Welcome to Episode 7, the first episode that the FM mods have let me
If you don't post in the thread or PM me within a 48-hour period during a day, you will be prodded for inactivity. Receive 2 prods in a game, or go 24 hours without responding to a prod, and you will be replaced.
Prods will also be issued if I don't recieve any message from you during the 48-hour night. THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH NO NIGHT ACTION. If you have no night action or you do not wish to use your night action, just send me a message saying so (note - for mafia, the mafia chat works just as well as a PM). This prevents metagaming of "X was prodded at night, therefore X has a night action." Everyone who has not sent in anything yet will get a warning about halfway through. I will not end a night on an active prod - once I recieve communication from everyone or replacements are made the day will begin. This is super unfun for everyone who has to wait, but it's unfair to a replacement who comes in and finds that they've lost a night and half a day because their replacement hasn't shown up. If you are signing up, please make sure you can commit to the whole game, and if not please tell me as soon as you can if things come up - we can always work something out, whether it's a temporary or permanent replacement. I've gotten more and more lenient on this as past games have gone on but I'm not going to give any leniency this game - I have to get a PM in the night as well as a post every 48 hours or prods will be given out. If there is an issue with another user who you believe needs to be prodded - please PM me instead of posting in the thread. I will try to check once a day, but there may be times where I cannot - I don't forsee this happening much because it's summer and I'm off school but it's possible.
The whisper limit for this game is 5 200-character whispers sent per day. No penalty for whispers recieved except for possibly spamming your PM box if you get a lot.
Gamethrowing (intentionally trying to lose) is punishable by possible removal from the game (moderator's discretion) and blacklisting from future games (at discretion of a committee of all moderators). Please don't ruin the game for everyone else. If you're unsure if something's gamethrowing, don't do it and PM me for a clarification. Fake gamethrowing is also not allowed for similar reasons. Spamming and "trolling" is not allowed - by trolling I don't mean posting a joke, but intentionally harassing someone to make them overly angry. I understand that this is a game and things can get heated - but I will send out notices to calm down and possibly lock the thread if things get out of control.
Please note that this is an episode, and as such I have no experimental rules as I usually do. Sorry about that. I'll do something really stupid and outrageous next game to make up for it.
Please do not use the official vote count format that I will use in the thread - it looks official even though it isn't.
Please do not use any official text in game that you are not allowed to use (e.g. fake-revealing as Mayor). It puts stress between the moderator and other players to determine if the reveal was legitimate, something that could come down to when I can be online.
Please see the Encyclopedia of Controversial Occurances for my rules when I moderate. I am going under iggyvolz for all rules (obviously).
Note to any Gmods/FMods/Admins - if majority vote is reached please feel free to lock the thread. If majority vote is reached, please do not post in the thread after it is reached. If you see an FM mod online, you may PM them asking them to lock the thread, but please don't do so for Gmods or Admins unless they've stated they're OK with it because they don't need to be bothered (Vale is an FM mod even though her name is green - she is both a Gmod and an FM mod).
See the signup thread for all backup and replacement-related issues.