Ahoj there! It's been quite a while.
Anyways, I've made this thread to talk about a small community elsewhere who do some very different RP to this. In short: Cynosure is a community in which the members role-play as a nation, in a post-modern setting.
How does it work?
There are just 3 separate sites involved. The "Game" is NationStates, although it doesn't really have much gameplay, in reality.
The real "Meat" of the community is the forums, which are separate. You'll be greeted by a rather fancy looking Front page, but underneath, the Forums will seem refreshingly familiar.
On the forums, members will partake in Role-Play with one another. It all revolves around the nation you initially made on Nation States (But inRP your nation can be pretty much totally different to that). The sorts of RP which takes place may range from Little Stories about individuals within your nation, to civil wars, state visits, or international summits. In one case, two members became very much depressed after RPing the suicide note of a national leader who they'd grown attached too (Yes, it can get pretty intense if you immerse yourself).
Thirdly, our members chat on Discord. It's like Skype, but it runs much faster.
You can find people on there pretty much around the clock, because we have members across Europe, America, and a single Oceanic (I think). Either way, one of the Americans is an addict and just wont stop going on there. (Yes, I got addicted to Cynosure too, as intensely as I was addicted to Freelancer. But I'm not that particular American. I'm English.)
Initially, most take a poke around on the Built-in Chat on the Website., but then those who really enjoy it here will always move on to getting the actual app, which is far more convenient (The app also works on smartphones, and is available on the app store). The Discord app is far less frustratingly slow than Skype, I'd have to say.
In Short
We Role-Play nations, the people, organisations, and intrigue within them, and their interactions with other nations, leaders, or events.
There are other parts to the community, like a senate and stuff, but I don't care about those bits. I only care about the Role-Gameplay section, and for the most part, no one else cares about the other parts either. We're here for the RP!
If You're Interested
Give us a shot!
Step-By-Step To Joining:
1-Create a nation on Nationstates
2-Go to the Cynosure Region on NationStates, and find the really small "Move [Your Nation] to Cynosure!" button. Press this to move your nation to the region.
3-Create a login on The Cynosure Forums
4-On the Welcome Centre, read the two "sticky" topics, and create your own post to request citizenship.
Once the Administrator, Wuufu (who's in GMT+1 timezone, and has a life), has accepted you, you're a member!
5-I recommend then going onto Discord, chat to some folks, and we'll point you in the right direction for first RPs here. Most start out by making a Nation Factbook to get their ideas straight.
Contacting Myself
On both Discord and the Forums, I am known as Sd.Kfz.184
My nation is Ukarist.
If you'd like to contact me, post here, send me a telegram on nationstates, find me on Discord, or send a private message on the Cynosure forums. (Or a private message on these forums, I guess. )