My suggestions-
- No Faction Bashing. There is no need for faction bashing this is not a player faction vs. player faction environment.
- Do not promote a negative environment - New players are in the discord, and do not repeatedly fixate on negative emotions and situations in the chat. We're supposed to be welcoming and positive. Star Army is a great place.
The portion regarding outbursts I mentioned above; as for "applying real-life politics and laws to roleplay", however... why not?
- Strict Division between IC and OOC (Bring an end to Metagaming and Mixing) - Do not have outbursts OOC about IC actions. Don't treat someone's characters all the same if they are different characters. Stop applying real-life politics and laws to roleplay. Factions have their own laws they live on the wiki. Also, clarification that an OOC discussion about something on the discord does not influence roleplay.
If someone creates a fleet/department/etc., (i.e. the Star Army Rangers), why shouldn't they be allowed to retain control of it so long as they are not permanently banned from the site or using it in bad faith (proven beyond reasonable doubt)?
- Rules about Player Wills - Limit the ability to transfer things to people to things like characters and corporations. Mainstream things like SAOY departments, SAOY fleets, etc should revert back to Wes's control for distribution.
It should probably be explicitly said that players are expected to roleplay their characters in good faith. It's kind of connected Andrew's suggestion for IC/OOC separation and maybe has a place in the same clause or section.
A Star Army officer or soldier (or Nepleslian or whatever else), for example, should conduct themselves like one. There's a big difference between a character having an opinion and players constantly voicing the same opinion across multiple characters counter to how they should have been trained. A Star Army soldier might think something inwardly but should have been drilled to keep certain things to themselves. Characters have been filtered and edited at creation for being unfit to serve, but existing ones often exhibit similar traits. Not saying to bite a new player's head off for making an in-character misstep β all of us constantly have more to learn about the setting β but there are some very basic things that get learned at the beginning and shouldn't need reminding.
Sorry if it's not much of an idea. Everything seems pretty good from the perspective of someone who just doesn't use Discord.
You still treat symptoms, right?They treat the symptom, not the cause.
I believe the staff can be discerning.They serve as an excellent means for bad actors to silence others.
This is about demanding the setting conform to themRoleplayers - in my opinion - are always going to draw upon real-life politics
Again, the staff will know betterAn individual acting in bad faith could easily use the rule to forbid
How is this relevant?There is - to the best of my knowledge - no faction with a complete legal code
Why should anyone decide how non-personal setting elements that broadly affect others go after they're gone? No one is taking anything from anyone while they play it. If you're gone, that means you surrendered that control.If someone creates a fleet/department/etc., (i.e. the Star Army Rangers), why shouldn't they be allowed to retain control of it so long as they are not permanently banned from the site or using it in bad faith (proven beyond reasonable doubt)?
Creative freedom and willful ignorance or dismissal of the basics are different things.because it significantly stifles a player's creative freedom and roleplaying opportunities.
Strict Division between IC and OOC (Bring an end to Metagaming and Mixing) - Do not have outbursts OOC about IC actions. Don't treat someone's characters all the same if they are different characters. Stop applying real-life politics and laws to roleplay. Factions have their own laws they live on the wiki. Also, clarification that an OOC discussion about something on the discord does not influence roleplay.
Keep Discussions Respectful - Keep all discussions about IC actions respectful and polite. Do not assume that all characters of a player are all the same, and keep in mind that factions do not behave a real-world cultures do.
I like what you have below but I don't think not expecting ooc talk is how what Andrew posted reads. Of course people are going to talk about things. Outbursts is an operative term here. Questioning something is one thing, but he is talking about something else.I think, personally, expecting people to not talk about things happening ICly or OOC is a foolserrand. Secondly, no one is above questioning, so I would suspect you may want to word this more closely as.
True, I guess I read something different out of the rule than was intended thenI like what you have below but I don't think not expecting ooc talk is how what Andrew posted reads. Of course people are going to talk about things. Outbursts is an operative term here. Questioning something is one thing, but he is talking about something else.
the part with that could be worded more clearly thoughAlso, clarification that an OOC discussion about something on the discord does not influence roleplay.
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