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• self-voting - I generally find that the vast majority of self-votes (read: over dozens of games) are in the context of game-throwing and/or temper tantrums that make the game thread unpleasant for the players. As such, I explicitly specify in the rules for some of my games that I will not allow self-voting in that game.
• OGI/Angleshooting - MU has a great post about this here. Essentially, a mafia game follows a social contract and players who sign up agree to follow that contract as outlined by known rules of the site, community, and host. Whether intended for advantage or not, out-of-game and in-game need to stay separate to preserve the sanctity of the game experience. I am extremely lenient about this if it doesn't seem to be knowing/intentional and it doesn't seem to be an egregious or major damage to the game.
• in-thread prod requests - As mentioned in the MU thread, I generally feel like this falls under (relatively mild) OGI. Most of the time, I'll just request in DM/PM that players message me privately rather than posting in the thread about possible moderation.
• modkill speculation - Same as with prod requests, but even more so. On the spectrum from "This player hasn't posted in a while" to aggressively trying to break the game, I consider this to be something that gets 1-2 gentle warning(s) to not discuss possible moderation, then a forced replacement or modkill as the player is openly not following the social contract.
• mod question in thread - I prefer that questions be asked privately, but I will occasionally provide public answers depending on the question. The more casual/social the playgroup, the more likely that grey cases, in which the answers might be more game-specific, may be answered in the thread. Unless I'm very explicit about moderating for this (i.e. in one of the 1-2 game(s) I've run with strict moderation), or a player is using a mod question in a way that damages the game, I do not moderate for this.

• A player is egregiously breaking the contract of the game. (E.g. posting only 1 content post in 48 hours, throwing around racial/sexist/LGBTQphobic/ableist/etc. slurs, posting their role PM in the thread, using another player's IRL circumstances against them, discussing their role PM in a public chat outside the game, using their own IRL circumstances to defend/argue their point, etc...)
• A player has been warned multiple times for a more minor breach of the social contract. (E.g. without prior arrangement repeatedly posting 2 posts per 48 hours when 3 are required, repeatedly bringing up topics which are considered to be off-limits, etc...)

1. Activity - Players are expected to post 3 content posts per 48 hours and at least 1 content post in the final 24 hours of the Day phase or communicate to me (ideally in private, and ideally beforehand) that they cannot do so. They need not give a reason; if they tell me that they cannot make posts in a certain time period, I consider that to be sufficient. If it's a long enough time period, I will discuss with that player a possible compromise number of posts or potential for replacement. Not communicating until after the fact is handled on a case by case basis, but I am more than understanding that people are human and situations come up. If a player makes 0-1 content posts over 48 hours without communicating to me that they won't be able to post, I am likely to consider them to have abandoned the game thread and therefore seek replacement.

2. OGI/Angleshooting - Players will usually receive one friendly warning for OGI/Angleshooting. If it's more mild and/or clearly unknowing/unintentional, they may receive an additional warning before further moderation is considered. If it's more egregious, or they've already been warned, they will be considered for replacement or modkill. Intentional OGI/Angleshooting is cheating and will be quashed with great prejudice.

2b. No Funny Business - No editing or deleting posts without explicit host permission. No cryptography, trust tells, or the like. If you're not sure if a post is okay, ask the host privately.

3. Toxicity - Bigotry and personal attacks do not belong in the game. Similarly to OGI/Angleshooting, if it's more mild and/or clearly unknowing/unintentional, they may receive an additional warning before further moderation is considered. If it's more egregious, or they've already been warned, they will be considered for replacement or modkill. Intentional toxicity is disgusting and will be quashed with great prejudice. Bigotry and direct attacks will usually be handled much more harshly than if a situation just escalates into a nasty argument. Again, we're all human. It happens.

4. Subbing Out - If a player no longer wishes to play, for any reason, I ask only that they please message me privately, rather than trying to get themself removed from the game via any other means. I have always honored such a request and never require reasons. No matter what the reason is for the request, I expect players to stop posting in game threads and chats once they have requested to be removed from the game. Requesting removal is saying "I no longer wish to participate." Participating at that point is trying to eat your cake and own it whole too. It's disrespectful to everyone involved.

• No self-voting - This falls under game-throwing via trying to remove yourself from the game.
• Post Maximum - To avoid culture clashes, I will sometimes include a maximum number of posts that a player can make per 24 hours. If a player goes over this, they usually get a warning, sometimes followed by a temporary in-game punishment such as being roleblocked or temporarily becoming vanilla, then followed by a modkill or forced replacement.
• Voting - In order to make collection of votes easier, I may decide that votes that are not formatted within a certain simple set of requirements (on their own line, bold, possibly tagging the host or worded in a certain manner) will not be counted. If a vote is not counted, that player can always revote using the correct formatting.
• Resolving MyLO - Factional Nightkills are not mandatory. Eliminations are not mandatory. If Town choose for no elimination to occur twice and Non-Town choose for no kill to occur in between those two no-eliminations, a random Town player will be eliminated during that second Day phase instead of no elimination occurring. In most cases, this means that whether or not an elimination occurs, if it becomes MyLO and then another day phase occurs, that following Day phase is not still MyLO, or at least not with the same number of players.

Seven wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:15 pm SOT @osie

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let me know if you end up needing a replacement btw

madge wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 10:19 pm Also I asked my nail salon for the tackiest christmas nails they could do in the time available for my appointment. let's just say that anyone who said my last set was incredible is going to eat their words because these are my favourite ones I've ever had:

https://i.imgur.com/mXlRN1p.png