Gameplay
Some people on the internet derive satisfaction from making others
unhappy. Maybe they feel it's warranted and they've been wronged somehow or
maybe they just do it for funs. In either case this leads to behavior we
class as griefing and is considered abusive Roleplay.
For something to be considered griefing, it generally is something that is
targeted at a player, not a character. Most intelligent griefers will come
up with IC justifications or fabrications to excuse their behavior however
so discerning what is bad can be tricky. For this reason it's our policy to
only target instances in which the behavior is clearly excessive, and at
least two staff members agree, none of which can be involved in the instance
in question with any alts etc.
Some things that would count as griefing are:
Becoming aware of a mistake in someone's background and using that mistake
to attack the character ICly without at least first informing them OOCly of
the mistake.
Characters having grudges against other characters which carry over multiple
chars of theirs.
Characters joining in grudges held by their OOC friends.
Characters behaving in ways designed to make life miserable for an enemy
player instead of their character, e.g. spamming.
Characters attacking others for reasons that make no sense for their
character, or to extremes that make no sense given their causes.
Attempts to use the code in ICly illogical or abusive ways to attack
someone.
Examples might be spamming, getting killed by a PC only to design a new char
to go after you killer, spending all your influence to diss someone for no
rational reason or a made up reason etc.
If you have any questions on what might constitute griefing, or are worried
about something you've done being considered as such, please query the
staff.
Griefing
Some people on the internet derive satisfaction from making others
unhappy. Maybe they feel it's warranted and they've been wronged somehow or
maybe they just do it for funs. In either case this leads to behavior we
class as griefing and is considered abusive Roleplay.
For something to be considered griefing, it generally is something that is
targeted at a player, not a character. Most intelligent griefers will come
up with IC justifications or fabrications to excuse their behavior however
so discerning what is bad can be tricky. For this reason it's our policy to
only target instances in which the behavior is clearly excessive, and at
least two staff members agree, none of which can be involved in the instance
in question with any alts etc.
Some things that would count as griefing are:
Becoming aware of a mistake in someone's background and using that mistake
to attack the character ICly without at least first informing them OOCly of
the mistake.
Characters having grudges against other characters which carry over multiple
chars of theirs.
Characters joining in grudges held by their OOC friends.
Characters behaving in ways designed to make life miserable for an enemy
player instead of their character, e.g. spamming.
Characters attacking others for reasons that make no sense for their
character, or to extremes that make no sense given their causes.
Attempts to use the code in ICly illogical or abusive ways to attack
someone.
Examples might be spamming, getting killed by a PC only to design a new char
to go after you killer, spending all your influence to diss someone for no
rational reason or a made up reason etc.
If you have any questions on what might constitute griefing, or are worried
about something you've done being considered as such, please query the
staff.