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Toastewoofs at 01:28, 29 August 2026

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	\|You may not play as the exact same character as someone else in the same round (i.e., through in-round cloning, or intentionally using the same character preferences/character slot, etc.), including lore, name, appearance, etc.		\|You may not play as the exact same character as someone else in the same round (i.e., through in-round cloning, or intentionally using the same character preferences/character slot, etc.), including lore, name, appearance, etc.
	\|This ~~extends~~ primarily to situations where people are intentionally creating copies of a character through any means.		\|This does not extend to disguising oneself as someone else, and does not apply to changelings. This applies primarily to situations where people are intentionally creating copies of a character through any means.
	Things such as expies do not violate this rule, as they have individual names or character backgrounds.		Things such as expies do not violate this rule, as they have individual names or character backgrounds.
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	!Special Rulings		!Special Rulings
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	\| colspan="2" \|Roleplay, and in doing so, play a reasonably sane and mature character and stay in character.		\| colspan="2" \|Roleplay, and in doing so, play a reasonably sane and mature character, and stay in character.
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	\|0.1.1.		\|0.1.1.
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	\|You must roleplay in a manner ~~realistic~~ to real-life, reasonable for your current circumstances and the current setting.		\|You must roleplay in a manner comparable to real-life, reasonable for your current circumstances and the current setting.
	\|This is with respect to the lore and world setting. While Nanotrasen technology isn't real, you must act as a reasonable person would in the setting.		\|This is with respect to the lore and world setting. While Nanotrasen technology isn't real, you must act as a reasonable person would in the setting.
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	\| colspan="2" \|~~You~~ must ~~not play as characters that imitate real-life figures~~.		\| colspan="2" \|Your character(s) must be plausible and have justification for existing in the Space Station 13 setting.
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	\|0.2.1.		\|0.2.1.
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	\|You ~~may~~ not play as ~~any character from media other than Space Station 13~~.		\|You must not play as characters that imitate real-life figures.
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	\|0.2.2.		\|0.2.2.
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	\|~~You may play as species from other media, but may not link~~ yourself to the lore of ~~the source of said~~ species ~~(or mention it~~ in-character), and ~~must follow 0~~.2.~~1 while doing so~~.		\|If you are linking yourself to the lore of another species, you must do so tastefully and while keeping in-mind that regardless of your character's lore, you exist and will be acting in the Space Station 13 setting.
	\|		\|As such, you may not use character traits of the species/character you are imitating to grief, self-antag, or otherwise violate the rules. For example, your expie security officer having an obsession with fentanyl, and using this to justify antagonizing medical/other players.
	\|		\| rowspan="3" \|You may ignore these rules on the Ghost Cafe or Interlink, but they immediately come into effect on the station, lavaland, or space z-levels (ghostroles).
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	\|0.2.3.		\|0.2.3.
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	\|~~As such~~, ~~per 0~~.2.1. ~~and~~ 0.2.2.~~, meme and licensed media characters are prohibited.~~		\|You may not play as the exact same character as someone else in the same round (i.e., through in-round cloning, or intentionally using the same character preferences/character slot, etc.), including lore, name, appearance, etc.
	\|		\|This extends primarily to situations where people are intentionally creating copies of a character through any means.
			Things such as expies do not violate this rule, as they have individual names or character backgrounds.
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			\|Fundamentally meme or joke characters are prohibited.
			\|For example, Peter Griffin, Red from Among Us, etc.
			Staff permission may override this rule.
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	\|0.2.4.		\|0.2.5.
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	\|Staff reserve the right to rule a character as too 'non-differentiated' from a pre-existing character from another piece of media, and thereby ban said character under rule 0.2.1.		\|Staff reserve the right to rule a character as too 'non-differentiated' from a pre-existing character from another piece of media, and thereby ban said character under rule 0.2.2. or 0.2.3.
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	\| colspan="2" \|You must not cryo, ghost, or DNR your character in order to avoid In-Character punishments. If you have to leave at an incidental time, you must Adminhelp before doing so.		\| colspan="2" \|You must not cryo, ghost, or DNR your character in order to avoid In-Character punishments. If you have to leave at an incidental time, you must Adminhelp before doing so.
	\|		\|This does not apply to DNRing after being killed as an antagonist.
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Toastewoofs at 18:42, 15 August 2026

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			\| colspan="2" \|You must not name your character in a way that is fundamentally absurd, meta, or offensive in nature, or the name of a real person.
			\|For example, "asidlygfsdhkfj", "John Nanotrasen", "Fuck", or "Osama Bin Laden" are all not permitted.
			\|The clown and mime get very narrow exceptions to this rule. Where a name like "Idiot Dog" would be impermissible for any other role, it may be permitted for the clown or mime.
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	\| colspan="2" \|This is the major, blanket roleplay rule that enforces our medium roleplay standard. As a bare minimum, it should be believable for a real person to commit any In-Character event through some justification. Roleplay trumps most.		\| colspan="2" \|This is the major, blanket roleplay rule that enforces our medium roleplay standard. As a bare minimum, it should be believable for a real person to commit any In-Character event through some justification. Roleplay trumps most.

Toastewoofs at 20:24, 8 August 2026

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	'''Consider this when deciding on your actions in-game and how you decide to act'''.		'''Consider this when deciding on your actions in-game and how you decide to act'''.

			:4.1. Players reserve the right to give the same as they have received.
			::4.1.1. The harder your character is to interact with, the more effort you should put into them. A character that's both hard to approach, and generally low effort becomes a negativity sink on the roleplaying environment and with that in mind you should make an earnest attempt to play up the actions or lack-there-of for the sake of adding in as much roleplay as you might be shutting down.

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	::0.1.4. You must not use netspeak in your messages in-character (IC), except in contexts where it would make sense, such as PDA messages.		::0.1.4. You must not use netspeak in your messages in-character (IC), except in contexts where it would make sense, such as PDA messages.
	::0.1.5. You may not use generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as large-language models like ChatGPT, to generate your in-game flavor text, speech, or emotes.		::0.1.5. You may not use generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as large-language models like ChatGPT, to generate your in-game flavor text, speech, or emotes.
	::0.1.6~~. You must not, through the mechanical nature of your character, cause an unnecessary burden or impediment to other players.~~		::0.1.6. This is the major, blanket roleplay rule that enforces our medium roleplay standard. As a bare minimum, it should be believable for a real person to commit any In-Character event through some justification. Roleplay trumps most.
	~~:::0.1.6.1. For example, taking the common second language (CSL) quirk as the Captain, or taking the blindness quirk as a security officer.~~
	~~::0.1.7~~. This is the major, blanket roleplay rule that enforces our medium roleplay standard. As a bare minimum, it should be believable for a real person to commit any In-Character event through some justification. Roleplay trumps most.
	:0.2. You must not play as characters that imitate real-life figures.		:0.2. You must not play as characters that imitate real-life figures.
	::0.2.1. You may not play as any character from media other than Space Station 13.		::0.2.1. You may not play as any character from media other than Space Station 13.

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	::0.1.4. You must not use netspeak in your messages in-character (IC), except in contexts where it would make sense, such as PDA messages.		::0.1.4. You must not use netspeak in your messages in-character (IC), except in contexts where it would make sense, such as PDA messages.
	::0.1.5. You may not use generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as large-language models like ChatGPT, to generate your in-game flavor text, speech, or emotes.		::0.1.5. You may not use generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as large-language models like ChatGPT, to generate your in-game flavor text, speech, or emotes.
	::0.1.6. This is the major, blanket roleplay rule that enforces our medium roleplay standard. As a bare minimum, it should be believable for a real person to commit any In-Character event through some justification. Roleplay trumps most.		::0.1.6. You must not, through the mechanical nature of your character, cause an unnecessary burden or impediment to other players.
			:::0.1.6.1. For example, taking the common second language (CSL) quirk as the Captain, or taking the blindness quirk as a security officer.
			::0.1.7. This is the major, blanket roleplay rule that enforces our medium roleplay standard. As a bare minimum, it should be believable for a real person to commit any In-Character event through some justification. Roleplay trumps most.
	:0.2. You must not play as characters that imitate real-life figures.		:0.2. You must not play as characters that imitate real-life figures.
	::0.2.1. You may not play as any character from media other than Space Station 13.		::0.2.1. You may not play as any character from media other than Space Station 13.

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	:::0.1.3.1. For example, you will not automatically know another player is a xenochimera because a tooltip says so; likewise, repairing a broken bone isn’t simple because it takes 3 clicks.		:::0.1.3.1. For example, you will not automatically know another player is a xenochimera because a tooltip says so; likewise, repairing a broken bone isn’t simple because it takes 3 clicks.
	::0.1.4. You must not use netspeak in your messages in-character (IC), except in contexts where it would make sense, such as PDA messages.		::0.1.4. You must not use netspeak in your messages in-character (IC), except in contexts where it would make sense, such as PDA messages.
	::0.1.5. This is the major, blanket roleplay rule that enforces our medium roleplay standard. As a bare minimum, it should be believable for a real person to commit any In-Character event through some justification. Roleplay trumps most.		::0.1.5. You may not use generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as large-language models like ChatGPT, to generate your in-game flavor text, speech, or emotes.
			::0.1.6. This is the major, blanket roleplay rule that enforces our medium roleplay standard. As a bare minimum, it should be believable for a real person to commit any In-Character event through some justification. Roleplay trumps most.
	:0.2. You must not play as characters that imitate real-life figures.		:0.2. You must not play as characters that imitate real-life figures.
	::0.2.1. You may not play as any character from media other than Space Station 13.		::0.2.1. You may not play as any character from media other than Space Station 13.

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	:0.8. You must not be antagonistic while not an antagonist.		:0.8. You must not be antagonistic while not an antagonist.
	::0.8.1. Committing any 3XX space law crime '''without proper escalation''', or committing 3+ 2XX space law crimes or below constitutes self-antagging, and is subject to punishment. Special circumstances, such as admin permission or an OPFOR, may change this.		::0.8.1. Committing any 3XX space law crime '''without proper escalation''', or committing 3+ 2XX space law crimes or below constitutes self-antagging, and is subject to punishment. Special circumstances, such as admin permission or an OPFOR, may change this.
	::0.8.2. If you have escalated properly, you may commit 3XX or above crimes, but you should be careful to follow what is logical for your non-antagonist character, and what is justified. Don't go on a mass killing spree because someone slipped you with a banana peel, but you may get into a shove fight with them.		::0.8.2. If you have escalated properly, you may commit 3XX or above crimes, but you should be careful to follow what is logical for your non-antagonist character, and what is justified. Don't go on a mass killing spree because someone slipped you with a banana peel, but you may get into a shove fight with them. Similarly, if someone fucks your wife and kills your dog, it may be justified to maim them.
	:0.9. Do not play to win		:0.9. Do not play to win
	::0.9.1. Better known as "powergaming". Powergaming/playing to win consists of acquiring items, assets, etc. for the sake of being powerful. Common examples include adding extra access to ID’s without reason, stealing powerful objects from other departments, or doing the job(s) of other departments when said department is available and willing to do the job itself.		::0.9.1. Better known as "powergaming". Powergaming/playing to win consists of acquiring items, assets, etc. for the sake of being powerful. Common examples include adding extra access to ID’s without reason, stealing powerful objects from other departments, or doing the job(s) of other departments when said department is available and willing to do the job itself.