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June 1, 2021: North versus South, the war for Western Arcovia.
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: A universal role-play limit for each player on the sim is no death, maiming, torture, or rape without OOC permission. All players reserve the right to fade to black on these four topics. You are of course welcome to have no limits or use a restricted set of these limits for yourself. This is a high conflict sim, no other limits should be necessary.  
 
: A universal role-play limit for each player on the sim is no death, maiming, torture, or rape without OOC permission. All players reserve the right to fade to black on these four topics. You are of course welcome to have no limits or use a restricted set of these limits for yourself. This is a high conflict sim, no other limits should be necessary.  
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:Because one of the main goals of Arcovia is for players to gain information to use against your team or character we expect Arcovia role-play to happen on sim.  There nearly no good reasons to have an OOC private gathering -- IC private is fine, feel free to post guards to stop spies and interlopers.  It is also acceptable to role-play lock the door and expect people to role-play unlock the door.
  
 
=== General Role-Play Etiquette===
 
=== General Role-Play Etiquette===

Revision as of 14:42, 31 December 2020

Arcovia is a high conflict political role-play sim. It is not suited for those who are looking for low conflict slice of life roleplay. The imagined character is one who is an agent in service to a chosen city-state's small council. These agents will be expected to scheme and manipulate to get valuable and necessary intelligence. With that said, please note a few basic things.

Foundlings and Slaves
While we do not encourage players to choose either foundlings or slave, we acknowledge that many people enjoy background characters and wish to participate in scenes without the added challenge of being a key player. Consequently, we ask players to give those playing foundlings or slaves a break when it comes to high conflict role-play. That is not to say anyone should be given free rein nor should they be able to avoid role-play consequences, only that those playing agents should recognize that the role is intended to be supportive.
Don't be a Dick
As so famously said by Wil Wheaten, Don't be a dick. This should be obvious by now -- no one wants to play with someone else who is being an OOC jerk. Treat all other role-players with respect and courtesy -- regardless of your personal religious, political, or role-play styles.
Role-play Limits
A universal role-play limit for each player on the sim is no death, maiming, torture, or rape without OOC permission. All players reserve the right to fade to black on these four topics. You are of course welcome to have no limits or use a restricted set of these limits for yourself. This is a high conflict sim, no other limits should be necessary.
Role-Play Happens on Sim
Because one of the main goals of Arcovia is for players to gain information to use against your team or character we expect Arcovia role-play to happen on sim. There nearly no good reasons to have an OOC private gathering -- IC private is fine, feel free to post guards to stop spies and interlopers. It is also acceptable to role-play lock the door and expect people to role-play unlock the door.

General Role-Play Etiquette

We assume everyone is a reasonably experienced role-player and understands such terms as god-modding, power-gaming, superman role-play, metagaming, etc. If you do not know what these terms mean please contact staff for some excellent links and to have a mentor assigned to help you navigate the challenges present in Arcovia.

Protect yourself from metagaming
Metagaming will happen even if it’s accidental. We strongly suggest that you do not discuss any role play or role play plans in any out of character format. This will drastically reduce the chance of metagaming.
Expect the worst
You should be prepared for other characters to spy on your character, use any knowledge they gain to their advantage, never to keep your character's secrets, to manipulate your character into giving them an advantage, to make up rumors about your character, to outright lie and threaten your character.
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