The Cold War

[Snitch]

A long time ago, a single king ruled the land of RolePlayia. He was highly regarded as a respected roleplayer, and was generally loved by the population of his kingdom. As a Dealer, Sire Umbra spent much of his time interacting with the roleplaying members as to how to make the section better, and life passed as usual. Sire Umbra and the people of RolePlayia enjoyed their time discussing and playing games with each other, enjoying each other's company and making new friends daily. Each game they would play a different character in a whole new world which would ever-expand.

 

Good ruled the land. But all know that good is only half of the whole, and without an evil can exist no good.

 

And such an evil appeared one day. This event could be marked as the beginning of 'The Cold War', as it is now known as. Nobody is truly sure what started the tension in RolePlayia. Some also blame it upon the fact that the people of RolePlayia were becoming lazy and less work was being done, and where their work passion lacked their gaming passion also did so. Soon people could hardly be bothered, drinking the night away as they made short discussion with each other of what their character did next. The worlds stopped expanding. The characters much less explored the beautiful fountains of crystal clear water and more so just an un-detailed cave. Nought existed as more so than a sketch; the colour of detail was lacked.

 

Sire Umbra, whilst one of the few that still managed to put some effort into his gaming, decided this was not acceptable whatsoever. Many agreed with him, and so, a law was passed in RolePlayia - this rule was known as 'The Advanced Clause'. The Advanced Clause stated that all the population of RolePlayia must put more work into their lives and stop their lax behaviour, including when gaming with each other. Some took heed to this and began to improve, once again drawing the paintbrushes of creativity and painting their worlds beautiful once more. However, most refused.

 

And so, the Cold War began.

 

At first it was mild disagreement. Nobody got hurt, no families and friendships were torn apart and people still played games. But slowly, it became apparent that some couldn't care less. Soon they began to meld together, and would form The Rebellion of RolePlayia. Utilising the Card Maker Machine located in the palace of the ruler of YCM Island, the ruler of the entire island including it's separate countries, of which RolePlayia was one, to create picket signs fighting against the Advanced Clause Law. They turned to weaponary, and used fire to create flames to assault people who followed the Clause. Some of the Rebellion were slaughtered mercilessly as those who assaulted, but others chose a more respectable path of discussion, choosing peace over war to fight against the Advanced Clause.

 

And after an amount of time, it was clear neither side would win the Cold War, and so arose the Tagging Treaty. All game tables must be marked with a label depending on how in-depth it would be. Yet, most did not realise the purpose of this method, which was to try and entice Basic gamers into Advanced games. Most refused to do so, and slowly got worse and became even more lax than before. And now, after the original Cold War which lasted months, the Advanced Clause Law rises again, yet War is slowly unfolding.

 

If I lived in RolePlayia, I would be ashamed. I would be ashamed to be a part of either dragging down those that used to be friends but fell to either the Rebellion or the Law. I would be ashamed that arguments are unfolding over the fact that one side is not trying to improve. I would be ashamed that those enforcing the law aren't coaxing those that are in need of improvement by joining the basic games, and teaching them how to create better posts.

 

I know I would be ashamed; what about you?

[Jonny]

i would like to join , but..... were the hell is the application form?

[Snitch]

This isn't a roleplay, it's a message; anyone with a brain could see that. Not that I'm saying you don't have one, it's just that you appear to not be using it.

[bury the year]

Well, let's wait and see on what'll happen, right? I'm sure that this will ignite some more flames, so I'll lock it for the meantime. No offence; it was a nice story. ;D