,the US,Japan,Canada,the Sikh Empire,Scandinavia and France.
They have partitioned the world into colonies and spheres of Influence, in terms of how not being too different from history, but the partition having drastically being changed.
Including Japanese/Communist-Chinese control of most of China, and German control of most of Europe (South of Scandinavia, and west of France).
More details are available.
I am thinking of placing it into a few coalitions, which would include the Democratic,Communist and Monarchist Nations, as well as the unaligned nations.
It probably would be a nation-rp, though making it a character rp might make the intrigue in those nation more interesting.

But never Poland.

As a great power?
No. But Galicia-Lodomeria was for a while a Great Power, even owning parts of North Africa to this day.
And well, Poland use to be a power of secondary rank, but was pushed down again later.

[Seljuq Kyiv]

Hmm... How about Egypt?

[The Jonathanian States]

Hmm... How about Egypt?

Allied and aligned with Germany - though not puppeted, which means it could change.

[Ayreonia]

After having reached an end in play-through of a nice strategy game^{Victoria II}, I found that the world might be an interesting Alternative History Rp scenario.

And yes, it is a major change, history having started to divert in 1836 until the current date of 1936 (which of course could be moved forward or back for the sake of rp, I suppose)

There are multiple Great Powers in the World,the first amongst them being the German Empire, followed by the British,the US,Japan,Canada,the Sikh Empire,Scandinavia and France.
They have partitioned the world into colonies and spheres of Influence, in terms of how not being too different from history, but the partition having drastically being changed.
Including Japanese/Communist-Chinese control of most of China, and German control of most of Europe (South of Scandinavia, and west of France).
More details are available.
I am thinking of placing it into a few coalitions, which would include the Democratic,Communist and Monarchist Nations, as well as the unaligned nations.
It probably would be a nation-rp, though making it a character rp might make the intrigue in those nation more interesting.

No offense, but alternate history nation RPs are a dime a dozen. This isn't even radical compared to some.

[The Jonathanian States]

After having reached an end in play-through of a nice strategy game^{Victoria II}, I found that the world might be an interesting Alternative History Rp scenario.

And yes, it is a major change, history having started to divert in 1836 until the current date of 1936 (which of course could be moved forward or back for the sake of rp, I suppose)

There are multiple Great Powers in the World,the first amongst them being the German Empire, followed by the British,the US,Japan,Canada,the Sikh Empire,Scandinavia and France.
They have partitioned the world into colonies and spheres of Influence, in terms of how not being too different from history, but the partition having drastically being changed.
Including Japanese/Communist-Chinese control of most of China, and German control of most of Europe (South of Scandinavia, and west of France).
More details are available.
I am thinking of placing it into a few coalitions, which would include the Democratic,Communist and Monarchist Nations, as well as the unaligned nations.
It probably would be a nation-rp, though making it a character rp might make the intrigue in those nation more interesting.

No offense, but alternate history nation RPs are a dime a dozen. This isn't even radical compared to some.

I am aware of the fact that they exist in major amounts (having been part of a few).
And that is also why I wanted to first post it here, to see input, before I really start a thread for it.

Also, no offense taken.

[Ayreonia]

No offense, but alternate history nation RPs are a dime a dozen. This isn't even radical compared to some.

I am aware of the fact that they exist in major amounts (having been part of a few).
And that is also why I wanted to first post it here, to see input, before I really start a thread for it.

Also, no offense taken.

Why not set the year of divergence even farther back? Say, the Middle Ages?

England wins the Hundred Years' War, France gets divided between them and Burgundy. However, this also ties England's attention to mainland Europe, hampering their colonization efforts, allowing Spain and Portugal divide the New World between them. The United Kingdom never forms, but Germany does sooner than it did in real life to combat the English-Burgundian threat.

Byzantium doesn't get shit on by the rest of Christendom, who rally behind them to hold back the Turks. The Ottoman Empire never expands past the Bosphorus.

In the east, Zheng He gets listened to and China exerts its influence far further than it actually did. Timur creates a state that survives his death.

You know.

[The Jonathanian States]

I am aware of the fact that they exist in major amounts (having been part of a few).
And that is also why I wanted to first post it here, to see input, before I really start a thread for it.

Also, no offense taken.

Why not set the year of divergence even farther back? Say, the Middle Ages?

England wins the Hundred Years' War, France gets divided between them and Burgundy. However, this also ties England's attention to mainland Europe, hampering their colonization efforts, allowing Spain and Portugal divide the New World between them. The United Kingdom never forms, but Germany does sooner than it did in real life to combat the English-Burgundian threat.

Byzantium doesn't get shit on by the rest of Christendom, who rally behind them to hold back the Turks. The Ottoman Empire never expands past the Bosphorus.

In the east, Zheng He gets listened to and China exerts its influence far further than it actually did. Timur creates a state that survives his death.

You know.

Interesting.
But that's already a quite different Alternative History.

[Ayreonia]

Why not set the year of divergence even farther back? Say, the Middle Ages?

England wins the Hundred Years' War, France gets divided between them and Burgundy. However, this also ties England's attention to mainland Europe, hampering their colonization efforts, allowing Spain and Portugal divide the New World between them. The United Kingdom never forms, but Germany does sooner than it did in real life to combat the English-Burgundian threat.

Byzantium doesn't get shit on by the rest of Christendom, who rally behind them to hold back the Turks. The Ottoman Empire never expands past the Bosphorus.

In the east, Zheng He gets listened to and China exerts its influence far further than it actually did. Timur creates a state that survives his death.

You know.

Interesting.
But that's already a quite different Alternative History.

Of course it is. That's the point.

[The Jonathanian States]

Interesting.
But that's already a quite different Alternative History.

Of course it is. That's the point.

Then I seem to miss your point.

[Terripin Array]

I hope I filled this out right...

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RP Name: Gears of War: Incineration
RP Creator: Terripin Array
Type (Character, Nation, Faction): Character
Genre/s: Science Fiction, Action
Detailed Description: Players will create their own COG Gear or UIR Indie and unite with each other to fight against the monstrous Locust Horde and try their hardest to survive the beginning of the Locust War. The story will take place during very end of the Pendulum War, and the weeks following E-Day.
Link to the OOC: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=278163