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Never Ending Story/Imperium Offtopicum Organisational & Discussion Thread
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Mosher
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Territory: Pick a stretch of land on the map and put your selected color on it to claim it. This shall be the beginning of a new home for your people.
Country of Origin: What country you came from. As this game takes place in 2109, any number of new nations (within reason) could have risen or fallen, so be creative. Alternatively, you don’t necessarily have to have one country of origin. Your habitation vessel could have been a joint effort between two or more nations, for example (like a European Union space project, or something)
Government: Include the various major political/ideological factions within your people
Equipment: Describe some of the equipment you’ve brought along with you in your habitation station, such as vehicles, building materials, etc.
Sliders: This one takes a little explanation. Essentially, you have twenty five points to allocate across a number of categories - Industry, Agriculture, Cultural, Military, Medical, Scientific, Luxuries, Economic, and Population. Each one starts out with five points allocated to it, with a minimum of one point and a maximum of twenty. This will help determine what kind of equipment, goods, etc were on your station when the Earth died.
Unique technology: You can choose to bring some sort of unique technology, idea, whatever with you that might give you an advantage over your fellow survivors, and make it easier for you to survive in the wilds of this new land. Perhaps a couple vehicles that will help make building new roads easier.
Traits: Pick a few positive and negative ones. You can have as many as you would like, and the more you have, the more defined your people will be; do what you want here, within reason.
History: No need to include one. The Earth is dead. It is mankind’s obligation to look towards the dawn of a new world rather than the dusk of an old one.
Misc: Whatever else you want to include, put it down here. The game is going to be semi freeform anyways so do what you like with your nation, within reason.
The question is, will you follow down the footsteps of the humanity of old, or blaze a new path?
From space, you can see that there is a thick band of jungle running along the planet’s equator, with a thinner strip of temperate forests before finally reaching tundra near the poles. There are several mountain ranges and deserts scattered across the planet’s surface.
Points in your sliders CAN be traded. The points you have here are what can be “spent” on various things.
Agricultural: The more advanced your agricultural industry is. This is necessary to feed people. 1 agricultural point can feed one population point, but you need a surplus for population growth.
Industrial: How advanced your industrial complex is. Industry ties in with almost every other field, and Industry points can be invested into other fields to garner more points there, or reinvested to further increase your industry.
Economic: This is a pretty broad one that includes miscellaneous stuff related towards the economy; infrastructure, currency, interest rates, et cetera. Econ points can be invested into building and maintaining infrastructure, setting up trade, stuff like that. Increased through industrial, population, and scientific investments, or a combination.
Cultural: The artsy fartsy side of your nation. What gives it soul. Television, painting, drawing, music, all of that. Culture makes your people feel united, beneath a national identity, and helps increase unity. This is something mostly increased through roleplay, but if you don’t have the time or energy to write anything major, hit me up and I’ll work out a workaround for you.
Military: Self explanatory. Military points represent the strength of your military, the size of it, quality of equipment, etc. Increased via population + industry investment, as well as scientific investment.
Medical: The state of your available medical facilities and personnel. This world is strange and, with it, has many strange diseases. You need to protect your people from all the various plagues if you want to survive here. Increased via roleplay and industrial + population investment, or scientific investment.
Scientific: Again, self explanatory. How advanced you are, scientifically, compared to other nations. Perhaps science is not the most important thing towards survival on a strange new world, but the march of scientific progress is the one thing that has bound humanity together across the centuries, hasn’t it? Increased via roleplay, exploration, luck, and industrial + population investment.
Luxuries: Available luxury goods for your people. One luxury can be spent on one population. People get angry when they don’t have luxuries. Requires industry to increase.
Population: One population point represents a thousand people, and can be assumed to be roughly 500 men and 500 women of various ages.
Basically, slider points are going to be the bread and butter of this game. You spend your industry on luxuries so that your population is happy, so you can then spend population points in conjunction with industry points to beef up your military and medical fields. Stuff like that.
War is determined through comparisons of the military slider, terrain, and war plans. That’s all I particularly have to say about it.
Other things: this game is going to be pretty freeform, and the ruleset I’ve outlined above is more of a guideline than anything else. If you have a cool idea, or want to do something, make it so in your orders, or write about it, or whatever. I really want people to turn this into a story about mankind’s last chance on a foreign rock in the sky and not as much of a game, though I of course still want it to be fun. If you think you want to do something that would be possible, invest some resources into it and I’ll see what we can do.
The Children of Earth
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Name: The name of your organization/nation/whateverSpoiler :
Territory: Pick a stretch of land on the map and put your selected color on it to claim it. This shall be the beginning of a new home for your people.
Country of Origin: What country you came from. As this game takes place in 2109, any number of new nations (within reason) could have risen or fallen, so be creative. Alternatively, you don’t necessarily have to have one country of origin. Your habitation vessel could have been a joint effort between two or more nations, for example (like a European Union space project, or something)
Government: Include the various major political/ideological factions within your people
Equipment: Describe some of the equipment you’ve brought along with you in your habitation station, such as vehicles, building materials, etc.
Sliders: This one takes a little explanation. Essentially, you have twenty five points to allocate across a number of categories - Industry, Agriculture, Cultural, Military, Medical, Scientific, Luxuries, Economic, and Population. Each one starts out with five points allocated to it, with a minimum of one point and a maximum of twenty. This will help determine what kind of equipment, goods, etc were on your station when the Earth died.
Unique technology: You can choose to bring some sort of unique technology, idea, whatever with you that might give you an advantage over your fellow survivors, and make it easier for you to survive in the wilds of this new land. Perhaps a couple vehicles that will help make building new roads easier.
Traits: Pick a few positive and negative ones. You can have as many as you would like, and the more you have, the more defined your people will be; do what you want here, within reason.
History: No need to include one. The Earth is dead. It is mankind’s obligation to look towards the dawn of a new world rather than the dusk of an old one.
Misc: Whatever else you want to include, put it down here. The game is going to be semi freeform anyways so do what you like with your nation, within reason.
Introduction
So, what is the Children of Earth really all about? It’s a game focused around the last few tens of thousands of humans left, after the warring nations of Earth have ended humanity’s short dominance of the planet. Several habitat stations in Earth’s atmosphere, created for just such an inevitability, have gone through a wormhole created by an independent German research station and discovered a world suitable for human life, full of wonderful alien animals and ripe for exploration and exploitation. The game will be a mix of story and some abstracted stats, and be pretty freeform, and is set on a mysterious new Earth-like world. The essence of the game, though, is survival and the reconstruction of society, at both the domestic and international level. Building roads, schools, and hospitals, recreating world trade, and exploring this new world that has been given to mankind. The question is, will you follow down the footsteps of the humanity of old, or blaze a new path?
A Brave New World
This world is humanity’s second, and likely last, chance. It is a blue-and-green rock, orbiting a sun slightly larger than Sol. It is roughly the distance of Mars from this new sun; it has a 25 hour day-night cycle. The atmosphere is slightly thicker than Earth’s, with a higher oxygen content than humans are used to, and the gravity is a comftorable .91 Gs. From limited observations, mega fauna and flora are not uncommon on the planet’s surface, and vast jungles, endless deserts, and majestic temperate forests cover this virgin world, which has an average surface temperature of 22 degrees Celsius. There are six planets in the solar system, and this world is the second from the star. Five terrestrial worlds and one gas giant, on the outskirts of the system.From space, you can see that there is a thick band of jungle running along the planet’s equator, with a thinner strip of temperate forests before finally reaching tundra near the poles. There are several mountain ranges and deserts scattered across the planet’s surface.
Sliders
Your sliders are essentially what your nation are. How it functions, what it focuses on, the strength of its economy. The sliders run from 1 to infinite, and you get to customize them a little bit before the game begins. The higher a slider is on a certain thing, the more advanced it is, the more you have of it, etc. For Agricultural, Economic, and Industrial, it’s a measure of your strength in those industries. These can all be developed over time, through roleplay, investment, programs, unique projects… really, anything you can think of. Your chosen traits may or may not effect your sliders. Points in your sliders CAN be traded. The points you have here are what can be “spent” on various things.
Agricultural: The more advanced your agricultural industry is. This is necessary to feed people. 1 agricultural point can feed one population point, but you need a surplus for population growth.
Industrial: How advanced your industrial complex is. Industry ties in with almost every other field, and Industry points can be invested into other fields to garner more points there, or reinvested to further increase your industry.
Economic: This is a pretty broad one that includes miscellaneous stuff related towards the economy; infrastructure, currency, interest rates, et cetera. Econ points can be invested into building and maintaining infrastructure, setting up trade, stuff like that. Increased through industrial, population, and scientific investments, or a combination.
Cultural: The artsy fartsy side of your nation. What gives it soul. Television, painting, drawing, music, all of that. Culture makes your people feel united, beneath a national identity, and helps increase unity. This is something mostly increased through roleplay, but if you don’t have the time or energy to write anything major, hit me up and I’ll work out a workaround for you.
Military: Self explanatory. Military points represent the strength of your military, the size of it, quality of equipment, etc. Increased via population + industry investment, as well as scientific investment.
Medical: The state of your available medical facilities and personnel. This world is strange and, with it, has many strange diseases. You need to protect your people from all the various plagues if you want to survive here. Increased via roleplay and industrial + population investment, or scientific investment.
Scientific: Again, self explanatory. How advanced you are, scientifically, compared to other nations. Perhaps science is not the most important thing towards survival on a strange new world, but the march of scientific progress is the one thing that has bound humanity together across the centuries, hasn’t it? Increased via roleplay, exploration, luck, and industrial + population investment.
Luxuries: Available luxury goods for your people. One luxury can be spent on one population. People get angry when they don’t have luxuries. Requires industry to increase.
Population: One population point represents a thousand people, and can be assumed to be roughly 500 men and 500 women of various ages.
Basically, slider points are going to be the bread and butter of this game. You spend your industry on luxuries so that your population is happy, so you can then spend population points in conjunction with industry points to beef up your military and medical fields. Stuff like that.
Military
War is not a focus of this game, but the option is, naturally, open to you. Even though war just killed the Earth. You monster.War is determined through comparisons of the military slider, terrain, and war plans. That’s all I particularly have to say about it.
Exploration
On the other hand, exploration will be a big part of the game. You’ve got a rough picture of what the world looks like from when you were approaching it from space, but to get the fine details, observe the native fauna and flora, you must explore by ground, air, and sea. Expeditions can be sent out to bring back findings; terrain, new plants, animals, etc. Expeditions require at least one Agriculture, Economic, Military, Medical, and Population point to be launched. Unique Projects, Programs, and Other Misc Stuff
Another awesome feature of the Children of Earth is the Unique Projects/Programs mechanic. Give me a detailed plan for a project (it could be something simple as a road network or something as complex as building a factory to produce robotic warriors) and I’ll quote you a price; projects will almost always be extremely, especially with more resources invested into them. Other things: this game is going to be pretty freeform, and the ruleset I’ve outlined above is more of a guideline than anything else. If you have a cool idea, or want to do something, make it so in your orders, or write about it, or whatever. I really want people to turn this into a story about mankind’s last chance on a foreign rock in the sky and not as much of a game, though I of course still want it to be fun. If you think you want to do something that would be possible, invest some resources into it and I’ll see what we can do.
Mosher
Mushroom dad
Robert Can't
Éponine
Requiem for Requiem
WIP in progress
Link to video.
You might be missing some of the benefits that stereo can provide.
RacingIOT
If you had a dream, and you should have a dream, you have to get behind the steering wheel and step on the gas.
Welcome to the future. The era of neon, electropop, fast cars, girls with swimsuit and slot glasses. Everyone wants to be a pilot, but only few can. Struggle against several teams to become the world's best racing team and win the golden ticket to the Grand Prix, the largest global event ever. Manage drivers and see him/she become number one. Climb the world ranking keeping your car in top line and, if all else fails, take a chance into the business of energy drinks and live the wonder of our time, of the future.
Signing Up
Now, I would like, if possible, you create 1 to 3 pilots. They will be sent to the International Racedrivers Catalog (IRC) and will be available for purchase.
For now, the World Sportcar Championship (WSC) is performed using Lamborghini Countach LP 500S. Reaching up 257 km/h (160 mph) this baby is adored worldwide.
Customization
Not limited to the factory settings, the WSC rules allow that after the first race the teams make changes in their cars, like engine, car body, nitro, etc.
Rules
Only two pilots per team registered for the race.
The vehicle must be Lamborghini Countach LP 500S.
Drivers who register high levels of energy drinks can not join the race.
Link to video.
You might be missing some of the benefits that stereo can provide.
RacingIOT
If you had a dream, and you should have a dream, you have to get behind the steering wheel and step on the gas.
Welcome to the future. The era of neon, electropop, fast cars, girls with swimsuit and slot glasses. Everyone wants to be a pilot, but only few can. Struggle against several teams to become the world's best racing team and win the golden ticket to the Grand Prix, the largest global event ever. Manage drivers and see him/she become number one. Climb the world ranking keeping your car in top line and, if all else fails, take a chance into the business of energy drinks and live the wonder of our time, of the future.
Signing Up
Name:
Team Name:
Country: What is the home of your team? Remember that when there are races in your country, expectations for your team are high.
Notoriety: How famous internationally your team is known? The larger, more sponsorship, purchase offers of your pilots and even the possibility of the Golden Ticket. All start with 1 (as low as possible).
Bank: How much cash you have in the bank that you can use to invest immediately.
Debt: How much you owe pilots, crew, other players, etc.
Colors/Logo:
Team Name:
Country: What is the home of your team? Remember that when there are races in your country, expectations for your team are high.
Notoriety: How famous internationally your team is known? The larger, more sponsorship, purchase offers of your pilots and even the possibility of the Golden Ticket. All start with 1 (as low as possible).
Bank: How much cash you have in the bank that you can use to invest immediately.
Debt: How much you owe pilots, crew, other players, etc.
Colors/Logo:
Now, I would like, if possible, you create 1 to 3 pilots. They will be sent to the International Racedrivers Catalog (IRC) and will be available for purchase.
Name:
Age: 16 to 27.
Sex:
Nationality: Remember that when there are races in the pilot country, expectations for him/her are high.
Notoriety: In 1 to 5 how popular is the pilot. The more popular, more sponsorship proposals will show up. All start with 1 (as low as possible).
Salary:
Specialization: The range is huge ranging from pilots who consume little fuel, pilots who know how to control the tire wear or even pilots who know how to execute turns.
Style: A coin toss, a pilot can have firm determination and not give position and end up crashing or following their own pace. Aggressive, cautious, etc. that sort of thing.
Age: 16 to 27.
Sex:
Nationality: Remember that when there are races in the pilot country, expectations for him/her are high.
Notoriety: In 1 to 5 how popular is the pilot. The more popular, more sponsorship proposals will show up. All start with 1 (as low as possible).
Salary:
Specialization: The range is huge ranging from pilots who consume little fuel, pilots who know how to control the tire wear or even pilots who know how to execute turns.
Style: A coin toss, a pilot can have firm determination and not give position and end up crashing or following their own pace. Aggressive, cautious, etc. that sort of thing.
The Car
For now, the World Sportcar Championship (WSC) is performed using Lamborghini Countach LP 500S. Reaching up 257 km/h (160 mph) this baby is adored worldwide.
Customization
Not limited to the factory settings, the WSC rules allow that after the first race the teams make changes in their cars, like engine, car body, nitro, etc.
Engine: Basically, the better the engine the faster the you accelerate. Tires: Influence on traction and how fast the tires will wear out.
accelerate faster.
Nitro: Each car is equipped with three and works as charge, need to be purchased after every race. The use of nitro damage the motor.
Wet Tires: Needed for races when its raining. The better the tires the better traction
you have on the road.
Dry Tires: Just like Wet Tires, only you have better traction on dry surfaces.
Gearbox: Better top speed is the result of this, but you need the engine toyou have on the road.
Dry Tires: Just like Wet Tires, only you have better traction on dry surfaces.
accelerate faster.
Nitro: Each car is equipped with three and works as charge, need to be purchased after every race. The use of nitro damage the motor.
Rules
Only two pilots per team registered for the race.
The vehicle must be Lamborghini Countach LP 500S.
Drivers who register high levels of energy drinks can not join the race.
christos200
Never tell me the odds
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IdIOT is a fun and amazing game, when I played it I had multiple simultaneous orgasms for the rest of my life. ~ A Person Who is Totally Not NinjaCow64, the GM.
e350tb
Stupendously Illogical Englishman
IdIOT is a fun RP. I had fun once and it was awful. Not recommended.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
Thumbs up given to the comment.
I have started an in-depth worldbuilding project, which is starting with the migrations of mankind away from where it evolved, and will eventually trace everything from language families and writing systems to religions and nations. I highly encourage people to help out in the current stage; it requires no commitment (no sign-up required, and you can miss as many updates as you want) at the current moment to participate.
Children of Adlivun will run uninterrupted, and still welcomes new players.
dominatr
Smoke Jaguar
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I am starting a stat based cradle NES: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=548569
Please have a look, I am trying to assist in the revival of the NES community and there is no better way than a long term, steady low maintenance NES that can keep many players engaged.
Share your thoughts about where I should launch this NES: in the traditional NES subforum, IOT subforum, or over on frontier.
Please have a look, I am trying to assist in the revival of the NES community and there is no better way than a long term, steady low maintenance NES that can keep many players engaged.
Share your thoughts about where I should launch this NES: in the traditional NES subforum, IOT subforum, or over on frontier.
Sign-ups for my new game are now live.
It's a character-based story-driven game set in a fictional Southeast Asian city-state on the brink of its first (free?) elections. You can play as almost anyone who makes sense in the setting. Google Doc version of the (very extensive) background provided in the first and last parts of the OP because it's easier to read that way.
It's a character-based story-driven game set in a fictional Southeast Asian city-state on the brink of its first (free?) elections. You can play as almost anyone who makes sense in the setting. Google Doc version of the (very extensive) background provided in the first and last parts of the OP because it's easier to read that way.
Still Waters
Phase: Ongoing; Sign-Ups still accepted
Description: Character/RP-driven game set in a fictional city-state in SE Asia. Detailed background, but plotlines all but entirely dictated by player whims - current prominent plotlines include murder mysteries and the country's first democratic elections. Nearly anything within the city is acceptable for sign-ups - current player characters include members of parliament, restaurant owners, intelligence administration, and pop idols. Update cycles are forgiving in length and involvement.
Phase: Ongoing; Sign-Ups still accepted
Description: Character/RP-driven game set in a fictional city-state in SE Asia. Detailed background, but plotlines all but entirely dictated by player whims - current prominent plotlines include murder mysteries and the country's first democratic elections. Nearly anything within the city is acceptable for sign-ups - current player characters include members of parliament, restaurant owners, intelligence administration, and pop idols. Update cycles are forgiving in length and involvement.
gay_Aleks
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
A Million Ways To Die In The Wasteland
Phase: Ongoing
Description:
Have you ever wanted to play a Fallout game? But instead of doing all those complicated things, like either having to deal with whatever insane mechanics/"stories" Bethesda and Co. have thought up? Or you just don't want to be constantly raped by EQandcivfanatic in his game? (just kidding EQ you're good) And instead, all you have to do is parse through the badly-written update, and then write a reply compromising all in all of 'Option X'? No signups required, at all! You can vote whenever you want (Note: If you vote more than 3 times and go often on IOTChat I'll bother you.)
Have you also wanted to see nuked Chicago and the irradiated Great Lakes (Note: Game probably won't reach actual Chicago until...6 months in-game time.)
So, without further ado, welcome to the exciting world of a Fallout Choose Your Own Adventure game! A Million Ways to Die in the Wasteland is all waiting for you!
Phase: Ongoing
Description:
Have you ever wanted to play a Fallout game? But instead of doing all those complicated things, like either having to deal with whatever insane mechanics/"stories" Bethesda and Co. have thought up? Or you just don't want to be constantly raped by EQandcivfanatic in his game? (just kidding EQ you're good) And instead, all you have to do is parse through the badly-written update, and then write a reply compromising all in all of 'Option X'? No signups required, at all! You can vote whenever you want (Note: If you vote more than 3 times and go often on IOTChat I'll bother you.)
Have you also wanted to see nuked Chicago and the irradiated Great Lakes (Note: Game probably won't reach actual Chicago until...6 months in-game time.)
So, without further ado, welcome to the exciting world of a Fallout Choose Your Own Adventure game! A Million Ways to Die in the Wasteland is all waiting for you!
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