petoskeymods

RULES

Be Respectful

We're all here to have a good time, and we want to keep a friendly atmosphere. Treat each other with respect and kindness. This means no harassment, no bullying, and no singling people out for mistreatment. We want this game to be a friendly and welcoming one for everyone, so reports of mistreatment will be taken seriously.

This rule includes your interactions with the mods too. At the end of the day, we're humans as well. Please be respectful to us when you're talking with us.

Stay Active

Our activity requirements are clearly stated in several places. Besides AC, we also expect all living characters to be present at the majority of investigations and trials. We understand that sometimes real life can sometimes get in the way of RP, and if you are having trouble making AC or participating in trials then please contact us and we can work something out. But in general, you are expected to make AC and be present at the trial every week. Failure to do so will result in your character being removed from the game.

In addition to this, we highly encourage players to go 'above and beyond' what is required by AC. Murdergames tend to move quickly and involve a lot more tagging. While we only require two 10-comment threads for weekly AC, staying moderately active and up-to-date on the plot within a murdergame can mean doing upwards of 100 tags each week. Please keep this in mind if you are interested in playing in this game!

No Spoilers

Over the course of the game, certain characters will become privy to certain bits of classified information. If you are given classified information, we expect you to keep that information secret until such time that it is to be revealed to everyone else. No sharing spoilers on plurk, discord, or any other OOC chat.

We mods will make it clear which bits of information are considered spoilers and which bits can be shared freely, but if you have any questions regarding this please contact us! We would rather clarify if information is classified or not if you're not sure.

IC =/= OOC

While conflict and strife can be fun to play out in-character, and there most definitely will be opportunities for negative CR within the game, please keep IC drama to IC. Conflicts should not spread to OOC. Similarly, please do not bring OOC drama into the game.

Also related to this point: this is a murdergame. There is a very high chance of your character dying. By apping into this game, you are accepting that your character could die at any moment. If your character does die, please be respectful and don't take it out on other players or the mods.

Content Warnings

Please warn for triggering content, especially for the following topics: graphic/gory violence, body horror, rape, incest, abuse (physical, mental, etc.), pedophilia, and suicide. Failure to warn for these topics will result in a warning, and multiple offenses may result in removal from the game.

For other sensitive topics, we trust you to use your best judgement on if it needs to be warned for. If you are asked to put in a warning for said comment, please be respectful and edit it in. Similarly, we ask that people requesting content warnings for other topics please be respectful when making that request.

Equal, but not the Same

This is very much a 'you get what you give' kind of game. As mods, we will try our best to make this game fun for everyone involved. We want to give everyone an equal opportunity for fun and getting involved in the plot and engaging with the game. However, we can't realistically give the exact same opportunity to every character within the game. Some of what you can do is limited by the CR your character has with both NPCs and other characters. The more active you are and the more you engage with the plot, setting, and NPCs, the more chances you will get to do cool stuff.

So while every character will get a chance to do something within the game, not every character is going to get exactly the same chance for exactly the same CR and game involvement. By apping into this game, you accept this rule.

Communicate With Us

If you have any problems with the game or players in the game, please come to us! We can only address problems we are aware of, so please feel free to contact us at any time.

That said, we ask that you contact us while logged in (either by making a private plurk to the mod plurk/the mods' personal plurks, or by PMing the mod journal). We will still read anonymous complaints, but more weight will be given to complaints that come from players within the game. If you do contact us, your identity will be kept private.

Additionally, please include both mods on any private plurks.

The Boss Rule

Mods get the final say. We reserve the right to reject an application for reasons other than app quality. We also reserve the right to reject murder plans/death proposals. If at any time we tell you "No", we expect you to respect that 'no' and work with us to come up with something else. Generally we are open to discussion on anything involving this game and how to run it, and we are always open to crit and comments. But if we invoke 'the boss rule' then we expect you to accept that. No exceptions.