Forest RPing Brainstorming/Discussion Hub [OOC, Forest-Only]

[Mount Seymour]

Forest RPing Brainstorming/Discussion Hub
OOC

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Ok, everyone, I've created this thread for us to use for working on getting ideas and discussing roleplaying in Forest.
I know that there's already a thread in Forest's offsite forum, but I decided to put this here, because not everyone has a forum account, especially new nations, which make up much of the RPing-interested crowd. Even though it's good to get people to join the forum, simply for convenience, it's here.

First— these are the nations I have so far that have said they are doing roleplaying:

• Mount Seymour
• Montmorencia
• Tishanda
• Vesquire
• Zwangzug
• Communal Ecotopia (occasionally?)
• Caracasus
• Dest Oritio
• Frieden-und Freudenland
• Darklands
• Chan Island
• Pohjoinen
• Unhuman Reserves
• Taco Respublic
• Shalotte
• Body and Soul
• Potira
• Clann Macthomais
• Refugees Republic of Deusregio
• Algonquian Nations

Are all of you still interested? Are there other people who'd like to do something—you don't have to be very involved, just would you be ok with your nation being used In-Character?

Also, I would like to propose the formation of an international alliance or union of states with mutual defense agreements, etc. that could possibly be one side of a division (think NATO/Warsaw Pact). What are your thoughts?

(Veteran RPers who are probably snickering right now at my attempts to organise something I know nothing about— your input is quite welcome! )

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HANDY FOREST RPING LINKS:

ICOrganisation of Forestian Island Nations (OFIN): viewtopic.php?f=4&t=392607
ICZwangzug's 10^th Anniversary RP thread: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=392430
ICFrom Out of the Sea: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393947
ICSpectres of the Past viewtopic.php?f=4&t=400187

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UAFS Eco-Friendly Nordic Model	[[unnamed]] Not Especially Eco-related/Militaristic?	OFIN Island Nations	Neutral/Unaligned
Mount Seymour Montmorencia Tishanda Communal Ecotopia? Dest Oritio? Potira?	Vesquire? Chan Island? Unhuman Reserves? Pohjoinen? Refugees Republic of Deusregio?	Monpiterre Tishanda Taco Respublic Body and Soul Shalotte Chan Island Frieden-und Freudenland Potira?	Zwangzug Calenmor Darklands Caracasus

[Tishanda]

This is gonna be great, I can only imagine the ideas we will come up with here!

(I'm still very much interested too!)

[Monpiterre]

A note— I am going to create an Organisation of Forestian Island Nations (OFIN), with membership open to all island countries in Forest. So far, Tishanda has expressed an interest.

More details to come!

[Montmorencia]

More to come soon.

Ok, everyone, I've created this thread for us to use for working on getting ideas and discussing to start some roleplaying in Forest.
I know that there's already a thread in Forest's offsite forum, but I decided to put this here, because not everyone has a forum account, especially new nations, which make up much of the RPing-interested crowd. Even though it's good to get people to join the forum, simply for convenience, it's here.

First— these are the nations I have so far that have said they are interested in doing roleplaying:

• Mount Seymour
• Montmorencia
• Tishanda
• Vesquire
• Zwangzug
• Communal Ecotopia (occasionally?)
• Caracasus
• Dest Oritio
• Frieden-und Freudenland
• Darklands

Are all of you still interested? Are there other people who'd like to do something—you don't have to be very involved, just would you be ok with your nation being used In-Character?

Also, I would like to propose the formation of an international alliance or union of states with mutual defense agreements, etc. that could possibly be one side of a division (think NATO/Warsaw Pact). What are your thoughts?

(Veteran RPers who are probably snickering right now at my attempts to organise something I know nothing about— your input is quite welcome! )

Still interested and great idea Seymour. I think this is just what we needed to get started.

Alliances sounds fun and have a lot of potential. Forestian Cold War anyone?

[Nations United for Conquest]

Count me in. I don't know how much I'll be able to RP if an IC goes up, but I'm hear to help with what ever you need. I've done quite a bit of war RP and am actually an officer in training.

I can help with world building, setting up some sort of conflict, aragning treaties, other stuff you guys might need or want

[Mount Seymour]

Count me in. I don't know how much I'll be able to RP if an IC goes up, but I'm hear to help with what ever you need. I've done quite a bit of war RP and am actually an officer in training.

I can help with world building, setting up some sort of conflict, aragning treaties, other stuff you guys might need or want

Sorry, you're not located in Forest, and this is a Forest-only thread (as would be any RPs). Thanks for the offer, though!

[Nations United for Conquest]

Count me in. I don't know how much I'll be able to RP if an IC goes up, but I'm hear to help with what ever you need. I've done quite a bit of war RP and am actually an officer in training.

I can help with world building, setting up some sort of conflict, aragning treaties, other stuff you guys might need or want

Sorry, you're not located in Forest, and this is a Forest-only thread. Thanks for the offer, though!

No problem

[Zwangzug]

I appreciate this being on the main forums, it feels more permanent here (easier to search and so on) than the RMB. (However, the way the offsite forums are set up now, you don't actually have to register to post, so there's no real incentive to create an account!)

I'm not sure Zwangzug would be ICly interested in joining an alliance or mutual defense pact, but might send observers to snark at some kind of discussions as they shape up.

In the meantime, advertisement again that anyone who wants to send a character or interact with my current thread, it's over here. And/or, you can TG me behind the scenes if you want to secretly affect plot events/which characters influence things more or less/and so on.

[Mount Seymour]

In the meantime, advertisement again that anyone who wants to send a character or interact with my current thread, it's over here. And/or, you can TG me behind the scenes if you want to secretly affect plot events/which characters influence things more or less/and so on.

I put a little note in the OP

[Mount Seymour]

I propose an international organisation called the United Alliance of Forestian States (UAFS), which would function as one of the major international alliances in Forest, possibly in rivalry with another alliance.

Here's a flag:

Mount Seymour would be the founder; who else would like to join?

**Also, island union people:

[Tishanda]

I propose an international organisation called the United Alliance of Forestian States (UAFS), which would function as one of the major international alliances in Forest, possibly in rivalry with another alliance.

Here's a flag:

(Image)

Mount Seymour would be the founder; who else would like to join?

**Also, island union people:

(Image)

I like both flags but that one for the OFIN is beautiful! Nice job.

[Montmorencia]

I propose an international organisation called the United Alliance of Forestian States (UAFS), which would function as one of the major international alliances in Forest, possibly in rivalry with another alliance.

Here's a flag:

(Image)

Mount Seymour would be the founder; who else would like to join?

**Also, island union people:

(Image)

Beautiful flags!

I'll consider either joining the UAFS or founding my own alliance.

[Potira]

I'm just a Newbie at the game but I'd be interested, if that's okay of course

[Chan Island]

I'm interested. The amount of times I can post may be limited, but I'm in.

[Mount Seymour]

Yep, I'll add you both in.

[Monpiterre]

OFIN nations:

I've made an IC thread for OFIN, where we can work on the framework for the new union:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=392607

[Mount Seymour]

So if I create the UAFS, who would organise the opposing side? Furthermore, who would be on each side?

I'm thinking that UAFS-vs.-[[Antagonist]] is the main division, and then OFIN is a group which has nations from either side/nations that are neutral, and it sides with either alliance depending on what it feels is best for its interests.

[Zwangzug]

So if I create the UAFS, who would organise the opposing side? Furthermore, who would be on each side?

I'm thinking that UAFS-vs.-[[Antagonist]] is the main division, and then OFIN is a group which has nations from either side/nations that are neutral, and it sides with either alliance depending on what it feels is best for its interests.

What do you think the dividing line should be? In the case of NATO versus the Warsaw Pact it was communism versus capitalism. Is that issue similarly divisive in Forest? (Maybe it is, I'm not sure.) What does UAFS stand for (what does Mount Seymour stand for?)

Probably not going to take part in a military alliance, just brainstorming.

[Mount Seymour]

Hmmm... that's the problem with RPing in a region with a central theme like Forest-- nations in Forest tend to be pretty eco-left, at least in political ideology. So it might be hard to divide that way.

[Calenmor]

Unfortunately, I rarely have time for RP these days and Calenmor has a traditionally neutral stance to most conflicts anyway. However, those actively playing should feel free to reference Calenmor whenever appropriate and message me if you have any questions. On the off chance I do get a moment for a little RP it will probably involve small units that have decided to go and help one side or another, refugee politics, humanitarian aid, or Calenmori business' attempts to navigate the tricky world of neutrality during war-time.

[Mount Seymour]

Unfortunately, I rarely have time for RP these days and Calenmor has a traditionally neutral stance to most conflicts anyway. However, those actively playing should feel free to reference Calenmor whenever appropriate and message me if you have any questions. On the off chance I do get a moment for a little RP it will probably involve small units that have decided to go and help one side or another, refugee politics, humanitarian aid, or Calenmori business' attempts to navigate the tricky world of neutrality during war-time.

Great, sounds good

[Montmorencia]

So if I create the UAFS, who would organise the opposing side? Furthermore, who would be on each side?

I'm thinking that UAFS-vs.-[[Antagonist]] is the main division, and then OFIN is a group which has nations from either side/nations that are neutral, and it sides with either alliance depending on what it feels is best for its interests.

What do you think the dividing line should be? In the case of NATO versus the Warsaw Pact it was communism versus capitalism. Is that issue similarly divisive in Forest? (Maybe it is, I'm not sure.) What does UAFS stand for (what does Mount Seymour stand for?)

Probably not going to take part in a military alliance, just brainstorming.

Hmmm... that's the problem with RPing in a region with a central theme like Forest-- nations in Forest tend to be pretty eco-left, at least in political ideology. So it might be hard to divide that way.

Well from what I've seen in Forest is that there could be a strong divide between how the nation state achieves eco-friendliness. For example, a more moderate Nordic model, compared to a eco-authoritarianism/extremist system.

Examples
Moderate Nordic Model - Mount Seymour
Eco-Authoritarianism/Extremism - Unhuman Reserves

[Mount Seymour]

Unfortunately, we don't have Unhuman Reserves, and I don't think there are many other nations interested who'd consider themselves 'eco-extremists'. Although I agree that in general the region is divided that way, the RPing group is a bit different.

So here's my proposal for what could be the division:

Eco-Friendly/Nordic Model (UAFS)	Not Especially Eco-Related/Militaristic?	Neutral
Mount Seymour Montmorencia Tishanda Communal Ecotopia Dest Oritio	Vesquire Darklands Chan Island	Zwangzug Calenmor

Caracasus, I'm not really sure where you'd go; the same for Potira, I don't know enough about you.

Frieden-und Freudenland, I'd certainly categorise you under the 'Eco-friendly Nordic Model', but given the historic "cooperative tension" between you and Mount Seymour such as in the Kolaxa Scandal, I think it would be best to preserve that and have you instead be a major leader of the third-party OFIN, playing to whoever's interests you think best.

I don't want to impose anything on anyone-- do you think this type of division would work, and if so, do you agree with where I've placed you in the organisations?

[Pohjoinen]

Perhaps a third, Agricultural, faction? I know Pohjoinen is a largely agrarian society. Unless that could fall into the Nordic/Neutral models.

[Zwangzug]

Spitballing, but (in contrast to more social democrats) are there some countries who are anarchists/mostly dissolved the state? Or are they predominantly non-RPers?