Eternity RPC Board
I wanted to chime in about this possible outbreak. It is most likely that this sort of disease would like only be an epidemic not a full blown pandemic. That being said, only the poorest of countries with the least access to good sources of food, water, and overall hygiene would be the most likely to be hit, and have the disease spread. Secondly, a disease of this nature would likely start in these countries or countries with high humid conditions such as tropical locations or jungles. Such a disease would likely not hit the more developed continents, as by the time the disease was discovered major nations would have likely already started working on a cure, or put into place mass regulations on controlling entry and such. Thus, nations such as those in Brigandia and other similiarly develped nations like Nyland, Mestra, Angiris, Goldecia and the like should be fine.
In RL, a terrible disease such as ebola is deadly in non-developed, or under developed nations that have low access to clean water and good hygiene practices and supplies. That said, ebola isn't that deadly upon arrival in say the United States, where we can more effectively treat the disease. The couple of cases that happened in the US a few years back were okay as we could treat the symptons with the patient in isolation, also given how the disease spreads.
For this type of thing to negatively affect the global economy, it would need to be something like the Flu, similar to the Spanish Flu of 1918. However, again given modern times and technology, it is unlikely this would spread rampant through developed nations to cause a global meltdown. As such, I don't think it wise or useful to remotely try something of this nature.
That would leave you all with some large natural disaster, a Super Volcano would indeed be terrible, but unlikely to affect the entire world, so its placement would indeed matter. Not all crops would be affected by a slightly colder climate, and an ash cloud may not fall everywhere depending on how air currents move, etc. Again, this would have to happen in a logical place. Another, option would be a massive global war. Although, having everyone participate would be challenging.
Ultimately, forcing a global recession on anyone through means by which an individual may not want to participate in or is crafting enough to get around seems like a terrible idea and is a demonstration of enforced roleplay on people, which should not really be done.
With that said, I could understand the need to spice up the forums a bit.
So my recommendation would be to do one of two things, either have our own version of the Stock Market crash of the 1920s which lead to the Great Depression or the 2008 Housing Market Crash which caused the Great Recession. Either of these would have a negative impact on the global economy, especially if starts in say Nyland or the HLE, as these are the two largest economies, (not sure if this was already suggested, I just don't want to read through 4 pages of posts). Of course, we can all blame these two nations, j/k. Technically, any of the top 10 nations could cause an issue, or a combination of the top 10. This would meerly mean an overall decrease in growth, etc without the need for drastic rp actions.
In RL, a terrible disease such as ebola is deadly in non-developed, or under developed nations that have low access to clean water and good hygiene practices and supplies. That said, ebola isn't that deadly upon arrival in say the United States, where we can more effectively treat the disease. The couple of cases that happened in the US a few years back were okay as we could treat the symptons with the patient in isolation, also given how the disease spreads.
For this type of thing to negatively affect the global economy, it would need to be something like the Flu, similar to the Spanish Flu of 1918. However, again given modern times and technology, it is unlikely this would spread rampant through developed nations to cause a global meltdown. As such, I don't think it wise or useful to remotely try something of this nature.
That would leave you all with some large natural disaster, a Super Volcano would indeed be terrible, but unlikely to affect the entire world, so its placement would indeed matter. Not all crops would be affected by a slightly colder climate, and an ash cloud may not fall everywhere depending on how air currents move, etc. Again, this would have to happen in a logical place. Another, option would be a massive global war. Although, having everyone participate would be challenging.
Ultimately, forcing a global recession on anyone through means by which an individual may not want to participate in or is crafting enough to get around seems like a terrible idea and is a demonstration of enforced roleplay on people, which should not really be done.
With that said, I could understand the need to spice up the forums a bit.
So my recommendation would be to do one of two things, either have our own version of the Stock Market crash of the 1920s which lead to the Great Depression or the 2008 Housing Market Crash which caused the Great Recession. Either of these would have a negative impact on the global economy, especially if starts in say Nyland or the HLE, as these are the two largest economies, (not sure if this was already suggested, I just don't want to read through 4 pages of posts). Of course, we can all blame these two nations, j/k. Technically, any of the top 10 nations could cause an issue, or a combination of the top 10. This would meerly mean an overall decrease in growth, etc without the need for drastic rp actions.