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Victory: The Cost of Freedom


INTRODUCTION

World War II. Those three words summon up so many different emotions to so many different people and for many of us today it is only something we read about or watch through the magic of Hollywood. There are undoubtably millions of untold stories from that war and we, the writers of today, have often imagined just what those stories might be.

If you chose to embark on this writing journey with me, please know that we are here to remember the men and women who served on all sides of the conflict. Not everyone who followed evil was evil. Some had no choice, some believed in something greater then themselves, some did it for their country, for their King, but all, in the end, did it because they felt they had no other choice.

The stories I hope to see here are those we have drawn from history, those we think might have happened, and those that we believe have, thus far, gone untold. Please DO NOT attempt to write the history of known people. We will use fictional characters to relive historical events, thus ensuring we do not accidentally damage the true legacy of a person who served in the war.

JOINING THE ROLEPLAY

Joining this roleplay is really quite straight forward. Please submit to me your first post as a sample of your writing. Because combat is widely written about already, I am going to ask you to write a piece on a character of your choosing, from any major combatant, choosing to join as a volunteer the day after the declaration of war. You can chose which declaration you wish to write for, be it Britain on Germany, Japan on the United States, Germany on the Soviet Union, etc.

HOW THE ROLEPLAY WILL WORK

This is going to be a slow burn roleplay. I will introduce a battle, or an event, at which time we will all write a 3-5 posts over a period of two months for that battle/event.

Your characters will be created for each storyline; though some may involve older characters depending on which campaign we're involved in.

Rank, age, etc, of your character will be up to you. I don't feel the need to drive plotlines as you can easily research how each battle/event is going to end.

Once the final posts have been made, I will introduce the next battle/event. We will continue in that manner until we are all bored, depressed, or feel we should write a book.

EXPECTATIONS

This is an advanced roleplay. I will not be counting words, or copy pasting your posts into Word to see how many pages you write, but I would hope you can police yourself on length.

Quality is important here. Spelling, grammar, etc, is going to be important. Please feel free to point out my own errors. I am english second language and don't mind the tune up!

Knowledge of the topic is important. If you're writing from the point of view of a Japanese soldier, don't use US Marine Slang. If you're a Russian foot soldier, it is unlikely you can identify types of German aircraft. If you're an infantryman I doubt you could just hop into a tank and drive way, likewise a bomber pilot isn't going to hop into a fighter plane to become an ace.

Ask questions! Research stuff! Make the rest of us want to read your work.

Collaboration is welcome, but, we will still expect three posts from all participants.

Please "like" your fellow roleplayers posts. It lets them know you have read them and enjoyed them. It helps build relationships and a sense of purpose in the roleplay.

[A Discord channel has been created and accepted persons will receive the link to it.]
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Howdy, I just took notice of this roleplay and I gotta say I am rather interested. I do have experience in advance roleplays and I am also a fan of WW2 history. I'm not an expert but I still do enjoy it.
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Howdy, I just took notice of this roleplay and I gotta say I am rather interested. I do have experience in advance roleplays and I am also a fan of WW2 history. I'm not an expert but I still do enjoy it.


No need for expertise, passion is even better!
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No need for expertise, passion is even better!


Awesome, may I ask if there will be a character sheet that can be filled out later on?
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@HotDogLadMy intention is for there to be no character sheet. Once you have successfully applied, you will create a new character for each individual battle/event. I expect you can probably introduce those characters just fine through your writing.
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Sounds good! Pretty excited for this.
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Oh, just realized that I need to make a post in order to join. I'm guessing I should write it in IC correct?
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@HotDogLadfair question. No, just write it and post it in the OOC under a hider. I will only actually launch the IC when we have six active applications.
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This is my most recent post in my Discord group for my players. If you require something different, please let me know.


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@One Who Tames, that is a great post, but I would ask that you write an opening post from the point of view of a young man, or woman, joining up as a volunteer. You can pick any country you wish. Check out Captain Britton's post for an idea if you're not sure what I mean.

@CaptainBritton, nailed it! Welcome to the RP and thank you for being the first to get your app in! Once we have six active and accepted apps I will send out the discord link and get this thing in the water.
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Damn. You're right. You weren't ambiguous about it either. It's been a hectic week so my bad.
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@Andreyich, the specific app request is for someone volunteering to fight. Can you add to your post? Include the part where Karl actually signs up, or is organized by someone? Thanks!
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Here is my own piece, so you don't think I am being unfair to anyone!





@CaptainBritton, I added yours to the first post as an accepted sheet.
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@BingTheWing, well done, thank you. Welcome to the RP!
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So, about that discord? I don't mean to push, but I find having a discord which I can quickly communicate in to be pretty useful.
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@CaptainBritton, I have found a discord great for exhausting peoples ideas and tanking an RP. That is why I am going to send out the link when we have six accepted characters (Other than myself).
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