Alright, it's up and running. I changed the code around to reset everyone's affiliation...hoping that perhaps it would get some people to switch from their pirate/ninja status into the robot/mobster/outlaw areas. The more well spread it is, the better...that's how I see it at least. Of course, I'm staying a pirate...mostly because I don't like to do other guys (a pre-requisite for the other affiliations)
Future Plans: I'd like to eventually have each affiliation turned into a gang. The gang would be headed up by a leader, who is voted into position by the rest of the gang. The ninjas would be headed by the...lead ninja (we could come up with a crafty name), and so on for each affiliation. Of course, to do this we need to be well spread...
The leaders of the affiliations would create alliances and enemies between each different affiliation. Of course, this would lead to massive amounts of shit talking, slowly but surely bringing back the unique element that the Nubblies of the early day had (great shit talking).
After leaders are sorted out...and alliances & large amounts of hate tie each of the affiliations to the others...and there is a reasonable amount of people in each affiliation, I'd like to create a separate category of forums for only affiliations. Within the category would be a separate forum for each affiliation. To enter the forum, you would have to be of the said affiliation. I'd also have to add a limit on the number of times a person could change affiliation for that to happen...but it could be done. Of course, this feature is
way down the road...if down the road at all. We would need an assload of people in each affiliation...and a strong sense of alliances &/or hate between each affiliation for this to work...which is going to take a lot of time to happen...
This is how I see it...
Those that are ninjas now and switch into one of the other affiliations will still stay kind to ninjas...in general. The same goes for the pirates. Ideally, most of the pirates that switch will go into a single affiliation...and most of the ninjas that switch would go into a different affiliation...but that probably won't happen. Hopefully, there will be a reasonable majority in the others so that hate can still brew amongst the groups and, at the same time, alliances form between the ninjas & wherever ninja changers go and pirates & wherever pirate changers go. This sounds kinda fucked up typing it...but I have this beautiful plan in my mind that I'm hoping becomes reality...