[quote=AegonVI]
I'm telling you guys. WiR: 2011It's the Arab Spring/Occupy Movement
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The modern world has too many restrictions. International laws, laws of war, treaties between a lot of countries that prevent them from either joining conflicts, or realistically fighting one another (like with NATO). A lot of the fun in these roleplays comes from going to war with other players. It'd be really hard to do that in a modern world (at least realistically).

The only way I see it working is if it's done with an alternate history where all these restricting treaties and laws don't exist, or do but not to the extent of RL.