Mosaic Earth Player Roster for next game

[Glen]

This is not an official thread. This is not the beginning of ME8. Rather, this is a roster for people who wish to play when ME8 starts.

DO NOT POST CLAIMS OR EVEN DISCUSSION HERE!

This is solely so we can get a head count of how many people will be playing. This is entirely open, so completely new people, rookies from LiME and MEuro, old hands from ME7 or earlier MEs, even that odd IE ;) , are welcome to join.

Note, given the logistics, it is likely that ME8 will not start until the beginning of September, late August at the earliest, so you should consider whether you can play during the Fall Semester if you are a student, but we hope you can.

[Othniel]

I'll be playing. :cool:

[perdedor99]

Count me in.

[luakel]

I guess I'll play. :cool:

[Bulgaroktonos]

I'll be playing

[General_Paul]

I, of course, will be playing in ME8!

[Othniel]

I'm going to say MBarry is playing because he is its creator. He can comfirm or deny when he gets back, but I'm making sure he is included in this head count.

[SkyEmperor]

I'd like to play, but this is going to be my first game. :)

[Ward]

Count me in Also

[Imajin]

Count me in! I have several ideas...

[Matt]

Word, squared... to the max!

[DuQuense]

The Title of another Thread asks the Question

I answer -FUN FUN FUN

WTF was that flash of Light.

[Justin Pickard]

Put me down as a 'maybe', for the moment.

[pa_dutch]

I'll play.

[luakel]

I guess I'll play. :cool:
Well, can you put me down as a "maybe" instead? I only really want to play if I manage to claim a powerful country, plus I don't know what my schedule is going to be like, so I might be playing.

[Forum Lurker]

I'll likely play; I've been a bit disappointed by the pace and involvement in the LiME.

[Matt]

Well, can you put me down as a "maybe" instead? I only really want to play if I manage to claim a powerful country, plus I don't know what my schedule is going to be like, so I might be playing.


I'll let you know right now there's going to be a limit on "powerful countries in this one, at max 3 superpowers.

[Leej]

Will consider it if you have some sort of decent rules in place.

[perdedor99]

I'll let you know right now there's going to be a limit on "powerful countries in this one, at max 3 superpowers.

I think three superpowers is too much. Two super and some regional powers.

[reformer]

Well, I guess I'm in on this one.

[Imajin]

I'll let you know right now there's going to be a limit on "powerful countries in this one, at max 3 superpowers.
How will you determine a superpower?

I suppose I'll have to get my post ready in advance, then, because I wanted to play a superpower China (Not Hendryk's, but instead one where the Qing Dynasty has a run of progressive Emperors rather than the OTL traditionalists and industrializes early on...)

[luakel]

I'll let you know right now there's going to be a limit on "powerful countries in this one, at max 3 superpowers.
I know. I was thinking about being one of the big two.

[G.Bone]

I'll join- perhaps using my old "Greater Mexico" thing I did in SME....

[Forum Lurker]

There's a lot of fun to be had in playing a weak but significant nation; for example, it doesn't really matter how much other territory you control if you own the Bosporus and the Suez.

[Bulgaroktonos]

There's a lot of fun to be had in playing a weak but significant nation; for example, it doesn't really matter how much other territory you control if you own the Bosporus and the Suez.

The way we are thinking of handling it is by giving the smaller nations tech advances.

Say you are a tiny country. Instead of a 1965 Tech level, you get a 1975-1980 level. If you are a superpower, you get 1960....etc.

[Bulgaroktonos]

I know. I was thinking about being one of the big two.

Well, with you being down for a "maybe," and with unknown time on your hands, I'm not sure that qualifies as being a good candidate for superpower status.......

I would say that 3 would actually be the best bet.

I would actually like to see somebody's Nazi Germany facing off against my Imperial Russia. Two insanely xenophobic superstates that will loathe and despise one another from the word "go...."

But that's just me.

[Matt]

I know. I was thinking about being one of the big two.


I'd much rather have experence players, who would that the political savy to have conflicts fought via proxy. Glen, P99, Bulg... I'm looking at you guys :D

[perdedor99]

I'd much rather have experence players, who would that the political savy to have conflicts fought via proxy. Glen, P99, Bulg... I'm looking at you guys :D

the problem I see is the newbies could be overrun if they got a weak nation. I'm happy with my love affair with the oriental nation. I know, no picking but I got dibs. Still maybe you or Glen. Bulg is good too but it seems his idea of a cold war is to launch WWIII. :D I don't mind playing weak nations in this one but again I got dibs in the oriental nation I'm not mentioning yet.

[Bulgaroktonos]

Still maybe you or Glen. Bulg is good too but it seems his idea of a cold war is to launch WWIII. :D

It is not Imperial Russia's fault that the Western lap dogs in Poland refused to listen to our reasonable demands that they submit themselves to the rightful and truly equitable rule of their Slavic brothers......

[perdedor99]

It is not Imperial Russia's fault that the Western lap dogs in Poland refused to listen to our reasonable demands that they submit themselves to the rightful and truly equitable rule of their Slavic brothers......

Bulg, the idea is to play proxy, not WWIII. We almost have WW1 in ME7 but, sorry getting out the theme. But to be a Cold War it needs to be fight thru proxy not the direct approach.

[Bulgaroktonos]

Bulg, the idea is to play proxy, not WWIII. We almost have WW1 in ME7 but, sorry getting out the theme. But to be a Cold War it needs to be fight thru proxy not the direct approach.

I agree. But ME6.0 was not a Cold War. Russia was fighting WWIII at the ISOT, and if you know Russia, they are some paranoid bastards.

Hey, I can do proxy. Just look at ME7.........plans within plans and wheels within wheels.......

I've fought at least two proxy wars.....and three if you count the more recent one.....

[perdedor99]

I agree. But ME6.0 was not a Cold War. Russia was fighting WWIII at the ISOT, and if you know Russia, they are some paranoid bastards.

Hey, I can do proxy. Just look at ME7.........plans within plans and wheels within wheels.......

i know. Your Great Britian was the big bully with the velvet glove.Maybe a nation like that again will be nice.

[Bulgaroktonos]

i know. Your Great Britian was the big bully with the velvet glove.Maybe a nation like that again will be nice.

Maybe I'll do my Alexandrian Great Britain from ME7....

I may try for some version of Israel........

[perdedor99]

Maybe I'll do my Alexandrian Great Britain from ME7....

I may try for some version of Israel........

Just read your Russia and in 1965 was on the middle of a cold war. It could be perfect. The problem is their borders. Losing any area could be seem as war, as they seem very paranoid.

Alexandrian GB IMO will not be one of the big powers by 1965. a version of Israel will be a good nation to play proxy with.

[luakel]

Alexandrian GB IMO will not be one of the big powers by 1965. a version of Israel will be a good nation to play proxy with.
Could I have Israel possibly? It's not one of the superpowers, so I might have enough time to play it, but it is still in a fairly volatile area and it wouldn't be too hard to find military records of that time.

[perdedor99]

Could I have Israel possibly? It's not one of the superpowers, so I might have enough time to play it, but it is still in a fairly volatile area and it wouldn't be too hard to find military records of that time.

No picking yet. :D we are just discussing the superpowers for now.

[reformer]

May I just jump in to ask, what about local powers? Will they be allowed to have any strength? Also, considering how economicaly haphazard OTL Imperial Russia way, are we sure it would become a real superpower?

[perdedor99]

May I just jump in to ask, what about local powers? Will they be allowed to have any strength? Also, considering how economicaly haphazard OTL Imperial Russia way, are we sure it would become a real superpower?

I will have a regional power. Dibs in the oriental nation I played in ME6. I know no picking yet. And maybe some small nations to fill the map. I don't know how many regional powers can we have. Check with the moderators.

[Bulgaroktonos]

I will have a regional power. Dibs in the oriental nation I played in ME6. I know no picking yet. And maybe some small nations to fill the map. I don't know how many regional powers can we have. Check with the moderators.

No "dibs" of any kind at the moment. At all.

As for questions surrounding my Imperial Russia, it is significantly different than OTL Imperial Russia. I still have to fine tweak it, as the one I put up was primarily designed simply to get the rough idea out there before the start of ME6.0

What constitutes a regional power? I would say we can have quite a few regional powers. If we look at 1972 Middle East alone, we have Iran, Iraq, Israel, Egypt, and Syria, as formidable forces in the region.

Europe could be argued to have several regional powers in the 1960s, France, Britain, West Germany, and the various Warsaw Pact countries.

A regional power is one that is capable of exterting a lot of influence or fighting a major regional war. Intermediate industrial capabilities (or at least large purchasing capabilities) various levels of resource wealth and depending on government type, the standing army could be anything from miniscule to huge........

[Matt]

There well be several levels

We've already discuss Superpowers, and it's fairly blatant what they are.

Next are Major Powers. These guys aren't insignificant. They can exert considerable influence inside their region, and also have the ability to project some world wide. Smaller nuclear aresnals also. France, Britian OTL are both examples.

Then there are regional powers. Still big influences, but lack the ablitiy to influence outside there region. South Korea, Argenta, Brazil, Isreal, and Turkey are OTL comtempory examples.

Then there are minor powers. These are the poor boys. Vietnam, Peru, etc etc.

[Glen]

Please move this discussion to Shared Worlds for now. Mods, could you perhaps move some of this over there. The idea was to get a head count here. Seems like we have a fair number ready to go for ME8, which bodes well. Let's continue the conversation on Shared Worlds Chat.

Please continue to indicate whether you will be playing here, no other comments necessary. ;)

[Diamond]

I'd have to see what the rules are going to be. If you're going to have strict POD/ISOT limits, like nations between certain years, I probably won't play. If you allow more latitude, I wouldn't mind playing one small nation.

I just don't like getting shoehorned. No offense to those who did LiME, but it just seemed too narrow and uh... limited. :)

[Glen]

I'd have to see what the rules are going to be. If you're going to have strict POD/ISOT limits, like nations between certain years, I probably won't play. If you allow more latitude, I wouldn't mind playing one small nation.

I just don't like getting shoehorned. No offense to those who did LiME, but it just seemed too narrow and uh... limited. :)

I don't think it would be telling to indicate that the POD/ISOT limits will be quite generous. The tech range should be more narrow, however. So plenty of latitude regarding history and society, not so much on technological level.

[Othniel]

It is not Imperial Russia's fault that the Western lap dogs in Poland refused to listen to our reasonable demands that they submit themselves to the rightful and truly equitable rule of their Slavic brothers......
Baltic Germans aren't Slavs Bulg.

[Diamond]

I don't think it would be telling to indicate that the POD/ISOT limits will be quite generous. The tech range should be more narrow, however. So plenty of latitude regarding history and society, not so much on technological level.
OK, then count me in.

[Cockroach]

Yep, Im signing up

[Lauranthalas]

Me is in there

[Aussey]

I will...possibly a fascist central europe

[reformer]

I will...possibly a fascist central europe
Which, knowing you, will be a pacifist Budhist state in about two weeks. . . jk

[Condottiero]

I have not decided yet what I will take, but I'll be there too.

[Mayhem]

Count me in, but not for anything major. The end of Year 12 looms far too near. for me to be really active for a while.

[Smurf]

I would like to, but something small. it'd be my first game.

[Glen]

I would like to, but something small. it'd be my first game.

Small nations are desired. Read through what's been discussed thus far. I expect that things will be finalized tonight and opened up tomorrow, so check in tonight and tomorrow for more...welcome!