10.6.7 THE MINISTRY OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
The Ministry of Cultural Affairs is responsible for holding events within the
city or commune, and generally keeping the morale of the citizens high.
Those holding this office are encouraged to come up with innovative, fun
events for citizens. If they are successful, we may support them with
custom code.
THEATER SUBMISSIONS
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The theater prestige contest occurs in cycles that take place over 5 years. Submissions are closed on years that are multiples of 5 (the year 655, 660, 665, etc.) and that year is considered a review year for theater-goers. Plays can only be submitted in the 4 years leading up to that year. The 4 years to submit, and 1 review year constitute a cycle.
The Minister of Cultural Affairs may submit one recorded stage production per cycle to the Vesteran World Stage, located on Avechna's Peak. That play will then generate culture points in the following cycle, and the highest rated play in the Basin will receive a bonus. The Minister must be at the stage located in their respective bard's guild to submit a play and it is advisable to submit the play sooner into the cycle than later, so that the highest number of theater-goers can see it. Submitting right before the final year can be done, however, and the review year is there to give everyone a chance to see it still.
Syntax:
STAGE SUBMIT <title|ID>
NOTE: During the year of submission, the Minister may change his or her mind and resubmit different plays.
ARENA COMMANDS
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Aside from unsupported events and theater submissions, this Ministry is
responsible for any Arenas that the city or commune owns.
The commands associated with the Ministry of Cultural Affairs with regard to
arenas are as follows.
Note that these commands will only work on an Arena owned by your city
or commune.
ARENA SHOW <arena>
- Lets you see information about an Arena. For instance: ARENA SHOW CELEST
would show New Celest's Arena, assuming it had one.
- NOW includes a list of those ALLOWED, even before the INIT has occurred.
- See the end of this help file for an example SHOW.
ARENA SET <arena> FULLNAME <name of Arena>
- This lets you rename your Arena's full name. This does not affect the name
that is used for these commands, but the long name, e.g. The
Klangratch Tournies.
ARENA SET <arena> FEE <fee> [optional: PER LEVEL]
- With this, you set the fee that your Arena will charge people. If you do
not include the words 'per level' at the end, the fee you set will be a
flat fee that will apply equally to everybody. If you include 'per level'
then the fee you have will be multiplied by the player's level. You will
end up netting 1/3 of the total fees the players pay, as the winner gets
2/3 of the fees paid, at least in the case of Duels.
ARENA SETUP <arena> ALLOW <organization / player>
- By default, your Arena will be able to be used by anyone in the case of
the various events. Doing this will limit the next event to whichever
organizations (cities, orders, clans, guilds) you specify. You may also
specify individuals. You can allow as many organizations and individuals
as you like.
- In order to select an Order, use the name of the God.
ARENA SETUP <arena> DISALLOW <organization / player>
- If you've already set someone or some organization as allowed, this will
reverse it.
ARENA SETUP <arena> MAXLEVEL <maximum level>
- Only those whose level is equal to or under the maximum level will be
able to participate in the next event.
ARENA SETUP <arena> MINLEVEL <minimum level>
- Only those whose level is equal to or greather than the minimum level
will be able to participate in the next event.
ARENA RESET <arena>
- Resets an arena. Kicks everybody in it out and clears off any event.
ARENA WITHDRAW <arena> <amount>
- Withdraw gold from an Arena.
ARENA DEPOSIT <arena> <amount>
- Deposit gold in the operating account of an Arena.
INIT <event> <arena>
- Initializes an event in an Arena. You will want to do any SETUP commands
on the Arena first. Example: INIT FREEFORALL AVENGER. All players who can
participate in the event will see a message offering them the chance to
join.
- Possible events are, providing your Arena is equipped with them:
freeforall, wargames
START <event> <arena>
- Begins an event. Example START BAITGAME AVENGER.
Below is an example of what ARENA SHOW displays, and what each field in it
indicates.
--[Arena #1]------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: avenger Basename: arena
Fullname: the Klangratch Tournies
Staging: STAGING_AVENGER Spectator: SPECTATOR_AVENGER
Gold: 113733 Owner: none
Lifetime: 32458 Fee: 5 (per level)
Total Events Held:
Duels: 16 FFAs: 0 Freezes: 0 Baits: 0
Events and Mods:
Duel FFA Freezetag Baitgame
Game: Free-for-all
Properties:
Max level: 85 Min level: 40
Players:
Estarra Roark
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Name
- Indicates what name you have to refer to the Arena by.
Basename
- Not relevant for mortals.
Fullname
- The proper name of the Arena.
Staging/Spectator
- The god names for the rooms that are the Staging and Spectator for the
Arena. Not very useful for a mortal but there for the sake of completeness.
Gold
- The amount of gold currently in the Arena's account.
Owner
- The owner of the Arena.
Lifetime
- Lifetime earnings from that Arena.
Fee
- The fee to use the Arena. It will specify whether it is a per level fee or
a flat fee.
Total Events Held
- Keeps track of the total number of events of each type that have been held
in that Arena.
Events and Mods (Modifications):
- What events that Arena is able to run, and what modifications, if any, it
possesses.
Allowed Participants and Groups:
- If you have used ALLOW, these persons or groups will be shown here.
Game
- The current event.
Properties
- Various properties particular to that event.
Players
- The players currently in that event.
