Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:50 pmmekong delta is up
Civilization OP wrote:mekong delta is up
Nice! I'll begin working on a response posthaste. I like the story this is building.
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:50 pmPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:53 pmNice! I'll begin working on a response posthaste. I like the story this is building.
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:27 pmI mean the Falx for the sickle sword which is a curved bronze blade with a sharp inner edge and long handle, a traditional weapon of the Thracians. It is not an actual sickle. Like the breastplate, it would be a weapon of the nobility in limited production.
I read some more, there are breastplates of bronze for the nobility, but no scale mail. I have to look at things more closely for example, there are no battering rams, but scaling ladders were invented in 4000 b.c. Stone and clay walls have been around for 5000 years. Bone, wood, and rawhide armor is right for the period.
Some of the technology I am reading about is very strange. Thracians were skirmishers and ambush fighters which makes their style of warfare different than the Greeks.
The walls exist because my character asked the villagers to build them, they are a purposeful anachronism. It would be no different than steel being introduced by G Tech.
There are other purposeful anachronisms as well. The Story of Marathon is another anachronism purposefully introduced by my character Victor Spear.
Also, the daily meditation and drills for fighting would be another anachronism introduced by my character. It is something which he introduced earlier. It would allow much better fighting prowess.
The strength training is another anachronism introduced earlier by my character. It is another part of my character.
Not all technology is weapons. Ideas count as well like strength training, meditation, daily drills, etc.
There are essentially three anachronisms that would allow Oak to prevail, strength training and athletics, daily training and martial improvisation, and walls
I read some more, there are breastplates of bronze for the nobility, but no scale mail. I have to look at things more closely for example, there are no battering rams, but scaling ladders were invented in 4000 b.c. Stone and clay walls have been around for 5000 years. Bone, wood, and rawhide armor is right for the period.
Some of the technology I am reading about is very strange. Thracians were skirmishers and ambush fighters which makes their style of warfare different than the Greeks.
The walls exist because my character asked the villagers to build them, they are a purposeful anachronism. It would be no different than steel being introduced by G Tech.
There are other purposeful anachronisms as well. The Story of Marathon is another anachronism purposefully introduced by my character Victor Spear.
Also, the daily meditation and drills for fighting would be another anachronism introduced by my character. It is something which he introduced earlier. It would allow much better fighting prowess.
The strength training is another anachronism introduced earlier by my character. It is another part of my character.
Not all technology is weapons. Ideas count as well like strength training, meditation, daily drills, etc.
There are essentially three anachronisms that would allow Oak to prevail, strength training and athletics, daily training and martial improvisation, and walls
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 12:16 amI'll just um, go commit farming then, or try to.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:33 amAuthor Applicaiton
Name: Marcus Turner
Age: 22
Height and Weight: 6'2" 201lbs
Skin, hair, and eye description: African-American; Light, brown skin tone; curly black hair cut to be short; hazel eyes
Prior Profession: Law Intern
Level of education ( specify degrees or note worthy classes ):
Physique description:
Useful skills:
National Origin: United States of America
What were you doing prior to falling asleep and awakening in the past?: Celebrating earning his degree of law among family and friends.
Description of personality: Marcus is an outgoing individual with a strong sense of justice and ambition. Though he does not like to admit it, his outgoing nature is more of the result of him bottling up negative emotions about his life and about his family that manifests itself into a mask of optimism over his core of realism. Though he does legitimately seek to be kind, kindness is seen as secondary to achievement and ambition.
Where in the world are you landing?: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Autobiography/Biography ( paragraph minimum ):
Marcus Turner was born in the Queens Burrow of New York as the youngest of three children. Growing up, he had a fairly average childhood, doing well in school and even some athletics before his father left the home when he was ten. For Marcus, growing up afterwards without a father were some of the hardest years of his life as his two older sisters moved onto college and out of the house and his mother worked day in and day out to become the first in her family to earn a college degree. As a result of this, Marcus was left mountains of time to himself to think, to allow the hatred he felt for his father for abandoning him to fester before it became the core of what drove him. When his mom did eventual graduate college, she found not the optimistic young boy she knew before, but a determined young man ready to take on the world. He and his mother moved out of the city shortly after her graduation, moving instead to suburbs due to the increased income his mother now brought to the table. Marcus himself had to move schools, becoming involved in track for the first time in his life which he loved, along with history with a passion.
Once Marcus reached adulthood his hard work finally began to pay off as he was selected for a scholarship to the Columbia Law School back in New York. For four long years he endevored to earn his degree before the day finally arrived in which he recieved it: the key with which he would unlock all the potential of his life. His family and friends celebrated soon after at their suburban home, when a knock came at the door. Marcus came to open it, and the last person he expected to see was there standing in the doorway: his father, broke and desperate. He wanted to yell at him to demand why he had left him for so many years but he couldn't manage do do so, instead remaining silent under the loud arguement that his father and mother got into. Instead, he avoided them, climbed up to his room, and closed his eyes, wishing everything would be better in the morning. However...
What are your intentions for this RP, what's the long term goal?: For the first few chapters of Marcus' story it will be him coming to terms both with his predicament now and in his past. He'll likely try to meet up with others much like him and perhaps attempt in vain to return to his own time. There will come a point in Marcus' time in the past, however, in which he will be thrust into a role of leadership of others that will quickly lead to the primary goal of Marcus' story: to found a benevolent, just Empire for those within its borders. I'll explain more about it later
What people or places are you taking inspiration from?: Rome, Achaemenid Persia, Cyrus the Great, Japan, Moses, King David
Why did you chose to land where you did?: This area in the world, right where I landed in Dhaka, is the prime location for a city of mankind. Navigable rivers, natural resources, rich farmland, the like. If humanity was given a chance to start over with knowledge of everywhere in the world to settle one great city, this is where it would be and what better place to put to capital of Marcus' eventual Empire?
What vibe should we get from your civilization and it's culture?: Persia, during the Achaemenid Dynasty with a hint of an Imperial Cult
What are your character's motivations?: To get back home in anyway he can. When that fails, to make the world a better place for all people.
Theme Song?: Here
What do you wanna see in this RP? What would make it better?:
Name: Marcus Turner
Age: 22
Height and Weight: 6'2" 201lbs
Skin, hair, and eye description: African-American; Light, brown skin tone; curly black hair cut to be short; hazel eyes
Prior Profession: Law Intern
Level of education ( specify degrees or note worthy classes ):
- Columbia University
- Degree in Law (completed)
- Degree in History (Ongoing)
Physique description:
- Marcus' physical abilities are not especially especially spectacular apart from his running abilities. He is lean, and releatively muscular compared to the average individual as a result of his long involvement both in the Boy Scouts when he was younger and his school's track team from middle school to college.
Useful skills:
- HIstorical Knowledge (Although he has not completed his degree in the subject as of yet, his knowledge of historical events and periods has proved to be quite spectacular)
- Survival Skills
- Law and Philosophy
- Leadership Capability
National Origin: United States of America
What were you doing prior to falling asleep and awakening in the past?: Celebrating earning his degree of law among family and friends.
Description of personality: Marcus is an outgoing individual with a strong sense of justice and ambition. Though he does not like to admit it, his outgoing nature is more of the result of him bottling up negative emotions about his life and about his family that manifests itself into a mask of optimism over his core of realism. Though he does legitimately seek to be kind, kindness is seen as secondary to achievement and ambition.
Where in the world are you landing?: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Autobiography/Biography ( paragraph minimum ):
Marcus Turner was born in the Queens Burrow of New York as the youngest of three children. Growing up, he had a fairly average childhood, doing well in school and even some athletics before his father left the home when he was ten. For Marcus, growing up afterwards without a father were some of the hardest years of his life as his two older sisters moved onto college and out of the house and his mother worked day in and day out to become the first in her family to earn a college degree. As a result of this, Marcus was left mountains of time to himself to think, to allow the hatred he felt for his father for abandoning him to fester before it became the core of what drove him. When his mom did eventual graduate college, she found not the optimistic young boy she knew before, but a determined young man ready to take on the world. He and his mother moved out of the city shortly after her graduation, moving instead to suburbs due to the increased income his mother now brought to the table. Marcus himself had to move schools, becoming involved in track for the first time in his life which he loved, along with history with a passion.
Once Marcus reached adulthood his hard work finally began to pay off as he was selected for a scholarship to the Columbia Law School back in New York. For four long years he endevored to earn his degree before the day finally arrived in which he recieved it: the key with which he would unlock all the potential of his life. His family and friends celebrated soon after at their suburban home, when a knock came at the door. Marcus came to open it, and the last person he expected to see was there standing in the doorway: his father, broke and desperate. He wanted to yell at him to demand why he had left him for so many years but he couldn't manage do do so, instead remaining silent under the loud arguement that his father and mother got into. Instead, he avoided them, climbed up to his room, and closed his eyes, wishing everything would be better in the morning. However...
What are your intentions for this RP, what's the long term goal?: For the first few chapters of Marcus' story it will be him coming to terms both with his predicament now and in his past. He'll likely try to meet up with others much like him and perhaps attempt in vain to return to his own time. There will come a point in Marcus' time in the past, however, in which he will be thrust into a role of leadership of others that will quickly lead to the primary goal of Marcus' story: to found a benevolent, just Empire for those within its borders. I'll explain more about it later
What people or places are you taking inspiration from?: Rome, Achaemenid Persia, Cyrus the Great, Japan, Moses, King David
Why did you chose to land where you did?: This area in the world, right where I landed in Dhaka, is the prime location for a city of mankind. Navigable rivers, natural resources, rich farmland, the like. If humanity was given a chance to start over with knowledge of everywhere in the world to settle one great city, this is where it would be and what better place to put to capital of Marcus' eventual Empire?
What vibe should we get from your civilization and it's culture?: Persia, during the Achaemenid Dynasty with a hint of an Imperial Cult
What are your character's motivations?: To get back home in anyway he can. When that fails, to make the world a better place for all people.
Theme Song?: Here
What do you wanna see in this RP? What would make it better?:
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 2:06 amEverhall wrote:Author Applicaiton
Name: Marcus Turner
Age: 22
Height and Weight: 6'2" 201lbs
Skin, hair, and eye description: African-American; Light, brown skin tone; curly black hair cut to be short; hazel eyes
Prior Profession: Law Intern
Level of education ( specify degrees or note worthy classes ):
- Columbia University
- Degree in Law (completed)
- Degree in History (Ongoing)
Physique description:
- Marcus' physical abilities are not especially especially spectacular apart from his running abilities. He is lean, and releatively muscular compared to the average individual as a result of his long involvement both in the Boy Scouts when he was younger and his school's track team from middle school to college.
Useful skills:
- HIstorical Knowledge (Although he has not completed his degree in the subject as of yet, his knowledge of historical events and periods has proved to be quite spectacular)
- Survival Skills
- Law and Philosophy
- Leadership Capability
National Origin: United States of America
What were you doing prior to falling asleep and awakening in the past?: Celebrating earning his degree of law among family and friends.
Description of personality: Marcus is an outgoing individual with a strong sense of justice and ambition. Though he does not like to admit it, his outgoing nature is more of the result of him bottling up negative emotions about his life and about his family that manifests itself into a mask of optimism over his core of realism. Though he does legitimately seek to be kind, kindness is seen as secondary to achievement and ambition.
Where in the world are you landing?: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Autobiography/Biography ( paragraph minimum ):
Marcus Turner was born in the Queens Burrow of New York as the youngest of three children. Growing up, he had a fairly average childhood, doing well in school and even some athletics before his father left the home when he was ten. For Marcus, growing up afterwards without a father were some of the hardest years of his life as his two older sisters moved onto college and out of the house and his mother worked day in and day out to become the first in her family to earn a college degree. As a result of this, Marcus was left mountains of time to himself to think, to allow the hatred he felt for his father for abandoning him to fester before it became the core of what drove him. When his mom did eventual graduate college, she found not the optimistic young boy she knew before, but a determined young man ready to take on the world. He and his mother moved out of the city shortly after her graduation, moving instead to suburbs due to the increased income his mother now brought to the table. Marcus himself had to move schools, becoming involved in track for the first time in his life which he loved, along with history with a passion.
Once Marcus reached adulthood his hard work finally began to pay off as he was selected for a scholarship to the Columbia Law School back in New York. For four long years he endevored to earn his degree before the day finally arrived in which he recieved it: the key with which he would unlock all the potential of his life. His family and friends celebrated soon after at their suburban home, when a knock came at the door. Marcus came to open it, and the last person he expected to see was there standing in the doorway: his father, broke and desperate. He wanted to yell at him to demand why he had left him for so many years but he couldn't manage do do so, instead remaining silent under the loud arguement that his father and mother got into. Instead, he avoided them, climbed up to his room, and closed his eyes, wishing everything would be better in the morning. However...
What are your intentions for this RP, what's the long term goal?: For the first few chapters of Marcus' story it will be him coming to terms both with his predicament now and in his past. He'll likely try to meet up with others much like him and perhaps attempt in vain to return to his own time. There will come a point in Marcus' time in the past, however, in which he will be thrust into a role of leadership of others that will quickly lead to the primary goal of Marcus' story: to found a benevolent, just Empire for those within its borders. I'll explain more about it later
What people or places are you taking inspiration from?: Rome, Achaemenid Persia, Cyrus the Great, Japan, Moses, King David
Why did you chose to land where you did?: This area in the world, right where I landed in Dhaka, is the prime location for a city of mankind. Navigable rivers, natural resources, rich farmland, the like. If humanity was given a chance to start over with knowledge of everywhere in the world to settle one great city, this is where it would be and what better place to put to capital of Marcus' eventual Empire?
What vibe should we get from your civilization and it's culture?: Persia, during the Achaemenid Dynasty with a hint of an Imperial Cult
What are your character's motivations?: To get back home in anyway he can. When that fails, to make the world a better place for all people.
Theme Song?: Here
What do you wanna see in this RP? What would make it better?:
Useful skills are for professional skills. I don't think leadership or survival really land on professionalism save for certain circumstances, such as having a job pretaining to leading folks like generals or managers.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 2:49 am* wipes blood away from nose *
Okay... I think... I think I did it. All events.... are done.......
If I missed you by chance, just tell me and I will rectify it as soon as possible. I will be updating the OP for new players and map positions tomorrow.
The three year time skip will be Sunday - so finish up any short term story arcs you have soon.
Okay... I think... I think I did it. All events.... are done.......
If I missed you by chance, just tell me and I will rectify it as soon as possible. I will be updating the OP for new players and map positions tomorrow.
The three year time skip will be Sunday - so finish up any short term story arcs you have soon.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 3:57 amCivilization OP wrote:* wipes blood away from nose *
Okay... I think... I think I did it. All events.... are done.......
If I missed you by chance, just tell me and I will rectify it as soon as possible. I will be updating the OP for new players and map positions tomorrow.
The three year time skip will be Sunday - so finish up any short term story arcs you have soon.
If it's alright, I settled the war with the Nihom, and gave the Nonno a spiffy new name.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 4:57 amCivilization OP wrote:* wipes blood away from nose *
Okay... I think... I think I did it. All events.... are done.......
If I missed you by chance, just tell me and I will rectify it as soon as possible. I will be updating the OP for new players and map positions tomorrow.
The three year time skip will be Sunday - so finish up any short term story arcs you have soon.
Three years? Huh. I was under the impression it would only be a year. Very well. I'll have to edit things around.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 6:22 amCivilization OP wrote:* wipes blood away from nose *
Okay... I think... I think I did it. All events.... are done.......
If I missed you by chance, just tell me and I will rectify it as soon as possible. I will be updating the OP for new players and map positions tomorrow.
The three year time skip will be Sunday - so finish up any short term story arcs you have soon.
You missed poor Dublin!
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:27 amQuestion, how well-suited is the general Berlin area suited for farming?
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 8:53 amAuthor Applicaiton
Name: Samuel McElroy
Age: 19
Height and Weight: 5'8"
[/b]Skin, hair, and eye description: White but tans, borderline buzz cut brown hair with brown eyes.
( Optional ) Picture:
Prior Profession: College Student
Level of education ( specify degrees or note worthy classes ): Was studying Russian History at Ohio State.
Physique description: Moderately built though not big by any means.
Useful skills:
• First Aid
•Basic Survival Construction
National Origin: American
What were you doing prior to falling asleep and awakening in the past?: Studying to be a History Professor.
Description of personality: Blunt to the point of being rude at times and when he thinks he's right Sam will dig in his heels and not move and inch.
Where in the world are you landing?: Tihany Hungary
Autobiography/Biography ( paragraph minimum ): Born to a Nurse and Soldier in Georgia Sam had an ok childhood. Shortly after he was born though his parents divorced over matters he still doesn't quite understand. Living with his Dad for awhile Sam was taught the basics of survival from his dad though this all stopped when his Dad was deployed. After this he went to go live with his mother. Once his Dad came back he decided to stay with his Mom though kept close with his Dad. Moving out he went to Ohio State and is currently on his second year of his masters.
( Optional on down)
What are your intentions for this RP, what's the long term goal?: To make a lasting civ no matter the size.
What people or places are you taking inspiration from?: Given the location I'm going with Ancient Slavs.
Why did you chose to land where you did?: It's the starting area for the original Slavs, specifically it'll be a nice area to grow by using the lake as a center for both food and trade.
What vibe should we get from your civilization and it's culture?:
What are your character's motivations?:
Theme Song?:https://youtu.be/JEXw6Ck1F2M
What do you wanna see in this RP? What would make it better?: Probably not a problem now, but later we should do something to curb war bonering
Name: Samuel McElroy
Age: 19
Height and Weight: 5'8"
[/b]Skin, hair, and eye description: White but tans, borderline buzz cut brown hair with brown eyes.
( Optional ) Picture:
Prior Profession: College Student
Level of education ( specify degrees or note worthy classes ): Was studying Russian History at Ohio State.
Physique description: Moderately built though not big by any means.
Useful skills:
• First Aid
•Basic Survival Construction
National Origin: American
What were you doing prior to falling asleep and awakening in the past?: Studying to be a History Professor.
Description of personality: Blunt to the point of being rude at times and when he thinks he's right Sam will dig in his heels and not move and inch.
Where in the world are you landing?: Tihany Hungary
Autobiography/Biography ( paragraph minimum ): Born to a Nurse and Soldier in Georgia Sam had an ok childhood. Shortly after he was born though his parents divorced over matters he still doesn't quite understand. Living with his Dad for awhile Sam was taught the basics of survival from his dad though this all stopped when his Dad was deployed. After this he went to go live with his mother. Once his Dad came back he decided to stay with his Mom though kept close with his Dad. Moving out he went to Ohio State and is currently on his second year of his masters.
( Optional on down)
What are your intentions for this RP, what's the long term goal?: To make a lasting civ no matter the size.
What people or places are you taking inspiration from?: Given the location I'm going with Ancient Slavs.
Why did you chose to land where you did?: It's the starting area for the original Slavs, specifically it'll be a nice area to grow by using the lake as a center for both food and trade.
What vibe should we get from your civilization and it's culture?:
What are your character's motivations?:
Theme Song?:https://youtu.be/JEXw6Ck1F2M
What do you wanna see in this RP? What would make it better?: Probably not a problem now, but later we should do something to curb war bonering
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:37 amThe Empire of Tau wrote:Question, how well-suited is the general Berlin area suited for farming?
Well, Berlin is certainly an area of heightened agricultural productivity, by dint of being near a river. Not excessively though. The Spree won't impact agricultural productivity as much as larger flood-prone southern rivers.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:39 amG-Tech Corporation wrote:The Empire of Tau wrote:Question, how well-suited is the general Berlin area suited for farming?
Well, Berlin is certainly an area of heightened agricultural productivity, by dint of being near a river. Not excessively though. The Spree won't impact agricultural productivity as much as larger flood-prone southern rivers.
Noted. How fast would it take me to teach some lads to farm?
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:44 amThe Empire of Tau wrote:Noted. How fast would it take me to teach some lads to farm?
None. Agriculture is already prevalent in Continental Europe in this era.
Civilization OP wrote:The three year time skip will be Sunday - so finish up any short term story arcs you have soon.
Uh... dropping a timeskip right after our events? That doesn't leave us time to respond to them properly. I doubt I can get a post up this weekend.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:51 amCivilization OP wrote:* wipes blood away from nose *
Okay... I think... I think I did it. All events.... are done.......
If I missed you by chance, just tell me and I will rectify it as soon as possible. I will be updating the OP for new players and map positions tomorrow.
The three year time skip will be Sunday - so finish up any short term story arcs you have soon.
That's a big yikes. The pacing is gonna feel so off if I'm forced to skip three years ahead.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:51 amWell, I guess I'll need a name for soon-to-be-but-not-yet-but-maybe-in-hundred-years name for Berlin. Let's call it - Ulm.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:57 amThe Empire of Tau wrote:Well, I guess I'll need a name for soon-to-be-but-not-yet-but-maybe-in-hundred-years name for Berlin. Let's call it - Ulm.
If it makes you feel better, my tribe is literally just named “flowers.” there's not much competition when it comes to naming.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:59 amOh, that remembers me - given that you're in Japan - that reminds me of my overall goal (besides making a civ). Make anime, but it's in Germany.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:06 amI think I just made up a word that sounds loosely Egyptian ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Tau if in doubt just google translate a simple word into German and BAM! German village name.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:09 amQuestion, how much freedom can I give myself?
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:24 amG-Tech Corporation wrote:The Empire of Tau wrote:Question, how well-suited is the general Berlin area suited for farming?
Well, Berlin is certainly an area of heightened agricultural productivity, by dint of being near a river. Not excessively though. The Spree won't impact agricultural productivity as much as larger flood-prone southern rivers.
Wasn't Berlin mostly a swamp for the longest time?
Stopped the Nazis from building a lot of these grand buildings because the ground was to soft.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:24 amCivilization OP wrote:* wipes blood away from nose *
Okay... I think... I think I did it. All events.... are done.......
If I missed you by chance, just tell me and I will rectify it as soon as possible. I will be updating the OP for new players and map positions tomorrow.
The three year time skip will be Sunday - so finish up any short term story arcs you have soon.
*Hands glass of water
Good Job OP, Proud of you.
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:35 amBurgerlandia wrote:I think I just made up a word that sounds loosely Egyptian ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Tau if in doubt just google translate a simple word into German and BAM! German village name.
Comparative reconstruction of proto-Germanic is a thing that exists.
How do you think I got my character names?
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 10:41 amPlzen wrote:Burgerlandia wrote:I think I just made up a word that sounds loosely Egyptian ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Tau if in doubt just google translate a simple word into German and BAM! German village name.
Comparative reconstruction of proto-Germanic is a thing that exists.
How do you think I got my character names?
http://www.babynames.net/all/old-norse
I just used this.