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Act like a regular crew member of a space station. You do not need to feign ignorance of things outside your job or act like an NPC in a video game, but you are at the minimum expected to maintain a basic level of roleplay and common decency. | |||
#Do not use text | # Do not use text acronyms (ex: "lol", "wtf", "brb", "lmao", "thx", "sgtm") or emoticons (ex: ":)", "xD") in-character. | ||
# Try your best to remain in-character. Do not reference out-of-character (OOC) concepts like game admins or contributors. | |||
# | # Don't threaten other players by telling them you are calling an admin on them. | ||
#Do not use | # Do not use emotes to bypass mute or accented characters. (Ex: "George Melons motions for you to order guns") - Make an effort to act it out. | ||
<small>Chud wuz here</small> | |||
== Don't be a dick == | == Don't be a dick == |
Revision as of 04:19, 16 January 2024
These rules are written for the LRP servers. Modifications to them for MRP servers are written in a box as shown below. When reading for LRP servers, you should ignore these amendments. When reading for the MRP rules, the amendments are part of the rules and override any conflicts.
MRP Amendment This is an amendment to the LRP version of the rules that only applies on MRP servers. |
YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE TO PLAY ON WIZARD'S DEN SERVERS. ANY USERS SUSPECTED OF BEING UNDERAGE WILL BE BANNED UNTIL THEY ARE OF AGE.
Rule violations may result in warnings, de-whitelisting, bans, or a combination.
Contents
- 1 Admin rulings must be followed during the round
- 2 No Hate Speech or Discriminatory Language
- 3 No sexual content/themes, including erotic roleplay (ERP)
- 4 Do not use out of game methods to communicate with other players [Metacomming]
- 5 Do not attempt to evade bans
- 6 Only use English
- 7 Do not exploit the game, use cheats, or macros
- 8 Do not use multiple accounts, or alt accounts, and do not share accounts
- 9 Do not abuse or ignore admin help
- 10 Use realistic character names, and do not use names of famous people
- 11 Act like a normal person
- 12 Don't be a dick
- 13 Do not use information from outside the current round [Metagaming]
- 14 Follow escalation rules, don't make Cargonia
- 15 Do not suicide out of or waste important roles, including antagonist roles
- 16 Do not pre-emptively rush for weapons and equipment [Powergaming]
- 17 Do not intentionally make everything worse [Self-Antagonism]
- 18 Command & Security are held to a higher standard
- 19 Command & Security engagement rules
- 20 Command & Security will be reasonable with punishments
- 21 Cyborg, AI, and Silicon Rules
- 22 Department Specific Behavior Issues
Admin rulings must be followed during the round
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Admins can override rules if they deem it in the best interest of the current round, server, and/or community at large. Admins are able to make final interpretations of rules. If you disagree with how an admin interprets a rule, you must still follow the interpretation they provide for you. Admin actions and interpretations of rules can be contested through staff complaints. If you rule skirt, rule lawyer, or otherwise are an overall negative impact to the community, you will be removed. Admins will be held fully accountable for their actions if they exercise this privilege. |
No Hate Speech or Discriminatory Language
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The following are explicitly forbidden and generally result in an instant appeal-only ban:
- Hate Speech
- Slurs (including variations of slurs, racial, sexual, disability-related, or language closely tied to real-life slurs)
- Bigotry
- Racism (including Speciesism, which would be demeaning other players based on their in-game race)
- Sexism
THIS RULE IS ZERO-TOLERANCE
No sexual content/themes, including erotic roleplay (ERP)
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Erotic Roleplay (commonly abbreviated as "ERP") and any sexual content is strictly forbidden. This includes direct and indirect mentions of sexual behavior or actions. |
Some leeway is afforded to insults, but not all insults are exempt. Example: 'You are a dickhead' is not considered a violation of this rule. |
Spamming or copy/pasting erotica content/memes also violates this rule. Example: WGW |
In-game romantic relationships should not become the focus of the game for you and anyone else involved. This is not a dating simulator. Dedicating significant portions of rounds to romantic relationships, dating, or similar things violates this rule. |
THIS RULE IS ZERO-TOLERANCE
Do not use out of game methods to communicate with other players [Metacomming]
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Do not utilize any external means of communication to talk to other players who are connected to the same server, or who were connected to the same server during the current round. This includes any means of communication including text, voice, images, and video. This includes applications such as Discord, Steam, and other platforms, along with in-person communication. |
Even if information is not being shared or abused, it may still be considered a violation of this rule. Due to the difficulty of determining if information is being shared, it will almost always be presumed that people who message another player they are in a round with, or who are in a voice call with another player during a round are sharing round information. Due to the difficulty of determining if users are abusing information that they are sharing, it will almost always be presumed that the information is being abused. |
Streaming |
Public live streams are not exempt from this rule, but have different liability. Using information from a public live stream of the game (stream sniping) is a violation of this rule. Watching a public live stream of the game while connected to the same server is a violation of this rule. Allowing people watching a public live stream to share information about the current round, for example through the stream's chat, is a violation of this rule. Using that information is also a violation of this rule. Sharing information about the current round with a streamer is a violation of this rule if that information was obtained from any source but the stream. The stream's moderators are expected to enforce this on the streaming platform in addition to any in-game enforcement done by game admins. |
Public live streaming by itself is not a violation of the rule as long as the stream is sufficiently moderated. Streamers are encouraged, but not required, to use a stream delay. |
Teaching new players |
Teaching players is not exempt from this rule. If you want to teach a new player, it is recommended to either watch a stream of them playing the game while not playing yourself, or communicate with them using only in-game methods of communication. |
THIS RULE IS ZERO-TOLERANCE
Do not attempt to evade bans
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Almost all bans may be appealed on our forums at forum.ss14.io in the ban appeals section. This is generally the only acceptable way to contact the administration team to discuss your ban and revise it if it is inappropriate, including if it is mistakenly applied. |
Any attempt to circumvent a game ban will result in a voucher ban. Attempting to evade role bans by gaining access to or working in the capacity of a job you are banned from will result in a game ban. These bans are applied even if the evasion attempt is unsuccessful. |
Ban Types |
Role Ban - Also called a "job ban", this ban prevents your character from joining or late-joining a round as one or more jobs. These are often used to curb problematic behavior in particular departments or address gross inexperience in important roles such as heads of staff. These bans do not mechanically prevent you from switching to the role during a round, but doing so is typically considered ban evasion. |
Game Ban - This ban prevents you from connecting to all Wizard's Den servers. |
Ban Durations |
Temporary - Temporary bans will be lifted automatically after a certain amount of time. They will tell you how much time is remaining when you try to connect. |
Indefinite - These bans will only be removed on a successful appeal on the forums. Any ban which doesn't tell you when it expires and doesn't specify otherwise can be presumed to be an indefinite ban. Indefinite bans are often intended to be appealed, and are usually successful if the admin team can be convinced that the player will not continue to cause issues. |
Voucher - This is an indefinite ban which may only be appealed both with a successful appeal and which require a voucher of good behavior from the administrative team of a well-known or at least decently active SS13/SS14 server in order for the appeal to be considered. Voucher bans typically cannot be appealed for at least six months after being issued. Without a voucher, a player can only attempt to appeal a voucher ban once, and only if the ban was inappropriately placed. Voucher bans are typically only placed as a result of an unsuccessful appeal of an indefinite game ban by players with a history of bans and of causing issues. |
Permanent - This is a ban that is only appealable if the ban was inappropriately placed. If the result of the appeal is that the ban was appropriately placed, the ban may not be appealed again and will not be lifted. These bans are extremely rare, but are applied to players who continually cause problems even after a voucher ban or users who have completely unacceptable behavior may be permanently removed. |
THIS RULE IS ZERO-TOLERANCE
Only use English
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Only English is permitted, both in-character and out-of-character. You must be fluent in English enough to be able to not cause game issues, and to be able to communicate with game admins when necessary. If a game admin does not feel that you are fluent enough in English, they may ban you. |
There are many servers that allow or focus on other languages. You are highly encouraged to play only on servers that allow languages you are fluent in. |
Do not exploit the game, use cheats, or macros
Candidate 1
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The following are prohibited by this rule:
Both attempts and successful use are prohibited. |
Candidate 2
Details |
The following are prohibited by this rule:
Both attempts and successful use are prohibited. |
Do not use multiple accounts, or alt accounts, and do not share accounts
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The rule applies even if the accounts are not used at the same time, including if the old account is abandoned. All accounts may be banned if this rule is violated. You are responsible for everything done on and with your account. You are just as responsible for actions taken by other people using your account as you would be had you taken the actions themselves. |
Switching to a new account |
If you lose access to an account, you must create an admin message on the forums notifying admins before using a new account to play. Creating a new account while your current account is banned will be considered ban evasion. |
Do not abuse or ignore admin help
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Only use admin help (ahelp) for things requiring admin attention. If you ignore messages admins send to you via ahelp, or disconnect during an ahelp, you may be banned. If you urgently need to leave during an ahelp, you may do so but will likely need to continue the ahelp on the forums. Do not admin check, be hostile/aggressive, request events, or spam. IC methods of contacting admins, like prayers, faxes, red phones, and banana phones, should be used when there is not an issue. Admins are not always online, but all ahelps are automatically relayed to discord. |
Examples |
Appropriate uses of ahelp:
Inappropriate uses of ahelp:
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Use realistic character names, and do not use names of famous people
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Conventions and Examples |
Names marked with a ❌ cannot be used by any species. Names with a ✅ can be used by any species on LRP.
Humans typically use the Firstname Lastname convention.
Dwarfs typically use either the human convention in a viking theme.
Lizards typically use the Verb-article-Noun convention.
Slimes typically have names that are onomonopia. A last name is optional.
Diona typically have calm, nature themed, Noun of Noun style names.
Mothmen typically use latin sounding names, or light themed names.
Arachnids typically use latin sounding names.
Usernames, objects, random characters, very "low effort" names, or otherwise implausible names are not permitted.
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Act like a normal person
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Act like a regular crew member of a space station. You do not need to feign ignorance of things outside your job or act like an NPC in a video game, but you are at the minimum expected to maintain a basic level of roleplay and common decency.
Chud wuz here Don't be a dick
You are playing a multiplayer game with up to 100+ other people who also want to enjoy the game; be considerate that you are typically interacting with other players. Damaging or disrupting the normal function of Arrivals and the Arrivals Shuttle is strictly forbidden. Do not attack people or damage arrivals. You will get banned.
Antagonist-Specific Rules: In General
The following sub-section applies only to antagonists. Antagonists have a lot of leeway with everything in the above rule section "Don't be a dick" as antagonists are designated by the game to cause problems for the station. You may generally kill crew members/sabotage the station as you see fit and do not have to escalate conflicts as normal; however, if your behavior degrades the experience for majority of the server you will be told to stop.
Antagonist-Specific Rules: Traitor
Antagonist-Specific Rules: Minor AntagonistsThis covers minor antagonists like Rat Kings, spiders, salvage mobs, and other hostile wildlife.
Antagonist-Specific Rules: Team AntagonistsTeam antagonists should work together with other members of their team, however they are not explicitly required to work with other types of antagonists, including different team antagonists.
Antagonist-Specific Rules: Nuclear Operatives
Antagonist-Specific Rules: Revolutionaries
Do not use information from outside the current round [Metagaming]
Follow escalation rules, don't make Cargonia
Follow escalation rules, don't murder someone for slipping you, use common sense, be humane. Conflicts can generally be said to follow a basic pattern of escalation: Verbal -> Physical (ex: shoving, punching) -> Non-Lethal (ex: utilizing basic weapons and less lethal weapons, beating someone into critical condition) -> Lethal (ex: beating someone to death, firearms, explosives, deadly melee weapons).
Do not suicide out of or waste important roles, including antagonist roles
Command roles and antagonist roles drive the round. Do not suicide out of or abandon these roles if you don't end up getting the role you want. If you don't want to play a particular role, just set it to "Never" in your job preferences.
Do not pre-emptively rush for weapons and equipment [Powergaming]
Don't rush for or prepare equipment unrelated to your job for no purpose other than to have it "just in case" or to make it "for the end round" (referred to as "powergaming").
Do not intentionally make everything worse [Self-Antagonism]
Intentionally making yourself a major problem/annoyance/disruption for the crew or other players at large while not an antagonist is forbidden (referred to as "self-antagging"). Much of the behavior in this rule is an in-character issue that Security should deal with appropriately, but it becomes self-antagonism when it begins to degrade the station at large or cause a significant issue, or is simply done for no purpose other than to be annoying.
Command & Security are held to a higher standard
Command & Security roles are held to a higher standard of play. It is easy to ruin the game for other players as these roles, therefore they are generally more restrictive and given less leeway on the amount of disruption they are allowed to cause.
Command & Security engagement rules
Security and Command should try to remain non-lethal and effect arrests where possible instead of outright killing suspects/attackers, unless there is very good reason to believe the target is an antagonist.
Command & Security will be reasonable with punishments
Security & Command will be reasonable with brig times/procedures and will attempt to protect detainees in their custody as long as doing so does not create an unreasonable risk to themselves, the crew, or the station at large to do so.
Cyborg, AI, and Silicon Rules
Cyborgs and AI (and other roles referred to as "silicon" roles) almost always have a set of laws attached to them. Your laws may at some point be changed by the crew or events outside of your control, so make sure you keep up with any of your law changes. The following specific rules apply to silicon roles and their laws:
Department Specific Behavior Issues
This is a brief and incomplete list of things that can get you jobbanned from a department or role. The purpose of this is to better illustrate why one may get banned from a specific role. Command
Security
Engineering
Medical
Science
Cargo
Service
Silicon
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