Taken from Plotinus, who was inspired by Equinox's, Glork's and Ether's rulesets. And then there is a tiny bit from Thestatusquo just for good measure :p
- Don’t be a dick. This is a heated game but toxicity 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 if you try it.
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.
Animated GIFs
- are of the devil, but they are permitted behind spoilers if clearly labelled as such.
Tiny text
- is also of the devil, keep it 70+ please.
Provable randomness
- is against the rules. Saying that you rolled a dice is fine, using dice tags or random.org is not.
Claiming scum
- by yourself is fine. Claiming scum with another player is against the rules.
- 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.
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.
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.
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: [
b]
@Mod: I will be v/la until Thursday
[
/b]. 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.
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."
Quoting
- You may not quote (or copy paste) any private information into the thread, including your role PM and any mod communication.
Voting
- Votes must be in bold in the format VOTE: Plotinus or
Vote: Plotinus
. 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. Type [
v]Plotinus[
/v] to vote and [
uv]Plotinus[
/uv] to unvote.
Elimination
- 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Play to win
- this particular game, not some future one, and keep it fun!
Have fun
- This is not an option. Games are only good when players are having fun. If you are not having fun, replace out. There is no shame in this. I have no problem with it. You are not a bad person. Both you and the game will be happier for it.
Also, here's a sample Vanilla Townie PM:
Spoiler:
Last edited by DragonEater70 on Thu Aug 03, 2023 6:43 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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“Dragoneater” wrote:
Asking people to stop voting you or to stop scumhunting you entirely doesn't count for this rule and you may find yourself eliminated if you try it.
Can you explain what you mean by this?
Also:
“Dragoneater” wrote:
36 hours before prod, 24 hours before replacement, 24 hour weekends… The activity timers run at half-speed on weekends.
VOTE: ItalianoVD
I’m just going to be honest, unless something jumps out at me Day 1, I think 10 days is a short daytime and I’m basically going to be policy eliminating replacees and lurkers.
In post 14, Civil Scum wrote:
VOTE: ItalianoVD
I’m just going to be honest, unless something jumps out at me Day 1, I think 10 days is a short daytime and I’m basically going to be policy eliminating replacees and lurkers.
Hi Civil Scum, does Civil work as an abbreviation for you? Sorry, I just don't like policying before we get a chance to play, even if you're right and there's a very small hope of getting better than chance lims.
ninja'd - Hi KatyKimFanClub, I've read a game or two with you in them, unsure if they finished so I won't say more but hype to play a game with you#
In post 20, Starfire wrote:
ninja'd - Hi KatyKimFanClub, I've read a game or two with you in them, unsure if they finished so I won't say more but hype to play a game with you#
“Dragoneater” wrote:
Asking people to stop voting you or to stop scumhunting you entirely doesn't count for this rule and you may find yourself eliminated if you try it.
Can you explain what you mean by this?
Also:
“Dragoneater” wrote:
36 hours before prod, 24 hours before replacement, 24 hour weekends… The activity timers run at half-speed on weekends.
Can you clarify this?
Tbh I took these rules from someone else, but sure, here is clarification:
Spoiler: clarification
rules wrote:
Asking people to stop voting you or to stop scumhunting you entirely doesn't count for this rule and you may find yourself eliminated if you try it.
This is quoted out of context. The rule says "if you are asked to stop behaving a certain way, you must stop" (for instance, if other players ask a player to stop swearing, that player SHOULD stop swearing).
The exception is that other players shouldn't stop if they are told to stop voting you, and trying this might lead to others voting you even more.
rules wrote:
36 hours before prod, 24 hours before replacement, 24 hour weekends… The activity timers run at half-speed on weekends.
You are allowed 36 hours between posts. If you do not post within 36 hours of your last post, you will be prodded. If you do not post within 24 hours of being prodded, you will be replaced. The entire weekend (Saturday + Sunday) counts as only 24 hours for this rule (half speed).
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@Save the Dragons
Indeed it is normal, but I come from a bygone era ha.
@Starfire
Civil is fine.
@RandomNurse
I could just see us having very little to work with on some players in such a short time frame. Also players who replace our are less likely to have PRs so I think it’s a reasonable bet.