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Ideas to get Africa actice? I have a couple but...
Topic Started: Jul 3 2009, 11:46 AM (405 Views)
Ulgania
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Yeah, I have a few ideas to make Africa active again, but of course they involve other people doin' thangs.

First, colonies. Yeah, I have my Declaration on colonialism, so any native African countries that want to uphold it could start contending with colonies. But, that involves people coming and having native countries.

Second, I have a nifty RP idea that involves my American country, Terrel Fen. The city in Ulgania, Terrel-Ulgith has its own NS account, and if anyone cared to they could make it a vibrant city-state that connects the two countries (Fen will be a colony, eventually).

I mean, I've been RPing the city as a complete wasteland of a place with thieves/gangs running the show. It's a great safe-haven for politicians/refugees :lol:
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Nag Ehgoeg
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Out of pure prejudice for reasons long since rendered pointless and mostly forgotten, I've ignored Africa (except for moderation purposes).

So while I know that Africa is very inactive, I've got no idea about specific events and nations in Africa.

As such, I can't make any helpful suggestions about boosting activity. I know that Nag Ehgoeg's got no real business in Africa.

But, I would be interested in playing some kind of game involving refugees in a wasteland run by thieves and gangs. That really appeals to me.
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NRE
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You on the colonial horizon, I had hoped to make Morocco into a situation which could prove inspiration for Africa but then with everything else I simply decided to finish it off rather quickly. I could recon it, and again revive the idea of creating more out of it than just a simple Colonizations story if you and perhaps a few other African nations are interested.

Of course if we went that route I'd prefer to do it post-dominion of course and if possible actually wait until we're done with the Dominion so that a clearer picture of the new world is made. Sure we could simply do it now and say its post dominion, but I'd prefer to see what all plays out when the Dominion falls as it would certainly effect to one degree or another the colonization.

Still, if we did it right it could certainly become a long standing issue between Russia and the African states which oppose it, creating an almost endless bound of possibility for new stories.
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Well, I also had plans to have a lot of religious leaders from all faiths/denominations come to my nation (or a delegate) and have my king declare a national religion.

It can cause conflict between religious, new friendships, new strongholds in africa for those in other countries, conflicts within different denominations and all sorts of other stuff. I had created an OOC thread entitled, "OOC: The Revival Has Come" for it, but no one has payed any attention to it really. The biggest problem is that everyone petty much said that they cant do anything like that untill the dominion is gone soI am waiting for that to happen for now. If anyone is interested in doing this, check out the OOC thread/PMme with questions or voice your opinions/concerns in here.

As far as Ulganias idea, it sounds fun to me too and I will surely do my best to join in. I want Africa to be active (again) as much as anyone else lol
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Ulgania
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Nag, we all know there are going to be a few refugees/charismatic criminals running around post-Dominion, so feel free to have a hand in the Terrel-Ulgith project

And NRE, that can be put on the backburner if you're willing to let it come back later. Before the African campaign I was pretty interested in having something happen on that path
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

I could pitch in every now and then. I've got two dependencies to the north-west and south-east.
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Kasnyia
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For now. I dunno if the one in the south east would last due to the means of which it was achieved...

Post-Dominion, I intend to have the Dominion remnants act as a sort of nomadic foreign legion type entity, based in an independant Ziyer. Maybe some activity can come out of that.
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Ulgania
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the southern one could make for some interesting RP. Buuuut I'm wondering if anyone's going to stick around to RP the Romans

or if anyone will actually manage to stick it out and put a state in Africa :dry:

Either way it's cool to see people actually interested ^^
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Telosan
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Telosan has land in Africa. I suppose it could be considered a colony, I never stated whether or not the locals agreed.
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Toussaint
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I'm considering launching a Yvelinais colonization mission into North Africa, though that's probably not what you had in mind.
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Ulgania
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Actually, I had another thought. Since the Middle East and Africa have always had a bit of an overlap, why not give the two regions the same status as the Americas? I haven't thought of any details outside of that but it might allow for more non-colonial activity.

I dunno. Just a passing thought.
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Kasnyia
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Frankly, I have always felt things would have been better if north and south America had been split. So I disagree with having Africa and the middle east one region.
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Porcu
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Ulgania
Jul 5 2009, 01:21 PM
Actually, I had another thought. Since the Middle East and Africa have always had a bit of an overlap, why not give the two regions the same status as the Americas? I haven't thought of any details outside of that but it might allow for more non-colonial activity.

I dunno. Just a passing thought.
This makes quite a bit of sense to me.
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NRE
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I'm not sure how making the two, one would help with colonization.... :huh:

So long as your not in the hinge area, you may have a nation in Africa and a nation in the middle east. If you're in the hinge area then you automatically have representation in both regions.
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NRE
Jul 5 2009, 10:19 PM
I'm not sure how making the two, one would help with colonization.... :huh:

So long as your not in the hinge area, you may have a nation in Africa and a nation in the middle east. If you're in the hinge area then you automatically have representation in both regions.
This.
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Ulgania
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Nag Ehgoeg
Jul 7 2009, 07:03 AM
NRE
Jul 5 2009, 10:19 PM
I'm not sure how making the two, one would help with colonization.... :huh:

So long as your not in the hinge area, you may have a nation in Africa and a nation in the middle east. If you're in the hinge area then you automatically have representation in both regions.
This.
Fair enough.
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New Harumf
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Hmm, Pirates are always interested in wastelands filled with criminals and thieves! I see, perhaps, a nice Lambda League base here!
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I might try and have Cerdone interfere a bit. For funsies.

HAHA DISREGARD THAT, WRONG THREAD.
Edited by A.Q., Jul 10 2009, 12:22 PM.
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Devin Wire
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Well, I am trying to come back on the scene in Africa, if I am so permitted to do so.
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Ulgania
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A better Zarathustra has never rode a horse
You'll be fine DW
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Devin Wire
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Thank you kindly.
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Abnar
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Hopefully I can help with this. =)

I'm planning to bring Abnar back as something more than a military state. Hopefully a little subtlety will make RP more interesting. And hopefully I won't end up with a government-in-exile during a war that never ends again.
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Ulgania
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Ack! I just annexed your plot of land!

If you're coming back, then I'll retcon all of that and pretend I never expanded.

EDIT: Southern Africa seems to be kicking though. Much more than I would have ever thought possible :lol:
Edited by Ulgania, Jul 14 2009, 08:37 PM.
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Abnar
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Ulgania
Jul 14 2009, 08:36 PM
Ack! I just annexed your plot of land!

If you're coming back, then I'll retcon all of that and pretend I never expanded.

EDIT: Southern Africa seems to be kicking though. Much more than I would have ever thought possible :lol:
That's not necessary, I don't want to displace anyone. How much coastline is available in the ME these days?
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Kasnyia
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None, but I think Paradise will be willing to part with some land if you ask him. Already did it for one guy...
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