Religions, Cults, and Political Philosophies

PirateCraft has always had a sort of underlying collection of 'Religions', 'Cults' and 'Political Philosophies' within it's vibrancy.

Religions, cults, and philosophies are all internal movements among players that aim to covert other players; whereas political movements reflect player opinions on the status of the server.

Religions + Cults

Definition: A belief in a certain system or worship

• Church of England - a religion reflecting the real-life Church of England, used by British Empire
• Church of Missive - a religion centered around the automated message bot, Missive
• Cystianism - a religion centered around the player Cysteen
• God's Blade Cult - a growing cult of players that worship God, focusing on violence and sacrifice to spread their religion.
• Order of St Ender - a religion centered around The End
• Order of the Sun - a rival to St Ender, centered around the Sun
• Shockerboyism - a religion centered around Shockerboy169
• Shrekism - a religion centered around Shrek
• The Crusty Carol - a religion centered around Carol, the one true God

Philosophies

Definition: a theory of attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour

• Colrainism
• Endorism
• Leafy Greens Movement

Political Movements

Definition: a philosophy on the server as a whole, as opposed to internal roleplay. Essentially, viewpoints on what path the server should take.

Anti-pvp:

• Empirism - a movement that believes the server favors pvpers too much, and push for a less pvp-orientated agenda.
• Passivism - a movement aiming to reduce levels of pvp via stricter rules, removing siege, or removing pvp altogether.

Centrist/neutral:

• Conservatism - a movement aiming to keep the current status quo of drama, and ensure both pvp and non-pvp playstyles remain equally viable.
• Cysteenism - a movement aiming to more strongly moderate toxicity and drama as a whole, and create a more friendly environment (not to be confused with Cystianism).

Pro-pvp:

• Shrekism (political) - a movement that believes the server favors 'passive players' and builders too much, and push for a more pvp/battle-orientated agenda.
• Anarchism - a movement aiming to strongly reduce staff moderation, influence on drama, and number of rules.

Other:

• Renaissance - a movement favoring resetting the Piratecraft world to offer everyone a fresh restart.