Discussion of Ongoing Mafia Games is Not Allowed

[PenguinPower]

Recent discussion of the use of [redacted] and similar phrases lead to the listmod team putting together this statement. I'm posting it here as an announcement and reminder that

discussion of ongoing games is still not allowed

. Attempts to bypass the discussion of ongoing game rules through vague but intentionally leading wording are also not allowed.

You're allowed to play in multiple games at once and read games you're not playing in. You're allowed to use what you read in one game to inform your play in another game. You're allowed to say that you are using another ongoing game to inform your play. What you're not allowed to do is break the discussion of ongoing game rules. This means you cannot reference specific details about the other ongoing game.

If a player is using [redacted] or a similar phrase in a way that is meant to imply specific details to the reader with out actually mentioning them that's still a violation of the ongoing games rules. We'd prefer that players just say they can't discuss something "because of ongoing games" rather than write out a sentence and substitute [redacted]. The former is much less likely to imply specific details to the reader than the latter.

I think implosion is town but I can't explain why because of ongoing games.

This is acceptable because no details about the other game are mentioned or implied.

I think implosion is town because his play here is similar to an ongoing game where he was town.

This is not acceptable because it mentions specific details about an ongoing game (that implosion was town).

I think implosion is town because [redacted] is similar to [redacted].

This is not acceptable because it implies specific things to the reader about the ongoing game (that they should look for things that are similar).

I think implosion is town because his play here is similar to something I can't talk about.

This is not acceptable because it implies specific things to the reader about the ongoing game (that they should look for things that are similar).

I think implosion is town because [redacted].

This is acceptable because no details about another game are mentioned or implied.

As always, feel free to send a listmod a PM if you have questions or would like further clarification.

This post has been superseded by the update below.