0. Have fun! Try not to take things too personally - remember, it's just a game. In addition, please do not purposely try and ruin a player’s game experience. Being harsh for reactions is fine, to an extent – use common sense and judgment to determine if you are going “too far”. In other words, no flaming, please.
1. Do
NOT
quote anything directly from the GameMod. Obviously, rules, flavor, vote counts, etc. are okay to quote - this mostly applies to Role PMs and whatnot. In addition, do
NOT
link anyone to any QuickTopics that you have been given, to
ANYONE
.
2. Do
NOT
talk to anyone outside of this thread during the Day Phase. In addition, you may only talk to certain players at Night IF and ONLY IF it is part of your role (and is stated in your Role PM). If it is not stated that you may communicate with another player, you may not do so. Anyone found violating this rule shall be modkilled and autolossed. This rule still applies to dead players - keep all game-related comments in the "dead thread".
3. To vote for a player, use the following format (in
BOLD
):
Vote: User
. To unvote, simply say
Unvote
, again in bold. Unvotes are
required
- for my sanity, votes without a previous unvote will not be counted. If the vote is not bolded, due to no tags or tag error (or some other reason) it will not count. A player that receives a majority of votes (50% of the number of players + 1) will be lynched and the game will enter Twilight. Once a player has been lynched, any further votes and unvotes will not be counted.
4. You may vote for a no lynch on any day. If an even number of players are alive, a no lynch requires that exactly half of the living players vote for it (6/12, for example). If an odd number of players are alive, a no lynch requires the same number of votes as a lynch would (4/7, for example).
5. Day 1 will have a set deadline of roughly two weeks and four days. Each Day Phase after Day 1 will last for approximately two weeks. Deadline extensions may be given in certain circumstances, such as replacements coming in close to deadline. If a lynch has not been reached by the deadline, there will be No Lynch. Night phases will last for about 72 hours.
6. Any player who does not post for 72 consecutive hours will be prodded. If they fail to post within 24 hours of me sending the prod, they will be replaced. Any player who is prodded five times in one game OR four times within a two-game-Day span OR three times in one game-Day will be replaced outright. Exceptions may be made on an individual basis for players who post in-thread announcing absences ahead of time (otherwise known as V/LA).
7. Please
try
to make at least one post per real-life day. Multiple posts in one day are even better. If you won’t be posting for roughly 48 hours or more, please let both your fellow players and myself know in-thread (
@Mod/Players: V/LA for *amount of time*
). If you are taking a very large V/LA (a week is pushing it), I reserve the right to replace you.
8. Once you are lynched or nightkilled, you are dead. You are allowed to make one "bah" post about how you hate being a zombie, or how tasty brains are, or whatever. This post may
not
contain any game-related content. Please refrain from posting in the thread for the remainder of the game - you will receive a link to a "dead thread" to discuss the game with other dead players. You may post normally during the Twilight of your impeding lynch, if you wish.
9. Dark red is my mod color. Please try not to use it in-thread.
10. Do not use color tags, size tags, random capitalization and symbols, etc. to be intentionally disruptive. Do not use size tags to create barely readable secret messages (this includes Size 0, of course). In addition, refrain from using encryptions such as steganography or cryptography.
11. Just because I'm “The Mod Your God” doesn’t mean that I’m perfect. If you feel that any kind of mistake was made (vote count, deadline information or anything else), send a PM to me or ask in-thread. I will respond via PM if asked by PM, and in-thread if asked in-thread. I will not address any questions related to the setup or things like that, nor will I answer anything pertaining to your role in-thread (ask these questions via PM, please).
12. I will try to have a vote count up every few pages; at the
minimum
, once per real life day. If you feel that I have gone too long without putting up a vote count, feel free to ask for a vote count in-thread. To ask for a vote count, say something like
@Mod: Vote Count/Totals
and I will have a count up ASAP.
13. If you feel that this game is no longer fun, or it is is no longer something that you wish to be involved with, or if a personal issue has come up that requires you stop playing my game, etc., you may PM me asking to be replaced. All requests for replacement will be taken seriously, so do not jokingly send me a replacement request. If you are replaced, you are not allowed back into the slot you have been dropped from, nor are you allowed to post in the game thread until endgame.
Elastic Clause: I may make changes to these rules as I see fit. If I ever make any major changes (outside of spelling/grammar, rewording for clarification, etc.), it will be announced in-thread as soon as possible. I assure you, no changes will be made specifically to punish any participant(s) or anything like that.
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This is a closed setup. Here is the Vanilla Townie Role PM:
Vanilla Townie wrote: Welcome to Manhattan Special, Player.
You are a
(
wiki). You may use your voice and vote to catch the scum during Day. You have no abilities at Night.
You win when all anti-town factions are dead and at least one pro-town player remains.
The game thread is located
here. Please reply back with the name of your role, to confirm that you have read your Role PM.
