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| Lomarre | Mar 19 2013, 06:17 PM Post #1 |
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Okay, since we all know Zephyria is less of America and more of Scandanavia that pretty much gives me no chance to colonize it. The Vikings of Zeph are too strong for my colonization efforts. ![]() So, in any case is there any land in Xia not claimed or contested by it's major powers (Meaning Dee, Fenwick, Velykyy, Mistlight, Steffanica and Shimaza)? Because I could have my nation set up an Asian colonial empire like the Dutch did with tons of islands in the Pacific. That keeps me out of everyones hair in Libera, and keeps me out of the initial colonial revolutions that took place during and after the 1930s-1970s. That can give me some ways to stay in healthy contact with the Xian nations. X53 and X54 would have been ideal Lomarren colonial areas. Piedmont, my island which borders between Libera and Xia can be one of the few claims I have. If anything, I'll wait to see which areas in Xia remain unclaimed and uncolonized. Someone just send me a reply so I can know which areas are uncontested or unused. C: EDIT: And before anyone says anything about me becoming some Evil Colonial Empire, I'm want to write which areas Lomarre was able to colonize in my factbook. Then once I get some answers, I can transfer them into my factbook and the colony discussion page. Edited by Lomarre, Mar 19 2013, 09:57 PM.
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| Raz | Mar 19 2013, 11:51 PM Post #2 |
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Ah, yet another place to post up my problems with current thinking in regards to Colonization. You mention you want people to volunteer their nations to be colonized (Or at least you imply it), I doubt you'll get many, if any volunteers for colonies. People all want to be free spirits, having their nations be completely free of anyone else's control through out their history (they all basically want to be Siam). I can understand the sentiment, but it won't work if we ever truly become large enough to fill the majority of the map. I'll stop now before this becomes a rant, but I won't guarantee it won't continue on to be that in the future. |
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| Orchyre | Mar 20 2013, 12:00 AM Post #3 |
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Let's be honest, this map will never be filled completely. This is just an idea and I am not even sure how I feel about it. But if nations want colonies perhaps they could create NPC countries for the plots, that way no one has to be a colony and our world still has empires. |
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| Raz | Mar 20 2013, 12:13 AM Post #4 |
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Then how would we handle the NPCs in the modern day? While I agree with the idea, the original fear of that line of thought (which I sort of agree with as well) is that it will just become expanding of empires for perceived power instead of genuine RP material. |
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| Lomarre | Mar 20 2013, 01:26 AM Post #5 |
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I'm not trying to make a crazy big empire like Portugal, Spain, or the UK, I'm just wondering if a small part of map plots can be made into colonies. I mean, GL has a pretty big island in the middle of the ocean. I just wanna see if a few plots could be used. I'd use those plots to generate some colonial era Rps. |
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| Raz | Mar 20 2013, 01:53 AM Post #6 |
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Current rules are basically that you may only act with othe Player countries, that no NPCs may be created. |
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| Florinthus | Mar 20 2013, 12:26 PM Post #7 |
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I've never liked the plot system to begin with, the borders aren't very realistic and often times don't take the geography into account. Plus, I don't see anything wrong with a Spain size empire existing, if the nations could give significant rp justification and showed that they weren't going to just leave for no reason. Spain and Portugal sized empires did exist, so it's not out of the question at all, there would just need to be viable enough reasoning. But then, there would need to be justification, perhaps some advisor and an admin would need to approve? I'm all for this plan by the way. I like the idea of colonial empires existing, especially in Zephyria. I wouldn't mind having 2-4 colonies in Zephyria. I haven't done anything official with it yet, but some of my states did some exploring and colonizing, so at least a few existed. Im thinking Z53, Z7, Z8, Z6 and possibly Z5. This is all assuming that they aren't claimed yet. If they are, whatever. Those plots would give me another reason for the hostility between Florinthus and New Bocan. |
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| Neztec | Mar 20 2013, 01:34 PM Post #8 |
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I'm annoyed by the plots in general, we really don't have normal sized countries, it looks weird to look at our map and not see a few nations that would be considered "super powers" or massive countries. I feel like my country would have been a local colonial power at one time, with my history, Neztec is probably the oldest country on Liberia so it would have made sense for me to have once had a much larger land mass than i do today. |
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| Greater Laddneia | Mar 20 2013, 01:39 PM Post #9 |
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The lack of superpower sized nations (if there really is such a thing) was intended to keep play fair - everyone is on equal footing, unless they volunteer to be a sub-par nation. As for colonial empires, historically there were some - apart from Laddneia, I know Orchyre and ELE had large empires in Zephyria... As for the other continents, I'm less sure... |
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| Rahab | Mar 20 2013, 01:58 PM Post #10 |
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Would it make sense for Rahab to have been a colony of Lomarre at some point? I'm thinking a la the Holy Land under the Crusaders (though we could extend your stay for longer). Of course there would probably be some resistance depending on the administration. |
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