[OOC] World in Revolution: 1861

[Byrd Man]

Pasta Sentient said
Also...How great would it be if through some insane dice roll or something that the Union falls on July 4th?

Not as great as if the whole UK collapsed on that day.

AegonVI said
Didn't the Union pull a massive victory in RL ACW on July 4th??

Gettysburg ended on July 3rd and the Siege of Vicksburg that finally locked the Mississippi down for the Union ended on the 4th. Fun fact: after the battle, the people of Vicksburg refused to celebrate the Fourth of July for nearly seventy years.

[salamimike]

Byrd Man said
Not as great as if the whole UK collapsed on that day

Fook off ya wanka ! Ill bash yer eddin mayt!

[Sadko]

Oh man, my mate Dedonus is here :-) I remember our good time in the Colonial Powers rp! :-)

[AegonVI]

1) I'll be on the IRC in a moment.

2) Anyone else on alternatehistory.com in this RP?

EDIT: 3) @Byrd Man, I hope you know next year I'm calling in the Power Rangers...

Sadko said
Oh man, my mate Dedonus is here :-) I remember our good time in the Colonial Powers rp! :-)

We actually have A LOT of people here...

[salamimike]

AegonVI said
...We actually have A LOT of people here...

Not as cool as Dedonus obviously !

[AegonVI]

solamelike said
Not as cool as Dedonus obviously !

Well, I thought that was implied! Sorry mate!

EDIT: Anyone wanna go to the IRC? It's lonely...

[salamimike]

AegonVI said
Well, I thought that was implied! Sorry mate!

Yer wanna fookin go!

[AegonVI]

solamelike said
Yer wanna fookin go!

YEAH. I'll meet ya on the IRC. Bring yer sharpess blaide!!!

[AegonVI]

So, ummmm... Whose going to post next IC?

[salamimike]

After the update I imagine.

[AegonVI]

solamelike said
After the update I imagine.

But I thought that was SATURDAY?
What happened to the Istanbul Conference???

[salamimike]

AegonVI said
But I thought that was SATURDAY?

Yes.

AegonVI said
What happened to the Istanbul Conference???

~
Which one is that?
Do you mean the Conference of Constantinople?

[AegonVI]

solamelike said
Which one is that? Do you mean the Conference of Constantinople?

Yes, except the city isn't Constantinople so I refuse to call it that....

[Pasta Sentient]

THe Conference of Constantinople is making head way. We are almost finished I think.

[MagnificentOne]

I thought it was only after the end of the Ottoman Empire that they officially began to call it Istanbul.

[AegonVI]

MagnificentOne said
I thought it was only after the end of the Ottoman Empire that they officially began to call it Istanbul.

Is that the case? I always learned that pretty much as soon as they conquered it the name was changed...
Geee... Don't I look like a prick now...

@Conference Attendees, do you think you'll get posts up in the IC about it before the update?

[Rare]

Well, the city of Constantinople was attacked by Mehmed. And it has been called Istanbul since the 10th century. I got this statement for the wiki page of the Names of İstanbul:

"After the creation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, the various alternative names besides İstanbul became obsolete in the Turkish language. With the Turkish Postal Service Law of March 28, 1930, the Turkish authorities officially requested foreigners to cease referring to the city with their traditional non-Turkish names (such as Constantinople, Tsarigrad, etc.) and to adopt Istanbul as the sole name also in their own languages.[15] Letters or packages sent to "Constantinople" instead of "Istanbul" were no longer delivered by Turkey's PTT, which contributed to the eventual worldwide adoption of the new name."

[Pasta Sentient]

It's possible, but depends upon how quickly the other nations react in the PM. We still got 1 or 2 things to talk about/sign.

[AegonVI]

Rare said
Well, the city of Constantinople was attacked by Mehmed. And it has been called Istanbul since the 10th century. I got this statement for the wiki page of the Names of İstanbul:

Thank you Rare! So I was only halfway being a prick... I guess that's better?

[Ampharos]

I'll get a reply up a little later. I don't have much left to discuss, so we should be in good shape.