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After seeing someone offering to play against a new player, I decided to expand that idea and create a group rp war. The point would be to teach new nations how to rp correctly so we can avoid having (as all of us have experienced) bad rpers. This thread is for new nations to sign up and I guess each new nation will have (if we have enough) a mentor.

So my idea is this war will be on an island that is abundant in resources and each nation will have a piece of the island to begin with with connection to the sea (in order to bring more weapons and manpower in). So you have any ideas or anything, throw them in.

New Nations
Kalmurstan
Lord Sumguy
Kathria
Drekon
Ordo Drakul
Stoklomolvi
United Plantagnets
The Easter Empire
The taureen

Mentor Nations
The Northern Baltic
Leocardia
British Londinium
The People's Freedom
Lame Bums

Another one for the mentors!


Tired of seeing noobs, especially having an enemy as one.

Hm. Count me in as a mentor.

Oh and something for the mentors; try not to push your student nations into accepting this political ideal or joining that alliance or buying from this storefront. This is simply so they can learn the basics of rping. Try to keep your nation's ideals out of it.

I'll be a mentor nation

Could I see a sample of your rping skill? Don't feel singled out. The reason I didn't ask for the others to show their rping skill is that I have fought with them multiple times. Just make something up if you cannot find anything.

I'll be a mentor nation

Sounds like a good idea. Since practice makes perfect, and my RPing skills probably need some work, count me in on the warring nations side.

Any ideas on the actual war?

Reasons for war? I could get philosophical here, but I won't ;).

Seeing as how Kalmurstan is pretty much nought but tundra and boreal forest, my forces would most likely be there to grab some better land for growing crops, the proverbial breadbasket if you will.

As for the war, a massive resource grab on an empty island by several nations at once isn't impossible to imagine, but realistically, one or more nations already having a presence on the island, be it through gathering the resources, scientific study or whatever is most likely. This could be both an advantage (already have some form of supply line in place, better local knowledge etc.) and disadvantages (Probability of civilians needing evacs, military unprepared for major deployment there and suchlike).

Obviously, the size of the island as well as the kind and distribution of resource it holds would impact objectives, as would any pre-existing structures, be they civilian or military.

There's some other stuff I thought of before I started bashing the keys that's slipped my mind now. It'll come back to me sooner or later, and when it does I'll be sure I jot it down quickly.

Hope my ramblings help some :)

Reasons for war? I could get philosophical here, but I won't ;).

Seeing as how Kalmurstan is pretty much nought but tundra and boreal forest, my forces would most likely be there to grab some better land for growing crops, the proverbial breadbasket if you will.

As for the war, a massive resource grab on an empty island by several nations at once isn't impossible to imagine, but realistically, one or more nations already having a presence on the island, be it through gathering the resources, scientific study or whatever is most likely. This could be both an advantage (already have some form of supply line in place, better local knowledge etc.) and disadvantages (Probability of civilians needing evacs, military unprepared for major deployment there and suchlike).

Obviously, the size of the island as well as the kind and distribution of resource it holds would impact objectives, as would any pre-existing structures, be they civilian or military.

There's some other stuff I thought of before I started bashing the keys that's slipped my mind now. It'll come back to me sooner or later, and when it does I'll be sure I jot it down quickly.

Hope my ramblings help some :)

Well I'd say it would be easiest if the island were independent and the massive land grab started because of the discovery of a large platinum deposit as well as several offshore oil sites. I have a possible map of the island. I'll put it up in a few seconds.

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l158/comradecaptan/WaihekeMap.gif here's the island

OOC Good Idea. Hopefully I no longer count as a noob of the forum. This would have helped earlier though when I was still getting used to Rping a nation.

OOC Good Idea. Hopefully I no longer count as a noob of the forum. This would have helped earlier though when I was still getting used to Rping a nation.

I was hoping we could do this multiple times so we don't end up with a large population of new nations that don't know how to rp well.

Is there still room for a mentor?
I'm a tad new but i know the ins and outs of good RPing

Land grab should be fine, gives everyone the same sort of level playing field. Out of interest, with the map is that scale accurate, or are we going to bump the dimensions up some? Just thinking 20km coast to coast might be a bit small if it's more than a one-on-one, and even then would be cutting it close.

Yeah I am going to make the island much larger then it actually is there. Thanks for pointing that out though.

Is there still room for a mentor?
I'm a tad new but i know the ins and outs of good RPing

Could I see an example of your rping skill? If you can't find something, you can just make something up.

Well I'd say it would be easiest if the island were independent and the massive land grab started because of the discovery of a large platinum deposit as well as several offshore oil sites. I have a possible map of the island. I'll put it up in a few seconds.

Land grab should be fine, gives everyone the same sort of level playing field. Out of interest, with the map is that scale accurate, or are we going to bump the dimensions up some? Just thinking 20km coast to coast might be a bit small if it's more than a one-on-one, and even then would be cutting it close.

I know I am not exactly a new nation, but I am unfortunately hideously inexperienced in war RP's (mostly due to my hatred of them), and therefore wish to sign up as a student nation.

Well, do you mean the proper action? because that is my specialty.
Im not so Amazing with diplomacy, because i really dont quite know how to fully navigate this writy interface... lol

Well, do you mean the proper action? because that is my specialty.
Im not so Amazing with diplomacy, because i really dont quite know how to fully navigate this writy interface... lol

Huh?

I'd like to join in as a student nation.

Hey, sign me up. I'm not new to NS, and I'm not new to RP, but I am new to RPing in NS, and as far as I can tell, it's a bit different from the rest of what I've done. I have two nations, a peaceful, democratic Federation (Rabarac), and a corporation with imperial ambitions (Kathria). I'm personally more invested in Rabarac, but Kathria would be fun to play. You tell me which one you want; a belligerent corporate army or a peaceful, even lightly-defended nation to be invaded initially. Both sound appealing to me.

I know I am not exactly a new nation, but I am unfortunately hideously inexperienced in war RP's (mostly due to my hatred of them), and therefore wish to sign up as a student nation.

Yay, OpFor :D

Hey, sign me up. <snip> You tell me which one you want; a belligerent corporate army or a peaceful, even lightly-defended nation to be invaded initially. Both sound appealing to me.

Yay, more OpFor! As for who it is, 'tis a difficult call, and one that only you can make. I'm up for fighting a corporate army, being a quasi-communist nation, although crushing a nice, friendly nation under my standard-issue boot seems good too. It's kinda hard to choose, but I'm leaning towards the corporate army, they're normally the kind of people who'd set up camp and strip-mine for dirt given half a chance, so real resources to farm would be a bonus to them ;)

Hey, sign me up. I'm not new to NS, and I'm not new to RP, but I am new to RPing in NS, and as far as I can tell, it's a bit different from the rest of what I've done. I have two nations, a peaceful, democratic Federation (Rabarac), and a corporation with imperial ambitions (Kathria). I'm personally more invested in Rabarac, but Kathria would be fun to play. You tell me which one you want; a belligerent corporate army or a peaceful, even lightly-defended nation to be invaded initially. Both sound appealing to me.

Whichever you want. As long as your population for either one isn't to big. We don't want a pwnage.

i dunno if i can join

Whichever you want. As long as your population for either one isn't to big. We don't want a pwnage.

No fears, they were both started just recently, their populations are really close and quite small.

I'd like to be a bit more involved in this, and my nation has elements who will offer themselves as mercenaries for whomever wishes-the Orders of Argan Argar and Zorak Zoran in particular. Due to my limited experience on this forum, I'd like to be mentored, but I have been rping since the late seventies and can adapt quickly enough.

i dunno if i can join

As a mentor or mentored nation?

I'd like to be a bit more involved in this, and my nation has elements who will offer themselves as mercenaries for whomever wishes-the Orders of Argan Argar and Zorak Zoran in particular.

That should add an interesting twist to events. Wherever there is war, there'll be mercs :p

That should add an interesting twist to events. Wherever there is war, there'll be mercs :p

agreed.

A blatant bump! Oh, how could I do such a thing? :D

If there are no more nations (ahem this is your last chance) then I guess I will start dividing up the island. We'll say you all own a piece of it. Agreed?

One more nation for the new nations. I intend to touch off a war in my region, and practice makes perfect

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Chancellor Alexander Deoradhan, Confederacy of United Plantagnets

I expect we can either emerge from the caves or go a-hunting for more yummy pink food in someone else's territory-we're slavers and maneaters so either is fine.

If there are no more nations (ahem this is your last chance) then I guess I will start dividing up the island. We'll say you all own a piece of it. Agreed?

Is it can be war tiem now plees?

Ahem, last time I leave the laptop near the cat...

What that should've said is how close are you to sorting out who owns what chunk of the island, because if I look into the details of another tank, APC, IFV I think I'll scream.

At least my forces are sorted, so the mind-numbing string of crew numbers, hp/tonne, support percentages and payload figures weren't for nothing ;)

The Glorious Corporation of Kathria is, well, ready to go. Any info you need, just ask.

I'll join up as a new nation for no apparent reason, even though I am very skilled at RPs and I have played for about less than a year.

Is it can be war tiem now plees?

Ahem, last time I leave the laptop near the cat...

What that should've said is how close are you to sorting out who owns what chunk of the island, because if I look into the details of another tank, APC, IFV I think I'll scream.

At least my forces are sorted, so the mind-numbing string of crew numbers, hp/tonne, support percentages and payload figures weren't for nothing ;)

I should like to start with my Muri emerging from the mountain on the peninsula between the two bays I can't quite make out the names of-it's far enough from major roads(or are those yellow lines rivers?) we could probably seize the entire peninsula and gather intel for quite a time before we realize what we're up against--and vice versa. If this is supposed to be a short game, we could easily claim the golf course instead-this would take out major communications as we'd nap all the leaders and movers-and shakers in one fell swoop, but would limit RP. My preference would be the Mountain and spreading out, perhaps claiming one or two people as would leave the island dependant upon second-stringers. Unless there's some top secret crap where I'd lay claim, I'd happily limit myself to a Stone Age understanding with the understanding we're going to improve as time goes on-the Muri will not innovate, but will find out where innovations are made and target it first--once again the understanding is this is the beginning and Muri strides will be limited by the mods and such advise as our mentor brings us.

My army, airforce and navy are pretty much nailed down, right down to what would be deployed on-site prior to the war (since we all had a piece, I guessed we'd have a smallish force defending our stake), what can be deployed quickly, and what can be deployed, period (I had waaay too much free-time this weekend :P).

As for starting zones, I'm OK being placed anywhere, but ideally in the NE of the island as Thumb Point looks nice and defendable. But yeah, I'm ready to drop my forces anywhere that's given to me.

I should mention, Northern Baltic, that it will be Kathria, and not Rabarac, participating here.

Will our nations already own land on the island or are we all invading outright? Is there some background for this island (Treaty Organizations, regional government, etc.)? If we all begin with established land, will we RP the beginning of the war, or be flung in media res, as it were? If we're invading, what on earth is so valuable about this island? I'm basically trying to get a sense of the political climate of the island and of the war, which will, of course, be integral to my initial strategy.

I could be a mentor nation. I know Leo and I didn't have a great rping expierence together, mainly due to my lack of clarification, but I think he'll agree that I am not a noob and I know that BL can vouch for my RPing skills. Or I could be on the "noob's" side, for evening of numbers and for them to have a mentor on their side.

Okay I have the starting positions on the map. http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l158/comradecaptan/WaihekeMapboundery1.gif if anyone has a problem with them, talk to me, though it better be good because I don't really want to change it until after the war starts.

As for the situation; each of your nations purchased a piece of the island with promises of mineral wealth, but the government who is still in control of the bulk of the island, lied to you and the pieces you have don't really have resources. However, in the parts of the island controlled by the government that controls the island, several large mineral deposits have been uncovered and they're worth billions of dollers.

The island is about 150 miles long and 100 miles wide at the widest point. You would each start off with a small garrison of men, but the numbers would increase as the conflict goes on, naturally. Me or one of the other mentors will probably be playing as the government in charge of the island.

As for the background of the island, the island was first inhabbited by natives, but abandoned later years for reasons that remain unknown. The Portugeese colonized the island first, but did not really establish it as a colony, which is probably why the British were able to take over in later years. Having earned her independence from England rather early, the island, nonetheless, remained a monarchy. The Cornwall family has had possesion of the throne for hundreds of years, but small scale democracy is practised.

The island is located in the South Pacific and controls a number of offshore gas and oil platforms, which provide a significant percentage of the island's wealth.

Is it to late to sign up? I'm not new to RPing but new to this form. But I'd like to have a beginer spot if there is any still open?

Is it to late to sign up? I'm not new to RPing but new to this form. But I'd like to have a beginer spot if there is any still open?

Of course. Nice to have you aboard.

New map: http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l158/comradecaptan/WaihekeMapboundery1.gif

Looks good-where is the IC thread?

Looks good-where is the IC thread?

I will make it once I get a chance to talk to all of the mentor nations.

So is everyone fine with everything? We just have to assign mentors to their students and then the war can begin.

Is there still time to join?
I used to rp i this game but i've been gone for a long time and i need to refresh myself on how to rp

After seeing someone offering to play against a new player, I decided to expand that idea and create a group rp war. The point would be to teach new nations how to rp correctly so we can avoid having (as all of us have experienced) bad rpers. This thread is for new nations to sign up and I guess each new nation will have (if we have enough) a mentor.

So my idea is this war will be on an island that is abundant in resources and each nation will have a piece of the island to begin with with connection to the sea (in order to bring more weapons and manpower in). So you have any ideas or anything, throw them in.

New Nations
Kalmurstan
Lord Sumguy
Kathria
Drekon
Ordo Drakul
Stoklomolvi
United Plantagnets
The Easter Empire

Mentor Nations
The Northern Baltic
Leocardia
British Londinium
The People's Freedom

Sign me up as a mentor. I don't RP often on Jolt but I spend a lot of time on offsite earths (and as admin of one I can tell you from experience about bad RP'ers).

Edit: http://z8.invisionfree.com/Earth_Six/index.php?showtopic=5610

It's an example of my RPing. It's pretty recent but it's not the best example. I was attacking an NPC on the RP and nobody wanted to role play it. So I sort of just summed up what happened in general terms.

I'm happy with that, looks like we're all nicey split up, but the size of the island means it won't stay that way for long :D.

So, um, yeah, I'm good to go whenever you give the word.

Is there still time to join?
I used to rp i this game but i've been gone for a long time and i need to refresh myself on how to rp

Of course. I'll add you in the map.

Here's the list. Any problems?
Student Nations
2.Kalmurstan
4.Lord Sumguy
3.Kathria
3.Drekon
1.Ordo Drakul
2.Stoklomolvi
4.United Plantagnets
5.The Easter Empire
5.The taureen

Teacher Nations
1.The Northern Baltic
2.Leocardia
3.British Londinium
4.The People's Freedom
5.Lame Bums

Here's the list. Any problems?
Student Nations
2.Kalmurstan
4.Lord Sumguy
3.Kathria
3.Drekon
1.Ordo Drakul
2.Stoklomolvi
4.United Plantagnets
5.The Easter Empire
5.The taureen

Teacher Nations
1.The Northern Baltic
2.Leocardia
3.British Londinium
4.The People's Freedom
5.Lame Bums

Fair enough.

Might I suggest we use an offsite forum so we don't spend the rest of the month fishing out threads from ten pages back? Invisionfree and Phpbb are pretty easy to use.

Everything looks good.

So are we planning to start this tomorrow or sometime later?

Looks good to me

Sounds good to me.

I'm happy with this set-up. We do we start good and proper?

Making the OOC and IC threads. The OCC thread can also be used for mentors to give information to their students if they cannot contact them. I suggest everyone give out some type of instant messenger service so the OOC thread is only used as a last resort.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13146486#post13146486 IC Thread
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13146446#post13146446 OOC Thread

Please save both.