MicrasWiki:Nouvelle Alexandrie/Community Agreements

This page outlines the basic Community Agreements of Nouvelle Alexandrie. The purpose of the Community Agreements is to outline of how things in the simulation run.

In addition to these Community Agreements, there are also the rules of the Nouvelle Alexandrie Discord server, which are separate from these agreements.

Definitions

• Metagaming: inserting your OOC knowledge into IC interactions;
• Godmodding: controlling someone else’s character;
• Powerplaying: making your character all-knowing / all-powerful;
• Character Giveaway: allowing people to take characters without applying for them;
• Good faith: sincere intention to be fair, open, and honest, regardless of the outcome of the interaction;
• In-Game Calendar: Norton calendar;
• New Alexandrian Discord server: Join the Discord server here.
• In Character: also known as "IC", refers to actions and things said/done by you as your character, therefore counting towards the development of the canon. Opposite of OOC;
• Out of Character: also known as "OOC"; used to specify that you’re talking as yourself instead of your character. Opposite of IC;
• Main character: your main (primary) character, usually the character that has the most prominent/central career out of all;
• Secondary character: your secondary character(s), could be supporting characters, family members, NPCs, etc;
  • Multi: shorthand for "secondary character", comes from the word multiple;
• NPC, or Non-playing character: any character in a game that is not controlled by a player;
• Activity: the frequency with which you roleplay or participate with a character(s) or as yourself (OOC).
• Leave of absence: also known as "LOA", defined as a break away from participation or roleplay for a defined period of time;
• Reduced activity leave: decreased activity for an extended period of time.

Mission and Values

General Statement of Values

Copied from the great words by Nathan in the Natopian server:

• Nouvelle Alexandrie is a friendly and welcoming place for ALL people.
• Homophobic, racist, transphobic, and other bigoted language is not tolerated here.
• Personal attacks are not tolerated.
• Engaging in conversation with the intent to antagonize others is not tolerated.
• Respect people’s pronouns if you know them.
• Respect people’s sexual orientation if you know it.
• Respect people’s experiences, interests, and hobbies; if you find them distasteful refrain from public comment.
• If someone says they take offense at a comment respect their feelings and disengage.

Roleplay

1. An in character (IC) action means that your character within the sim has said or done, meaning it would be considered as part of the simulation and the development of Nouvelle Alexandrie, maining it's canon in the lore of the sim.
2. An out of character (OOC) is an action that you, as yourself, and not as character in the sim said or did, and should not be considered canon in the lore of the sim.

Death, New Life

1. If your character dies you will have no recollection of your past life nor will others be able to attribute your past life to your new character.
2. If your character dies in sim, you will remain ‘dead’ for 3 days, of which you then may start a new character with the current rules applying.

IC and OOC Discord channels

1. The channels in the following categories are considered all OOC channels:
   1. The "Server" category;
   2. The "Nouvelle Alexandrie" category;
   3. The "Community Chat" category;
   4. The "Political Parties" category;
      1. All political party war rooms are considered sacred, private, and OOC to allow for honest & direct discussion.
   5. The "Administration" category.
2. All other channels, unless otherwise listed below, are IC channels:
   1. "Announcements and News" category
      1. Server Announcements
      2. Election Announcements
   2. "Set-Up" category
      1. Guide to Start
3. If you wish to make an OOC comment within an IC channel, you must use brackets around the sentence to specify it is an OOC message.
   1. Ex. [OOC: This is the text of the comment here. Maybe one or two sentences more. Keep it brief, succinct. Be gone. Thanks.]