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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Magi_Trelian" data-source="post: 2594885" data-attributes="member: 36591">The Code of Conduct (usually referred to as the "CoC") for ISRP play is now here:  <a href="http://www.enworld.org/isrp/codeofconduct.php" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/isrp/codeofconduct.php</a>But in case there are still questions, here's some additional guidelines:(1) Just because the people present don't complain to you, doesn't mean it's allowable.   They may be avoiding direct confrontation and planning on complaining elsewhere, or they may fume about it privately or with friends, or you may drive people off the site entirely, or they may not mind it at all or even think it's fun, but in any case it's not up to them to remind you of your commitments.  It's up to you to follow the CoC without people (Magi or others) constantly pushing at you to do so.(2) Just because the other player allows it, doesn't mean it's allowable.  Whether sexual or violent, overly explicit activities are not allowed on site if they're beyond what's generally considered PG-13 limits (and don't quote particular movies at us).  Re-read the CoC.  Euphemisms aren't sufficient avoidance if people can see through them (the same way that masking an obscenity with "*"'s isn't sufficient either).  And if you're unclear on whether something is within allowable ranges, send a PM and we can talk examples.(3) Just because your character would do it, doesn't mean it's allowable.  It's great to have truly evil characters on site to offer more dimension to the play, but it's still the responsibility of that character's player to stay within the CoC.  If you can't "make" your character avoid combat in non-combat rooms or avoid harassing others or avoid getting into overly sexual situations, then it's up to you to tweak the nature of your character to something more subtle or to remove it from the site.(4) Just because someone else's character did it to yours, doesn't mean it's allowable.   Whether they PM you or not, if you allow your character to be involved in activities outside the CoC without protest or attempt to move it back inside the CoC, then you'll face the same penalties.   Yes, it's not fair if it seems the only way to avoid a combat in the tavern is to take your character out of it, but PM the other player to tell them how unfair instead of only fuming about it (maybe they'll change their ways, maybe you can come up with a compromise) and/or let one of the Magi know the player wasn't cooperating and we'll talk to them too. And remind them that no one should be forced to go to the clearing, that it's a player's right to refuse combat.(5) Just because the exact wording that covers the offense isn't in the CoC, doesn't mean it's allowable.   We've tried to be as precise as we can, but the more focused a rule becomes then the more loopholes you expose.   Try to play by the overall intent of the CoC and you'll be fine.  Try to ride the fine edge of it and you may get in trouble, and you'll certainly cause trouble as people look to you for examples of play and as Magi debate whether you're in or out of line. Hope this helps.  As always, PM me if you have questions you don't want to raise openly or if you want to get into talk about explicit examples that shouldn't be posted openly.- Trelian</blockquote>

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