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[Gauging Interest] Text-based online Dresden RPG game

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Bosh:
Blaze: my apologies, that is some impressive research. I'm trying to think of how that guy ended up with the Jesuits. I'm guessing it was via Japan (kidnapped by Japanese pirates? POW or something in the Imjin War?). Any more info on this guy, I'm curious :) He was probably the first Korean to set foot in America.

breaker: yes, it looks like Seoul is in the lead, it would probably be the easiest for me to run since I can recruit people here and then use the people I know IRL to fill up any empty slots if/when people drop out (online games usually have pretty high attrition over the first month).

Quick and dirty history of the Russian underworld in Korea (pretty hazy since I'm not exactly an expert):

After the fall of Communism in Russia, Russians started coming over to South Korea in BIG numbers mostly to get big bags of consumer goods wholesale to take back to sell via commercial airlines to Russia. That big burst has mostly dried up these days but a lot of wholesale import/export companies remain (mostly dealing in clothing) and they're most of what exists in the Little Russia neighborhood in northern Seoul (walked around there one time, not much to see these days).

What the Russian mafia is mostly involved in these days is car theft (buying stolen cars from the Korean gangs and sending them to Vladivostok), a few nightclubs and prostitution (with attendant human trafficing). They also seem be in charge of most of whatever illegal stuff is going on (in cooperation with local and Nigerian groups) in the foreign areas.

From the sound of your character he'd probably hang out in Itaewon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itaewon which has traditionally been sort of the Mos Eisley of Seoul (although it's gotten a bit gentrified since the 24 hour US military curfew after 9/11 hurt the red light bit of Itaewon while it was in effect and you get a lot of things like nice used book stores in what used to be brothels).

Anton would probably hang out at Rio, a Russian nightclub right at the base of Hooker Hill (you can see some Russian clothing stores across the street from it in the second picture):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curoninja/464995544/in/pool-itaewon
http://ronandrachel.blogplugs.com/Korea%20Pictures/ItaewonJPG.jpg

Of course in a Dresdenized Seoul, Itaewon would be back to the bad old days (or worse) and be a fun mix of creepy crawlies from EVERYWHERE, down on their luck backpackers, drunk GIs, Russian and Nigerian gangsters, hookers, black markets, burned out craaaaazy alcoholic English teachers who can't get work anywhere else, confused Japanese tourists, random fist fights in the street, etc.

Blaze:
The whole of it was part of an adventure...  PM me if you want a link to read it.  He ran into some interesting circumstances.

breaker:
Thanks Bosh, you gave me more than enough to work with. I'm pretty excited about it now, so defintely count me in.

Also, I got the clothing store thing completely on random, I didn't know it was a prevailing business in the area. God I love talking to smart people.

Wizard H:
This sounds like a lot of fun especially the Seoul game, I've been working on a character that I had intended for a game taking place in the states but I think I could adapt him to Seoul as well plus he has the whole flawed do gooder thing going on, his hearts in the right place but he's a bit of a lech and little gray on what he thinks 'Justice' is.  If the interest keeps up I'd love to be included I'll just have to research the area a bit. :D

Sorryman105:
Set the Korean thing about 50 years in the future and include a larger American presence and you have a sweet deal there.

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