The End of John Company-India 1857

[Seon]

I was actually thinking of being a corrupted judge, lawyer, or police officer.

Could you give me some information about the justice system in 1850s India? I cannot find a good source in the web.

Now that we are alone, let me tell you a little secret. Look down from this window there. Do you see that man? The nice-looking old fellow with a cane? He's the gentleman who takes care of the Indian Revenue Collection agents. A couple of years back, 4 of his agents beat an old man to death after he couldn't meet the demand. They said that the old man was hiding the due tax somewhere in his land. He was, after all, known to be a miser by everyone in the village. They said that an arguement erupted between them and the terrible old man. They said that they shoved the old man once and he fell to the ground. Smashed his head on a rock and died. A total accident! Or at least, that's what they said anyways. Who else is to deny them?

Do you know what happened to them? All of them were found guilty for murder. Got dragged kicking and screaming all the way to Burma. One of them was married. He had 2 beautiful daughters and a son. Terrible stuff, eh?

Now here's the interesting part. Those Indians claimed that that nice gentleman over there told them to do it! Beat the old man up! They give up sooner or later, the mansupposedly said. It took the case straighout of the Hindu and Muslim courts into the Supreme Court. The Company Official was implicated after all. They investigated the claim and found that nothing whatsoever corroborated the men's words. The nice gentleman was found innocent. I know because I defended him in that trial. Besides, who could believe the words of murderers?

[Mr. Handy]

That's long but not too long; my blurb for Space Oddity was about the same length. I've set up the new forum under Gaslight.

[Gaffer]

Set a thief to catch a thief is an old adage, innit? Even poor people can afford bribes, of course, they're just smaller.

I'm thinking of an old soldier (around 40 years old), Queen's service in the Crimea and maybe one or two other dust ups, probably sapper or artilleryman. He's come to India to make his fortune with the Company, maybe working as a Commissary's assistant.

Arthur Dodgson's the name, but you can call me Dodger, everyone does.

[Lammomedes]

That's long but not too long; my blurb for Space Oddity was about the same length. I've set up the new forum under Gaslight.

Thanks! However, I don't have the ability to start a new topic. Hmmm...am I missing something?
It's been a while since I have run a game from the start.
Do I have to invite players to post on the game boards, or are the selected players who said they want to play free to do so?

Also, as of tomorrow (Sun, 10/23 EST), I'll move all all my conversations over to the background section of the new game.
The game is still not supposed to start until Nov 15, as I have some work related projects that need to get done first. Also I need to perform a wedding before then (I am legally empowered to marry people, and some former students of mine asked me to perform their service) the weekend of Nov 4th. But I will try to post and answer questions as necessary.

[Lammomedes]

Set a thief to catch a thief is an old adage, innit? Even poor people can afford bribes, of course, they're just smaller.

I'm thinking of an old soldier (around 40 years old), Queen's service in the Crimea and maybe one or two other dust ups, probably sapper or artilleryman. He's come to India to make his fortune with the Company, maybe working as a Commissary's assistant.

Arthur Dodgson's the name, but you can call me Dodger, everyone does.

Sounds fine Gaffer. Since the Crimea is only just over, it makes sense for someone who has seen a bit too much combat to get a job with John Company.

[Mr. Handy]

I know that Raiko has been making changes to the board, but you should still be able to post new topics. You need to click on the New Topic button (there's one above the announcement and another below), which appears even when you're not logged in, though you most log in to post. What happens when you click on it? Does it tell you that you don't have permission to post new topics?

Players should just be able to start posting in the new forum. However, anyone who has just joined the board or made their first post in the last couple of days is restricted to the welcome/recruitment area until someone adds them to the list of Validated Players. Any Keeper can do this, including you.

I'll be away on the weekend of November 4-6 too, at the Metatopia convention in Morristown, New Jersey. It's centered around game designers, and there will be a lot of playtesting there. Kenneth Hite will be there too.

[Lammomedes]

Mr. Handy, I think the problem is that there isn't a post reply or post new topic button.
I know the button should be to the left of the search box, but there is no such button either at the top or bottom of the page.
Hmmm

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[Mr. Handy]

That is strange. I see the New Topic button on that forum whether I'm logged in or not. You should definitely let Raiko know about that. He'd have a better idea of what's going on than I would.

In the meantime, as a workaround, I can post new topics for you. All I need are the thread titles. I can even change the author to you, and you should be able to edit them freely. I can also make certain threads Sticky or Announcement if you wish.

[markh]

I'm happy with a few weeks to ruminate over character ideas, and do some reading.

My initial idea comes from reading 'White Mughals' a few years ago, about the surprising number of Brits who "went native". Was that still fairly common in the 1850s?

[Seon]

Strange. I, like Lammomedes, could not see the New Topic button in that forum. Now I can see it. Perhaps the problem has been resolved?

Edit: nvm. The new topic button actually DISAPPEARS if you login.

[Mr. Handy]

I tried administering the forum and noticed that it did not copy permissions from anywhere. I tried copying permissions from the Gaslight parent forum. Try again and see if the New Topic button appears.

[Lammomedes]

I'm happy with a few weeks to ruminate over character ideas, and do some reading.

My initial idea comes from reading 'White Mughals' a few years ago, about the surprising number of Brits who "went native". Was that still fairly common in the 1850s?

I'll have to check, but the numbers who went native drop dramatically after the Mutiny. However, at the point, it is likely that there are still a few white mughals or their descendents still around.

[Lammomedes]

Strange. I, like Lammomedes, could not see the New Topic button in that forum. Now I can see it. Perhaps the problem has been resolved?

Edit: nvm. The new topic button actually DISAPPEARS if you login.

Mr Handy, like Seon, I have the same issue. If I am not logged in, there is a New Topic button, but I can't post a new topic. If I actually login as Lammomedes, the new topic buttons disappears. I'll send off a message to Raiko to see what is going on.

Also when I log out, click on the New Topic button, then it asks me to sign in. When I sign in, it sends me back to the board, but says I do not have permission to post to that topic. I am guessing that somewhere the permissions are seriously screwed up.

[Mr. Handy]

I just changed the permissions again to copy them from Bad Company, the other new Gaslight game. I know the Keeper is able to post new topics there. If that doesn't work, I don't know what will.

[Raiko]

Sorry about the problems, I think everything should be working now.
I've been following this thread and did take a quick look at the new forum after Mr Handy created it, as I was concerned that the new settings might cause problems, but I didn't notice anything wrong at the time.

@Lammomedes: If for some bizarre reason you still can't create topics then please PM me and I'll create all the threads you need. At a push you could use my test thread to get started, your moderator role should let you edit the first post.

I'll delete that test thread as soon as you've managed to create your own threads.

@Mr Handy: unfortunately I found when I was reorganizing things that the "copy permissions from" button only works for brand new forums, or maybe for forums that don't have any permissions. It seems to have no effect if a forum already has permissions set up.

I've setup the Gas Light forums to have the same settings as the other eras now, they were slightly different as I tweaked them earlier than the others (when I set up Bad Company).

I'm planning to get in touch with PoC to see if he'll help me make a few more changes so that this doesn't happen again.

[Lammomedes]

Raiko and Mr. Handy: I can create my own threads, so it seems to be working now.

Hey everyone, I am going to move things over to the new forum, so post there.
If you can't post for some reason, let me know and I will see if I have to add you or if I have to have one of the admins do something.
But an initial post saying you can post would be welcome. How about restating the idea for a character you want to play and I can discuss how we can develop things for a common link or set of links between characters when the game starts in mid November.