Make Synergy 30% serious again

[Bacta]

Name: Bacta

RP Rank: Echo

Suggestion: Implenet these rules for the server to increase RP interactions and in general bring us to a more serious server from where we are, 

 

From where we are Synergy is a currently Semi-Serious RP server that once in a while pulls their pants up to do some interesting RP, these suggestions i think will be a wake up to the server and hopefully set parameters so the server can focus more in RP. I know most of these wont get passed but having a conversations about RP will at least get the server thinking.

 

What i hope to get through with these rule changes is just a small shift to a a bit better rules, if you watn to drop any rules that you think should be implemented to make for better RP drop them here TBH. 

 

 

#1: Sitting on heads is only allowed for RP Reasons, 

#2  Mingy Soundboards can only be used in private/claimed areas 

#3 If a event is happening, unless its a already schedule SOBDE/ARC Training it must be shut down to focus on the event

#4 FailRP/Mingy Promos that arent batatlions is a 0 strike system.

 

Thi

 

Edited May 15 by Bacta

[KillJoy]

+1 increase vip factions numbers, on a real note if people’s actual tried to rp than GMs wouldn’t have to schedule events and can actually start using the event server more because people can RP together a battalion goes to event server and main will still have a lot of numbers rather than doing a map switch on main constantly 

Edited May 14 by KillJoy

[Tec]

Bacta based as always +1

[Bacta]

1 hour ago, Tec said:

Bacta based as always +1

thank you

3 hours ago, KillJoy said:

+1 increase vip factions numbers 

thank you (Im bumping this)

[Jayarr]

+1

[KaiserNeiner]

+1 although the format here is horrendous. 

[Marvel]

This post will remain up for community feedback however separate CMD votes will be held for each distinct rule to decide the outcome of which ones should be implemented.

If anyone has anymore ideas for more serious RP centric rules feel free to post them in here as well!

[Maverick]

+1 thank you for the suggestion bacta. Very based indeed.

[Caidoon]

Large +1 from me, not sure if this is too much but maybe a rule against mfs afk'ing in public areas. For me server loses some of it's magic when I see dozens of clones standing completely still in MHB.

[Gears]

There is no Roleplay left on Synergy. Maybe around 10% of what we have had previously.  +1

[Bacta]

1 minute ago, Gears said:

There is no Roleplay left on Synergy. Maybe around 10% of what we have had previously.  +1

WE WILL TAKE STEPS MAKING THIS SERIOUS JOIN ME MY BROTHERS

[Claire]

5 hours ago, Bacta said:

#1: Sitting on heads is only allowed for RP Reasons, 

#2  Mingy Soundboards can only be used in private/claimed areas 

#3 If a event is happening, unless its a already schedule SOBDE/ARC Training it must be shut down to focus on the event

#4 FailRP/Mingy Promos that arent batatlions is a 0 strike system.

1 Is already a rule
 

1. Examples of FailRP:

   1. Standing or sitting on someone’s head.

      1. Only Yoda or someone being carried for a valid reason may sit on people.

         1. This could be for medical roleplay, carrying someone to a higher place, or other comparable situations.
            
            +1 To have CG enforce it actually though
            
            2 : Already a rule though?? 

         2. Microphone Spam is the use of in-game communications over an extended period of time with the intention of being disruptive. LONG PTSs DURING DEBRIEF IS NOT CONSIDERED MIC SPAM.
            
            3. Clarify whatchu mean, Are you talking about tryouts, or training? If training then yeah +1 i agree
            
            4. Clairfy, confused.
            
            
            1-2 Should actually have CG enforce the rules, and do there job (no offense to CG, ily)
            
            quick edit rq:
            
            I do 100% agree on making Synergy more Serious again, the rules listed though aren't the way since most of them are already on the rules. Unless I am not reading the suggestion right.
             

Edited May 14 by Claire

[Bacta]

9 minutes ago, Claire said:

4. Clairfy, confused.

Past 15 DB i have seen DB PTS/Promos have either been extremly OOC/Mingy/Uslesss 

 

9 minutes ago, Claire said:

3. Clarify whatchu mean, Are you talking about tryouts, or training? If training then yeah +1 i agree

both, the only exception to the rule should be a scheduled tryout in #training-announcments

 

like said, all of these ruels should be technically enforced but these are just reactionary rules to push the server towards more serious aspects, these are the biggest examples of the most "normal" behavior i have seen in the past 2 weeks. This is more of a wake up call.

Edited May 14 by Bacta

[Claire]

2 minutes ago, Bacta said:

Past 15 DB i have seen DB PTS/Promos have either been extremly OOC/Mingy/Uslesss 

Oh yeah I agree.

+1

 

 

2 minutes ago, Bacta said:

both, the only exception to the rule should be a scheduled tryout in #training-announcments

I mean, most of the time it is just 2 people. I think if a CT is joining the battalion they shouldn't be forced to go to the event (If it is a deployment, then yeah) but events nah. 

 Neutral.

[blazin]

+1 the Synergy Illuminati will not like this one

[Finn]

+1

Bacta is the true savior of Synergy

[Mystic]

1 hour ago, Bacta said:

Past 15 DB i have seen DB PTS/Promos have either been extremly OOC/Mingy/Uslesss 

 

both, the only exception to the rule should be a scheduled tryout in #training-announcments

 

like said, all of these ruels should be technically enforced but these are just reactionary rules to push the server towards more serious aspects, these are the biggest examples of the most "normal" behavior i have seen in the past 2 weeks. This is more of a wake up call.

@LIl-J

[Eclipse]

+1 no brainer

[Comics]

+1 for sure would make the server better but I doubt the idea that any serious shift would stick around. People give a lot of slack for "one time things" or "jokes with friends" and it sort of builds up until nothing is punished even just RDM.

Great idea but it will take a lot of stamping from above to keep changes like this in place, maybe incentivising staff to be more proactive about rule enforcement could help.

[Bitter]

+1 If Bacta didn't write it was I about to.

[Witchita]

+1  Yeah Sure

[fixurgame]

+1 idk

[Yeaster]

+1 for all of them but rule 3, SOBDE and ARC don't get a special pass just because they like to think themselves better then everybody, SOBDE tryouts are just tryouts, they can be done whenever, and ARC is just a server training, it doesn't make sense for them to get special treatment while others don't. If all server trainings and tryouts got this exception it would make more sense. But even then forcefully removing people from a training is stupid, if they don't voluntarily leave the training to do the event then why would they want to do the event if they're forced? 

[Ragen]

+1 I personally would like to see a return of rp on a rp server now hey if your in bunks or a empty room do what you want 

[KillJoy]

6 hours ago, Yeaster said:

+1 for all of them but rule 3, SOBDE and ARC don't get a special pass just because they like to think themselves better then everybody, SOBDE tryouts are just tryouts, they can be done whenever, and ARC is just a server training, it doesn't make sense for them to get special treatment while others don't. If all server trainings and tryouts got this exception it would make more sense. But even then forcefully removing people from a training is stupid, if they don't voluntarily leave the training to do the event then why would they want to do the event if they're forced? 

For ARC they schedule it a week in advance and it sucks being the host and have people miss the training because of an event. A lot guess into ARC training times 

only rule I can think of is all BHs are suspects until they have a base pass that is in the discord channel that says where and whom them must be with 

[Kurt]

Watch this get approved and then only last a couple weeks before things go back to normal. Most of us here want to just chill and cringe sometimes. +1 regardless. 

[Ansley]

Rare bacta W +1 my brother 

[Arroyo]

+1

[Bacta]

25 minutes ago, Ansley said:

Rare bacta W +1 my brother 

i only give Ws

[Baelfire]

Yes please. 

[LIl-J]

23 hours ago, Mystic said:

@LIl-J

This is insane 

[QuotableSkink]

+1 besides rule 3. Any tryouts that are actively going should not be shut down to focus on the event, but I do agree that trainings should NOT be started when a event starts or while a event is happening.

[WideTurtle]

On 5/14/2024 at 1:31 PM, Bacta said:

 

#3 If a event is happening, unless its a already schedule SOBDE/ARC Training it must be shut down to focus on the event

 

 

+1 Yes please 

[Gator]

+1 but I still want Battalion Tryouts to still happen. If there is a subunit, regiment, or lore character try out for a battalion. I still want those to be held. Even if they can't be put in the Main Server discord #tryout-announcements

 

also @MarvelI have an idea for a rule for more RP

#) No OOC/Minge/FailRP near an active RP scenario. Zero tolerance

Too many times have I seen where people go up to a group that is doing interrogation and other type things and people just talk randomly out of character and kinda ruin the experience

if this is already a rule then maybe we can get Kaiser to enforce it harder

[Daytona211]

It starts from the top down. 

Get people excited to roleplay and it should happen naturally. 

This used to primarily be done through events, either as an incentive to do excellent roleplay or as the main place that people would be expected to perform exceptional roleplay. 

 

One thing I tried to always do with battalions was reward their roleplay. Oh you decided to go to the armory and prepare for the mission that you are being deployed on tomorrow? Congrats you earned yourself 2 rocket launchers, or you jammed separatist communications giving them less reinforcements.

  The encouragement of this across battalion commanders, high command, and gamemasters is the only way for this to succeed. Forcing roleplay never works but naturally fostering it through high quality events, trainings, and cooperation across all leadership is the only way for the culture to change.

[Bane]

+1 Please give me reasons to arrest more people

[Bacta]

2 hours ago, Daytona211 said:

This used to primarily be done through events, either as an incentive to do excellent roleplay or as the main place that people would be expected to perform exceptional roleplay. 

do you wanna go to a bar at the spectrum center in like 2 weeks when i fly back

Edited May 16 by Bacta

[Moose_Wundo]

Dont see the issue +1

[Daytona211]

1 hour ago, Bacta said:

do you wanna go to a bar at the spectrum center in like 2 weeks when i fly back

Sure

[Lyonaxis]

+1

[Hector]

+1

[Mystic]

On 5/16/2024 at 10:40 AM, Daytona211 said:

It starts from the top down. 

Get people excited to roleplay and it should happen naturally. 

This used to primarily be done through events, either as an incentive to do excellent roleplay or as the main place that people would be expected to perform exceptional roleplay. 

 

One thing I tried to always do with battalions was reward their roleplay. Oh you decided to go to the armory and prepare for the mission that you are being deployed on tomorrow? Congrats you earned yourself 2 rocket launchers, or you jammed separatist communications giving them less reinforcements.

  The encouragement of this across battalion commanders, high command, and gamemasters is the only way for this to succeed. Forcing roleplay never works but naturally fostering it through high quality events, trainings, and cooperation across all leadership is the only way for the culture to change.

ok. come host our evens please we all miss you

[Kase]

I feel like battalions' lore and specialties on the server need to be used way more then they are being used as of current moment of time. It's hard for battalions to want to engage and do RP when their lore or specialties get overridden because one unit is doing better then them in whether numbers or leadership. This is why I was a fan of the Recon Regiment because it created a flow for GMs to follow when it came to events/deployments where we would see units like 41st, 91st and others be deployed first, have their own little special segment where they were actually conducting recon, using their kits, etc etc, maybe a few skirmishes here and there and then Attack was deployed after to either reinforce recon from a shitty situation or use the intelligence they gathered to assault a compound. For example, I remember being apart of RANCOR at the time which was classified under the Recon regiment and getting deployed alongside 41st and 91st for a recon portion of the deployment, we were sent to a snow planet, 91st got BARCs, 41st were all scaling the rocks and areas to get height while RANCOR acted as ground troops, using their ARC training and ARFs to conduct recon and communicate with the other two battalions and that shit was so cool to me. When we eventually got spotted, we had to push back to our FOB and defended it until ATK was deployed to reinforce and allow us to extract.

This made it so that people who wanted a specific way of roleplay could easy find the group that matched their playstyle/characters they developed. This has obviously changed as Synergy has gone on where now it's more so everyone charges the enemy infront of them because the battalions don't get used as their lore/specialty states which sucks for them. Synergy has devolved to a bunch of attack battalions in different color armors which blows hot ass and I think partly thats because the playerbase has changed and people hosting events nowadays either TRY to make storyline events and people complain so they resort to here have a million droids at 800 HP, have fun and the cycle repeats in making every battalion a glorified attack battalion.

Anyways, my point is after all that yapping, I think bumping us back to a serious server but maintaining our leniency when it comes to down time, certain situations and remembering at the end of the day that this a game makes it so that GMs have an easier time planning and using battalions for long well written events to create memorable RP situations and stories. +1

Note: Just cause they have specialties when it comes to their lore or somethin doesn't mean it has to be followed EVERYTIME, just that it should be followed majority of the time.

[Edgar]

All of these are already rules just not enforeced, make the staff team/CG enforce them, easy.