This is a request for Feedback from the Wizard’s Den Playerbase on changes to our MRP rules, how we enforce those rules, and how players get whitelisted and dewhitelisted. This proposal is undergoing concurrent discussion and voting inside the admin team.
The proposed changes can be found here
Background
Salamander has for a long time had an issue with declining quality in roleplay from players. Previous initiatives to fix this have been for admins to enforce rules more strictly, and to hand out dewhitelists more readily. For a variety of reasons(Unclear standards, not enough admins to enforce rules, large amount of new whitelists without enough filtering, etc.) this has not been very effective.
Proposed Changes
This proposal aims to address these issues through the following:
- Introduce a greater filter for accepted whitelists with new requirements on a whitelist request.
- Change our rules to require a higher standard of roleplay.
- Standardize how we issue punishments related to MRP
- MRP amendments have been clarified.
Rule Changes
The following changes to rules on MRP are proposed:
- Powergaming as a rule is reintroduced. You must be able to justify your character’s actions in character. Player characters are expected to have a semi consistent personality and loosely follow their backstories.
- Objectives should be completed on station. You should not destroy or kill half the shuttle to complete an objective.
- The limits on clowning and tiding are more defined. You should not become such a big problem where security can use lethal force against you or sentence you to permanent confinement.
- Use of LOOC is further limited. It should only be used for purposes of teaching where teaching it through IC means is not possible.
Changes to whitelist requests
The most relevant changes for players:
- Whitelist requests will now be made on our forums
- Whitelist requests will require the applicant to provide a character, and a backstory for that character. They will not be required to play as that character on Salamander, nor barred from using other characters. They will however be expected to abide by a similar standard.
- Applicants can be vouched for by other whitelisted players. This waives our playtime requirements.
Player Reports
Punishments can now be issued where a large number of players find issue with another player’s behavior in mrp. This does not mean that players will be able to lynch another player who they believe to be rude, or otherwise play in a way they disagree with. All player reports will be reviewed by admins. Issues with whether the player follows mrp standards will be considered. For example a character that completely changes in personality every round and goes against their stated backstory may lead to a punishment under the player report system. Bad faith reports will be strictly punished.
Changes to further mrp rules
The following changes will be made to how we add new rules, as well as how we amend and remove existing ones:
- New amendments voted by the admin team will be tried out for 2 weeks before going to a vote by the playerbase on our forums.
- Amendments introduced with these changes will go through the same process.