ASTA

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

Going against the grain: option 1.

Radical Feminism, Misandry & the Rise of MGTOW

In a way, you can apply Sir Issac Newton's Third Law of Motion to group psychology.

While feminism permitted women to earn their own finances and enjoy an unprecedented echelon of social freedom, few people paid any mind to what unfavorable effects feminism would have on civilization at large.

MGTOW is that opposite--and in many ways equal--reaction to feminism.

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=misandry

https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=MGTOW

Feminism, like many other liberal progressive policies, is manufacturing a dense cohort of exceedingly peeved males of mostly White European ancestry.

True Vacuum - New Universe Space NRP

The Fourteenth Tribe

In my prime, I envisioned a sacred sanctum for those that dared to defile the intricate, delicate grains of their respective nations--a warm and humble home wholly absent of the petty judgments made by the skittish lambs that dared adulterate the cosmos with their perpetual existence. Where others saw a social degenerate fit for execution or psychometric correction by the savage guillotine or the dreaded asylum, I instead perceived a being of untapped potential who yearned profoundly to have their true talents realized and subsequently harnessed---but also a tender person buried deep beneath an icy and violent exterior who cried out for love and acceptance with each and every malevolent atrocity that they committed against the unwary.

(Father Octavius)

WIP

True Vacuum

-No dyson spheres or similar megastructures.

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Age of Rebirth (Post WW3)

But at least until World War 3, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty and the general trend of less nuclear weapons and developing countries not having the technology would have held in place. Other countries don't have nuclear weapons because of technology, they don't have them because they didn't want to build them and furthermore weren't allowed to. South Africa had nuclear weapons, but they disarmed them and ended their nuclear program due to international pressure. So until World War 3 actually started and the structure of international law fragmented, no nation could have a nuclear program without the treatment that Iran and North Korea are currently subject to, namely massive, economy-crushing sanctions. Regardless of whether or not you have the technology (which would still be a highly guarded secret and would take a few years to work out, as Iran and North Korea have been doing for a decade), it takes a while to refine the uranium required and actually put it into practice as a warhead. There is no way a country like Ethiopia could have nuclear weapons yet. In a few years, sure.

@Mihndar

Yeah, but this is thirty-five years in the future. It's probable that the rate of nuclear proliferation was flung into high gear during the onset of WWIII. As the war gradually intensified, and as nuclear weapons were utilized, this proliferation rate might've been dramatically energized.

And if you're a superpower and you're still using uranium to produce nukes, then you've failed to keep pace with your aspiring adversaries. You should be producing pure fusion, antimatter-catalyzed fusion, or pure antimatter warheads at this point.

Ethiopia should at least be able to drum up a few gun-type fission bombs. They don't require plutonium, are comparatively cheap to produce, and don't require a robust technological base to engineer and manufacture--but they're woefully inefficient when compared to more sophisticated nuclear weapon designs. Implosion-type nuclear bombs are an option as well, but they're a fair bit more advanced than their gun-type cousins.

Age of Rebirth (Post WW3)

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Wut. You know that we aren't that far into the future.

@The Grey Warden

That shit is literally fifteen years away at most--give or take five years. A third world war devoid of nuclear exchange would have facilitated an unprecedented degree of technological development.

A lot of traditional science fiction technologies simply aren't science fiction anymore by 2050 due to Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerating_change#Kurzweil.27s_The_Law_of_Accelerating_Returns

Also, weren't some countries freed up due to a number of players dropping out? Still waiting for the owner of Nigeria to quit and/or lose interest, but I might draft something playable in the mean time.

Of Iron and Coal - An Industrial Revolution Nation Roleplay

The goal of this roleplay is not to dominate Europe or the Americans or even the world. The goal is to tell the stories of these empires in a different way and follow them as they face issues that can make or break them. I don't want players, who just roleplay to conquer and control the world.

Looking at the map in the OP, one could easily come to the objective realization that Europeans do, in fact, rule the planet.

This is basically the 19th century except the political chemistry is a bit different. Every European great power is going to dominate the smaller European states with impunity, most non-white countries and peoples are going to be colonized and exploited, and the aforementioned European great powers are going to martially and economically wrestle with one another in order see who gets to become the world superpower until this RP's version of World War One comes along and radically redefines the world's international rankings upon its conclusion.

If these empires aren't conducting themselves like a traditional empire would, then they probably aren't empires at all.

Age of Rebirth (Post WW3)

You know, with this RP being set in the year 2050, I'm truly amazed that a strong AI hasn't obliterated each and every single empire and fascist state with alarming impunity yet.

Arena Chat Thread

Maybe it's cause, like, you are feared here cause of your reputation built in here. XD

@DJAtomika

It's probably because of his W/L ratio and his sheer adeptness at proper Arena combat. Judging from the personal accounts delivered by a few of the more seasoned fighters in this section, Skall has garnered a comparatively ominous reputation as an opponent that is borderline impossible to best. When people observe his fights and read the grim narratives that vividly illustrate his exploits, a profile is developed around him.

It's like an unconscious form of psychological warfare or something. Skall is avoided because he's too experienced.

Or maybe people just aren't interested.

I wouldn't know though. I don't really keep a consistent presence in this section.

Yup. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't use them - it only means that you should balance them a bit more carefully than usual to fit in the tier you're aiming for.

@Vordak

Yeah, implementing balancing factors to especially potent abilities or weapons is the proper to take. Perhaps the DEW would require a sparse number of turns to charge before it can be fired, or maybe it can only be used a set number of times in one select engagement before being rendered wholly useless for the remaining duration of the bout.

Dunno. I'll conjure up something.

@ASTA Would you be interested in a battle?

@Dynamo Frokane

Besides one potentially overpowered werewolf lightning bruiser, I don't have any characters that I can use at the moment. I'm in the process of constructing a proper fighter roster.

You'll likely see a number of sparing requests from me before I actually take a stern interest in the ranked matches that seem to frequently spring up around this joint.

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Yeah, I believe it caused some issues there as ASTA turned it into a huge argument for some reason, pretty fun stuff.

@MelonHead

Pointless, nonsensical arguments and baseless niggling always make for the best memories.

Stellvia [Always Accepting] (Hey, these things in parentheses are hip, right?)

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i only see duck being duck

@Unfortunately

Duck's gunna Duck.