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Ella2 6 wrote:

Achesia wrote:Hello all,

I wanted to broach an idea to see which direction to take an RP. I have two concepts for RPs that are charecter based and are set in the NS FT universe.

One is a sort of Slice of Life style RP where players are the inhabitants of a generation/colony ship thay is floating on a seemingly endless jounrey. Participants would be mecha pilots that are members of the ships guardian force. I want the concept of the RP to be various inhabitants of this ship going about their day to day lives, but mainly focused on the mecha squadron. The ship would encounter all sorts of perils and perhaps "guest" FT nations within the RP.

The second idea is a Fantasy/FT crossover. The just being that a medieval/fantasy kingdom is beset by a powerful force of non-human monsters that overwhelm this primitive human settlement. Little do they know that they are in fact slaves to the will of a space fairing xeno civilization and serve some sinister purpose in these alien's scheme. My FT nation, Achesia, takes notice of this and sends in a few operatives to assess the true nature of this threat, undercover as medieval warriors.

Not sure how popular charecter RPs are on II but I guess canon is not supposed to happen on P2TM for my FT nation.

Thanks ahead of time!

Vouching for the first one.

Character RPes are one of my favs. unfortunately, they tend to get little appreciation in II amongst all the intensifying action between states and the checks and balances of guns and roses. This will be very refreshing indeed.

Right, thats why Im worried if I do these ideas here rather than P2TM they would not receive the interest.

Achesia wrote:

Ella2 6 wrote:Vouching for the first one.

Character RPes are one of my favs. unfortunately, they tend to get little appreciation in II amongst all the intensifying action between states and the checks and balances of guns and roses. This will be very refreshing indeed.

Right, thats why Im worried if I do these ideas here rather than P2TM they would not receive the interest.

I cannot say I blame you. I've been involved in several mildly character-based RPs and I cannot say the results are at all pleasing. The Darkness Before the Dawn was shortlived and Into the Darkness died even faster. That said, both of those died because the OP became inactive. Lest the same thing happens here, you'll have an audience of a respectable size. Perhaps you should consider inviting some P2TMers that you're more familiar with to see if they're interested in joining.

Ella2 6 wrote:

Achesia wrote:
Right, thats why Im worried if I do these ideas here rather than P2TM they would not receive the interest.

I cannot say I blame you. I've been involved in several mildly character-based RPs and I cannot say the results are at all pleasing. The Darkness Before the Dawn was shortlived and Into the Darkness died even faster. That said, both of those died because the OP became inactive. Lest the same thing happens here, you'll have an audience of a respectable size. Perhaps you should consider inviting some P2TMers that you're more familiar with to see if they're interested in joining.

Yeah i have to go about that carefully because I don't think they take too kindly to cross advertising. But ill have to personally contact those I know.

Achesia wrote:

Ella2 6 wrote:I cannot say I blame you. I've been involved in several mildly character-based RPs and I cannot say the results are at all pleasing. The Darkness Before the Dawn was shortlived and Into the Darkness died even faster. That said, both of those died because the OP became inactive. Lest the same thing happens here, you'll have an audience of a respectable size. Perhaps you should consider inviting some P2TMers that you're more familiar with to see if they're interested in joining.

Yeah i have to go about that carefully because I don't think they take too kindly to cross advertising. But ill have to personally contact those I know.

$0.02

As a rule of thumb, advertisements in P2TM are for RPs going on in that subforum, yes. Though if you want to make your own independent recruitment thread for the RP and post it in P2TM, I don't see any harm in that.

G-Tech Corporation wrote:

Achesia wrote:
Yeah i have to go about that carefully because I don't think they take too kindly to cross advertising. But ill have to personally contact those I know.

$0.02

As a rule of thumb, advertisements in P2TM are for RPs going on in that subforum, yes. Though if you want to make your own independent recruitment thread for the RP and post it in P2TM, I don't see any harm in that.

Ok! Ill deff keep that in mind! Thanks for the $0.02

Ella2 6 wrote:

Achesia wrote:
Right, thats why Im worried if I do these ideas here rather than P2TM they would not receive the interest.

I cannot say I blame you. I've been involved in several mildly character-based RPs and I cannot say the results are at all pleasing. The Darkness Before the Dawn was shortlived and Into the Darkness died even faster. That said, both of those died because the OP became inactive. Lest the same thing happens here, you'll have an audience of a respectable size. Perhaps you should consider inviting some P2TMers that you're more familiar with to see if they're interested in joining.

Case in point though aside from you no one has expressed much interest in the ideas. Unless this thread dosnt work like the Cafe?

Achesia wrote:Case in point though aside from you no one has expressed much interest in the ideas. Unless this thread dosnt work like the Cafe?

Well, the RP think tank is not as actively monitored by the community in comparison to the Café. Furthermore, it should be noted that it is not as actively monitored by the NSFT community, rather mainly by the MT community.

Ella2 6 wrote:

Achesia wrote:Case in point though aside from you no one has expressed much interest in the ideas. Unless this thread dosnt work like the Cafe?

Well, the RP think tank is not as actively monitored by the community in comparison to the Café. Furthermore, it should be noted that it is not as actively monitored by the NSFT community, rather mainly by the MT community.

So im best off trying to market such an RP with people I know?

Achesia wrote:

Ella2 6 wrote:Well, the RP think tank is not as actively monitored by the community in comparison to the Café. Furthermore, it should be noted that it is not as actively monitored by the NSFT community, rather mainly by the MT community.

So im best off trying to market such an RP with people I know?

In my opinion, yes.

Ella2 6 wrote:

Achesia wrote:
So im best off trying to market such an RP with people I know?

In my opinion, yes.

Well I contacted Ponyi Meridia like you suggested to see how he had so much success on II with his/hers. We shall see what he/she says.

So I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this, but here is my idea.

I want to a civil war RP, but I don't know what would cause a civil war, so I am asking for and presenting some ideas.

One is a PT (19th century) RP where Welskerland is a very new nation that had just united the Welskian people under one state and government. Since the Welskians were originally a group of independent tribes, so still have that mentality and don't want to be a part of a nation uniting all Welskian people. This would be similar to the American Civil War, except the secessionists were originally independent to begin with and they weren't seceding over something like slavery, or maybe they are still independent tribes, but are trying to resist the new Welskian government from taking them over during the process of Unification.

Another idea is a war against the monarchy. Welskerland is a constitutional monarchy where the king has no powers at all, but his successor tries to reclaim the power the monarchy once had and tries to suppress opposition, sparking a civil war.

The story for my last civil war RP I did that was never finished (this would be a remake) is started after a vote of no confidence where the prime minister was moved from power and a new one is put in place. The former PM thinks he was unjustly removed and seeks revenge against the government and actually manages to win a surprisingly strong support from citizens and the military.

Ella2 6 wrote:

Achesia wrote:
Right, thats why Im worried if I do these ideas here rather than P2TM they would not receive the interest.

I cannot say I blame you. I've been involved in several mildly character-based RPs and I cannot say the results are at all pleasing. The Darkness Before the Dawn was shortlived and Into the Darkness died even faster. That said, both of those died because the OP became inactive. Lest the same thing happens here, you'll have an audience of a respectable size. Perhaps you should consider inviting some P2TMers that you're more familiar with to see if they're interested in joining.

Rip the darkness before the dawn, it was fun while it lasted

Pillowlandia wrote:Rip the darkness before the dawn, it was fun while it lasted

That it was, my friend. That it was.

Pillowlandia wrote:

Ella2 6 wrote:I cannot say I blame you. I've been involved in several mildly character-based RPs and I cannot say the results are at all pleasing. The Darkness Before the Dawn was shortlived and Into the Darkness died even faster. That said, both of those died because the OP became inactive. Lest the same thing happens here, you'll have an audience of a respectable size. Perhaps you should consider inviting some P2TMers that you're more familiar with to see if they're interested in joining.

Rip the darkness before the dawn, it was fun while it lasted

Perhaps Pillow will join us on our Mecha slice of life colony ship rp?

Welskerland wrote:So I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this, but here is my idea.

I want to a civil war RP, but I don't know what would cause a civil war, so I am asking for and presenting some ideas.

One is a PT (19th century) RP where Welskerland is a very new nation that had just united the Welskian people under one state and government. Since the Welskians were originally a group of independent tribes, so still have that mentality and don't want to be a part of a nation uniting all Welskian people. This would be similar to the American Civil War, except the secessionists were originally independent to begin with and they weren't seceding over something like slavery, or maybe they are still independent tribes, but are trying to resist the new Welskian government from taking them over during the process of Unification.

Another idea is a war against the monarchy. Welskerland is a constitutional monarchy where the king has no powers at all, but his successor tries to reclaim the power the monarchy once had and tries to suppress opposition, sparking a civil war.

The story for my last civil war RP I did that was never finished (this would be a remake) is started after a vote of no confidence where the prime minister was moved from power and a new one is put in place. The former PM thinks he was unjustly removed and seeks revenge against the government and actually manages to win a surprisingly strong support from citizens and the military.

What you described was a coup rather than a civil war. Also it would be unlikely they would break apart so soon after forming. Ahmless your Simon Bloivar in charge of Gran Colombia, I suppose.

Sorry for the spelling errors, I'm typing on a phone and extremely lazy.

Nova Sylva wrote:

Welskerland wrote:So I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this, but here is my idea.

I want to a civil war RP, but I don't know what would cause a civil war, so I am asking for and presenting some ideas.

One is a PT (19th century) RP where Welskerland is a very new nation that had just united the Welskian people under one state and government. Since the Welskians were originally a group of independent tribes, so still have that mentality and don't want to be a part of a nation uniting all Welskian people. This would be similar to the American Civil War, except the secessionists were originally independent to begin with and they weren't seceding over something like slavery, or maybe they are still independent tribes, but are trying to resist the new Welskian government from taking them over during the process of Unification.

Another idea is a war against the monarchy. Welskerland is a constitutional monarchy where the king has no powers at all, but his successor tries to reclaim the power the monarchy once had and tries to suppress opposition, sparking a civil war.

The story for my last civil war RP I did that was never finished (this would be a remake) is started after a vote of no confidence where the prime minister was moved from power and a new one is put in place. The former PM thinks he was unjustly removed and seeks revenge against the government and actually manages to win a surprisingly strong support from citizens and the military.

What you described was a coup rather than a civil war. Also it would be unlikely they would break apart so soon after forming. Ahmless your Simon Bloivar in charge of Gran Colombia, I suppose.

Sorry for the spelling errors, I'm typing on a phone and extremely lazy.

I can attest to the truth of that final statement.

However I think he is right in saying that was a civil war. A coup would be a more behind the scenes theft of power rather than his people rallying behind a different PM.

I've had the idea of making an rp about a generation starship, here is what I've came up for the opening, it should explain itself.

The Orphan Seed

I don't think anyone really knows the truth of what happened to Earth. Almost all records were lost when we passed through a weird ball, at least that was what was written down, some radiation supposedly destroyed all the computers, everything started from scratch.
That old Captain said it was a "Wormhole", whatever that is, not that many people like him anyway.

What happened to Earth is now mere legend. My parents told me that the Earth was squandered, ruined by us, overuse of recourses and pollution.
My friends prefare the cooler option, "raised by nuclear fire".
The many churches preach we were punished for "straying from the righteous path" with great catastrophes, plagues; earthquakes; tornadoes, so God chose us to restart civilisation.

Which of these is true? I don't care. Not that it matters now. Now here on the Providence.
It's far from perfect here, people being people. People still have old Earth nationalities, and religions, clinging to it for hope and meaning or some version of what we remember at least, and some new ones too.

[quote="Cyborgs and Sentient Machines";p="31001752"]I've had the idea of making an rp about a generation starship, here is what I've came up for the opening, it should explain itself.

That's a great premise.

Looking for a MT RP to participate in

Armus Republic wrote:Looking for a MT RP to participate in

There's a fair few of those. NS World War One is one of them. To be honest, MT is probably the most popular RP topic.

Armus Republic wrote:Looking for a MT RP to participate in

Don't be afraid to jump into the ones that say [Open] on them. I think that is how we all got our start here, and thoughyou may not feel like you have he confidence to do so, it is the best way to learn how to MT RP and network and find friends.

Achesia wrote:

Armus Republic wrote:Looking for a MT RP to participate in

Don't be afraid to jump into the ones that say [Open] on them. I think that is how we all got our start here, and thoughyou may not feel like you have he confidence to do so, it is the best way to learn how to MT RP and network and find friends.

If anyone is interested, I'd be down to start a MT thread

Gauging interest for a Socialist International type Conference. The main issues of the International would be fostering good relations among Socialist nations, providing support to socialist rebel groups/political parties and the formation of a defensive alliance against the forces of Reaction.

Hey all!

A new region, Stille Nacht, which myself and a few other close RPers have formed is about to have our first RP. We have posted a OOC thread: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=402503

We have kept this OOC thread open because we would love for others to join and RP in this RP with us with your MT nations. The overarching concept of what our RP is a economic struggle between two nations (Atla and New Phallia) which are each economically dependant on each other however tensions are brewing and conflict is imminent.

I'd love to hear any feedback on the concept of the RP or its overall presentation as well to attract more RPers. Thanks!!

Just placing out feelers for an International Incident that sparks from an assassination of my nations leaders new bride to other nations getting involved which may bring up grudges against other nations.

Backstory:

I have a King Glenton Gryphon-Bush II. He is polygamist and already has two wives. He plans to marry a 3rd. The third will come from another nation which has a monarchy so two royal households can ally.

The Kings second wife does not want another sister-wife. It means the possibility she can be demoted and the 3rd wife's offspring could be bumped up in the line of succession. She has her allies and supporters she is doing deals with. And they arrange to assassinate the 3rd wife on the wedding day.

Obviously the nation of the 3rd wife will push for venegeance at the same time that the 2nd wife of the King and her supporters are exposed. So its those two factions against each other. Plus the faction of the King against his 2nd wife and possible the nation of his 3rd wife

Backstabbing and Betrayel are a must. Nations changing sides and other nations voicing diplomatic opinions or declarations of war of their own against A. King of West Phoenicia ( cite reason) the Kings second wife's faction and support of the King against either the 2nd wives supporters/ nation of 3rd wife. Or an opportunity to declare aggression on the nation of the 3rd wife's nation (reason needing to be cited)

I like a build up. Not bang troops invade. I like political and royal intrigue. Deals and dirty deals. Something for those who like diplomacy rp and something for those who like war rp. And even something for those who like to attend a royal wedding.