Talk:Player Policies
I suspect this will be one of those things that Owl posts wholesale about, so I'll wait for that to comment. :) I do feel we should keep the basic rule of Refuge if it's workable though: No player shall be 'verbally' - textually - abusive to another player. Period. If you have a problem, you appeal for help and mediation. You do not treat the other party abusively.
--Metahistory (talk) 20:30, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
Stolen shamelessly from my other game:
- General Player Policies
- Players will act like rational adults and abide by Wheaton’s Law: “Don’t be a dick”. Bullying and harassment of any nature is not acceptable and will not be tolerated. Targeting players due to ethnicity, culture, sexuality, or religion will not be tolerated. Players are to respect the privacy and opinions of other players. If you cannot get along with someone, you will be polite. If you can’t be polite, you will ignore them.
- All players are 18 years of age or older.
- No PCs that are not of their species “adult” age are allowed to be played or applied for. Any pitch or application for an adolescent or child character will be denied.
- Consent is encouraged before the use of code, as consent and communication often leads to better storytelling. However, consent is not a shield to avoid IC consequences. If a player feels another is doing so, staff can mediate.
- If there is an issue or disagreement with a fellow player, or even a staffer, that cannot be resolved, players can request assistance in finding a solution from staff using the Concern bucket.
- Mature themes may happen and may include themes that are uncomfortable for some players. However, participation in these is optional, and it is up to the player to express if they are not willing to participate and opt out, or off-screen these topics as necessary to the storyline.
- Malicious actions against the game are unacceptable. It will result in an automatic, permanent site ban.
- Consent Policy
- No player has to roleplay or interact with anyone they do not wish to.
- Any effects, good or ill, that happen to a character require the player to consent to it OOCly. This is not a blanket shield against consequences, however.
- No player is obligated to run scenes or participate in scenes run by another player that they do not wish to.
- No player is to be bullied, coerced, guilted, or manipulated into relationship roleplay (or any roleplay, really).
- Remember: communication is key.
- A player may always file a “no contact” request with staff against any player they are uncomfortable with or feel has violated their consent.
- TS/sexual roleplay is confined to private rooms, and do not post logs of it to the wiki. Public areas and logs should be at most a hard PG-13 regarding sexual activity.
- RP Etiquette
- Use the Roleplay channel to request or offer RP.
- If you are looking to scene with specific player(s), use pages or @mail
- Always ask the scenerunner before joining a scene, even if it’s in a public room.
- The RP Suites are rooms set up to be used for when an IC room may not exist for the scene that is going on. If people are in an RP Suite it's a safe bet that whatever they are role-playing is not something that they want random players walking into. Do not walk in on them, please page and get permission first.
- During scenes it’s all right to use the OOC function to ask quick questions or gain clarification on scenes, though we do ask that the OOC conversation be kept to a minimum. If you want to joke around with someone about something please take it to page so as to not disrupt the other players during RP.
- Don't powerpose without permission of the player whose character you are powerposing.
--OwlCity (talk) 03:05, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
I don't agree with no teen characters; that is part of the RP that people like, going back to school with cool powers, having school hijinks or whatever. I really don't want to disallow that. I do think we can put in a policy that there will be absolutely no TS for characters under legal age on pain of being kicked from the character/mush? Also, that a character may not appear to be underage (oh I look like I'm 12 but I'm actually a 300 year old vampire teehee *BAN*) I also feel we need to well define what a no-contact ban means so there is no confusion, i.e. people may still be in the same scene and ICly interact but will be adults about it and can keep that interaction to a minimum as needed. I don't want people going around claiming that they can never been in a sphere scene because player is there and omg total conspiracy to keep them from ever RPing again rahr froth. --Metahistory (talk) 22:54, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
We can discuss that ad nauseum, but putting a "no underage TS" rule is unenforcable.
Unless you're sitting dark in rooms watching teen characters have sex.
So if we're having teen characters, let it be known, they will be having TS. there isn't a way to prevent it.
Personally, my reaction to apping or pitching Pedobait (I look like a child but I'm really a fuckable adult) is a ban. You can't rehab those players.
--OwlCity (talk) 22:56, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Yeah, we can't patrol to enforce it, but we've gone on record as saying it's not allowable, which covers us legally if someone does it regardless. I don't want to completely nix any teen school RP stuff over it, mostly, as there are plenty of people who won't too. Or at least, I'd seriously hope that if that's what people want in relationships here they will app 18+ instead of a teen, but people are stupid at times. And yes, people who seriously app pedobait, I would not greatly object to an instant ban. But I would also put it in the banned concepts so they have no excuse for having done it. --Metahistory (talk) 23:12, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
As someone who does play a fair amount of young/teenage characters I can say in a mature mind, you can play 18 years of age and still be in high school, or just getting out.
As an actual teenager, sure, there's a big difference between 16 to 18. As an adult, RPing a teenager? ... Not so much. They will RP the same character that is 16 year old almost the exact same as they will an 18 year old UNLESS they are pedobait 99.9% of the time.
I think 18 is a good set, but I don't think it's a hill worth necessarily dying on either. If there is some hesitation about 18+ only, let's back it up a year to 17. Odd number? Sure.
But, it still kind of puts a hard stop on the pedobait while giving people who 'absolutely need' to RP that youth that opportunity to get those last couple years of teenage RP in. DeadWeather (talk) 12:37, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
I may get shouted down, here. But I would prefer to allow characters as young as 16. Yes, an 18yo can be in high school ... for a few months. Six, maybe seven. I'm hoping this game will last longer than that, and if they really want high school related play, I don't want to force them out OR force them to to have their character flunk.
I like being able to do 'my powers just awakened' mutant/metahuman stories. And frankly, even if I do not recall my teen years with perfect clarity anymore, I do remember that I had more than enough physical and emotional stress that there was no GD way I'd have made it to 18 without activating that quirk in my DNA if I had it. I don't want to let in any younger; I do have some standards. But I would prefer to be able to allow 16.
--BlondieWiki (talk) 20:04, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
I still have concerns over the whole underage characters having sex, but I understand the desire to have characters who can actually stay teens for more than a year. 16, but we keep an eye on any concerns that might come up over it. And firm ban on any teen characters dating adult characters. Teen to teen I'm fine with, but I don't want someone in their late twenties dating a 16 year old. (shudders) --Metahistory (talk) 22:16, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
