Canada portrayed negatively in games?

[Achan hiArusa]

No, no she's not. But she is a midget if that counts.

Yes, yes, Lovecraft wrote all his stories about the deep Ozarks, not the Massachusetts shoreline (or did he?).

Anyway the definition of a yankee,

To a Cajun its anyone who does live in Arcadiana (and if you say it with the "r" you ain't a Cajun).
To anyone in the deep south, its people who live north of you.
To anyone in a little bit less south, its anyone north of the Mason-Dixon line.
To anyone north of the Mason-Dixon line its anyone in New England.
In New England its someone for Maine.
In Maine its anyone in the Northern part of the state that doesn't speak French.
And to anyone in Northern Maine its anyone who eats cheese on Apple Pie for breakfast regularly.

(And then there are the Brits who call us all "Yanks" at their own peril).

 

[Goblyn]

Heck, even other parts of the world can be represented like that, after all, M*A*S*H taught us that Korea looks just like rural Northern California

It does, for the most part.

 

[eyebeams]

FR's Dalelands is basically a fantasy version of rural Ontario, complete with woodsy hills and liberal-minded people who don't actually like each other very much.

I think Americans have Quebec separate in the future because, well, that's the only major internal political conflict foreigners really know about. THS' Western secession is amusing just because it falls in line with the Libertarian fantasy subtext going on with THS. It's a pity the authors don't consider that the other major proponent of Western secession includes a fascist group run by Ernst Zundel's former lawyer.

If there's one aspect of Canada worth noting is that it's trivially easy it is to go into the wilderness. My family owns land that we can't actually visit without hiring a guide -- in Ontario. A significant part of Canada's most urbanized province is dangerous to travel through in winter. The US population is much more evenly distributed in the bulk of the continental US.

My American friends have generally noted how unfriendly and reserved Canadians are. I've found Americans much more social and direct than Canadians.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

I'll forgive that if his cousin is incredibly hot.




What?

When I was 22, before I met my not-in-any-way-related-to-me wife, I met a cousin of mine whom I hadn't seen since she was four years old and I was seven. She was smokin' hot and really, really nice.

For a while I hoped my parents would tell me I was adopted...

 

[Fallen Seraph]

LOL, gotta say quite a fun-thread here, especially the jokes my fellow Canadians have said

As for Canada in RPG's while not that large, I have noticed more then a few mentions of Canada in the NWoD. Though they actually fit, and make sense

Hmm... While it makes sense that we would be easily conquered. I do get a tad annoyed how we are ALWAYS! either annexed or taken over by the USA with almost no resistance (note: I am fine with the whole North American version of the EU some games have). Hell look at Fallout you see videos of Canadians shot in the head by Power-suit wearing American soldiers.

 

[jaerdaph]

No RPG will truly depict Canada properly until materials are written in both English and French.....

I love that the Québécois require all McDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Ford Motor Company signs to be in French to preserve "their" culture.

I kid the Québécois - Montreal is one of my favorite cities in the world and I hold it near and dear to my heart just like I do NYC.

 

[JDJblatherings]

And come on guys, I come from Arkansas. I get tired of the "Did you marry your cousin?" jokes.

So, you just date? (sorry couldn't help myself)

 

[The Ubbergeek]

Let's say that a québecois, I am really tired by the 'France Junior' or 'Neoduplesisme' clichés in some rpg... I means, in Shadowrun; guilotine, New Franc, return to the Grande Noirceur?

They really don't seems to have done some reasearches at times. On culture, history, sociology... And this said about foreign, exotic locales in geneal.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Let's say that a québecois, I am really tired by the 'France Junior' or 'Neoduplesisme' clichés in some rpg... I means, in Shadowrun; guilotine, New Franc, return to the Grande Noirceur?

They really don't seems to have done some reasearches at times. On culture, history, sociology... And this said about foreign, exotic locales in geneal.

Look at it this way.

You're lucky they don't have you all marrying sheep.

Brad (from Kentucky)

 

[Evilhalfling]

I once overheard someone from the back of a gaming shop saying:
"If we are in Canada I get a +4!"
IF???
I have always wondered what they were playing and more why they were unsure if they were in Canada.
It seemed like a postive portrail, at least for that player.
It had to be d20 modern right? on a d10 system + 4 is to much and it would modify the difficulty, making +4 a terrible thing. In a percentile system +4 would be negliagble.

any ideas? What roll gets a +4 modifier based on country?