GM: The RP really could use a history update, we’ve grown to over a 1000 posts and our games have really improved over this period. The game GM is basically me, Pascal, but Da Rabid Duckie is still official… even if he hasn’t ever posted once.
As for new players, I decided a while back to bring us into a new age in the RP, things have always been exciting and there are almost always wars, diplomacy or something occurring in the RP. It changes almost every day, that stated this is sort of a high maintance RP, in other words, if you can only stop in about once every couple of months… your nation may have been taken over… twice. But if you do come on regularly I think that you’ll thrive. The RP posts also tend to be rather long, sometimes overflowing the CAA word limit twice over. This allows the RP to get highly in depth and provide incredible descriptions, but at the same time is rather time consuming both for reading and for writing.
In total, if you’re the type of person whose posts are long and you have fun reading other peoples posts come right on in.
To ask to join up, send me a PM… I’ll work on placing your character in right off the bat, it may take a while to get a hold of other players and grow your forces. But this will also give you time to gain an understanding of the odd terminology, and history in the RP, as well as some basis ground rules we’ve developed to try to keep things fairer.
Nations and States: The Eclipse of Man
The eclipse of man, neither mentioned in prophecy nor the discerning of wise generals, the nations and ideals of men have fallen to the dark powers of the world. The towering heights of the Imperium, the combined might of Temuoplis and Pacifica found themselves environed by the dark clouds of war, with an enemy that was death itself. Once a small side story in the news, the undead had shown themselves to be a complex and ancient society that soon covered a great deal of the Earth, till it was only life or undeath, light and darkness that encircled the world.
The forces of Men, nay the Imperium, fought valiantly against this foe, and though their losses were heavy they were able to hold the great horde back from their lands. Yet in the shadows of darkness, the dark powers of the UN Nations had built themselves an army for doing war, and the war drums beat ever silently deep within the bowls of the undead lands, always hidden by the great clouds that swirled overhead, and protected by the horde of vampirics and zombies that did swarm the Imperium lines. But then, all at once, they became a reality all too real. And the last great hope of peace for the world was snuffed out in the flames of war. The unthinkable, the infamous had finally come, and it was doubly manifested by the dark presence of PASCAL, dark computer once thought destroyed… Yet now he was many.
Now the land is emptied of its forces, the Imperium stealing away as much of human life as it can for safekeeping. Placing the survival of humanity even above its own pride. It is leaderless and homeless, strung out among the stars as Mars itself worries of a possible onslaught from UN Forces. But is it not in dark eras that great heroes are born? And do not great leaders rise from difficulty? Indeed the world is covered in ash, and it will only brook a greater burden before it will grow better, for the forces of darkness swarm from the dark shadows in their triumph over the world. But the forces of light still hide in the shadows, the remnant of humanity, cat-humans or rare reploid or ninja monkey with great insight and kindness stored away in their hearts…
This is the age of the eclipse of man, the place where great nations are born, terrible evils are fought, and true friendships forged. Should the forces of light fail, the tragedy will be un-repairable, and all hopes will be lost forever, but now there is hope. Will you take the shadows armed to do battle with a foe you cannot possibly win for the sake of ideals? Will you revel in the powers of the day and strike down all that oppose you with the dark council of UN Forces and scheme for greater power? Or will you continue to hide in the shadows till your heart can stand no more? Rise, explore, befriend and conquer brave souls… Take to your blades now, for the age of the eclipse of man is upon us!
GM: Finally a note about strategy and long term perspectives, at first you will likely start out with a single character in the RP. From there you can gain an understanding of the world around you and eventually move through hypothetical situations… do watch how the other players do things, and never be afraid to ask questions. This world is weird after all, and no body expects anyone else to know what a ZPEB or a spork is !
Hope to see you in the RP,
Pascal