Oct 10, 2016, 10:49 PM

@Lotherio Right, I don't really mean that I imagine you'll make the game about the Evil Muslims, but I think it can be really awkward to RP a topic where PC bigotry might well be highly encouraged by the setting. People will inevitably take it too far, causing some cringy OOC-ness for the people around them as they wonder how much of it is IC. For others it might be uncomfortable for any number of RL reasons (Iraq/Afghanistan vets, people impacted by 9/11 - I qualify for this one just as a demonstration of how common the demographics are, even if it isn't really going to bother me- or any number of other incidents, etc).

So yeah, I actually say you'd be better off doing an alt-earth and playing around with it a little more. Establish a specific cultural/tech level (not just 'movies') and give examples. They don't need to be hyper realistic but if you let people go with 'whatever fits cinematically' you'll still get people picking vastly different periods and friction over it (this happened on RA).

Regardless I'm sure I'll show up to play and I'd probably help out if you wanted it, but I think the alt-earth thing is almost certainly the best way to go.