[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MJSpgSnX24]I'M BAAAAAAAAAACK![/url]

Man, it's really been a long time since I've been here. From what I've heard, a lot's been changed; some stuff is non-canon now, and new players are in the mix. It really is unbelievable for a nearly 4-year-old forum series.

For the record, I'd just like to go ahead and say that no, I'm not here to pick the reigns back up with the Russian Republic; honestly, I never really did a good job telling their story in the first place, and frankly I just can't bring myself to playing as the Somalia of the world (it's just something I'd neither enjoy nor be able to really do well at all).

I [i]would[/i], however, like to take on a whole new story. I've had two ideas in mind:

1. Revival of an idea that another user had back on the minecraft forums, i.e. a "Balkan League" of various Marxist-Leninist states (Bulgaria, Albania, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia, and possibly Greece). The original one has since become non-canon, but I feel like a new and unrelated one could be made.

2. The idea I'm more in favour of--a union of Native American tribes (i.e. Sioux, Shoshone, Blackfeet, Nez Perce, Cheyenne, Comanche, etc.) who wish to rebel against the US and transform the western coast into large-scale tribal communes. This is obviously the most tricky to make work, as newcomer Byrd Man is in control of the US and might not be entirely happy about this idea. But hey, we can always work it out OOC...right?

Of course, there's always several other nations I could take control of, but honestly these two ideas just stick out to me. Again, concerning the second one, there'd always have to be some OOC communication between me and Byrd Man, and I'd have to refrain from doing anything questionable (i.e. making some US citizens "rebel" too, control enemy forces, etc.). Still, I guess the ideas are out there now.

And in any case, even if it's only for a short time, it's good to be back. :)

(EDIT: For the uninitiated, I was the guy who wrote up the Russian Republic under the username RevanRedeemed. Just for clarification.)