Ibn Khaldun

I'm going to put this to the test. I like what you've come with as a rebuttal, so I am going to be more lax on enforcing the rules, but preferring to take an interpretive stance on certain posts. I'll leave reserve posts, unidentified flying posts (no name posts), & one-liners (I already do this anyways) alone even when reported (and certain players are now abusing the system for shits & giggles). Cheers & have a good day!

The Pat McAfee Show? Animus? Where is the connection?!

I will reply in full tomorrow, but I'm fine with pumping brakes on the necessity of explicitly mentioning your character's name in a flavor post and instead being more interpretive on whether posts are directly or indirectly written with invective, trolling, and/or harassing of the OP.

That is a fair point. Would you say you would want us as forum moderators to make more of an effort to interpret whether a forum reply [with or without direct mention of character name] meets the criteria of harassment, "shit-posting", or otherwise rule-breaking in nature? Edit: What do you think about the following point: What we want to avoid are throwaway characters used only for shit posting, it doesnt embody any metric of player conduct or RP standards (give and take). Played characters in game are more or less actual characters that can be consequenced for being jerks in RP. Making random throwaways in game too is arguably against conduct and standards.

I can only speak for myself & about forum moderation specifically, I am notorious for being "out of the loop" about current playergroups, cliques, etc. I usually lean into that by taking more charitable interpretations of player behavior (unless it is unavoidably obvious that behavior is done with malice, asshatery, etc). If you have a direct moderator decision of mine that you wish to contest, I welcome you to speak with me on Discord about it, but otherwise I've enjoyed mostly positive feedback in how I conduct myself with others as it pertains to forum moderation.

I bet your growled like AJ Hawk when you wrote this one out.

The following thread is intended to encourage discussion of the current set of rules found here & an intentional effort to educate all users of the current set of rules & how forum moderation has been executed starting within the last month. As of right now, all moderators have the ability to moderate the forums, but formally there has only really been 4 moderators who have taken an active role in moderating the forums: Mirtok, annabanana1014, itdontmatta, & myself. I base this off of the moderator-level viewable notifications of forum warnings being given out. Of those rules listed under the General Forum Rules subheading, most rules have been followed & are pretty basic. Basic civility & decency is not a scarce commodity exchanged and proof of most players following these basic rules is evidence of that. The only rule of the General Forum Rules that some players may benefit from a reminder of is the following: Of those rules listed under the Roleplay Subforum Rules subheading, here is a break down of the rules: Rules #1 & #2 are pretty self-explanatory and there hasn't been too much trouble with ensuring players follow them. Rule #4 is pretty self-explanatory. Rule #7 is pretty self-explanatory. I can only speak for myself in that I usually try to get engagement from someone who has broken the forum rules because I acknowledge the forums have not been well-maintained or moderated in the past and that general slip of acknowledgement of existing rules is real. If you ever have an issue with how I am personally moderating, want to ask a question, or otherwise like to express an opinion (and are comfortable with dialogue both ways) - please feel free to reach out to me on Discord at ibnkhaldun8. PS: Feel free to have a read over a thread I created when I first started actively forum moderating:

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You all behave in this thread please.

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𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅗𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅗𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅮 The snows that packed the mountainside buried the grave, but the tombstone still marked in one's mind where it was appropriate to step and not to step in relation to the buried Cunimund. Grimhildr came that night, swaddled in many furs and lips wet with many prayers. She crouched beside Cunimund's grave and traced her fingers against the gothic engraving of the tombstone; its rendering clearly of Waldenian make. She looked towards the earthenwall that seemed to blend in the background across from the grave. A solitary figure stood on the ramparts, bearing the only dark colors in contrast to the wintry white. "Hvarr reidiz oiman?" [¹] "Ogbek Grimhildr, swesor Morgause." [²] "Hwaet reidijoz oiman abo?" [³] "Reidek oiman ogbi rix," [⁴] Grimhildr stated plainly. She watched as the figure withdrew from view, stepping off the ramparts. He eventually emerged, stepping within inches from Grimhildr's face. "Sprejekagh wǣd ach Almaris, eigi siprifek wǣd di ju. Anuanek Odoacer, makos Brennus Bardo," [⁵] Odoacer affirmed. He turned back to the earthenwall, adding, "Long has the village been razed and buried in snow and ash. I expect you'll need my help to rebuild?"

I think as a means of rolling out a regional auction house, an in-game location(s) that is between nations would be neat. I've got an idea that I might crash-test in-game towards this location(s). Generally, as someone who has done plenty of merchant roleplay through the Cingedoz, the existence or lack thereof of an auction house hasn't really affected merchant roleplay viability.

No need to get into back & forths on this type of thread. Comment on the merits of the suggested amendment, everything else can be handled off the forums via Discord [politely].

𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅗𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅗𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅮 The snows that packed the mountainside buried the grave, but the tombstone still marked in one's mind where it was appropriate to step and not to step in relation to the buried Cunimund. Grimhildr came that night, swaddled in many furs and lips wet with many prayers. She crouched beside Cunimund's grave and traced her fingers against the gothic engraving of the tombstone; its rendering clearly of Waldenian make. She looked towards the earthenwall that seemed to blend in the background across from the grave. A solitary figure stood on the ramparts, bearing the only dark colors in contrast to the wintry white. "Hvarr reidiz oiman?" [¹] "Ogbek Grimhildr, swesor Morgause." [²] "Hwaet reidijoz oiman abo?" [³] "Reidek oiman ogbi rix," [⁴] Grimhildr stated plainly. She watched as the figure withdrew from view, stepping off the ramparts. He eventually emerged, stepping within inches from Grimhildr's face. "Sprejekagh wǣd ach Almaris, eigi siprifek wǣd di ju. Anuanek Odoacer, makos Brennus Bardo," [⁵] Odoacer affirmed. He turned back to the earthenwall, adding, "Long has the village been razed and buried in snow and ash. I expect you'll need my help to rebuild?"

THE EARLIEST ILLATIANS FROM WANING PLAIN TO PASSION’S FLAME Corralled Spirits on the Diminishing Plain 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅗𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅗𝅥𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅮 The year 1257 marked the ascension of the Black Dragon to the throne of Oren, that oldest of kingdoms organized by Men; the kingdom that would be made greatest by Horen's stratagems in defeating & consolidating all other kingdoms & polities such as Salvus, Seventis, the Teutonic Order, & others during the era of Asulon. Emperor Horen V assayed the mettle of all of Mankind, choosing which to forge together into one sceptre and which to leave in the slag-heap. He intended his imperial demesne to encompass & include the Heartlanders, the Highlanders, & that people of the periphery - the Farfolk. Of all the Farfolk, the people who lived furthest from the burgeoning imperial civilization were the Subudai. A nomadic people who warred & resided on the northern borders of the old Kingdom of Seventis, they rode from end to endless end of the great arid plains that rolled out before the stone walls and hillocks where the Empire eventually drew its borders. These nomads lived carefree and without feudal obligation; they raised livestock in stampeding herds, caroused boisterously among themselves, and made merry warpaths & incursions into neighboring settlements & countrysides including that of old Alras, Seventis, & the Volsung. This libertine freedom they enjoyed would not last for long after the ascension of Horen V. The Subudain nomads, making up a tribal confederacy, enjoyed war when they merely had small polities to molest & maraud; they became reticent when they saw great forts with banners of black crosses & white roses fencing in where they could ride on the borders of their plains. Defensive battlements cast wide nooses around the necks of the Subudai, their plains began to roll up like a scroll with less and less land to live & ride upon. Agents of the Empire sought out individual tribes' leaders in hopes of winning them over, placing the noose snug against the neck of these Farfolk. Portrait of Charlenoyre | Sharlaz Noyan c. 1275 Imperial Images: Joseph Feely, Batmagnai Tuvsaikhan via ArtStation One tribal chieftain who heeded the agents of Horen's Empire was Sharlaz Noyan, also known as 'Charagai' disparagingly by his Subudai counterparts - the nickname translating to 'molting [skin]'. He accepted an agreement rendered by the Empire where the tribe of Sharlaz would migrate & settle among the Auvergnians. In the lands of the Auvergnians, the tribe of Sharlaz encountered Southerons who he arranged marriages with. Sharlaz Noyan, who would become known as Charlenoyre - a bastardization of his Subudain name in the Auvergnian language, spent the remainder of his life as a patriarch of his Southeron-Subudain family attending to the education of his children & their children as well as the assimilation of his Subudain counterparts into the rich culture of the Auvergnians. By the time the descendants would traverse to Anthos, a distinct culture emerged whereby the Subudain equestrian tradition & love for merchantry became intertwined with the Auvergnian passion for the arts & fervor of faith; promoted by a Southeron-Subudain man known as Illo the Elder. The blossom of the Illatian rose began when Mankind entered the Fringe. Illo the Elder and his progeny forged the Illatian culture through the promotion of a minor house known as House Visconti during Emperor Peter Chivay's reign of the Holy Orenian Empire.

I fucks with this.

What is the context of this?

If this passes, I am ODSTing from the top of the map in full diamond on anyone romance RPing on Halloween and PKing them.

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