NatRP Guidelines and Rules [PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING]

[Alex]

Note: These rules were originally written by Forum Mod @Four, revised by @Eva-Beatrice, @Olive Penderghast, and now, myself.

National Roleplay Rules:

• Each post you create must contain at least five sentences to be considered valid.
• You must make reasonable posts and requests from other players in this community.
• Any development by your nation must be played out over a reasonable amount of time. No matter how advanced you may be, things do not just happen overnight.
• If knowledge of something is posted in a manner which would render you unable to know about it, then you may not use this knowledge in any way or for any purpose. It isn’t forbidden for you to make an assumption that another nation or player may do something, but you will not know for sure unless such knowledge becomes public.
• Consent is only required for war. Non-violent posts made without consent are acceptable. (Example: Player A sent military jets through Player B’s airspace without permission. It is up to Player A to respond to Player B’s actions as they see fit.) Basically, if it isn’t a direct attack on your nation, consent isn’t required.

National Roleplay Posting Etiquette:

1. You are to remain within your own means. This means that you cannot “overnight” things for your nation.

   For example: One day, you have modern technology/weapons, and the next day, you have the most advanced technology/weapons.

   This isn't to say that you cannot develop your technology, or for that matter, anything in your nation. This is just saying that you actually have to RP the transition and growth of your nation to make it fair for the rest of the community. Many nations have a theme built right into them - these themes are derived from RL lore and/or made up of personal lore (lore created by an individual). That being said, all lore should be posted here so that you know what people are using and how you can adapt to National Roleplay with your nation.

2. You have the option to allow or disallow IC/OOC chatter in your thread.

   This means that should you make a roleplay story/event that you would like to discuss out-of-character within that thread, you may simply state in your original post that your story/event will be open for discussion. Within your OP, you may also state that this story/event is only between select players - just to keep the RP a bit cleaner.
    
   If you create a new thread in the OOC subforum for the purpose of discussing an in-character post, just be sure to provide a link to that IC post for ease-of-access.
    
   This system allows for a cleaner RP for everyone. You also have the option to carry on your IC discussion through other platforms like IRC (if you're ancient), Discord, Skype, etc.

3. This is National Roleplay, not a 140-character status update.

   Players of this community are expected to put a little bit more effort than just a few random words in an OP. This is a roleplaying community, where you roleplay your nation and your nation's story. In order for a proper dialogue to develop, players in this community must put in a little effort.

   For example: Black Box is a National RP member. He has a modern nation and he plays within the lore of modern-day America. This was his post this evening:

   “President Black Box of the United States of Box won today’s election with 97% of the national vote.”

   Nobody replied to his post and it got lost. Why? Because he used his time to create a status update instead of giving the community something to build off of. There is no creativity or effort. The key here is to just provide a little more effort with your story and with replies to other player’s stories.

4. You are not God.

   Simply put, you cannot just snap your fingers and make something happen (besides a snapping sound) in real life, and that same thing applies here.

   You are not invincible. You are not unbeatable. You don't have the 'best' of anything. You are not a god. You can't destroy nations at the stroke of a key. You can't take over the world one-handed. Do you see where I'm going with this? You can't decide to just take over airspace, bodies of water, or land that doesn't belong to you. You can't force yourself on a nation and take them over. Come on, guys, do I need to continue?

   This etiquette ruling falls under playing within your means as well as the consent rule. Sure, maybe you have some awesome tech, but you need to RP it correctly. Sure, you might win battles or you might take over land, but it needs to happen the correct way. Through consent, and shared RP stories/events.

National Roleplay Moderation:

It is to be understood that moderators have the final say in regards to reports made or any rule violation. It should also be understood that select moderators are put in charge to oversee this roleplay community. These moderators have put in time and effort to help rectify issues, and will continue to work with the community and assist with whatever is needed to help it run smoothly and continue to be a source of entertainment.

That being said, each member of this community most read and understand these rules as they have been provided to you. Any post in this community is an assumption that you have read and understood each rule. Therefore, should you post something that is a violation to these rules, Moderation will point you right back to this thread. A violation is a violation.

Thank you for reading, and enjoy the Politics & War National Roleplay!