Kupop Spinoffs

Kupopolis is an enormous story with virtually unlimited settings and possibilities, yet for whatever reason some of us are in love with spin-offs. One of the reasons might be that kupop is so huge that sometimes it's fun to write something of a smaller, limited, defined scope. Since another thing we like to do is talk, here is a page specifically designed for that.

Neo

Neo was our first, and only, spinoff to date. It was set one hundred years into the future of Kupopolis and began with the death of Celiose Cole. The major plot was a "second great war" where Tasnica, The United Crystal States, and the Trianglon Empire teamed up to invade the rest of the web. It was scheduled to run for one year, august to august, and ended up wrapping up about a month late.

What worked and what didn't

Neo was largely planned by Travis and Tex, with Jerry coming onboard later in the process. As such, some writers may have felt out of the loop, or not been happy with the way things were laid out. Almost everyone who wrote in proper at the time wrote in Neo, in varying amount. Neo also drew in two completely new writers, each of which made exciting contributions to the story. Additionally a third "new" writer played an important part in the story, though he had been around briefly prior to Neo as well.

Pros

• Most of the people who wrote in it enjoyed it
• Reinvigorated some writers, there was a brief boost in kupop postings after it ended.
• Tested Dustin's new Sliver board, generating far more posts in a similar time frame than kupop normally would.

Cons

• Some writers may have felt out of the loop
• Not everyone enjoyed it
• Caused a year long near-halt in proper posting

Legends

A potential spin-off which would take place in the ancient web. The only "hard" date involved is the time frame Travis has set up involving Belgememnon. It is also assumed that Legends would encompass a telling of the War of the Magi, in Esper (which would probably embroil the entire ancient web).

Pros

• People who have written involved backstories for their nations and peoples would get to write about them, in story.
• War of the Magi. 'nuff said.

Cons

• Might detract from proper.
• Uncertain about the exact dates, time period of Belgememnon could be too recent for the web to have already forgotten about ancient contact between the dimensions by modern times.

Neo II

A direct continuation from the Neo spinoff, perhaps ten or fifteen years after the events in that story, involving an invasion from beyond the web - with a twist.

Pros

• Writers who participated in Neo would get to revisit their old characters.
• Writers who didn't participate would have the chance to imagine their assets over a hundred years into the future, and experiment with an alternate future.

Cons

• Might detract from proper.
• Writers who didn't write in Neo might be disinclined to write in a sequel.

The Great War Redux

A spin-off dealing, in part or in whole, with the Great War. It might encompass only the last few years of the war, or several periods in the war via a series of discrete "parts."

Pros

• The majority of kupop seems incredibly excited about the prospect.
• People who weren't around for the Great War (almost everyone) would get a chance to make their mark on it and explore what their characters or other assets were doing in that important time in web history.
• People who were around for the Great War would get a chance to do it up right.

Cons

• Might detract from proper.
• Some people are not excited about it.