“Be good to the lobby, and to the tables”
Our rules fit on one page because most of them are the same rule: treat the other person as someone you might want to play with again.
Why the rule book is short
One idea, applied twice
Every rule below comes back to a single question: would this make the next match better for the person on the other end? Online, that means tone and patience. In the club room, it means chairs pushed in and boxes counted. We would rather have ten rules that people remember than fifty that live in a document nobody opens.
Who looks after them
Moderators watch the chat and talk to people privately first. A first slip earns a quiet word, a second a short break from the voice channels, and only a repeated or serious problem reaches me as founder. Every step is written down so that the member concerned can see exactly what was decided and why.
In the club room
Greet people at the door, learn at least one nickname before you sit down, and make room for whoever arrives next.
Tally the pieces when a box leaves the shelf and again when it returns, and report anything missing or damaged to a volunteer at once.
Keep cables tidy and off the floor, and never unplug a shared machine without asking the person using it.
Phones on silent, headsets on one ear when you are at a table game, so you can hear the people next to you.
Tea and snacks stay on the kitchen side of the room, well away from the shelves and the keyboards.
On the server
Use your registered nickname in voice and text, so that moderators and referees can follow a conversation across both.
Keep criticism about the play, never the player, and take heated disagreements to a moderator instead of the channel.
No recording of other members without their agreement, and no sharing of voice clips outside the crew.
Mute your microphone when you step away, and tell your squad before you leave a match that depends on you.
Report problems early. A moderator would far rather hear about a small issue today than a large one next month.
“What if something goes wrong?”
- What happens if I break a rule by accident?
- A moderator will message you privately, explain which rule it was and ask you to carry on. Most slips end there, and nothing is noted against you unless it happens repeatedly.
- Can I appeal a moderator's decision?
- Yes. Write to the founder at the address listed on the contact page, describing the incident and roughly when it happened. You will get a written reply, usually within a week.
- Are the rules different in the club room?
- Only in the sense that chairs and cables are involved. The tone is exactly the same, and the club-room list above covers the practical points.
- What if another member makes me uncomfortable?
- Tell any moderator, privately and at any time. You do not have to prove anything, and you do not have to keep playing alongside that person while the matter is looked into.