Swimbabwe
21-01-2006, 18:39
I would act on this idea myself, but unluckily I don't have the free time necessary to keep this up and running. Why don't we, in the spirit of the Earths, create custom Nationstates 'Planets' where other players can sign up for territory and whatnot? These would give each RPer (who wanted to, of course) a sense of his neighboring nations, those who he could RP with with definite ideas of space, distance, and time.
For example, I have always had a problem with RPing wars and such with almost random nations, because the majority of the time we have no idea how far away from our nation they are, how they are moving troops around, etc. Now, I realize that with the better RPers they can get past these things with their RPing skills, but I just sometimes wish that there could be more uniform RPs for those of us who like that sort of thing better.
So, anyway, if you like this idea and would be willing to participate in it, please post here. Also, if you are interested in hosting a sort of custom world like this, please post here or go ahead and make a new thread of claims or whatnot. For you hosts out there, I feel that the more detailed you get, the higher success you'll have. Be sure to use scales so RPers can gauge distances, as well as maybe placing resources or whatever. My idea of the prime example would be something like this.
I draw a large map (roughly the size of Earth), and outline 4 or 5 or so large continents on it. From there I divide out the continents into small portions of land, say 50 or so for the whole planent. Then you group these portions of land (call them countries) into larger groups (think Middle East or Western regions). Draw up a brief description on the type of culture found in each of these regions, and include possible population sizes and the amount and type of natural resources each region has to offer (ex. rich in gold, not much vegetation, etc.). This way each NS country wishing to join may choose the country in the region they would most like to RP from (maybe number them at first to clarify things). DOn't forget to set up some rules and such, like if you would allow space travel and that sort of thing. Go for it.
Notes
Don't be fooled by this new country, I was once a large RPer and I made the original Earth II thread.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions if you wish.
For example, I have always had a problem with RPing wars and such with almost random nations, because the majority of the time we have no idea how far away from our nation they are, how they are moving troops around, etc. Now, I realize that with the better RPers they can get past these things with their RPing skills, but I just sometimes wish that there could be more uniform RPs for those of us who like that sort of thing better.
So, anyway, if you like this idea and would be willing to participate in it, please post here. Also, if you are interested in hosting a sort of custom world like this, please post here or go ahead and make a new thread of claims or whatnot. For you hosts out there, I feel that the more detailed you get, the higher success you'll have. Be sure to use scales so RPers can gauge distances, as well as maybe placing resources or whatever. My idea of the prime example would be something like this.
I draw a large map (roughly the size of Earth), and outline 4 or 5 or so large continents on it. From there I divide out the continents into small portions of land, say 50 or so for the whole planent. Then you group these portions of land (call them countries) into larger groups (think Middle East or Western regions). Draw up a brief description on the type of culture found in each of these regions, and include possible population sizes and the amount and type of natural resources each region has to offer (ex. rich in gold, not much vegetation, etc.). This way each NS country wishing to join may choose the country in the region they would most like to RP from (maybe number them at first to clarify things). DOn't forget to set up some rules and such, like if you would allow space travel and that sort of thing. Go for it.
Notes
Don't be fooled by this new country, I was once a large RPer and I made the original Earth II thread.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions if you wish.