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East Island / Re: Greater Xavax Imperium
« on: December 08, 2017, 05:17:10 AM »
...Moment of truth! Alright Xavax, time to kick into high-gear. Lets see a Xavax-run government!
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East Island / Re: Greater Xavax Imperium
« on: December 08, 2017, 12:13:15 AM »
If and when a culture remains intact, it makes sense for realms to be reborn. Whether or not they truly, or fully, resemble the old realm is another story.
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BM General Discussion / Re: Annual Check-In
« on: December 08, 2017, 12:11:38 AM »
Just call it Auru'in & Perth's. If it's successful it won't need any name longer than that - people will automatically know what it means.
Just like how the official record of the British House of Commons debates is called Hansard. It had a longer name once but now it's just only referred to by the name of the person who founded it - and everyone knows exactly what it means.
Good point.
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BM General Discussion / Re: Annual Check-In
« on: December 08, 2017, 12:11:18 AM »
Wait WHAT!? Masalu won the election!? How the hell did my bare-literate nutjjob who talks in 3rd person not only win, but get endorsed by much of the council and a pm of endorsement from the Dragon King himself?
I can't even... Why.
I can't even... Why.
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Beluaterra / Re: Sacred Obia'Syela
« on: December 07, 2017, 04:50:20 AM »
It had a LOT of RP, and not just RP but damn GOOD RP.
Well... Sometiimes damn-evil RP for those who use the theocracy bit to be douches, but we welcome all RP.
Well... Sometiimes damn-evil RP for those who use the theocracy bit to be douches, but we welcome all RP.
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Helpline / Re: Is it normal for a new ruler to lose all titles/gov positions and duchies?
« on: December 07, 2017, 04:49:18 AM »
Ander has a point. Its a player's prerogative whether he chooses to adapt to change or rage-quit over it.
If Crixus had fallen ill/died/quit and the exact same thing happened, would they have quit?
An interesting thought.
If Crixus had fallen ill/died/quit and the exact same thing happened, would they have quit?
An interesting thought.
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BM General Discussion / Re: Annual Check-In
« on: December 07, 2017, 01:38:56 AM »
Hrafn, we can implement this on any continent. Hell, once we flesh it out with proper rules/lore, we can "loan" our "entity" out, like franchises.
Gives players a useful tool to both improve relations, excite nobles, and incite intrigue.
Gives players a useful tool to both improve relations, excite nobles, and incite intrigue.
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Helpline / Re: Is it normal for a new ruler to lose all titles/gov positions and duchies?
« on: December 07, 2017, 01:33:42 AM »I tried a year or so back to get rid of Crixus, and we were mostly successful. We had him down to just the duchy and lordship, then he started forcing any new members of the realm to swear to him and vote for him in elections or he would remove them from his duchy.
...Ouch!
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Helpline / Re: Is it normal for a new ruler to lose all titles/gov positions and duchies?
« on: December 07, 2017, 01:32:42 AM »
Interesting! No offense meant, for the record. Just curious.
And like Antoinete said, there's a significant IC difference between temporarily holding multiple titles, and the long-term hoarding of power, compounded by tyrannical pressuring and threats of expulsion to any who refuse to comply.
And like Antoinete said, there's a significant IC difference between temporarily holding multiple titles, and the long-term hoarding of power, compounded by tyrannical pressuring and threats of expulsion to any who refuse to comply.
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Helpline / Re: Is it normal for a new ruler to lose all titles/gov positions and duchies?
« on: December 06, 2017, 01:51:14 PM »
Shiiiet... And I thought I was doing the right thing when I decided Xavax Xerarchs are a prophet-like position and we aren't supposed to own duchies.
PFffffft.
PFffffft.
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Atamara / Re: Any Ashlanteans families/characters left around?
« on: December 06, 2017, 01:49:34 PM »
*palm-to-face* Preachin' to the choir. No, the friggin' PRIEST.
...Ess.
...Ess.
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BM General Discussion / Re: Annual Check-In
« on: December 06, 2017, 01:48:44 PM »
Look at us, already sounding like some rich uppity merchant's guild. Ah, the cosmic irony.
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BM General Discussion / Re: Annual Check-In
« on: December 06, 2017, 01:48:10 PM »
Auru'in & Perth's Highborn Union Society?
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BM General Discussion / Re: Can graphic violence or sex in Role Plays become unacceptable in BM?
« on: December 06, 2017, 01:00:48 PM »
Chenier is absolutely right. Its facing your traumas that take away their power. Not hiding from them.
The day I stopped hiding from it, it began losing power. I much prefer the rare flashback I get rather than what I used to go through... Its the same for all the survivors I know and love. You buckle-in and you persevere.
Hell, its a central tenet of the healing process we uphold: come to terms with the truth, bring darkness unto light, and take away the power it holds over us. Stop being a victim and become a SURVIVOR! As long as we remain victims, we are powerless against our traumas. That's why everyone from rape to combat survivors begin to find solace the day they come to terms with their reality. Sure, it hurts at first. Flashbacks are horrible, but repression is far, FAR worse.
It is better to strike an honest, healthy equilibrium than to puritanically repress and empower the very demons you seek to cage.
The day I stopped hiding from it, it began losing power. I much prefer the rare flashback I get rather than what I used to go through... Its the same for all the survivors I know and love. You buckle-in and you persevere.
Hell, its a central tenet of the healing process we uphold: come to terms with the truth, bring darkness unto light, and take away the power it holds over us. Stop being a victim and become a SURVIVOR! As long as we remain victims, we are powerless against our traumas. That's why everyone from rape to combat survivors begin to find solace the day they come to terms with their reality. Sure, it hurts at first. Flashbacks are horrible, but repression is far, FAR worse.
It is better to strike an honest, healthy equilibrium than to puritanically repress and empower the very demons you seek to cage.
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BM General Discussion / Re: Can graphic violence or sex in Role Plays become unacceptable in BM?
« on: December 06, 2017, 12:49:58 PM »I think the rule about playing as if playing with friends at the dinner table applies here, if someone (or in this case three someones) say they don't like that sort of RP, don't do that sort of RP around them in the future. Not only are there young players, but players who suffered sexual violence who would rather not read that sort of stuff in a game where they came to relax and have fun.
Aramon, I am one such person. Rape-torture survivor, former volunteer sexual abuse group counselor. Major PTSD from the age of 6-7, struggle with lifelong flashbacks, anxiety attacks, the whole nine yards and then some... I for one see no problem with this RP, as it is both describing exactly what these methods of brutal takeover imply, and it was done in a manner entirely parallel to actual historical accounts. I feel it is vital in reminding us that brutal tactics are in fact BRUTAL. Not noble. Not just. Not fair. Not kind. Not liberating. BRUTAL. That nobles and governments who engage in such behavior should be condemned IC, where ethics demand a reaction as dictated by one's culture.
You want bad? Read up on the treatment of the Celtic Queen Boudicca by the Romans. *shudder* There's also a reason why the vast majority of living Asians share the blood of the Khan dynasty. Mongol Empire raped and pillaged most of the known world before converting from Tengri to Islam and settling down.
Not to mention, you did not complain when whats-his-face did those torturing, maiming, and sadistically murdering peasants then wearing their flesh as ornaments RPs that one guy did when I first formed Xavax. That stuff was way worse in comparison... Just saying.