- Sat May 07, 2011 6:34 pm
#11100
What it is: The MineRealm District Court (MRDC) will be a thread where players can take cases to be argued. This does NOT equate to players complaining about specific players, although there may be some involved. This does NOT equate to players complaining about lag.
What it equates to: The MRDC is to be used through cases created by players in efforts to alter the Book of Rules for its betterment or provide new "legislation" for it. The player will have to create a thought-out argument in order to have his point heard.
Example: Player A has a building in the wilderness. Player B decides to place a realm over it. Is that against the rules? This is where Player A would create a case to post on the MRDC thread, which may in turn alter existing rules in the Book to accommodate for this more logical stance on the issue, OR create a new concept in the Book entirely.
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In order to have a valid court case, the case must fall under one of two categories:
Civil Suit: These are cases that address grievances against a player. Both players are required to provide their own representation. They may represent themselves. If the case involves any profanities (that are not a direct quote from evidence), poor demonstration of grammar or class, the case may be disregarded. The result of the proceedings cannot involve any monetary gain by either the prosecutor or the defendant (other than any court fees).
Deciding a Civil Suit: Players will be convicted if at least 3/4 of the Justices agree that he/she should be. Otherwise, the charges are dropped.
Conceptual Suit: These are cases that address apparent fallacies in existing rules, or lack of rules in a particular situation. These behave more as "Amendment" requests rather than cases. The player that represents Minerealm in a Conceptual Suit is Intelli, unless he chooses to surrender the case to a Mod or Admin. The result of a Conceptual Suit will either result in the changing of current rules, addition of new ones, or nothing at all. In order to succeed in a Conceptual Suit, the prosecution must hold at least 3/4 of the Justices' votes and in most cases, the approval of Intelli.
Justices: Justices are those players who judge both Civil and Conceptual Suit cases. The current assembly:
Panthers17nfl - Chief Justice Justice
Rokkrwolf312 - Justice
s292r - Justice
Twisted_100 - Chief Justice Justice
Cogohst - Justice
TerranceJones - Justice
Kerovon - chief Justice
Intelli - Chief Justice & Defendant of MineRealm in any case
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My Thoughts: To be honest, I'm not sure how successful, useful, or used this will end up being. What we can take out of it though is being able to look back at the history of changes and "Court Cases" that set the policy for the server to see how it shifted over time. More importantly, it will put issues that are rare or foggy out into discussion.
So I'm not sure as of now as to whether the MRDC will get its own subtopic or what. For now, here is where cases get posted:
Also, some quick clarification:
Just a basic layout for what a case should look like:
Prosecution: Your name / your cause.
Defendant: The player you are trying to convict. In the case of a Conceptual Suit, you would put MineRealm.
The Brief: A brief is essentially a, well, brief summary of the case. For now, you will write the following:
Event: Write / depict the event in as unbiased a tone as possible that has caused you to develop this case.
Issue: Write, in the form of a question, the issue behind your case. (Ex: "Should spawn camping be allowed?")
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Case: From here on out, the writing is yours to customize. Write whatever you need to get your point across. Doesn't need to be a big block of a paragraph. In fact, it'd probably be better if you split it into multiple paragraphs (if it need be that long).
What it equates to: The MRDC is to be used through cases created by players in efforts to alter the Book of Rules for its betterment or provide new "legislation" for it. The player will have to create a thought-out argument in order to have his point heard.
Example: Player A has a building in the wilderness. Player B decides to place a realm over it. Is that against the rules? This is where Player A would create a case to post on the MRDC thread, which may in turn alter existing rules in the Book to accommodate for this more logical stance on the issue, OR create a new concept in the Book entirely.
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In order to have a valid court case, the case must fall under one of two categories:
Civil Suit: These are cases that address grievances against a player. Both players are required to provide their own representation. They may represent themselves. If the case involves any profanities (that are not a direct quote from evidence), poor demonstration of grammar or class, the case may be disregarded. The result of the proceedings cannot involve any monetary gain by either the prosecutor or the defendant (other than any court fees).
Deciding a Civil Suit: Players will be convicted if at least 3/4 of the Justices agree that he/she should be. Otherwise, the charges are dropped.
Conceptual Suit: These are cases that address apparent fallacies in existing rules, or lack of rules in a particular situation. These behave more as "Amendment" requests rather than cases. The player that represents Minerealm in a Conceptual Suit is Intelli, unless he chooses to surrender the case to a Mod or Admin. The result of a Conceptual Suit will either result in the changing of current rules, addition of new ones, or nothing at all. In order to succeed in a Conceptual Suit, the prosecution must hold at least 3/4 of the Justices' votes and in most cases, the approval of Intelli.
Justices: Justices are those players who judge both Civil and Conceptual Suit cases. The current assembly:
Panthers17nfl - Chief Justice Justice
Rokkrwolf312 - Justice
s292r - Justice
Twisted_100 - Chief Justice Justice
Cogohst - Justice
TerranceJones - Justice
Kerovon - chief Justice
Intelli - Chief Justice & Defendant of MineRealm in any case
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My Thoughts: To be honest, I'm not sure how successful, useful, or used this will end up being. What we can take out of it though is being able to look back at the history of changes and "Court Cases" that set the policy for the server to see how it shifted over time. More importantly, it will put issues that are rare or foggy out into discussion.
So I'm not sure as of now as to whether the MRDC will get its own subtopic or what. For now, here is where cases get posted:
- Civil Suits get posted on the Bans section. Posting anywhere else will be compeltely ignored. The title of this thread should be: "Civil Suit: <Yourname> vs. <Player you are charging>"
Conceptual Suits get posted on the Site Discussion section. No, not the one that is flooded with posts. The one right below the Chat section. That one. Site Discussion. The title of this thread should be: "Conceptual Suit: <Yourname> vs. MineRealm".
Also, some quick clarification:
- You cannot charge someone in a Civil Suit if a rule in the Book of Rules has not clearly been broken. This means that if you cannot provide any evidence, or if something that player has done is not mentioned in or not prohibited by the Book of Rules, you have no case.
This is not the place to have terrible grammar, anger, immaturity, or stubbornness. I know that is a stretch for some of you, but keep it as level-headed as possible. You can lose a case simply by losing control.
Just a basic layout for what a case should look like:
Prosecution: Your name / your cause.
Defendant: The player you are trying to convict. In the case of a Conceptual Suit, you would put MineRealm.
The Brief: A brief is essentially a, well, brief summary of the case. For now, you will write the following:
Event: Write / depict the event in as unbiased a tone as possible that has caused you to develop this case.
Issue: Write, in the form of a question, the issue behind your case. (Ex: "Should spawn camping be allowed?")
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Case: From here on out, the writing is yours to customize. Write whatever you need to get your point across. Doesn't need to be a big block of a paragraph. In fact, it'd probably be better if you split it into multiple paragraphs (if it need be that long).
