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*) --Metahistory (talk) 22:54, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
