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This news file is a compilation of '''Rulings''' that were previously posted on our bulletin board system on the MUSH. These are usually temporary, or pending addition to more permanent files.
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This news file is a compilation of rulings about roleplay and plots on the MUSH.
  
 
==Long Memory==
 
==Long Memory==
  
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In addition to the Long Memory rule involved in combat (which can be found in the Combat file under Stance on Combat RP): MCM is a game that has been open, at the time of this writing, for 14 years. Many different characters, plots, and interactions have come and gone and will continue to come and go. In the interests of characters and settings not being "solved" by long-term characters on the MUSH, we do not allow information about past content to remain live on the MUSH indefinitely. This is '''especially''' the case with content from source materials and characters that have since been dropped.
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Our "Long Memory" Policy pertains to the retaining of in character information. We don't want characters having their every defeat remembered forever, or even previous characters that bear their name. We don't want popular properties that have debuted several times to simply be "solved" by any character old enough to remember the last time they were around. Accordingly, characters don't have an infinite expanding knowledge dossier on every theme they've been to or heard about, and physical things they have gained from themelists that are no longer played expire.
  
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The exact time frame in which content should no longer be referenced is not set. Some content may be deliberately sunset sooner, as in the case of source materials that are no longer valid for play for whatever reason, but as a general rule-of-thumb it's reasonable to expect that anything 5+ years old is iffy.
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All of the sunset periods defined below are subject to the urgency of new players of previously played themes, but offer a general idea of how long we think it's acceptable to remember things about themes and characters that are no longer on the MUSH. Anything beyond the scope of the time periods specified here should be presumed forgotten or replaced as a default.
  
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This ruling is rooted in revised Power Copy rules from 2016, wherein we put an expiration date on stolen Advantages on the basis that ->  The reason for this is that we don't, for example, want the Sailor Moon of 2008 to make the decision to let Power Copier X steal her Moon Crystal Power and for the Sailor Moon of 2016 (almost certainly not the same person) to have to live with that baggage. <-
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| '''Subject Category'''
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| '''Sunset Period'''
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| '''Notes'''
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| Advantages from a dropped themelist.
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| 1 month - 1 year.
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| If replaced by a new themelist, sunset period decreases.
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| Knowledge of a dropped themelist.
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| 1-3 years.
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| If replaced by a new themelist, sunset period decreases or disappears.
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| [[Power Copy]] from a dropped themelist.
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| Immediate.
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| Copied powers (from characters and themes that no longer exist) immediately expire.
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| Knowledge of Aged Events from still-present themes and characters
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| 5 years.
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| This is a "soft" sunset, a threshold beyond which these things should only be gently referenced UNLESS a current plot is returning to those events in some way.
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==FacHead Permission==
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==Factional Defection & Infiltration==
  
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FacHead permission is required for factional betrayal/defection, and long-term infiltration. Strictly speaking, Staff has overriding authority on whether or not these go forward, but if a FacHead is uncomfortable with the idea, it's strong grounds for denial. It is possible to petition Staff for permission without consulting the FacHeads, but we will require a fair explanation as to why we should allow this, and it is likely that we will say no and tell you to go speak with the relevant FacHead(s) anyway.
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FacHead permission is required for factional betrayal/defection, and long-term infiltration.
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=Plots=
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Plots are often referred to by the term "TP", which is shorthand for "TinyPlot", a term generated from an early MUSH codebase's name of TinyMUSH. A TP is pretty much just local cultural jargon for what you'd expect: A story, run by players.
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Here at MCM, we think plot applications are horrible, time-wasting bottlenecks. So we require them as little as possible. Which is to say, pretty much only when you want to do a plot so enormously momentous that the entire Multiverse has to take notice-- a Global TP.
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Plots may not require players to surrender their character's applied-for advantages or combat attributes as a condition of entry.
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Seek Staff permission and advice for plots that:
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* Involve visible long-term capture or mind control / temporary defection of a Player Character.
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* Involve violation of core policy, especially scale and interaction policy.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:15, 9 February 2020

This news file is a compilation of rulings about roleplay and plots on the MUSH.

Long Memory

Our "Long Memory" Policy pertains to the retaining of in character information. We don't want characters having their every defeat remembered forever, or even previous characters that bear their name. We don't want popular properties that have debuted several times to simply be "solved" by any character old enough to remember the last time they were around. Accordingly, characters don't have an infinite expanding knowledge dossier on every theme they've been to or heard about, and physical things they have gained from themelists that are no longer played expire.

All of the sunset periods defined below are subject to the urgency of new players of previously played themes, but offer a general idea of how long we think it's acceptable to remember things about themes and characters that are no longer on the MUSH. Anything beyond the scope of the time periods specified here should be presumed forgotten or replaced as a default.

Subject Category Sunset Period Notes
Advantages from a dropped themelist. 1 month - 1 year. If replaced by a new themelist, sunset period decreases.
Knowledge of a dropped themelist. 1-3 years. If replaced by a new themelist, sunset period decreases or disappears.
Power Copy from a dropped themelist. Immediate. Copied powers (from characters and themes that no longer exist) immediately expire.
Knowledge of Aged Events from still-present themes and characters 5 years. This is a "soft" sunset, a threshold beyond which these things should only be gently referenced UNLESS a current plot is returning to those events in some way.

Factional Defection & Infiltration

FacHead permission is required for factional betrayal/defection, and long-term infiltration.

Plots

Plots are often referred to by the term "TP", which is shorthand for "TinyPlot", a term generated from an early MUSH codebase's name of TinyMUSH. A TP is pretty much just local cultural jargon for what you'd expect: A story, run by players.

Here at MCM, we think plot applications are horrible, time-wasting bottlenecks. So we require them as little as possible. Which is to say, pretty much only when you want to do a plot so enormously momentous that the entire Multiverse has to take notice-- a Global TP.

Plots may not require players to surrender their character's applied-for advantages or combat attributes as a condition of entry.

Seek Staff permission and advice for plots that:

  • Involve visible long-term capture or mind control / temporary defection of a Player Character.
  • Involve violation of core policy, especially scale and interaction policy.
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