[quote=@Stekkmen]
Ah, nevermind. I guess building new worlds is just too taboo for something like roleplaying.

in all seriousness, I understand. it's just intimidating to dive into "the multiverse" will all of these rivalries going on already. just some tournament for newbies would be fun, get our feet wet
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Just focus on the idea of worlds colliding as the difference between space and time gets all wonky, that's how I work my head around it. If you just keep in mind that integral to the world most of us who have loitered around Arena are trying to make is a vast number of diverse worlds and peoples all being thrown at each other by what essentially amounts to wormholes you realise you can literally tow an entire world of your own into the Multiverse and no one will bat an eyelid. Hell, bring in an entire empire, or on the flip side a humble tavern keeper, it's really completely up to you. 

I wouldn't worry too much about the past, there really isn't that much to catch up on, and the chances it will influence you aint all that high. There are a few remnants of past attempts still stuck to the Multiverse, but that's mostly out of our desires to not have years of past stories mean completely nothing, there's still plenty of room for new people to engage the multiverse, and most people will probably be jumping in completely fresh anyway.

Try it, there's something immensely satisfying about having an encounter in Arena mean something in regards to the bigger picture, or not, that can also be interesting.