Familiarity and RP

[Fletcher]

So when it comes to the roleplay choices we make, or more to it, the characters we decide to roleplay.

This questions came to mind with the Liberty and Bretonian populations, compared to say Kusari and arguably Rheinland at times.

Is the familiarity of our environments silently dictating what choices we make in Discovery?

I'm trying to get into the Kusari way of things, though the 'internal lines/jokes/culture' is awkward to me, therefore the reason to roleplay a Rheinlander moving to Kusari, a foreigner in and out of roleplay.

Would you agree with this line of thought? Add more!

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[Ceoran]

Contrary to your proposal, I myself enjoy playing in Kusari the most, despite never even having been to Asia, nor having much knowledge on Japan except for a few historical facts.
However, I'm German and the place I enjoy least to play in is actually Rheinland for it annoys me to encounter the same old and worn-out stereotypes and 'jokes' over and over again.
strange, isn't it?

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Go play the game, within the given limitations. That is how role play games are played. Not by trying to work around those limitations or whining about them.

[Zapp]

That's one reason why I avoid Kusari for the most part. I don't get the names, or anything else really. It's a lot harder to grasp than, say, playing Libertonian or Bretonian, or even an Outcast/Corsair.

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[TheJarl]

I do wish there was a Dutch house with legal synth weed. But generally like playing all different kinds of nationalities. My main char is Libertonian and I got absolutely nothing with America so yeah..

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[Akura]

I find it hard to adjust to anything that isn't Kusari.

[Pancakes]

I find it hard to adjust to anything that isn't Kusari.

I have found it amusing in my goal of getting one of my characters having the biggest bounty ever on it's head would be hard to beat the 100m bounty from the sairs on Queen Carina and that Rheinlander... >.>

Anyway, I know that there are few people that RP foreigners in other houses.

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BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

[RAL]

I hope not. Otherwise I may infact be psychotic

[Sturmwind]

There's hardly an influencer like that if your national culture is vastly different from any of the ones presented in Discovery.

I'm mainly a Rheinland player, but that's because I 'grew up' to have responsibilities therein instead of another House and thus built up experience in role playing a character of the said descent, not because I feel some sentimental attraction to Rheinland due to its relation to today's Germany. I like Kusari too and I prefer to think that I got the gasp of the Kusari mentality (despite not being to make a difference between female and male names, among similar issues), I just never really had the chance to exploit it due to having responsibilities elsewhere.

[r3vange]

[color=#FFFFFF]+1 bonus when your p.o.o.(point of origin +300xp for creating a new abbreviation) isn't in the game and you have a vast range of choices. To be absolutely fair I enjoy playing in the borderworld/edge worlds the most due the fact I simply like the atmosphere - the frontier of known space, the houses are advanced and all but they are nothing more than news you read once in a while. And your high tech is there to keep you alive not be shown off in front of 50000000 people

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[Ayem]

I prefer to stay in nebulas, preferably without rocks. They feel all snuggly, like a blanket. I tend to be able to think more clearly in Kusari, because the light is purer, and has calmer colours than many other areas. Most of my characters there are very idealistically motivated, and eloquent, with a keen sense of philosophy.

Rheinland feels dirty and often claustrophobic to me, but sometimes I like that feeling, and most of my characters in Rheinland are working class in Bladerunner style human environments.

Bretonia is somewhere between the two, mainly because of the non-vanilla systems like Chester and Newcastle, but also because of Edinburgh. Dublin though, where I mostly am in Bretonia, feels so warm and passionate because of the colour palette, and most of my characters there are firebrands, or grumpy and worn out after a life of being a firebrand.

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