Particracy Forum

Phil Piratin wrote:

This enlarged map I conjured up is far from great, but at least on my computer screen, is easier to read than the other one.

A few questions:

Are we being consulted about the principle of completely centralising culture under Moderation, or are we just being consulted about the shape that the imposed Cultural Map is going to take? I ask this because there have been confusing/conflicting statements from Moderation on this, and I note that the OP is only inviting us to discuss the shape of the map, not inviting us to discuss whether we agree with changing the current Cultural Protocol system.

Secondly, is there any chance of restoring at least some of the posts from the thread that has now been removed? Not all of those posts were off-topic or trolling, and some of the posts and exchanges there were very useful. I personally put considerable time/effort into composing some of my posts there, and I don't really want to have to make the same points all over again.

Another point I need to make is that there are players in nations which would see their cultures radically changed as a result of this proposed Cultural Map, and, going forward, I really feel it is very important that during the whole of this process, they should be engaged with sensitively and respectfully. We need to be careful not to treat them as though they are somehow the "problem".

FPC wrote:The map displays only the majority etnic groups in each region, minority groups would still be allowed following discussions with the RP team and moderation, however I cant imagine any opposition to you using Roman and Greek so I am sure you will be fine

Arapaima13 wrote:Firstly, the map is looking great.

FPC wrote:The map displays only the majority etnic groups in each region, minority groups would still be allowed following discussions with the RP team and moderation, however I cant imagine any opposition to you using Roman and Greek so I am sure you will be fine

So how are minority groups going to work in each individual country? Are CPs going to remain, just being more stagnant in their percentages? Or will there be a centralised list of which minorities are prevalent in each country? Kalopia in particular has large swathes of minority ethnic groups (Albanian, Turkish, Arab, Bosnian) so it would be good to know what the plan is regarding minorities.

Nation X
Ethnicity:
French: 68% (80% from Y part of France, and 20% from Z part of France)
English: 20%
Carribean: 12%

FPC wrote:What we are planning to implement is a system where those nations enlisted on the Cultural Register/RP accord will have "Advisory Culture Documents (ACD's) (working title)" posted on their nation boards.

Greetings,

Moderation has initiated a reform and update of the rules.

One of the proposed rules is that Culture (namely religious, ethnic, and linguistic demographics) will be centralized under the control of the Role-Play Team, to replace the current system of Cultural Protocols.

We are conducting a community-wide survey to measure support for this new rule, so please fill out this survey, it will only take a couple of seconds: https://nl.surveymonkey.com/r/TCKBHTR

Link to the proposed rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vo1 ... d0AksNNMCw
Current Game Rules: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6363
Debate on the proposed new rule: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7792

Thank you for your time!

Regards,

Moderation

FPC wrote:We are going to send out another message. That thread is not coming back.