►► Rules

[captainpanic]

By applying to and being accepted to thepanicship, you agree to the following:

Player Rules

1. Be courteous to one another. You don't have to like everyone but you do have to play nice. If someone is being an asshole to you or someone else, let us know. If you don't like the direction someone is taking their character, no one's forcing you to play with them.


2. If you have a problem, take it to the mods. We're here to make sure things run smoothly, but we're not psychic and we don't have eyes everywhere. You don't have to come to us with every small problem, but you don't have to sit there and let someone harass you or godmode without your permission, either.


3. OOC does NOT mean IIC. In other words, a player is not their character and vice versa. That means a character can have some pretty shitty views, but it's IC for that character and doesn't mean the player shares them. This is a common sense rule really, but basically if a character is mean to yours, no, it doesn't mean the player hates you or your character.


4. Meet the game's Activity Check. Life happens and sometimes it's easy to fall behind. But if you can predict it, take a hiatus if you don't think you'll be around for AC. If your house floods/catches fire or you just had an emergency that took up a ton of your time, it's understandable. Shoot captainpanic a PM or send thepanicship a PM on plurk. We want you to stay in the game and have fun. We just need to know you'll be around!


5. Lock and cut your adult posts. In the event you want to write a little steamy bonding, do it in the log community (thepanicship) under a cut and lock the post to the community. Alternatively, anything excessively violent and gory should also be locked.


6. Don't godmode; don't break the fourth wall. This goes hand-in-hand with the first rule. Essentially, unless you have that player's permission, don't godmode their character and don't break the fourth wall ICly unless all players involved are okay with it. Some people don't want their characters finding out they're a video game character or from a zombie apocalypse on TV.


7. And last, but not least and not really an official rule: have fun! This is a game. Play things out to your heart's content. As long as your playing is not affecting anyone else, you can play out whatever you want to your heart's content!

Moderator Rules

1. There will be no discrimination and no favorites. When we say "randomly assigned," we mean randomly assigned. We will not put characters together in their initial rooms unless that's the way the dice roll. We will not select players for plots over others because we know them better, although if you get picked and don't participate, you probably won't be picked again to account for fairness.


2. Should something erupt between players, we will refrain from making judgments until both sides are heard. This is why it's good to save proof just in case. No, it's not expected people will join and there will be a shitstorm, but hey, things happen. If two people get pissed off at each other and one starts slinging slurs and insults and harassing the other on and off DW, that's not cool. But we need a screenshot or something to know it happened.


3. Moderators are also players. That means we are expected to make Activity Check and respect permissions just as much as everyone else in addition to our duty as moderators to keep information pages updated and to make sure the game runs smoothly. We are not above the rules set for players.