Islamic Republic e Jariri wrote:Totally dumb question but does anyone know if you can link data between your iCloud and Steam Cloud?
Maybe if you set your steam information folders to be in the icloud.
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by Personal Freedom » Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:30 pm
Islamic Republic e Jariri wrote:Totally dumb question but does anyone know if you can link data between your iCloud and Steam Cloud?

by Bingellia » Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:56 pm
Islamic Republic e Jariri wrote:Totally dumb question but does anyone know if you can link data between your iCloud and Steam Cloud?

by Islamic Republic e Jariri » Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:16 pm
by Personal Freedom » Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:38 pm
Islamic Republic e Jariri wrote:Personal Freedom wrote:Maybe if you set your steam information folders to be in the icloud.
I'll try that - my aim is to import a game save from iOS to Steam. Apparently its possible with software like Airship but that only works on Mac.Bingellia wrote:
I don't know the answer, but I think you likely wouldn't be able to
Yes... I am somewhat resigned to that possibility if the above doesn't work.

by Harbertia » Fri Jul 13, 2018 3:33 am

by Shadowwell » Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:12 am

by Holy Empire of Avalon » Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:52 am
Harbertia wrote:The American "Civil War in the Private RP Setting
(I DESIRE A BETTER NAME FOR THE SETTING)
So... I was thinking and I'd rather not have the CSA exclusively where something not so good is taking place. In that regards the 'National Union' plot line we had discussed- where in plans where to use the war to bring about a single party state in the USA. Plans that failed due to Lincoln's assassination. The idea here is that the two party system was as close as that plot managed to get- the result of trying to salvage the plan but failing due to the nation being polarized by the conflict.
In this regard we again give the war a balance rather then a bias though one can argue and possibly be correct that this plot didn't come into being until the war it's self as the war gave motive for such a plot to gain momentum. Plus one can argue that due to such the CSA wasn't really fighting against said plot as a whole. But it does give some 'eerie' nature to the Union. Idk.... maybe I should just let it be as it is.

by Harbertia » Fri Jul 13, 2018 2:20 pm
Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:Harbertia wrote:The American "Civil War in the Private RP Setting
(I DESIRE A BETTER NAME FOR THE SETTING)
So... I was thinking and I'd rather not have the CSA exclusively where something not so good is taking place. In that regards the 'National Union' plot line we had discussed- where in plans where to use the war to bring about a single party state in the USA. Plans that failed due to Lincoln's assassination. The idea here is that the two party system was as close as that plot managed to get- the result of trying to salvage the plan but failing due to the nation being polarized by the conflict.
In this regard we again give the war a balance rather then a bias though one can argue and possibly be correct that this plot didn't come into being until the war it's self as the war gave motive for such a plot to gain momentum. Plus one can argue that due to such the CSA wasn't really fighting against said plot as a whole. But it does give some 'eerie' nature to the Union. Idk.... maybe I should just let it be as it is.
The war was a political argument gone too far.
How do we escape the overall hard questions of the setting?
Ignore them.
We focus on our story, if people want a history lesson they can go read a history book.

by Holy Empire of Avalon » Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:03 pm
Harbertia wrote:Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:The war was a political argument gone too far.
How do we escape the overall hard questions of the setting?
Ignore them.
We focus on our story, if people want a history lesson they can go read a history book.
I don't like that response, but sure- we'll set them aside for now.

by Harbertia » Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:10 pm
Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:Harbertia wrote:I don't like that response, but sure- we'll set them aside for now.
Only response I can give, cause if you support the rebels you are a racist, if you support the union you are a fascist, and if you just talk about the plain honest facts then both sides will gladly join hands to both call you names. -.-"
There is a whole lot to it, and I feel to accurately discuss the issue and its effects we would never actually get to our fictional story. However if we delve a small bit into it then it seems wrong to not give all of our take. In other words what would start as a simple story premise would have to be told in tons of volumes, and the only project of that size we ever even attempted is OM&T - basically what I mean to say is that we would never actually advance passed the "Victorian" age, and I know some folks seemed eager to get to WWI and WWII.

by Holy Empire of Avalon » Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:29 pm
Harbertia wrote:Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:Only response I can give, cause if you support the rebels you are a racist, if you support the union you are a fascist, and if you just talk about the plain honest facts then both sides will gladly join hands to both call you names. -.-"
There is a whole lot to it, and I feel to accurately discuss the issue and its effects we would never actually get to our fictional story. However if we delve a small bit into it then it seems wrong to not give all of our take. In other words what would start as a simple story premise would have to be told in tons of volumes, and the only project of that size we ever even attempted is OM&T - basically what I mean to say is that we would never actually advance passed the "Victorian" age, and I know some folks seemed eager to get to WWI and WWII.
wel... yeah I for one want to be either modern with mid century aesthetics or the actual 60s/70s.... starting with such was my intent and thus why I wanted to get the details of the Civil War down; I don't really see it as a time for superheroes or masked avengers- :/ I had thought of such a bit latter (I mean yeah Zorro is pre civil war but- I'd rather not have players tampering with that era of history.
Like I'm certain if we did a WWII RP one of us would probably give Gorring a good one two three- I just wanted the past sorted out so we could get into the present but as you've said- history lessons. We don't need it all detailed right now.
I brought up the Civil War as I was exploring how the present of the setting may have come into being- like what the world is like with all that it has- supers, monsters, super science, etc.
I needed some history between monsters and men and having Vampires in the civil war is a great idea for that.

by Harbertia » Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:43 pm
Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:Harbertia wrote:wel... yeah I for one want to be either modern with mid century aesthetics or the actual 60s/70s.... starting with such was my intent and thus why I wanted to get the details of the Civil War down; I don't really see it as a time for superheroes or masked avengers- :/ I had thought of such a bit latter (I mean yeah Zorro is pre civil war but- I'd rather not have players tampering with that era of history.
Like I'm certain if we did a WWII RP one of us would probably give Gorring a good one two three- I just wanted the past sorted out so we could get into the present but as you've said- history lessons. We don't need it all detailed right now.
I brought up the Civil War as I was exploring how the present of the setting may have come into being- like what the world is like with all that it has- supers, monsters, super science, etc.
I needed some history between monsters and men and having Vampires in the civil war is a great idea for that.
Instead of doing the Avengers ish superhero team story we are going for then, better idea.
I never watch DC as you knw, so on movies this is all the examples I got XD
Captain America: The First Avenger, despite having watched Iron Man for yeas by this point, took the audience by storm! And then the end where he was revealed to be coming to the modern day? Priceless.
We could do that, have a hero set in that time period specifically to open the story up. We in fact have a hero perfect for it, we jus tneed to rework things a tad...
So Robyn Davis - her mother is a Russian immigrant witch, her father a sailor in the Navy. The plot ends up being a whole shadow war behind the civil war. A clashing of legions, a war of magicians, and lycans, and vampires. As the Union and the Confederacy go at it, behind them are forces aligned to each side doing the same. Or perhaps factions of each "race" doing so. Reason would say not all vampires and lycans would support using humans as feasting trays - and not all magicians would see themselves as superior to normal man.
Not sure the specifics, but to bring us forward to the present at the end of it all, after we have set the story up. Robyn finds her way to the "final boss" some horrific demon or a witch, something magical, and instead of the great fight we leave the audience to expect the villain cackles and opens a gateway saying "I shall win this war, far after its loss!" and jumps through the portal. Our hero confused by the meaning of that jumps through what she thought was a teleportation circle and instead finds herself knocked unconscious and thrown through some strange reality. The other end of it she is left lifeless in a cave.
Now que our modern heroes! I think it seems like a nice segway, plus I can write for that kind of character pretty well... modern technology fails me entirely. I remember phones with circular dials. Those were the fun ones.
There isn't anything that makes it so the plots can't both be going on at the same time, I'm just worried about the impact on the world (again it seems a bit more then I was going for- just felt the races needed some past to explain society).
by Harbertia » Sat Jul 14, 2018 2:50 pm
*nervously* I'm just a tad burned out on the superhuman genres but the setting is diverse so it includes them so we may host what ever RPs we like in the setting (including the Civil War one but for all that is molly rolly polly I'm nervous that it'd get to the point that I'm unable to handle it with stability or that players will radically alter history to the point of the setting no longer being familiar in any way making it more challenging for new players to jump right in.
by Harbertia » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:01 pm


by Holy Empire of Avalon » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:03 pm
Harbertia wrote:Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:Instead of doing the Avengers ish superhero team story we are going for then, better idea.
I never watch DC as you knw, so on movies this is all the examples I got XD
Captain America: The First Avenger, despite having watched Iron Man for yeas by this point, took the audience by storm! And then the end where he was revealed to be coming to the modern day? Priceless.
We could do that, have a hero set in that time period specifically to open the story up. We in fact have a hero perfect for it, we jus tneed to rework things a tad...
So Robyn Davis - her mother is a Russian immigrant witch, her father a sailor in the Navy. The plot ends up being a whole shadow war behind the civil war. A clashing of legions, a war of magicians, and lycans, and vampires. As the Union and the Confederacy go at it, behind them are forces aligned to each side doing the same. Or perhaps factions of each "race" doing so. Reason would say not all vampires and lycans would support using humans as feasting trays - and not all magicians would see themselves as superior to normal man.
Not sure the specifics, but to bring us forward to the present at the end of it all, after we have set the story up. Robyn finds her way to the "final boss" some horrific demon or a witch, something magical, and instead of the great fight we leave the audience to expect the villain cackles and opens a gateway saying "I shall win this war, far after its loss!" and jumps through the portal. Our hero confused by the meaning of that jumps through what she thought was a teleportation circle and instead finds herself knocked unconscious and thrown through some strange reality. The other end of it she is left lifeless in a cave.
Now que our modern heroes! I think it seems like a nice segway, plus I can write for that kind of character pretty well... modern technology fails me entirely. I remember phones with circular dials. Those were the fun ones.
This has made me overtly aware that, as I had not intended the supers to be the focus, I'm going to need you help in that regard.
My interest was elsewhere in setting so... like I see where one would have gotten the impression that I was focusing on them- as i decided to talk about Lady Liberty- and ideas for her character. The setting is suppose to be diverse so yes we'd talk about her and others and I wouldn't stop players from being supers- it's allowed and encouraged;
I however intended to play more of an amature investigator- a hobbiest so to speak. I've not been great at hosting super hero fiction- either I'm too good and leave only for the players to beg for my return (claiming I was the only true hero in the RP) or I'm poor at damage control and the situation gets out of hand.
Your idea is a good one- a bit more then I sought to include- but it works.
ALRIGHT I'm ready to get this right- to find some balance- as I - really didn't intend to focus on the heroes- I saw them more as 'personalities characters are familiar with and may occasionally get the chance to interact with or in the case of Lady Liberty school with without knowing who she is while she struggles with identity'.
I see now that was again me being selfish- it's an RP for us, not just me- for us. We must explore your plotline- even if I'm nervous![]()
There isn't anything that makes it so the plots can't both be going on at the same time, I'm just worried about the impact on the world (again it seems a bit more then I was going for- just felt the races needed some past to explain society).
Can't say I'm big on the idea of a female civil war era hero, but that's what you want to play. As I've said, I'm going to work with it this time.


by Holy Empire of Avalon » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:04 pm
Harbertia wrote:Alright- I realize that what I want is to see how people in that world interact with one another... idk; when I try to put it in words it sounds incorrect and my head slightly hurts.
I know I can't host a Superhuman RP; just as I can't host a School RP- so genre wise I have no idea what to call this idea


by Harbertia » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:14 pm
Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:Harbertia wrote:Alright- I realize that what I want is to see how people in that world interact with one another... idk; when I try to put it in words it sounds incorrect and my head slightly hurts.
I know I can't host a Superhuman RP; just as I can't host a School RP- so genre wise I have no idea what to call this idea
I think where we keep failing is the RP thing, instead of role playing, why not just write stories?
We all rock at writing stories, we have whole vooooolumes of fan fiction for crying out loud
Instead of trying to fit other groups, let's be us, we are writers, not actors. So let's write.
Alright 


by Holy Empire of Avalon » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:22 pm
Harbertia wrote:Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:I think where we keep failing is the RP thing, instead of role playing, why not just write stories?
We all rock at writing stories, we have whole vooooolumes of fan fiction for crying out loud
Instead of trying to fit other groups, let's be us, we are writers, not actors. So let's write.Alright
YEAH! That's a lot easier then RPing, and a lot more sound yeah..
ALRIGHT
um... first we know what the setting is (we've been discussing it) so here is the character concepts I've got so far;
Characters
Lady Liberty - daughter of the Eagle (WWII super), not super- mostly did patriotic events- not real hero work- taking time to try to define her self; will join the Justice Society of America eventually.
Cassie - Lives in a cabin in the woods with her family, a bit of a tomboy- family cuts wood for a living. They and herself are actually werewolves but none of her friends know that. Her family considers themselves to be 'Hounds of God' and she's been brought up in that mentality.
Shaque - African American owner of Hiemin; his best friend is Roy. They do car repairs together. Shaque is skeptical of the world and honestly prefers the company of Hiemin over Roy.
Roy - Sandy haired thin guy who talks like his tongue is too heavy. A Southern Heritage enthusiast and mechanic born on a corn farm. Hiemin was suppose to be given to him but he gave Hiemen to Shaque. Unlike Shaque roy isn't Skeptical of the world; he's more likely to believe someone when they say something supernatural is afoot and also more likely to react with fear.
Hiemin - Hiemin is an intelligent German Shepard born, raised, and educated at a Talking School for Dogs in California. His ancestor was one of the dogs from the first of such schools in Germany. Other then that he's just a dog. He was purchased for Lendsy by Lendsy's father for her birthday but Lendsy isn't into dogs so offered him to some random guy at school (Roy) who accepted him and then gave him to Shaque.
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Comment on them and then tell me a bit about Robyn and we'll tie things together

by Harbertia » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:30 pm
Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:Harbertia wrote:Alright
YEAH! That's a lot easier then RPing, and a lot more sound yeah..
ALRIGHT
um... first we know what the setting is (we've been discussing it) so here is the character concepts I've got so far;
Characters
Lady Liberty - daughter of the Eagle (WWII super), not super- mostly did patriotic events- not real hero work- taking time to try to define her self; will join the Justice Society of America eventually.
Cassie - Lives in a cabin in the woods with her family, a bit of a tomboy- family cuts wood for a living. They and herself are actually werewolves but none of her friends know that. Her family considers themselves to be 'Hounds of God' and she's been brought up in that mentality.
Shaque - African American owner of Hiemin; his best friend is Roy. They do car repairs together. Shaque is skeptical of the world and honestly prefers the company of Hiemin over Roy.
Roy - Sandy haired thin guy who talks like his tongue is too heavy. A Southern Heritage enthusiast and mechanic born on a corn farm. Hiemin was suppose to be given to him but he gave Hiemen to Shaque. Unlike Shaque roy isn't Skeptical of the world; he's more likely to believe someone when they say something supernatural is afoot and also more likely to react with fear.
Hiemin - Hiemin is an intelligent German Shepard born, raised, and educated at a Talking School for Dogs in California. His ancestor was one of the dogs from the first of such schools in Germany. Other then that he's just a dog. He was purchased for Lendsy by Lendsy's father for her birthday but Lendsy isn't into dogs so offered him to some random guy at school (Roy) who accepted him and then gave him to Shaque.
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Comment on them and then tell me a bit about Robyn and we'll tie things together
How about we call your lassie up there Miss America - because we threw that one around in the planning phases last time and it sounds pretty nice, but I am partial to Lady Liberty - especially given how Robyn's costume was designed off the statue (I should probably copy that notebook some how and post those sketches), but given how her father was named Eagle, we could actually name and give your character a costume very avian focused of give them attributes of such. Only eagle thing on RObyn is that her mask is a masquerade mask designed to look like an eagle with the beak and feathers and such - so we could do an eagle themed hero and it not bee too redundant.
Rachel has a lot of Native design to her costume far as I remember, so she might have feathers on her robes and stuff, but with hers it was more a clash of European and Indigenous design with a red white and blue theme.
Perhaps her costume is designed like a star spangly angel? That could work, though she has no wings... well, Falcon did not either by biology, so we could *give* her wings to fit the design. It'd just be nice to build up a real patriotic themed team, we need more dudes though since it would be three girls, we need like two guys at least to have some sort of variety.
Also, no pulling a marvel or dc, we are nto gonna shove minorities into stuff just cause, they either work in to the story or they don't.

It's either biological or part of the suit for this character (Not sure we should call her Miss America due to beauty pageants).
by Harbertia » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:32 pm
Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:EDIT: And yes, Robyn and Rachel are not heterosexual, ....

by Holy Empire of Avalon » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:35 pm
Harbertia wrote:Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:How about we call your lassie up there Miss America - because we threw that one around in the planning phases last time and it sounds pretty nice, but I am partial to Lady Liberty - especially given how Robyn's costume was designed off the statue (I should probably copy that notebook some how and post those sketches), but given how her father was named Eagle, we could actually name and give your character a costume very avian focused of give them attributes of such. Only eagle thing on RObyn is that her mask is a masquerade mask designed to look like an eagle with the beak and feathers and such - so we could do an eagle themed hero and it not bee too redundant.
Rachel has a lot of Native design to her costume far as I remember, so she might have feathers on her robes and stuff, but with hers it was more a clash of European and Indigenous design with a red white and blue theme.
Perhaps her costume is designed like a star spangly angel? That could work, though she has no wings... well, Falcon did not either by biology, so we could *give* her wings to fit the design. It'd just be nice to build up a real patriotic themed team, we need more dudes though since it would be three girls, we need like two guys at least to have some sort of variety.
Also, no pulling a marvel or dc, we are nto gonna shove minorities into stuff just cause, they either work in to the story or they don't.
you caught me- yeah I made him black just to be blackHe needs a lot of work; who knows- we could merge him with Roy unless- can you think of any thing we can do with the character? Right now he's (as you quickly noticed) just there to be there
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And I like the idea of reworking the 'Lady Liberty' into a more avian superhero. The thing with Marvel's Angel and his wings was having to conceal them;
As he said, not very comfortableIt's either biological or part of the suit for this character (Not sure we should call her Miss America due to beauty pageants).

by Holy Empire of Avalon » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:37 pm

by Harbertia » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:39 pm
Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:Harbertia wrote:Damn, since we're both sick of it can we not have them sexual deviant?
Nope.
Robyn and Rachel show the story of true Americans fighting against liberalism. They are not victims, they are people.
Both the ladies present a story I feel the world needs to hear, I wont compromise on that. I do not intend on shoving it in your face, but I will not back down from it either. Sorry, bud, I gotta refuse you that request.

by Holy Empire of Avalon » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:43 pm
Harbertia wrote:Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:Nope.
Robyn and Rachel show the story of true Americans fighting against liberalism. They are not victims, they are people.
Both the ladies present a story I feel the world needs to hear, I wont compromise on that. I do not intend on shoving it in your face, but I will not back down from it either. Sorry, bud, I gotta refuse you that request.
Fair enough, and no harm.
I'm going to look over the Philbanks RP to check up on Roy as I didn't intend a connection but since the characters we are using derive from that work I'll check up on it to see if Roy is the same guy.

by Harbertia » Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:50 pm
a Frank could have been named Roy and still be the same person biologically though perhaps not in upbringing)Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:Harbertia wrote:Fair enough, and no harm.
I'm going to look over the Philbanks RP to check up on Roy as I didn't intend a connection but since the characters we are using derive from that work I'll check up on it to see if Roy is the same guy.
No harm done.
Now I will say there are gonna be points that fact matters. Actually wrote a piece at one point of Robyn getting in a fistfight at a pride parade because someone was burning and stomping the Amerocan flag.
I guess Robyn would have to go to high school since she has no diploma...?
I think we both know such a connection lends for more character interaction.Advertisement
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