NationStates Jolt Archive

As some of you are no doubt aware, I have taken a rather lengthy hiatus from the world of RP. Given the major changes that were [and still are] taking place within my nation, a major restructuring of my region/alliance has become neccessary before I can continue writing here in NS.

The main reason I left when I did was because I was growing tired of being [essentially] the only active player in my sphere of influence. My region, Arda, was useful for wars but little else; as a general rule the players there tended to [and still do] generally stay out of things unless there are guns involved. Given that I happen to like most of them I have no intention of kicking them out or what-have you but I do intend to get some people onboard who actually have the time to get out there and stick their fingers in some pies. My adversaries were remarkably better at this kind of thing [at least collectively] than I was by myself, so in frustration I broke my pen in half [figuratively, of course] and retreated back to General for the purpose of venting my anger on them by arguing philosophy for hours on end.

I want to come back and finish up my Civil War RP, and get some new alliances going. With that comes the need to refurbish the alliance and set up some basic boundaries. My new vision for Arda has it being a fairly contentious place, since Morgoth's influence in the area will never end, whether the rebels win or lose.

In short, I need new people, and more importantly I need people who can write. I don't give a good goddamn about how big your nation is, if you can put together a story or series of stories that can catch my attention, all you really need to do it pick a side and you're more than welcome to join up if you'd like. Technically, one does not have to be in the region to enjoy the benefits of the alliance, however it is preferred.

I will, of course, be needing some samples of your work if you're interested in helping make my hegemony what it used to be. If not, that's fine.

Also please note that this isn't really a regional recriutment type thing; rather it's sort of a casting call to see who I would like to use in my upcoming storyline[s]. Whether you favor the rebels or the Old Imperials is up to you; for reference the old-ass rebellion thread [which I will be gravedigging soon] can be found...somewhere. My egosearch isn't turning it up at the moment. I'll post a link once I can dig it up.

Gruenberg here: we've met.

Are you only interested in relatively experienced RPers? You mention providing samples of work. I have only participated in one relatively big (i.e. more than just me posting and nobody replying) roleplay to date, and that not only involved guns, but was shit. That said, I've written a lot - I know that writing RP is distinctly different to writing straight fiction, but it is at least a start - and, in those dreaded words, I'm eager to learn.

Having read some of your old stuff, it sounds pretty interesting, although I'm obviously not yet up to speed with it all. I would thus like to declare at least an initial interest. If you do want examples, I'll be glad to try to dig them up. My style is mostly vague, unstructured and pretentious. But meesa like pretty words. I would also find it eminently understandable if your response was for me to shove off, or at least shove off until I've grown up enough to play with the big boys.

If there were no concern about a heel and face alliance from a storytelling standpoint, I'd strongly consider applying for the alliance. I believe I can tell a few good stories and usually have gotten complimented on the storylines I've created for my NS country.

If you're interested and you'd like me to use a country that would fit in more with the way you've played your country in the past, let me know. I do have a country I can use for that purpose.

Gruenberg here: we've met.

Are you only interested in relatively experienced RPers? You mention providing samples of work. I have only participated in one relatively big (i.e. more than just me posting and nobody replying) roleplay to date, and that not only involved guns, but was shit. That said, I've written a lot - I know that writing RP is distinctly different to writing straight fiction, but it is at least a start - and, in those dreaded words, I'm eager to learn.

Having read some of your old stuff, it sounds pretty interesting, although I'm obviously not yet up to speed with it all. I would thus like to declare at least an initial interest. If you do want examples, I'll be glad to try to dig them up. My style is mostly vague, unstructured and pretentious. But meesa like pretty words. I would also find it eminently understandable if your response was for me to shove off, or at least shove off until I've grown up enough to play with the big boys.

Good question. You don't really have to be experienced or anything, but I won't lie: it helps if the writing is up to snuff. If you don't have that much in the way of work to cite from this site [heh, I couldn't resist] you can always provide other examples. Experience will come with time; I'm not particularly worried about it any more than I'm worried about whether or not you wear Adidas or Reeboks.

If there were no concern about a heel and face alliance from a storytelling standpoint, I'd strongly consider applying for the alliance. I believe I can tell a few good stories and usually have gotten complimented on the storylines I've created for my NS country.

If you're interested and you'd like me to use a country that would fit in more with the way you've played your country in the past, let me know. I do have a country I can use for that purpose.
Of course I'm interested. The badguys will need their allies too.

I can also tell you know your wrestling, as evidenced by your use of the 'heel/face' terminology. Or did they steal that from somewhere?

I don't know about the origin of the terms, but I remember seeing AMF use the terms and found out about the wrestling connection later. But I used to watch wrestling pretty obsessively back in the day.

Anyway, I'm glad you're interested. I look forward to the RPing.

Well, Warming Up (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=435548) would be the only real example of anything of any length I've written on NS. There's a fashion for putting down one's own work in the hope of making it seem better: this is pretentious, lacks focus, and has an abysmal 'ending', but when I say all of those, it's not to make the rest seem better by comparison. It's to reassure you that I do know that. I also put it in Book Antiqua, which wasn't too smart.

OOC:

Hell, I don't really have anything much better to do & my 'roleplaying only' region seems to have gone the way of the vampire, in that we only do fast-paced fanatasy-style stuff where their bloodsuckers can take a magazine full of nines to the chest & still continue to hip-fire .50AE Desert Eagles with pinpoint accuracy.

If you've got some decent realisum, some modern tech, that sort of thing, I'd be more than interested. It seems the overall creativeness of the NS roleplaying community has dropped since our Jolt move, and I've had a hard time finding anything worthwhile to work my fingers with, unless I either write it myself or go to a different site.

As for my previous works, just type my name in the 'Search' function & a long list will pop up. Some of it flat-out sucks, some of it's pretty decent. It all usually depends on the content of the RP & the style of those involved, sort of like cage fighting. My writing style follows that of Tom Clancy in that I tend to obsess over minute weaponry details & stuff like magazine capacity, accuracy, and the effects of getting hit with that type/caliber of ammunition.

Anyway, drop me a line if you think I'd fit in.

-MS

OoC: Civil wars? Blood and writing - oh my! I wouldn't mind getting involved in the civil war if you'd permit, preferably on the old imperialists side (Krieg tends to favour that style of government), although, joining the rebels would be okay - Enfield wielding conscripts up against Imperialist troopers, it sounds fun. Writing however...I wouldn't say I'm brilliant but I think I'm passable, that's up to the beholder though, read through some of my threads (If you can be bothered ;) ) sometime if you 'd like to look at my style of writing.

If you're interested in contacting me, launch a telegram my way and I'll reply to it ASAP.

God I ran out of steam quick, I planned a hefty reply to this thread, blah, this rambling text must suffice!

Whether you favor the rebels or the Old Imperials is up to you; for reference the old-ass rebellion thread [which I will be gravedigging soon] can be found...somewhere. My egosearch isn't turning it up at the moment. I'll post a link once I can dig it up.
This one (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=371642)?

And, wow... I would have assumed that with Alky's death the rebellion would have largely curled up and died. Oh, and does this mean Nathicana gets to keep her palantir?

One particular reason that I'm not very active on the NS boards is that activity here is way too fast. It's time-consuming and hard to keep up with threads, and I lose track of them very easily. Some of my old stuff as the fanatically insane country of Scythirus can probably still be drudged up on searches from way back. I; however, prefer a reasonably steady pace, otherwise I just bogged by the gazillion messages each day.

If there's some reasonable control of pace, I'd be quite interested in aiding the current status quo government. Keep note that my legions of orcs are still stuck in the Dark Ages and that the ruling devils and other fiendish creatures—exiled from the Nine Hells of Baator—keep most of the flashy magic stuff for themselves, so I'm not sure how particularly helpful I'd be.

I've found that, aside from party threads, things in NS move much more slowly than in II. I've seen II wars that average a post every three minutes, and war posts here that average a post a month. Granted, those are rare and are hyoooooge posts, but still.

Check out the thread I linked above yours for an idea on how quickly things go. It's usually much less fevered than in II. Of course, when you're writting 5000 word posts, it takes time, heh.

Well I don't have II to compare things to, and already these forums go way too fast for me.

This one (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=371642)?

And, wow... I would have assumed that with Alky's death the rebellion would have largely curled up and died. Oh, and does this mean Nathicana gets to keep her palantir?
You'd think so, but I don't imagine Althalon will so easily concede defeat. And no, AFAIK Nathi already gave the damn thing back.

And yes, thank you for the URL. I needed that muchly.

Also, to all the people who have asked that I 'drop them a line' if intereted, I humbly ask that you drop me a line instead, since [hopefully] I'll be dealing with a good number of applicants as it is. I don't really have the time to type out a personalized invitation to everyone. Just give me links or TG me a bit of text and I'll respond if I'm interested.

Don't be put out if you don't get a response right away [or even after a week or so] because for one reason or another I'm really terrible at answering telegrams. I'll try to do better with this though.

*Runs about screaming..."OMG MELKOR IS RETURN"*
Welcome back.

I'd be happy to help out with whatever you need.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=414957
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=355100
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8713041#post8713041
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=401502
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=395785
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=362775
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=382624
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=344443
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=367888
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=382209
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=386801
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=370173

Okay, I know this is incredibly overloading and no one would bother to read all these. They are all just some examples of previous work. I reccomend that you check out the last one on the list and whatever else you feel like looking at. Still...Just reminding you that I'm open for anything!

Welcome back, by the way!

I have a few (we...alot.) of RP's going, under both Dontgonearthere and Blood Moon Goblins.
Unfourtunatly they tend to drop like lead rocks, and nobody seems to know why. I dont know if I just dont write well, or I just have bad luck.
Regardless, Ill join if you like. I think of myself as a pretty good writer, and if you dont mind my sci-fi/fantasy mix, I think we can write up some good stuff.

OCC tag: it's wonderful to see so many old nations coming back into action.

You'd think so, but I don't imagine Althalon will so easily concede defeat. And no, AFAIK Nathi already gave the damn thing back.Point, and damn. I was rather hoping she'd get to keep it. Insult to injury to Morgoth and all...

Glad to see you'll be getting active again, boyo. 'Bout damn time. :p

Yes, Nathi gave the palantir back, as she had agreed. I recall discussing other points and plans y'all had along the way, back when - will be driving back from our short vacation tomorrow morning, so sometime Tuesday, if all goes well, I'll be available for further discussion if needed/wanted.

I mean hey. We did agree to help out, neh? *grins*

Take care - see ya 'round.

--Nathi's Player

Yes, yes, sorry for being so absent all 'round. Real life, they say, can be a right bitch.

OOC: Ohh shit, melkor's back to NS... General is losing the few good people it has ;)

Well, I would have to say that I’m interested in taking part old chap. For evidence of my roleplaying just do a search on Bob-Bob, everything is pretty much up to scratch, however I would say one of my best examples would be my fan fiction. *Digs up the link*

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=424478

Bob-Bob is your best bet though, it’s my more serious nation.

A humble submission, for Milkman's approval:

The Saining

It is the final hour of the life of the Domitor. The sun hangs suspended over the tallest spire of the Palace of the Ancients, staining the evening sky the color of blood. Darkness nips at the heels of the sun now. Bells toll across the city for the last hour of a dying man. Soon the first stars will herald a new Domitor, a new face upon the soul of the god-king.

Aleksandr looks himself over in the floor-to-ceiling polished silver mirror that makes up an entire wall in his suite, the rooms of the sa-Domitor, the heir. Soon he will leave these rooms and never return, but not yet. First must come the Saining. A thorough inspection of his costume, no other word could adequately describe the ritual things he must wear, shows it to be in proper form: his tin-bladed dagger lies quiescent in its cream leather sheath upon a somewhat darker belt. His suit is of a dour military cut, blue in the colour of mourning. Lastly, he wears a mask of lapis lazuli. Insets of turquoise and silver define the masks features, even to the individual teeth and hairs of the brow.

Now it is time. The Palace fills with the hum of a thousand voices. The Choir has been called, its music echoing through an entire building constructed as a reverberating chamber. Aleksandr leaves his suite and the music fills him; his feet seek a harmonious gait, his heart turns to the adab-purpose of the Choir. It is the demanding summons which speaks to the duty of those who listen. For this Saining, all who can hear must come.

The audience hall of the Palace stands as a testament to the power of the basalt throne. It arches high overhead, supported entirely from without by cunning buttresses and the tension it exerts against itself. Constellations of jewels make the heavy night-blue ceiling glow with the fading light of the day. Beneath this, the Court is assembled and the Choir sings rapturously.

The sound of the sa-Domitor's footsteps is drowned beneath the holy song. His eyes are fixed upon the bent and withered man whose bony frame does little to fill the wide expanse of the basalt throne. The power of the Domitor saps the vitality from the strong and the mind from the wise. But what power!

The sun breaks through the clear glass window set behind the Domitor's throne, crowning the dying man with a halo of bloody light. The jewels blaze in the sudden brightness. The Choir stills, its song allowed to die. It is time. The domitor takes the platinum and sapphire crown from his brow. The old man's breath rattles in his lungs, and then he is still.

Aleksandr takes the crown from the stiffening clawlike hands of the old Domitor. It rests lightly upon his temples, with no hint of the weight that bore down on the shoulders of a wasted corpse on a stone throne.

At last the sun sets on the forty-six year reign of Ul'Qibbish, the Conqueror.

Hey Melkor, what are you doing here? We need you arguing common sense in General. Oh well. Welcome back! Evil in NS just isn't the same without the Dark Lord. Speaking of which, I've about had it with being a kindly capitalist, and am looking to get into Evil. Wrote you a TG about it. Let me know where you think I can fit in, I'd really like to RP with you for once.

Nice to see that you're planning on making a return to RPing. I'd like to get back into it soon, hopefully by the end of the summer (beginning of September-ish). Summer is just too busy for me to devote much time to RPing.

Alright, here's the deal. I haven't had the time to peruse the entries yet, as I've had to work every day so far this week. Next week isn't looking much better either, so it's looking like I'm going to make my first assessment this sunday, which is my next day off. Hopefully there's a few people left that might be still interested who haven't conteacted me yet, so hopefully I'll get to make my rounds again next sunday too. Expect a reply from me sometime within the next week if I like the work I've been given.

I also consider it equally important as to the ideas one might come up with for the furtherment of evil and so on. I'm likely to examine this area as well, as I like having good minds around to plot with.

Welcome back, my dear Melkor. It somehow doesn't seem the same about you.

How to couch my... "Application" to this thread?

I am not well known. But by those who do know me, I am regarded as a capable writer, definitely shrewd and having a way with words (ie my "material"). In fact, one of my prouder moments was during the Allanea/AMF conflict when you, Melk, pointed out my attempt at trying to write a good, genuine RP in spite of... Well, whatever the heck that thread was doing.

In terms of my achievements, of which there are little... I was the architect of APTO's um... Trying to be better and also its downfall. But nevertheless, the first thread I shall bring to your attention is the first APTO Conference (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=288442) which was an attempt to bring sense to the chaos.

The second thread I bring your attention to is the Sha'Ra war, part 1 (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=278383) Critically acclaimed, it's possibly my Shakespearean "Poetry of War" saga, bringing within a bittersweet sadness and triumph of conflict.

The third thread I bring to your attention is the Elara/Adejaani marriage thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=299492) which... I have no idea, it was just an interesting multicultural marriage thing.

I should note that those three threads have been graciously inducted into the Archives, which at least gives me immortality, even if it's a footnote.

I am not asking for anything, really. I'll first of all come out and say I'm a full time student, which gives me only weekends to RP. I'm a very experienced RPer, having close to eight years in the online environment (starting in around 1997 in Star Trek Play By Email RPs).

As noted, I'm well regarded as a very crafty, very creative person. However, I have a very nasty temper, I'm a "Prima Donna", an egomaniac and a perfectionist. You never ask me to lead, but you can always ask me for advice. I'm a master of unconventional thinking, my ideas will astound you, opening up avenues of thought you might never have imagined.

Even if I am accepted into Arda, I would probably bring a new "perspective" on evil. Being more sinister and wicked than outright devilish/fiendish um... Dictionary style evil.

I'll bow out now and let you take your time. It's your show. I just wanted you to have a caveat emptor: Let the buyer beware. With me, you will have a lot of... Uh... May you live in interesting times, as the Chinese proverb goes.

Um... Thanks for your time.

OK, I've handed out some telegrams and made some decisions. A few tips so far: avoid focusing mainly on military or combat-based writing except in circumstances where it's absolutely necessary. If that's an undue strain on your writing abilities, it means you'll only be used in a certain capacity.

The same thing happened to a good number of my older [and now deceased] allies; they got in wars all the time and couldn't ever really get out because they'd plant the seeds for the next one before the first was even done. As a result, I used them for little else aside from cannon fodder: I threw them at the enemy when needed but let them relatively free to wage their constant wars on their own.

Needless to say I'm not particularly interested in this setup anymore, as expedient as it can be sometimes when dealing with hostile military superpowers. In a way I'll sort of miss it because it was a very comfortable advantage for me for quite some time, at least in certain situations. I need a lot of folks around me who are willing to take the time to be quality multipurpose writers. [i]That was where I got screwed the last time. I don't plan on letting it happen again.

Still, it wouldn't hurt to offer a sampling of some military operation or what have you; but bear in mind for conventional purposes I'm generally only concerned with the 'meat and bones' portion of the battle rather than specops forays. Everybody thinks their Specops is the best, so it's more or less a case by case issue that isn't really worth obsessing over.

Also, if you could take a second or two to hash out just what faction you'd support, what your general concept/ethnic makeup consists of, and so on that'd be great.

Glad to see you back around and stalking Nationstates again. In the meantime, whilst I'm not exactly an avid worshipper of Melkor Unchained -- I'll be certain to keep my eye out for anything which catches my interest ;). At least now that you'll be shaking up Arda / the style you will be adopting, it will make for a much diverse amount of roleplay I (or others) can take part in.

Have fun, and good luck!

--- Ash.

Needless to say I'm not particularly interested in this setup anymore, as expedient as it can be sometimes when dealing with hostile military superpowers. In a way I'll sort of miss it because it was a very comfortable advantage for me for quite some time, at least in certain situations. I need a lot of folks around me who are willing to take the time to be quality multipurpose writers. That was where I got screwed the last time. I don't plan on letting it happen again.

Still, it wouldn't hurt to offer a sampling of some military operation or what have you; but bear in mind for conventional purposes I'm generally only concerned with the 'meat and bones' portion of the battle rather than specops forays. Everybody thinks their Specops is the best, so it's more or less a case by case issue that isn't really worth obsessing over.

Also, if you could take a second or two to hash out just what faction you'd support, what your general concept/ethnic makeup consists of, and so on that'd be great.I sent you a TG with some links to RPs. I tried to deliver a pretty good cross section of what I've done in the past, ranging from war RPs to character to diplomatic.

If you want my puppet Uve_been_pwned to be an ally, it's essentially a Soviet-styled oppressive regime under Dreadlord Ivan Roshikov. I've done some basic character-type stuff with that country and some of your run of the mill threatening messages to countries my main NS nation would support, but I haven't really done much extensive RP with it.

If you're looking for a short of foil or simply a country you consider hostile but either not worthy of your attention or too strong for you to attack, I can use Sarzonia for that unless you've decided to do a 'face turn,' in which case Sarzonia can be an ally, or at the very least a friendly country. For the time being, however, Sarzonia wouldn't have the capacity to get involved in military matters while it's fighting Pantera.

Hmm. I'm going to assume that with Alky being a corpsicle, most of the various things I did to spy on you will be largely obsolete. I'm also assuming that Morgy's gonna crack down on things and find various viruses and data miners I've given you. About the only thing I think would still be valid is the bugging I did on Alky's room at Nathi's palace... which isn't likely to be used any more. Meh.

Hm. Wonder if that tape is worth more now that he's dead... if nothing else, it's one less person who'd kill me for it.

Ahem, anyway, just so you're aware, Mikhael's still being paid, so I'll be trying to replace those sources of information... at some point.

By my own admission, I'm short on experience in NS, as I've already outlined to you. However, I think that it wouldn't be entirely implausible for me to suggest that my writing is of sufficiently high caliber for me to speak up and seek to take part in whatever it is you have in mind.

Another thing worth mentioning is that, try as I may, I have only a very general idea of Ardan history and geography - the essential basics - simply because there's so much to be read, and finding it all on a forum as prolific as this can be endlessly vexing.

All in all, there's not much I can say. Here's [a few samples] of my writing; I won't describe my own work, and I'll leave you to judge as you will.

Compound Interest and Machine Guns (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9552093#post9552093)
A Reluctant Plea (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=445228)

It's slowly beginning to dawn on me that September was an awful month to pick for this.I'm going to Knoxville, TN this weekend and I'm taking a week off starting on the 9th to sit on my ass at the beach for the first vacation I've really had in 17 months.

When I get back is probably when things will start to get rolling, as I assume I'm working in between these dates. I believe I've gone over just about all the entries so far, and I'm still waiting on a few of them to respond.

Some amorphous, obligatory post-war background, for those who are interested is as follows: I don't see Morgoth completely crushing the rebels but at the same time I don't see anything short of an amry of Vanyar and Valar seizing Angband or Utumno, so the stronghold provice is likely to remain a major stronghold for evil, an entity that the humans [kind of like Gondor in the Lord of the Rings] have to be prepared to fight at the drop of a hat.

This will force the rebels into certain alliances which neither Arda nor I would ever consider in the normal state of things. I either need to get the Ardans I do have more involved and more clearly divided on the issue, or get new ones or new oustide contacts that are.

Nathicana and Treznor are the only nations that are going to be doing any fighting alongside the rebels in the initial conflict as outlined in Against all Odds. Since the conflict is likely to destabilize my borders, I am however prepared to entertain new and interesting ideas that may take advantage of this. In the past, I've dispensed the notion of having most unwanted presences in my country on the grounds that I had [and will still have] a horrifyingly xenophobic government. Anything like convert mercenaries or assasination teams or what have you will have to be a transient phenomenon for the time being, as I want to get things stabilized and squared away at some point. Minor wrenches in the gears here and there are acceptable I suppose, but I do have a definite vision for this and I'd like to see it through.

Althalon will forge new ties, but as one might expect he will remain extremely cautious and won't have any compunctions about dropping ties altogether in certain situations. While trade agreements and exchange programs are actually likely to exist now, Althalon will refuse to make his state physically or morally subsistent on another. We're not going to see an American-style bitch's brew of wide reaching and reckless agreements.

It's also something of a misnomer to suggest that the rebels are turning into 'good guys,' as I've noticed some people question. They're Ardans, so a meaningful change in tempermant is not a very dominant possibility. They'll still be more or less 'evil' in most traditional senses, but would probably choose any one of you as an ally over Morgoth.

Oh, and it's something of a pet peeve of mine to associate with nations with bizzare or whooly un-nationlike names like 'Ur an ass' and 'Uve been pwned,' as I think I've seen mentioned here. While I understand that the naming of said entity doesn't necessarily reflect on your writing skills, I have a hard time taking myself seriously with thusly named allies.

Tomorrow is the last day of my vacation, which means I'll hopefully be returning to RP by Monday night. Apparently [according to my father and my brother] the cable line leading out the back of my house has once again been cut down, and we've got a repair guy coming sometime on Monday to fix it, which means I'll be totally out of contact with everyone here from roughly 4pm Sunday until $TIME monday whenever dude gets around to fixing my shit.

Now, to tell the truth I'm somewhat disappointed in the turnout here, and if memory serves, I've only got a handful of folks who are planning on joining this particular story arc. Please be aware that you don't have to be in or move to Arda to participate, although in a lot of cases it would be nice as I'm looking to revitalize the region.

At some point after Monday, I will be posting something to Against All Odds describing the goings-on in my country. Upon my return, I will assume some time has passed since Alkanphel's death, allowing me to cover a somewhat large span of time in a few posts, getting us to the meat and bones of the story quicker. If I can get enough people interested to make the story of sufficient length and complexity, the current segment of Against All Odds will serve mainly as a prequel to the Main Event, which will be a sort of post-apocalyptic struggle for political control of Arda.

Please, for the love of Christ, send me a goddamn telegram or something if you havent already. I really need more people on board if I can get them: if I don't, I may have to restructure the story a bit.

I was wondering when you were going to quit fooling around in General and get back to RP. :D

I would love to participate with one of my 1-3 billion puppets, but I already have four moderately active RP nations and I'm having to cut back drastically with one of them because of time constraints, so...

Besides, I may kick ass at intrigue and funky plot twists when I want to (evidence of that on a certain regional forum), but I'm not sure my writing is up to the level you would want anyway. I still need a bit of polishing as a writer, IMO.

I was wondering when you were going to quit fooling around in General and get back to RP. :D

I would love to participate with one of my 1-3 billion puppets, but I already have four moderately active RP nations and I'm having to cut back drastically with one of them because of time constraints, so...

Besides, I may kick ass at intrigue and funky plot twists when I want to (evidence of that on a certain regional forum), but I'm not sure my writing is up to the level you would want anyway. I still need a bit of polishing as a writer, IMO.
You know what? So do I. Looking over some of my old work, it seems a bit obtuse. I'm hoping to change some of that, but I don't know how successfull I'll be.

If you have the time, I'd be more than happy to have you aboard. If not, then why'd you get my damn hopes up?! :p

Might as well give it a go:

Political thread for construction of a super-dreadnought (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=405568)
A quick and nasty guide to fighting in built-up areas (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=403397)
A declaration of isolationism (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=402184)

There is some better writing I have done on other threads that aren't presently being revealed through egosearch, but I hope that gives some impression of my writing style.

It seems as though my major role in Operation Hellfire might be winding down. In that case, I might be available to RP with you with my main nation.

However, my main nation is most likely ideologically opposed to yours, so there might be some diplomatic back and forth going on if you're interested in doing that.

I understand and appreciate your peeve about nations like Uve_Been_Pwned and similar names. With me not having to focus Sarzonia's attention completely on facing Pantera, I might be able to devote some time to RP with my main nation if you're interested and you've had a chance to see the RPs I've linked in the TG I sent you.

[OOC: Hullo, Morgy. If you'd like, I can bring Angagor out of mothballs and move it to Arda. Would be intriguing to be on your side, for once...

*g*]

Until a while ago, I was mainly writing stuff in II, but I just grew tired of being amidst n00bs, spammers and just waiting for something interesting to happen so I decided to go here for a change. Though I have not very much to contribute what I wrote in NS, I let the examples speak for themselves.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=442563 A political/economic story
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=444415 News thread

I'll just be an interested observer, since my writing style tends more to strawberries and cream than steak, but if you're still short of decent writers you might check out some of the digest-size RPs in the UN Strangers' Bar.

I won't mention the obvious skilled old-stagers, as I don't know their history with you, but among the ones who are new since I started there's Roathin, whose Duke does a nice line in silken menace, or The Eternal Kawaii, Listeneisse and Compadria. I'm sure they'd all respond politely to a TG.

Melk, please TG me the password, I want into Arda if you still want me. :p But please note I won't join until the weekend. Snowed in by classes. x.x

I'd offer to join you, as I still feel my general cultural sympathies lie more towards Arda than towards my current masters. However, I seem to recall that the last time I was in league with you I got stomped on heavily and betrayed back to the people I had originally betrayed, then forced into paying severe fines of money and so on.

I'll content myself with a very sincere 'Welcome back', and an advisal that should either faction wish to avail themselves of my offer, which you might recall (if not, I'll tm the details as best as I recall), then it remains in place. Though my OOC sympathies lie VERY heavily with the Old Imperials.

*shrug*

Welcome back, MU. May death come swiftly to your enemies. :p Except me. And Siri. And Aelosia. And...yeah, Theallas too. And I have some occasional nice thoughts about Nathi. Hum. May death come swiftly to the GPE. :cool: :p

I've taken down the password to my region to allow for easier passage. If you've heard from me since your first TG, go ahead and move on in. If you're not sure or can't remember, just move in and hope you stay for more than 24 hours.

If anyone should be drawn to this presently, and haven't made any contact with me at all, please do so before trying to move in. If I don't know you off the top of my head, chances are you'll get the boot.

Just wanted to say welcome back.

I took a long break as well, which ended very recently. Kinda hard not to come back.