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@Phobos@Polaris North

Just to point out, Angel Grace may be in the area by now so if need be I can post a response for her in city k

@FallenTrinity

That may be a good idea

Good morningish.

@Animal

Good Morningish to you too.

Modern World + Fantasy = ???

So is it just made up realistic nations? Or private groups deus ex/ undergroup societies/ pmcs/whatever I missed.

@caliban22

It's a mixture of the two. Some people may play moderately realistic nations and then people will have the option to play as a fantasy nation or private organization.

Also, the results are in- fantasy nations will enter from one of several portals, which means I'm pretty much ready to post some legitimate sample Country Sheets. At least something better than the garbage that was the Koalaminican Republic.

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@Phobos Just waiting for Gumbo.

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Modern World + Fantasy = ???

For nukes, I'd still go with MAD and them being the last resort button for deterrence.

If you push it, you lose everything automatically. But so does everybody else! So that means you shouldn't use it for random reasons because hey, even if the enemy is dead so are you. But that also means people can't bully you in the corner since the menace is mutual. You nuke me? I'll nuke you!

I think this could and should be used as a deterrent but the option should still be there.

Likewise if you nuke a magical nation which can't (I hope) nuke you back, there would be the fact that for everyone everywhere you will be the big bad guy for ever and ever, expect to be treated like north korea is today, etc. I think its reasonable and that we don't need fancy reasons to make the use of nukes worst, its already the worst case scenario to start with.

@Wernher

I'm just saying, there are plenty of reasons not to use them, this just makes MAD a bit less prevalent and nuking someone far less realistic in this RP, to appease anyone who doesn't like that RP style. However, it would still be an available outcome, as you already stated. Just trying to compromise, is all. I don't know, how big of a role do you RPers think MAD/ Nukes should be? I can make a straw poll if necessary.

Modern World + Fantasy = ???

Here's another straw poll, regarding how the worlds should cross over:

http://www.strawpoll.me/11903429

Also, I may make a legit sample country sheet. Perhaps two, one for a magical country and another for an "IRL" country.

In regards to "IRL" countries, I feel that they should have similarities to the countries we have today, but have slight differences.

For example, the United States would still be one of the wealthier countries, but perhaps they are led by a different president, or maybe they split in two because there was another civil war, maybe they sold Alaska to Egypt. Slight altercations like that.

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Just realize that, in order for Carl to exist, Clarence's parents would have to die two years later. I fixed that... oops.

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SLAM

Clarence was sitting inside of the van. It was new at the time.

"Clarence... why, why, why did you have to fight that boy? He was only nine!" asked his father. His father had been in charge of a large construction company, but had only done so by working hard and pushing his way to the top. His hands were covered in scars, and, although he was only 32, the strain of raising several children, paired with the fact that his wife, Claire, seemed to now be pregnant with twins, had destroyed his youth, making the tired man seem 52 years old, not 32.

"He was making fun of Dave," said Clarence, "At least that's what Dave said. He said that Dave wasn't your son, and that's why you named him differently. Why everyone else has 'Cs' in their name. Well, that's what Dave told me, anyways."

"Do you know why Dave is named Dave?" asked his father.

Clarence shook his head.

"It's because Dave looked like a Dave. And you looked like a Clarence. And Cecelia looked like a Cecelia. And Catherine looked like Catherine. We didn't have much control. But you didn't have to hit the other boy. You could have just told him."

"But what if someone made fun of your brother, wouldn't you want to hit him?"

"Son, punching people is never the answer. Why, anyone who thinks they can solve a problem in just one punch is a fool. What was the boy's name?"

"Saitama," said Clarence.

"Saitama? I find that hard to believe. He wouldn't hurt a fly. Are you sure?"

"I mean, that's what Dave told me..."

"Really? The day after he got mad at you, Dave told you to pick a fight with a random kid at school he barely even knows? Don't you think Dave was just trying to get you in a bit of trouble?"

Clarence shrugged. The two sat in silence for a bit, then Clarence's father started the car and began driving. Ten year old Clarence had no idea that, it was in this car that his father and mother would be killed, ten years later.

"Next time you get in a fight," said Clarence's father, "hit the solar plexus." Clarence's dad pointed to the solar plexus on his own body.

"Why? What?" asked Clarence.

"The solar plexus is a terrible place to be hit. Knocks the wind right out of you. Also, in between the eyes. Yikes, that one will make you cry. Maybe I should give you boxing lessons, would you like that?"

Clarence nodded. Little did he know that, less than six months from now, he'd be kicked out of boxing class for his lack of skill.

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"I swear I'll never forgive you!"

Clarence blinked. He braced himself for the punch, dodged out of the way, and then slammed his fist into Gumbo's solar plexus with his left fist. Then, he brought his right hand up to Gumbo's face, and gouged at his eyes in a way that would make the three stooges proud.



@Phobos

Modern World + Fantasy = ???

I think I have a way to balance the nukes:

First of all, regardless of how the fantasy nations enter our world, they're probably going to end up in a country that doesn't belong to them, regardless of whether it's one "portal" several "portals" or a sort of overlap of the worlds. So, nuking a magical nation you don't like that's sitting in or near a country that either plays an important role in your nation's economy or would kill millions of innocents wouldn't necessarily be an easy option.

Then, the alternative. Let's say you're India, and France is really pissed you off by taking a magical, rare resource you wanted. Sure, you could nuke them. But they have that resource you want, and destroying France could destroy most, if not all of that resource. Not to mention all of the innocent dwarves and elves that may be living in or around France.

So, saying "we'll nuke you if you don't..." is going to be different, because you're threatening a countless number of innocent people that happened to be teleported there or happened to have people teleported there. Not to mention all the repercussions of nuking a country that's your ally just to get the magical guys inside of it. At that point, it's not MAD. Because after you fire those nukes, every single country in the world is your enemy. So, instead of all of the countries blowing up, it would likely just be two.

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Not going to be able to post 'till Sundayish. I'll catch up then.