RPing Questions? Ask Here!

[Tinhampton]

Any of the forums within the National and International Roleplay silo of forums might be of help, if you want to roleplay with the wider world. There are also some dedicated closed-world RP regions which refuse to do business with anyone else - Aeia, Esquarium, the Coalition of Democratic Nations, the Western Isles (to some extent, some of their members do partake in the WA), etc. - as well as regions dedicated to sport (Atlantian Oceania, Rushmore and Esportiva - although the latter's borders have been closed for a while - premier among them).
If you're interested in global affairs, joining and RPing in the World Assembly forums - especially the General Assembly, the more RP-heavy forum - may be for you, whilst the Portal to the Multiverse is the site's hub for roleplay based off non-NSverse events (although it won't be for you, obviously, if you don't like playing with characters other than your own). Hope this helps (to some extent)!

[Shin-Yudaya]

A friend of mine and I want to start a new RP region for nations with shared geography and history etc..
how should I go about establishing it in the greater RP community?
-koach

[The Macabees]

A friend of mine and I want to start a new RP region for nations with shared geography and history etc..
how should I go about establishing it in the greater RP community?
-koach

My suggestion: through active RPing. I have a little bit more advice in this guide.

But it really comes to actively RPing, frequenting community threads like this one, the modern tech community thread or the post-modern community thread, etc. Ultimately, how well other RPers know you and your region will depend on your in-character presence (do you produce RPs that people like to take part in) and your out-of-character networking.

Edit: Welcome to NS, by the way. It's definitely worth the effort.

[Shin-Yudaya]

A friend of mine and I want to start a new RP region for nations with shared geography and history etc..
how should I go about establishing it in the greater RP community?
-koach

My suggestion: through active RPing. I have a little bit more advice in this guide.

But it really comes to actively RPing, frequenting community threads like this one, the modern tech community thread or the post-modern community thread, etc. Ultimately, how well other RPers know you and your region will depend on your in-character presence (do you produce RPs that people like to take part in) and your out-of-character networking.

Edit: Welcome to NS, by the way. It's definitely worth the effort.

Thanks for the reply!
would a new thread introducing our region in character be approptiate?
if so, in what forum should it go?

[The Macabees]

International Incidents and Nationstates are...and I be saying this out of ignorance...largely interchangeable. International Incidents has more to do with what the name suggests and Nationstates with character RPing, but generally speaking they cover similar ground. Factbooks and National Information would be good if the thread is more a hub or regional community thread.

So if it's in-character and it's a storytelling thread, you could place it either in II or NS, with II being the more heavily trafficked forum.

[Shin-Yudaya]

International Incidents and Nationstates are...and I be saying this out of ignorance...largely interchangeable. International Incidents has more to do with what the name suggests and Nationstates with character RPing, but generally speaking they cover similar ground. Factbooks and National Information would be good if the thread is more a hub or regional community thread.

So if it's in-character and it's a storytelling thread, you could place it either in II or NS, with II being the more heavily trafficked forum.

Thanks for the suggestion!
we'll be starting soon

[Purnelaw]

So there are RPs I've seen and I kinda want to join, but they're FT, or some other tech level, and I'm primarily an MT/PMT nation.
Is joining a PT/FanT/FT as a nation that mostly does MT usually frowned upon?

[Maltropia]

So there are RPs I've seen and I kinda want to join, but they're FT, or some other tech level, and I'm primarily an MT/PMT nation.
Is joining a PT/FanT/FT as a nation that mostly does MT usually frowned upon?

I wouldn't worry too much about it. The main reason not to do PT etc. with an MT country is to keep your canons clear and separate, especially if your non-MT roleplay isn't just another time-period version of Purnelaw or whatever your country might be. For example: if I want to join in another guy's PT roleplay as the Kingdom of Transnatia, a country which as far as I and the rest of humanity are concerned has nothing to do with 'Maltropia' whatsoever, it might be easier to make Transnatia its own nation. If I don't plan on using Transnatia for more than one or two roleplays, it's probably fine to keep it under the Maltropia banner. Just make clear what you're roleplaying as.

[Insignificance]

I have a question regarding an RP I wish to start. But first, allow me to offer a brief rundown of the backstory so far:

• My main nation - GeodesicDragon (AKA the Apocalypse) - created a colony to explore what having Civil and Political rights would be like.
• The colony's leader got too big for his boots and tried to declare independence.
• A short war ensued; it lasted three days and didn't have many casualties.
• The Apocalypse agrees to let the colony secede.
• Peace follows, but no treaty is signed...

Now, as part of this whole thing, the colony nation will expire on the 19th of this month. The next part of my RP involves giving the impression that the Apocalypse had something to do with the colony ceasing to exist, and this nation asking that the international community joins it in condemning them.

I would do this via the Security Council, but none of my four nations are members of the WA; even if they were, my current region only has one other WA member, and you need two endorsements to put forward a proposal to the Security Council. Then there's the fact I don't think it even count as a valid SC proposal to begin with, seeing as it's more of an RP thing and has nothing to do with the Apocalypse's impact on NS as a whole.

So, that's why I am looking to the International Incidents forum. This would be an open RP, with the intention of getting as many nations as possible to condemn the Apocalypse, which would respond in a 'Yeah, whatever' manner. I don't have any ideas as to what would happen after the condemnation comes in, however, although suffice it to say I don't want to start another war.

Is what I have in mind the sort of thing that would be welcome here, or should I take my pathetic idea elsewhere? I've been playing NS for a while now, and I always play my nations in-character, but this will be the first time I've taken my RPing beyond the confines of a Regional Message Board.

(I hope all of this made sense; let me know if you need any more information.)

[Madtopia]

Hello fellow, probably more experienced players of NationStates.

I am pretty new around here, and I was wondering how Roleplaying in NationStates works. Is it a more casual RP, or is it like a mini-forum game where you get to have text wars?

(By text wars, I mean you post the movements of your military. Ex. - Madtopia sends in X troops towards Bigtopia.)

To those with helpful information on this, please leave a reply. If there is a tutorial thread on this I am not aware of, just reply with that. I am not sure whether this is the right forum for this, but I hope it is.

[Deropia]

Hello fellow, probably more experienced players of NationStates.

I am pretty new around here, and I was wondering how Roleplaying in NationStates works. Is it a more casual RP, or is it like a mini-forum game where you get to have text wars?

(By text wars, I mean you post the movements of your military. Ex. - Madtopia sends in X troops towards Bigtopia.)

To those with helpful information on this, please leave a reply. If there is a tutorial thread on this I am not aware of, just reply with that. I am not sure whether this is the right forum for this, but I hope it is.

For the most part RPs in nationstates are freeform, Players take turns writing actions in a scene, each In-Character forum has its own standards.

International Incidents has a really good introduction to RPing on NS that can be found here.

Nationstates also has a bunch of RP Mentors who would love to help get you started, just give a click on the 'Mentors' section of the document I linked to above and it will give you a list. I hope this helps, and welcome to NationStates, I hope you enjoy your time here!

[Raionitu]

So the answer to is it like A or is like like B is probably, yes. Nationstates has a large variety of role play, both in seriousness and in types.

For some ideas on where to look, you can find role playing regions here, though it's hard to find which ones match your RP interests from that page.

If you want to do nation based RP, go here, and read the guide linked in the above post. It's typically controlling a nation, so stuff like war and diplomacy.

There is also a forum here that is non-nation/NS role playing, which also has its own welcome guide pinned. This one tends to be for character role play, you tend to see RPs based off popular things such as star wars and such.

[Kyrusia]

Hello fellow, probably more experienced players of NationStates.

I am pretty new around here, and I was wondering how Roleplaying in NationStates works. Is it a more casual RP, or is it like a mini-forum game where you get to have text wars?

(By text wars, I mean you post the movements of your military. Ex. - Madtopia sends in X troops towards Bigtopia.)

To those with helpful information on this, please leave a reply. If there is a tutorial thread on this I am not aware of, just reply with that. I am not sure whether this is the right forum for this, but I hope it is.

I've merged your topic into a more pertinent one.

As the folks in the original thread described, each board has its own set of community conventions regarding their specific topics and thread styles, but in basic: roleplay on NationStates is freeform and comes in two, broad forms: that which covers roleplaying your NS country ("Kyrusia") and characters/entities from/related-to it, and roleplays which do not (which are the domain of Portal to the Multiverse). Currently you are in International Incidents, one of the three primary roleplaying boards for the National & International Roleplaying forum category; the other two are NationStates and NS Sports. N&I also contains Factbooks & National Information (for detailing information about your country, embassy threads, surveys, etc.) and Global Economics & Trade (the domain of storefronts and related ventures).

Most roleplaying on NationStates involves a freeform, play-by-post style. In short: you and your roleplay partners exchange writing posts in order to tell a story. That story can be about anything ranging from a concert some of your characters attend, to a major war between nation-states, and anything in-between. Further, each thread may have different expectations and ranges of the level of competition or mechanics incorporated - but that's getting a bit ahead of things. Needless to say, the NS roleplay forums contain a myriad of different thread styles, roleplayer styles and preferences, genres, tech-levels, etc. Some of these do include troop movements and the like - usually the war/conflict threads - though they are often posted in a narrative fashion, rather than a simple "Examplestan sends 100 troops to Exampland."

Since you asked for a "tutorial," I'll provide you with the primary intro-sticky in II; you can find it here. Each board on the forums typically has a number of "stickies" (threads pinned to the top of the board) with information about that specific board. It is highly recommended you read them when you go into a new board for the first time as they will usually answer the more basic questions you may have. For example, this aforementioned link will take you to a basic Q&A section of the previously linked thread - which includes a basic rundown on roleplay.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to post them here (or in one of the similar help threads found throughout the RP boards) or you might consider contacting a Mentor. Mentors are volunteers who dedicate a portion of their time on NS to helping players - both new and veteran alike - with roleplaying, writing, worldbuilding, and a variety of topics relating to one's play experience in this community.

Hope you find this helpful.

[Catuskoti]

Is it considered poor manners to pattern military off an existing nation's? I'm thinking of going with an India-esque flavour, same population and all. I'd use their military as a template.

[The Macabees]

Is it considered poor manners to pattern military off an existing nation's? I'm thinking of going with an India-esque flavour, same population and all. I'd use their military as a template.

Not at all. This is most people's starting place.

[Catuskoti]

Is it considered poor manners to pattern military off an existing nation's? I'm thinking of going with an India-esque flavour, same population and all. I'd use their military as a template.

Not at all. This is most people's starting place.

Awesome. TY.

[Shwe Tu Colony]

A bit of an unusual question, but how could I tell if my reputation in Nationstates roleplaying is bad versus just not being known?

[The Macabees]

A bit of an unusual question, but how could I tell if my reputation in Nationstates roleplaying is bad versus just not being known?

I would never get stuck on a bad reputation. You can get out of a bad reputation by doing better, which is what we all strive for in the end.

Why not seek the feedback of those who you've RPd with in the past?

[Shwe Tu Colony]

A bit of an unusual question, but how could I tell if my reputation in Nationstates roleplaying is bad versus just not being known?

I would never get stuck on a bad reputation. You can get out of a bad reputation by doing better, which is what we all strive for in the end.

Why not seek the feedback of those who you've RPd with in the past?

Aight then, thanks for the advice.

[Ella2 6]

A bit of an unusual question, but how could I tell if my reputation in Nationstates roleplaying is bad versus just not being known?

Usually, it's a case of people giving you an extra glance and scrutinising your application a bit more compared to, say, avoiding you altogether.

[Belshekistan]

How are wars fought and won here?

[Ella2 6]

How are wars fought and won here?

There are no game side mechanics to wage war on another nation here on NS, unless one considers raiding and defending regions a form of warfare. As a result, wars are generally fought here on the forums between players. Generally, wars are understood to be platforms for which interesting stories about a nation or characters of one's nation can be told.

As a result, wars are primarily agreements between players. No war is ever fought without the agreement of the other player. In other words, an attack on another nation would be void unless the other player agrees to respond. Winning a war would be a matter up to the players themselves. A nation doesn't win or lose the war until the players they belong to agree on an outcome; if there even is one.

That is not to say, however, that a player can simply refuse to lose in a war despite their last bastion of resistance being cornered in an underground bunker being infiltrated by several cohorts of special forces. There are still community standards in the 'Art of NS War' which frowns upon such.

Regardless, the short version is that conducting a war is a matter between two players. Both players must agree to participate in the war and both players must agree to the outcome of the war in order for it to be valid.

Useful resources could include but are not limited to:

"War and Storytelling: A Guide to Roleplaying War" by the senior NS&I mentor The Macabees

"The Art of NS War" by the enlightened (and totally-not-Sun Tzu-incarnate) Daehanjeiguk

[Kyrusia]

The Mentor Program will be hosting a panel, Future Tech: Space Has a Ground Floor?, on Sunday, October 8, 2017, at 8PM Central Daylight Time.

Probable topics are likely to include: the Four C's and other fundamental community conventions (and apparent hurdles), designing worlds and star systems (both in a star-state and as the part of a P2TM game), creating a star-state itself (with a focus on government, society, and culture), the positives and negatives of playing as humans (or close-to), the positives and negatives to designing (and playing) alien sophonts, as well as the differences and commonalities of FT between N&I and P2TM. This panel will, in general, be focused on serving as an introduction to players looking to get involved in Future Tech, how to get started in Future Tech, as well as answering some pertinent questions from the NationStates roleplaying community about the tech-level in general.

This panel will be hosted on the NS Mentor Program Discord, which you can access by clicking here. No registration is required, but please be certain to appraise yourself of the server rules.

Hope to see y'all there!

Please note: while there are similarities between Future Tech in N&I and P2TM, there are also fundamental differences. These will be addressed as warranted and necessary during the discussion of panel topics. We ask for our audience to be patient and to respect these variances in the context they are provided.

[Teleriza]

What is meant by MT, PMT and FT?
For reference I was in the Anti-Democracy League thread, and in the registration it is brought up as a tech level, so I'd like to know what each means and what the others are.

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[Lamoni]

What is meant by MT, PMT and FT?
For reference I was in the Anti-Democracy League thread, and in the registration it is brought up as a tech level, so I'd like to know what each means and what the others are.

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This should help you out with that.