4 ought to be fine. More would be fine as well.

As to my suggestion above, is there anything we want to say has been established?

Are we building one world? A solar system? What races are already existant? What level of sci-fi are we at? What style?

I really want to avoid making too many unfounded assumptions in creating the world. Are we going to set a hard limit that only what we have established or made canon exists?

1. Okay so should I consider placing an ad or not?

2. Yes, good questions.

--You are not limited to a solar system. I think we should limit ourselves to less than 1/4th of a galaxy, but I'm not limiting to one world or one solar system.

--No sentient species already exist, but like last time, if you say "such-and-such culture exists" and you don't specify species, they'll be human (as happened last time with the Uglolla and the Waveriders).

3. I'm not ordaining style. I'm fine with a mix of styles. Cute Ewoks on one planet, Xenomorphs on another, pulp heroes with jetpacks and ray guns on another. Except not like that, because Ewoks and Xenomorphs have already been invented elsewhere.

4. Level of Sci-Fi, hmm. I'm going to say:

--Interstellar travel is not uncommon. (Whether it's REALLY common or just not uncommon, whether it's fast or slow or in-between, whether some cultures are way better at it than others and horde those secrets, or everyone's equally good at it, is yet to be determined.)

--Robots exist. Whether they're smart enough to count as people is up to you.

--Computers exist. Whether they're smart enough to be sentient AIs is up to you.

--Genetic engineering exists, and it's better than we can do today. Whether it's "super-amazing" or just "impressive" is up to you.

--Force fields exist. Whether they are common or super-expensive to run for even five minutes is up to you.

--Artificial gravity is capable of being generated. Whether that's common or super-costly is up to you.

--Super-medical-science exists. Whether it's common or something that only millionaires can afford is up to you.

What other questions need to be answered?

That all looks great.

If you wanted to get started, four is fine, but if you wanted to advert once more and see what we get, cool. With a system that large, it feels like more people would fill it better.

Okay I will place an ad tomorrow. I have learned that no one pays enough attn if you post one on Sunday...

So, no other questions about anything?!?

Nope, I'm all good with this approach

Hmmmmm. I just posted an ad... but even though I've changed the name of THIS game, the AD still says fantasy in the title, by the old title.

Think it's enough that I explain in the updated ad itself? Or should I make a whole new darn game and move us 4 over to it?

Hmm, we certainly won't get much sci-fi enthusiast on board at the first glance, but who knows, maybe the more fantasy fellas have an invested interest in it...

I think it's enough in my opinion.

Then I'll leave it for a day or two and see if anyone bites at the bait as-is.

Got one new player eager to help make a sci-fi setting: welcome Pavel Paganini.

Pick a portrait, dude...

Thank you for including me.  Eager and willing and weird is me.

I have a question about the rules: in round one, are we allowed to create new places within our own solar system?

...You mean, Future Earth?

I say yes, you may.

(If you don't mean that, what do you mean?)
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The first round, to my mind, is creating any places of interest in the solar system. To my mind, no other interesting places will exist within the setting. BUt I hae a much more restrictive view of world-building.

You are free to do that, or to say what else there is out there. Up to each of you, as you like.

Okay, no further people biting based on the ad seem to be happening. So it looks like Me, Pavel, World's, and Daryus.

Correct?

You guys in, confirmed?

If so, I'll start Round 1 soon...

Confirmed

Roger, Roger

Gonna wait a little more for Daryus' confirmation one way or the other...

Good to go, just out of sync with your time zones.

Okay. I'll officially start us tomorrow. You can all be thinking about places until then...

I don't do Saturdays, can I give you mine today.

Well it's Friday, and we're starting, so:

ROUND ONE:
1 or 2 places (1 or 2 per player).
--Each player will describe a place that exists in the sci-fi world. It can be general (a continent, a desert, an ocean, a moon, a planet) or specific (a city, an outpost, a building, a colony ship).
--DO NOT SUGGEST THINGS THAT ARE EXACTLY LIKE A PLACE THAT ALREADY EXISTS ANYWHERE ELSE.
--Each player may create one or two places. Two places will give you more chances to get votes.
--Top six recipients of votes will become officially canon as existing in the sci-fi world.

SEND YOUR SUBMISSIONS TO ME VIA PRIVATE MESSAGE.

Almost ready to post Round 1 submissions for voting, just got to clear up a couple of points of confusion about one entry first...

Okay, that's cleared up-- I'll post everyone's submissions tomorrow morning. Sorry for the delay.

Okay-- PM me your votes. Give 3 points to 2 entries, 2 points to 2 entries, and 1 vote to 2 entries.

DO NOT vote for your own entries.

So since there's only 4 of us, that's 1 or more points to each entry that isn't your own... But who will get the most? You decide!