General Gameflow
1. The story of this game is based on The 7th Guest, a 1993 computer game on CD-ROM by Trilobyte, and its sequel the 11th Hour. Characters
may or may not be based on the characters in The 7th Guest and The 11th Hour; you should
NOT assume that each named player in the games exist in this game, or that a named character's backstory reflects their role in the game. Writeups may or may not reflect actual game events.
2.
Cycle Timing: 24 hour days, 24 hour nights. Day cycles will open at 9pm EST / 6 pm PST and close at 9pm EST / 6pm PST the next day. Votes will not be counted once the SDN timestamp reads 9:00 (or 21:00 if you're fancy). Night actions are due at 8pm EST during the night cycle to allow extra time for processing so the thread can open relatively on time. The thread will be OPEN for chatter during the night cycle but may be locked between cycle closes and writeup postings.
3. Plurality for yeet vote is in place. There will be no official majority yeet vote at any point in this game, though if there is an overwhelming, unmoving wagon we may close early. Yeet votes will never be locked in - feel free to unvote and vote again at your leisure.
Mods will post official tallies as we are able but it will help you and us to keep track yourselves as well.
4. Unless you have been told otherwise, your night actions cannot be used on yourselves, or
on the same player on consecutive nights.
Rules
Note that these rules must be followed. We will not hesitate to enact punishment for breaking them, up to and including mod killing and restriction from signing up for future games if warranted.
1. The first and most important rule is that this is a
GAME that is meant to be
FUN. It will be much more FUN if you operate from the assumption that the other players are just doing what they believe is best to achieve their wincon; they are likely not ACTUALLY trying to hurt your feelings or be mean. We understand that things can get heated and emotions can run high when we are accusing each other of murder, but
there will be no tolerance for hostility, excessive appeals to emotion (ATE), or personal attacks on other players
. If mods see that things are getting out of hand, we will ask the involved parties to take a break from the thread. It is much, much better if you can police yourselves and take breaks when you need them.
If we have to step in, you can consider that your one and ONLY warning. We reserve the right to force-sub or modkill a player, with or without warning, if we feel that hostility/ATE/personal attacks are damaging game integrity or thread health.
2.
Do not discuss the game outside of this thread and your role PM unless you are specifically allowed to do so by the mods.
You should also avoid discussing game strategy with people in real life.
3. Place votes in
bold or ####between numerous octothorpes#### using the terms "vote" or "yeet".
If you have already placed a vote, you must unvote to place a new one. "No vote" and "sleep" are not options. Please tag the mods @GoSpursGo
@WildZoo @kaydubs (or at least Spurs and KD) on your votes.
4.
Participate, participate, participate. I am not a mod who tolerates ghosting. We spent time building this game, and by signing up you committed to play it.
There are no specific participation requirements for this game, but you will be nudged if we feel you are slacking, and players who post <5 times in a day cycle repeatedly may be recommended to sub. Life does happen, so if things get busy let us know and send in contingency actions.
5. Subs are available for extenuating life circumstances only (and also as needed per points 1 and 4 above).
If you require a sub, please contact the mods directly. Do not post about it on the thread.
6.
Once you are dead, you are not allowed to strategize on the thread. If you are going to post, you must post in asterisks
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Please limit the amount that you post, and limit content to fun comments or cheering for your team. Just as you should be careful with what you post after death, you should also be careful with what posts you like/react to. Use your best judgement, don't like posts with strategy in them. You would be surprised how what you say or like can sway players' thoughts, even if you think it is innocuous. So err on the side of caution.
DO NOT DISCUSS THE GAME WITH LIVING PLAYERS ONCE YOU HAVE DIED.
7.
Direct quoting or copy/pasting of PMs, including conversations with the mods, is not allowed. Screenshots are not allowed. Fake copy/pasting, quoting, and screenshots are not allowed either.
8. You may edit posts, but do not delete them, and do not edit yeet votes.
9. Do not discuss or share your night results before the writeup is posted (the thread may be locked to prevent this anyway). However, you are free to continue to strategize between yeet close and writeup, unless I've locked the thread, which I might do if I feel like typing in silence.
10. There may or may not be events as part of this game, which may or may not help players who participate...
11. Please acknowledge your role by reacting to the first post in your role PM.
