So could we all agree on steampunk/victorian?

 

Here's a list of what things might look like:

 

Submarines:

http://mateengreenway.com/steampunk/SUB_4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/bananaphone5000/GORILLLAS/VMST9.jpg

Boats:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/io9/2009/10/Steampunk_Concept_Art_No_1_by_CreepyBlueStorm.jpg

http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/images/Jasper_Morello_-Crew_navigating_in_skiff.jpg

http://pinlac.com/images/JabbaSteampunkBarge.jpg

Helicopters:

http://beartechgroup.com/copter.jpg

http://www.warcraftmounts.com/images/mounts/gyrocopter_01.jpg

Airships:

The ones I posted above^

http://media.moddb.com/images/members/1/338/337731/Steam20zeppelin20by20CavaetScoti.jpg

Tanks:

http://www.selwg.com/steam-tank.jpg

http://wow.incgamers.com/w/images/5/55/Steamtank.gif

 

I'll add more later.

And Gunblades.

Don't forget gunblades.

Are we still progressing through time? If so, some steam might become obselete.

Archimage, if we don't post Nazi flags can I still play as the Nazi empire?

The swastika was a symbol of good luck before the nazis. They weren't "bad" before the nazis started using it as a symbol.

We're progressing through time, but with restrictions. Since there is no nuclear fission / fusion, it is impossible to power a large spacecraft. But beyond that you can do anything.

I'd rather we stick with the steampunk theme. You can still research, but stuff has to be based off that.

I have to wonder why Hex likes the Nazis so much.

 

Also, I'd rather we stuck with steampunk as well.

 

I call sky-pirates anarchist nation.

We're progressing through time, but with restrictions. Since there is no nuclear fission / fusion, it is impossible to power a large spacecraft. But beyond that you can do anything.

I'd rather we stick with the steampunk theme. You can still research, but stuff has to be based off that.

I agree, but since steampunk stuff is completely unrealistic...

 

DOES THIS MEAN WE CAN FINALLY LIBERATE OURSELVES FROM THE NARROW MINDED PHYSICS???

 

I mean, we can self moderate so nothing would be overpowered. But this game would become a bit more fantasy-ish.

Well, sort of. The most advanced tech we're probably gonna get is like giant floating cities, which wouldn't really work with physics, but its not like we're going to have any teleportation devices, FTL drives, space stuff really, and so on. Well, Nuclear Power in its current state is kinda powered by steam, but we can just ignore that.

Archimage, if we don't post Nazi flags can I still play as the Nazi empire?

The swastika was a symbol of good luck before the nazis. They weren't "bad" before the nazis started using it as a symbol.

You see I'm sick of people saying that, it's a fact and it's not clever at all. Aswell as that I didn't even ask what the swastika was used for before, it is now commonly used as a sign of the Nazi party and the Hindu good luck symbol is still used but is not recognised as much.

I said a 'Nazi flag' which Archimage has already told me is against forum rules.

 

 

And I don't want to be forced to stick to a certian genre.

Archimage, if we don't post Nazi flags can I still play as the Nazi empire?

The swastika was a symbol of good luck before the nazis. They weren't "bad" before the nazis started using it as a symbol.

You see I'm sick of people saying that, it's a fact and it's not clever at all. Aswell as that I didn't even ask what the swastika was used for before, it is now commonly used as a sign of the Nazi party and the Hindu good luck symbol is still used but is not recognised as much.

I said a 'Nazi flag' which Archimage has already told me is against forum rules.

 

 

And I don't want to be forced to stick to a certian genre.

Uh, hex, I was just saying that banning the use of swastikas is sort of illogical because of that. The Nazi Flag is just a swastika, pretty much, so that's what you were basically asking about.

 

And that's your problem.

The reason it is considered offensive is because it is now associated with the nazis. It doesn't matter what it meant before, it is forever destined to be known as "That symbol the nazis used".

 

But yeah, giant floating cities sound cool. Or making an island or 10 float over a few hundered years by digging into the island and creating a ton of machinery inside.

 

I find myself joyous in saying SCREW PHYSICS, LETS HAVE US SOME AIR PIRATES AND FLOATING CONTINENTS.

Ok, well stop it because I don't give a [bleep] and if I don't ask a question don't answer it with [cabbage].

 

And yeh, genres get boring and it's not even been decided.

 

And without physics how do we define possible or not?

The Nazi hakenkruis is actually the inverse of the Hindu cross.

Ok, well stop it because I don't give a [bleep] and if I don't ask a question don't answer it with [cabbage].

 

And yeh, genres get boring and it's not even been decided.

 

And without physics how do we define possible or not?

Chill the [bleep] out.

And it's not like we're ignoring physics, just that they're... laxer.

 

And it's not that we have a genre, it's just the way the world turned out in this alternative history.

Whereas now the world is mostly powered by petroleum, with ac/dc currents and all that, in this history it would be steam powered.

There are different kinds of steampunk. Just take a culture from modern times and replace it's technology with steampunk.

 

Also, obviously we're going to be doing impossible things within reason.

Sere..... Seriously. End of discussion.

And while your doing steampunk my sci-fi ulfsarks with light axes willl kill every [bleep]ing thing in sight.

Or even better my magneton robots made of plastic will own all of your clockworks.

Sere..... Seriously. End of discussion.

And while your doing steampunk my sci-fi ulfsarks with light axes willl kill every [bleep]ing thing in sight.

Or even better my magneton robots made of plastic will own all of your clockworks.

Actually, no you won't. Because what we're thinking of doing is having it in a world where NOTHING BUt STEAM POWER was invented, and it's semi-modern times.

 

Oh and @ Rocco:

 

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Hex, I think you need to calm down.

 

And again, you can put any culture you want into the steampunk setting.

Steampunk physics.

This would be quite helpful, if we compile 10 reasons on how steampunk works. Like cartoon physics.

What do you say?

1) energy can be multiplyed by steam (this explains the massive power we have)

2) AI is easy to make and manafacture.

 

And is this steampunkery going to have different stages of development. For example if John wants to research a steampunk fly will he have to research flight, AI, energy saving or can he just make the fly.

The point I'm trying to make is that all all steampunk things are at the same stage of development. There is no new weapons and such, it'll become a flame war.

It'll only become a flame war with you around.

 

@Rocco, f1

Omg that was witty.

Anyway, I'm on my phone so I don't think I explained it that well.

Ok, in the normal hegemony say I wanted to research a robot: it has a coilgun, AI system and works with plastic conductivity. In the oriigional hegemony is have to research all of that however in the new steampunk hegemony you can just research the robot, the game will fall apart.

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@rocco F1

How would it work then?

Well, I'm sure if we can straighten out the rules, it'll be interesting. Anyways, rifles, instead of gunpowder, could be propeled by compressed steam! :thumbsup:

Steampunk sounds good. I'd prefer if there was no moderation whatsoever except for combat, though.