trevy wrote:Diogenes, honestly we aren't in the real world
That's not an argument. That's a fact, which everyone knows about, if you refer to Adonia by saying 'we', otherwise we are in the real world, at least we can suppose so. As Adonia is roughly based on Earth, as we have no choice of doing so since we need a real life comparison to do our stuff, it's absolutely normal and adequate to have a real life (Earth) basis. Everything we invent or do is based on stuff we know. And there are links between facts here. As none of us is a professional linguist with a phD, we use real life languages for Adonia. As such, this choice of ours is bringing its complications. Certain languages need to be in certain regions so it can make sense. Most of the basis on Adonia need to make sense. That's the purpose of the "fight for realism", for everything to make sense.
trevy wrote:and if we were wars and any other conflict would span over months, years and even decades. We simply do not have enough time to drag out a conflict while keeping it interesting so yes I can see where they could last a few hours
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Precisely why war roleplaying is not fun and adequate. It ends up not making sense since everything is done either too quickly or it's done in a realistic amount of time which ends up boring for most people. That's why my proposal of roleplaying the GAW could be a solution for this since we could roleplay it at a good pace (not too quickly, not too long) and therefore feed the urge of some of you to have war roleplay.
trevy wrote:There is no activity because nothing interesting is happening. Come up with another Usong, or Around Adonia and highlight the cultures of everyones nation. Admins need to keep things going in order and constant. If I am involved in something I check this site numerous times a day. Id also recommend a better communication. Send me an actual email letting me know whats going on.
If war RP is done too quickly, we can't keep up, it ends up not making sense and we're all like: wtf is going on, this is [insert cuss word]. (I have the feeling I'm starting a trend here)
There are numerous other options than war RP. Tensions over trade practices, foreign military presence, regional security, regional trade, spying issues, independence movements, politics in general, etc.
For communications, there are many Skype chats (too many of them for my taste). If you are not at ease with using Skype, then, I'm sure we can find alternatives.