Rules Update

Resources/ServerInfo/Rules.txt

@@ -43,13 +43,17 @@ A. Do not spam or advertise on our server.
 B. Do not flame and do not be toxic.
 
 C. Be respectful towards other members, avoid making others uncomfortable, and most important of all,
-do not be an asshole.
+DO NOT BE AN ASSHOLE. Do not intentionally make the round worse for other people by engaging in
+behaviors such as harassment, being an intense nuisance to the quiet of the station, or causing
+substantial damage through vandalism.
 
 D. We have a zero tolerance policy for racism, sexism, homophobia, violence, threats, hate speech,
 slurs, and other forms of bigotry, discrimination, and harassment. Slurs and terms that use real or
 implied mental or physical disability to mock or denigrate members or their in-game characters are
 also strictly prohibited. Failure to comply with this rule will result in community removal.
 
+E. For anything that is not specifically covered by our rules: use common sense and common decency.
+
 Game Server Rules
 
 1. Follow the server expectations:
@@ -138,6 +142,8 @@ C. In either case, characters do not have any knowledge of what happened while t
 Don't make obvious references, don’t make obvious puns or plays on words, and try to be creative
 by picking a believable and fitting name and/or surname. Leeway is given to theatrical roles such as
 the clown, boxer, and mime; these roles are allowed stage names with some freedom.
+If you are using a title, DO NOT attempt to use it to gain unfair gameplay advantages (such as, 
+pretending to be a Centcomm officer, or some role/job you are not).
 
 5. Follow roleplay guidelines:
 
@@ -152,22 +158,25 @@ state without a very valid roleplay reason to it.
 C. If a fight results in someone being critically injured, seek medical help for them - and if they die,
 do not destroy or otherwise hide their body. This falls under self-antagonistic behavior.
 
-D. D. Pest ghost roles such as mice are always fair game for attacking. Do not grief crew-aligned ghost 
+D. Pest ghost roles such as mice are always fair game for attacking. Do not grief crew-aligned ghost 
 roles such as familiars or pets without provocation.
 
 E. Some awakened pest roles (e.g. sentient mothroach) may be considered crew pets and fall under
 this rule.
 
-F. Non-security personnel should not seek to kill or detain unrelated threats, unless they themselves
+F. Respect other people's consent, dignity and boundaries. If somebody asks you to stop bothering 
+them LOOC, do so. If someone keeps bothering you despite telling them off LOOC, please AHelp it.
+
+G. Non-security personnel should not seek to kill or detain unrelated threats, unless they themselves
 or other crew in the direct vicinity are in current, immediate danger from it. Crew may neutralize
 threats when they present themselves or if they are relevant to the crew member in question, but are
 not to pursue them if and once routed from their current area.
 
-G. Certain severe emergencies may make it reasonable for normal crew to defend themselves and 
+H. Certain severe emergencies may make it reasonable for normal crew to defend themselves and 
 their station, such as nuclear operatives, a zombie outbreak, space dragon attack, or any other 
 critical situation, thus rendering the previous rule temporary null.
 
-H. By picking the prisoner role, you have chosen to roleplay as a prisoner, NOT an antagonist,
+I. By picking the prisoner role, you have chosen to roleplay as a prisoner, NOT an antagonist,
 and should not act so in any capacity. While you may be allowed to escape, you must receive 
 admin approval to do so, and ideally you should only seek to do so with excellent reasoning 
 and roleplay (e.g. abusive security personnel or badly damaged permanent brig). 
@@ -211,7 +220,8 @@ around the evacuation shuttle.
 
 A. Be very mindful of In Character and Out of Character consent, as they are not the same thing.
 Whilst a player may agree for their character to be subjected to a nonconsensual act, engaging 
-in ERP with someone against their OOC consent is strictly forbidden.
+in ERP with someone against their OOC consent is strictly forbidden. This applies both to
+actual player characters, and ghost role characters, people and creatures.
 If your OOC consent is not respected, immediately contact an administrator or moderator.
 
 B. Keep in mind mind that by performing actions without IC consent, you are not immune to and will 
@@ -226,9 +236,10 @@ state consent to the action, and have it stamped by a lawyer or the HoP. This is
 to avoid potential IC and OOC trouble from people who might be led to believe that they are
 witnessing a potential, major rulebreak or OOC/IC consent violation.
 
-D. Try to make abundantly clear in your consent menu essential information such as whether you
-want to engage in ERP or not, your limits and preferences, your OOC consent to nonconsensual 
-acts, your OOC or/and IC consent to extreme acts such as death or maiming, and so on so forth.
+D. Try to make ABUNDANTLY clear in your consent menu essential information such as whether you are
+interested in ERP or not, your limits and preferences, your OOC consent to nonconsensual acts 
+towards your character, your OOC or/and IC consent to extreme acts such as death or maiming, 
+and so on so forth.
 This is especially important to allow people to understand at a quick glance whether what they
 are witnessing is a potential, major rulebreak or OOC/IC consent violation, or not.
 
@@ -237,13 +248,44 @@ be very believable and make for some amazing roleplay for an Agent to try and se
 the bedroom to then murder them in cold blood on the spot or kidnap them, priority is given to the 
 fun, comfort and enjoyment of all players.
 
-F. Ideally, ERP should not take priority over job responsibilities, especially for Command
+F. Ideally, ERP should NOT take priority over job responsibilities, especially for Command
 and Security roles during a crisis; but for the sake of roleplay, so long it is roleplayed 
-well enough and there is no urgency, leeway is given.
-
-G. Roleplaying a character as underage is strictly forbidden.
-
-
+well enough and there is no urgency, leeway is given (so long you are ready to face the IC 
+consequences to this).
+
+G. Do not spam or pollute radio channels (including the telepath channel) with smut.
+Mind you, this does NOT mean that you are not allowed to speak or discuss of such. 
+Just, that it should not become a cringy spamfest of people shitposting/hornyposting.
+Or in other words: try not to turn them into the equivalent of a bathroom stall. 
+Have at least a minimum bit of decency and respect towards other people.
+
+H. Continuing from the previous rule: do not go overboard with hornyposting about a
+specific person, if said person does not have access to the channel they are being 
+spoken about in, and if you don't have OOC consent from said person to do so. 
+Pushing it too far, can easily result in what is effectively sexual harassment, 
+and be something very degradading, objectifying and humiliating to the person.
+
+I. Do not engage in nor discuss of particularly extreme or out there sexual fetishes in public.
+Public meant as in: any radio channel (including the telepath channel), out loud speech or 
+overt actions in actual public physical locations, or doing so on camera.
+What you like to do in the privacy of your bedroom is your business and prerogative. But do not
+force other people into having to witness or hear of something exceptionally outrageous that would
+turn the stomach of any ordinary person, or at the very least make them extremely uncomfortable.
+Or in other words: respect other people's boundaries and tastes.
+
+J. On the other hand, do not kinkshame somebody for something that they might be into, no matter 
+how extreme. Unless of course, they are into being kinkshamed, or you are doing so in a playful, 
+jokey, friendly manner for banter. Again, respect other people's boundaries and tastes.
+
+K. Use the subtle - command if you are engaging in ERP involving extreme kinks. The regular
+emote * action can be heard through walls. While this normally does not pose a major issue, 
+unless you mind your privacy, it can become one if you are potentially exposing passerbys
+to your very unusual, outlandish fetishes.
+
+L. Roleplaying a character as underage is strictly forbidden. So is speech of such activity.
+
+M. Engaging in ERP with a feral, nonsentient creature (one that is not being player controlled), 
+is forbidden. So is speech of such activity.
 
 Command, Security, and Antagonist Rules:
 
@@ -335,7 +377,8 @@ do is allowed, feel free to AHelp and ask an admin for clarification. Lack of ad
 does not constitute approval.
 
 C. Stealth and pacifism are heavily encouraged and to be considered preferable wherever and
-whenever applicable.
+whenever applicable. If you can get rid of a person without having to round remove them, or
+obtain an item without having to destroy an entire part of the station, please consider doing so.
 
 D. Round removal is strictly forbidden, outside of situations reasonably demanding it (such as for
 example, getting rid of a kill objective, or getting rid of an unreasonably dangerous, hard to contain