DarthShady wrote:The question is what happens now? Or better yet, who makes the next move at the conference?
I'm waiting on PeZook to respond to my ISCA idea. Then we'll make a joint proposal (though I'll announce it, and welcome King Paul to stand). That's my major thing. I imagine Siege and Beo would have something to say about F-ing (and we're waiting on two sidebars with Indhopal, though those can probably be done outside the conference, too).
DarthShady wrote:Perhaps we hold a vote on the UN thing? Start wrapping things up.
Hard to do that when we don't know what form it'll take.
Somebody should make a proposal or two, and then we can either vote on it or rip it to shreds.
Ooohhh, pretty. I don't think Messica even has a geography, except for maybe "North America, only smaller".
Ryan Thunder wrote:Oh, yeah, I welcome valid and constructive criticism. It's not like you called me names or anything.
You bitch cock fucknuts.
(Hey, it's SDN! )
"How can I wait unknowing?
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
Dude, Baerne, Wilkens had the idea for "storm troopers" first. Totally uncool, dude.
(And now we see why I kept the STAR destroyer thing secret until we launched it. You bunch of thieves.)
"How can I wait unknowing?
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
He did? I must've missed it. Was there anything posted, or did this take place in one of your secret MESS teleconferences?
Conversion Table:
2000 Mockingbirds = 2 Kilomockingbirds
Basic Unit of Laryngitis = 1 Hoarsepower
453.6 Graham Crackers = 1 Pound Cake
1 Kilogram of Falling Figs - 1 Fig Newton
Time Between Slipping on a Banana Peel and Smacking the Pavement = 1 Bananosecond
Half of a Large Intestine = 1 Semicolon
Master_Baerne wrote:He did? I must've missed it. Was there anything posted, or did this take place in one of your secret MESS teleconferences?
It was an idea advanced in OOC. He may have also made a post in the game thread, too, but I know he said it in here.
"How can I wait unknowing?
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
DarthShady wrote:Yeah, someone should. Whose idea was it again?
Coyote. He's the one who kept going on about a "united nations" thing.
"How can I wait unknowing?
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
So yeah I only put that forth in OOC but you remain a thief
SDNet World Nation: Wilkonia
Armourer of the WARWOLVES
ASVS Vet's Association (Class of 2000)
Former C.S. Strowbridge Gold Ego Award Winner MEMBER of the Anti-PETA Anti-Facist LEAGUE
"I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of god. I have seen too much religion in the eyes of too many murderers. Holiness is in right action, and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves, and goodness. "
-Kingdom of Heaven
I'll note that there should generally be some sort of terrain feature on country borders that aren't straight. Such borders generally exist because either the border was set by conquest, and that was the defensible position, or diplomatic agreement set a terrain feature (such as a river) as the border. Straight borders are frequently done by diplomats saying the border will be thus, regardless of terrain or ethnic composition (see RL mideast for examples of the latter).
That said, the western border of Tian Jiao is a mountain range with some passes between Tian Jiao and the ASRF.
"preemptive killing of cops might not be such a bad idea from a personal saftey[sic] standpoint..." --Keevan Colton
"There's a word for bias you can't see: Yours." -- William Saletan
Beowulf wrote:That said, the western border of Tian Jiao is a mountain range with some passes between Tian Jiao and the ASRF.
This makes the ASRF either flanked by mountain ranges, or primarily mountainous itself, as all of my borders are mountainous, aside from seaside borders.
I would prefer the ASRF being mountainous totally, but I don't really care that much.
This is an empty country and I am it's king, and I should not be allowed to touch anything.
Beowulf wrote:I'll note that there should generally be some sort of terrain feature on country borders that aren't straight. Such borders generally exist because either the border was set by conquest, and that was the defensible position, or diplomatic agreement set a terrain feature (such as a river) as the border. Straight borders are frequently done by diplomats saying the border will be thus, regardless of terrain or ethnic composition (see RL mideast for examples of the latter).
I realize that, but getting it to do that on purpose is more work than I'm willing to put into it. Plus, we'd get some really wierd terrain features if I did.
Unless you're all willing to give me permission to redraw the political map altogether. That'd actually be easier. Don't worry, I won't cheat.
Just assume that they're set based on something innocuous that's invisible at this level if they happen not to line up.
That said, the western border of Tian Jiao is a mountain range with some passes between Tian Jiao and the ASRF.
Well Coyote since no one has really grabbed onto the terrorist troublemakers in the Costa's angle yet I figure I'll have some ISIA agents get thrown into the mix. That's not the only reason I'll be getting involved. It should be fun to write
For whenever we might need one. Note that this map is intended for a world that is the same size and configuration as the present Nova Terra. Land/Water ratio is 2:3, up from the current 1:4. Larger continents and many, many little islands offer more room for NPCs and newcomers, as well as just dicking around with nukes and shit.
Last edited by Ryan Thunder on 2009-04-30 01:07am, edited 1 time in total.
I will reply to Rogue and make a conference post shortly
JULY 20TH 1969 - The day the entire world was looking up
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small. - NEIL ARMSTRONG, MISSION COMMANDER, APOLLO 11
Signature dedicated to the greatest achievement of mankind.
MILDLY DERANGED PHYSICIST does not mind BREAKING the SOUND BARRIER, because it is INSURED. - Simon_Jester considering the problems of hypersonic flight for Team L.A.M.E.
Since PeZookians are totally literally penny-pinching moneygrubbers, those flight simulators will require you to insert coins before using them - just like arcade games machines! Those Katagawanis will totally love it!
Bleep-bleep-bleep! CAUTION STALL! GAME OVER!
INSERT COINS
"RADICAL!"
"DO YOU WORSHIP HOMOSEXUALS?" - Curtis Saxton (source) shroom is a lovely boy and i wont hear a bad word against him - LUSY-CHAN! Shit! Man, I didn't think of that! It took Shroom to properly interpret the screams of dying people - PeZook Shroom, I read out the stuff you write about us. You are an endless supply of morale down here. :p - an OWS street medic Pink Sugar Heart Attack!
For whenever we might need one. Note that this map is intended for a world that is the same size and configuration as the present Nova Terra. Land/Water ratio is 2:3, up from the current 1:4. Larger continents and many, many little islands offer more room for NPCs and newcomers, as well as just dicking around with nukes and shit.
Thing is, people want countries of their own design.
Frankly I think we should just use the map of Earth in a future game, tweak things here and there for people who want altered looking countries and aren't willing to just redraw Earth's borders to accomodate that. We could even add islands in places like the Atlantic, Indian, or Pacific to accomodate such players. But there'd be so much freaking room for countries and more NPCs that things would work well.
”A Radical is a man with both feet planted firmly in the air.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism." - Sir Winston L. S. Churchill, Princips Britannia
American Conservatism is about the exercise of personal responsibility without state interference in the lives of the citizenry..... unless, of course, it involves using the bludgeon of state power to suppress things Conservatives do not like.
DONALD J. TRUMP IS A SEDITIOUS TRAITOR AND MUST BE IMPEACHED
I say, and Coyote would agree with me and I think Czech and Ryan would too, that we use the map of the Ace Combat world. It's sufficiently dissimilar from the real-world so that it won't be LAEM, but it is also anatomically correct in having a varied bunch of islands and continents.
Besides, Ryan's new SDNW map looks like an abstractist piece of artwork.
"DO YOU WORSHIP HOMOSEXUALS?" - Curtis Saxton (source) shroom is a lovely boy and i wont hear a bad word against him - LUSY-CHAN! Shit! Man, I didn't think of that! It took Shroom to properly interpret the screams of dying people - PeZook Shroom, I read out the stuff you write about us. You are an endless supply of morale down here. :p - an OWS street medic Pink Sugar Heart Attack!
Shroom Man 777 wrote:Since PeZookians are totally literally penny-pinching moneygrubbers, those flight simulators will require you to insert coins before using them - just like arcade games machines! Those Katagawanis will totally love it!
Bleep-bleep-bleep! CAUTION STALL! GAME OVER!
INSERT COINS
"RADICAL!"
In order to pinch more pennies, the PeZookians should outsource work on the simulator to one of Langley's many game studios. Either that or just buy up surplus Degenatrons and GayStation 2s, package them with copies of Nova Terra's equivalents of the Ace Combat games, and send them to the Katangwans.
I ship Eino Ilmari Juutilainen x Lydia V. Litvyak.
Phantasee: Don't be a dick.
Stofsk: What are you, his mother?
The Yosemite Bear: Obviously, which means that he's grounded, and that she needs to go back to sucking Mr. Coffee's cock.
"d-did... did this thread just turn into Thanas/PeZook slash fiction?" - Ilya Muromets[/size]
Shroom Man 777 wrote:I say, and Coyote would agree with me and I think Czech and Ryan would too, that we use the map of the Ace Combat world. It's sufficiently dissimilar from the real-world so that it won't be LAEM, but it is also anatomically correct in having a varied bunch of islands and continents.
There are two issues with that map:
1. It's clearly made up of little more than distorted RW maps. Seriously; Just try to tell me you can't find Greenland in there and keep a straight face.
2. What Steve said.
Besides, Ryan's new SDNW map looks like an abstractist piece of artwork.
That's because its a projection, i.e. it fits on a globe. I was just trying to map it to one in 3DSMax, in fact...
Using the real-world map is tempting. It can then be written off as "alternate universe", known flight physics and moon distances, etc, would apply, and known resource deposits would be, well, known.
Is SDN-world Mk.-II already so grumpy that we're contemplating a SDN-world Mk.-III?
Something about Libertarianism always bothered me. Then one day, I realized what it was:
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around! If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!! Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
So for everyone developing their cool new body armor all I'm gonna say is that i hope you guys are ready to shell out several billion per year for the next half dozen years.
SDNet World Nation: Wilkonia
Armourer of the WARWOLVES
ASVS Vet's Association (Class of 2000)
Former C.S. Strowbridge Gold Ego Award Winner MEMBER of the Anti-PETA Anti-Facist LEAGUE
"I put no stock in religion. By the word religion I have seen the lunacy of fanatics of every denomination be called the will of god. I have seen too much religion in the eyes of too many murderers. Holiness is in right action, and courage on behalf of those who cannot defend themselves, and goodness. "
-Kingdom of Heaven
Is it really that much? I would imagine the armor research maybe 5-10million a year. Twice that if there are two competing technologies.
STGOD: Byzantine Empire Your spirit, diseased as it is, refuses to allow you to give up, no matter what threats you face... and whatever wreckage you leave behind you.
Kreia
Coyote wrote:Using the real-world map is tempting. It can then be written off as "alternate universe", known flight physics and moon distances, etc, would apply, and known resource deposits would be, well, known.
Is SDN-world Mk.-II already so grumpy that we're contemplating a SDN-world Mk.-III?
Haha, not exactly.
I'm just not too happy with the present map. Too much boring water, not enough land for NPCs to bitch and bicker over.
)
.
"
