Akini

Hello RPC! I'm on the hunt for a seedy bar on Mateus. What I'm looking for is a place where I can hold fight night events with my FC and members of the community. The ideal place would be one that is cool with discreet criminal activity including, but not limited to; betting, some fight rigging and drug use/deals. I don't really have much to offer other than RP and my undying love and gratitude and know I'm asking to be pretty much let into someone's home which is a tall order, but if you got a place and need some people buzzing around I'd love to chat! Hit me up on here or in-game Junko Murasame is my character.

Training has begun! If you see Junko bossing people around in the Pugilist guild feel free to join in or watch and we're of course still looking to fill out the roster so hit me up here or in game.

It will organized via a linkshell. We will host the shows in public places to start off, but if anyone with entertainment venues want to collaborate with us that would be ideal and lastly like 95% of the player base we are on Balmung.

I re did the post to better reflect the WIP the group will be. I'm open to input!

Hi, guys this is a interest check for a entertainment fighting group (think professional wrestling) that me and a friend or going to be starting with some new characters. What we'll need is luchador style performers ("fighters" that have larger than life personas that they play), managers who can fill the gap for the more silent and introverted characters, IC story writers, promoters and venues. IC training will also be available since I doubt a whole lot of characters have this skill set, but rest easy! I've done this IRL so I kinda know what I'm doing. This will be RP inception. Characters will be playing a character and fake fighting through emotes to give an audience a show. The drama and intrigue will play out like it did in the many locker rooms I have been a part of and will less be about "Grrrr! I'm gonna beat you next match!" (talk like this will be mostly done in promos and ICly IC) and be more like "Grrrrr! Why did you do this in our match? That was dangerous!" among a ton of other things. I just want to make sure those coming aboard know this is not Grindstone 2.0 and will have more in common with the theater groups than the fight tourney ones. If interested leave some info on this thread or hit me up in game. My characters are Junko Murasame and Q'yomei Yhaka.

No, to both. That is why this thread is a thing. I really wish we could get some answers because stuff like this is why I am not pulling the trigger and jumping fully into RP in this game.

I understand that there are different terms used from Doma and that is why I used the example of how americans speaking english use different terms than the those from the UK because of different cultures and what not, but in the end still speak the same language. It just seems like if they used a completely different language then we would've heard about it during the refugee portion of the MSQ because look at immigration in the real world. One of the biggest points of contention comes from when the immigrants come in and speak a different language than the natives. It's just too big of a thing to not address if it were canon. You'd think Lolorito would have said something like "Not only do we have plenty refugees already in Ul'dah, but these ones don't even speak our language!" during the debate. Maybe they have an old language that is not in use really anymore besides a few phrases and terms here and there like in GW2's Cantha or the real world's Latin, but again without in game proof I think assuming a whole other language exists will only make for retcons down the road if it proves to be untrue and presently only serves to divide RPers.

Another thing we all need to remember is the common tongue is english only to those who play the game in english. So the common language for people playing from Japan is japanese. Does that mean to a japanese RPer Doma is an english speaking place? I don't think it does because that is silly. I think SE just wanted to give different places a culture all their own so they borrow themes from real world cultures. I think most of Hydealyn speaks the common tongue with the exception of a select few and very old cultures and when the player character speaks with those people it shows them that the echo is being used by the font of the text. A font that that is not seen when speaking to domans.

I can see using those examples as a way of describing how things are different in Doma, but they are different terms for specific things that are in fact different. In this world a Ninja has their own way of doing things that set them apart from rogues and an assassin could be used to describe any sort of trained killer whether they use a dagger or just simply poison someones drink. A sai is a small metal weapon and that is where the similarities with a dagger just about end since they are not bladed and are used to mosty to disarm or punch through an opponent. Same goes with the naginata compared to a lance. While both might be considered polearms they are very different since one has a blade and the other has just a pointed tip. Since my Au Ra uses a naginata she would be quick to correct someone who made a statement like the one you used as an example since it would be like saying "Ah, you are proficient with the use of a 'katana'? I believe you call it a 'rapier'.". Two different weapon from two different parts of the world used in two different ways based on the weapon's strengths. The way I rationalize the different terms for things is not because there are two completely different languages, but because there are two completely different cultures. Take some form the US and someone from the UK for example. We both use cars and speak english. But whereas I go to a gas station and put gasoline in my car, the people from across the pond go to a petrol station and put petrol in their car. I store things in the trunk of my car and they put theirs in the boot. I leave my car in a parking garage and they leave theirs in a car park and these examples are actually comparing apples to apples. So by all means have different terms for things and even use idioms that would sound foreign to people who are originally from your character's new found home, but until we have lore, I feel all that pretending there is another language will do is alienate people and could make you look silly if lore later says specifically no such language exists in canon.

Does any one know how Raen surnames work? Are they the same as the first names and Yugri is a strange case since she has English words for her's?

The names are really easy to do for Rean, as a Japanese classics major, maybe I can help you? I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Edo and Heian Japanese! Well, my Raen could use some help I think, specially last name wise Same here. I have a lady Raen and I have no idea where to begin. She is going to be very pale skinned with black hair and black eyes with a bright red ring around them so I was wanting to go with something that had black and or red things in it.