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OOC: Nitpicking International News Goes Here; Radio, Diesel, OOC - Oh my!
Topic Started: Dec 19 2008, 05:45 PM (613 Views)
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Dec 19 2008, 05:27 PM
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WORLD CONFERENCE BRINGS NEW TRADE PARTNERS TO THE CANADIAN TABLE

Ottowa, CA: Today Rupert Thomson returned from his diplomatic trip to Nagasaki as Canada's representative in the World Conference. He was met with a cheering crowd as well as national leaders including Prime Minister Charles Laurier as well as King Edward VII. The Conference was the first time since Canada's independence in 1867 that a Canadian diplomat was sent of a peaceful mission. Mr. Thomson spent the first four hours of his return home in conference with the Prime Minister and other officials discussing matters of state as it pertained to the Conference. When the group finally emerged from the conference hall Prime Minister Laurier discussed some particulars with the country on his weekly radio hour.

"Certainly Canada's first act of diplomacy with the rest of the world was a success" said the Prime Minister. "Though as we suspected much of the world is as it was when we left the global stage in 1867 there is still much that shows promise. We were able for the first time to find the means of discussing diplomacy with our American neighbors. This was certainly exciting as we have for many years now sought trading partners close to us in which to help us grow economically. However the Americans were not the only people for which good diplomatic relations show promise. We have also opened the lines of communication with the Soviets, a people for whom we knew little before the conference. Though our policies and practices may be different we certainly will not turn away from these people because of such small differences. Truly in the wake of the new era we Canadians see the promise of a economic boom not seen since the establishment of the second republic! Truly as we prosper now in the golden age of the four republic when political stability has been assured we can now finally build the economy our people deserve."

T Prime Minister was quick to dismiss any questions asked by journalists on hand after his radioed speech. He said that he could not say when further diplomacy or even trade would begin with the Americans. However, he continued to say that he held high optimism for the prospects of both. The Prime Minister said that he is already adjusting his policy and making plans for further discussions with the Americans and the Soviets. Rupert Though again stating that nothing was final, Prime Minister Laurier did mention that when more stable diplomacy has been reached, he will rely heavily on Rupert Thomson to continue takes with Canada's potential allies.
OOC: ** Clears throat ** 1900 - Radio address?????
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Dec 19 2008, 05:45 PM
OOC: ** Clears throat ** 1900 - Radio address?????
OOC: uh uh ....slip of the tongue? :whistling: :wasclose: fixed.

Although while we're at it the "Diesel Engine Invented in Al Qalaa!" article.....why would they name it a "Diesel" engine if it wasn't invented by Rudolf Diesel ? Just curious
Edited by NRE, Dec 19 2008, 06:26 PM.
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Dec 19 2008, 06:26 PM
Although while we're at it the "Diesel Engine Invented in Al Qalaa!" article.....why would they name it a "Diesel" engine if it wasn't invented by Rudolf Diesel ? Just curious
OOC: Would you have us call it the Nikoforov Engine for the rest of time?
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Doesn't matter to me, just curious lol :P
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Dec 19 2008, 06:31 PM
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Dec 19 2008, 06:26 PM
Although while we're at it the "Diesel Engine Invented in Al Qalaa!" article.....why would they name it a "Diesel" engine if it wasn't invented by Rudolf Diesel ? Just curious
OOC: Would you have us call it the Nikoforov Engine for the rest of time?
OOC: Yes.
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Dec 20 2008, 06:20 PM
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Dec 19 2008, 06:31 PM
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Dec 19 2008, 06:26 PM
Although while we're at it the "Diesel Engine Invented in Al Qalaa!" article.....why would they name it a "Diesel" engine if it wasn't invented by Rudolf Diesel ? Just curious
OOC: Would you have us call it the Nikoforov Engine for the rest of time?
OOC: Yes.
OOC: Ditto.
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OOC: I'd rather Diesel invent it...
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OOC: Fixed then. Also, may I suggest a split, because you KNOW this won't be the last time an OOC debate will concern something in the news.
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arguing over calendars? really? ^^
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Dec 20 2008, 06:47 PM
OOC: I'd rather Diesel invent it...
Well ....why not say Diesel started the work but Nikoforov finished it, perhaps Diesel met an untimely and unhistorical early end to his life. Out of homage to the man who began to work, the engine is named after Diesel, to cut down on confusion ^^

just a suggestion.... :P
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Dec 22 2008, 05:10 PM
arguing over calendars? really? ^^
OOC: If you insult calendar-related RPs , then you don't belong in this forum. GTFO :angry:

:lol:
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Dec 22 2008, 05:13 PM
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Dec 20 2008, 06:47 PM
OOC: I'd rather Diesel invent it...
Well ....why not say Diesel started the work but Nikoforov finished it, perhaps Diesel met an untimely and unhistorical early end to his life. Out of homage to the man who began to work, the engine is named after Diesel, to cut down on confusion ^^

just a suggestion.... :P
Fixed again, then. ^^
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Two questions:

1) May Persian gulf countryes develope a diesel based industry(instead that coal based?)

2) The time advance or is always XX° century?

Thanks
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Dec 22 2008, 05:26 PM
1) May Persian gulf countryes develope a diesel based industry(instead that coal based?)

2) The time advance or is always XX° century?

Thanks
1) It's a long way away from practical use, Nikoforov's engine, I'd say ten years, so following the world timeline, and I'm RPing an industrializing country.

2) Time will advance, as the story develops.
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I can play nearly two days in a week how much quick the time moved?

Industrializzation is a point of actual sultan of Makuran.
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I reckon it's still about February, 1900, so time is moving pretty slowly. Other people might have different opinions on time.

PM me if your interested in RPing some industrial cooperation.
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OOC: Is this the Gregorian Discordian calendar, the Julian Discordian calendar, or something different of your own invention? :lol:

All of the above. Some businesses adopted the Gregorian Discordian Calendar to appeal to people who used that particular one, some the Julian Discordian Calendar to appeal to those who preferred it, and some just made up their own Calendars and called it Discordian to appeal to the many who like that kind of nonsense. Needless to say, it confuses the hell out of most visitors, (and even most residents,) but they go on doing it anyways.
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Excellent.
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Speaking of the passage of time, how would we have it go? Can we twist dates? Make them happen earlier or later? I want to be the one to invent the plane, and IRL that didn't successfully happen till 1904. I don't want to wait 4 years to do that. Plus, we'd have to figure how long it'd take for these planes to become wide-spread.

Other things I'd like to point out. Earlier in another post I had said there was no phones. Wrong, there were phones, but not as we think of them of course. Long thick wires connected them, and you had to shout to be heard.

Also we need to consider traveling. Without planes, everything was by boats or horse-drawn wagons. For sailing, it could take weeks to traverse the oceans. Emperor Trekon is leaving the world conference, so he'd take...maybe 7-9 weeks to return to England.
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I thought we had agreed that every year we would advance time by a decade.

So, basically, it's 1900 until December 1st, and then it'll be 1910.
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Regarding the passage of time, I see nothing wrong with the way we've always done it. That is, if you want to RP something in the present, push everything back in time as necessary.
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Dec 22 2008, 05:47 PM
Speaking of the passage of time, how would we have it go? Can we twist dates? Make them happen earlier or later? I want to be the one to invent the plane, and IRL that didn't successfully happen till 1904. I don't want to wait 4 years to do that. Plus, we'd have to figure how long it'd take for these planes to become wide-spread.

Other things I'd like to point out. Earlier in another post I had said there was no phones. Wrong, there were phones, but not as we think of them of course. Long thick wires connected them, and you had to shout to be heard.

Also we need to consider traveling. Without planes, everything was by boats or horse-drawn wagons. For sailing, it could take weeks to traverse the oceans. Emperor Trekon is leaving the world conference, so he'd take...maybe 7-9 weeks to return to England.
Twisting dates is good. I think IC passage of time and dates should not be taken too seriously, to accommodate players' personal schedules.

Btw, it takes less than a week for steam locomotive to travel from Spain to Korea. It should no more than 3 or 4 weeks for a coal fired ship similar the Titanic to travel from London to Tokyo. Horse drawn wagons are pretty much obsolete, except among the Amish Children.
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I belive that there is only a truble in what you suggest.

In NS1 the era was the actual present and discoveries may be follow real one, but without time moving toward the present in NS2 how can i have tanks?

However, for me, elastic time will be great.
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Horses will still exist as the common means of transportation for much of the world until even the 1940s, I think. Cars did not suddenly take over the world, only the rich could afford them, until Ford.
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In industrialized countries, trains would be the common means of transportation, not horses. By this time rails would have carried in total far more people per year than horses. In fact only the rich could afford to keep horses for personal transportation.
Edited by Tristan da Cunha, Dec 22 2008, 06:31 PM.
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