Encyclopedia Post-Apocalyptica - GENERAL CHAT

[Diamond]

Post your question, ideas, comments, etc etc etc here.

To sign up, post in the RULES thread. ENTRIES go in the ENTRIES thread.

[mmmeee0]

I'd like to have B4 for myself for a bit. Homeland of my tribe and all, just want to get a certain island out of the way. Well, E5 and E6 within B4.

[HueyLong]

I've got a good idea for the wastes of Indianapolis.... and two divergent factions, and their now-mythic past.

[Diamond]

To repeat a post from the other thread: the idea here is not to claim a grid square. Those grid refs are purely for locational purposes, so folks know where on the map (approximately) your entry is, if it's something stationary like a nation or a mountain. Everyone playing can choose, if they want, to have an entry dealing with B4 on the same turn.

If that happens, and the entries conflict, we'll resolve it in... a way yet to be determined.

[Alex]

One question - I have an idea for an entry (as in a certain type of organization active in the post-apocalyptic world), however, this idea is something I would also incorporate into a story I am thinking of now. Would you be OK with the entry as is, or would you rather see it altered to where when it shows up in an unrelated story (if I ever write it), it is called something different, and has different basic description etc?

[mmmeee0]

Originally Posted by Diamond

To repeat a post from the other thread: the idea here is not to claim a grid square. Those grid refs are purely for locational purposes, so folks know where on the map (approximately) your entry is, if it's something stationary like a nation or a mountain. Everyone playing can choose, if they want, to have an entry dealing with B4 on the same turn.

If that happens, and the entries conflict, we'll resolve it in... a way yet to be determined.

I know...it's just important that I can have an entry on my home quickly...

[Brendon]

Should we try to put together a timeline up to 2120, at least a reference for technological concerns? Otherwise I'm going to follow Orion's Arm, and I know how some people feel about that universe.

[Admiral Canaris]

I might be around; I have some ideas from old MWs I can reuse...

[HueyLong]

How outlandish are we going?

I mean, the ideas I've got aren't really all too far out there- think the more restrained stuff in Fallout.

Though I do have an idea I don't think anyone else would have gotten- a Hispanic "homeland" in the Midwest.

[Sir Ironside]

Razor Swarm: A massive coglomeration of advanced micro-technology that can strip a region bare in days. Each component is about the size of a large wasp, and is capable of recreating itself, with enough time and materials. There are really only two options when a swarm is seen in the area, run, or hide; neither of which is very successful. Vast swaths of Nourika have been laid to waste by these Swarms, people tend to stay away from these places for decades, on the fear that the Swarm might come back.

[Diamond]

Nice entry, but let's wait until I assign turns before we start posting entries.

[Diamond]

Originally Posted by Alex

One question - I have an idea for an entry (as in a certain type of organization active in the post-apocalyptic world), however, this idea is something I would also incorporate into a story I am thinking of now. Would you be OK with the entry as is, or would you rather see it altered to where when it shows up in an unrelated story (if I ever write it), it is called something different, and has different basic description etc?

Whatever you want. If you plan to use the same idea in a story you might publish, I'd suggest using a different name for it here.

Originally Posted by mmmeee0

I know...it's just important that I can have an entry on my home quickly...

Patience, mmmeee-san.

Originally Posted by Brendon

Should we try to put together a timeline up to 2120, at least a reference for technological concerns? Otherwise I'm going to follow Orion's Arm, and I know how some people feel about that universe.

You can if you want to, but don't expect it to be canon. I'd rather not delve too deeply into the causes and events of the Apocalypse until we get some solid data on what's around now.

Originally Posted by HueyLong

How outlandish are we going?

I mean, the ideas I've got aren't really all too far out there- think the more restrained stuff in Fallout.

Though I do have an idea I don't think anyone else would have gotten- a Hispanic "homeland" in the Midwest.

Like I said in the other thread, try to keep it in the spirit of Planet of the Apes or Canticle for Liebowitz. Fallout type stuff should be fine.

[Diamond]

General note:

We'll start posting entries on Saturday. I want to give everyone who wants to a chance to sign up between now and then. Saturday morning I'll randomly assign turns, and then, in order, you can make your first entries.

The first person has three days to make their entry, then the following person has three days from the time the last person made their entry. You don't have to wait three days to make your entry when its your turn, I"m just allowing UP TO three days for those of us that can't flog their imaginations quite as fast.

[Haggis]

Whoo boy, this is gonna be fun.

[Alex]

Awesome, got the idea for my entry pretty planned out, excited to add on to it. I presume mutation and the like are pretty common in this world, right? Because if it is reasonably common occurrence, my entry will work really well for what it is...

[Sir Ironside]

Sorry, I jumped the gun.

[HueyLong]

Planet of the Apes?

Haggis, all I have to say is Radiant City GO!

Diamond, a question- are we regarding this encyclopedia as an in-universe work (as in, compiled by some force in the world from local sorces, or as a silent Watcher recording from above?)

[Diamond]

Originally Posted by HueyLong

Planet of the Apes?

Haggis, all I have to say is Radiant City GO!

Diamond, a question- are we regarding this encyclopedia as an in-universe work (as in, compiled by some force in the world from local sorces, or as a silent Watcher recording from above?)

That's a good question - how would you guys prefer to do it? 'Outside recorder' has the benefit of conveying 'authentic' information, but in-universe would perhaps give a lot more local color. I tend to lean towards 'outside recorder', personally. Or, you could do one or the other, or both, maybe with a little notice at the beginning of the entry stating which style it's done in.

And what's wrong with Planet of the Apes? Although I guess I really mean Beneath the Planet of the Apes - you know, the A-bomb worshipping mutants in the ruins of NYC...

Originally Posted by Diamond

That's a good question - how would you guys prefer to do it? 'Outside recorder' has the benefit of conveying 'authentic' information, but in-universe would perhaps give a lot more local color. I tend to lean towards 'outside recorder', personally. Or, you could do one or the other, or both, maybe with a little notice at the beginning of the entry stating which style it's done in.

I say both.

Have some entries be considered 'outside recorder' but have a few that are made by, uh, 'Academics of the Church of the Shining Star, located in the Serene Republic of Wah-Shing-Ton, on behalf of His Excellency Kee-Rok III, who, in the year 569 of the Republic, was charged to set forth and gather information on the lands within 200 leagues of the Capital so that All shall learn and embrace the Word'.

And I think I just got another idea for an entry.

[HueyLong]

Wasn't saying there was a problem with Planet of the Apes. Was referring to a project Haggis and I almost pursued called Radiant City, which had a bit of apes gone wild in an urban area. (And was an art deco nuclear chic setting....)

I think in-universe recorder would give more flexibility with the writers. Because they could chalk it up to an unreliable source.

[Diamond]

Originally Posted by HueyLong

Wasn't saying there was a problem with Planet of the Apes. Was referring to a project Haggis and I almost pursued called Radiant City, which had a bit of apes gone wild in an urban area. (And was an art deco nuclear chic setting....)

Ah, gotcha.

I think in-universe recorder would give more flexibility with the writers. Because they could chalk it up to an unreliable source.

As long as people don't try to take advantage of that to screw up other peoples entries, override them with their own...

[Locke]

Or we could have the Encyclopedia be made by some scholars hudnreds of years after the Dark Age.

[Ran Exilis]

Well, I thought that reworking an old idea wouldn't take so long, but litterally ended up spending all night writing on it...

I hope it's coherent enough.

[Alex]

Excellent entry Ran!

[Diamond]

That was freakin' excellent, Ran! As far as killing yourself writing stuff for this - don't! If you don't want to be in every round, you don't have to be; just post something here to the effect that you want to skip a turn.

Okay, now let's see what mmmeee0's got. (Y'know, that's a really annoying screen name... )