V&V OOC/Signup Thread I

[phonicsmonkey]

Woohoo! I'm Kaiser!

[Cecil XIX]

Just an FYI, today I finished my semester. I've now got enough free time that things will be proceeding at a much faster pace.

[Zim]

Nice to see Helmut had a role in the assault.

[Zim]

Another season passed.

Merry Christmas everyone.

[Cecil XIX]

Merry Christmas indeed!

[The Celtic Viking]

Merry Christmas!

[mini]

The idea I had was something like this:
Players will play as the senators in the Roman Senate. They make decisions and elect people to offices just like in previous games but this time they don't play as in-game characters(generals, agents). Players are free to create their own character.
Generals and agents can be controlled by any player with the proper authority. For example Consul can move every army whether they are general led or not.
This does not take away the chance for a player to lead army like in previous games. They just need the Senate to elect them to lead it. Also, this means that players can take control over armies that are otherwise too far.
For example: Senate elects Player A to control 3rd Legion that is in Egypt. In previous games you needed ships to carry your avatar to Egypt but in this time you can take control over that Legion right after the Senate session ends.
Anyway, I hope this explains a little bit better what I had in mind.
And I'm not starting anything in the next few months.

Interesting concept.

Although you lose the visual bond with the ingame character, you gain a lot more freedom for RP.
You can ofcourse, always transport the general with console command after a wait time agreed in advance in the rules if ppl dont want to step of using actual ingame chars

Anyway, I've been away for several years.
Now, single again, living with parents again = huge amount of game time.

I'm not so into the HRE, so I'm skipping the current ongoing on.

If you go through with any other, i'm game.


(PS Ibn, I still have some of the rules I proposed for the earlier romani RP we had going on for a while here. Let me know if u want to glance at them.)

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I'm trying to put together some rules for a game that combines MP battles, roleplaying, more than one faction, political fights in the councils, simple map etc...

It will be similar to the EB MP campaign idea I posted in my blog.

[Cecil XIX]

Just FYI, I've come down with a cold so the next update will be delayed a bit.

[Zim]

Short delay.

[Cecil XIX]

All right, soon it'll be the tenth turn since the Time of Troubles began, and after more than a month at that. The Time of Troubles will end soon, and the next Diet Session will begin on Friday at 7:00PM GMT. Tomorrow I'll post the save we'll be starting with, as well as an updated version of the rules with the new offices I introduced earlier. Please use that time to reaclimate yourself with things.

I'll also be spending the week before friday on a new recruitment drive. Feel free to contact people you know on your own initiative to get them into the game as well.

[Zim]

Looking forward to the restart.

[phonicsmonkey]

Hi Cecil - I took the liberty of advertising this game over at the TWC where I've been trying to drum up new Throne Roomies.

Hope you don't mind - maybe it will shake out a new player or two..

[Cecil XIX]

Not at all. I'm not too familar with TWC, so I appreciate it.

[Nightbringer]

you know what, this looks really awesome!

I wanna play!

[Zim]

Welcome Nightbringer. If I recall there is a character still immediately available so that should mean a quick entry into the game, although Cecil (the GM) will be able to clarify that.

[Lord of Lent]

Welcome Nightbringer. Cecil PM'ed me there's a new character available. I would have played as him but I fell, resulting in a complex fraction in my left arm, which means I cannot participate. I do enjoy reading your posts, though. I'm happy this game lasted longer than VI...

[Cecil XIX]

We've spoken before, but welcome Nightbringer. I can confirm here that he will indeed take Jens Herden.

[Zim]

That's what I get for changing profile settings late at night. Changed my user name instead of user title. I guess for 21 days I'll be "Becker". Might as well make Zim my user title for the duration....maybe it will alleviate some confusion.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Just don't die before then.

[Zim]

I'll do my best, although I recall I tend to have bad luck with avatars in these games, with the trademark move of handily winning the battle only to have the general die charging some peasants from a flank or something.

On an unrelated note it's nice to see our kaiser back, and remaining true to form. Apparently ten years of illness have not changed him a bit.

[phonicsmonkey]

Isn't it Helmut anyway?

[Zim]

Probably but whenever I see it I think "Helmet".

[GeneralHankerchief]

On an unrelated note it's nice to see our kaiser back, and remaining true to form. Apparently ten years of illness have not changed him a bit.

Heh, thanks. There's a very good chance that I'll actually be doing my undergraduate thesis on the real-life version of the Emperor next year, so I may as well enjoy him while I can.

(Proof that the .Org has changed my life: I'm most likely going to write the single-most important paper of my life next year for a character I initially RP'd for a few months in 2007. Crazy world, eh?)

[phonicsmonkey]

I'm most likely going to write the single-most important paper of my life next year for a character I initially RP'd for a few months in 2007. Crazy world, eh?)

Awesome

[Zim]

You've got me beat GH. I've written papers partly due the Org but not a graduate thesis.

I have met some of my closest friends here, at least one of whom may have influenced my career choice.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

And I thought who was this unknown moderator! Someone I had never heard of..

Anyway, wear your helmet well Becker.

I wish I could have time to join this. Unfortunately I'm planning hosting games in Gameroom and Campus Martius.

[Zim]

The truly disappointing thing is that Helmut doesn't have a helmet on in his avatar pic. Ah well, C'est la vie...

If you find yourself with more time in the future you're welcome to join us.

So I just checked the save and Cecil wasn't kidding when he said we'd come back to a more interesting situation

[Ibn-Khaldun]

Of course I will join!
I have been checking the threads always when it says that there are new posts in them.

[Zim]

Only one thing to vote on? It's interesting how much more is in the hands of the individual players in this rule set. If I recall back in KoTR you'd often have a a ton to vote on. Even if not too much else was going on then just because capturing any settlement required an edict.

And of course we haven't gone on long enough to have much to disagree on. Actually, there's already some obvious tension. It just hasn't come to light yet. I'm curious how things will look during the next Diet.