Speaking Out: The Althanas Suggestion Thread

[Ataraxis]

I compiled a list of maps in another thread, but I'll put it back up here. If anyone wants to make their own maps, you can use these as references without having to dig through the site. IT was painful enough on my own, I don't want other people to go through that.

Here are all the maps I know of.

Althanas

Alerar

Salvar

Raiaera

Fallien, Corone and Scara Brae

Some don't match the general overview of Althanas (notably, Salvar which looks way thinner) but it should give you a general idea. Otherwise, for the descriptions, look in each Region's stickies with titles that refer to geography.

You're lucky I looked for all of them for my solo.

[Ashiakin]

I never noticed it before, but the positioning of Salvar/Alerar/Raiaera on that map is pretty off... Salvar should only have a southern border with Alerar. Raiaera should be to the southeast of Alerar and have no border with Salvar. And Salvar is too thin.

[Rajani Aishwara]

That's not to mention the Tular Plains is all out of date, but like Serillant said this is all being worked on. Still it's good to know where things are.

[Moonlit Raven]

If members that are visibly familiar and active with a certain region, perhaps they could be deputized as sub continent writers to assist the main continent writer. With Mod or Admin approval of course. Such as working with the history and regional information the content writer has started and writes out additions that the continent writer may or may not use at history her discretion.

That may help ease the strain on the continent writer and hasten the completion of incomplete continents.

[Reiko]

If members that are visibly familiar and active with a certain region, perhaps they could be deputized as sub continent writers to assist the main continent writer. With Mod or Admin approval of course. Such as working with the history and regional information the content writer has started and writes out additions that the continent writer may or may not use at history her discretion.

That may help ease the strain on the continent writer and hasten the completion of incomplete continents.

I like that idea, also it'll make the continents more varied too. I think the biggest problem with most the regions is they mostly feel like a single nation with set ways and if there were sub writers then there would be more options in a region and might increase the popularity of the non-Corone regions.

[Ashiakin]

To a certain extent, people who are very active/interested in regions are already rewarded like that by writers. I'm all for that sort of thing as long as the player's material is approved by the main writer of the region. On this note, though, I think it's important to bring up the fact that more writers within a region will inevitably result in less cohesion and structure (which I don't mind as long as it isn't a mess.)

[Atzar]

I like that idea, also it'll make the continents more varied too. I think the biggest problem with most the regions is they mostly feel like a single nation with set ways and if there were sub writers then there would be more options in a region and might increase the popularity of the non-Corone regions.

They are single nations, for the most part... aren't they?

I don't think added diversity would solve anything; rather, I think it would just make each region more complicated because there would be more info to dig through. Althanas has always (to my knowledge) been this way. Want magic? Raiaera. Want guns? Alerar. Fallien is the desert with cool glass weaponry, you can own your own personal land in Salvar, and Corone... well, anything can happen in Corone. Dheathain and Istraloth will/do have their own quirks. Each region has its own benefits that draw people to it.

Keep in mind that this option-crazy Corone isn't so much due to its sub-regions. What does it have? Akashima, Radasanth and Concordia, for the most part. Most, if not all, of the other regions have similar areas. The big advantage Corone has is every character fits in there in some way, so it requires minimal effort to write a character with the given information.

[Rajani Aishwara]

The big advantage Corone has is every character fits in there in some way, so it requires minimal effort to write a character with the given information.

Here's where I'd like to turn the tables a bit. Instead of requesting something of the administration I'd like to request something of the players. Stop clinging on to Corone. We wouldn't be worrying about dead regions if everyone just stopped making excuses for attempting to branch out. I once told Chidori that I didn't have an IC reason to be in Alerar and he called me a "lazy cowardly pussy who couldn't write his way out of a paper bag". There was more to him bitching me out, but by the end of the conversation I saw his point, and now I have a hard time swallowing that excuse from others. Now I'm not going out on a limb to say that about everyone who sticks to Corone, but face it. He's somewhere in the ballpark of being right. Why do we make that excuse so often when we're asked to do something outside of Corone? Because...

(A) We have to take some time and effort to imagine our character somewhere else. (laziness)

(B) We run the risk of discontinuity with the established canon. (cowardice)

Basically if we want to see an end to the constant in and out of regional forums then we need to give them our activity and stop using Corone as a crutch.

[AdventWings]

@ Rajani: Touche`. A tad harsh, but I agree.

OK, me stop spamming now.

[Chidori Draconid]

I didn't inted on words like that to reach the eyes of Althanas. Me and Rajani are roomates and good friends, so I can take the liberty to talk to him like that just as he can.

Nevertheless I'm not taking any of it back.