Editing Rules (section)

= Main Rules - read these if nothing else =

(See also: [[Guide_to_avoiding_bans|Guide to avoiding bans]])

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;<li id="0">Enforcement of these rules is at the discretion of admins.</li>
: Admins are fully accountable for any consequences should they invoke this rule. Admins are also allowed to intervene in rounds when it is in the best interest of the playerbase.

;<li id="1">Don't be a dick.</li>
: We're all here to have a good time, supposedly. Going out of your way to seriously negatively impact or end the round for someone with little IC justification is against the rules. Legitimate conflicts where people get upset do happen however, as detailed in the escalation section of the rules.

;<li id="2">Do not use information gained outside of in character means.</li>
: I.e.. metagaming. This especially refers to communication between players outside of the game via things like Skype, known as metacomms. Characters are otherwise allowed to know everything about ingame mechanics or antagonists, as well as keep persistent friendships or relationships with other characters when not for the purpose of unfair advantage by teaming up together for little IC reason.

;<li id="3">Do not say in character (IC) things in the out of character (OOC) chat channel.</li>
: Do not say OOC things in IC either. There is an exception for OOC in IC where terms like 'clickdrag X to Y, or look for the tab' is used to help a player.

;<li id="4">Lone antagonists can do whatever they want.</li>
: Short of metagaming/comms, bug/exploit abuse, erotic/creepy stuff, OOC in IC or IC in OOC, and spawn-camping arrivals. Team antagonists can do whatever they want as per lone antagonists, as long as it doesn’t harm their team. Non-antagonists can do whatever they want to antagonists as per lone antagonists, but non-antagonists are not allowed to pre-emptively search for, hinder or otherwise seek conflict with antagonists without reasonable prior cause. Non-antags acting like an antag can be treated as an antag.

;<li id="5">Players in a head of staff, AI/Silicon role, or a team conversion role require a minimum amount of effort; generally considered to be not logging out at or near roundstart.</li>
: Notify admins if you cannot play these roles and must leave near round start and make an attempt to inform other players IC as well for head of staff or AI roles. Abuse of a job position, particularly Rule 1 breaking abuse, is not allowed.

;<li id="6">In-game administration rulings are final.</li>
: Incidences of admin abuse, negligence or disputed rulings can be taken to the forums. If an admin says something was 'looked into, handled, resolved' etc, regarding an issue, it is unlikely an admin will provide any further information. Admins are under no obligation to reveal IC information. Deliberately lying or misrepresenting facts in adminhelps will be dealt with harshly.

;<li id="7">If you regularly come close to breaking the rules without actually breaking them, it will be treated as the rules being broken.</li>
: Repeated instances of the same rules being broken may be met with harsher consequences. Baiting people into situations where you can report them to admins will be dealt with harshly.

;<li id="8">Erotic/creepy stuff is not allowed.</li>
: No form of erotic roleplay is allowed on the servers, including things that could be construed as sexual by unwilling participants.

;<li id="9">Players need to be above the age of 18.</li>
: This is due to the adult game content and the local laws of where our server is based.

;<li id="10">Losing is part of the game.</li>
: Your character will frequently die, sometimes without even a possibility of avoiding it. Events will often be out of your control. No matter how good or prepared you are, sometimes you just lose.
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