NationStates Jolt Archive

I did something like this awhile back and it didn't turn out like I wanted it to because very few people joined and they all skipped ahead. So Im taking another shot at it.

This is a sign up page for the rp which will be about your nations history. Once I have about 20 people I will start it. We will start in the ancient era when your people are cavemen and stuff and will progress with time. So there is no confusion this time I have some rules.

1.No skipping ahead(as in don't skip from the ancient era to the modern times.)

2.Each RL day will count as a year

3.If you do not wish to start in the ancient era, do not post until everybody is cought up to the time you want to start in

4.Role-play your history. Make up names, events and other stuff. Don't just say it in a resume, actually role-play.

5.No advancing to fast. It will be no fair if somebody has nukes and other have spearmen.

6.Please explain in detail to make it more interesting. Have big wars(even if they aren't with anybody else, just say theres barbarians or something), open trade routes with others, establish a currency exchange, tell when you draft citizens or recruit people into your military, say what government you have, when you change your government and what laws get passed and how, etc....

And the most important rule

7.NO GODMODDING!!!!! :mad: :sniper: :mp5: :gundge:

Here is the timeline for the rp:
Month 1: The Classic Age (4000 B.C.-1 A.D.)
Month 2: The Dark Ages (1 A.D.- 1400 A.D.)
Month 3: The Age of Discovery and Enlightenment (1400-1800)
Month 4: The Industrial Age (1800-1950)
Month 5: The Modern Age (1950-2100)
Month 6 and beyond: The Interstellar Age

Current Nations:
Imperial Articas
Universalist Totality
Island of Rose
Commorargh
Nova Cartago
Camewot
Fortestan
Atarkhos
Scimar
Doomingsland
Pancaketopolis
HippysAgainstWar
Port Voxman
Finare

Link for map(hope it works, if not, check page 5)
http://www.ampell.net/maps/altitude.html

If your interested, sign up here.

I'd be pleased to participate in this endevour. Together, I'm sure we can make it a success.

Great, thats one person. Lots more to recruit.

I'll join when Colonial times are around, that IS when my History started ya know.

I'll join as cavemen.....

Yay!! :) I think I have more people than last time already. Sad hey?

Hi there. First post, I personally hate noobs in other games i play so I'll try to be brief. I've read through a few rps already so I know a bit of what's going on. I love history so I'd love to join this rp.

It'll pick up. Listen, if we're going to do this, we're going to need a common planet, and a map to work from. Are you going to make and maintain such a map?

I could try to make a map but I really, REALLY suck at that stuff but I'll try. Thanks for the suggestion.

My nation would end up building naval rafts and suchlike, very early. That would forgoe most of my army.....

My nation would end up building naval rafts and suchlike, very early. That would forgoe most of my army.....

Well don't have it too early, if you start as cavemen then I dought u will have boats. But if you start at the time of like Greece then ya you could have them rather fast.

I could try to make a map but I really, REALLY suck at that stuff but I'll try. Thanks for the suggestion.

Well, give it a shot. If it doesn't work out, I'll be glad to try myself, though admitedly I too suck at such things.

I know. I talking like an Athenian stile nation. Strong navy, weak army....

Also, maybe you should start compiling a list of nations willing to participate now. It could turn into a real mess later down the road.

Err there's also another issue I just thought of: 1 day equals one year. The first civilisation started 10k years ago... the romans started properly empire building around 2k years ago, that's some 8000 years between them so that's a very long time. Perhaps 1 day=10 years? Or we could play for a month in one time frame, then skip a thousand years in 2-3 days to the next time period.

I think 50 years=1 day is fine......

Err there's also another issue I just thought of: 1 day equals one year. The first civilisation started 10k years ago... the romans started properly empire building around 2k years ago, that's some 8000 years between them so that's a very long time. Perhaps 1 day=10 years? Or we could play for a month in one time frame, then skip a thousand years in 2-3 days to the next time period.

Agreed. What we could do is start with a larger scale, and then reduce the number of years= 1 RL day as we come closer to modern times.

Err there's also another issue I just thought of: 1 day equals one year. The first civilisation started 10k years ago... the romans started properly empire building around 2k years ago, that's some 8000 years between them so that's a very long time. Perhaps 1 day=10 years? Or we could play for a month in one time frame, then skip a thousand years in 2-3 days to the next time period.

Thats a good point. Ok, 1 RL day will be 10 years. O and ya I should start making a list of people.

I just can't wait for Colonial times, TIOR was just an abandoned Island full of Rose fields, but if you want to RP a settlement, wink wink nudge nudge >.>

Agreed. What we could do is start with a larger scale, and then reduce the number of years= 1 RL day as we come closer to modern times.

Hey ya, thats kinda like how it is in Civilization III, but that doesn't give much time for swords and stuff which is one of the major reasons Im doing this cause you barely do this on NS. So we will just have 1RL day=10 years.

Thats a good point. Ok, 1 RL day will be 10 years. O and ya I should start making a list of people.

What year are you planning to start?

Maybe your right, 50 years=1 RL day. But you would have to be online each day to keep up. And I'm thinking of starting in the year 4000BC. Anyone else have a suggestion on when to start?

Count me in from cavemen to modern times!

Wow, so many people are interested. I don't know why I didn't do a sign up page before.

Maybe your right, 50 years=1 RL day. But you would have to be online each day to keep up. And I'm thinking of starting in the year 4000BC. Anyone else have a suggestion on when to start?

If this is your start date, it will take over a year to get to the times of Jesus Christ with the 10:1 scale. I think we really should consider emulating the civilization time scale. It worked so nicely for them, why shouldn't it work for us?

Mind if I RP European countries settling in TIOR when it's in Colonial Times? It only makes sense, you'd know if you've read me factbook...

Haven't read your factbook but unless somebody else has an objection to that then I don't see why not.

Mind if I RP European countries settling in TIOR when it's in Colonial Times? It only makes sense, you'd know if you've read me factbook...

Which is another thing, no RL nations...please! This is an excellent opportunity for us to make our world, with its own history. Lets not spoil that through a lack of originality.

Which is another thing, no RL nations...please! This is an excellent opportunity for us to make our world, with its own history. Lets not spoil that through a lack of originality.

That's actually a good idea. It gives me a better chance to make a better history for myself. Cause I'm in antartica and until the future, Im still a big thing of ice, but if we use our own world then Im not.

Right........

So no RL world?

Just a random map where we are divided into territorys in the beginning...

Will we be RPing the wars with others??

That's actually a good idea. It gives me a better chance to make a better history for myself. Cause I'm in antartica and until the future, Im still a big thing of ice, but if we use our own world then Im not.

Okay, what if you guys settle in my Island, and I RP as the Colonists? You can RP as government by the way.

That's actually a good idea. It gives me a better chance to make a better history for myself. Cause I'm in antartica and until the future, Im still a big thing of ice, but if we use our own world then Im not.

I myself plan to use this as an opportunity to write the history of a people who will eventually become Universalists, and join the Totality. It will make a nice, detailed backstory for a certain ethnic/administrative group within my state. Oh, I'm so excited! The potential of this endevour, gentlemen, is limited only by our own imaginations. I pray you keep that in mind.

Right........

So no RL world?

Just a random map where we are divided into territorys in the beginning...

Will we be RPing the wars with others??

Against each other do you mean? If so, then yes, but if you mean RL countrys or something then apparently no, just have wars with barbarians or have a civil war.

Okay, what if you guys settle in my Island, and I RP as the Colonists? You can RP as government by the way.

Wouldn't mind doing that.

You can count me in.

This is a good opportunity for me to write the history of my nation and people, too.

If this is your start date, it will take over a year to get to the times of Jesus Christ with the 10:1 scale. I think we really should consider emulating the civilization time scale. It worked so nicely for them, why shouldn't it work for us?

Fine, but I still want like at least a week of swords and stuff.

Wouldn't mind doing that.

You do realize though TIOR gained independence in the end >.> <.<

You do realize though TIOR gained independence in the end >.> <.<

I dont care. I can just say I had a civil war or revolution and had to call back most of my troops so it doesn't embarrase me too much.

I was thinking of a scale like this. Please give me your opinions on it:

Month 1: The Classic Age (4000 B.C.-1 A.D.)
Month 2: The Dark Ages (1 A.D.- 1400 A.D.)
Month 3: The Age of Discovery and Enlightenment (1400-1800)
Month 4: The Industrial Age (1800-1950)
Month 5: The Modern Age (1950-2100)
Month 6 and beyond: The Interstellar Age

I dont care. I can just say I had a civil war or revolution and had to call back most of my troops so it doesn't embarrase me too much.

Ironic, which is how TIOR gained independence according to my factbook o-o

That timeline sounds good, it will make this a really long rp which I wanted. And Island of Rose, really? I must be physcic......or physco :D

So far we have 7 nations.

That timeline sounds good, it will make this a really long rp which I wanted. And Island of Rose, really? I must be physcic......or physco :D

Then we are agreed. Why don't you add the timeline to your original post, along with any other amendments or rules we may come up with as we go along.

I'd like to take part in this experiment. Neat idea. :)

I'll also volunteer to make the world map, if you like.

Hey, maybe we should agree to pause the rp if anyone goes on vacation or anything. Cause this is gonna be a long rp and it wouldn't be very fair if somebody left for a couple of weeks and everybody advanced past him.

I'd like to take part in this experiment. Neat idea. :)

I'll also volunteer to make the world map, if you like.

Welcome aboard! ;)

OOC:
I want to be a powerfull naval nation....

I'd like to take part in this experiment. Neat idea. :)

I'll also volunteer to make the world map, if you like.

Holy hell, thanks. Just try to make my country look like antartica. But not ice.

Hey, maybe we should agree to pause the rp if anyone goes on vacation or anything. Cause this is gonna be a long rp and it wouldn't be very fair if somebody left for a couple of weeks and everybody advanced past him.

I think we should take such situations case by case. What if someone left for a month? Would it be fair to the others to stall for such a long time?

Then we are agreed. Why don't you add the timeline to your original post, along with any other amendments or rules we may come up with as we go along.

You want the link to my factbook then?

You want the link to my factbook then?

Um, sure, why not.

Ok, well take it case by case. And no dont give the link. Keep it a surprise for everyone to make it more interesting.

We need a list of nations.....

K, it's 2:50AM where I live so I'm going to go to bed now. Just keep posting ideas and everyone else just keep signing up. I'll check it all in the morning.

We need a list of nations.....

I've got a list of them on a scribler. Do you want me to post it on here?

If so here they are:

Imperial Articas
Universalist Totality
Island of Rose
Commorargh
Nova Cartago
Camewot
Fortestan
Atarkhos

K, it's 2:50AM where I live so I'm going to go to bed now. Just keep posting ideas and everyone else just keep signing up. I'll check it all in the morning.

We're in the same time zone. Where do you live?

I've got a list of them on a scribler. Do you want me to post it on here?

Add it to your original post. Also, try using different sizes of letters and colors to make the info more user friendly.

We're in the same time zone. Where do you live?

Alberta, Canada

Alberta, Canada

No shit....where?

No shit....where?

Red Deer, you?

Anyways, night peeps.

Edmonton. :D ...we're close, probably the closest I've been to anyone in online RPing. Cool.

Err there's also another issue I just thought of: 1 day equals one year. The first civilisation started 10k years ago... the romans started properly empire building around 2k years ago, that's some 8000 years between them so that's a very long time. Perhaps 1 day=10 years? Or we could play for a month in one time frame, then skip a thousand years in 2-3 days to the next time period.

I agree most wholeheartedly, although I think that complex civilizations had much earlier origins than what is commonly believed - which also suggests that there might be a "rule" about synchronizing the "start dates" of the civilizations. An entire history of complex trading, population migration, etc could be created. Makes me wonder if NationStates tracks that kind of thing for our nations... Max could make a bundle selling political ideology stats.

And now, a sidebar - does anyone have a copy of the USA Today paper published in the last couple of weeks which contained the <cough> word "Adviser" in the front-page headline? Telegram me at Feynmania.

Here's to ya!

CPS Joel of Feynmania

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So.....are you joining this rp Feynmania?

The timeline issue has already been resolved. View the first post for the timeline we agreed on.

On the Dark Age Issue:

The Dark Ages started in 500 A.D., more realistically, 476 A.D.

Also, do you want a map of TIOR, or do you want that later when I am settled.

On the Dark Age Issue:

The Dark Ages started in 500 A.D., more realistically, 476 A.D.

Also, do you want a map of TIOR, or do you want that later when I am settled.

Its a general scale, its not supposed to be identical to Earth history.

Its a general scale, its not supposed to be identical to Earth history.

Now I look like the asshole :p

Now I look like the asshole :p

Naw.... ;)

I posted a possible map. Make note that the continent down south may be replaced with Antarctica, if necessary. Also, at the current time Atarkhos would occupy the island chain near the middle.

View the map (http://www.ampell.net/maps/altitude.html)

I'm back. Hey, the map looks pretty good. I call the big island near the bottom with the mountains in the middle.

On the Dark Age Issue:

The Dark Ages started in 500 A.D., more realistically, 476 A.D.

Also, do you want a map of TIOR, or do you want that later when I am settled.

You should give your map to Atarkhos so he can put your island on the map. Try to have it near my islan Atarkhos, cause I'm gonna be the one that colonises it.

Is this the map we will be using?

If so, then I would like to start out on the wide peninsula to the center-left.

I have no objection about that.

Is there a possible start date for this? Or will we start when a certain number of people have signed up? Just curious.

I would like to join this RP. It looks very interesting.

Is there a possible start date for this? Or will we start when a certain number of people have signed up? Just curious.

Once we have 10 people, we will start. We have 8, maybe 9, right now.

I would like any one of teh small islands

I would like to join this RP. It looks very interesting.

Welcome :)

So, can you define "Ancient". DO you mean like romans and greeks or like cavemen and dinosuars? Or mabye egyptian period?

Would that one do, Scimar?
And did I get the right Peninsula, Fortestan?

Its perfect, hell, It even look sort of liek my island on my reigon map. Very well done :)

So, haev we hti 10 peeps or are we still at 9?

So, can you define "Ancient". DO you mean like romans and greeks or like cavemen and dinosuars? Or mabye egyptian period?

Both, we start as cavemen, but then advance into egyptian period, greeks and romans. Everything before the dark ages and feudal ages. And we might have 10, not sure on it. One guy still hasn't said if hes joining yet. Plus we need everybody to claim a place on the map.

Ok, I am all set then.

Now we just need Island of Rose to give a map of his island to be added to the map near my place and then the rest of the people to claim land and we can start I guess.

Sign me up! My contry didn't start till about 5 AD though, and some of its fantasy stuff(dark portals, invincible emporers, that kind of stuff).

I would like an island.....

Sign me up! My contry didn't start till about 5 AD though, and some of its fantasy stuff(dark portals, invincible emporers, that kind of stuff).

Hey Doom! I was wondering if any of you guys were gonna join this. Just look at the map that we are using and clame a territory.

We need a map with actual segemnts to define borders...

Hey Doom! I was wondering if any of you guys were gonna join this. Just look at the map that we are using and clame a territory.
Where's da map?

Alright, we have enought members. Now just claim a place on the map and once everybody does that then we can start. I will post on here the name of the thread.

Thanks Atarkhos, that is exactly right.

Where's da map?

On page 5

And I will get Atarkhos to put borders for each country on the map.

I would like an island, preferably shared with somebody else.....

I'll take a chunk of the thing on top, and make it surrounded by mountains with my regular country so its cooler.

Here's the map of TIOR, the geography is just plain Rose fields, and the bold shore is cliff:

http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v15/Belovia/TIOR_copy.jpg

And since my region has a region map, here it is even though you don't care >.>:

http://67.18.37.16/1323/7/upload/p2210748.jpg

The Dark purple is Shesharra >.>

Alright just a few more people to add to the map now. And Atarkhos, just give each nation a color and make the borders that way. Kinda like on Island of Roses region map.

Give me a sinister looking color, my country was evil in ancient times :)

Hey guys, sorry to do this but I'm gonna have to delay the start of this thing for a couple of days. Im leaving on thursday to go to my grandpas funeral for about 2 days. After I get back we can start. Sorry. :(

Do whatever you want with me, thought don't obey my Island's look on the region map, Hallad was to lazy to fix it, though I still love him in a friendly way >.>

I'm sorry to hear about your grandfather, you have my condolences.

A few thoughts.

1) Could you please mark my territory on the map as "Sarmats" or "Sarmatia", as this is the people that I will be playing as in this game?

2) I reccommend you place the link to the map in the original post, so that everyone has easy access to it.

3) I would also suggest that, since we're starting from scratch, so from a small tribe of people, our territories are marked with a dot of our color. Borders and vast territory come later. All nations started off from single point, a settlement or two from which they then expanded into wider territory. Giving everyone a chunk of land from the offset would be premature.

4) Also, could my color please be light blue? If this clashes with the map too much, my next order of preference would be red, then black. Which brings me to another point, thought the colored map is very nice, perhaps it should be made black and white? With ten nations, we can use all the colors for our nations as we can get.

Just some thoughts, let me know what you guys think.

Oh, and put me anywhere on the map you want. Surprise me, okay? ;)

I'm sorry to hear about your grandfather, you have my condolences.

A few thoughts.

1) Could you please mark my territory on the map as "Sarmats" or "Sarmatia", as this is the people that I will be playing as in this game?

2) I reccommend you place the link to the map in the original post, so that everyone has easy access to it.

3) I would also suggest that, since we're starting from scratch, so from a small tribe of people, our territories are marked with a dot of our color. Borders and vast territory come later. All nations started off from single point, a settlement or two from which they then expanded into wider territory. Giving everyone a chunk of land from the offset would be premature.

4) Also, could my color please be light blue? If this clashes with the map too much, my next order of preference would be red, then black. Which brings me to another point, thought the colored map is very nice, perhaps it should be made black and white? With ten nations, we can use all the colors for our nations as we can get.

Just some thoughts, let me know what you guys think.

Thanks, and good suggestions. But don't you think by the time we are like the egyptians or romans(in technologie that is)we will have established towns everywhere on our countrys? Cause I know I will before anybody has ships find my island.

If we use the colored map, can my nation be yellow plz, like it is on TIORs region map. Ty very much

OH and , I am very very sorry about your grandfather.Well, I hope that, whereever you belive people go when they are dead, thet he is happy there.

I would like an island, preferably shared with somebody else.....

You could have part of my island, or maybe teh one next to mine

I just noticed that the Island in the region is the same as my Island upclose, just not so much detail, man I feel like the asshole...

Thanks, and good suggestions. But don't you think by the time we are like the egyptians or romans(in technologie that is)we will have established towns everywhere on our countrys? Cause I know I will before anybody has ships find my island.

That's the point, neither started out with countries. Please recall, the Romans started out with one city, Rome. They had to successfully subdue/conquer all the settlements of the Italian mainland before they could even call themselves a "country". This took a very long time, and even then, only a few generations before the birth of Jesus Christ, they were the only recognizable state entity in all of Europe. If we're going to start this early, we should keep things in perspective.

Dark Purple is Heimlichsburg anyway...

Here's my idea:

Why don't you settle me in Ancient Times? Then I can make it that in Modern Times, I can discover there were ancient settlements, opening new RP possibilities!

Bump, thump thump, thump thumpty bump

HippysAgainstWar wants to join the rp game

This person who is runnig this is out fer like 2 days i think so to join you'll have to wait till then. He might browse the site soon and answer so keeep checkin'.

You could have part of my island, or maybe teh one next to mine

Hey man I'll share an Island with you. Oh, and I want to get in on this intriguing endeavor. P.S. Eventually I will invent space weapons but they won't be godmodding :gundge: ;)

I was answering a request from someone else. If he doesn't want it I guess you can have it....

I will get robot type things, but only very late in the RP. Kill the GODMODS!

:mad: = God Modder

:mad: :sniper:
:mad: :gundge:
:mad: :mp5:

When I get the space weapons, its gonna be startrek/mechwarrior type stuff, so I'll have a powerful fleet and land force.

bump

I don't leave till thursday I think so I will be here until then. Anyways, my future tech is gonna be a little more advanced than Halo human stuff. Cause I'm a modern tech person but I still use lots of stuff from Halo.

As soon as it gets to this day and age, I'm quitting, I hate space >.<

bump

So......anybody else joining this rp?

So......anybody else joining this rp?

Don't know, we have over ten participants, though.

Don't know, we have over ten participants, though.

Ya I know, but I'm gonna start the rp after I get back. So probable on saturday.

this sounds cool, im in. just maybe 1 day = 100 years or something, liek the earlier post, im wont be able to play this game for like ten thousand days.

any1 willing to join me in a Federation of some sort? one person isnt powerful. If we work as a team, no other will be able to make a substantial threat. kinda like the UN or NATO or somethin like that.

oh and u might need a bigger map

:eek: :sniper:

this sounds cool, im in. just maybe 1 day = 100 years or something, liek the earlier post, im wont be able to play this game for like ten thousand days.

any1 willing to join me in a Federation of some sort? one person isnt powerful. If we work as a team, no other will be able to make a substantial threat. kinda like the UN or NATO or somethin like that.

oh and u might need a bigger map

:eek: :sniper:

We already have a scale. Pay attention!

Can I make a request?

When the RP does start, can you people settle me in Ancient Times? And then I could be the Colonists who rebel and you guys leave? It'd be interesting for in Modern Times, artifact appear and stuff >.>

Can I make a request?

When the RP does start, can you people settle me in Ancient Times? And then I could be the Colonists who rebel and you guys leave? It'd be interesting for in Modern Times, artifact appear and stuff >.>

Sure, as soon as I have galleys, I will go colonize other places.

i have a question, will there be a set of types of troops you can make, and who they are better agaisnt and who they are worse against?
like maybe for the first age there would be a couple categories, naval,indierect combat, infantry, and mounted

:) :mp5:

this sounds cool, im in. just maybe 1 day = 100 years or something, liek the earlier post, im wont be able to play this game for like ten thousand days.

any1 willing to join me in a Federation of some sort? one person isnt powerful. If we work as a team, no other will be able to make a substantial threat. kinda like the UN or NATO or somethin like that.

oh and u might need a bigger map

:eek: :sniper:

If you want, Im in an organization called CAD. Tg the nation of Doomingsland if you want in.

Ok, here are some responses and thoughts.

1. Please, e-mail me your placement, colour etc. requests. It is easier to keep up that way.

2. Borders: I don't think borders really come into play until much later in this game. Things can be added and removed as needed.

3. The world is the same size as the Earth. Should be a plenty to go around. The size of the image can be changed, of course. This is only a draft.

4. I can only devote an hour or two a day to this and I will not be able to do anything while at work or when I sleep. I often update things immediately, but will reserve the right to delay 24 hours. I am, after all, volunteering.

5. If you are not content with my work, I will give all the files created to whomever wants to take over.

AMP

does every1 here have IM? if they do we can setup like a chat room for this, then if u have a question, ull get a response right away
:eek: :sniper: :mp5: :sniper: :mp5: :mp5: :sniper: :mp5: :sniper: :mp5:

does every1 here have IM? then we can get instant responses and stuff

Ok, here are some responses and thoughts.

1. Please, e-mail me your placement, colour etc. requests. It is easier to keep up that way.

2. Borders: I don't think borders really come into play until much later in this game. Things can be added and removed as needed.

3. The world is the same size as the Earth. Should be a plenty to go around. The size of the image can be changed, of course. This is only a draft.

4. I can only devote an hour or two a day to this and I will not be able to do anything while at work or when I sleep. I often update things immediately, but will reserve the right to delay 24 hours. I am, after all, volunteering.

5. If you are not content with my work, I will give all the files created to whomever wants to take over.

AMP

I call red as my color!

You can pick whatever color you want, also, is my Island withen the Continent or is it outside it?

You can pick whatever color you want, also, is my Island withen the Continent or is it outside it?

Your island will be near my giant island. It will make it easier for me to colonize it.

Ok, here are some responses and thoughts.

1. Please, e-mail me your placement, colour etc. requests. It is easier to keep up that way.

2. Borders: I don't think borders really come into play until much later in this game. Things can be added and removed as needed.

3. The world is the same size as the Earth. Should be a plenty to go around. The size of the image can be changed, of course. This is only a draft.

4. I can only devote an hour or two a day to this and I will not be able to do anything while at work or when I sleep. I often update things immediately, but will reserve the right to delay 24 hours. I am, after all, volunteering.

5. If you are not content with my work, I will give all the files created to whomever wants to take over.

AMP

I've already specified, color, light blue, placement, random.

I would like my territory to be blue.

I would like to be on an island, preferably shared with somebody else.....

I would like my territory to be blue.

I would like to be on an island, preferably shared with somebody else.....

Eh, when your Island gets too full, settle mine, the more the merrier, since TIOR was a Colony before.

I'm ready!

I'd like to be on that part of the big northern island that juts out, on the far right of the screen. Ironic that my nation is very left-leaning =P

I think we can deal with borders later.

Yeah, we just need to edit the map!

I would like my territory to be blue.

I would like to be on an island, preferably shared with somebody else.....

I posted on page 8 (I think ) That you can share my island, you still can if you want

Am I the only one who thinks that we will need a unique dating system for this world, to keep up with where we are, since we're going 10-50 IC years every RL day? Or should each culture come up with their own?

Eh, can I still join?

Finare is a mainland area. 'Course, I can't see the map for whatever reason...

I haven't gotten one e-mail and trying to wade though all these posts to determine who wanted what is confusing. So here are a couple of questions:

1. Who all are living on the small tagged Scimar?

2. What color did everyone want?

3. Someone wanted a Northern island, but there is no island in the extreme right.

4. The Island of Rose, I need to know how big your island is before I can put it in. Also a bit about its climate.

5. Anything else I have forgotten/not done/am not aware of?

Please, e-mail or telegram me. Much easier that way.

Id like the Color yellow, as for teh other residents on my island, I am not sure

I'll take black or gray for my color, and put me on a continent.

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The Island of Rose, I need to know how big your island is before I can put it in. Also a bit about its climate.

Climate is tropical, and you can decide size.

I haven't gotten one e-mail and trying to wade though all these posts to determine who wanted what is confusing. So here are a couple of questions:

1. Who all are living on the small tagged Scimar?

2. What color did everyone want?

3. Someone wanted a Northern island, but there is no island in the extreme right.

4. The Island of Rose, I need to know how big your island is before I can put it in. Also a bit about its climate.

5. Anything else I have forgotten/not done/am not aware of?

Please, e-mail or telegram me. Much easier that way.

Im red.

ill take a spot on the continent, but one that touches water. if orange is open as a color, ill take that.

:p :sniper:

Am I the only one who thinks that we will need a unique dating system for this world, to keep up with where we are, since we're going 10-50 IC years every RL day? Or should each culture come up with their own? Everybody can make up their own.

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I haven't gotten one e-mail and trying to wade though all these posts to determine who wanted what is confusing. So here are a couple of questions:

1. Who all are living on the small tagged Scimar?

2. What color did everyone want?

3. Someone wanted a Northern island, but there is no island in the extreme right.

4. The Island of Rose, I need to know how big your island is before I can put it in. Also a bit about its climate.

5. Anything else I have forgotten/not done/am not aware of?

Please, e-mail or telegram me. Much easier that way.

I've telegramed you my specifications, as requested.

I'm going away for a week next sunday (australian time so that's saturday for most of you peeps.)

So I thought I might get started, or at least provide a few basic details about my race. Never RP'ed before so I dunno much about how it works. Tell me what I'm doing wrong...

The Civil Rights Lovefest of Nova Cartago.
The origin of the name Nova Cartago is unknown, but is suspected to be derived from the words Civilus and Rightus, meaning "Greenies and Hippies", rather than the words Novus and Kartago, meaning New Carthage, since Carthage was destroyed a fair while after Nova Cartago was first founded back in 4000BC.

We believe in Civil Rights. Yes. That's pretty much what we believe in. We also believe in people's rights to disbelieve in our Civil Rights, as long as they don't stop our Civil Rights Fest and our Civil Rights Festival and our Civil Rights State... and our Civil Rights... But if they do interrupt our Civil Rights we will kill them with our large volunteer army (conscription is a breach of our Civil Rights).

Nova Cartago itself is on a peninsula on the far right of the world. So far right that it could almost be described as left, if someone had drawn the map properly <hint hint>. It is a fairly low lieing land full of docile sheep and strawberry fields. The sheep form a matriachal society which uses Nova Cartagans to tend their strawberry fields as not helping them would be a breach of our Civil Rights. All hail the Civil Rights.

We do not have a god, or other deity, save the almighty precept of Civil Rights. All hail the Civil Rights. There is a large natural rock formation looking like a balanced scale on the only hill in Nova Cartago. It is used as a playpen for the neighbouring Industrialist's children.

OOC: Ok that's the basic summary of my Nation I guess. Anything else I should add?

I should have gotten all those who did TG me as well as a couple who did not. If you are missing, or something is wrong, TG or e-mail me.

There are now 10 nations on the map, but on the list there are 14. Those of you who are not, please, let me know where you should be placed and if you have any colour preferance.

The updated map is at the same old location: The Map of Historical Role-play (http://www.ampell.net/maps/altitude.html).

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I should have gotten all those who did TG me as well as a couple who did not. If you are missing, or something is wrong, TG or e-mail me.

There are now 10 nations on the map, but on the list there are 14. Those of you who are not, please, let me know where you should be placed and if you have any colour preferance.

The updated map is at the same old location: The Map of Historical Role-play (http://www.ampell.net/maps/altitude.html).
I TGed you, and I'm not on it.

I TGed you, and I'm not on it.

You're north of Nova Cartago on the eastern peninsula.

You're north of Nova Cartago on the eastern peninsula.
Never mind, found me.

I'm definately gonna have to expand northwards...or maybe southwards and annex the guy? hehehehe, I love being a warlike evil empire.

No please don't annex me. I'd be in violation of our code of Civil Rights... We'll most certainly retaliate with our army of pacifistic sheep-riders

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Also, I would just like to say to anyone interested that I will be starting out as a collection of fully independent city-states who become unified much later on.

When will the thread start?

When will the thread start?

The guy who came up with the idea will be back Saturday, so that is likely when it will start.

I'm not gonna start out till about 3 AD, and I'm gonna be busy fighting demons through a dark portal, and killing barbarians and annexing their lands.

I suggested we all start out at a single point, it was agreed that this is a good idea, and then of course you went and did your own thing anyway. Now we have a situation where in the year 4000 B.C. a bunch of primitive tribes have already layed claim to vast tracts of land and have clearly defined borders. Charming. If this is not changed, I'm afraid I will have to resign from this game. The lack of realism so early on does not bode well for the duration of our experiment. Sooo, what will it be.

I suggested we all start out at a single point, it was agreed that this is a good idea, and then of course you went and did your own thing anyway. Now we have a situation where in the year 4000 B.C. a bunch of primitive tribes have already layed claim to vast tracts of land and have clearly defined borders. Charming. If this is not changed, I'm afraid I will have to resign from this game. The lack of realism so early on does not bode well for the duration of our experiment. Sooo, what will it be.

I agree, but the borders could be used as reference points where our people start out, not necessarily under our dominion yet, though. We can start out in a village or city and we roleplay the rest from there.

Perhaps the borders can be more like the extent of how far a nomadic tribe forages? Or something similar. They don't have to be set-in-stone borders that no other tribes/nations can cross. I mean part of my "range" can be shared by doomingsland, even if we've never met so there's no formal agreement.

I think a "fuzzy border" system is much more real than having singular dots on a map where the capital of individual nations are. (or rather will be since that one village is the hwole nation)

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Just to let anyone who cares know, I won't be online saturday until the evening central time. Don't delay starting on account of little ol' me, though.

Perhaps the borders can be more like the extent of how far a nomadic tribe forages? Or something similar. They don't have to be set-in-stone borders that no other tribes/nations can cross. I mean part of my "range" can be shared by doomingsland, even if we've never met so there's no formal agreement.

I think a "fuzzy border" system is much more real than having singular dots on a map where the capital of individual nations are. (or rather will be since that one village is the hwole nation)

I would agree to this concept. A couple of thoughts:
1) Tribes areas should be expressed, perhaps, by a circle of their color.
2) Where possible, these areas should overlap.
3) They should not be very large. Taking up a fifth or a third of the world with your area is unacceptable.
4) They should all be the same size, so everyone gets an equal start.

Which brings me to my next point, dividing up the map.
I think the map should either be
1)divided into predetermined, visible territories (at least 100)
2)divided into a grid format
This will help keep track of the actual size of our nations, and will also serve as a solution to many tactical dilemmas when we are faced with grand-scale war. Thoughts?

I would agree to this concept. A couple of thoughts:
1) Tribes areas should be expressed, perhaps, by a circle of their color.
2) Where possible, these areas should overlap.
3) They should not be very large. Taking up a fifth or a third of the world with your area is unacceptable.
4) They should all be the same size, so everyone gets an equal start.

Which brings me to my next point, dividing up the map.
I think the map should either be
1)divided into predetermined, visible territories (at least 100)
2)divided into a grid format
This will help keep track of the actual size of our nations, and will also serve as a solution to many tactical dilemmas when we are faced with grand-scale war. Thoughts?

Some(bump) good (bump) ideas

For the map I would like to have a landlocked country.

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Alright, I feel like I am being quartered here. Everyone seems to have their own ideas how things should be displayed. New properties are demanded that take me hours to update. When I do it someone else gets upset.

This will not work this way. I have no wish to be stressed out by a thing that should be fun. Work and family are are already there.

If someome wants to take over and use the maps I made as the basis, I will e-mail them to you. With full rights to use them as you wish, of course.

AMP

True, think about Artarkhos!

When will the rp start?

Hi guys, I'm back. The rp will start soon. Atarkhos, e-mail me the map and I will continue it, my e-mail is mathew_kellerman@hotmail.com also include how you post it on the thread cause i've never done that.

Still waiting for the map. :rolleyes:

Did you get the map? If so, post both of the maps, the new coloured one and the elevation one. I will start the thread now.

Alright the thread is up. It's called "History RP(Very Closed)"

Could you give us a link please?

Here's a link.

History RP (Very Closed) (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=349355)

Everyone who is starting in the prehistoric age go start now.

OOC (obviously): I've been out of town, but I'd like to sign up now anyway, if that's ok.