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Re: Game Rules update

Postby Reddy » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:36 am

Suber36g wrote:Is there a simplified version of the culture protocol?


The simplest you can go by the Game Rules is:

16.3 Whilst Cultural Protocol bills may contain information about a nation and suggestions about how to play in it, the parts of the Cultural Protocol which are officially binding are specifically:

- cultural demographics (eg. Luthori/English)

- linguistic demographics (eg. Luthori-speaking/English-speaking)

- religious demographics (e.g. Hosian/Christian)

16.3.1 The Cultural Protocol bill should be presented in such a way that a new player could glance at it and very quickly be able to identify the key demographic data. Cultural Protocol bills should be short and simple. They should not include an excessive amount of text and extraneous information.

16.4 Cultural Protocol updates must contain a percentage breakdown of the cultural and religious demographics. These percentage breakdowns must add up to exactly 100, meaning that no overlaps are allowed. A maximum of 5 percentage points may be allocated to an unspecified "Other" category. The linguistic demographics, if not directly provided, will be assumed to be based on a reasonable interpretation of the cultural demographics.
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Re: Game Rules update

Postby Suber36g » Thu Apr 20, 2017 1:13 pm

Thank you, but what does it mean by "open"
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Re: Game Rules update

Postby Reddy » Thu Apr 20, 2017 1:51 pm

Suber36g wrote:Thank you, but what does it mean by "open"


Open means that the particular country has no cultural protection and thus any culture can be roleplayed in the country. So in a country like Dundorf which is culturally protected, you can only roleplay characters who are from the cultures that are listed in the Cultural protocols, in Dundorf's case, chiefly Dundorfians (Germans) Whereas in an "open" country like Badara, you can roleplay characters from pretty much any culture you like.
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Re: Game Rules update

Postby Aquinas » Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:06 pm

Reddy wrote:Rule 19 will be amended from

The Team takes collective responsibility for its decisions and operates under Moderation's overview. It automatically comes to the end of its term of office at the close of each Cultural Era, when appointments and/or reappointments will be made.
Where appropriate, the Team may delegate role-play and other tasks to players outside of the Team, but it retains overall responsibility.


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The Team takes collective responsibility for its decisions and operates under Moderation's overview. Appointments shall be made in March and September of each year, with each term lasting six months. Where appropriate, the Team may delegate role-play and other tasks to players outside of the Team, but it retains overall responsibility.


Just a teeny point, but it looks there was an editing error when the Game Rules document was amended. The sentence beginning "Where appropriate, the Team may delegate..." has been repeated twice.
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Re: Game Rules update

Postby Reddy » Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:33 pm

Game rules regarding the deletion of party organisations and Treaties have been amended to afford both types of creations more protection in certain circumstances.

Party organisations

The rule has been amended from:

12.1 A Party Organisation will be eligible for deletion if it is more than 30 IG (in-game) years old and does not have a minimum of 1 active member ("active member" meaning an active member who has leadership or full member status) who is listed with no more than 20 organisations.


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12.1 A Party Organisation will be eligible for deletion if it is more than 30 IG (in-game) years old and does not have a minimum of 1 active member ("active member" meaning an active member who has leadership or full member status)


Treaties

The rule has been amended from:

14.1 Treaties which have become inactive, meaning they are over 50 IG (in-game) years old and have no ratifications or are over 200 IG years old and have fewer than 2 ratifications, will be deleted. Treaties identified as inactive may be reported for deletion on the Dead Treaties thread


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14.1 Treaties may be deleted where they are more than 50 IG (in-game) years old and have no ratifications. Moderation reserves the right not to delete a Treaty where it is deemed to be still significant for roleplay purposes and/or is of historical value despite its lack of ratifications. Treaties identified as inactive may be reported for deletion on the Dead Treaties thread
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Re: Game Rules update

Postby Reddy » Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:40 am

A minor rule amendment. Players are no longer required to cite a specific sub-section for inactivation and bill clearout requests.
8. Inactivation.

Players will be inactivated in the following circumstances:

8.1 They have not logged into their account for 4 days.

8.1.1 They have not logged into their account for at least 3 days (72 hours) and another player from the same nation has requested their early inactivation. The player requesting the inactivation should cite this rule when doing so.

8.1.2 ALL of the following apply: they have not named their party (usually meaning one separate from their username), filled in their party description, voted on any bills or logged in within the last 48 hours.

8.2 They appear to be "party sitting". Players who, over a prolonged period (usually meaning a minimum of 3 IG years/6 RL days) are just logging in but not voting on bills or contributing to debates, will be judged to be essentially not playing the game. The player requesting the inactivation should cite this rule when doing so.

8.2.1 In circumstances where a player with above-minimum Visibility levels has just reactivated but then not logged in for 48 hours, and the next election is due within the next 24 hours (6 in-game months), Moderation will inactivate the player's account if this is requested by another player in the nation. The player requesting the inactivation should cite this rule when doing so.


13.6.1.1 Bills proposed by active parties are similarly eligible for clearout if they are 10 or more in-game years old. Players should cite this rule when making the request.


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8. Inactivation.

Players will be inactivated in the following circumstances:

8.1 They have not logged into their account for 4 days.

8.1.1 They have not logged into their account for at least 3 days (72 hours) and another player from the same nation has requested their early inactivation.

8.1.2 ALL of the following apply: they have not named their party (usually meaning one separate from their username), filled in their party description, voted on any bills or logged in within the last 48 hours.

8.2 They appear to be "party sitting". Players who, over a prolonged period (usually meaning a minimum of 3 IG years/6 RL days) are just logging in but not voting on bills or contributing to debates, will be judged to be essentially not playing the game.

8.2.1 In circumstances where a player with above-minimum Visibility levels has just reactivated but then not logged in for 48 hours, and the next election is due within the next 24 hours (6 in-game months), Moderation will inactivate the player's account if this is requested by another player in the nation.



13.6.1.1 Bills proposed by active parties are similarly eligible for clearout if they are 10 or more in-game years old. .


Players may still cite rules as they choose. Obviously it is in everything advantage to give the reason for the requested inactivations e.g "The party's been inactive for 3 days" or just simply "3 days." Inactivation requests without any motivation will be treated as requests for the standard 4 day inactivation.

This amendment does not apply to Nationmasters in any sense. They will still be required to make it clear when a Nationmaster Request is such.
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Re: Game Rules update

Postby Reddy » Thu Jun 15, 2017 6:57 am

With the reintroduction of official military and economic rankings, the Roleplay Accord has been re-introduced.

Rule 20 has been amended from:


20. Moderation may maintain a Voluntary Economic & Military Role-Play Guide, which is not compulsory but is available to assist players.


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20. Role-Play Accord.

Nations which ratify the Role-Play Accord place themselves under the authority of the Global Role-Play Team in terms of economic and military matters. The Team may not impose political decisions upon players, such as to declare war or raise taxes, but they may define the nation's military and economic character.

If the guidance laid down by the Team in this regard is not followed, a report may be submitted on the Role-Play Accord thread. If the report is either instigated by the Team or supported by the Team, then Moderation will make a ruling on the issue.

A nation can ratify the Role-Play Accord by passing a bill supported by a 2/3rds majority of all players with seats (not just those with seats who vote) and over 50% of the seats in the legislature. Also, at least one of the players supporting the ratification must have been currently continuously active in the nation (ie. no inactivations) for at least 1 month. A notification should then be made on the Role-Play Accord thread, so Moderation can update the Role-Play Accord Index
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Re: Game Rules update

Postby jamescfm » Sun Jul 02, 2017 12:12 pm

The length of term for the Global Role-Play Team has been shortened to four months and so the Section 19 of the Game Rules has been changed from:
19. Global Role-Play Team.

Moderation may appoint a small number of Global Role-Players, who will collectively comprise the Global Role-Play Team and whose identities will be listed on the Register of Global Role-Players & Nationmasters. Global Role-Players may not generally compel players or nations to role-play, to acknowledge a role-play or to role-play in a particular way, but they do enjoy a special licence to initiate role-play across the game world. They are to put the general interests of the game first and must not pursue any narrow, personal in-game agenda.

The Team takes collective responsibility for its decisions and operates under Moderation's overview. Appointments shall be made in March and September of each year, with each term lasting six months. Where appropriate, the Team may delegate role-play and other tasks to players outside of the Team, but it retains overall responsibility.


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19. Global Role-Play Team.

Moderation may appoint a small number of Global Role-Players, who will collectively comprise the Global Role-Play Team and whose identities will be listed on the Register of Global Role-Players & Nationmasters. Global Role-Players may not generally compel players or nations to role-play, to acknowledge a role-play or to role-play in a particular way, but they do enjoy a special licence to initiate role-play across the game world. They are to put the general interests of the game first and must not pursue any narrow, personal in-game agenda.

The Global RP Team takes collective responsibility for its decisions and operates under Moderation's overview. Appointments shall be made by Moderation, with each term lasting no more than four months. Where appropriate, the Team may delegate role-play and other tasks to players outside of the Team, but it retains overall responsibility.
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Re: Game Rules Updates

Postby FPC » Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:13 pm

Section 8 of the Game Rules has been redrafted. What follows is the updated version of Section 8:

8. Inactivation.

In certain circumstances, Moderation will need to inactivate a player's in-game account. Players will be inactivated in the following circumstances:

8.1 They have not logged into their account for at least four days.

8.2 They have not logged into their account for at least three days and another player in the same nation has requested their inactivation.

8.3 They appear to be "party sitting". "Party sitting" is defined as logging in to an account without voting on bills, usually for a period of at least six days. Moderation reserves the right to make a judgement on whether a user is "party sitting".

8.4 They meet all of the following criteria: they have not logged into their account for two days, they have not renamed their party and they do not have a party description.

8.5 They have committed an offence against the Game Rules serious enough to warrant their inactivation, such as multi-accounting, or have breached the rules and failed to make the necessary corrections within four days of being requested to do so.

8.6 Judging it to be in the best interests of gameplay, the Nationmaster in their nation has requested their inactivation. Moderation reserves the right to query or decline these requests if they feel there is a compelling reason to do so. A Nationmaster may request inactivation in the following circumstances:

8.6.1 They have not logged into their account for at least two days.

8.6.2 As a matter of last resort, when the player has not been contributing to role-play to the extent that is expected by the majority of players in the nation. Understanding and respectful dialogue must be attempted before this point and Moderation should be consulted throughout the process. Such situations should be dealt with sensitively and fairly, for example there should never be a vote on whether an account should be inactivated.
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