Sorry for not posting today, I've been having a bit of writer's block and most Sundays I spend the days hanging out with my friends, and so don't really get a chance to post.

All good!

CorinTraven said
Totally baller. I'm diggin' your tone, Front.

*bows with a wave of the hand* Thank you good sir.

TheSovereignGrave said
Sorry for not posting today, I've been having a bit of writer's block and most Sundays I spend the days hanging out with my friends, and so don't really get a chance to post.

I was only teasing :P. It's all good.

So, I'd like a direct and clear response as to what is needed to change. Whilst they were in fact a gathering of multiple culture groups, and if indeed the entire region around Waether kingdom was made into it's Japanese esque feel, then it would be weird to have the vast and culturally wide realm of Manram where it is, the only problem is that it's location is key, and I am quite fond of it's placement, but I suggest we get into a mutual agreement as soon as possible so that we both can roleplay to our utmost ability.

I don't think the culture is really that big of a deal. I mean, the Hanarth have names like Napizzi, Uthros, Elotian, Suthra, etc. while both Frisstreek and Marmon people use names like Russell, Henri, Henry, Gregory, and Sara. And it's not like there's a sort of unifying factors among the myriad societies.

The problem isn't names in general, but rather how they behave within their given regions. Problem is, most certainly, the fact that Japanese like culture is far too different from the one which I use. The largest problem is probably the fact that culture spreads beyond nation lines, as well.

This is an rp, to limit the creative flow on such a detail is silly. It'ts not like he broke an OP rule or anything. I say let him have his nation.

Peace Keeper said
The problem isn't names in general, but rather how they behave within their given regions. Problem is, most certainly, the fact that Japanese like culture is far too different from the one which I use. The largest problem is probably the fact that culture spreads beyond nation lines, as well.

My culture is pretty different from its surrounding cultures as well. They worship nameless Gods, trace ancestry matrilinearly, and have no concept of marriage for example. In your case, it could possibly be explained that the Japanese-esque culture's ancestors and your culture's ancestors originated in different regions and thus don't share common roots.

That's what I thought as well.
But I say we wait for a more deciding figure to speak his/her piece.

CorinTraven said
I see them both, Feigling, and I added them to the map but I wasn't going to post it until I knew they were accepted!

Well, you can add them. Welcome aboard, lads! Officially, I mean.

Very well, thank you.
I won't be able to post yet, though.

Goldeagle1221 said
This is an rp, to limit the creative flow on such a detail is silly. It'ts not like he broke an OP rule or anything. I say let him have his nation.

I agree with this.

Post inbound.

TheSovereignGrave said
I don't think the culture is really that big of a deal. I mean, the Hanarth have names like Napizzi, Uthros, Elotian, Suthra, etc. while both Frisstreek and Marmon people use names like Russell, Henri, Henry, Gregory, and Sara. And it's not like there's a sort of unifying factors among the myriad societies.

Names generally aren't the sole thing in a culture, and pretty fairly over-simplifies the concept.

Though it is possible for two to not "match". But in these events one or the other are not as local to the area. Or they need to inhabit two completely different biomes and have some very major geographic division between them that would have limited cultural exchange or forced exchange to become ultimately irrelevant. Other factors might boil down to how readily one's agricultural practices may translate to someone else's (which is a long and complex Guns, Germs, and Steel thing). But you'd be looking at the differences between Incan and Amazonian tribes in comparison to the Aztec and Mayan, or pre-Islamic Iranians to pre-Islamic Turks.

Hungarian culture and language is a fairly big example of how one can differ from their neighbors. The Hungarians are in actuality not Slavic, they're more closely related to Finnish than they are the Russians and the Poles and originate from the edge of Siberia. Through tribal migration and invasion they came to fill in the underpopulated Carpathian Basin and ultimately divided the settled Slavic tribes between South and East Slavs.

Holy shit, way to devour half a continent, haha.

Anyways I'm working on my second post and should have it up at some point tonight, if not interrupted.

CorinTraven said
Map

I just want to extend my thanks to Corin for editing the map when my facilities are... limited at best.
On a side note, I think I'm almost finished. History is low priority - and I'm sure you can guess the meat of it - and everything else is cleanup. So, I'm going to let you all get revenge and judge my nation as harsh as I judged yours!

Ah very interesting, I like it.

Feigling said
I just want to extend my thanks to Corin for editing the map when my facilities are... limited at best.On a side note, I think I'm almost finished. History is low priority - and I'm sure you can guess the meat of it - and everything else is cleanup. So, I'm going to let you all get revenge and judge my nation as harsh as I judged yours!

No problem Feigling! Maps are easy peasy. Today I edited the face of a man-child onto the body of a midget dressed as a baby, so, I guess I go pretty hard at art.

Didn't believe me?

CorinTraven said
No problem Feigling! Maps are easy peasy. Today I edited the face of a man-child onto the body of a midget dressed as a baby, so, I guess I go pretty hard at art.Didn't believe me?

This image has made me seriously consider getting lobotomised. Thank you.
Goodbye, world