A lot of great questions Castiel. I'll try to give my input on question by question basis.
I believe if the person/guild acts... less than graceful, they will notice the repercussions of their actions as people drift away from them, not wanting to RP or get involved. From my experience drama bombs don't just go off once, but multiple times, so I think we'll all know who these people are that keep causing trouble everywhere. I say let everyone react to them as they see fit. After one too many fallouts such individual may not be welcome in any guild at all.
Again from my experience, guilds that have problems with everyone are born from members that have problems in any guild they join. They go off and make their own guild which is full of animosity towards everyone else. The RPC's action towards such guilds should be similar, just let everyone know that said guild said or did something offensive to the whole community and let every other guild decide how to take it. If it's really bad then that fringe guild will likely die out because no one will want anything to do with them. That's an organic way for a griefing person/guild to essentially no longer be part of the RPC.
A Russian proverb comes to mind: "If you spit on the community, the community will cringe, but if the community spits on you, you'll drown."
This also (more or less) takes care of the concerns in the "Events" part. Any events set up with more than one guild in mind should automatically be assumed to follow RPC standards UNLESS it's mentioned that some are omitted or edited. One exception would be if a guild has an event by itself and a member of another guild decides/is allowed to join in, the event will still be held with the main guild's rules/standards.
Structure and Public:
Basically 2 people from each guild should be the maintenance crew AND the PR people for the RPC. Basically their job would be to keep everyone else up to date with what their guild is up to, create server-wide events, take care of the site/forums, and advertise the RPC on public sites.
To be more open the RPC should petition big sites like ZAM and Core to have a roleplaying section. We should encourage people to repost their stories from their main guilds not only here, but in those forums too. We should also try Open RP threads for those that may want to do that. It will benefit the RP community greatly by exposing us to anyone who looks over the forum sections xD Plus it'd be like having a constant ad for the RPC. That's one way to be more open, maybe I'll think of some other things later.
Thanks for reading.
Quote:But what if this troublemaker is wreaking havoc on more than one guild?About neutrality... I don't think that we should have any power to ban or block people or guilds. One thing that I'd like the RPC to become is a crossroads for information between guilds. In your example the RPC would notify the individual and the guild they are in as well as every other guild. Let people react accordingly, depending on the circumstances some may never want to RP with the person again and /block them while others may just brush it off and continue to RP with them.
I believe if the person/guild acts... less than graceful, they will notice the repercussions of their actions as people drift away from them, not wanting to RP or get involved. From my experience drama bombs don't just go off once, but multiple times, so I think we'll all know who these people are that keep causing trouble everywhere. I say let everyone react to them as they see fit. After one too many fallouts such individual may not be welcome in any guild at all.
Again from my experience, guilds that have problems with everyone are born from members that have problems in any guild they join. They go off and make their own guild which is full of animosity towards everyone else. The RPC's action towards such guilds should be similar, just let everyone know that said guild said or did something offensive to the whole community and let every other guild decide how to take it. If it's really bad then that fringe guild will likely die out because no one will want anything to do with them. That's an organic way for a griefing person/guild to essentially no longer be part of the RPC.
A Russian proverb comes to mind: "If you spit on the community, the community will cringe, but if the community spits on you, you'll drown."
Quote:Another question to consider is -when- do the RPC standards kick in?Unless someone creates an event and specifically makes/edits the RPC etiquette, it should be followed anytime members of 2 or more guilds meet. If there is a dispute between people in terms of standards/etiquette, those who did not follow the RPC etiquette should be considered in the wrong by other members.
This also (more or less) takes care of the concerns in the "Events" part. Any events set up with more than one guild in mind should automatically be assumed to follow RPC standards UNLESS it's mentioned that some are omitted or edited. One exception would be if a guild has an event by itself and a member of another guild decides/is allowed to join in, the event will still be held with the main guild's rules/standards.
Structure and Public:
Basically 2 people from each guild should be the maintenance crew AND the PR people for the RPC. Basically their job would be to keep everyone else up to date with what their guild is up to, create server-wide events, take care of the site/forums, and advertise the RPC on public sites.
To be more open the RPC should petition big sites like ZAM and Core to have a roleplaying section. We should encourage people to repost their stories from their main guilds not only here, but in those forums too. We should also try Open RP threads for those that may want to do that. It will benefit the RP community greatly by exposing us to anyone who looks over the forum sections xD Plus it'd be like having a constant ad for the RPC. That's one way to be more open, maybe I'll think of some other things later.
Thanks for reading.
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