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[Game Rules]

1. HAVE FUN!
2. Follow GAIA’s TOS, Rules & Guidelines, and the GGN Rules.
............Violation: Banned without warning.
3. No Harassment, Flaming, or making comments you KNOW will hurt/insult someone. This includes being rude and/or nasty towards another member. PM’s included. Insults and the like are fine as long as they’re in jest, pertain to the game, and NO ONE is hurt by it. Harassment that takes place solely in pm's cannot be dealt with by crew; this needs to be taken up with a Gaia Moderator. The crew's formal position is to moderate the guild only.
............Violation: Handled on a case-by-case-basis. We CAN and WILL contact GAIA moderators if the situation calls for it.
4. Anyone can post in the guild, speculate, and hang out, but only participants of the current game who are not dead or jailed may vote in the day’s voting thread. Once you have been killed, jailed, or otherwise incapacitated in the game, you CANNOT vote. You may continue to post, speculate and point fingers, but nothing else.
............Violation: an informal warning will be issued for first offense. Repeated attempts for voting while not active in the current game will get you a full warning.
5. The Game Master will not wait for everyone to vote. At the voting deadline, he/she will lock the thread and move on to the next round. Anyone who does not have their vote or has voted with an incorrect number will receive an inactivity. Those with roles who have not sent in their information will have kills and saves randomly generated for them.



6. You may NOT have more than one account participating in a single game.
............Violation: Removal of BOTH accounts from the current game, a guild warning, and a ban from playing in the next game.
7. If you feel you are incapable of making a decent decision on who to vote for, do not have time to vote, etc. you may use a PASS. HOWEVER, you may not PASS more than THREE times in a single game. The point of the game is to FORCE you to vote. If you exceed your three passes, they will count as inactivities towards your name and you may be removed from the game for INACTIVITY. Voting for yourself is the same as using a pass. This is subject to change ONLY if the current GM has made it clear to the entire guild.
8. You may NOT post screenshots of your placement PM’s, be they edited or real. You MAY post real/edited screenshots of OTHER PM’s, as long as the GM and GameMaster mule account are not involved. The PM MAY NOT look like the GM or GameMaster mule account had any part in it at ALL. The GM and GameMaster mule account’s names and anything that they may or may not have said are also OFF LIMITS. Users are also not allowed to access the GameMaster mule account for any reason whatsoever unless they are currently hosting a game and using it in said game.
............Violation: Warning and possible removal from the current game.
9. If you miss three rounds in a ROW or five rounds TOTAL, you will be removed from the game for inactivity. You may still post and speculate, but you may NOT vote, be killed, or be jailed. This is subject to change ONLY if the current GM has made it clear to the entire guild.
10. The GM will not get involved in the game except to post their own little comments. These comments must be neutral and may NOT give away anything about what’s actually going on in the game. This means NO giving away ANY information about who has what role to ANYONE.
............Violation: warning, and banning from hosting future games for twice the regular waiting period.



11. By default, there will NEVER be secret clues hidden within the updates. The current GM MAY however, state that they wish to integrate the clues into the updates if he/she wishes as long as they inform the guild of this before the game begins.
12. You may NOT look at inboxes, outboxes, sent boxes, or save boxes of any player during the game. You should NEVER tell anyone else your password, there’s simply no reason for it. A secret password is a happy password.
............Violation: If we find out that you have been peeking, you will be removed from the current game, BANNED from playing the next game, and warned.
13. All clues given to the GM for the NR must have something to do with your GAIA self. They can be about your avatar, profile, journal, guilds, whatever, as long as they have been stated somewhere on GAIA. Nothing about your life in reality unless you’ve posted something about it on the GAIA forums.
14. Clues may be as cryptic or as simple as you like, but they must eliminate at least one other person who is playing the game. Nothing like “I have an Avatar.” Because that applies to everyone, “I am not a mod” would be a better choice, as it eliminates everyone who is from suspicion, while leaving a large amount of other people who also aren’t mods for everyone to debate over.
15. You may NOT let others log on to your account in your absence and vote in your stead. If you will be away for an extended period of time during the game, speak to the GM and ask them whether they will be willing to allow you to stay active in the game.
............Violation: Any person found voting for others will be removed from the current game, along with the person/people they’re voting for.



16. ANY conflicts involving things OUTSIDE of the game must be dealt with OUTSIDE OF THE GAME! If you have a problem with someone, leave the drama out of the guild!
............Violation: Dealt with on a case-by-case basis. Possible warnings, or temporary bans will be issued until you can learn to keep outside things outside where they belong.
17. Any decision made by the GM pertaining to the game is FINAL!
18. Mules may not interfere with game play in any way, shape, or form! They may speculate and they may contribute to discussion, but they may NEVER get directly involved! A Mule may NEVER be allowed to relay clues, or ANY information about the game that is not already publicly known.
............Violation: Handled on a case-by-case basis depending on severity. The longer it takes to find out who is
behind an interfering mule, the harsher the punishment will be. You CAN and WILL be punished for suspected connection with an interfering mule MONTHS, even YEARS after the incident has occurred!
19. Mules and regular users MAY NOT cause any unnecessary drama in the guild.
............Violation: Guild ban for both mule and main account when the main is found out. If the main is not found out for months or years after the incident, they are still accountable, and will still be punished for their actions!
20. Outside organizations and manipulations may occur, but they must be kept within the guild! Get creative, start secret codes, white text, hide messages in your posts, etc.



21. Fabrication of evidence in order to get another user in trouble will NOT be tolerated. If we suspect you're handing us false evidence, you WILL be dealt with accordingly.
............Violation: Handled on a case-by-case basis depending on the type of offense the fabricator is accusing
another of, and the type of punishment they expected the other to receive.
22. Posting in the voting thread is strictly prohibited unless you are voting! You MAY have additional comments in your post aside from the vote, but unless your post contains a vote, it WILL be deleted.
............Violation: Your post will be deleted. Repeated offenses may see warnings (informal or not) depending on the number of times you ignore this rule.
23. These rules may change at ANY given time. It is YOUR responsibility to check this thread for changes. The crew will do it's best to inform everyone of changes, but ignorance of the rules is never a valid excuse.

[Game Tips]

Here are some tips to keep the game fun for you ^^

* Lying, deception, backstabbing, and scapegoating is part of the game. If you become a victim of this, don't worry. It happens to everyone at some point, so try not to hold it against anyone.

* (addendum to previous tip) That being said, it's important to know who you can trust. Find out who can keep secrets well, find out who is known for ratting people out; the people you ally yourself may win you or cost you the game.

* Telling someone you have a role is not illegal, but is incredibly risky. When it comes down to the wire, your ally may decide to give you up.

* Sheeping. Sheeping is a term SGers use to describe a specific jailing process. A person will provide evidence (whether it be genuine or fake) against a person based on in-game clues and behavior in order to get others to vote for them. Sheeping is NOT throwing a person in jail due to a landslide in votes.

* Try to think for yourself. Don't just vote for who everyone else is voting for just because.

* Red herrings (fake clues) are not illegal. Giving people fake clues makes the game tougher and can buy the killers more time.

(Thanks Phoe for those tips <3)

* Giftsnipes are when you send a gift to someone with a message inside about the game. Alot of clues are sent through gift snipes. Just because something was giftsniped doesn't mean it's real, nor does it mean its false. Its up to you to decide what to believe and what not to believe.

* Getting jailed is nothing personal. People don''t jail you because they don't like you, they jail you because they feel you are suspicious. Just because people don't trust you when you say you have no role doesn't mean they don't like you.

* Trust can be very hard to both gain and give in this game. If people don't trust you, don't get offended. Its not that they don't like you, its just that they don't trust easily.

And the main thing to remember: THIS IS A GAME. People don't do things in the game to hurt others. They don't backstab, kill, lie, betray, or any of that because they don't like you. They do it because it makes the game fun, and at times can be very good strategy. If you take what people do in the game personally you'll most likely end up quitting, or wanting to quit, pretty quickly.