And now... rules.
1) DAYS AND VOTING
>>> Each Day, you all talk, babble, shout, get flustered, defend, dupe, dodge, and eventually Vote for players by posting in the following syntax and bold formatting:
Vote: [legible form of username]
. You can also
Unvote
to retract your vote and not reassign it. To switch your vote directly from one person to another, you may merely post
Vote: [somebody else]
. I do not need an
Unvote, Vote
, but I bet some of you by force of habit will do it anyway, so yeah. I will post votecounts as close to a daily rate as possible, barring RL struggles.
I reserve sole judgment on whether or not a vote should be counted, should a dispute over syntax arise, such as partial bolding, or broken bold tags. Do not fakevote; it’s not an honorable way to play anyway.
2) LYNCH + TWILIGHT
>>> The instant a simple majority of players (half the bunch, round down, add 1) all have their votes on one person, that person is lynched, and the day automatically goes to Twilight. Twilight is the time between when the hammer vote comes down and I lock the thread and post the death scene. Everyone, including the lynched player, may still talk, but there’s no use
Unvoting
, because the very moment majority is hit, the result is sealed, whether you like it or not. Sorry.
I will let Twilight be at least 24 hours long.
3) NO LYNCH
>>> For the pacifist in you, you can also
Vote: No Lynch
. If a majority settles on that, we’ll jump straight into Night without anyone dying. There’ll still be Twilight if this decision is reached as well.
4) DAY DEADLINE
>>> The Day deadline starts at 3 weeks from the start of the Day. If it elapses, the town immediately locks in on No Lynch, and we go to Night. It’s extendable upon request, but only if I say so. If I don’t say so, tough noogies. It’s also contractable if I feel discussion is slowing down, but I’ll threaten before doing in that case.
5) NIGHT DEADLINE
>>>The Night deadline is 3 days (weekend counts collectively as a day). If your Role PM says you’ve got something to do, do it in that time or you’re considered to have slept in and will skip your Night action.
6) PRODDING
>>> I’ll prod people after 3 days of inactivity (again, weekends count for less). If you don’t post in the topic after 2 days of the prod, I’ll go replacement hunting. There is no set number of prods before forced replacement, but I reserve the right to replace the habitually prodded. No sleeping during the Day.
I can also prod upon request, provided the rationale behind your request is sound. (and it usually is)
7) GOING SOMEWHERE?
>>> Let me know IN THIS TOPIC OR BY PM if you’re going to be away for a significant period of time. I’m not one to subscribe daily to the V/LA Gazette (the thread, y’know), so submitting a column up there isn’t going to do me any good. I’ll deal with V/LA claims on a case-by-case basis, although I’ll usually excuse most short-length absences.
8) EGREGIOUS OFFENSES
>>> Do not do any of the following. Committing one of these offenses runs the possibility of being warned, yelled at, scolded, publicly humiliated, replaced, and/or modkilled. Depends on the severity and frequency of the offense, of course.
-You may not post about this game in any other thread as long as it’s running. Nor any other ongoing game in this thread.
-Don’t say anything when you’re dead. You get one, single, solitary “Bah!” post.
-Don’t be the troll, don’t feed the troll.
-All site rules apply. Don’t break them.
-I use
. You don’t.
-Make all words in your post easy-to-read. No secret codes or invisible
ink
text.
-Do not quote Mod PMs, or pretend to. I like to keep things on the down-low. Keep it cool.
-Play to win. Don’t screw your faction up out of boredom or anger. Don’t abuse the invocation of this rule either, there are many times when apparent sabotage is strategic.
If you are modkilled, you will be considered to have lost even if your faction goes on to win. If you are modkilled as Town, the game will go to Night. If you are modkilled as Mafia, the Day will continue.
9) CALL-A-MOD™
>>> If you want me to see or do something, bold it for me to see, like:
Mod
: I need a votecount. Or...
Mod
: I need to be replaced. Or...
Mod
: I voted for him, not her. Or...
Mod
: I love you.
10) QUESTIONS? QUALMS?
>>> Feel free to PM me with any concerns about decisions or anything of the like. If I’m right, I’ll happily point out that you’re wrong. However, if I’m wrong, I’ll happily try to make things right.
11) PLEASE, ENJOY YOURSELF!
>>> This is a game of great intensity, but one must never forget it is a game of great fun, and (most often) a team game. Don’t get overly personal, play to win, and enjoy yourself as much as possible, even if there’s a pretty high chance you’re going to metaphorically die. So, go team.
12) THE OBLIGATORY ELASTIC CLAUSE
>>> These rules are mutable mid-game if conflict should arise, or if I or someone else notices something abnormal in hindsight. I also have the final say on any conflict’s resolution which isn’t explicit in the rules.