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I think this idea is amazing, but I think I'm going to have to sit it out myself, unless it takes you a really long time to get going.  I don't have time to commit to an RP at the moment, no matter how much I want to.

So towards the end of the RP, as it was starting to die out, @Colberius X accidentally chose an option on Issue 221, which absolutely imploded all of his stats. He was already planning to write out some unrest in the government, and when he eventually posted it, it ended up being a four-post-long (because of word limit) coup. Unfortunately, the RP quickly died after that, with key RP'ers having slowly gone inactive.

For some background, Colbentielle was ranked in the top 10% of the World for Public Sector, Largest Government, and Taxation.  So eliminating my entire tax code completely wiped me out in an instant.  On the bright side, it brought about what I consider to be my best RP writing to date.

As soon as I've come up with a setting and story. Do we want something as silly as PvC again?

Potatoe is not joke, is serious.

All Hail His Starchy Majesty, Lord Protector of the Pious Disciples of the Great Potatoe, @Eldarion !

What does PvC even stand for?(Glorious Holy and Every Righteous Followers of The) Potato Versus (Dirty Satan Worshiping Heretics) Carrots?

Penguins vs. Cookies

Feel free to read the slow transformation from comical to serious.

So we can do Potatoes vs (Generic Heresy That You People Come Up With)

Some context for those who did not read or participate in PvC:

Soft chocolate chip cookies were magic wonder commodities that improved economy, productivity, etc. and everyone wanted it. Penguins were WMD-superweapon-mechasoldiers that were going to play a major role in the war (but IIRC we never got that far). Cheese cannons had a similar role as well.

What map are we using? Earthmap, Weissreich-map, WU-map?

I have no real preference for a map. You guys can decide. As for tech, I think I'd like to try my hand at modern tech for a change. Or did we really like WH40K with the addition of any plausible future tech?

Also, Colby, when would you be available? This is going to take me a while to start, since I have to balance my job, studies and upcoming exams with it too. I might even give the idea to someone else if people are anxious to get started.

http://www.strawpoll.me/11308403

If we do Earth, dibs on the Great Lakes.

If we do Earth, dibs on the Great Lakes.

You can't call dibs on the best part of Earth!!!

I have no real preference for a map. You guys can decide. As for tech, I think I'd like to try my hand at modern tech for a change. Or did we really like WH40K with the addition of any plausible future tech?

Also, Colby, when would you be available? This is going to take me a while to start, since I have to balance my job, studies and upcoming exams with it too. I might even give the idea to someone else if people are anxious to get started.

I'll be available to start when I learn some time management and stop procrastinating on work for my classes. But that'll probably never happen, so I'll just go with: After my first wave of midterms, but only if I do satisfactorily on them.

If we do Earth, dibs on the Great Lakes.

You can't call dibs on the best part of Earth!!!

May I ask what makes them the best part of Earth?

If we do Earth, dibs on the Great Lakes.

You can't call dibs on the best part of Earth!!!

May I ask what makes them the best part of Earth?

Abundance of clean fresh water, miles of fertile farmland, loads of other natural resources, important trade location, beautiful landscapes. What's not to like?

If we do Earth, dibs on the Great Lakes.

You can't call dibs on the best part of Earth!!!

May I ask what makes them the best part of Earth?

Abundance of clean fresh water, miles of fertile farmland, loads of other natural resources, important trade location, beautiful landscapes. What's not to like?

I understand their strategic significance, but I'm not sold on the Great Lakes being the best part of the Earth.

If we do Earth, dibs on the Great Lakes.

You can't call dibs on the best part of Earth!!!

May I ask what makes them the best part of Earth?

Abundance of clean fresh water, miles of fertile farmland, loads of other natural resources, important trade location, beautiful landscapes. What's not to like?

I understand their strategic significance, but I'm not sold on the Great Lakes being the best part of the Earth.

I mean, the region isn't Hawaii, but in terms of nation building having the Great Lakes would be fantastic.

If we do Earth, dibs on the Great Lakes.

You can't call dibs on the best part of Earth!!!

May I ask what makes them the best part of Earth?

Abundance of clean fresh water, miles of fertile farmland, loads of other natural resources, important trade location, beautiful landscapes. What's not to like?

I understand their strategic significance, but I'm not sold on the Great Lakes being the best part of the Earth.

I mean, the region isn't Hawaii, but in terms of nation building having the Great Lakes would be fantastic.

Have you seen how awesome and amazing Chicago is?  I'd say it's probably my favourite city in the world (excepting Oslo of course).  But that combined with Madison and Minneapolis and Toronto make the Great Lakes Region so vibrant and culturally diverse, in my opinion.  Just the combination of so many diverse peoples there, from Poland and Germany to Ireland and Italy and Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Great Migration of African Americans from the South in the middle of the 20th, to the current influx of migrants from Asia, the Middle East and Latin America today, it's just amazing what the result is.  You can visit 40 different unique cultures in a single day in Chicago, particularly.  You can start your day among Greeks, eat breakfast in Arabia, listen to Smooth Jazz, Have Pierogi for lunch, visit Chinatown in the afternoon, stop by the Museum of Science and Industry, and then end your day with Deep Dish in the Loop.  It's quite the experience. 

Caveat

As long as you aren't stupid and flaunt nice things in the wrong places at night, of course. 

I'll just lay claim to Southern Africa.

When I was thinking about the Great Lakes region, I was thinking more about northern Michigan, particularly in the Traverse Bay region. Fantastic weather, clear skies and water, good people and better food. I also have this strange desire to make (New) Detroit my capital city, so there's that.

But Chicago is nice too, I'm sure.

I claim parts of Oceania.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Laurentus, but are we just using Earth as a map and then adding our own cities/territories as necessary?