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(→‎General Rules: Rewrote the respect section to reflect my current ruleset. More updates to come in the coming days.)
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<li>Claiming scum by yourself or with other players is fine provided that it is clear to the moderator you are not attempting to throw the game.</li>
<li>Claiming scum by yourself or with other players is fine provided that it is clear to the moderator you are not attempting to throw the game.</li>
<li>Scum may attempt to kill their teammates at night provided that 1) all living team members agree and 2) there is clear evidence to the moderator that such a move is not heavily detrimental to the team's win condition. In all cases, the moderator must ''explicitly'' approve of the move for it to be counted.</li>
<li>Scum may attempt to kill their teammates at night provided that 1) all living team members agree and 2) there is clear evidence to the moderator that such a move is not heavily detrimental to the team's win condition. In all cases, the moderator must ''explicitly'' approve of the move for it to be counted.</li>
<li>Players may self-vote at anytime and for any reason unless it is a hammer.</li>
<li>Players may self-vote at any time and for any reason unless it is a hammer.</li>
<li>Town-aligned players should only self-hammer in exceptional circumstances. A similar ruling applies for scum-aligned players.</li>
<li>Town-aligned players should only self-hammer in exceptional circumstances. A similar ruling applies for scum-aligned players.</li>
</ol></li>
</ol></li>
<li>'''Please request replacement if you do not have enough time to play the game.''' Nothing is inherently wrong with replacing out of a game, and you are doing more harm to the game by staying in than you would if you replaced out.
<li>'''Please request replacement if you do not have enough time to play the game.''' Nothing is inherently wrong with replacing out of a game, and you are doing more harm to the game by staying in than you would if you replaced out.
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">For games with very long threads (more than fifty pages), please think twice before replacing out as it is hard to find replacements for those games. An alternative to replacing out in many circumstances is to declare V/LA instead.
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>For games with very long threads (more than fifty pages), please think twice before replacing out as it is hard to find replacements for those games. An alternative to replacing out in many circumstances is to declare V/LA instead.</li>
</ol></li>
</ol></li>
</ol>
</ol>
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===Honour===
===Honour===


<ol><li>'''Discussion of ongoing games at any time, through any means, and regardless of content, is prohibited as per site rules.''' See below for more information on this very important rule.
<ol>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>'''Discussion of ongoing games at any time, through any means, and regardless of content, is prohibited as per site rules.''' See below for more information on this very important rule.
<li>'''You may communicate with the moderator and/or the backup/co-moderators at any times about ''this'' game for whatever reason.'''</li>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>'''Any information that is both easily accessible and publicly available (stuff in opening posts, stuff that can be found by clicking on a player's profile, et cetera) may be referenced in game ''provided that'' said information is not accompanied by a statement of substance.''' For instance, the number of pages in a game, the current phase of a game, the number of players alive/dead/total in a game, the number of games a player is currently in, et cetera are all valid things that can be referenced in game. '''Invalid things include making vague statements that reference ongoing games in a roundabout manner and accompanying public information with statements of substances.'''</li>
<li>You are free to communicate with the moderator, backup moderators, and/or co-moderators about this game at anytime for any reason. You may also contact list moderators and admins who are not players of this game if an issue arises. ''Note: It is prefererable for you to contact the game moderator first about an issue before escalating to site staff.''</li>
<li>'''Do not quote any post or statement made in this game (regardless of content) in your signature while this game is ongoing.''' Players do occassionally reference stuff written in signatures, so it is important to keep any information that may possibly give away the alignment of a player in this game (or other games) out of signatures.</li>
<li>'''You may discuss players' activities in other games in a general sense provided that you do not mention anything of substance.''' It is up to moderator discretion as to what constitutes a statement of substance. Please see [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=5232406#p5232406 this post] by Untrod Tripod for more details.</li>
<li>'''If you make an alt-slip (or hydra slip), you ''must'' quote it as soon as possible with your main account.''' Failure to do so within a reasonable time frame will result in the moderator considering the slip as a discussion of ongoing games and will take the necessary actions.</li>
<li>'''Do not use {redacted} and similar phrasing to bypass the rule against ongoing games.''' Micc does a really good job explaining what is and is not acceptable [https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?p=10572188#p10572188 here]. The key takeaway is it is better to say you cannot discuss something because of ongoing games instead of substituting {redacted} for what you cannot say.</li>
<li>'''You are allowed one contentless "Bah!" post after you die.''' Further posts and/or any posts with content after you die are also considered breaches of the ongoing games discussion rule.</li>
<li>'''Alt-slips and hydra slips must be quoted by your main account as soon as possible.''' Failure to do so in a reasonable time frame will result in the moderator believing the slip to be a discussion of ongoing games and taking the appropriate action.</li>
<li>'''If your role specifically allows you to communicate about this game outside the game-thread, then you may do so in the way dictated by your role.'''</li></ol></li>
<li>'''Do not quote or reference any post or statement made in this game in your signature and/or your wiki page while the game is ongoing.''' Signatures are shown on every post and wiki pages are publicly accessible and sometimes referenced in other games.</li>
<li>'''Play to win.''' This is not an option; this is a requirement.
<li>'''You are allowed a single contentless "Bah!" post after you die.''' Further posts and/or posts with content are breaches of the discussion of ongoing games rule.</li>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Once the moderator formally states in the game thread that a player is being replaced, that player should cease any and all posting in the game thread.</li>
<li>'''You ''must'' read your role pm, <u>no exceptions</u>.''' I will force-replace any users that refuse to confirm their role in the way indicated in their role pm (or fail to do so within a reasonable time frame after a direct and private reminder is sent to them). '''Do not claim in the thread to have either a) not read your role pm or b) not received a role pm.''' The former is disallowed as per the first part of this rule. The latter (if true) should be sent as a private message to the moderator.</li>
<li>If your role specifically allows you to communicate about this game outside the game-thread, then you may do so in the way dictated by your role.</li>
<li>'''You may claim to be scum by yourself and/or with other players''' (whether false or true) ''provided that'' it is clear (to the moderator) that you are not attempting to game-throw.</li>
<li>In general, you are allowed to discuss this game in private topics related to the game.</li>
<li>'''Scum can night-kill their own teammates''' ''provided that'' there is clear evidence (to the moderator) that such a move isn't game-throwing or heavily detrimental to the team's win condition.</li>
<li>If you have questions about this rule, please contact the game moderator (preferable) or a list moderator not in this game.</li>
<li>'''Players may self-vote at any time and for any reason''' ''provided that'' it is not a hammer.</li>
</ol></li>
<li>Except in certain exceptional circumstances, '''town players should ''never'' self-hammer.''' A similar rule applies to scum-aligned players.</li></ol></li>
<li>'''[[Trust tells]] and other forms of outside influences are prohibited.'''
<li>'''Trust tells and other forms of outside influences are prohibited.'''
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>'''Do not replace out in such a manner as to confirm your alignment.'''</li>
<li>'''Do not replace out in such a manner as to confirm your alignment.'''</li>
<li>'''Do not threaten to replace out. Do not demand others to replace out.''' If you believe a player should be force-replaced, please contact the moderator. In addition, all replacement-related communication should be conducted privately with the game moderator.</li>
<li>'''Do not threaten to replace out of the game. Do not demand that other players replace out of the game.''' All replacement-related communication should be conducted privately by communicating with the moderator.</li>
<li>Bets of any kind relating to this game (including avatar bets) should be avoided.</li>
<li>'''The only things requiring moderator response that should be posted in-thread are:''' 1) votecount-related questions and corrections 2) V/LAs 3) formatting fixing requests, and 4) questions about public mechanics and/or the roles/abilities of ''flipped players''. '''All other questions''' (including speculative questions) '''should be sent by pm.'''</li>
<li>'''The moderator will only respond to the following requests in-thread: 1) votecount-related questions and corrections 2) V/LAs 3) formatting fixing requests 4) questions about public mechanics and 5) the roles or abilities of flipped players. All other questions including speculative questions should be asked by pm.'''</li>
<li>'''Do not discuss any actions taken by the moderator in the game until post-game.'''</li></ol></li>
<li>Do not discuss actions taken by the moderator while the game is still ongoing. Please save that discussion for post-game. You may privately contact the moderator if you have questions about such actions.</li>
<li>'''The direct quoting and/or copy-pasting of private communication''' (except as indicated below) '''is prohibited.'''
</ol></li>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>'''Cryptography and other forms of codes are generally not allowed.''' Breadcrumbs are generally okay.
<li>'''The following things from your role pm may be copied verbatim''': your alignment, your flip role (generally second line), and your effective role (if it differs from your flip role). '''Quoting any of the preceding items is still strictly prohibited.'''</li>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>'''Investigatives''' and other power roles that receive results may '''directly copy''' (again, not quote) the '''''unflavored''''' '''result(s)''' they receive (generally in bold).</li>
<li>Do not attempt to use BBCode to hide messages.</li>
<li>'''Masons and mafia''' (and other "neighborhoods" that are known to contain only a <u>single</u> alignment by all the members of said neighborhood) '''may freely copy-paste and/or quote moderator communication''' (unless otherwise specified) into the corresponding private thread. '''They may also submit night actions as a collective there as well (by bolding).'''</li>
<li>'''All text should be at least size 75.''' ''Exception: Text in ooc tags does not have to be resized from the default.''</li>
<li>'''Other forms of moderator communication should neither be directly copied nor quoted in the game-thread or anywhere else in this game.'''</li>
</ol></li>
<li>'''Timestamps, read statuses, and/or links to any ongoing game''' (except this game's main thread), '''private topics of ongoing games''', or '''ongoing off-site games are prohibited''' and should never be referenced in the game's main thread.</li>
<li>'''The direct quoting and/or copy-pasting of private communication is prohibited except as noted below.''' Violations of this rule can lead to modkills.
<li>'''You may paraphrase anything not otherwise covered by these rules (unless otherwise specified); however, please be careful.''' Also, regardless of whether something is a direct quote or not, '''surrounding something in quotation marks (") is not acceptable.''' I will automatically assume that anything that came from another thread that is surrounded in quotation marks is in fact a direct copy-paste and will take action as necessary.</li></ol></li>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>'''Do not attempt to impersonate the game moderator, backup/co-moderators, and/or site staff in any fashion.'''
<li>'''The following may be ''copied'' (but ''not'' quoted) verbatim from role pms: 1) alignment 2) flip role/flavor name (generally second line of the role pm) and 3) effective role.''' Again, do ''not'' quote any of the preceding.</li>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Investigatives and other power roles may '''directly copy (''not quote'') unflavored results''' they receive. These are generally bolded.</li>
<li><span style="color: purple;">Purple</span> is my color in the game-thread, and <span style="color: yellow;">yellow</span> is my color in private threads. '''You may use either color as you please provided that it is clear you are not trying to impersonate me by doing so.'''</li></ol></li>
<li>Mafia, masons, and other players with private topics known to consist solely of a single alignment may freely copy and/or quote role pms and result pms into the private topic. They may also submit night actions as a collective there as well by bolding. ''(Please be aware that in games like Grand Idea Mafia, masonries are not guaranteed to consist of solely one alignment, so this rule does not apply to those groups in those kinds of games.)''</li>
<li>'''User-provided votecounts should be explicitly marked as "Unofficial" and should avoid being formatted exactly like an official votecount.'''</li>
<li>'''Other forms of moderator communication should neither be directly copied nor quoted in the game-thread or anywhere else in this game.'''</li>
<li>'''Do not edit or delete your posts.''' Also, the moderator will generally not delete posts.
<li>'''Do not reference timestamps, read statuses, private topic access numbers, and similar forms of metadata in the game thread.''' If you have a question about whether something is allowed, please ask.</li>
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Do not link to private topics for any ongoing game into the main game thread. '''Do not quote posts from private topics from any ongoing game into the main thread.'''</li>
<li>Any edits by the game moderator will be done in my color and clearly marked as such like this: "<span style="color: purple;">This is an example. ~Ircher</span>"</li></ol></li>
<li>'''You may paraphrase anything not otherwise covered by these rules (unless otherwise specified); however, please be careful.''' Also, regardless of whether something is a direct quote or not, '''surrounding it in quotation marks (") is not acceptable.''' The moderator will automatically assume that anything that came from another thread that is surrounded in quotation marks is in fact a direct copy-paste and will take action as necessary.</li>
</ol></li>
<li>'''Do not attempt to impersonate the game moderator, backup moderators, co-moderators, or site staff in any fashion.'''
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li><span style="color: purple;">Purple</span> is the moderator's color in the main thread, and <span style="color: #33AA99;">#33AA99</span> is the moderator's color in private topics. '''You may use either color as you please provided that it is clear you are not trying to impersonate me by doing so.'''</li>
<li>'''Player-provided votecounts should be explicitly marked as "Unofficial" and should not use the same format as official ones.'''</li>
</ol></li>
<li>'''Do not edit or delete your posts.'''
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>The moderator will not delete any posts for any reason including in private topics.</li>
<li>For private topics, you are allowed up to 24 hours after the game concludes to request redactions of your posts. '''This does not apply in the dead/spectator PT.'''</li>
<li>Posts edited by the moderator will be signed by the moderator and include the reason for the edit. <span style="color: purple;">Edit: Here is an example. ~Ircher</span></li>
</ol></li>
<li>Do not cheat and attempt to play the game under multiple accounts.</li>
</ol>
</ol>


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===Miscellaneous===
<ol>
<li>'''Follow the spirit of the rules.'''
<ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;">
<li>Do not attempt to find loopholes in the ruleset.</li>
<li>While the moderator generally assumes good faith, inadvertent rule breaks may also be punished if deemed necessary.</li>
</ol></li>
<li>'''A player is allowed to replace back into their slot''' if the slot has to be replaced multiple times ''provided that'' 1) the player was not force-replaced due to inactivity or a rule violation and 2) the player did not join the dead/spectator thread or otherwise receive information that would compromise the game.</li>
<li>'''Players may rescind their replacement requests privately''' as long as they have not received any information that compromises their slot and replacements have not already been found.</li>
<li>Penalties for breaking these rules include moderator notices, moderator warnings, force-replacement, referral to list moderators, and modkilling. (These are listed in increasing order of severity.)</li>
<li>'''The moderator reserves the right to update this ruleset as necessary.''' <u>New items will be underlined</u>, and <s>deleted items will be striked through.</s> ''(Note: The markup on this line is an example.)''</li>
</ol>
 
===Recap of Primary Rules===
* Follow the golden rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
* Follow all site rules especially the ones against discussing ongoing games and threatening/demanding to replace out.
* Do not discuss replacements, both in terms of the incoming and outgoing players.
* Do not use the plain spoiler (blackout tag) by itself; use the spoiler= tag instead or combine it with colored text.
* Be mindful of other users. In particular, try to spoiler animated GIFs, videos, and posts with multiple images.
* Play to win the game and do not use provable randomness.
* Be sure to read your role pm. Do not claim to have done otherwise; if you did not receive a role pm, please PM the moderator.
* Follow the spirit of the rules, not the letter.
* The moderator reserves the right to update this ruleset as necessary.
* This summary is not (and cannot) be all-inclusive. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with the entire ruleset when you get the chance; things that are in bold are particularly important.
 
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Revision as of 00:48, 17 October 2020

General Rules

Respect

  1. Follow the golden rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
    1. Personal attacks and derogatory language directed towards others or oneself will not be tolerated.
    2. Other forms of toxic behavior that promotes an unpleasant environment will also be dealt with as needed.
    3. Please assume good faith of all players that request replacements. Discussing the reasons behind replacements brings an outside influence into the game, and it is the moderator's job to determine whether a replacement request is tactical in nature. It is also rude and disrespectful to the player who requested replaced.
    4. Avoid bringing up real life events in the game thread. If a player brings up a real-life event in the game thread, do not attempt to guess the player's motives for doing so. It is best to let real life stay out of this thread, but when it affects your ability to play, others should not resort to the unethical practice of assigning ulterior motives to it.
    5. Do not suggest other players be banned or force-replaced in-thread. If you think a player has broken the rules, you have two options. Your first option is to report the post if it breaks the site's rules. Your other option is to privately pm me the post alongside a description of why the post breaks my rules or the site's rules.
  2. Avoid using the plain spoiler (blackout) tag. Use spoiler= instead. This rule exists because the content hidden within a blackout tag is not easily accessed on mobile devices and many players (including the moderator) access and play mafia on mobile devices.
    • [spoiler]This is wrong and will be edited by the moderator.[/spoiler]
    • [spoiler][color=red]You can use the spoiler tag if you use a different color alongside it.[/color][/spoiler]
    • [spoiler=]This is the preferred way to do it.[/spoiler]
  3. Please spoiler animated GIFs, videos, and multiple large images. This rule exists for those with slower Internet connections. It also reduces the vertical length of pages and is more pleasing to the eye, especially on mobile devices.
  4. Do not spam the thread with constant and persistent off-topic posts. Mafia is a social game, so it is okay to occassionally talk about things that are not directly relevent to the game at hand. That said, excessive off-topic posting results in increased filler and makes it hard for other players to find game-relevant content.
  5. Play the game and play to win. By not playing the game, you ruin the experience of other players.
    1. Do not use the dice tag or other forms of provable randomness.
    2. You must read your role pm. Do not claim otherwise. If the moderator failed to send you a role pm, please notify the moderator privately. I will force-replace any players that violate this rule, no warnings. People have been banned for this in the past because it breaks the entire premise of mafia.
    3. Claiming scum by yourself or with other players is fine provided that it is clear to the moderator you are not attempting to throw the game.
    4. Scum may attempt to kill their teammates at night provided that 1) all living team members agree and 2) there is clear evidence to the moderator that such a move is not heavily detrimental to the team's win condition. In all cases, the moderator must explicitly approve of the move for it to be counted.
    5. Players may self-vote at any time and for any reason unless it is a hammer.
    6. Town-aligned players should only self-hammer in exceptional circumstances. A similar ruling applies for scum-aligned players.
  6. Please request replacement if you do not have enough time to play the game. Nothing is inherently wrong with replacing out of a game, and you are doing more harm to the game by staying in than you would if you replaced out.
    1. For games with very long threads (more than fifty pages), please think twice before replacing out as it is hard to find replacements for those games. An alternative to replacing out in many circumstances is to declare V/LA instead.

Honour

  1. Discussion of ongoing games at any time, through any means, and regardless of content, is prohibited as per site rules. See below for more information on this very important rule.
    1. You are free to communicate with the moderator, backup moderators, and/or co-moderators about this game at anytime for any reason. You may also contact list moderators and admins who are not players of this game if an issue arises. Note: It is prefererable for you to contact the game moderator first about an issue before escalating to site staff.
    2. You may discuss players' activities in other games in a general sense provided that you do not mention anything of substance. It is up to moderator discretion as to what constitutes a statement of substance. Please see this post by Untrod Tripod for more details.
    3. Do not use {redacted} and similar phrasing to bypass the rule against ongoing games. Micc does a really good job explaining what is and is not acceptable here. The key takeaway is it is better to say you cannot discuss something because of ongoing games instead of substituting {redacted} for what you cannot say.
    4. Alt-slips and hydra slips must be quoted by your main account as soon as possible. Failure to do so in a reasonable time frame will result in the moderator believing the slip to be a discussion of ongoing games and taking the appropriate action.
    5. Do not quote or reference any post or statement made in this game in your signature and/or your wiki page while the game is ongoing. Signatures are shown on every post and wiki pages are publicly accessible and sometimes referenced in other games.
    6. You are allowed a single contentless "Bah!" post after you die. Further posts and/or posts with content are breaches of the discussion of ongoing games rule.
    7. Once the moderator formally states in the game thread that a player is being replaced, that player should cease any and all posting in the game thread.
    8. If your role specifically allows you to communicate about this game outside the game-thread, then you may do so in the way dictated by your role.
    9. In general, you are allowed to discuss this game in private topics related to the game.
    10. If you have questions about this rule, please contact the game moderator (preferable) or a list moderator not in this game.
  2. Trust tells and other forms of outside influences are prohibited.
    1. Do not replace out in such a manner as to confirm your alignment.
    2. Do not threaten to replace out. Do not demand others to replace out. If you believe a player should be force-replaced, please contact the moderator. In addition, all replacement-related communication should be conducted privately with the game moderator.
    3. Bets of any kind relating to this game (including avatar bets) should be avoided.
    4. The moderator will only respond to the following requests in-thread: 1) votecount-related questions and corrections 2) V/LAs 3) formatting fixing requests 4) questions about public mechanics and 5) the roles or abilities of flipped players. All other questions including speculative questions should be asked by pm.
    5. Do not discuss actions taken by the moderator while the game is still ongoing. Please save that discussion for post-game. You may privately contact the moderator if you have questions about such actions.
  3. Cryptography and other forms of codes are generally not allowed. Breadcrumbs are generally okay.
    1. Do not attempt to use BBCode to hide messages.
    2. All text should be at least size 75. Exception: Text in ooc tags does not have to be resized from the default.
  4. The direct quoting and/or copy-pasting of private communication is prohibited except as noted below. Violations of this rule can lead to modkills.
    1. The following may be copied (but not quoted) verbatim from role pms: 1) alignment 2) flip role/flavor name (generally second line of the role pm) and 3) effective role. Again, do not quote any of the preceding.
    2. Investigatives and other power roles may directly copy (not quote) unflavored results they receive. These are generally bolded.
    3. Mafia, masons, and other players with private topics known to consist solely of a single alignment may freely copy and/or quote role pms and result pms into the private topic. They may also submit night actions as a collective there as well by bolding. (Please be aware that in games like Grand Idea Mafia, masonries are not guaranteed to consist of solely one alignment, so this rule does not apply to those groups in those kinds of games.)
    4. Other forms of moderator communication should neither be directly copied nor quoted in the game-thread or anywhere else in this game.
    5. Do not reference timestamps, read statuses, private topic access numbers, and similar forms of metadata in the game thread. If you have a question about whether something is allowed, please ask.
    6. Do not link to private topics for any ongoing game into the main game thread. Do not quote posts from private topics from any ongoing game into the main thread.
    7. You may paraphrase anything not otherwise covered by these rules (unless otherwise specified); however, please be careful. Also, regardless of whether something is a direct quote or not, surrounding it in quotation marks (") is not acceptable. The moderator will automatically assume that anything that came from another thread that is surrounded in quotation marks is in fact a direct copy-paste and will take action as necessary.
  5. Do not attempt to impersonate the game moderator, backup moderators, co-moderators, or site staff in any fashion.
    1. Purple is the moderator's color in the main thread, and #33AA99 is the moderator's color in private topics. You may use either color as you please provided that it is clear you are not trying to impersonate me by doing so.
    2. Player-provided votecounts should be explicitly marked as "Unofficial" and should not use the same format as official ones.
  6. Do not edit or delete your posts.
    1. The moderator will not delete any posts for any reason including in private topics.
    2. For private topics, you are allowed up to 24 hours after the game concludes to request redactions of your posts. This does not apply in the dead/spectator PT.
    3. Posts edited by the moderator will be signed by the moderator and include the reason for the edit. Edit: Here is an example. ~Ircher
  7. Do not cheat and attempt to play the game under multiple accounts.

Miscellaneous

  1. Follow the spirit of the rules.
    1. Do not attempt to find loopholes in the ruleset.
    2. While the moderator generally assumes good faith, inadvertent rule breaks may also be punished if deemed necessary.
  2. A player is allowed to replace back into their slot if the slot has to be replaced multiple times provided that 1) the player was not force-replaced due to inactivity or a rule violation and 2) the player did not join the dead/spectator thread or otherwise receive information that would compromise the game.
  3. Players may rescind their replacement requests privately as long as they have not received any information that compromises their slot and replacements have not already been found.
  4. Penalties for breaking these rules include moderator notices, moderator warnings, force-replacement, referral to list moderators, and modkilling. (These are listed in increasing order of severity.)
  5. The moderator reserves the right to update this ruleset as necessary. New items will be underlined, and deleted items will be striked through. (Note: The markup on this line is an example.)

Recap of Primary Rules

  • Follow the golden rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
  • Follow all site rules especially the ones against discussing ongoing games and threatening/demanding to replace out.
  • Do not discuss replacements, both in terms of the incoming and outgoing players.
  • Do not use the plain spoiler (blackout tag) by itself; use the spoiler= tag instead or combine it with colored text.
  • Be mindful of other users. In particular, try to spoiler animated GIFs, videos, and posts with multiple images.
  • Play to win the game and do not use provable randomness.
  • Be sure to read your role pm. Do not claim to have done otherwise; if you did not receive a role pm, please PM the moderator.
  • Follow the spirit of the rules, not the letter.
  • The moderator reserves the right to update this ruleset as necessary.
  • This summary is not (and cannot) be all-inclusive. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with the entire ruleset when you get the chance; things that are in bold are particularly important.