New RP (RolePlaying) game - players wanted

[Googlie]

As the title suggests, Hydro and I are looking to revive the roleplay game concept.

Classic SMAC

Remember the original?:

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Settings: Huge planet, abundant native life, average everything else.

Other settings: default settings, except for directed research (on).

Additional rules:

1) A faction may not use any advanced SE setting that conflicts with its agenda. For example, the Morganites may not use the Green setting, because it conflicts with Free Market. They could use Simple economics, because that is not an advanced SE setting.

2) A faction may not win a cooperative victory with another faction with an incompatible agenda. In this particular game, this means that the Hive may not win a cooperative victory with the Peacekeepers.

3) Research settings: Factions emphasize their "default" interests when researching. (The default interests are:
Gaians: Explore
Peacekeepers: Explore, Discover
Hive: Conquer, Build
Morgan: Build
Spartans: Discover, Conquer
University: Discover
Believers: Explore, Conquer)

4) No cheats. Refer to the various cheats threads if you are unsure, or pose a question here.

5) This is a role-playing-oriented game, so play your faction to the hilt, and don't worry too much about winning!

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RP1, which stalled with XWaste's disappearance from the Forums, had:

Spartans, Googlie
Gaians, Hydro
Morgan, RedFred
Hive, Alinestra Covelia
PKs, Hobbes

with part time participation of

Deimos
Stuntman19
and the now missing XWaste

The original RP game (that stalled with Vel's illness) had:

Gaians: Basil,
Peacekeepers: JoeR,
Hive: Waynehead,
Morgan: Velociryx,
Spartans: Kinjiru,
University: Ogie Oglethorpe,
Believers: Googlie

First five who sign up will be accepted, with factions being given in order of posting.

Hydro will take the Gaians. I'll take what's left at the end.

Googlie

[Tau Ceti]

I am interested in playing as the Peacekeepers.

[Flubber]

Sounds like fun. I will take the Hive.

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Yang was daydreaming, recalling snippets of conversations from his boyhood

" remember my son, only through absolute subservience to the state do you truly honour it"

"Individual rights !?? They can be accomodated only to the extent that thay do not interfere with the needs of the collective"

(from an ancient televid show) "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few . . . . or the one"


He interrupted the flow of conversation around him and spoke, oblivious to the adoration obvious in the face of every person in the room, " To fulfill our destiny, our society must be based on the principle of service to the state . . . ."

[Qantaga]

Count me in. I would like to try the University.

[Deimos]

Colonel Deimos of the Spartan Federation, reporting for duty!

[Deimos]

Question: I saw that you indicated that this was Classic SMAC. If all the players participating have a copy of SMACX, would it be possible to utilize that instead? Keeping the original factions, of course.

[RedFred]

I'll give the Morgan faction a go. I assume this time we will send all our pws to a neutral party?

[Googlie]

So ..... Brother Googlie of the Believers, I am

Players are:

Hydro - Gaians
Tau Ceti - PKs
Flubber - Hive
Qantaga - University
Deimos - Sparta
RedFred - Morgan
Googlie - Believers

AndIi think we do all have SMAX, so it could be set up thru that.

Re passwords - I think we should get it CMN's - I'll e-mail Dilidad to see if he has the time to set it up for us. That way too, we can get a somewhat accelerated start (3 pods and 2 scouts - 1 rover and 1 scout for Sparta) to take some of the tedium from the early moves.

Remember, roleplay the faction choices, agendas etc to the hilt, and keep a log and either post the log or turn it into a short story (a la Hydro in the original stalled game). Course you don't have to write about them if you don't want to.

G.

[Hydro]

Wow, that was fast! I'm glad there's interest since I really missed the old RP1, which may or may not ever see the light of day again.

I suggest we start a tracking thread. Out of courtesy it would be nice to post when you will be out for a while so the rest of the RP players don't wonder where their posts are!

Hydro

P.S. - This RP filled up fast. Are there others interested? If there is it might be possible to start up another RP game.

[DilithiumDad]

I would be glad to CMN this as long as it can be SMAC 4.0. I could also serve as a substitute player for anyone who goes out of town, which would be easy since I would have all the passwords. I have some experience with roleplay games, but I displike SE restrictions.

[Flubber]

I am game for Smac or Smax. If there is anything else I need to do to get this rolling just post here or email me at sharris41@hotmail.com

[Googlie]

D-Dad:

SMAC it is then.

Do you need anything else from us by way of conditions before building the start scenario?

I suggest Transcend level (as was the original)

Hydro:

Dilithium Dad, as CMN, would normally start a tracking thread setting out turn order and e-mail addies, etc. Obviously he will also assign passwords, so that we will not have a repeat of the XWaste fiasco.

G.

[Flubber]

Just curious but what happened in Xwaste? Did a pleyer leave and the game died since no one had their password?

[Qantaga]

DiDad, thanks for agreeing to CMN for us. I am having a great time in a Builder/Momentum game that you set up, so I know we are in good hands. I am looking forward to this game. You may already have my e-mail but, just in case, it is:

qantaga@aol.com

Hydro, if there is enough interest to start a second game, I would love to play in that game as another faction. This sounds like a lot of fun. I like the idea of, as Googlie says, role-playing your faction "to the hilt".

[Tau Ceti]

Just curious: What is the definition of an 'incompatible agenda'?

If it means diametrically opposed agendas/aversions, the Believers and University should not be able to do a coop victory either (nor, I would argue, should the Gaians and Morgan). If it means a different agenda in the same category, add University/Spartans and Believers/Hive/Peacekeepers to the list. But I am wondering how it is defined if only a Hive/PK coop is excluded.