18-04-2025, 10:06 PM
I'm infavour of a soft ban on weapons of mass destruction, especially the nuclear kind. I'll explain what I mean by that. First and foremost though, sorry for weighing in so late.
What is realistic and do we have admins with time to check up on it?
The Major problem I have with weapons like these is that it needs to be realistic and well RP'ed to create. I agree with that principle. But what is realistic? Wat is good RP surrounding it? Nations like North Korea also have nukes. I have no idea how good they are but they do have them. So it would require either a pre-set bunch of rules and a lot of admin oversight and lets be real, who has time for such oversight? Yes we can ignore the unrealistic RP, but is that fun? Shouldnt we as a community take some stances? This is why I think a bit of a ban is neccessary.
It shatters or limits RP through powerplaying or world wide proliferation
Secondly, I believe that nuclear powers shatter RP if we arent carefull. Look at what happened between Luthori and Vanuku over Beiteynu. In discussions the only nuclear power, who got the nukes (Vanuku) from a nation that fell apart (Beiteynu) threatend another power (Luthori) with nuking its capital if it claimed the throne of Beiteynu. That is shattering RP. Its so much overpower that Luthori wouldnt be able to move. And what is the logical response to that? Two in my mind, one OOC, aka we ignore the threats as powerplaying and continue anyway, which opens another can of worms, or... we accept the reality and like all major economies and great powers build our own nukes. The problem that begets is the inability of small and medium powers like Modurdia, Seko or others to intervene or act. The nuclear powers can just project their power. That shatters all fun RP. I doubt that would be fun.
Good thought out RP-story should be requirement
What do I think is good? Well thoughtout nuclear RP with a good reason with in a timeframe. The weapons must not be permanent and only to be used and considered during a specific RP timeline, like what happened with Beiteynu. That was fun, engaging and generally worked out well with great RP behind it to get to that point. Also it was thoroughly discussed with all parties involved. I think thats is important.
How to make rules to fit in with what I said? I dont know, I think that is step 2.
What is realistic and do we have admins with time to check up on it?
The Major problem I have with weapons like these is that it needs to be realistic and well RP'ed to create. I agree with that principle. But what is realistic? Wat is good RP surrounding it? Nations like North Korea also have nukes. I have no idea how good they are but they do have them. So it would require either a pre-set bunch of rules and a lot of admin oversight and lets be real, who has time for such oversight? Yes we can ignore the unrealistic RP, but is that fun? Shouldnt we as a community take some stances? This is why I think a bit of a ban is neccessary.
It shatters or limits RP through powerplaying or world wide proliferation
Secondly, I believe that nuclear powers shatter RP if we arent carefull. Look at what happened between Luthori and Vanuku over Beiteynu. In discussions the only nuclear power, who got the nukes (Vanuku) from a nation that fell apart (Beiteynu) threatend another power (Luthori) with nuking its capital if it claimed the throne of Beiteynu. That is shattering RP. Its so much overpower that Luthori wouldnt be able to move. And what is the logical response to that? Two in my mind, one OOC, aka we ignore the threats as powerplaying and continue anyway, which opens another can of worms, or... we accept the reality and like all major economies and great powers build our own nukes. The problem that begets is the inability of small and medium powers like Modurdia, Seko or others to intervene or act. The nuclear powers can just project their power. That shatters all fun RP. I doubt that would be fun.
Good thought out RP-story should be requirement
What do I think is good? Well thoughtout nuclear RP with a good reason with in a timeframe. The weapons must not be permanent and only to be used and considered during a specific RP timeline, like what happened with Beiteynu. That was fun, engaging and generally worked out well with great RP behind it to get to that point. Also it was thoroughly discussed with all parties involved. I think thats is important.
How to make rules to fit in with what I said? I dont know, I think that is step 2.