Hammersmith

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrip (reference link) Given that Ul'dah has the lock on banking, there's a good chance that a lot of Eaorzian trading takes place with company/nobility/ backed currency/scrips "behind" the scenes and in local areas within local borders, with Gil being a commonly accepted, backed, and valued thing and proooobably backed by the Ul'dah Syndicate mostly , not to mention also probably manipulated in value to crash/leverage/influence other country's economies or the works of competitors. This means most local peasents, farmers, and "normal" people don't use gil, or do, but don't stockpile it like PCs and major economic players do. They don't need/can't afford that kind of leverage of capital like us PCs. The Gil coin is probably wildly more valuable than local nation/corporation/merchant/buisness backed scrip currency because of the combine (Or the combined effort of the three city-states), which means the average joe deals in scrip currency, while international adventurers and Merchant Princes deal in Gil. (And as such us adventurers deal in gil as well, the international standard) Edit: And this is somewhat supported by the crystals-as-currency/beastman script post above this. edit edit, or even more blatantly by the grand company's seals as scrip currency. There's likely denominations of coins, currency defacement of the gil is probably popular for portions lower than "1" (I see Limsa as a prime criminal for making peices of eight in Olde Timey pirate ways), with larger denomination coins/Ul'Dah bank backed paper scrip used for much higher value of Gil. There's unlikely to be international Banks outside of Ul'Dah, which means most accounting and the like is going to be handled in house, much like it was in old times, or by banking clans/families/entire infrastructures dedicated to it. (Like Ul'Dah for instance) /ramble

I had an insomniac buddy call me when the server "opened" at around 3 in the morning. Groan, stumble, roll saved char looks up, plug in dates/guardians, create, squint at opening cutscene, return to the cracks in the wall of sleep.

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The entire Man at Arm's crew's job. Yes. CouB9aQ9vvc

Yes! More meatheads! More Large Folks! Thanks to both of you : D

Guess I should do this before I get too post crazy on my first day. --MMORPG background I've played....loads of games. MMO's I hit a lot later in my career and it's always been because I'm chasing friends down that rabbit hole. It's always a fun trip, be it lower key MMOs like Ragnarok Online and Dungeon Fighter to bigger brand titles like FF and WoW. --RP experience I've played Table Tops (D&D, Shadowrun, Exalted, Whitewolf's lines) and RPGs (Why yes, I played final fantasty games, how did you know) since I was a sprat (Definition of Sprat becomes older and older as I continue to drift into the depths of linear time). I think I'm alright at it, and I have a lot of fun doing it, so I think I'll keep on going. RP(g) has always been a fun, unifying experience for me, so it's fun to make friends, meet people, and weave stories with people. That's the key point to it for me: Making stories. --Character ideas/info I've got the one I'm using on Balmung currently linked in my sig! --How did you learn about the coalition? Google, the internet, link diving. --What kind of a role-player are you aiming to be? Light, medium, or heavy? Medium. I park in areas pretty constantly between DOING ALL THE THINGS and just join whatever seems to be available. --Anything from real life you're comfortable with sharing? (Work, school, hobbies, etc) I'm actually an AI who can pass the Turing test and uses an algorithm that harvests internet content to turn tropes into RP posts. (Maybe. Probably. Possibly)

I love card making threads! Here's my offering as a new subscriber to the game and Balmung.

"A Bleached Asshole."

I. Basic Info Characters: Flameson Hammersmith Primary character: Flameson Hammersmith Linkshells: None yet Primary RP linkshell: Same Again [*][*][*][*] II. RP Style Amount of RP (light, medium, heavy): Medium. I'm here to play the game as much as I am to weave a story. Views on RP combat and injuries: Non permanent unless otherwise agreed on. With that said: Fights are awesome. Views on IC romance: You're welcome to bang (your head against that wall, I'm not looking for that kind of party) Views on non-romantic RP (family ties, etc): Open, ping me if you see me, we can talk. Anyone hammer "knows" is probably going to be on the older side. Views on lore: Lore GOOD. Views on chat functions (/say, /linkshell, etc): Mostly communicate through emote. If an area's super crowded headed to /party is good, but RP in public places and in view is how it should be. [*][*][*][*][*][*] III. Other Info Country: USA. MURRICA. YEAH. Timezone: Central Contact info: In game as Flameson Hammersmith [*][*][*] [align=center][glow=blue]~Special announcements can be found in the posts below~[/glow][/align] Wiki Link: https://wiki.ffxiv-roleplayers.com/pages/Flameson_Hammersmith