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miragemodage) wrote2022-10-01 10:15 pm
Rules
RULES Rule Zero These rules are not comprehensive and all-inclusive. We cannot write a rule for every possible situation, and cannot write rules that remove all wiggle room or "technically..." arguments. Rule Zero is that we reserve the right to act in any situation we believe merits it. Player Expectations 1. Be respectful and courteous to your fellow players. 2. No godmodding, no infomodding, no fourth-walling without explicit permission. 3. IC is not OOC; keep them separate. 4. Communicate. Make an effort to resolve problems with your fellow players. 5. Stay IC. Your character is the character you apped, plus existing personality growth and development from in-game. Player and Character Rules 1. Applications will open on a monthly cycle, unless the game has 30 or more players. (Timing will depend on when we have our first application cycle.) The game may grow above 30 players in an application round. This way, prospective players do not need to fight over the last limited spaces in a hard cap. In the event of extreme interest we may consider opening mod applications to accommodate more players.
As above, we are open to reconsidering this cap. However, we do request players who may wish to app more characters to consider the spirit of our activity rules. 3. All original or canon character types are welcome. CRAU characters are welcome, but player-made AUs are not permitted. Duplicates are not allowed. For exceptions and clarification, please check the FAQ. Characters must have sufficient canon (if canon characters) and quality to be successful. Some niche characters may be unappable. We reserve the right to change this rule if the player or character caps increase or any other situation arises which prevents us from applying strict review to obscure, or original characters. 4. If you have or have had a character in the game, you may app a character as a setting AU character. Setting-AU characters are considered their own characters for the purpose of apping duplicates. Activity 1. Activity is based on adventure comments. Adventure comments feature your character fighting monsters, participating in events, exploring Newase, collecting items, performing sidequests, or otherwise engaging in the sort of activity in which one would expect the protagonists of a fantasy adventure to engage. This requirement is to maintain the style and tone of the game, provide incentive for players to interact with the plot and the game world, and encourage players to develop the plot, invest in the world, and keep the game flowing smoothly. 2. Minimum activity is five adventure comments from a thread that began in the activity month, or ten adventure comments from a thread that began in the previous month. Threads which began before that are not eligible for activity. 3. Additional substantial activity will be reward with Experience Points, which may be spent on various character advancements. Threads which would not qualify for AC due to their age may be used for Experience Points. "Substantial activity" is intentionally nebulous. While we have general guidelines, we will for example reward players who put thirty tags into making a player plot successful more than we will reward players who put thirty tags into a pure slice-of-life thread. To that extent, we ask for players' patience and understanding with the system; we will strive to reward behavior which is excellent for the game, without punishing players who engage in private or more slice-of-life RP, but we recognize the system will be imperfect. However, group threads (with more than two people) will be weighted more heavily to encourage active tagging and communication in those threads. We know coordinating multiple people for them can be difficult. Party action is encouraged! 3. These rules are not comprehensive. We may intervene if we see, or have brought to our attention, activity that is consistently with one or two other players only, consistent in closed threads that offer others no chance to interact with your character, consistently dropped threads or last-minute threads or other situations that may warrant concerns that you are not regularly interacting with the game. That being said, just play and you'll be fine. Full Mod Disclosure Mirage is a game envisioned with a great deal of mod interaction with the playerbase in mind: providing adventure ideas, running adventure logs, and NPCing will likely take up a substantial amount of mod burden. To that extent, your mod grants himself AC immunity and a modest amount of XP each month. This is in no way intended to make any mod PC superior to others -- I sincerely do not want my character to advance the metaplot or dominate the game, because I already know what's going on behind the scenes, so how is that any fun for anyone? I just don't want playing in the game to be a burden to running the game. No one wins that way. Character Choices | Setting | Mechs | Upgrades Reserves | Applications | Taken | Hiatus | Drops | Mod Contact |