Vilageidiotx

I, Arabicus: An alternate history RP set in Late Antiquity

Definitely going Sassanid noble family

@babbysama

Ooh good, I was afraid we wouldn't get one.

I'm working on the OP bit by bit. Got a cold though, so work is slow.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Imma have to reregister as a Democrat to vote in the primary I suppose.

I registered as a Republican when I was 18 during the 2008 election because I was young and dumb and a Ron Paul nut back then (I kno, I apologize)

West Korea's Annual Presidential Election

I cast my vote for Lenin also. Lets make this a Leninslide victory!

Colours in the IC

I use the colour function for speech, I don't see anything wrong with it when this is out of necessity.

To those that say nay to colours, I say.

THERE IS NO GOOD REASON TO MAKE A POST MORE TEDIOUS THAN IT NEEDS TO BE. There is nothing worse in Roleplaying than reading a post in monotone where you can't even tell whose dialogue is which. There are those who say that's just making up for lousy writing, but it is these same people whose posts can't point out who is talking. Colours solve that issue in a tetiary way.

I speak through experience, I'm now in a fantasy noir roleplay and BELIEVE ME when I say when we started it was an eyesore to read through dialogue in first persona narrative without colours. Why? Many typed like the entire post was a speech bubble, this is apparently the noir style, but many of us decided we could not stand it anymore so we each picked a colour that best represented our characters and stuck with it during multicharacter posts.

I don't care if my posts look like crayon to certain people, I didn't come here to torture my eyes. I write to inspire, or at least, convey a message. Making readers have myopia is not conducive to my goals.

Hence I VOTE FOR COLOURED SPEECH.

@potatochipgolem

I agree that it is bad for the text to be monotonous and dull, but I think that using color as the way to add flair doesn't help. Now it is monotonous, dull, and tacky. I would go as far to say that, as a GM, I wouldn't allow people to use colored speech in any RP I was running.

If you want your text to have life and color, write in a lively and colorful way. The presentation should not draw attention away from the content, and if the content is dull than you need to focus on improving your prose.

I, Arabicus: An alternate history RP set in Late Antiquity

I'm still planning on taking the Diocese Oriens if that means anything. I am hoping that, by placing me in the Levant and Aaron with the Caliphate, we'll start the action right off the bat and have something to drive the RP early on.

Anyway, I decided to make a reference map of the rest of the world.

Hider

The maps in the OP are still the entirety of the area where I want everyone to be, but this map can at least be used as a reference, especially for mercenaries or characters who spent most of their lives elsewhere.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Well at least you can buy machine guns and stuff.

@Veoline

Colours in the IC

IMHO, it looks tacky and distracting. It's kinda the equivalent of writing your resume in crayon to me.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

I don't doubt it. We definitely gotta get our shit together over here if we are going to rejoin the western world.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Like I said, it's that much money for a prepaid refill for a smartphone. Like, a home phone is a different deal. In my area we are a little luckier than most with our home service in a variety of things because Google has been experimenting here. That being said, cellphones are something else entirely, and $45 for a single smart phone, not hooked onto another person's plan, is pretty good as far as things go.

A rock with organs

Looks like an eighty year old man's foot.