Canon? What canon?
In role playing canon characters, we expect that a player will be maintaining the characterization established by the canon creator/s. However, we also recognize that the City's environment and events that transpire in the game may cause a character to diverge from original characterization in behavior and experience.
If you feel that, even taking into account changes the City may have wrought, the player has the character acting in manners that are not logical and consistent with the canon characterization, you may submit a complaint to us.
We highly encourage the use of personal characterization/crit posts and communication with the possibly OOC player before turning to our official complaint process. Contact information is available for all players in the Taken List and on the official roster.
We do not require that a complainant be a part of the same canon crew as the character being complained about. This is a pan-fandom game and extreme OOCness has the potential to affect any and/or all characters in play, not just the characters from the canon in question. We also recognize that players may be very familiar with the source canon, but simply may not be playing characters from that canon. Unlike Bleach, for instance, some canons have limited play opportunities.
After three official complaints have been submitted, we will compile them and send the player of the allegedly OOC character an email with the following information: number of complaints, the nature of complaints, and any suggestions the complainants may have offered.
Per the majority will of the community, the identities of complainants will be kept anonymous at all times, however, if the person receiving the complaint letter wishes to do so, they may respond to the complaints - civilly - and we, the moderators, will convey the response to the complainants.
Once such an e-mail has been issued, we leave improvement to player discretion, and only further consider new complaints after two weeks.
We function on a three-strikes basis for characterization matters. If we end up having to email someone three times about the same character, signalling that absolutely no modification has been made and general RPing with the character is highly inconvenient, we will be forced to directly address the player on the issue and perhaps suspend their control of the problematic character.
The third complaint letter sent will include a request to arrange a time to have an IM conversation with two mods of the player's choice. This will be to discuss the nature of the complaints issued, the player's concerns on the matter, and whether or not the mods will consider suspension or removal of the problematic character.
When will the mods consider suspension or character removal?
- We will not suspend or remove a character for differences of characterization interpretation when either interpretation is logical in canon. In fandom, there will always be differing, but logical interpretations that do not agree.
- We will consider suspension or removal if the player in question is engaged in clearly OOC play and is intransigent about the matter of correction after three official letters and a discussion with the mods.
The above applies in instances where there is no accompanying problematic behavior such as godmodding, infomodding, powergaming, or harassment. We maintain lower tolerance for those behaviors than for the more subjective matter of ICness/OOCness.
Please keep in mind that we will supervise for player-grudges. The submission of ill-intended and unreasonable complaints will result in unpleasant talks to the complaint-issuer. Please do not abuse this function.
All comments are screened to protect your privacy. No anonymous comments accepted.
Since it is expected of moderators to set an example of general responsibility, expect or demand efficiency in our dealing with these complaints.
Furthermore, to avoid doubt of our public acknowledgment of these complaints, comments will not be screened – we ask, however, that they be anonymous.
Please use this thread to address complaints against us in our quality as players, not moderators.