Yeah, I definitely think the gangs could go under organizations. And I'd love to see more organizations actually, well...do stuff. xDD
Also, I agree with Mona--we should all really get a consensus of what the main buildings and stuff look like (the castles, barracks, guild, etc.) and then I'll write up the information so that there's a general idea about it. So that, you know...a building doesn't go from being one story to two and back. xDD Also, the idea of leaders for the thief's guild would be great! I know back in the day that's how it used to be (in fact, my character Sachi who I rejoined [and who I am gonna post, Mona!] used to be the original leader. xD Then I quit her and...revamped her). If anyone feels up to the challenge of taking up that position, go for it! Of course, the leadership can also be fluid. You know, people could probably challenge for that position and the like. Of course, the players who played these leaders would have to agree to be active and dedicated. ^_~
I know one thing I personally would love to see is...religious conflict. It sounds so silly, I know, and maybe it's just me, but I've always just found something inherently fascinating about that topic, and what makes it even more fascinating to me is that it's a very complex subject: people honestly believing that they are right and that their actions are for the good of everyone else, even though they might be causing harm in the way they go about it. To me, it's just...well, the psychology of it is amazing. >_> I mean, just how people are so willing to die for their cause and dedicate their lives to such things, even to the point of self sacrifice. I mean...it's just...seems like such a small thing, but even in our own world today, well, look at it. It's such a powerful motivator; people fight and start wars over it, justify slavery with it...all sorts of stuff.
Something like that started a few years ago when Talyafera (who vanished T_T) introduced her Lumenari and Solisi, and I've been playing a Lumenari/Solisi character for a while. But Tal's idea never really got off the ground because life kicked in and she had to go. The main idea, though, was that they were a religious, fanatical group who believed they were doing good in trying to convert others--however, their methods of doing it sometimes came down to harassment and torture and the like, though they as people weren't bad...they believed they were in the right and justified.
So I've really just always thought it would be fun to have something like that. ^_^ Because it seems like it could be really interesting on a large scale. But that could just be me because I dig that kinda stuff. xD
Also...I think a war could be done well if it was built up the right way. It would just take a lot of participation on the parts of a lot of people, and a lot of planning, IC and OOC, to build it up and then actually carry it out. And of course it would have to include other elements so it wasn't just about the hack and slash. A plague could also be really fun.
Hell, even both. I've been kinda itching for a big, site-wide plot (though of course people can opt out of it).
I see ways to implement one, too...like, for example, through the gangs. What if a gang or some sort of organization creates and releases a disease of some sort?
Heck, me and Shizzy were even talking about, well...we have a plot going (which I also need to post to, ahem!) involving, well...drug trafficking in Connlaoth. xDD Sounds weird, I know, but hear me out. They're magic-created, which is...automatically bad because, well, Connlaoth. However, Connlaoth does have an underground group of insurgents--mages who are known to cause terrorism there. There have been wars in our world in the past that have involved drugs. For instance, opium in Japan and China in the past. When people are addicted to something, they become vulnerable and dependent upon that substance and if it's widespread enough, it can become devastating to a country. And if there was a widespread dependency upon magic-based drugs in, say, Connlaoth...that would become noticed by the government, and it would be a big problem if higher ups got inadvertantly addicted. They would probably suspect another kingdom or some group of doing it. And then at the same time, if the trafficking reached another kingdom and caused a problem there, say one of the magic-based kingdoms...they might suspect Connlaoth, who is in opposition of them, for sabotaging them. Bam, tension.
It'd basically be like a virus or a disease. I mean, well, they say addiction is a disease. And of course withdrawels would not be fun. It'd be a bit messy and complicated, bwaha. Ahaha...and I even remember ages ago Nightcandle had mentioned a plot idea like this in an IM. Connlaoth's gunpowder, if I recall correctly...>_> could be sniffed, so to speak. She was gonna write up the information for that, too, but...life, alas! x3
Anyway...gangs could be used to distribute the stuff.
And...uh...my thought process is dying and I don't even know if what I said made sense. Just throwing out a lot of random ideas and possibilities. xD
