Socials
Socials are any topic that involves multiple roleplayers. They can be as simply as two characters hanging out, to as complex as a super fantastic mission to save the world from a madman who wants to turn the moon into an eyeball. The vast majority of topics on NSRP are socials. You roleplay whatever you’re wanting to do, to accomplish whatever goal you’d like. Socials are redeemed [Topic Grading] section. The template is available in that section. Once redeemed, a moderator will grade the topic, then reward points equal to the grade. Grade range from 0 to 10, based on various factors like quality, length, and development. You receive a Ryo payout equal to x2 your grade.
Grading is done on two scales. The first scale is automatic, but the second scale is opt-in.
The first scale is the Simple ranges from 0 to 10 points, and it is based off a quick post-quality assessment. These checks are largely simple in nature, the moderator will typically only read one or two posts from each roleplayer, and then scan the topic to see if there are a lot of one liners or meaningful posts. This type of grading is the more common type. As long as you aren’t spamming posts, this is an easy way to get a topic graded quickly. The Simple Scale does not come with any feedback from the grader.
The second scale is the Content scale. The content scale ranged of 0 to 12, and is considered an opt-in scale. This means any roleplayer that wants to be graded on this scale needs to specify. With the Content Scale, the moderator will read all the posts in the thread, and grade based on literary scales like grammar, prose, character development, meaning and so forth. This scale is far more in depth, and while the scale has the potential for more points, the grader is typically more critical in their assessment. With the content scale, the grader will give specific feedback as to why they gave the grade they did, things they felt could improve or areas they felt were lacking. This scale is great for writers who are looking for a way to improve and insight into their writing.
As a part of socials, we award bonuses for threads that are ‘consecutive’, meaning they are linked together in a larger plot. This increases the score of your grade, which is intended to encourage people to write larger, coherent, and continuous stories that are more engaging to the reader and the larger world.
- Requires an overarching and/or underlying plot that connects all the threads. This could be 5 specific threads that are an actual mission, or a group of threads that show a specific character arc. But it should be clear to the read they are continuous (the end of one should feed directly into the next)
- Threads must have one character in all of them to represent that continuity
- Posts can’t be made in both threads simultaneously (emphasis on consecutive)
- +1 per thread to a max of 5. Each character has their own counter.
- Cannot include lonelies but lonelies don’t interrupt the continuity (i.e you could place a lonely reflecting on part of the story without resetting the count).
A subtype of socials, lonelies are topics that involve only the creator, and no other roleplayers. While other characters such as NPCs can also be utilized, lonelies are mostly used to establish developmental points for characters, explore background information on them, or to do trainings. It's advised that people keep a single thread that they use to put all their lonely threads in. Lonelies are scored on the same scale as socials, but because there is only one person involved, they tend to receive closer to the low end of scores. You are allowed to have your own characters interact in lonelies, but it shouldn’t be for furthering large plots and storylines, or collaborating in a way that seems incoherent to the rest of the world (your Konoha Ninja telling your Kiri ninja secrets randomly).
Storytelling and You Storytelling is a way of telling a story for someone without directly involving your character. This may be requested by a person, who wants a particular challenge for a thread or was directed by a moderator. None-the-less story telling a topic results in 5 additional Ryo (after all doubling and modifiers) on top of the amount originally awarded just for the storyteller. This is to encourage collaborative stories between people who couldn’t normally roleplay together!
PvP
PvP events have a panel of three judges to determine rulings in the event they are needed. These judges will be determined by lottery posted before or at the start of PvP events. When the lotteries are posted, the volunteers must meet the following criteria:
Not participating in the ongoing PvP Event
250 Forum Posts
3 Judges will be picked at random with 2 Alternatives
Judges and Alternatives will be paid 30 Ryo for their efforts at the end of the PvP event.
In the event a judge is making obviously biased calls, they can be pulled from being able to volunteer indefinitely. For example, if I’m ruling on a situation with Onu participating and I consistently disagree on any call that benefits him that everyone else is on the same page on without clear explanation, I can be replaced by an Alternate and unable to be able to volunteer as a judge in the future.