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Post #1 (isolation #1) » Sun Mar 21, 2021 9:55 am
Postby Foxbird »
Rules
Graciously
stolen
adapted from Plotinus.
The Important Stuff
1.
Follow all site rules.
2.
Mod colour
– My mod colour is
magenta
. Don't use it.
3.
Behaviour
- Don’t be a dick. This is a heated game, but toxicity or bigotry will not be tolerated. Attack the play, not the player. If your fellow players tell you to stop, you must stop. If you do not stop, I will tell you to stop. If you still do not stop, you will be force-replaced. Asking people to stop voting you or to stop scumhunting you entirely doesn't count for this rule and you may find yourself eliminated wif you try it.
3.
Don't talk about ongoing games
- You may not talk to each other about this game outside of threads I have created for this purpose. You may not talk about other ongoing games in this thread.
4.
Animated GIFs
- Permitted behind spoilers if clearly labelled as such.
5.
Tiny text
- Keep it 70+ please.
6.
Provable randomness
- Against the rules. Saying that you rolled a die is fine, using dice tags or random.org is not.
7.
Claiming scum
- By yourself is fine. Claiming scum with another player is against the rules.
8.
Cryptography
- Forbidden. Breadcrumbing is okay.
9.
Confirmation
- You have about 72 hours to confirm your role and your alignment by PM. Game will start sooner if everyone confirms. Posting in a private topic counts as confirmation.
10.
Days
- Day 1 lasts 10 days and other days last 7 days. Extensions may be granted if there are replacements, or if the majority of players make it clear to me that an extension is desired.
11.
Activity
- You must post at least once every 36 hours or I will Prod you. You then have 24 hours to post in the game thread or I will replace you. If you come back before I find a replacement, you can stay. The activity timers run at half-speed on weekends. Players can request me to prod somebody early. This will only count as an official prod if you don't post before you would have been due for a prod. If you haven't posted in the 24 hours before the thread is locked for night, you must reply to the night start PM or you will be replaced during the night.
12.
Vacation/Limited Access
- If you need to be absent for longer than this, you should declare V/LA in bold in the thread like this:
@Mod: I will be v/la until Thursday
. While you are V/LA, you will be nudged once every 54 hours. Two nudges equals one prod. If you have not posted game advancing content in 5 days, regardless of V/LA status, you will be replaced.
13.
Prodging
- A naked "prod dodge" does not reset the prod timer. To avoid being prodded/replaced for inactivity, include some game advancing content in your prodges, such as "got prodded; xxxx is still scum."
14.
Quoting
- You may not quote (or copy paste) any private information into the thread, including your role PM and any mod communication.
15.
Voting
- Votes must be in bold in the format
VOTE: Foxbird
or VOTE: Foxbird. Strong preference for using vote tags instead of bold tags. Unvotes are nice but not required. If I think it’s a vote, it’s a vote, no tricks.
16.
Eliminations
- Days end early when a simple majority of players (50% of living players + 1 rounded down) vote to eliminate somebody. If a majority is not reached at deadline or if a majority of the players vote for no elimination, the day will end without an elimination. At evens, 50% is sufficient for no elimination.
17.
Twilight
- Begins when a majority is reached and lasts until I lock the thread. You're still alive until I flip you so you can talk in any game threads you have access to until then, but no votes or unvotes will be counted.
18.
Night
- Night lasts at least 48 hours. The night phase can be shortened if every living player - even those with no night actions -- agrees to it and if I'm not busy.
19.
Action submissions
- You may submit actions via PM (if town) or PT (if scum). If the actions are not submitted by the deadline then you do nothing. You can change your mind as many times as you like before the deadline.
20.
Reminders
- If I don't hear from you about your night actions, I'll PM you 24 hours before the deadline. This doesn't count as a prod. If I still don't hear from you, you will take no action.
21.
Play to win
- this particular game, not some future one, and keep it fun!
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Post #1526 (isolation #29) » Thu Apr 01, 2021 5:03 am
Postby Foxbird »
Due to unforeseen real life complications, I am stepping down as mod of this game.
The stress of modding and my lackluster performance have combined with reality to make me absolutely miserable. It has taken a toll on my health. It's not fair to you, the players, who have to deal with my bad decisionmaking, or to my poor backup mod, who has to endure my repeated mental breakdowns.
Speaking of my backup mod: I will leave you in the capable hands of
Gypyx
. He's been helping with most of the decisions regarding this game anyway. Be nice to him!
I hope everyone will be able to enjoy the game regardless. I wish you all the best of luck.