[Discussion] Role-Play Groups & Lore Generation

[Elarien]

Role-Play Groups & Lore Generation Discussion

Role Play Groups Structure

Each RP Group (or Faction) would probably have the following:

• Leadership, which can be as democratic or authoritarian as the members wish it to be.
• Official lore that can be approved by Media & Events, and added to a lore repository.
• Member number requirements, which will lead inactive groups to be archived and active groups continued.
• RP Groups will be voluntary and not official structures, but the Assembly could approve a RP Group to having official status as official lore and permanent group status. This would have to be a really popular group though.
• RPs on regular basis involving the community of that faction.
• Restrictions on leadership i.e. you can be a member in any RP group, but only the leader of so many groups, so we don't end up with just one person or a small group monopolizing all the groups.

Role Play Factions Examples
These are examples of RP groups that we could participate in, as fun role-play organizations/governments that are moderated by Media & Events.

We might want Recruitment & Outreach involved as well, if we want to include RP groups in our regional recruitment campaigns - which might be a fun activity booster.

Forum Layout Example
Each faction would get a sub-forum to advertise itself and run Role-Plays. These would be moderated by the leadership of each faction.

Discord Layout Example
Discord would need some more channels to allow faction sign ups, faction recruitment, and inter-faction RPs.

At the very least we would need the following:

• A Group/Faction sign up channel i.e. factions-sign-up, which could be either manually or bot moderated
• A Group/Faction RP channel i.e. factions-simulation.
• A Nation-Building RP channel i.e. for other RPs and nation development.

Though we could also have RP channels for each Group/Faction.

Possible Act
Though we can still run a lot of it through Media & Events without one as these are RP groups, we could use an Act to clearly define how this works.

Role-Play Groups and Lore Act (2019)
Proposed by: X
Preamble​

This law shall set forth the conditions for participation Role Play groups, as well as Role-Play lore.

Section 1. Role-Play Groups

(1) Role-Play Groups shall be defined as entities that consist of a role-play regional organization.
(2) Role-Play Groups shall be moderated by the Ministry of Media & Events, under guidance of Forum Administration.
(3) Role-Players may participate in more than one Role-Play Group, so long as they are not in the leadership of more than that group.

Section 2. Organization of Role-Play Groups

(1) The Leadership may be determined democratically in a Role-Play setting or through succession.
(2) Media & Events or Forum Administration may remove leadership or members from a Role-Play Group.
(3) Membership requirements for Role-Play Groups shall be determined by the Ministry of Media & Events and Forum Administration.
(4) Role-Play Groups that do not meet Membership requirements for 60 days or more, shall be archived.

Section 3. Role-Play Lore

(1) Role-Play Lore can be approved, modified, or removed by the Ministry of Media & Events for each Role-Play Group.
(2) Role-Play Lore shall be organized into categories by the Ministry of Media & Events.

Section 4. Official Canon

(1) Official Canon shall be defined as Role-Play Lore that has been granted official status by the region.
(2) Role-Play Lore can be made official canon of the region, through a two-thirds Assembly vote.

Section 5. Lore Repository

(1) A Lore Repository shall exist to store Role-Play Lore and Official Canon.
(2) This Repository shall be maintained jointly by the Ministry of Media & Events, the Speaker of the Assembly, and Forum Administration.

Section 6. Provision For Ministry Changes

(1) The references to the Ministry of Media & Events in this act refers to the Ministry in charge of Culture, or more exclusively RP activities.

Note: Role-Play Lore would not be official (beyond approval by the Ministry of Media & Events) , unless as mentioned in Section 4, the Assembly voted to approve something as official canon.

 

[Ryccia]

I absolutely love this idea, and I eagerly suggest its implementation.