Elparia: World-Building and Role-Playing Hub
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:34 pm
Introduction
Elparia is an active, rapidly growing region that maintains a robust, diverse role-playing community in an open-world, modern tech environment. We accommodate a wide plethora of cultures, languages, religions, and political systems, leaving plenty of opportunities for players to develop and tweak their nations to their hearts' content. Elparia is in the process of creating colorful, immersive role-playing maps and a unified body of lore - with both being updated on a weekly basis.
Rules:
While we prefer to grant members of community an abundance of creative freedom, we do at least strive to adhere to the basic tenants role-play. We have our own role-playing mentors, who are distinct from NS's mentors, who can provide direction if you're confused about whether a certain aspect of your nation is consistent with good role-playing decorum. And, of course, you can always consult with NS's mentors and veteran moderators for pointers too. Our basic rules are as follow:
1.) All rules and guidelines of NS are in full effect while posting on the forum. You can find a comprehensive list of the site's rules here.
2.) We strongly discourage god-modding and will instruct members new to role-play without engaging in it. The short and sweet of it is that god-modding is when you take control of another person's nation or characters without consulting them. It's a practice that's frowned upon and usually contrary to fun, fulfilling role-play. Meta-gaming is a similar concept, and is similarly discouraged. It consists of creating circumstances such that your nation or character will inevitably get there way. Remember, we're supposed to be building stories together. It's not about winning or losing.
3.) While we allow an immense about of flexibility and creativity, we do strive to ensure some degree of realism in our role-play. We're a modern-tech region based in an open sandbox that parallels the real world to some extent, albeit with a different map and history. If you're confused about whether some thing is realistic or not, try doing a bit of research or talking to our RP mentors. Things that are blatantly unrealistic will be subject to revision by the community.
4.) Keep it PG-13. We have lots of kids on this site and lots of people who don't want their eyes to bleed because they're reading smut or copious gore. If you'd feel uncomfortable watching a movie that depicted something you've written with your parents, perhaps reconsider posting that particular bit of role-play.
5.) OP's are the kings and queens of their threads. Co-OP's are their knights. We value thread/role-play ownership here, so long as it does not disrupt canon or realism requirements, and insist that, as a point of respect for our peers, that you value it as well.
6.) Be polite and respect when posting OOC. You have more leeway IC, so long as your post is clearly IC. That said, we have to get along if we're going to continue to be a fun and active community. Being nice helps us to do that. So keep that in mind - as well as NS's rules in general.
Getting Started:
After reading the rules, we like to advise all new arrivals to look over the Useful Links tab provided above, since it includes an expansive list of useful information and advice from veteran world-builders and role-players about how to play the game more generally. It's also worthwhile to visit our regional page, linked as Elparia above, to get a feel for our region's culture, ambiance, and community. If that doesn't scare you away, then feel free to fill out an application for your nation.
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