Kult of the Darkness (alliance)

[Hiremas Alkerith]

You know what? I think this could work...
I literally just posted a thing on your hovertank page in the armoury as another solution AKA total war, but I think this might be better...

[Darkstorm]

Also, what exactly will this war be called? It needs to both sound cool and possibly be descriptive of what the war is.

Like, the Magikalennic war (ahr whutevahr tuh korrekt spehling uv deh gahlik-c iz) or the Dark Brigade (I personally like this one, as it's the opposite of the Light Brigade )

[Hiremas Alkerith]

Also, what exactly will this war be called? It needs to both sound cool and possibly be descriptive of what the war is.

Like, the Magikalennic war (ahr whutevahr tuh korrekt spehling uv deh gahlik-c iz) or the Dark Brigade (I personally like this one, as it's the opposite of the Light Brigade )

The magikallenic war makes sense, Or there's the Darkstorm saga or the Darkstorm syndrome something like that..

[Hiremas Alkerith]

So, here's a summary of what I think is the story so far, feel free to change this around if it clashes with existing kanon or just isn't what you planned on.
Alkeria and The Darkstorm empire combine their knowledge of portal technology to open up portals into the Magikallenic (Or however the hell it's spelt) galaxy. The galaxy is rich in natural resources, and seems to be perfect to restock on supplies. However, other factions get in on the game. The forces of Dilanski (I have no idea what the fuck they're called ) move in and declare war with the newly formed kult, and the existing inhabitants of the galaxy, the space nazis start to show interest in what's going on. Meanwhile, tensions rise within the kult, as Alkeria and the rest of the fifth alliance learn the truth about the Darkstorm virus. Furious, Hiremas Alkerith holds an emergency meeting in a bid to leave the kult. However, he is voted down by three of the other alliance members, and reluctantly agrees to remain in the kult...for now.

[dilanski]

The forces of Dilanski (I have no idea what the fuck they're called )

The Praetorian Empire & Commonwealth is not amused by your belligerence. Consider your little alliance on notice. Any attempt to interfere with our rightful pillaging of the Magikallenic cloud will be met with swift, decisive and deadly force.

[Darkstorm]

The forces of Dilanski (I have no idea what the fuck they're called )

The Praetorian Empire & Commonwealth is not amused by your belligerence. Consider your little alliance on notice. Any attempt to interfere with our rightful pillaging of the Magikallenic cloud will be met with swift, decisive and deadly force.

hah
funny

[Hiremas Alkerith]

The Praetorian Empire and Commonwealth ARE mad..

[Zahru II]

I do find medivo interesting though. My guess is that due to having fewer players and more limitations to factions and tek, things have been allowed to progress in a much smoother fashion.

I think it's less about any kind of limitation (beyond the physical resources, I suppose), and more on how people run their stories when it comes to fantasy, which usually happens parallel, separate. Everyone has their own personal story planned out and there was never a large event that attempted to tie those storylines together (I theorize this in part because everyone has different armies from different years of point of entry to the hobby and that is harder to replicate in an authentic way - the Falx storyarc I ran required them being in league with my orks was in part due to the fact that coming up with an equal-sized army to 1v1 the Empire(+allies) would have been a colossal investment). The biggest collaborations I can remember were cameos, or agreements on setting ("can X be located here?", or "can Y&Z groups share the same ideology?") that are easily resolved with "yeah, sure!".

Suppose you could say that fantasy bw (which doesn't/shouldn't immediately equate Medivo by default btw) focuses on "Your Dudes", and not necessarily the meta-setting itself.

I think there's definitely a big difference between the people who gear up for brick-based stuff first and then fill out the story details to support it, and the people who invest heavily in story stuff first and then expect brick-based things to magically happen as a result.

I can only agree with this. As a general rule of thumb I find that actually doing the thing you want will have much bigger impact when presented firsthand, as opposed to talking about planning to do it before actually committing. Which is hard, especially when you have a totally rad idea you're dying to articulate in any way or form (moreso with multiple people involved). But having an "it will be happening" announcement is a double-edged sword because it gives you this virtual pat on the back of "yeah I already done something", which can lead to stalling or complacency.

[Darkstorm]

The Praetorian Empire and Commonwealth ARE mad..

yup. that's how wars get started!

[Omega Prime]

So this thread is more of a "how to start a new plotline" than an actual alliance thing? It is interesting, though.

... Everyone has their own personal story planned out and there was never a large event that attempted to tie those storylines together ... The biggest collaborations I can remember were cameos, or agreements on setting ("can X be located here?", or "can Y&Z groups share the same ideology?") that are easily resolved with "yeah, sure!".

I'm pretty sure this paragraph sums up literally every single war or campaign someone has done involving multiple star empires/groups/factions on the forums, where there's a core storyline, but people take the things and branch things off, as long as they are related. Everyone runs off and does their own thing, and slowly advances the plot.

[dilanski]

Everyone runs off and does their own thing, and slowly advances the plot.

The problem is the plot advancing glacially, and a lack of people taking initiative and doing things by themselves. The AN-TA war lasted more than 3 YEARS. I count 21 factions taking part, which even discounting players with multiple factions, is still far too many people producing far too little for that period of time. And the only reason it ended was because no one could get anything to stick and we all agreed it just wasn't worth it. Everything ended up being done by committee, and it appears even with his model UN background, Colette just couldn't herd that many Brikwarriors.

So yeah, people need to take initiative, spend less time planning, more time doing. Hopefully I'll be starting to my incursion into the Magikellanic Galaxy soon, it'll be up to everyone else to follow.

[cleanupcrew]

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[Omega Prime]

I'm not sure whether or not I was supposed to PM this but Darkstorm, consider yourself to be at war with my faction. (I was going to start thinking up a forum battle anyway, so this is a good start)

[Hiremas Alkerith]

I'm not sure whether or not I was supposed to PM this but Darkstorm, consider yourself to be at war with my faction. (I was going to start thinking up a forum battle anyway, so this is a good start)

Another Enemy? SWEET!!!
Alkeria will enjoy kicking you to hell and back.

[Omega Prime]

Good luck with that, sir! War declaration Soap thing is WIP