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Post by Administrator on May 6, 2008 12:11:30 GMT -7
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Post by Lord Revan on May 8, 2008 9:13:55 GMT -7
Nice! My story will probably suck, but I'll give it a shot.
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Post by Master Chief on May 9, 2008 9:58:28 GMT -7
don't get it, we can't kill ppl off or what?
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Post by Lord Revan on May 9, 2008 16:24:30 GMT -7
don't get it, we can't kill ppl off or what? I think what he meant was not to write the story in one sentence, but you can have people die if you want. |
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MaxImusMan
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Post by MaxImusMan on May 10, 2008 13:42:57 GMT -7
Question:
Are we limited to just WW2? Or can we expand other conflicts, like Vietnam?
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Post by Administrator on May 10, 2008 14:26:35 GMT -7
don't get it, we can't kill ppl off or what? Yes, if you want, characters can die in your story. What I meant was don't just write "Ben dies" and submit that for the story. If that's what you want, you need to write how he dies, what battle it was in, who was with him, etc. Also if you have him die, a good idea would be to write about Jane's reaction too. Question: Are we limited to just WW2? Or can we expand other conflicts, like Vietnam? I don't quite get what you mean. Do you want to write about the same characters but a different war? Well, the idea is to keep in the spirit of "Wounds of Sand," and having the characters reincarnated into a different time period wouldn't be in the same spirit (though Patton might argue otherwise as its widely rumored he believed in reincarnation  ). Simply said, you can't transplant the characters from WWII and put them in a different universe. |
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Post by Sir George, Spanish Rebel on May 10, 2008 16:17:44 GMT -7
Question: Are we limited to just WW2? Or can we expand other conflicts, like Vietnam? Though i dont know if i'll be judging, youd get points for thinking outside the box i'll tell you that. |
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MaxImusMan
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Post by MaxImusMan on May 11, 2008 14:15:33 GMT -7
No, I didn't mean to have all of them reincarnated. What I meant was to keep the characters in Wounds of Sand where they are, but to write about what happens later in Vietnam. In Wounds of Sand they were like what, in their early 20s? Could I then write about them, years later, in their late 40s in Vietnam?
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Post by Lord Revan on May 11, 2008 16:56:46 GMT -7
Wouldn't he get promoted by then? Idk if he'd have a combat role or not, or he'd be a commander by the time Vietnam comes around.
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Post by Administrator on May 11, 2008 18:09:17 GMT -7
No, I didn't mean to have all of them reincarnated. What I meant was to keep the characters in Wounds of Sand where they are, but to write about what happens later in Vietnam. In Wounds of Sand they were like what, in their early 20s? Could I then write about them, years later, in their late 40s in Vietnam? OK. My bad earlier, I thought you were going to erase the characters from WWII and transplant them in Vietnam instead. Sure, you can go ahead then. If you're going to set the story years later in Vietnam, just make sure that at least one of the WoS characters has something to do with it. |
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Post by Master Chief on May 12, 2008 16:04:18 GMT -7
Question: Are we limited to just WW2? Or can we expand other conflicts, like Vietnam? funny you say "conflicts" cause vietnam was a "conflict" and america hasnt been in a "war" since ww2 |
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Post by abominabletoaster on May 12, 2008 18:02:58 GMT -7
Question: Are we limited to just WW2? Or can we expand other conflicts, like Vietnam? Vietnam...u just gave me an idea. |
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Post by Mara Jade85 on May 13, 2008 14:07:51 GMT -7
Question: Are we limited to just WW2? Or can we expand other conflicts, like Vietnam? funny you say "conflicts" cause vietnam was a "conflict" and america hasnt been in a "war" since ww2 bunch of political correctness bs |
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Post by Administrator on May 14, 2008 9:15:44 GMT -7
The reason they're called a "conflicts" is to give presidents more power with the military. For example, if congress had "declared war" on Iraq, then congress would have the power to end the war. I'm not a legal expert either, but I suppose that if congress had declared war on the "state of Iraq," it would have only applied to Saddam's regime, not the insurgency.
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Post by virgo9008 on May 14, 2008 19:01:02 GMT -7
No no no no! Putting it in vietnam would ruin it! So like all wars suck but vietnam sucked more. In africa at least he was this young hottie with his life ahead of him fighitng to protect the woman he loves from nazis bent on conquering the earth. But vietnam? it would just end the whole story on a bad note, he'll be like degraded, an old guy fighting a war that belonged to the next generation.
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). Simply said, you can't transplant the characters from WWII and put them in a different universe.
