Shorticus

Superheroics 101

So both of the big players in our part of the world are insane... Well, that's comforting.

@Bright_Ops

Ain't it just?!

Superheroics 101

@Shorticus Batman is S-Tier, just becouse how ridiculously op preptime is and how DC basicly consider him the most dangerous of the big three. BUt your pretty much on the money. Your fame/infamy is also considered when talking Tiers. You can be basicly superman but if all you do is petty theft, your gonna be considerd B-tier at best!

@Hellis

It really depends on the writer AFAIK. Yeah, preptime is AMAZING. But Batman CAN be denied that preptime, and when he is, he's typically worse for wear. That's why the Joker, despite literally just being a lunatic with a gun - or a knife, or what-have-you - can take him on.

Even in the same comic book series or the same TV Show, Batman's usefulness fluctuates greatly. I'll use JLU as an example again: sometimes he's able to outsmart the greatest villains, and sometimes he kind of flies a batplane and wishes he had something more to do than play transport / emergency airlift.

...But then again, he's always doing SOMETHING, and is always contributing SOMEHOW, which is more than can be said for a lot of characters. Even if he isn't able to fight, he's probably helping devise a plan. I'd still call him A-Tier - he can't decide the fate of a star system or stop a galactic warlord without help from someone like Superman, Green Lantern or Wonder Woman. But when you pair him with one of them, he basically is as tough as the people he's partnered with... if not tougher.

I guess I'd summarize it as "The best general still needs an army." Though Batman is still a really good fighter who can take on anyone A-Tier and below.

American Dream: A Shattered Union

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I have been paying attention, school however decided to give me multiple tests.

@duck55223

Ouch. I know how that feels. Hope you had a chance to study for all of 'em.

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I'm not a part of that meeting, but I'll chime in for myself: I'll take a nudge in whatever direction pleases you. I chose that central location for a reason.

American Dream: A Shattered Union

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I don't see what's stopping this recipe for disaster.

@Trigani

...Hm.

We must find a way to bridge this little distance between us.

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@Shorticus@Dinh AaronMk@ClocktowerEchos

If you guys are okay with it, it doesn't bother me in the slightest. Yo ho and a bottle o' rum

Edit: I feel like Shorty is trying to say something to me.

@Trigani

Haha, mostly I'm just thinking of how ironic it'd be for the Neo Rebels to have rebels smuggling bad stuff out from under their noses. I really hope someone makes a Caribbean nation so that can be a thing.

And I kind of wish I'd chosen to be in a different region of the map now. Can you imagine a nation like mine being near the Neo Confederacy? Whew, Lord, that's a ripe recipe for conflict.

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You know...

I'm willing to bet there are coves of anti-NeoConfederacy rebels in our universe's Florida coast that would be more than happy to resupply Cuban or Jamaican pirates for the right price. If someone were to make such a nation, I'd totally point them toward OOC collaboration with that player.

EDIT: And yeah, the trickle of trade is a very realistic thing, too. You might not see a Jamaican in Massachusetts, but sugar cane could worm its way up there.

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I'll be honest... I was very close, after you first asked me to keep my focus in the U.S., asking if I could make a nation of Carribean pirates that attacked the shores of New England on motorboats converted into attack boats.

I thought better of it. Gonna shoot you that PM, by the by, so I can do all my editing in one fell swoop.

EDIT: @Dinh AaronMK Point taken, there. ...The nuclear arms race is a silly, scary thing.

EDIT2: You know, I could see the whole "squandering resources that could be used to feed people so we can get battle-ready vehicles made instead" being a really fun plot point, too. Argh.

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I'm sure you could use ethanol too but corn is a very inefficient form of ethanol and without machines to farm the corn then turning corn or soy into fuel would be a severe waste of food crops.

And while Illinois has at least one major refinery it'd be something likely contested by Kansas it's so close to them.

@Dinh AaronMk

Yeah, there's other states that could probably produce the gas / oil needed that would fare better in the nuclear apocalypse. I mean, frankly... A few cities in Texas might get struck, but a lot of it isn't very high priority, and there are oil wells in those regions.

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You could make it a Union then.
Also, name doesn't really make or break your government. The Holy Roman Empire was basically a confederation despite its name.

@ClocktowerEchos

Point taken. Yeah... I'll chew on thi-

Huh. Duh. Alliance. First Alliance Guard; Second Alliance Guard; etc. And it works well with the nations having their own forces, too, because then I can have the Utah Army, Navajo Army... Yeah, that's what I'll roll with, and I can change the word "League" to "Alliance" without feeling at all fidgety. Or, potentially, I don't have to change the name at all because they DO have an alliance...

Corners Alliance Guard? Since they're at the Corners? Decisions.

Thanks for jumpstarting my brain!

EDIT: Not sure on Braves. I don't want to do anything that might actually come across as, well, offensive. There's a careful line I tread between writing something respectful and writing something that doesn't really honor the folks who inspired this nation idea. I err on the side of caution, typically.

EDIT 2: And yeah, I'll send you a PM if you like for name brainstorming. I'll need to name all four of the nation's forces, but that's pretty much it.