Aweirdgamer

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

I think let's play it by ear, but every 10 pages seems reasonable, too.

Subtly Veo gets his way.

@Joegreenbeen

The year rate may change by then, though.

@Nerevarine
Interesting system.

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

Having it happen next major post works for me.

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

I don't think I can keep up with you guys anymore. I just haven't felt in the mood to sit down and write for a long while. I've been busy with other things, and I just don't feel creative enough. I think maybe I just need some time to refuel my brain. So, sorry guys, I'll have to drop this one and take a break from the guild for a while.

@Valkyr

Hope you can come back soon. For now, the contact with the Platta will be designated as to be determined.

Does the Moons atmosphere ever encounter with the planets atmosphere to form a temporary bridge that a balloon could possibly cross to moon?

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I'm gonna have to go read some of old roleplay. Memory isn't the greatest and lost a lot of notepads with random stuff I wrote down.

@Neruu

There's a lot of interesting things in it.

On eclipses, climate change, and such, I think they should happen as they would make for interesting stories. For example, if the Snow Brutes don't see an eclipse but all other races do, that could lead them to question why it wasn't everywhere, leading to an international interest in astronomy and space exploration. For climate change, at least in natural ice ages, I think that if they are going to happen, they should be before we get to an era where hundreds of years is a long time.

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We will be waiting, Mr. Anderson...

@Father Dagon

Anderson?

UPDATE: After checking around for planet makers, I found one that seemed to work well. Here's the explored area so far as a globe:


Tool: planetmaker.wthr.us

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

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Indeed. One of my favorite movies.

Well, to be fair, I don't remember the last time you took a very strong position on anything. Not that that's a bad thing. If there were more people like you in the world we might all get along for a change

@Mihndar

On GalaxyQuest, same here.

On strong views, I can't think of the last time I held that strongly of a view (within Civ RP at least). I do have some strong views, and one of those is to be careful about enforcing a strong view on others. Thanks for the compliment.

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

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+1
#nevergiveupneversurrender

@Raindeer

GalaxyQuest, you say?

@Double Capybara
Interesting race details. As Mihndar said, you may post now.

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See, the thing is when I don't want to make a decision I defer it to a higher authority.

The only higher authority is Aweirdgamer.

Which basically makes it a democracy.

A democracy in which you appear to have lost, dear fellow.

@Mihndar

It feels odd to read this, yet the logic holds.

Also, even with the original Civ RP, I don't think there was a timeline followed very strictly.

Well part of history is not knowing exact dates of certain events that are so far back to not be recorded. A time keeping system I think should be more IC than OOC. Races that engage in regular interaction such as trade adopt similar time keeping systems to better coordinate trade, something like that happening. Look forward to IC in future that could involve various races that develop historians trying to align events in timelines.

@Neruu

I remember there was a story about this in the original Civ RP. It began somewhere around this page: forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/1350.. . I don't remember much of the details but parts included a mystery of the history not resolved even IC.

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

Regarding the time system idea, after reading the new messages and thinking it over, I do see how that it could make a greater imbalance favoring those who post more frequently. If it is done, perhaps something could be added to make the developments faster for others? For example, instead of technological advance by posts, it would be by post and page regardless of author. This could upset planned stories for some, though. Does anyone have any ideas to make that work?

At the moment, I don't think a precise time system would work for everyone right now. In the future, closer to Modern Times, it probably would work, though. I think we should play it by ear when that time is, but I don't think now is the time if we can't think of a way to make it more balanced for the less able to post.

Slowly munching trough the IC and this is so fascinating, this RP is open to join right? I don't mind the tech disadvantage.

@Double Capybara

As far as I know, we're still open.

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

Welcome back to the roleplay, Veoline.

Regarding the precise timekeeping system, I think that it could work. Perhaps it could also be helped if each part is explained which time period (group of pages) a part refers to. For example:

Era of pages 21-25: blah
Era of pages 26-30: blah

I think as it could be anywhere in those 100 years, side stories only affecting one's own race could take place in different parts as well as long as they can be reasonably timed. If one story ends up in a city destruction, but the player wants to continue a side story that needs the city intact, it could be said to have happened earlier before the city was destroyed.

What does everyone else think?

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

Time: Era of Gray (no precise timekeeping system developed). Upcoming: Era of Black and White

Information

Platta Civilization

General Statistics:

Population: 104

Platta: 103
Snow Brute: 1

Relations

Snow Brutes: Undetermined
Saurians: Undetermined
Arsurón: Undetermined

Technological Development

Division: 5/5 (east, needs spreading)
Fractions and Irrational Numbers: 2/5 (east)
Complex Wood Crafting: 3/10 (south) (may just be first stage concepts)

Color Guides

These were last updated June 2, 2015.

Color Dissection Guide

Job Meaning

General Symbolism Meaning

Complexity Rising

In the western exploration, after that night, the Platta awoke. The mediator of disagreement (black) awoke still figuring out how to resolve the drama. They hoped that the tensions had decreased enough where it could be negotiated. When the Platta groups met up, the mediator of disagreement explained what they had come up with for a possible solution. The idea was the Platta favoring hierarchical organization perhaps could form their own independent settlement to explore the idea they had in practice rather than enforce all Platta to follow that way. This would begin at the next discussion. At each discussion time, they could meet up with other Platta to discuss what they had found. They would not need to join the discussions further keeping to their own workings. This way, all Platta would still be working together and learn what was found, but no pressure to do ongoing discussions would be had. The Platta saw this as fair, although most found the separation distressing. The group favoring hierarchical organization thought about ways to incorporate something like mediators of disagreement and how to arrange for it.

@Valkyr
In the northern exploration, the Platta observed closely. There was some more communication between the members, and it wasn't clear what it was about. The Platta, thinking the creatures appeared both protective but also apparently understanding the friendly intent, at least to some extent, figured it related to figuring out how to continue. The recognized word was taken as a way of explaining the continuation of the communication. The gesture seemed to gesture towards the distance. Soon, some of the creatures also traveled in that way. The Platta thought about what it might mean. Thinking back to communication with Faw, it appeared to be a reference of where they came from. Although, this was the first contact with a group, so it was hard to say. The Platta figured then they should also try to come up with something to go by. First, they gestured in the general direction where they had made camp, and said, "Platta Camp." to show where they had been. After a pause to let that be understood, they gestured to the sun, which the Platta figured was something both could recognize, and said, "Nova", the name they gave to the sun.

@Elitestpotato@Nerevarine
In the southern exploration, the Platta note the symbolism they can gather from the cloth. It appears to represent that the species and conflict strongly relate based upon the frequency of the lighter red coloring. It seems to also hint that there is something that made them this way in the past regarding an unknown incident. The smaller amounts of darker blue as well as the pattern of it also hint that this race values complexity. It also interests the Platta the sheer complexity and patterns of the work, which is not seen by Platta in many things. It is not clear what this represents right now, but some Platta think it represents organized hunts of large proportions, or perhaps combined with the copper weapons, it is meant to show how they think complexity leads to power.

As the book is brought out, the Platta observe the actions and color. The dark blue ink hints at the attempt to address something. As the marks are made, Kifam, the writer (dark blue) watches, and using a blank cloth, as closely as possible, draws what they draw to get an understanding of what is being said. They also use dark blue dye. Other colors would be seen as available, but that specifically was chosen to match. Wriz, the caretaker (dark green) observes for now, to understand more clearly what the written is meant to communicate.

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

The Platta don't have a concept of gods, so in that sense they are atheist. They do however think the symbolic meaning of all things can be found in colors. To them, it is another sense, and not even figuratively. Their brains are built in a way where it works like one. The way the symbolism applies has some variance like music taste. We might like different music forms and think some are too loud or too boring, but we recognize it as the same song. The Platta don't know others lack this sense, though.

Civilization Roleplay: Rise of Races (The Tribes of Nova Mondial Want You!)

@WendigoRoss When it comes to contacting another, it will depend on who is near you. Do you mean to ask who is interested in doing so you can choose where specifically to start? I say it this way as I don't see a location on map mentioned in your entry sheet.

Just to note, for future reference, no civilization knows of other species having a civilization at the start and translations can be a slow process.

As for your first post specifically, it starts as an interesting introduction hinting at a focus on economic growth and exploration in the name of it as well as a story about a family. Although I think the formatting is a little rough (i.e. paragraph breaking up) and the post can be more detailed, it's not too bad for a first post in my opinion. I would say try to add more details, and not just on the exploration but also on things happening within the civilization. This can take practice, though. Once again, I think it's a good start.

Here are some tips that I can think of that don't necessarily apply to anyone in particular, and this can apply to anyone including me:
- Be detailed enough where it's clear, but not so much where it's overwhelming
- Read the rules, especially if you haven't already
- An attack in game doesn't approve hatred outside of it
- A civilization is complex, and the world more so. There's a lot that can happen, including things humans wouldn't do
- Be willing to modify a post
- The goal is not to win
- Research writing tips. One of my favorites is: Show, don't tell. To be specific with it, explain how the civilization works and how its people live, not just tell it outright with things like
- Read other posts as well, even if they don't apply to you. They can give ideas. But remember what you know and what your race could are not always matching
- Use [@] if applicable to let someone know they are being talked to
- Somewhere on an IC post, include some explanation of things like technological progress, and relations

@Valkyr
On the image, eerie, but interesting.

On contact, fair enough. I'll respond when you do. For now, nothing happening to the Platta relies on the Northern camp, so there isn't a rush here.