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News Trustvotes "Sorry boss, there's only two men I trust. One of 'em's me, the other one's not you" Nicholas Cage as Cameron Poe in Con Air Every player will be asked to start with a mortal character, unless they wish to do an interview and example rp scene or has someone to vouch for them to earn a trustvote. Mortal characters are normal people from the street, but they also include Garou kinfolk, and low level ghouls without much skill and position, and in the future Fae kinain. In this time, after two weeks of play, they will recieve a trust vote to cast. They can use this trustvote for anyone but themselves. Trust votes are votes that other players can give people who have shown that they are willing to accept negative consequences if a situation called for this, or that they are very cooperative in ways of dealing with a conflict, or that they have helped someone reach an outcome that was important to them with no gain to themselves. A player will cast the trustvote by sending a mail to staff, along with the reason, and staff will see if the reason given is what we are looking for in a trustvote. (more in 'news trustvotes cast'). If the vote is approved it will be set on the character recieving the vote, along with the reason which is made less detailed so people have some protection that it's not too recognisable who has cast the trustvote, and a remark that the vote is as yet 'unused'. Players recieve a trustvote to cast (per character): 2 weeks after they started roleplaying after one month after three months after each six months This person can use such a vote (if they gather enough of such votes) to app an entry level super (which takes one trust vote), or to 'awaken' their mortal to be a super (also one trust vote), to app or gain rank for a super that is one rank above starting level (1 vote for an allready existing super to gain rank, 2 votes to app a non existing super that is second rank), and 1 vote for every rank thereafter. Votes can also be used to create unusual alts (2 votes for an alt that is unusual but canot really influence others, 3 votes if the ability and wish to influence others is clearly present in the character but they have no status) or to create or raise alts to rise to a high position of power (which will cost 4 votes for a char that has much influence in the world and over others and 5 for the average rank of a PC sphere leader, the fact that they are super and of rank is allready included in the vote cost). If an alt made with trustvotes needs to be an High or Full Cooperation Character one trustvote less will need to be used than the appropriate rank (so roleplaying a sphereleader who is always a Full Cooperation Character will cost 4 trustvotes). A player can use any trustvotes their alts were given for a specific character or to app a new one. These trustvotes will only be given out with clear reasons, and the general gist of these will be set on the alt the vote is used on, with the remark that the vote is 'used'. Of course the actual rank or situation that the votes are needed for needs to be first reached in roleplay, so having enough xp to use to gain the extra skills and having enough renown or roleplaying the situation that leads to the alt reaching the new, more powerful position is needed before you are able to use the votes. The votes are an extra requirement, they don't replace the other requirements for allready existing characters (and newly made alts should have the way the position was reached in their background). continued in 'news trustvotes cast' & trustvotes cast News Trustvotes2 "Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence." Democritus To send in a trustvote, you can write a mail to El. Code is being made that will show in the +finger of each player how many trustvotes they have left to cast. You send in an @mail with the name of the person you wish to give a trustvote for, and the reason. A good explanation is perfect, but it doesn't have to be long. If we are not aware of the situation that you are describing we might need to ask you for more explanation. Logs are always good but they're not really necessary for this, as long as you can explain what happened that shows that the other is a mature, responsible and cooperative roleplayer. What are we looking for in a trustvote? We are hoping you will tell us which people are suitable to roleplay someone with higher rank or status in the game. Someone who gets to lord it over other players. That is why a trustvote is not cast for just 'good roleplay'. If someone writes beautiful poses it's fine to give them normal votes for that, but a trustvote is specifically to tell the game that someone is very careful with other players. A trustvote can be given if you notice that someone takes consequences for their character that are more negative than the situation requires. A trustvote can be given if someone takes a lot of trouble to communicate oocly with people to turn a possible very difficult ic situation into something that everyone can enjoy. A trustvote can be given if a player puts other's enjoyment before their own. A trustvote can be given if a character who is a leader shows they're worthy of such a position by giving time and effort to their position but not force roleplay on other players that they don't want. Or even better, of they take extra effort to avoid roleplay other people might find negative. These are just a few examples. Anything that shows someone has a very cooperative attitude, is willing to be supportive and helpful to other players, is willing to make sure they don't hurt people's feelings, and be responsible with any in character status and power they have been given is worthy of a trustvote. Trustvotes are a new idea, El worked out the idea herself and no other mushes use them (though if they wish to they're free to adapt it). They are important to us because they are one of the few things that give an idea if someone is willing and able to roleplay someone of higher status in a way that avoids roleplay people would prefer not to get into, and avoids icly unwarranted abusive situations. So please, if you have trustvotes, it would really help if you cast them! That way we can see what people are worthy of playing higher ranks, and get more of a structure in the game than just having a lot of low ranks and one or two higher ones.