The grave bell resounds across the peak of Craeh Snil, echoes bouncing off the peaks as the sun rises over a new day. The attendant entered the chambers of Dr. Sulaif Darako to find him deceased, having passed peacefully in his sleep. The day is silent as the bell rings, no shop or business opens as the people gather in the streets to pay their respects to the technocrat.

The sound of the grand bell tolls, travelling across the range to be heard in all the settlements. The release ceremony is held at the Grand Mausoleum; grand white pillars of granite lined with white and black marble stand vigil on either side of the entrance halls as the deceased enter in procession, Dr. Sulaif the first to enter in the day and the first to be entombed in stone, his deeds carved into his obelisk as a benefactor of Nindaro, his advancements and achievements that he dedicated to his fellow man.

The death of Dr. Sulaif signified an end to an era and the beginning of a new one. Despite their loss and grief, in every person's heart stirred the excitement of what awaited with the next event to chose the new Technocrat. The event that could make or destroy a person's career, the event that pitted mind against mind to bring forth the greatest ideas and advancements. The Inventor's Fair.



OOC: Introduce your character and some backstory before their invention, the fair isnt in full swing yet so make some build up to it! Lines has full right to deny tech, if he denies it you can still make the invention, it'll just be a failure.

It started with the Japanese company Suidobashi Heavy Industry. They gave us the Kuratas.



A 4-wheel, 4 meter high, 30 joint "robot" that can be piloted directly from the cockpit or with an average smart phone. For a nice price starting at a cool million and going up, you can personalize your own version with anything from a claw to a shield to a dual BB minigun.

In response, and not to be out done, the American company MegaBots has given us the Mk III. This builds on two previous incarnations of their bot, specifically made to fight the Kuratas and be the beginning of a new sport: true mech arena battles.



While not commercially available yet, the 12 ton, 430 hp MB Mk III also has a variety of weapons, from rocket packs and bowling ball cannons to dual chopping knives (just in case you come across a really large carrot). This dual piloted monster moves about on a set of tracks inspired by the Howe & Howe Tech Ripsaw tank.

And today comes word of a THIRD entrant into the world of large robot fighting. From the Chinese company GREATMETAL comes the Monkey King!



Monkey King is a single pilot, 4 ton beast that can fight on all four legs as well as two. The official release video doesn't let slip much more than that, unless you can read Chinese.

FASA is seeming to be somewhat prophetic. It's only a matter of time before we see Fafnir and Mad Cats (or Timberwolf if you're a Clanner) in the open country, and Urbanmechs and Shadow Cats in the city streets.

Add in the US Army TALOS project, and it wont be long until we have Longinus battle armor....

Each representitive or group or representitives shall be able to propose a system that adheres to the following rules

1: Legislature may be unicameral or Bi-cameral
2:At least 75% of seats must be elected(by any system) in the lower house
3:Legislator numbers must be between 425 and 550 members in the lower house
4:States must have equal amounts of seats per population
5:Svarna Surya must be kept as an independent unit.(ooc i.e sovereign state no foreign monarchs or presidents etc)

1:Any parliamentary or federal system is to be allowed.
2:The system may allow state legislatures to be elect national reps, list election and may allow separate elections for head of state and head of government or may include a single position with both sets of powers or indeed may allow just a single election that allows a leader to be selected by a majority of the legislature.

1584 SIFA Women's World Cup Qualifying

The 1583-1584 SIFA World Cup Qualifying will decide the 23 teams which will be compete, along hosting nation Hôinôm, for the title in the 1584 Hôinôm World Cup. 12 Brigidnan, 5 Ostaran, 2 Kvaennan, 3 Skathian team will qualify directly, while the last place was decided between the winners of the Avidnan and Mandavines qualifying groups.


HOST:
Hôinôm

BRIGIDNA:
Aurentine
Carpathia and Moldova
Castleon
Galeae
Kave
Kazemura
Keszaria
Lanlania
Mordvania
Saratov
Valland
Videjszeme

OSTARA:
A'Sir
Akitsu
Angiris
Kyrzbekistan
Tieguo

KVAENNA:
Adwest
Arrenland

SKATHIA:
Bisica
Nyland
Drahen

AVIDNA:
Millerainia

1583 Nylander Open

[size=small]TheNylander Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the month of Elva. It is held in New Fenridge, Nylander Repblic. First held in 1489, the tournament is chronologically the last of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year since 1566. Since 1570, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard courts at the Johannes Fronssen Tennis Center. /size]


 1566, the Nylander Open has been chronologically the fourth and final tennis major comprising the Grand Slam each year. It is held annually, on the month of Elva. Since 1570, the tournament has been played on acrylic hard courts at the Johannes Fronssen Tennis Center in New Fenridge, Nyland.


Current champions:

• Men's Singles: Emil Gregersen (Oslanburg)
  
• Women's Singles: Bothilde Degn (Oslanburg)
  

*Hype train a-rollin' into the station*

http://store.steampowered.com/app/577230...t_Warlord/

So I found this gem while I was perusing the page for Three Kingdoms Maker (which I am wanting for...reasons), and I am actually pretty hype about it. By the screenshots (and someone in the discussion forums had a similar response), the game looks like Koei's Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, using similar gameplay from back when the series was good. While I like the battle system for RTK11 where things happen on the world map, the battles in this game take place on separate battle maps, allowing for more realistic field battles, or detailed city sieges with multiple layers of defenses.

The game's being developed by a Chinese indie team who are self-professed Three Kingdoms nerds, and it looks like they've put a lot of effort into making sure it's chock full of authentic historical detail. As a matter of fact, they're working on an English translation atm, whICH IS MORE EFFORT THAT KOEI CAN BE FUCKED TO GIve almost half their games, so good on them.

Game is coming out on 25 May, reportedly for $10, which is a damn good deal if it's anything similar to the RTK series. I might very well get it on launch day.

1583 Florinthian Open

The Florinthian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over late Septem and early Ochtyr in Lordsprot, Florinthian Federation. First held in 1489, the tournament is chronologically the third of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year. It is played permanently on grass surfaces since 1494.

Current champions:

• Men's Singles: Emil Gregersen (Oslanburg)
  
• Women's Singles: Bothilde Degn (Oslanburg)
  

Hi all, most of you should remember me, used to be called Valus.

I like anime, video games, and in real life I'm a game designer, which probably should explain my previous disappearance. Nice to meet you all!

1583 Women's Brigidna Cup

The 1583 Women's Brigidnan Cup features the twelve top Brigidnan nations qualified from the Brigidnan qualifying round.  For first time, though, the winner of the Brigidnan Cup will not qualify directly to the next World Cup, and it was the first time as well that the incumbent champions get a direct place to the Brigidnan Cup. The 1579 Brigidnan Champion, Kazemura, qualified easily to the Brigidnan Cup.

THE TEAMS

Host
Florinthus

From the Qualifying rounds
Castleon
Gehenna
Harmajaa
Lanlania
Karjelinn
Kazemura
Keszaria
Saratov
Severyane
Valiszfoldek
Vienland


THE VENUES



GROUP STAGE

Group A

1583 Hylis Open

The Sainamese Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over late Quartyr and early Fein in Rasswitt, Hylis Federation. First held in 1502, the tournament is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam tennis events of the year. It is player on clay surfaces since 1527.

Current champions:

• Men's Singles: Bozidar Kriznek (Mordvania)
  
• Women's Singles: Elma Lundquist (Hylis Federation)