Table etiquette: how to behave
At the table you can lie and suspect — it's a game. But real insults, threats and bullying are forbidden by the terms of use.
In short
- Bluffing, suspicion and arguments within the game are the game. Insults, threats and bullying aren't.
- During someone else's speech your microphone is locked; you can throw in a short remark with the megaphone.
- You're responsible for what you show on camera, in your avatar and in the chat.
- Out of the game — keep watching: the dead don't write in the general chat, and what a ghost sees is for them alone.
- Leave a game while alive and in the rating it counts as a loss, even if your team won.
The game and the people. The mafia pretend to be citizens, the citizens suspect the mafia, and lying within the game is fine: that's what it runs on. But real insults, threats and bullying of players are forbidden by the terms of use. The full list is in the article “What's not allowed: the rules of conduct”.
The floor. While another player is speaking, your own microphone won't turn on: there's a lock on the button. That's not a glitch, it's by design, so the speaker isn't interrupted. You can throw in a short remark with the megaphone: it opens the microphone for 5 seconds, then a pause. Talking longer during someone else's speech is possible only with the host's permission. If the microphone button says “Microphone is blocked by GM”, that's the host's decision, and only they can unblock the microphone.
Camera, avatar and chat. Video and sound go live to the other players in the room and aren't recorded. You are responsible for what you broadcast, show in your avatar or write in the chat. Nudity, sexual content, symbols of hatred, violence and other inappropriate things are forbidden by the terms of use.
Out of the game. A player who has died stays in the room and can watch the game to the end. The dead don't write in the general chat: there's a “Dead Chat” tab for them. If you've become a ghost, you see everyone's roles and night actions. The game says so straight out: this knowledge is for you alone, don't tell it to the living.