Extra Canon Research Discussion

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So, as I’ve said, I’m interested in experimenting with the extra canon’s at some point, so I figured that before I start drafting settings and ideas, it might be practical to get some data from the community (obviously other people could use this, I just needed to make something because there wasn’t anywhere else to put it)

On average, how long might it take you to rp the events of a single day?

An uneventful day (not much happens)
  • 1-2 Days
  • 2-5 Days
  • 6-7 Days
  • More than a week
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A normal day (a fair amount of stuff happens)
  • 1-2 Days
  • 2-5 Days
  • 6-7 Days
  • More than a week
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An eventful day (a lot happens)
  • 1-2 Days
  • 2-5 Days
  • 6-7 Days
  • More than a week
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Legend, feel free to ask me to delete this if you don’t want it here, but I’d also like to get some preliminary data on what genres people are most interested in

What setting(s) are you interested in that are not covered by an existing canon?
  • Low Fantasy
  • Pure medieval
  • Modern Fantasy (A setting set in a fantasy world that is modern in technology)
  • Steampunk
  • Cyberpunk
  • Renaissance/Colonial Era
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The below means that, instead of a canon that is generally roleplay-oriented with worldbuilding as a backdrop like Pacifica, we would instead have a canon that is generally worldbuilding-oriented with the roleplay as a secondary effort. I imagine this as a refuge for those who dislike the fast-paced and generally contradictory nature of Pacifica and would instead like a slower-paced, relaxing canon where they can work at their own pace instead of having to check the RP daily lest they miss a major, world-changing war (that inevitably ends up not really changing the world that much).

This could work with any tech level or setting, although it would probably work best with a modern or science fiction setting. For comparison, Pacifica currently takes “many fundamental concepts” from the real world (religions, languages, mirrored colonial history, great war in the 20th century, carbon copy cultures, etc.).

Would you be interested in a canon that is less of a roleplay canon and more of a collaborative worldbuilding project? If so, to what degree?
  • No
  • Yes, I would be interested in a worldbuilding project that takes many concepts from the real world.
  • Yes, I would be interested in a worldbuilding project that takes some fundamental concepts from the real world (religion, language, etc.).
  • Yes, I would be interested in a fully original worldbuilding project with little if any concepts taken from the real world.
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Roleplay Preferences (Characters)
  • Roleplaying as a nation (you control many characters)
  • Roleplaying as a person (you control one character)
  • Roleplaying as nation interacting with other nations (you interact with other roleplayer’s nations)
  • Roleplaying as a person interacting with other people (you interact with other roleplayer’s characters)
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Roleplay Preferences (Setting)
  • Roleplaying in a setting you have complete control over
  • Roleplaying in a setting you have some control over
  • Roleplaying in a setting you have no control over
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(I accidentally made the first poll multiple choice, you can only pick one though)

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For clarification on the first poll (Characters):

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Are you interested in in roleplaying in a steampunk/colonial era world?
  • Yes
  • No
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What would you roleplay in?
  • I would ONLY roleplay in a Steampunk canon
  • I would ONLY roleplay in a “realistic” colonial era canon
  • I don’t care; either is fine.
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Oh I have been WAITING for this. Magical 19th century colonialism here I come!

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Meanwhile me: Oh boy time for BRASS AND COGS

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Me when brass and cogs.

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Wait, isn’t colonial 15th century?

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There are two phases of colonialism.

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Old colonialism, aka America, and new colonialism aka africa. Im not sure where asia falls.

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Asia would be in new I think.

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Yeah, to be clear I am talking more 2nd phase in terms of technology

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Essentially this is “steampunk or realistic”

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Oh yeah, Rithmatist time

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Since I have enough general interest, I think I am going to start making the map. Currently, the roleplayers who would ONLY do one or the other are tied, so if anyone wants to break the tie, please do so by 2024-06-03T19:00:00Z. Otherwise, I will pick one myself.

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By the will of the people: this canon will be realistic, in the second era of colonialism (Africa and Asia IRL)

If all goes well, the map topic should be up by today or tomorrow.

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So, question: we’ll actually be allowed to create proper colonial empires, right?

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I know this may seem like a dumb question to ask, but I really just want to make sure if I am going to participate.