Zanz wrote:Auditorii wrote:jamescfm wrote:For the sake of clarity, is this list of natural resources binding on players? Are players going to be sanctioned if they do not conform to the list? For example, will I have my role-play invalidated or removed if I role-play about the coal industry in Mordusia?
Yes, this is binding on players just as the Oil and Gas Index is.
Since when? The resource guides, indexes, maps, and rankings you have put out for some years have been optional for players up to this point. When were the rules changed, what rule changes made this the case, and why were these changes made? I have no interest in RPing Jelbe by these guidelines (which your OP acknowledges were generated at random, and so have nothing to do with Jelbe's historical RP). Do I have to?
The Oil and Gas Index has been binding since its inception, the rankings are "not binding" until an issue arises with RP and then the rankings come into effect to judge the roleplay.
In regards to your RP in Jelbe, you can choose to disregard this list if you chose, you're RP will be noted as being invalidated. I have, however, referenced that I am open to switching things around should there be a historical basis for specific resources, resource types.
Jelbania has Phosphorus (Tier 2), Copper (Tier 2), Uranium (Tier 2), Lithium (Tier 3), Silicon (Tier 2), Silver (Tier 1) and Sulfur (Tier 1). Jelbania has made out pretty well with the randomness, perhaps a little too well, but if you've got stuff that Jelbania has typically been associated with we can make it work.
In regards to the list, as Greek and I have discussed, we'd be comfortable with noting that should you wish to do RP related to lets say a small village which specializes in handcrafting horseshoes for Jelbe horses, while Jelbania doesnt have iron, they could RP a local market for these horseshoes related to iron.