Mission Statement - Revision history

RoyalBatty at 20:27, 13 August 2021

2021-08-13T20:27:19Z

RoyalBatty at 20:27, 13 August 2021

2021-08-13T20:27:07Z

RoyalBatty: /* Provide A Collaborative Storytelling Platform */

2021-08-13T20:25:25Z

‎Provide A Collaborative Storytelling Platform

RoyalBatty at 20:25, 13 August 2021

2021-08-13T20:25:09Z

RoyalBatty: /* Keep Up With The Casuals */

2021-08-13T20:23:09Z

‎Keep Up With The Casuals

RoyalBatty at 20:19, 13 August 2021

2021-08-13T20:19:22Z

RoyalBatty: /* Mind ICA, ICC And Consent */

2021-08-13T20:18:43Z

‎Mind ICA, ICC And Consent

RoyalBatty: RoyalBatty moved page Principles And Philosophies to Mission Statement

2021-08-07T01:08:55Z

RoyalBatty moved page Principles And Philosophies to Mission Statement

RoyalBatty: /* Provide A Collaborative Storytelling Platform */

2021-08-07T01:04:11Z

‎Provide A Collaborative Storytelling Platform

RoyalBatty: /* IC Deadline Handling */

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‎IC Deadline Handling

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 * All players and staff are responsible for keeping the drama purely IC. If you are antagonized ICly and find it upsetting, reach out to the players instead of letting it fester. If you are playing an antagonist, reach out to players after you kick their characters around to make sure there's no hard feelings.
 * Generally speaking we do operate by "ICA = ICC", but that principle doesn't come at the expense of your comfort or consent. If you're not comfortable with a scene, or how it is being resolved, please reach out to staff.
 = Provide A Collaborative Storytelling Platform =

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	Lastly, we highly recommend that you '''proactively confirm IC inaction'''. Sometimes you'll be running a plot (as staff or a PRP runner) and go "damn, Jimbo should have tried to do something by now." If you find yourself thinking that, reach out directly to the player(s) and ask them if they're interested in taking action. Do not assume that their lack of engagement is due to deliberate negligence or disinterest. Usually the reason why they haven't said anything until now shakes out in the conversation ("Oh, you're a PRP runner so I thought I couldn't do XYZ").		Lastly, we highly recommend that you '''proactively confirm IC inaction'''. Sometimes you'll be running a plot (as staff or a PRP runner) and go "damn, Jimbo should have tried to do something by now." If you find yourself thinking that, reach out directly to the player(s) and ask them if they're interested in taking action. Do not assume that their lack of engagement is due to deliberate negligence or disinterest. Usually the reason why they haven't said anything until now shakes out in the conversation ("Oh, you're a PRP runner so I thought I couldn't do XYZ").
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 A collaborative storytelling environment looks like this:
-* '''OOC Communication:''' You gotta enjoy the people you write with! Modern Nights encourages talkative public channels and channel discourse to make sure players get to know each other.  We have a Discord server (type "'''+discord''' on the game for the invite").
+* '''OOC Communication:''' You gotta enjoy the people you write with! Modern Nights encourages talkative public channels and channel discourse to make sure players get to know each other.  We have a Discord server (type "'''+discord''' on the game for the invite).
 * '''Healthy boundaries:''' Players should be ready and able to set boundaries and confident they will be respected. We have a [[Conduct]] and [[Conflict Resolution]] policy to guide players towards handling tension should they decide not to involve staff while they're still building a relationship with us.
 * '''Organizational Tools:''' Players are able to sort their jobs into buckets and assign their jobs to other users, including fellow players (like if they want to use a +request to coordinate a PRP).  Our notes system lets you hierarchically file notes underneath other notes so you can stay organized.

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 * All players and staff are responsible for keeping the drama purely IC. If you are antagonized ICly and find it upsetting, reach out to the players instead of letting it fester. If you are playing an antagonist, reach out to players after you kick their characters around to make sure there's no hard feelings.
 * Generally speaking we do operate by "ICA = ICC", but that principle doesn't come at the expense of your comfort or consent. If you're not comfortable with a scene, or how it is being resolved, please reach out to staff.
 = Keep Up With The Casuals =
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 Lastly, we highly recommend that you '''proactively confirm IC inaction'''. Sometimes you'll be running a plot (as staff or a PRP runner) and go "damn, Jimbo should have tried to do something by now."  If you find yourself thinking that, reach out directly to the player(s) and ask them if they're interested in taking action.  Do not assume that their lack of engagement is due to deliberate negligence or disinterest.  Usually the reason why they haven't said anything until now shakes out in the conversation ("Oh, you're a PRP runner so I thought I couldn't do XYZ").
 = House Rule With Purpose =

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		+	We value the time of players who have RL demands that keep them from playing on the game as often as they'd like and we want to make an environment where they can keep up.
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	There are power-users and there are people who only spend a few hours a week on a MUSH. Maybe IRL obligations keep them from putting in the hours they prefer. Maybe they have more than one hobby. Regardless, just because the game is accessible 24/7 doesn't mean that you should need to be on 24/7 to remain competitive. In order to balance power users and casual users, we have done the following:		There are power-users and there are people who only spend a few hours a week on a MUSH. Maybe IRL obligations keep them from putting in the hours they prefer. Maybe they have more than one hobby. Regardless, just because the game is accessible 24/7 doesn't mean that you should need to be on 24/7 to remain competitive. In order to balance power users and casual users, we have done the following:

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 = Keep Up With The Casuals =
 There are power-users and there are people who only spend a few hours a week on a MUSH. Maybe IRL obligations keep them from putting in the hours they prefer.  Maybe they have more than one hobby.  Regardless, just because the game is accessible 24/7 doesn't mean that you should need to be on 24/7 to remain competitive.  In order to balance power users and casual users, we have done the following:
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 * '''Does it add missing value players are seeking?''' Having a game that is always on 24/7 will sometimes mean that players develop interests and needs that existing material doesn't exactly provide.
 * '''Are we willing to hit everybody with it?''' We don't grandfather people in.  It's silly you should be able to get a specific perk just because you happened to find this game before I did.  If you aren't willing to make the existing players you know adapt to a change, don't impose it on strangers either.

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 Whether WoD games are horror games to you or not, they still tell deeply personal stories with difficult themes, such as loss, betrayal, and sacrifice.  Writing with strangers about those things and creating a space of trust can be difficult, especially when we are expressing ourselves through characters we've grown fond of, but without the genre and the themes that engage us, RP becomes little more than a game of dice rolls and loot.
-At times, players will be challenged when we step into the stimulating but sometimes rocky space where things like politics, religion, culture, history, violence and discrimination become important parts of the narrative stage.  Players do need to be willing to ride the wave of IC risks, consequences, and heavy themes in order for the collaborative storytelling environment to work -- but they cannot and will not do so if they cannot trust that their storyteller.
+At times, players will be challenged when we step into the stimulating but sometimes rocky space where things like politics, religion, culture, history, violence and discrimination become important parts of the narrative stage.  Players do need to be willing to ride the wave of IC risks, consequences, and heavy themes in order for the collaborative storytelling environment to work -- but they cannot and will not do so if they cannot trust their fellow players or their storyteller.
-We do acknowledge that in roleplay action leads to consequence, but at the end of the day, "ICA = ICC" does not change the fact that your character is fictional and YOU are real.  Your emotions, your elation, your distress are always relevant, and should never be set aside in pursuit of some mythical perfect immersion.
+In roleplay action leads to consequence, but at the end of the day, "ICA = ICC" does not change the fact that your character is fictional and YOU are real.  Your emotions, your elation, and your distress are always relevant, and should never be set aside in pursuit of some mythical perfect immersion.
-Therefore a storyteller '''must''' hit the brakes if a player is feeling personally unsettled, distressed or unsafe.  A storyteller '''must''' do their best to respect boundaries, listen, and collaborate towards a narrative resolution that respects these boundaries.  If a player wishes to withdraw from something, that is their prerogative, and the storyteller must help them gracefully exit.
+Therefore, players and storytellers '''must''' hit the brakes if another player is feeling personally unsettled, distressed or unsafe.  A storyteller '''must''' do their best to respect boundaries, listen, and collaborate towards a narrative resolution that respects these boundaries.  If a player wishes to withdraw from something, that is their prerogative, and their peers must help them gracefully exit.
-We expect our players to remember that when interacting with other players too.
+Modern Nights has a [[Conflict Resolution]] policy providing a script for players to draw boundaries, in case they are not sure how to do it otherwise.

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 == IC Deadline Handling ==
-IC deadlines are not to be OOC Deadlines.  If you have a time-sensitive deadline IC, that's fine, but any +request or @mail stating a character's IC actions to be completed by that deadline are valid so long as the request is sent in before the day of the IC deadline.  If you haven't processed it by the time your stated IC deadline rolls up, don't move forward until it is.
+IC deadlines are not to be OOC Deadlines.  If you have a time-sensitive deadline IC, that's fine, but any +request or @mail stating a character's IC actions to be completed by that deadline are valid so long as the request is sent in before the day of the IC deadline.  If you haven't processed it by the time your stated IC deadline rolls up, don't move forward until whatever action that player declared wanting to do has been addressed.   If Jimmy's wife is held for a ransom and he has 2 weeks to cough up the dough or the lady gets it, and Jimmy put in a job the very next day, he should ''not'' under ''any'' circumstance be cut off just because technically it's OOCly 2 weeks later.  What, did Jimmy ICly go catatonic just because Jimmy's player has a job?
 The action should be ran as if it ICly commenced the day of the +request.  If the action described would take too long to pull off and there's a reasonable chance the character would know this based off of their sheet, advise the player and let them pick something simpler.  After all, it's not like their character would realize, "I can't accomplish that in time" and then spend the remaining days paralyzed in indecision.