RULES[01] Votes and unvotes must be in the following format:
VOTE: Oisin - Code: Select all
[b]VOTE: Oisin[/b]
UNVOTE - Code: Select all
[b]UNVOTE[/b]
You may vote at any time during the day, and your vote will continue to count until you unvote. Votes and unvotes in any other format will not be counted. Sorry, but I can't go digging to find them. Make them obvious for me.
[02] Please be attentive and unvote, if necessary, before casting a new vote. This is not required, but I'd appreciate it. Please just stick an unvote in the line above your new vote.
[03] Lynching will require a simple majority of votes. Once a player has reached the necessary majority, their pleas are useless and any attempts to unvote will be unheeded. Feel free to post in twilight, though. Once I post a death scene, night has begun, and I will lock the thread. I will reopen the thread when I post the information for the next day, in about 2-3 real life days.
[04] You may
vote: no lynch. Majority votes of this kind are necessary to end the day without a death. This is very rarely an advantageous decision--you're pirates, and not prone to such lily-livered inaction!
[05] If a deadline is reached with no majority, the day will end without a lynch. I don't want to set a deadline, but if I have to, aka, if people or stalling or the game is not progressing, I will.
[06] The game is not to be discussed outside the thread. Please do not talk about, send private messages about, anything about this thread outside of it IF you are a player. Anyone else can feel free to comment as they like, just please stay out of the play thread. The only exception to this rule is that mafia members may talk to each other as much as they like in private, but ONLY during the night. If you violate this rule, then you are cheating, and if I find out, I will remove you from the game.
[07] When I set a day deadline, the deadline lasts until I actually lock the thread.
[08] Once your death scene has been posted, you're dead. Stop typing. Not even a "Bah!" post, please. Save it for after the game is over.
[09] No small or invisible text. Don't edit/delete previously submitted posts either. If you edit or delete your own or anyone else's (if you're a mod) post, you have cheated, and I will remove you from the game.
[10] Don't quote any PMs from me in the game thread. This is cheating, and if you do, I will remove you from the game.
[11] If you have a night choice to make, it is due by the posted deadline. I will not wait for you--if you do not submit a choice to me, I'll make it for you and you won't like it.
[12] If you anticipate being unavailable for more than a 48-hour period, please post a notice to that effect in the thread. Be considerate, please don't leave us hanging.
[13] I am always right, but not always accurate. If I've made a mistake, please tell my by private message as soon as possible. Please do not do so in thread. I probably won't remove you from the game for doing so, but I wouldn't risk it, either.
[14] If you have any questions at all, please email me (
bamudd@wustl.edu) or post the question in the thread. Try not to use PM's, because we have limited inbox space.
[15] Remember, it's a game and it's supposed to be fun. Be nice to your fellow players and your mod. I have zero tolerance for abusive posts.