1.
You may
not
PM or IM or otherwise contact any player at any time about this game, regardless of if you are living or dead. If your role makes an exception to this rule for you, strictly follow the new rule in your role PM.
2.
Once you are dead you can no longer post in-thread.
Not even a "bah." post.
Seriously.
3.
You may vote for exactly one other player at a time during the day. Make your choice in bold letters like
Vote: YYYYYY
.
4.
To change your vote,
Unvote
in bold letters, or vote for someone else in accordance with
3.
.
5.
Cast votes that do not follow the formatting guideline described in (3.) and (4.) will
not
be counted. I will count reasonably unambiguous misspellings or abbreviations for player names. I will NOT count anything but: "
Vote
" for votes. It must be bolded, and spelled correctly; capitalization is not important. A colon following vote is very much appreciated but not required, e.g.: "
Vote:
".
6.
A lynch will occur when more than 50% of the votes are placed upon the same player, or 50% are placed upon
No lynch
. After the threshold is reached, the lynch/nolynch will occur regardless of any subsequent posting.
7.
"Day" is defined as any time when the thread is unlocked. Living player can post during the day.
8.
"Night" is defined as any time after the first period of Day when the thread is
locked
. Special exceptions may be made if deemed necessary.
The Pregame phase does not count as a period of Night, but Night talking roles may talk during that time.
9.
The game starts once the thread is unlocked. I will unlock the thread once everyone has received their role PM. It is not necessary to PM me back or post "/confirm" in the thread: just start playing.
10.
Each period of Day will have a deadline of ~3 weeks, possibly less as the game progresses. There will be
no
extensions. A deadline is a deadline, so talk while you can.
11.
When 48 hours have passed without an individual player posting, I will prod that player if requested to do so by any other player. I will try to prod for inactivity as appropriate, but I appreciate your help with this.
12.
If a prodded player does not open the prodding PM within 96 hours he will be replaced, unless special arrangements were made beforehand. Until a replacement is found the player facing replacement can still vote and post, and avoid replacement. If a player is irreconcilably inactive, I will replace them, with great sadness. Sundays do not count for this rule and the above rule -- time skips from Saturday 23:59 to Monday 0:00.
13.
At deadline, if a player has a majority of the votes being cast (e.g. all votes not on Not Voting) that player will be lynched. Otherwise, no lynch will occur and night will commence.
14.
Each night phase will have a deadline. If a night choice is not submitted before the deadline, I'll choose if you target someone and if so then whom, and you won't like it.
15.
Breaking a rule = death for a given value of death. I determine that value.
16.
If you have the ability to edit posts or post in locked threads, don't do it in this thread.
17.
If you have any questions please ask me via PM or in-thread as they occur to you. I will be as fair and helpful as I can.
18.
Every moderator will make mistakes, and I am no exception. Please be patient, understanding, and forgiving towards me.
19.
No quoting mod communication. This includes role PMs and such.
20.
Do your honest best to stay true to the spirit of mafia. Don't use code or encryptions that are easier for machines than humans to decipher. Don't try and use role PM formatting to determine alignment. etc., etc., etc.
This game should be based on analysis of play, not on workarounds.
These rules were cribbed from Adel and edited moderately.
Do not lynch me.
[wiki]Great Nibbler Takeover of 2008[/wiki]
.