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World in Revolution: 1861

Pasta Sentient said
Ya know...instead of complaining about realism...I'd think the Eighth might wanna spend more time strategizing than complaining...

Were you the one that decided to say Victoria was insane to cover up your ridiculous decisions, or did Outcast come up with the idea to cover them up for you?

There is a distinction in alternate history roleplays between events that deviate from the precise course of history (the entire premise of the roleplay), and events completely out of line with reality that could never feasibly happen, whether in the time period or outside of it. An alliance between China and Japan falls into the latter category.

World in Revolution: 1861

Byrd Man said
To Russia I say

There were numerous campaigns during the Opium Wars that were fought on land (incredibly successfully, I might add), and Britain defeated the Indian rebellion of 1857 despite most of the rebellious provinces being completely landlocked and heavily densely populated. Even with this ridiculous China-Japan alliance (a feat that could never feasibly be accomplished even in the modern day, miraculously completed in 1863!), I wouldn't discount European superiority quite yet.

World in Revolution: 1861

Pasta Sentient said imagine China with British/French training and equipment...

Turns out someone did, and it didn't make much of a difference. The RoC didn't last long.

World in Revolution: 1861

Ampharos said
I, for one, welcome our new Chinese overlords.

Truly, Europe should be shaking in its boots.

World in Revolution: 1861

Kho said
Says the guy who conquered Belgium

Thereby restoring the Lowlands to their status as of 1839. If you think the unification of the Netherlands and Belgium is silly or unrealistic, you don't know much about either state's history.

Kho said muh mongols

The Osman dynasty isn't descended from the Mongols, and neither are the Turks of the Ottoman Empire—or the Han Chinese, for that matter.

World in Revolution: 1861

^ I already did. I'll neglect commenting on it in full, but suffice to say I think its even more silly than the Anglo-French blockade of the Atlantic Ocean and declaration of war on the United States of America. Any amount of realism has gone out the window at this point, not necessarily in the tone of writing, but in the actual actions and decisions being made.

Kho said
If you look at where TURKmenistan is on the map, you'll notice it's right next to China. The Turks came about as a result of the Mongol invasions and the many Khanates which Russia later conquered.

Even if we pretend that there is anything more than a superficial relationship between the Turks of Anatolia and the Turkic peoples of Central Asia (especially in the late 19th century), what relation do the Han Chinese have to the Turks?

World in Revolution: 1861

Kho said
Well, that's one reason, but also the fact that if we don't all do something all non-Slavs, non-Christians in Russia will be slaughtered by the rhetoric I'm reading.

A nation flatly declaring a conflict between a Muslim Empire and a Christian Empire to be 'jihad' is inviting China to declare war on Russia on the basis of a non-existent blood connection between the Turks and the Chinese. I don't think there's any word that describes such a scenario better than 'desperation'.

World in Revolution: 1861

AegonVI said
Oh Kho you didn't!! Did the Ottomans really just call up China into this war on the basis of blood???

Desperation.

I cut my foot today :(

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Conquering Paradise: 1492 - An Age of Exploration NRP

Rare said It doesn't make any sense to have fantasy elements during the 1400s, but if it was during the Middle Ages, then I would understand.

I'm not sure I understand your logic. Why are fantasy elements restricted to the Early Middle Ages?